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Appendix: Miscellaneous 1448

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Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 2, 1509-1519. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1867.

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Miscellaneous 1448

1448. Jan. 23. Notarial Archives, Venice. 1308. Protest for nonpayment of a Bill of Exchange for 600 ducats.
Drawn at Venice at meso mio vista (sic) (fn. 1) on the 8th November 1447, by Michiel Zon on Zuane da Ponte in London, payable to Jachomo Salviati and Company; value received in Venice from Michiel Rodoneli, at the exchange of 45 sterlings per ducat.
Protest registered by the notary public (by Imperial authority), William Styfford [&c. &c., as in former protest], on the 23rd January 1447 (style of the Anglican Church); the bill-broker, Francesco Cristiano, certifying that on that day in London the Venetian ducat was worth 415/7d. sterling.
Witnesses: Bassano de Rivargario and Federico de Nossorij of Florence.
[Protest in Latin; copy of the bill in the original Italian; parchment. Protest and copy, 22 lines; Notarial signature, 3½ lines.]

Footnotes

  • 1. The bill was perhaps payable one month after sight, in which case, for “meso” read “mese;” for “mio” read “uno.”