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Appendix: Miscellaneous 1457

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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 1457

1457. May 4. Notarial Archives, Venice. 1311. Protest for nonpayment of a Bill of Exchange for 100 ducats.
Drawn at Venice at usance on the 4th February 1457, by Antonio de Biadego, on Alvyxe Tron in London, payable to himself; value received in Venice from Francisco de' Colti, 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 4th May 1457; the bill-broker, Giovanni de Diversis, certifying that on that day in London the Venetian ducat was worth 43d sterling.
Witnesses: Bertuccio Soranzo and Giovanno da Ponte, both of Venice.
[Protest in Latin; copy of the bill in the original Italian; parchment. Protest and copy, 20 lines; Notarial signature, 3½ lines.]