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BOLEYN, Sir Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde (1477-1539). Letter signed ('Thom[a]s Boleyn') to Cardinal Wolsey (Chancellor of England), Paris, 30 July n.y. [1519], 2½ pages, folio, (the leaves separated), address panel on verso of 2nd leaf (frayed at edges, small hole in 1st leaf affecting one word, 2 tiny holes in blank area of 2nd leaf, some words faded from damp, weak at folds, traces of former mounting, lightly dust-stained).
A letter relating to the preparations for the encounter between Henry VIII and Francis I at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
Boleyn communicates news of friendly signals from the French court, and Henry's pleasure at them, 'for he rekeneth that the kinges highnesse being assuredly his frende he thinketh hym self abyll to w[i]t[h]stand any other Prince that would be his ennemye. And as I perceyve both by hym and his Counsaill they wold be very glad that the entevieu and meting myght be the next somer and moch desireth to know the kinges pleasure therin'; with reports on the movements of the French court, and the election of the new Emperor (Charles V), and arrangements for a courier to deliver his letters to Wolsey.
Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn, was Henry VIII's ambassador to Francis I from early in 1519 until March 1520, and conducted the preliminary arrangements for their meeting at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. The initiative for this came from Francis who, disconcerted at the apparent threat of an Anglo-Burgundian rapprochement was, as the letter conveys, eager for a magnificent demonstration of friendship with England. The lavish preparations, arranged on the English side by Cardinal Wolsey, culminated in the meeting in Picardy from 7 to 24 June 1520. Hopes of a tripartite confederation were dashed almost at once by Henry's conclusion of a treaty with Charles V, Francis I's great rival, on 14 July.
A letter relating to the preparations for the encounter between Henry VIII and Francis I at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
Boleyn communicates news of friendly signals from the French court, and Henry's pleasure at them, 'for he rekeneth that the kinges highnesse being assuredly his frende he thinketh hym self abyll to w[i]t[h]stand any other Prince that would be his ennemye. And as I perceyve both by hym and his Counsaill they wold be very glad that the entevieu and meting myght be the next somer and moch desireth to know the kinges pleasure therin'; with reports on the movements of the French court, and the election of the new Emperor (Charles V), and arrangements for a courier to deliver his letters to Wolsey.
Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn, was Henry VIII's ambassador to Francis I from early in 1519 until March 1520, and conducted the preliminary arrangements for their meeting at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. The initiative for this came from Francis who, disconcerted at the apparent threat of an Anglo-Burgundian rapprochement was, as the letter conveys, eager for a magnificent demonstration of friendship with England. The lavish preparations, arranged on the English side by Cardinal Wolsey, culminated in the meeting in Picardy from 7 to 24 June 1520. Hopes of a tripartite confederation were dashed almost at once by Henry's conclusion of a treaty with Charles V, Francis I's great rival, on 14 July.
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