Add MS 48068

INSTRUCTIONS TO PAPAL LEGATES; 1472-1504. Latin. Copies, early 17th cent. For documents of Pope Sixtus IV see J. Schlecht, Andrea Zamometic und der Basler Konzilsversuch vom Jahre 1482, 1903, pp. 151-168 passim, from which dates have been supplied where necessary.

1. ff. 1-55. Instructions, etc., of Pope Sixtus IV, as follows: (a) To Cardinal Marco Barbo, Patriarch of Aquileia, as legate to Germany, Hungary and Poland; 22 May 1472. ff. 1-6; (b) To Orso de Orsini, Bishop of Teano, as nuncio in Germany and at the Diet at Nuremburg, 1481. Schlecht, pp. 165-166. ff. 6-8; (c) To Luca de Tollentis, Bishop of Sebenico, as nuncio to Charles, Duke of Burgundy; 25 Feb. 1476. ff. 8-12b; (d) To the same as nuncio to the Emperor Frederick III; 1476. Schlecht, p. 156. ff. 12b-14b; (e) To Ardicinio della Porta, Bishop of Aleria, afterwards Cardinal, as nuncio in Germany; 20 Sept. 1477. ff. 14b-15b; (f) Replies to Andreas Zamometic, Archbishop of Granea, as ambassador of Frederick III; 15 March 1478. Schlecht, pp. 159, 160. ff. 16-18b, 43-44b; (g) To Alexander Numai, Bishop of Forli, and Ardicinio della Porta (see (e) above), for the freeing of the Archbishop of Cologne; 18 April 1477. ff. 18b-20b; (h) To Prospero Camulio de Medicis, Bishop of Caithness, as orator to Frederick III; early 1479. Schlecht, p. 163. ff. 20b-22b; (i) To Johannes de Duchis, Prior of SS Nazarius and Celsus, Brixen, as nuncio to visit monasteries at Regensburg and Ottobeuren; 10 June 1477. ff. 22b-

23; (k) To Ludovico de Agnellis, afterwards Bishop of Cosenza, and Antonio de Grassis, afterwards Bishop of Tivoli, as orators to Frederick III; 1 Dec. 1478. Schlecht, p. 161. ff. 23-30b; (l) Summary of proposals by the orators of Louis XI of France; 12 April 1482. ff. 30b-34b; (m) To Heinrich von Absberg, Bishop of Regensburg, as legate to Frederick III; 13 July 1472. Schlecht, p. 153. ff. 34b-35b; (n) To Hieronymous Landus, Archbishop of Crete, afterwards Patriarch of Constantinople, as legate to Cologne and the Rhineland; 13 July 1472. ff. 35b-37b; (o) To Domenico Camissato, Bishop of Rieti, as orator and nuncio to Matthias Corvinus of Hungary; 15 Dec. 1475. ff. 38-39; (p) Reply to Heinrich Molitor, representative of Buckhard Stör, Provost of Amsoldingen; July 1479. Schlecht, pp. 55*-60*, 164. ff. 39-43; (q) Innocent VIII (sic) to Sinolfus, cubicularius secretus (either Sinolfus Osterius de Comitibus Montorii, abbreviator and sollicitator litterarum apostolicarum, or Sinolfus de Castro Oderico) as nuncio to Siena; 1482? Schlecht, pp. 135*, 168. ff. 54-55.

2. ff. 55-63b. Instructions, etc., of Pope Innocent VIII: (a) to an envoy to Charles VIII of France; bef. 1488? ff. 44-45b; (b) to Angelo Pecchinelli, Bishop of Orte, nuncio to Matthias Corvinus of Hungary; 1489. See G. Valentinelli, Regesta Documentorum Germaniae Historiam Illustrantium, i, 1864, pp. 186, 187. ff. 45b-54, 58-63b; (c) Reply to a representative of Charles VIII of France; 1488? ff. 55-58.

3. ff. 65-71. Instructions of Pope Alexander VI to Cardinal Raymond Peraudi as legate to the Emperor Maximilian I and the German electors and nation; 1500. See A. Gottlob, 'Der Legat Raimund Peraudi', Historisches Jahrbuch, vi, 1885, pp. 459-461.

4. ff. 71-88. Instructions of Pope Julius II to: (a) Cosimo de Pazzi, Bishop of Arezzo, as legate to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain; 14 May 1504. ff. 71-79; (b) Charles-Dominique de Carretto, Marquis de Finale, afterw. Cardinal and Archbishop of Rheims, as nuncio to Louis XII of France; 14 June 1504. ff. 79b-81b; (c) Mariano de Bartholinis de Perusio, auditor causarum apostolicarum, as nuncio to the Emperor Maximilian I; 22 Feb. 1504. See Valentinelli, op. cit., ii, p. 226. ff. 81b-88.

Paper; ff. i + 88. 17th-cent. foliation. Folio. Early XVII cent. One Italian hand throughout. Contemporary vellum binding, titled on the front cover and spine in the same Italian hand as occurs on Add. MSS. 48069, 48072-48073, etc. Numbered '21' on the front cover, '74' on spine.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.

includes:

• ff. 1-55 passim Sixtus IV; Pope: Instructions to papal legates, etc.,: 1472-1482: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 1-6 Marco Barbo, Cardinal; Patriarch of Aquileia: Instructions to, as legate to Germany, Hungary and Poland, from Sixtus IV: 1472: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 6-8 Orso de Orsini, Bishop of Teano: Instructions from Pope Sixtus IV to, as nuncio in Germany and at the Diet at Nuremburg: 1481: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 8-12b, 12b-14b Luca de Tollentis, Bishop of Sebenico: Instructions to from Pope Sixtus IV, as nuncio to the Duke of Burgundy and the Emperor: 1476: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 14b-15b, 18b-20b Ardicinio della Porta, Bishop of Aleria; Cardinal 1489: Instructions from Pope Sixtus IV to, as nuncio to Germany and conc. the Abp. of Cologne: 1477: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 16-18b, 43-44b Andreas Zamometic, Archbishop of Granea: Replies to, as ambassador from Emperor Frederick III, from Pope Sixtus IV: 1478: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 16-18b, 43-44b Frederick III; Emperor of Germany: Replies by Sixtus IV to his ambassador, the Archbishop of Granea: 1478: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 18b-20b Alexander Numai, Bishop of Forli: Instructions from Pope Sixtus IV to, for freeing the Abp. of Cologne: 1477: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 20b-22b Prospero Camulio de Medicis, Bishop of Caithness: Instructions to from Pope Sixtus IV, as orator to the German Emperor: 1479: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 22b-23 Johannes de Duchis, Prior of the Abbey of St Nazarius and St Celsus, Brixen: Instructions to, as nuncio to visit monasteries at Regensburg and Ottobeuren, from Sixtus IV: 1477: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 23-25 Antonio de Grassis, Bishop of Tivoli 1485: Instructions to, as nuncio to the Emperor of Germany, from Sixtus IV: 1478: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 23-30b Ludovico de Agnellis, afterwards (1497) Bishop of Cosenza: Instructions to, as orator to the Emperor of Germany, from Sixtus IV: 1478: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 30b-34b Louis XI of France: Proposals submitted by his orators to Sixtus IV: 1482: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 34b-35b Heinrich von Absberg, Bishop of Regensburg: Instructions to, as legate to the Emperor of Germany, from Sixtus IV: 1472: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 35b-37b Hieronymus Landus, Archbishop of Crete; Patriarch of Constantinople 1474: Instructions to, as legate to Cologne and the Rhineland, from Sixtus IV: 1472: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 38-39 Domenico Camissato, Bishop of Rieti: Instructions to, as orator and nuncio to the King of Hungary, from Sixtus IV: 1475: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 39-43 Burckhard Stör, Provost of Amsoldingen: Reply from Pope Sixtus IV to his representative, H. Molitor: 1479: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 44b-63b passim Innocent VIII; Pope: Instructions to papal legates, etc.,: [1488?], 1489: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 45b-54, 58-63b Angelo Pecchinelli, Bishop of Orta: Instructions to, as orator to the King of Hungary, from Innocent VIII: 1489: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 54-55 Sinolfus, cubicularius secretus: Instructions from Pope Sixtus IV to, as nuncio to Siena: 1482(?): Lat: Copy.
• ff. 65-71 Raymond Peraudi, Cardinal: Instructions to, as legate to the Emperor of Germany, etc., from Alexander VI: 1500: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 65-71 Alexander VI; Pope: Instructions to Cardinal Peraudi as legate to the Emperor of Germany, etc.,: 1500: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 71-79 Cosimo de Pazzi, Bishop of Arezzo and Florence: Instructions to, as legate to the King and Qu. of Spain, from Julius II: 1504: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 71-88 Julius II; Pope: Instructions to papal legates: 1504: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 79b-81b Charles Dominique de Carretto, Marquis de Finale; afterwards Cardinal and Archbishop of Reims: Instructions to, as legate to the King of France, from Julius II: 1504: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 81b-88 Mariano Bartholinis de Perusio, auditor causarum apostolicarum: Instructions to, as nuncio to the Emperor of Germany, from Julius II: 1504: Lat: Copy.