Nicholas Throckmorton - William Cecil - 1561-8-30
Nicholas Throckmorton, Paris
Nicholas Throckmorton - William Cecil - 1561-8-30
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 2359 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | Kew, The National Archives |
| InventoryInventory number. | SP 70/29, f.107 |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Nicholas Throckmorton |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | William Cecil |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | August 30, 1561 JL |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | Paris 48° 51' 23.80" N, 2° 21' 5.40" E |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | Angelos Vergikios, Elizabeth I of England |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Burnett 2020Burnett 2020, Burnett 2020b, p. 47Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Roman , Price |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
| External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
Throckmorton, Nicholas
A William Cecil
-Lettre du 30 août 1561 (de Paris) :
There hath ben with me Vergetius that was lately in England and hath
told me that her Highnesse showed herself to him very desyrous to have
Antiquityes. And that thereupon, since his coming over, he hath founde
out a man that hath and will sell the xij Empourers, very antique
in aere Corinthio which he saith being in that metall, declaring
sufficiently their antiquitie. And affirmeth that no Prince of
Chrisedome do hath to show them all in that sorte whch be of
the compass [added: and thicknesse] of half a Jacobs Daller. He maketh such a great
mater of the excellence and exquisitie of them, together with their
estimation, that I ////// for nothing their vertue. But refere the same (?),
and the Q Maties determynation thereof, to a lettr (?) whch the said
Vergetius wroteth now to you. The price of them, he saith,
is A thousand crownes Sterlg.
…
Vergetius writeth to her Queenes Mate, and to you. his lettrs are enclosed (?)
f.107v
…
And thus I humbly take my leave of you.
From Paris
the xxxth of August 1561.
Yours aff to comand
N Throckmorton
To the right honorable Sir William
Cecill knight the Queenes mate
principall Secretary.
(Kew, The National Archives, SP 70/29, f.107 ; voir Burnett 2020).