31st Mar, 2025 10:30
The March Two Day Auction of Fine Art and Antiques to Include a Treaty signed by Henry VIII
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HENRY VIII, KING OF ENGLAND (1509-1547): A SIGNED DOCUMENT RATIFYING THE TREATY OF LONDON, GREENWICH, 1ST NOVEMBER 1516
HENRY VIII, KING OF ENGLAND (1509-1547): A SIGNED DOCUMENT RATIFYING THE TREATY OF LONDON, GREENWICH, 1ST NOVEMBER 1516
The document written in Latin on vellum by a secretary hand in brown ink, signed by Henry VIII at the bottom.
The document 29cm x 21cm.
An oath binding the King and his subjects to observe faithfully and without infringement the terms of the treaty of concord, peace and friendship concluded on October 29th with the procurators and commissioners of the Holy Roman Emperor (Maximilian I), the King of Spain (Charles I, later Emperor Charles V) and the latter's mother, Joanna ('la Loca' [the Mad]).
'Iuramus q[uo]d pro p[ar]te[m] n[ost]ra[m] bene fidelit[er] et inviolabilit[er] obs[er]vabimus tractatum concordie pacis et amicitie ac om[n]es et singulos articulos eiusdem auctoritate n[ost]ra inter n[ost]ros et cesaree maiestat[is] ac catholicorum Johanne et Caroli Castelle Legionis Granate Aragonie etc Regum Archiducum Austrie ducum Burgundie etc oratores procuratores et com[m]issarios de dat[o] vigesimi noni diei mensis octobris anni domini millesimi quingentesimi decimi sextii Init[um] et conclusum Et similit[er] eundem tractatum ac om[n]es et sing[u]los articulos eiusdem per subditos n[ost]ros quatenus nos et eosdem subditos n[ost]ros tangit et tangunt obs[er]vari faciemus Ita nos deus adiuvet et hec sancta Dei ev[a]ngelia'. The document continues that the Emperor and the Catholic King, Charles, the latter both in his own name and on behalf of his mother, Joanna, are to give similar undertakings in the presence of the commissioners sent for this purpose.
The league or compact referred to was signed by commissioners in London on 29 October 1516 and was designed to contain the French and provide for the maintenance of the Swiss, the end towards which Thomas Wolsey had been working for some months.The Emperor and Henry were to furnish 5,000 horse and 20,000 footsoldiers, and their Catholic Majesties the same. The Spanish and the English were to supply ships, and the Pope to be invited to head the league. The Swiss were to be solicited with an annual pension. The treaty was ratified by the Emperor Maximilian on 9 December, his support having been encouraged by a private agreement with Henry VIII in which his debts to England were cancelled, and large sums promised to him for his 'descent' and a private war around Verona. Wolsey's scheme backfired, as the Swiss rapidly accepted a French counter-offer, and Maximilian agreed to an inducement of 60,000 florins from Francis I to enter the Treaty of Noyon which had been secretly concluded with Charles of Spain earlier in the year.
Charles I, King of Spain (1516-1558) and, as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1530-1556) was the son of Philip I and Joanna, known as 'the Mad', daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon, who nominally ruled jointly with him.
Provenance:
Purchased by William Gladstone Stewart from Christies, London, July 13th, 2000 'The Library of William Foyle', Sale 6348. The original invoice from Christies accomopanies this lot.
From the Collection of the late William Gladstone Stewart (1933-2017), host of television show 'Fifteen to One'. Fifteen to One was a British general knowledge quiz show broadcast on Channel 4. It originally ran from 11 January 1988 to 19 December 2003 and had a reputation for being one of the toughest quizzes on TV. Throughout the show's original run, it was presented and produced by William G. Stewart. Thousands of contestants appeared on the programme, which had very little of the chatting between host and contestants that is often a feature of other television quiz shows. The series prize tended to be a classical artefact (for example an ancient Greek vase).
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HENRY VIII, KING OF ENGLAND (1509-1547): A SIGNED DOCUMENT RATIFYING THE TREATY OF LONDON, GREENWICH, 1ST NOVEMBER 1516
The document written in Latin on vellum by a secretary hand in brown ink, signed by Henry VIII at the bottom.
The document 29cm x 21cm.
An oath binding the King and his subjects to observe faithfully and without infringement the terms of the treaty of concord, peace and friendship concluded on October 29th with the procurators and commissioners of the Holy Roman Emperor (Maximilian I), the King of Spain (Charles I, later Emperor Charles V) and the latter's mother, Joanna ('la Loca' [the Mad]).
'Iuramus q[uo]d pro p[ar]te[m] n[ost]ra[m] bene fidelit[er] et inviolabilit[er] obs[er]vabimus tractatum concordie pacis et amicitie ac om[n]es et singulos articulos eiusdem auctoritate n[ost]ra inter n[ost]ros et cesaree maiestat[is] ac catholicorum Johanne et Caroli Castelle Legionis Granate Aragonie etc Regum Archiducum Austrie ducum Burgundie etc oratores procuratores et com[m]issarios de dat[o] vigesimi noni diei mensis octobris anni domini millesimi quingentesimi decimi sextii Init[um] et conclusum Et similit[er] eundem tractatum ac om[n]es et sing[u]los articulos eiusdem per subditos n[ost]ros quatenus nos et eosdem subditos n[ost]ros tangit et tangunt obs[er]vari faciemus Ita nos deus adiuvet et hec sancta Dei ev[a]ngelia'. The document continues that the Emperor and the Catholic King, Charles, the latter both in his own name and on behalf of his mother, Joanna, are to give similar undertakings in the presence of the commissioners sent for this purpose.
The league or compact referred to was signed by commissioners in London on 29 October 1516 and was designed to contain the French and provide for the maintenance of the Swiss, the end towards which Thomas Wolsey had been working for some months.The Emperor and Henry were to furnish 5,000 horse and 20,000 footsoldiers, and their Catholic Majesties the same. The Spanish and the English were to supply ships, and the Pope to be invited to head the league. The Swiss were to be solicited with an annual pension. The treaty was ratified by the Emperor Maximilian on 9 December, his support having been encouraged by a private agreement with Henry VIII in which his debts to England were cancelled, and large sums promised to him for his 'descent' and a private war around Verona. Wolsey's scheme backfired, as the Swiss rapidly accepted a French counter-offer, and Maximilian agreed to an inducement of 60,000 florins from Francis I to enter the Treaty of Noyon which had been secretly concluded with Charles of Spain earlier in the year.
Charles I, King of Spain (1516-1558) and, as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1530-1556) was the son of Philip I and Joanna, known as 'the Mad', daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon, who nominally ruled jointly with him.
Provenance:
Purchased by William Gladstone Stewart from Christies, London, July 13th, 2000 'The Library of William Foyle', Sale 6348. The original invoice from Christies accomopanies this lot.
From the Collection of the late William Gladstone Stewart (1933-2017), host of television show 'Fifteen to One'. Fifteen to One was a British general knowledge quiz show broadcast on Channel 4. It originally ran from 11 January 1988 to 19 December 2003 and had a reputation for being one of the toughest quizzes on TV. Throughout the show's original run, it was presented and produced by William G. Stewart. Thousands of contestants appeared on the programme, which had very little of the chatting between host and contestants that is often a feature of other television quiz shows. The series prize tended to be a classical artefact (for example an ancient Greek vase).
Auction: The March Two Day Auction of Fine Art and Antiques to Include a Treaty signed by Henry VIII, 31st Mar, 2025
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DAY ONE: LOT 1-462
DAY TWO: LOT 463 -END
