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Letter
Letter from Francis I to ambassador Louis d’Angerand, Sieur de Boisrigault
Date
September 21, 1534
Dimensions1 textual record ; 27.8 x 19.1 cm
Origin
France, Europe
Object NumberS001/A1.1,1.1
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentThe king of France, Francis I (1494-1547), asks his ambassador Louis Daugerant de Boisrigault to order the seigneur of Geneva to free Guy Furditi, of Cordot, a Dominican friar and subject of the king of France who had been imprisoned for religious views judged reprehensible. This request came on the heels of the liberation by the king of France of a number of prisoners who were subjects of the seigneurs of Geneva and Bern and who had been imprisoned in France for religious reasons. NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.
Signatures and inscriptions: letter signed by the king “Francoys” and countersigned by Jean le Breton, minister of finance to the king of France; on the verso, in script contemporary to the document: “A Monseigneur de Boisrigault mon ambassadeur devers les services des ligues. 1534, 21 sept”; in more modern script: “François I. 21 sept. 1534.”
Physical description: seal.
Physical condition: good.
Signatures and inscriptions: letter signed by the king “Francoys” and countersigned by Jean le Breton, minister of finance to the king of France; on the verso, in script contemporary to the document: “A Monseigneur de Boisrigault mon ambassadeur devers les services des ligues. 1534, 21 sept”; in more modern script: “François I. 21 sept. 1534.”
Physical description: seal.
Physical condition: good.
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