English Wedding Contract

The full transcripts of the Marriage Contract between Henry VII and Anne of Cleves is quite revealing. I have separated the parts for easier reading.

Henry VIII.’s confirmation of the treaty for his marriage with Anne of Cleves, made by his councillors, Thos. abp. of Canterbury, Thos. lord Audeley [of] Walden, Chancellor, Chas, duke of Suffolk, Thos. lord Cromwell, keeper of the Privy Seal, Wm. earl of Southampton, great admiral, and Cuthbert bp. of Durham, with the lord John a Doltzike, eques auratus, Fras. Burgartus, vice-chancellor to Frederic duke of Saxony, Wm. ab Harff, master of the Hall (aulœ prœfecto), and Henry Olysleger, councillors of William duke of Juliers, Gelders, Cleves, and Berg, count of Marchia, Zutphania, and Ravensburg, and lord in Ravenstein.The treaty, which is here set forth textually, declares and provides:—

(1.) That a marriage has been concluded, by commissioners, between Henry VIII., king of England, &c., and lady Anne, sister of William duke of Juliers, &c., whose other sister, the lady Sibilla, John Frederic duke of Saxony, &c., has received in matrimony.

(2.) That the duke of Juliers shall within two months, if he can obtain safe conduct, convey, at his own expense, the lady Anne his sister honourably to Calais.

(3.) That there the King shall receive her, by his commissioners, and traduct her thence as soon as possible into his realm and there marry her publicly.

(4) That if safe conduct cannot be obtained, which is very unlikely, the Duke shall send her, as soon as possible, to some sea-port and transport her thence to England with a suitable convoy of ships at his expense.

(5.) That the Duke shall give with her a dote of 100,000 florins of gold, viz., 40,000 on the day of solemnisation of the marriage and the rest within a year after.

(6.) That the King shall give the lady Anne, under his seal, a dower in lands worth yearly 20,000 golden florins of the Rhine, equal to 5,000 mks. sterling money of England, as long as she remains in England. And if, after the King’s death, she have no children surviving and would rather return to her own country, she shall have a pension of 15,000 florins, payable half-yearly, for life, and her own dress and jewels; and it shall be at the choice of the King’s heirs to pay the pension or redeem it with 150,000 florins. The sealed grant of this dower to be delivered to the Duke’s commissioner on the day of the marriage and a true copy of it to be sent to the Duke ten days before her traduction.

(7.) If the Duke die without lawful issue, and his duchy go therefore to the lady Sibilla, wife of John Frederic duke of Saxony, according to their marriage contract, and they in turn die without lawful issue, the succession shall go to the lady Anne. In the event of the succession going as aforesaid to the duke of Saxony a sum of 160,000 florins shall be paid within four years to the two sisters, the ladies Anne and Amelia, or their heirs; or if the succession come as aforesaid to the king of England he shall pay the 160,000 florins to the lady Amelia and her heirs.

(8.) If the succession go to Saxony as aforesaid, and either of the two other sisters die without children, her share shall accrue to the surviving sister or her children.

(9.) If the succession go to Saxony, then the lady Anne shall have, besides her dowry, the castles of Burdericum in Cleves with 2,000 florins a year, Casterium in Juliers with 2,000, and Benradum in Berg with 1,000, for life.

(10.) That the duke of Juliers shall keep the King informed by letter of his proceedings for the transportation of the lady Anne, so that the King may thereby time his preparations for her reception.

(11.) That the King and the said dukes of Saxony and Cleves shall confirm this treaty by letters patent under their hands and seals to be mutually delivered within six weeks from the date of this present, viz., by the King to the duke of Cleves and by the dukes to the King.ii. Commission of Henry VIII. to the above-named persons to treat with commissioners of the dukes of Saxony and Juliers for the marriage. Windsor Castle, 24 Sept. 1539, 31 Hen. VIII.iii. Commission of Wm. duke of Juliers, &c., to his commissioners above named to treat and conclude for the marriage, since it has been treated through John Frederic duke of Saxony, and has the consent of the lady Mary duchess of Cleves, Juliers, and Berg, mother of the said duke of Juliers, and of his sister the lady Anne.

Dusseldorff, 4 Sept.
1539.Signed by us, the commissioners of King Henry VIII., at London, 4 Oct. 1539.
Ratified and confirmed under the Great Seal _ (blank) day of _ (blank), 1539, 31 Hen. VIII.
Latin. Fair copy, pp. 16. Slightly mutilated.

ANNE OF CLEVES. Vit. C. XI., f. 213. B. M286.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol14/no2/pp108-117
‘Letters and Papers: October 1539, 6-10’, in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 14 Part 2, August-December 1539, ed. James Gairdner and R H Brodie (London, 1895), pp. 108-117. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol14/no2/pp108-117 [accessed 16 November 2019].

There is another copy of the contract which has been transcribed but not translated in the “Annales Cliviæ Juliæ Montium, Marcæ Westphalicæ, Ravensbergæ GeldriæEt Zutphaniæ”, in the section: “Codex Diplomatum, Quibus Annales Cliviæ, Juliæ, Montium, Marcæ Westphalicæ …” No. LXXVI. – CXIII. Page 144-149

My Transcription created using Google Drive and Google Docs:

No. cx. Tractatus Matrimonii inter Regem Anglie & Dominam Annam Ducislam Clivie, de Anno 1539. Niversis & fingulis præfentia vifuris, lecturis & audicuris, notum atque manifestum fit, quod Nos Illuftriffimi Principis Domini Johannis Friderici Saxoniæ Ducis, ac Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Mariscalli, ac Principis Electoris, Landgravii Thuringiæ, Marchionis Mifniæ, & Burggravii Magdeburgensis, Oratores & Consiliarii Johannes a Deltzick, Eques auratus, & Franciscus Borchardus Vice. Cancellarius, & Nos Illustris. fimi Principis Domini Wilhelmi, Julia, Gelriae, Clivia, B • Ducis, Comitis Marchiæ , Zutphaniæ & Ravenspurgi, Domini in Ravenstain &c.
ti atque Consiliarii Wilhelmus ab Harff, aulæ Juliacensis Præfectus, & Henricus Olisleger Doctor, Procuratores legitimi, sufficiens mandatum, vigore commiffionis noftræ ab Illuftriffimo Duce Juliacenfi prædi&to habentes, cujus tenor infra insericur. Cum Serenissimi ac Potentissimi Principis, Domini Henrici Octavi, DEI Gratia Angliæ & Franciæ Regis, Fidei defenforis & Domini Hiberniæ, ac in terris immediate fub CHRISTO supremi Capitis Ecclefiæ Anglicanx, Domini noftri Clemencislimi, Reverendiffimis & Illuftriffimis Dominis Consiliariis & Commillariis dignissimis, Domino Thoma promiffione divina Cantriartenfi Archi-Episcopo, Thoma Domino Andeley de Walden. Regni Anglia Cancellario, Domino Carolo Suffolcia Duce Thoma Domino Crumwelli, privati Sigilli Regii cuftode, Domino Willhelmo Comite Sutfainpten magno Admiraldo Angliz & Chorberto, divina permiffione Duvelmenfi Episcopo, Oratoribus, Procuratoribus & Deputatis Sereniflimz Suæ Majestatis virtute atque vigore Regie commissionis & mandati, cujus tenor eciam inferius inseritur, legitime conftitutis, tractavimus, convenimus, concordavimus & conclusimus, in hunc qui fequitur modum: Inprimis cum ad inftaurandam veterem & antiquam amicitiam inter Sereniflimos & Potentisfimos Angliæ Reges & llluftriflimos Dominos Saxoniæ, Julia, Geldriæ, Cliviæ &c. Duces, a Majoribus jam olim contractam & mulcis seculis inveteratam , nullum poflic elle firmius, vinculum renovande neceflicudinis quam conjugium, quod non modo amicos in mutuo amore continet, verum etiam diffidences fæpe conciliac.
Idcirco in DEI nomine conventum, concordatum & conclufum eft, inter Com. mislarios, Oratores & Deputatos Serenissimi Regis Angliæ &c. & Illuftriffimorum Principum Ducum Saxoniæ & Juliæ &c. quod inter Illuftriffimum & Potentiffimum Principem Dominum Henricum Octavum, Angliæ & Franciæ Regem, fidei defensorem,& Dominum Hiberniæ, ac in terra fupremum caput Ecclesiz Anglicanæ ac Sereniffimam & Clarissimam Dominam Annai, Illustrissimi Domini Willhelmi, Ducis Julia, Geldrie, Clivensis & Bergens.Comitis Marchiæ, Zutphaniæ & Ravenspurgi,ac Domini in Ravenftein &c. Sororern chariflimam, cujus aliam Sororem Illustrillimam Dominam Sibyllam, Illuftriflimus Princeps Elector, Landgravius Thuringix, Marchio Mylinæ & Burggravius Magdeburgensis, jam pridem in connubium accepit, matrimonium , DEO volente, quamprimum contrahetur, ratione cujus conjugii vetus amicitia inter Reges Angliæ & Duces Saxoniae, Julie, Geldriæ, Cliviæ &c. denuo reparabitur &revirefcet, quo fier, ut & præfatus Sereniflimus Angliæ Rex & Illuftriffimi Duces prædicti fibi mutuo fintamici & neceffitudine conjuncti, & inter eorum subditos mutuum commercium coalescat falvis semper Juribus & Privilegiis Regnorum, Ducatuum & Dominiorum fuorum, nullusque dictorum Principum hofti cuicunque, qui aliquem ex ipsis offendere, aut bellum alicui ex ipsis inferre voluerit, non modo auxilium feret, verum eciam pro illa affinitate, amicitia & neceffitudine, partim jam contracta , & per eosdem impofterum DEO adjuvante, ad fui nominis gloriam & Regnorum, Ducatuum, Provinciarum ipforum & univerfæ Reipublicæ Chriftianæ commodum, augmentum & tranquillitatem contrahenda, alter alteri ftudium, observantiam & benevolenciam suam, oblata occasione uc par eft) declarabit & teftificabitur, & fi quid noverint incommodi aut mali velipsis, aut eorum Dominiis & Territoriis aliquo modo deventurum quo ciciffime & amantillime, alter alteri patefacere curabit. Item conventum, concordatum & conclufum eft, quod idem Dominus & Illuftriffimus Dux Juliæ, Geldriz & Cliviæ &c. intra duorum menfium spatium (li commeatus aut falvus conductus ad hoc obtineri poffit) suis fumptibus & expensis, præfatam Illuftriffimiam Principem Dominam Annam Sororem fuam chariffimam honorifice pro ftatu fuo comitatam , in fines Oppidi, five Villa Gallesiæ vel tere ram transmittet, &traducit, vel transmitti &traduci faciet, tam fplendide, tum veftimentis, tum auro, gemmis cæteroque apparatu,&mundo muliebri cultam atque ornatam, fuppellectileque varia atque honorifica instructam, ut decet, talemn ac tantam Principem tam præclaris parentibus ortam, ac tanto Regi matrimonio jungendam. Item conventum, concordatum & conclusum est, quod poftquam præfata Sereniffima Domina Anna, in fines Oppidi Callesiæ, ut præfertur, traducta fuerit, præfacus Illuftriffimus Rex per fuos Commiflarios. quos ad hoc ibi paratos habebit, illam in fuam tutelam & protectionem, tanquam conjugem suam suscipiet, & fuis fumtibus & expenfis traduci, quamprimum id fieri poterit, in regnum Angliæ curabit, atque poftquam , DEO favente, ibidem appulerit, matrimonium publice in facie Ecclefiæ, cum eadem Illustrisfima Domina contrahet.
Item conventum, concordatum & conclusum est, quod cafu, quo commeatus & Calvus conductus per terram obtineri non poflit (id quod minime futurum fperamus) cum Illuftriffimus Princeps Dux Juliæ, Geldriæ & Cliviæ etc. fuis lumptibus & expensis, præfatam & Illuftriffimam Principem Dominam Annam, Sororem suam charissimam, guamprimum id fieri poterit, ad aliquem portum maris , qui fibi maxime placuerit, aut fuis Dominiis propinquior fuerit, transmitter & traducet, vel transmitti & traduci la ciet, ibique clafTe navium competenti,ad id paranda, quamprimum fecundi venti ad navigationein apti atque idonei spirabunt, eandem Dominam Annam, Sororem fuam chariflimam honorifice pro ftatu fuo comitatam conienfis navibus in aliquem portum Regni Angliæ fibi maxime propinquum , fuis fumptibus & expenfis trans ducet, vel transmitti & traduci faciet cam fplendide, tum veitimentis, tum aure gemmis ceteroque apparatu , & mundo muliebri cultam & ornatam, fuppellectileqve varia atque honorifica instructam, ut decet talem & tantam Principem, tam præclaris Da rentibus ortam & tanto Regi matrimoniojungendam, quo postquam appulerit, Illuftric fimus Rex Angliæ, eandem chariffimam Dominam in fuam conjugem quamprimum id fieri poterit, accipiet, & matrimonium cum ea publice in facie Ecclefiæ contrahet.
Item conventum, concordatum & conclusum eft, inter præfatos Commiffarios & Oratores utriusque partium prædictarum, quod Dominus Illuftriffimus Julia, Geldria Clivia etc. Dux heredesque aut fucceflores fui nomine dotis, sive loco dotalitii, præfa fato Regi Angliæ, heredibus aut fuccefloribus fuis, centum millia florenorum auri, intra unius anni fpatium, post folennem matrimonii contractum, eo modo,quo fupradictum eft, in facie Ecclefiæ habitum, modo & forma fequentibus, videlicet, quadraginta millia florenorum auri, eo die, quo matrimonium folemnisabicur, & reliqua fexaginta millia intra annum proxime illum diem fequentem in civitate Londini folvet, feu folvi faciet.
Item conventum, concordatum & conclufum eft, quod præfatus Sereniffimus Rex. contemplatione matrimonii hujusmodi, per literas fuas patentes, magno fuo Sigillo figillacas & manu sua fubfcriptas, ac in debita ac fufficienti forma factas & expeditas dabit & concedet prafatæ Illuftriffima Dominæ, Annznomine Doarus five donationis propter nuptias, ulcra omnia onera &reprisfas, in Terris, Caftris, Dominiis & tenementis annuarim valorem live æftimationem vigiti millium florenorum Rhenensium in auro, quæ fumma se extendit ad quinque millia marcarum annuarum Sterligorum monetz Angliæ, & de eodem Duario, five donatione propter nupcias, adeo securam reddet & afle. curabit, ficut antehac Reginæ Angliæ affecurari solicæ funt, quod quidem doarium five donationem propter nuptias præfata Illuftriffima Principes Domina Anna tenebit & poffidebit, eademque gaudebit & utetur ad utilitatem fuam propriam, in modum doarii five donationis propter nuptias annuatim quamdiu vixerit, in humanis, fi intra Regnum Anglia moram trahere feu habitare voluerit, adeo libere, ample & fecure, ficut aliqua alia Regina Angliæ unquam tenuit, habuic &posledic, absque impedimento aut contradictione qucunque & præterea in omnibus aliis cractabitur & tenebitur, quemadmodum Reginam Angliæ tractari & teneri decet & convenit.
Et fi Sereniffima Domina Anna poft Illuftriflimi Regis Angliæ mortem (quem Deus pro fua benignitate quam longiffime differat) prolem aut liberos fuperftices non habens potius, in patriam redire, & ibi degere voluerit, quam in Anglia morari, tunc dicta Sereniflima Domina Anna de doario suo, five donatione propter nuptias prædieta tantummodo penfionem annuam, usque ad quindecim millia florenorum Rhenenfium in auro per æquales portioncs bis in anno, videlicet in fefto Pafchæ & Michaelis annuatim folvendam, quæ fumma extendit ad ter mille feptingentas quinquaginta marcas Sterlingarum moneræ Anglicanæ, durante vita sua naturali annuatim percipiet, gaudebit & fruetur, propter propriam fuppellectilem, ornamenta, vala argentea & alia, quæ vel ei donatæ fuerint, vel ipsa fieri aut parari curaveric, quibus ipfa pro fuo arbitrio utetur, eaque retineat &habeat ut propria, exceptis iis , quæ ipfa prius aliis libere donalfet, aut alienaffet: Et in hoc casu, či Illustrillima Domina Anna in patriam redire malic, fit electio penes heredes Serenissimi Regis Angliæ iamdiu annuam penfionein ili folvere, vel fummam centum quinquaginta milliuin florenorum Renensium in auro, quæ fumma fe extendit ad æftimationem & valorem triginta feptem millium & quingentarum marcarum monetz Anglicanæ, penfionem illam redimere, ita tamen, ut Illuftriffimæ Dominæ Annæ hoc fatis tempeftive significetur vel intimetur, videlicet sex menfes antequam talis redemptio fiat, ut ipsa res fuas in tali cafu interea disponere poflic.
Quas quidem literas patentes ad allecurationem in debita & fufficienti forma factas & expedicas, præfatus Sereniflimus Angliæ Rex, die & loco folennisationis matrimonii predicti, ante tamen eandem folemnisationem Commiffario dicti Domini Ducis Juliæ, Geldriz, Cleviæ ecc. tunc præsenti ad ufum & utilitatem præfatz Illuftriffimæ Domin Annx trader & deliberabit, tradive seu deliberari faciet, proviso semper, quod minuta, & verum exemplum dictarum literarum patentium, per decem dies ante traductionem præfatæ Dominæ Annæ proxime præcedentes, mittantur ad præfatum Dominum
Ducem Ducem & ejus Confiliarios ad effectum quod matura deliberatione videantur & examinentur,an bene, fufficienter & utiliter fiant, & concipiantur in commodum & utilitatem dicta Illuftriffimæ Dominæ Anna.
Item conventum, concordatum & conclusum eft, ut fi contingeret Illuftriffimum Principem Dominum Wilhelmum Julia, Geldriæ, Cleviæ etc. Ducem decedere fine legicimis liberis, atque ita fucceflio Ducatuum, Provinciarum & Dominiorum ipfius,ad Principis Electoris Saxoniæ Domini Johannis Friderici etc. Illuftriffimam Conjugem Dominam Sibyllam fupranominatam, vel eorum amborum liberos, juxta tenorem verborum & fententiarum contractus nuptialis expreflaruin, seu Instrumentorum dota. lium, defuper initorum scriptorum & factorum pervenirer, qui poftea & ipfi nullos legitimos liberos poft fe relinquerent, hoc cafu deficientibus heredibus, præfati Ducis Saxoniæ prædictorum Ducatuum, Provinciarum & Dominiorum fucceflio ad Illuftriflimam Dominain Annam & ipfius liberos ex conjugio Sereniffimi Regis susceptos deve niet & hereditati cedet, & quemadmodum eo cafu, quo prædicta succeflio ad Principem Electoren Saxoniæ aut ejus liberos perveniret, cautum eft, ut certa summa pecunia, nempe centum & fexaginta millium aureorum, duabus fororibus, videlicet Dominæ Annæ & Dominæ Ameliæ aut earum heredibus, intra quadriennium præftentur & perfolvantur, ita hoc quoque exiftente cafu, quo deficientibus heredibus Principis Electoris Saxoniæ, ad Serenissimum Regem & ipfius Majeftatis liberos fucceffio Ducatuum, Provinciarum & Dominiorum prædicti Ducis Juliacenfis etc. devolveretur, teneantur & obligentur jam nominatam fummam centum & fexaginta millium aureorum præfata Dominæ Amelia, aut ipfius heredibus exfolvere, & antequam homagium consuetum seu juramencum fidelitatis a fubditis prædictorum Ducatuum, Provinciarum & Dominiorum præfentur, debicam fufficientem ejus fummæ intra quadriennium folvendi cau. tionem facere & præftare.
Item conventum, concordatum & conclufum eft, ut eveniente illo calu, quo prædicta fucceffio ad Principem Electorem Saxoniæ & ejus heredes, juxta tenorem verborum & fententiarum præfatorum Instrumentorum nuptialium expreffum deveniret: Tunc fi alterutram fororem fine legitimis liberis decedere contingeret, pars altera illius fummæ accrescet alteri forori superstiti vel ejus liberis.
Item conventum, concordatum & conclusum eft, ut fi Ducatus, Provinciæ & Dominia prædicta ad Illuftriffimam Dominam Annam jure hereditario deficientibus liberis Principis Electoris Saxoniæ etc. devolverentur, tunc præter eam donationern propter nuptias, five donarium, quodhabet a Sereniffima Majeftate tria castella cum penfionibus quinque millium florenorum aureorum annuorum, videlicet in Ducatu Clivenfi Budricum cum duobus millibus, in Ducacu Juliacensi Cafterium etiam cum duobus millibus, & in Ducatu Bergensi Benradum cum mille aureis, annuatim percipiendis quoad vixerit in humanis habebit & illis fruetur.
Item conventum, concordacum & conclufum eft, quod pro celeriori expeditione omnium & fingulorum præmillorum ad complementum perducenda præfatus Illuftriffimus Princeps, Dux Julia, Gelriz, Cleviæ etc. utrum per terram an per mare clariffimam Dominam Annain fororem suam traducturus & transmiffurus fit, & quam brevi tempore id complere intendit, quasque præparationes ipfe ad hoc facit, præfatum Sereniflimum Angliæ Regem de tempore in tempus, per fuas literas certiorem reddet, ut dictus Sereniffimus Angliæ Rex consimiles præparaciones decenter & honorifice pro receptione dictæ Clarissimæ Dominæ faciat, & ne ob hujusmodi notificationis de. fectum dictus Angliæ Rex inanes & fupervacaneas impensas fruftra diu expectando adventum dictæ Dominæ, qui tamen fortaffe ob aliquod impedimentum diucius differetur, subire cogatur.
Item conventum,concordatum & conclufum eft, quod tam præfatus Serenissimus Rex Angliæ quam Illuflriffimi Ducis Saxoniæ & Cliviæ prædicti per literas suas patentes magno ipforum sigillo figillatas & manu propria subscriptas, præfentem tractatum, ac Omnia & fingula capitula in eodem contenta acceptabunt, confirmabunt & ratificabunt, easdemque literas, lic ut præfertur, fignatas & figillatas invicem tradunt, videlicet præfatus Serenissimus Rex Angliæ præfato Illuftriffimo Duci Julia, Gelriæ & Cleviæ etc. ejusve deputatis fimilem confirmationem sibi prius tradentibus, intra sex hebdomadas a dato præfentium proxime & immediate fequentes trader & deliberabit, tradive & deliberari faciet cum effectu, Et fimiliter præfatus Dominus Dux Cleviæ & Princeps Elector Saxoniæ, per literas fuas patentes, magno figillo fuo figillatas, & manu propria sub. fcriptas, præfentem tractatum ac omnia & fingula capicula in eodem contenta acceptabunt, confirmabunt & ratificabunt, ac præfato Serenissimo Regi Angliæ, ejusve Maje. ftatis deputatis, fimilem confirmationem tradentibus intra fpatium fex hebdomadarum,a dato præfentium proxime & immediate fequentiuin tradet & deliberabit, tradive & deliberari faciet cum effectu.
Salvis interim tractatu matrimonii & Instrumentis nuptialibus inter Illuftriffimum Principem Electorem Saxoniæ præfatum, & ejus Celfitudinis Conjugem Dominam Sibyllam etc. initis Scriptis, & jam pridem factis, ac in fuo legitimo robore permanentibus fecundum verum &expreffum tenorem verborum & fententiarum in eodem trastatu pofitorum dummodo præfenti tractatui non repugnent.
DEI Gratia Guilhelmus, Juliae, Gelriae, Clivensis & Bergensis Dux, Marchiae. Zutphaniae & Ravenspurgi Comes, ac Dominus in Ravenstain etc. teftacum reddimus, quod poftquam mediante Illustrissimo Principe, Domino Johanne Friderico, Duce Saxoniæ, ac Sacri Romani Imperii Principe Electore etc. Cognato & Affine noftro charislimo de contrahendo conjugio inter Sereniffimum Principem, Dominum Henricum Octavum, Angliae & Franciae Regem, Fidei defenforem, Dominum Hiberniae, ac in terris Ecclesiae Angliae immediate fub Chrifto fupremum caput, Dominum chariffimum, & Illuftriffimam Principem Dominam Annam, Sororem noftram amantiffimam tractatum fit, Nos ea de caufa fciente & confentiente Illuftriffima Principe, Domina Maria Clivensi, Juliae & Bergenfi Ducisla ecc. Damnina & Matre noftra charislima, &idem prædicta Sorore nostra amantiffima, una cum Cognaci & Affinis noftri prænominati Principis & Electoris Saxoniæ etc. Consiliariis Johanne a Dolczick , Equite Aurato, & Francisco Burgardo Vice-Cancellario noftros Confiliarios dilectos fideles, Guilhelmum ab Harff, Aulæ noftræ Præfe&tum & Henricum Olisleger, Doctorem ablegafle, cum mandatis, super illo ipso negotio conjugii jam dicti tractandi, agendi & concludendi, pro certiflimo nobis persuadentes, quod ea amicitia & affinitas inter Sereniffimum Regem Angliae etc. & nos contracta&inita, tum in laudem & gloriam nominis divini &emoJumentum Reipublicæ Chriftianæ ceffura, tum quoque nobis & noftris privatim honori &bono, futura sit, Ideoque profitemur publice &aperte his literis noftris, quod illis ipfis prædicti Affinis noftri Principis Electoris Saxoniæ etc. & noftris Confiliariis, Oratoribus & Procuratoribus plenam facultatem, auctoritatem, mandatum & poteftatem dedimus & conceflimus, damus & concedimus hisce literis, de fupradicto negotio conjugii inter Serenissimum Regem Angliæ ac Sororem noftram charisfimam tractandi, agendi & concludendi; Et quicquid abillis tractatum, & actum & conclufum fueric, hoc debemus & volumus Nos & prædicta Mater & Soror noftra charissima gratum, ratum, firmum & inviolabile habere, servare & exequi, perinde ac fi præfentes in perfonis propriis illa omnia & fingula tractaverimus, egerimus & concluserimus.
Et fi prædicti Consiliarii, Oratores & Procuratores noftri ampliore mandato, ac poteftate fpeciali vel generali ad fæpedictum negotium pertinence opus habere videretur, cam quoque potestatem , mandatum & auctoritatem ipsis datam & conceffam effe volumus ac damus & concedimus vigore & virtute haruin literarum fine omni dolo & cavillatione, ac in testimonium horum omnium, has mandati noftri literas manu propria fubfcripfimus. Et quia majus Sigillum noftrum nondum erat paratum, noftro fecreto figillo eas consignari curavimus. Datum in Oppido noftro Duyfleldorffio, quarta die Septembr. Anno Domini millefimo quingentefimo tricesimo nono.
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Henricus Oétavus, DEI Gratia Rex Angliæ & Franciæ, Fidei Defenfor, Dominus Hiberniæ, ac in terris immediate fub Chrifto fupremum caput Ecclefiæ Anglicanæ, omnibus, ad quos præfentes literæ noftræ pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis, quod nos de fidelium circumspectionibus & industriis præclariffinorum & fideli/Timorum Confiliariorum noftrorum reverendissimi in Chrifto Patris Thomæ Cambrienf. Archi-Epilc. Thomæ Domini Andeley de Walden, Cancellarii nostri Agræ. Caroli Suffolicise Ducis etc Confanguinei, ac magni Admiraldi, & reverendi in Chrifto Pacris Cuthberti Duvel. menfis Epifcopi plenius confidentis, ipsos noftros veros & indubitatos Commillarios, Oratores. Procuratores ac Deputatos generales & speciales facimus, conftituimus & ordinamus per præsentes, ut cum Oratoribus, Commillariis, Ambaffatoribus, ProcuratoTibus seu Nunciis Illustriilimorum Principum Tohannis Friderici Ducis Saxoniæ Prints cipis Electoris, Landgravii Thuringiæ, Marchionis Mysniæ, & Burggravii Magdeburgensis etc. ac Wilhelmi Ducis Tulize, Geldriæ, Clivenfis, & Bergensis ecc. Comitis Mar chie, Zutphaniæ & Ravenspurgi, Domini in Rauenftain etc. Confanguineorum Confoederatorum suorum chariffimorum, tum de & super conjugio, sponsalibus, nuptiis, & matrimonii ad Dei amorem & gloriam inter nos & Illuftriffimam Dominam Annam, ineundis, contrahendis & celebrandis, quam etiam de & fuper dote, donacione propter
nuptias,nuptias, nec non tempore & aliis circumftantiis matrimonium ipsum quomodocunque spectantibus, ac cxteris quibuscunque causis & negotiis bonum ipfius qualitercunque concementibus, neceffariis, oportunis & expedientis, conveniant, tractent, paciscan. tur, concordene, integre resolvant, determinent & concludant.
Ad quæ omnia & fingula pro nobis & nomine noftro exercenda, agenda, facienda, & perimplenda eisdem Oratoribus, Commillariis, Procuratoribus, ac Deputatis noftris conjunctim & quibuscunque tribus & pluribus eorum divilin, nostram plenariam poteftatem & mandatum nostrum generale & fpeciale per præsentes damus & concedimus, promiccentes bona fide & in verbo Regis, quod omnia & fingula per dictos Oratores, Commiflarios, Procuratores & Deputatos nostros vel quoscunque tres vel plures eorum in & fuper præmiflis conventa, concordata, tractata, acta, determinata & conclufa fuerint, nos grata, rata & firma habicuri & perpetuo obfervaturi fumus; Ec proinde dabimus literas noftras patentes, magno sigillo noftro figillatas & præmifforum confirmatorias & approbatorias, in forma debita, prout opus fuerit.
In cujus rei teftimonium his præfentibus manu noftra fubfcriptis, figillum noftrum apponi fecimus. Datum apud Caftrum noftrum Windfort XXIa die Septembr. Anno Domini MDXXXIX. Regni vero noftri anno XXXI. Sign. Henry Rex & fubfcriptum Godisuluo.

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Wernheri Teschenmacheri Ab Elverfeldt Annales Cliviæ Juliæ Montium, Marcæ Westphalicæ, Ravensbergæ GeldriæEt Zutphaniæ : Duabus Partibus Comprehensi / Quos denuo edi curavit, adjectisque Annotationibus, Tabulis Genealogicis, Geographicis, Codice Diplomatico atque Indice locupletissimo illustravit Justus Christophorus Dithmarus, Historiar. in Academia Viadrina Prof. …
Author Teschenmacher, Werner
Editor Dithmar, Justus Christoph
Published Francofurti [et] Lipsiae : Nicolai, 1721
Description [8] Bl., 542 S., [1] Bl., 238 S., [10] Bl., [20] Tab. : [2] Kt. ; 4-o [i.e. 2-o]
Annotation
Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Apud Christophorum Gottlieb Nicolai
Enth. außerdem: Codex Diplomatum, Quibus Annales Cliviae, Juliae, Montium, Marcae Westphalicae, Ravensbergae, Ut Et Geldriae et Zutphaniae, Illustrantur
Keywords Staat Kleve / Herzogtum Jülich / Staat Berg / Grafschaft Mark / Ravensberger Land / Geldern / Geschichte / Quelle
Electronic Edition
Münster : Univ.- und Landesbibliothek, 2017
URN urn:nbn:de:hbz:6:1-236874