PHILIP II (1527-1598, King of Spain, Husband of Mary Tudor)

Fine letter in Spanish signed 'Yo El Rey' (the King) as Duke of Milan, to the Mayor de Castilla, Governor and Captain General of the State of Milan ordering him to pay Don Enriquez 'former Castellan of this castle' the 2000 Scudi owing to him for his gentlemen, he saysthat on "behalf of Enrrique Enrriquez Castellano of our castle made us ... obtain orders to pay two thousand Scudi that we owe {to them) from the salary that your honorable men have not received ... bring order as you prefer, because as you have been such a honorable person and from such services of you we are very satisfied, we will be pleased if they can be paid all that belong to them, therefore you will be in charge of sending us and give the order to find out the reason why we owe the money to them and pay them and satisfy as soon as possible from the money existing in treasury (both ordinary and extraordinary) ...", countersigned VARGAS, 2 sides folio, with address and official endorsements on the verso and impressed seall, Aranjuez, 26th April some browning and small splits at folds

Philip's rule in the Seventeen Provinces known collectively as the Netherlands faced many difficulties, leading to open warfare in 1568. There was discontent in the Netherlands about Philip's taxation demands and the incessant persecution of Protestants. In 1572, a prominent exiled member of the Dutch aristocracy, William of Orange (Prince of Orange), invaded the Netherlands with a Protestant army, but he only succeeded in holding two provinces, Holland and Zeeland. Rampant inflation and the loss of treasure fleets from the New World prevented Philip from paying his soldiers consistently, leading to the so-called Spanish Fury at Antwerp in 1576, where soldiers ran amok through the streets, burning more than 1,000 homes and killing 6,000 citizens. Philip sent in Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, as Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592. Farnese defeated the rebels in 1578 at the Battle of Gembloux.
Transcription:
Don Phelippo por la gracia de dios Rey de Spanna de las dos Sicilias de {Hierem} y duq' de Milan
{Jefe?} Comun mayor de castilla del nro' consejo destado y nro' gou' y capan gn'al por parte de don enrrique enrriquez castellano que fue desse castillo nos ha sido hecha relación q' sin embargo de los ordenes q' de nos ha obtenido para que sele paguen los dos mil escudos que ay seledeven del sueldo de sus gentiles hombres, no ha podido cobrar ninguna dellos, suplicando nos fuessemos servido atento del dan'o que recibe con la dilación, dar enello el orden que convenga y porq' siendo persona tan benemérita y de cuyos servyos tenemos toda satisfaction, holgaremos mucho q' sele dessta en todo lo que le tocare, porenede os encargos y mandamos proveais y dess orden, que averiguado lo que por la dicha razón sele deviere y huviere justam de haver sele pague y satisfaga con toda brevedad y efecto de quales quier dineros que mas promptos estuvieren en thesoreria assi oridnarios como extraordios, assentandolos después ene{missing part} q' senos embiareys q' assi procede de vr'ta voluntad expressa, toda dubda y contradion cessante
Datts en Aranjuez a xxvy de abril MDLXXY Yo el Rey
Translation:
Sir Phelippo by our God's grace King of Spain, of the two Sicilies of {Hierem} and duke of Milan
Mayor {chief?} of castilla of our state council of the governement and general capitaincy in our state of Milan in behalf of Enrrique Enrriquez Castellano of our castle made us such relation of the obtained orders to pay two thousand Scudi that we owe {to them) from the salary that your honorable men have not received, begging we can be repaired from the damage (caused) from such dilation, bring order as you prefer, because as you have been such a honorable person and from such services of you we are very satisfied, we will be pleased if they can be paid all that belong to them, therefore you will be in charge of sending us and give the order to find out the reason why we owe the money to them and pay them and satisfy as soon as possible from the money existing in treasury (both ordinary and extraordinary), and then registering them in {missing part} which you will then send to us from your expressed will, all doubt and pending contradiction.
Date in Aranjuez 26 of April 1572


Item Date:  1572

Stock No:  41152      £2250

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