HENRI III (1551-1589). L.S., Paris March 16, 1585, to M. de - Lot 480

HENRI III (1551-1589). L.S., Paris March 16, 1585, to M. de SAINT-GOUART, "my ambassador in Rome"; the letter is countersigned by Secretary of State Claude PINART (c. 1525-1605); 1 page folio, address on verso. Jean de VIVONNE, marquis de Pisani et sieur de Saint-Gouard (1530-1599), who was appointed marshal of France that same year, was on embassy in Rome.Henri III asked him to intervene with the Pope on behalf of the Archbishop of Bourges, Renaud de BEAUNE (1527-1606) and his brother Martin de Beaune: "Regnault de Beaulne archevesque de Bourges, et abbé de labbaye de la Court dun ordre de Cisteaulx ou diocese d'Orleans, et Martin de Beaulne son frere, Chancellier de la Royne madame et mere [Catherine de Médicis], et abbé de labaye de Bonneval, ordre de St Augustin, ou diocese de Chartres". They wish to obtain from the Pope bulls, dispensations and provisions for the permutation of their abbeys...