Moleyns, Adam, -1450

[Adam Moleyns (died 1450) was a prominent English diplomat, politician, humanist, and bishop. After attending Oxford, he traveled to Rome as a representative of the government of Henry VI at the papal curia in Rome in 1443, and by 1435 he was a member of the papal household. He served diplomatic missions for Henry VI between England, the Council of Basel, and Rome, and he led an English embassy to Frankfurt in 1442. He was diplomatically active in France in the 1440s, and was closely politically associated with William de la Pole, the duke of Suffolk. In 1444, Moleyns was made Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, and in 1446, he was consecrated as Bishop of Chichester. He was killed on January 9, 1450 by discontented soldiers while delivering wages to troops bound for France.]

found: 649 (online via vHMML), viewed on January 4, 2021(Adam de Mulin anglicus, author of Apostolicae seids prothonatarius. Enee Silvio; manuscript text in Latin; incipit = Amantissime socie. Modico nunc superiori tempore) - https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/23760

found: Archiv für Kunde österreichischer Geschichts-Quellen, 1856:p. 340 (Adam, de Mulin, Anglicus; ad A. S., d. London, probably 1443...an answer to the letter from Aeneas on July 18, 1443; from a chronological list of the letters of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini)

found: Aeneae Sylvii Piccolominei Senensis, 1551:p. 755 (Letter 186: Adam de Mulin Anglicus Apostolicae Sedis Prothonotarius, dated 1442)

found: History of English Literature, 1893:p. 318 (Piccolomini met the Englishman Adam Mulin at Basel after returning there from a diplomatic mission to England; Mulin became Secretary of State to Henry VI and Keeper of the Privy Seal and "finally lost his head upon the scaffold")

found: Italian Renaissance in England, 1902:p. 9 (quotes a letter from 1444 written by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini to Adam Mulin, Bishop of Chichester and Keeper of the Privy Seal)

found: Catholic hierarchy (online), viewed on October 15, 2020(Bishop Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester, England; appointed in 1445, ordained in 1446; died January 8, 1450) - http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmoley.html

found: Wikipedia (online), viewed on October 15, 2020Adam Moleyns (English bishop, lawyer, royal administrator and diplomat; Dean of Salisbury (1441-1446); Bishop of Chichester from 1446; Lord of the Privy Seal and Protonotary of the Holy See in 1444; lynched in Portsmouth by discontented soldiers on January 9, 1450; a correspondent of humanist Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini; variants = Adam Molyens, Adam Molens, Adam Molins, Adam Molyneaux, Adam Molyneux, Adam de Moleyns) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Moleyns

found: Oxford dictionary of national biography (online), viewed on October 15, 2020:Moleyns, Adam (died 1450; administrator and Bishop of Chichester; attended Oxford; in 1433 represented government of Henry VI in the papal curia in Rome, became a member of the papal household in 1435; diplomatic missions for Henry VI between England, Basel, and Rome; led an English embassy to Frankfurt in 1442; diplomatically active in France; closely associated with William de la Pole, duke of Suffolk; he was attacked and murdered on January 9, 1450 when a dispute arose while he was delivering wages to troops bound for France) - https://doi-org.proxy.ulib.uits.iu.edu/10.1093/ref:odnb/18918

[Adam Moleyns (died 1450) was a prominent English diplomat, politician, humanist, and bishop. After attending Oxford, he traveled to Rome as a representative of the government of Henry VI at the papal curia in Rome in 1443, and by 1435 he was a member of the papal household. He served diplomatic missions for Henry VI between England, the Council of Basel, and Rome, and he led an English embassy to Frankfurt in 1442. He was diplomatically active in France in the 1440s, and was closely politically associated with William de la Pole, the duke of Suffolk. In 1444, Moleyns was made Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, and in 1446, he was consecrated as Bishop of Chichester. He was killed on January 9, 1450 by discontented soldiers while delivering wages to troops bound for France.]

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