Jean Scheyfve had earlier served as the ambassador of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, to the English court.
13 Facts About Jean Scheyfve
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Jean Scheyfve studied at Leuven University, graduating doctor of law.
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Jean Scheyfve's letters are mostly concerned with commercial issues and rarely say much of the doctrinal religious controversies in England.
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Warwick and the Marquess of Northampton discussed his business with Edward while Jean Scheyfve was not present, and then told him Edward thought he ought to be satisfied with the answer already given.
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Mary would not be allowed to hear the Mass with her ladies, and although Jean Scheyfve said Nicholas Wotton and William Paget had made a promise otherwise to Charles V, they and Hoby denied this was possible.
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Jean Scheyfve had to tell Mary not to practice the Catholic religion.
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Mary's three household servants at Kenninghall in High Suffolk, mentioned by Jean Scheyfve were a chaplain, Pooly and Lyonel.
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Jean Scheyfve had spoken to Cabot and pointed out that China ought to be a possession of the Empire.
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Cabot did not sail with these ships himself, and continued to discuss employment with Charles V An offer from Charles arrived on the day of Edward VI's death, which Scheyfve was therefore unable to refer to the English court.
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Renard, not Jean Scheyfve, was entrusted with sounding out Mary's marriage to Philip II of Spain.
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On his return from England Jean Scheyfve resumed his duties as a privy councillor.
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Jean Scheyfve did not support the Duke of Alva's response to the Dutch Revolt, and in 1576 backed the Pacification of Ghent as a basis for restoring peace to the Low Countries.
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Jean Scheyfve's coat-of-arms was gules with a gold chief charged with three black wolf heads.