Dated 18 April 1461 this brief letter from the Milanese Ambassador to the French Court notes only that the brothers of King Edward, George and Richard, have arrived at the court of the Duke of Burgundy, where they were well received.
90. Prospero Camulio, Milanese Ambassador to the French Court, to Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan.
Since I wrote to-day the two brothers of King Edward have arrived, one eleven and the other twelve years of age. The duke, who is most kind in everything, has been to visit them at their lodging, and showed them great reverence.
Bruges, the 18th April, 1461.
[Italian.]‘Milan: 1461’, in Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives and Collections of Milan 1385-1618, ed. Allen B Hinds (London, 1912), British History Online
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