This brief letter dated 30 April 1461 notes the response of Count Camalengo to news of the Yorkist victory at Towton.
98. Cecco di Calabria, Ducal Secretary, to Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan.
Count Camalengo at the 23rd hour of this day received word of the terrible slaughter in England in the recent battle. This news has greatly pleased his Majesty, who is in excellent state with all his troops, being well cared for here by the podesta.
Borgo S. Donnino, the last of 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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This letter is part of our series on the Road to Towton as told by the Milan State Papers. These letters cover the period from the Battle of Wakefield to the reporting of the Battle of Towton. They include references to the Second Battle of St. Albans and the proclamation of Edward as being King of England.