Note 120 — Chapter II · The First Mission to England of the Bailly of Troyes (1531) and the Calais Interview of 1532
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Du Bellay, “Mémoires,” ed. Petitot, vol. ii., p. 133. These were certainly the only English subjects admitted to the French Order at this period. The reason given by Du Bellay for the selection of the two dukes sufficiently proves the high esteem in which the distinction was held.