NICCOLO, Frate (Chaplain to Pope Clement VII, 1523-1534). Two unpublished letters (a contemporary copy) to an unidentified correspondent, Rome, 28 September and 8 October 1526 , giving an account of the dramatic uprising of the Colonna and their supporters in Rome on 20 September and the sacking of the papal palace and the basilica of St Peter; describing the approach of the enemy and the Pope's failure to rally forces, 'non vi fa huomo nessuno che si movessi per conto del papa'; the invasion of the palace by 'ribaldi et ladri colonnesi et gente de male affare', the plundering of the papal apartments, 'futte le sue stanze con tutti gli adornamenti et tapezerie', and the rooms of the cardinals, bishops and papal officials, also the sacristy and the tapestries of the chapel of St Sixtus, culminating in the Pope's flight to Castel Sant'Angelo and Niccolò's escape 'con piu roba Che io potessi'; in the second letter outlining the Pope's efforts to find supporters, altogether 93 lines written on one leaf (recto and verso), 290 x 215 mm. The pontificate of Pope Clement VII, the former Giulio de' Medici, was marred by his disastrously weak and irresolute nature. Having unwisely taken the French side in the Franco-Spanish war, he was then forced into an alliance with the victorious Charles V after the defeat of the French at Pavia. Then in May 1526 he changed course and joined the Italians in the League of Cognac against the Emperor. This was to provoke a storm of retribution culminating in the sack of Rome by the imperial troops in May 1527. Meanwhile in August 1526 the Colonna, the most powerful of the great Roman clans, had forced an agreement upon Clement who at once dismantled the papal defences. But the Colonna immediately incited the imperial representative in Italy to join them in an assault on Rome and the Pope, which followed as described in Niccolò's letter. The letter of 8 October (copied in the same chancery hand) reveals two attempts by Clement VII to discover if the Romans would take up arms to defend him. They declined to do so. Frate Niccolò, Prior of St Catherine of Cremona, was previously chaplain to Leo X, and corresponded with other members of the Medici family.
NICCOLO, Frate (Chaplain to Pope Clement VII, 1523-1534). Two unpublished letters (a contemporary copy) to an unidentified correspondent, Rome, 28 September and 8 October 1526 , giving an account of the dramatic uprising of the Colonna and their supporters in Rome on 20 September and the sacking of the papal palace and the basilica of St Peter; describing the approach of the enemy and the Pope's failure to rally forces, 'non vi fa huomo nessuno che si movessi per conto del papa'; the invasion of the palace by 'ribaldi et ladri colonnesi et gente de male affare', the plundering of the papal apartments, 'futte le sue stanze con tutti gli adornamenti et tapezerie', and the rooms of the cardinals, bishops and papal officials, also the sacristy and the tapestries of the chapel of St Sixtus, culminating in the Pope's flight to Castel Sant'Angelo and Niccolò's escape 'con piu roba Che io potessi'; in the second letter outlining the Pope's efforts to find supporters, altogether 93 lines written on one leaf (recto and verso), 290 x 215 mm. The pontificate of Pope Clement VII, the former Giulio de' Medici, was marred by his disastrously weak and irresolute nature. Having unwisely taken the French side in the Franco-Spanish war, he was then forced into an alliance with the victorious Charles V after the defeat of the French at Pavia. Then in May 1526 he changed course and joined the Italians in the League of Cognac against the Emperor. This was to provoke a storm of retribution culminating in the sack of Rome by the imperial troops in May 1527. Meanwhile in August 1526 the Colonna, the most powerful of the great Roman clans, had forced an agreement upon Clement who at once dismantled the papal defences. But the Colonna immediately incited the imperial representative in Italy to join them in an assault on Rome and the Pope, which followed as described in Niccolò's letter. The letter of 8 October (copied in the same chancery hand) reveals two attempts by Clement VII to discover if the Romans would take up arms to defend him. They declined to do so. Frate Niccolò, Prior of St Catherine of Cremona, was previously chaplain to Leo X, and corresponded with other members of the Medici family.
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