[1812] Cal. of State Papers, Hen. VIII, Vol. IV, No. 5875.
[1813] In a list of monthly wages for July, 1529, there is a payment of £6 13s. 4d. to ‘Friar Nicholas, one of the King’s spiritual learned counsel;’ in Feb., 1530, he received £3 15s. by the King’s command: ibid. Vol. V, p. 304. See ibid. Vol. IV, No. 6187 (25), a grant of denization to ‘Nicholas Delborgo, Minorite, S.T.P.,’ Jan. 21, 1530.
[1814] In conjunction with Stokesley and Edw. Fox he wrote (A. D. 1530) a book on the King’s marriage, which Cranmer translated into English with alterations and additions: Cal. of State Papers, VIII, 1054; cf. Vol. VII, 289. He is probably the ‘Friar Nicolas, a learned man and the King’s faithful favorer,’ who was employed in negotiating with the University of Bologna for a decision favourable to the divorce (1530): Cal. of State Papers, Vol. IV, No. 6619. But there was another Friar Nicholas at this time who was employed by the Pope, Wolsey, Henry VIII, and other princes. This was a German Dominican, Nicholas de Scombergt or Schomberg, usually called Friar Nicholas or Fra Niccolo. He came to England in 1517, the same year that N. de Burgo began to teach in Oxford. He was in England in 1526, and hoped to be made cardinal. In Oct. 1532 he was on his way to Capua (from England?): a few months previously, Dr. Nicholas of Oxford (i.e. probably N. de Burgo) was trying to leave England. These facts are taken from the Calendars of State Papers, Hen. VIII. Vols. II-V.
[1815] Cal. of State Papers, V, 593 (Dec. 21, 1531).
[1816] See Part I, chapter viii.
[1817] Cal. of State Papers, V, 623.
[1818] Ibid. Vol. IV, 6788, ii, iv, vii.
[1819] Ibid. V, 1181. When, after Wolsey’s fall, Cardinal College was in danger of suppression, Dr. Nicholas extracted an admission from the King as to the fate of the rich vestments and ornaments which had been sent to London to have the Cardinal’s arms removed; ‘he had begged of the King “whitze copies for the high days of Our Lady.” The King said, “Alack! they are all disposed, and not one of them is left.”’ Tresham to Wolsey, May 12, 1530; Cal. of State Papers, Vol. IV, No. 6377.
[1820] Cal. of State Papers, Vol. VI, No. 75. The benefice was worth 25l. a year; ibid. IX, 645.
[1821] Ibid. Vol. VI, No. 717.