R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 355 September 21, 2009 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 7080 NW 75th Street, Pompano Beach, Florida 33067 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org PHONE: (954) 753-8002 EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ AUGUST ORDERS - Orders for August 1522 are due in my hands by October 11, 2009. PAYPAL - If you wish to pay your fees by credit card, you may now do so through Paypal. You may also use my Paypal account to pay by check, or by transfer from another Paypal account. The email address to use for my account is cxren@lycos.com. Paypal's address is WWW.PAYPAL.COM. NEW PLAYERSHIPS - MAXIMOI: Gene Keller, 311 Bank St., New Albany IN 47150 RAMAZAN: Beverly Morris, 207 Rosebank Ct., Fairdale NY 40118 RESULTS OF JULY SIEGES - Robert Ker, Duke of Calverton, successfully completed his thirteenth month of siege at Stettin. Bayezid II Osmanli successfully completed his twelfth month of siege at Serres, but did not renew the siege. Richard Vere, a knight, successfully completed his seventh month of siege at Whitby. Robert Douglas, Earl of Douglas, successfully completed his fifth month of siege at Peterhead. Edward Guildford, a knight, successfully completed his third month of siege at Cardiff, but did not renew the siege. SIEGES FOR AUGUST - STETTIN: Besieged by Robert Ker, Duke of Caverton WHITBY: Besieged by Richard Vere, a knight PETERHEAD: Besieged by Robert Douglas, Earl of Douglas. HANOVER: Besieged by Gregor Lipa. JULY EVENTS - The town of Cardiff (FAS=1, FAR=0), which was defended by Baron Adolf Wolgast with (M=915) 156 archers, 18,079 pikemen and 5,740 auxiliaries, was assaulted by Edward Guildford (Retreat Point = 280), a knight, with (M=999) 10,000 arquebusiers, 40,000 pikemen and 50,000 archers. The assault lasted for eight hours, then was broken off because the Guildford forces had had their morale reduced below their retreat point. Pilgrimages at Canterbury were completed by Andrew Hay, Earl of Erroll, and Richard Rotheram, Magistrate of Canterbury. Mehmet Yunus declared himself Emir of Aegina. The Pope appointed Hans Schade to be Archbishop of Riga. In an urban battle fought inside of Salonika, the town's garrison of 1,776 men (LOY=999) was attacked and killed by Pericles Maximoi, Bishop of Smyrna, with (M=577) 5,806 auxiliaries and 396 crew. The Bishop, thereby, took control of the location. In an urban battle fought inside of Bergreichstein, the village's ten-man garrison (LOY=638) was attacked and killed by Herman Schweidnitz with (M=648) 1,084 auxiliaries and 1,294 arquebusiers. At Dordrecht, the Endorfer family tower (FAS=999), which was defended by Ludwig Endorfer with (M=255) 19,248 auxiliaries, 1,882 arquebusiers and 480 crew, was captured by assault by Jiri Budweis with (M=996) 45,000 auxiliaries. Ludwig was not killed, but 3,239,822 ducats, 21,339 salt fish, 9,787 fish and 44,927 small arms were taken from him. Bayezid II OSMANLI wrote a diatribe against Zacharias EPIDAMNOS. George STANLEY was appointed to the magistracy of Staveley. Warren STANLEY was appointed to the magistracy of Matlock. John LENE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Edward LENE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Henry LENE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Richard LENE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Thomas LENE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. James IV STEWART wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Angus ELPHINSTONE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. William ELPHINSTONE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Edward GUILDFORD wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Richard GUILDFORD wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Turlough O'BRIEN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Edward VERE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Elizabeth VERE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. John VERE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Mary TUDOR wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Thomas WOLSEY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Robert WOLSEY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. ThomasWynter WOLSEY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Dorothy WOLSEY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Laurence NEVILLE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Ralph NEVILLE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Thomas NEVILLE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. George TALBOT wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Jean BUDE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Guillaume BUDE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Louis BUDE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Jeannot BUDE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Charles BUDE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Sir Andrew WOOD wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Nicholas STYGGE was appointed to the magistracy of FERROL. Walter BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Robert BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Douglas BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Andrew BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. William III KEITH wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Robert KEITH wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Donald FLETCHER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Aaron FLETCHER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. David FLETCHER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Andrew HAY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Andrew HAY deepened the harbor at Canterbury to 4 feet. Desiderius ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Jacob ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Maurice ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Per ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Rogerius ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Hugh FRASER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. John FRASER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Maud ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Richard ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Thomas ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. David LINDSAY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. John of Cra. LINDSAY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. William SHEVES wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. John FISHER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Albrecht DURER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Ernst DURER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Hans DURER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Heinrich DURER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Agnes LIVINGSTONE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Gavin DOUGLAS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. George DOUGLAS wrote a diatribe against William THIRKILL. Charles ALENCON wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Anne ALENCON wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Stephan SALAZAR wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Gaston SALAZAR wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Guillaume MALET wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Jerome MALET wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Jean ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Milon ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Rene ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Gerard PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Raimond PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Antoine PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Eric GADH wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Knut GADH wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Gaute IVARSSON wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Archibald CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Abraham CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Colin CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. John ofLundy CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Nicholas SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Klaus SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Snorri SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Hans SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Stefan JONSSON wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Lord James HAMILTON wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. John CUNNINGHAM wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Hugh PAVY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Owen PAVY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Richard PAVY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Anne BUTLER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Edmund BUTLER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Piers BUTLER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Maurice FITZGERALD wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Edward STOREY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Stephen STOREY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Thomas STOREY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Martin STOREY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. David KER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Robert KER wrote a diatribe against Ernst WOLGAST. Timothy KER wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Jacob RAHABI planted 100 colonists at Tangasseri. Michael RAHABI shortened the road from Arbaji to Dakkar to 284 miles. Judith TERDAEGOBAZ planted 100 colonists at ElArish. Aristedes RANGABE shortened the road from TelAviv to Aleppo to 247 miles. Malik Zafir TAHIRID shortened the road from Shihr to Dhofar to 281 miles. Abdalwahhab TAHIRID shortened the road from Hamadan to Tabriz to 229 mi. Jacques BEAUNE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Andre ANCEZUNE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Johann LAMARCK wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Robert III LAMARCK wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Pierre III ROHAN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Emil RICAUT wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Jean RICAUT wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. AnnedeFrance BOURBON wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Louis BOURBON wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Pierre PEYRAT wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Charles VIII VALOIS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Guillaume CAPPEL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Louis LENONCOURT closed the market at Montelimar. Nicholas CIBO wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Leonardo BUONAROTTI wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Marco BUONAROTTI wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Michelangelo BUONAROTTI wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Michelangelo BUONAROTTI wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Alfonso BOBADILLA wrote a diatribe against Frederick FLENSBURG. Thomas WAKEFIELD wrote a diatribe against Ernst WELF. William WAKEFIELD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. William WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Naples to Brescia to 381 miles. Garin LEGIER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Edward STAFFORD shortened the road from Dartmouth to Wakefield to 216 mi. Elizabeth STAFFORD shortened the road from Nuremburg to Bologna to 244 mi. Herbert STAFFORD shortened the road from Naples to Brescia to 372 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Yergogu to Constantinople to 320 miles. Jamal MUSTAPHA wrote a diatribe against Zacharias EPIDAMNOS. Jemal NARUN closed the market at Chios. Leyli NARUN wrote a diatribe against Zacharias EPIDAMNOS. Oliviero CARAFFA shortened the road from Naples to Siena to 229 miles. Giampietro CARAFFA shortened the road from Florence to Melfi to 222 miles. Roger BAUDRICOURT shortened the road from rosetta to Tripoli to 303 miles. Enzio MEDICI shortened the road from Guadix to Igualada to 290 miles. John Albert JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Albrecht DORTMUND. Lavenas JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Albrecht DORTMUND. Sigismund JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Albrecht DORTMUND. Elizabeth JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albrecht DORTMUND. Frederyk JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albrecht DORTMUND. Helen JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albrecht DORTMUND. Christine JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albrecht DORTMUND. Hedwig JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albrecht DORTMUND. Albert WETTIN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. John LIPA was appointed to the magistracy of ZWICKAU. Ernst WETTIN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Frederick WETTIN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Hans WETTIN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Povilas DAUKSA wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Vladas DAUKSA wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Zigmunt DAUKSA wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Pavel DAUKSA wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Hektor BULOW wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Magdalena BULOW wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Henry PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Albrecht PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Bocek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Hynek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Victorin PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Jens BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Herluf BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Per BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Paul BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Horst BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Nicholas STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Geraldo CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Ursula CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Fernao CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Marino CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Vasco CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Viktor SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Gustav SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Herman SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Wenzel SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Stefan SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Chval JICIN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Ulrich JICIN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Vacha JICIN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Albus JICIN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Havel JICIN wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. John LIPA wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Bourian LIPA wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Henry LIPA wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Trtchka LIPA wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. NEZAHUALPILI shortened the road from GraciasADios to Garachine. Citli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Truxillo. Moxatli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Colon. Tzanuhei QUILTOTOTL shortened the road from GraciasADios to Garachine to 565 mi. Coxolotli QUILTOTOTL shortened the road from GraciasADios to Garachine to 559 miles. Centzontli QUILTOTOTL shortened the road from GraciasADios to Garachine to 553 miles. Antoniotto FREGOSI shortened the road from Genoa to Zagreb to 249 miles. Paolo FREGOSI shortened the road from Genoa to Zagreb to 241 miles. Anne SPINAY was appointed to the magistracy of Toul. Pacifico BURLAMACCHI shortened the road from Genoa to Zagreb to 233 miles. Robert BLACKADDER shortened the road from Genoa to Zagreb to 224 miles. Adam BLACKADDER shortened the road from Amsterdam to Basel to 293 miles. Diego AZAMBUJA planted 100 colonists at GraciasADios. Francesco MARTINI shortened the road from Genoa to Zagreb to 217 miles. Istvan CSEH wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Peter CSEH wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Zygmunt CSEH wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Andreas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Nicholas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Sigismund BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Stephen BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Sigismund WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Wladislaw WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Barbara WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Lucas WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Nicholas C. WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Akos NAGY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Arpad NAGY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Emericus NAGY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Zoltan NAGY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Zsolt NAGY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Jakob SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Bozena BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Stefan BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Coloman FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Geza FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Gyula FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. Ignaz FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. John FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Anton DORTMUND. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - WHYDAH: MANI of KONGO to King of Schwarzburg-Blankenberg ROBERTSPORT & BENIN: Duke of Aguilar to King of Schwarzburg-Blankenberg AMASIA & TOKAT: Sultan of the Ottomans to Khan of Samarkand FEUDATORY CHANGES - BLACKBURN: Magistrate of Blackburn to Earl of Westmoreland