R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 408 October 8, 2012 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 4050 N. Ocean Drive, Unit 204, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ JANUARY ORDERS - Orders for January 1527 are due in my hands by October 28, 2012. RESULTS OF DECEMBER SIEGES - Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos, successfully completed his second month of siege at Palermo. Peppin Perault, Magistrate of Issoudunm, successfully completed his fifth month of siege at Mezieres. Milon Illiers successfully completed his sixth month of siege at Perigueux. Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar, successfully completed his first month of siege at Salonika. SIEGES FOR JANUARY - MEZIERES: besieged by Peppin Perault PERIGUEUX: Besieged by Milon Illiers PALERMO: Besieged by Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos SALONIKA: Besieged by Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar DECEMBER EVENTS - Tomasso Euffreducci completed a pilgrimage to Loreto. Inside Dreux, the Blanchet family tower (FAS=126), which was defended by Charles Blanchet, Magistrate of Dreux, with (M=730) 6,493 auxiliaries and 12 garrison troops, was captured by assault by Leon Perault, Magistrate of Lorca, with (M=999) 46,032 auxiliaries. Blanchet was killed. 4,973,985 ducats, 97,684 grain, 678 iron and 703 small arms were also captured. Inside Lublin, the Tarnowski family tower (FAS=30), which was defended by three tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Frederyk Jagellon, Archbishop of Gnesen, with (M=692) 251 auxiliaries, 30 arquebusiers, 40 pikemen and 213 archers. Inside Bern, the Kiefuss family tower (FAS=11), which was defended by one tower garrison troop, was captured by assault by Louis Bude, a knight, with (M=902) 1,992 auxiliaries, 2,000 arquebusiers and 5,000 heavy cavalry. Inside Aix, the Villiers family tower (FAS=999), which was defended by Pierre Villiers, Magistrate of Aix, with (M=999) 29,304 auxiliaries, 495 archers, 1,328 arquebusiers and 99 tower garrison troops, was caputed by assault by Guillaume Briconnet, Bishop of Saint Malo, with (M=999) 194,957 auxiliaries, 74,853 arquebusiers, 19,916 pikemen, 35,000 archers and 5,874 heavy cavalry. The Magistrate was not killed, but he was despoiled of 2,970 horses, 29,012,850 ducats, 852 cannons, 2,567 falconets, 433,217 grain, 191,748 oil, 339,698 nuts, 1,420 iron, 2,828 small arms amd 2 relics. Inside Arcachon, the Hallot family tower (FAS=24), which was defended by Henry Hallot, Magistrate of Arcachon, with (M=628) 24 arquebusiers and two tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Etien Lenoncourt, Bishop of Langres, with (M=999) 129,521 auxiliaries and 9,700 arquebusiers. The Bishop was not killed, but 24,680,204 ducats, 257 cannons, 500 falconets, 8,000 grain, 59,698 salt fish, 32,198 fish, 2,540 iron, 28,634 timber, 2,000 small arms, 56,200 pitch, 8,712 sails, 15,532 cordage and 3,000 barrels were taken from him. Inside Lareole, the Gramont family tower (FAS=999), which was defended by Charles de Gramont, Magistrate of Lareole, with (M=968) 9,702 auxiliaries, 485 archers and 99 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Robert Lenon- court, Archbishop of Tours, with (M=999) 77,857 auxiliaries, 50,000 pikemen and 50,000 archers. The Magistrate was not killed, but he was despoiled of 201 cannons, 3,005,918 ducats, 132,727 butter, 226,722 cheese, 331 wine, 331 beer, 1 spirits, 196 iron and 963 small arms. Inside Nimes, the Magistrate's tower (FAS=614), which was defended by Charles Villiers, Magistrate of Nimes, with (M=991) 18,432 auxiliaries and 61 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Georges Latremouille, Baron of Jonvelle, with (M=999) 327,727 auxiliaries. The Magistrate was not killed, but 15,011,496 ducats, 226 cannons, 381 falconets, 57,380 grain, 2,731 wine, 25 iron, 1,499 small arms and 4,483 carpets were also captured. Inside Valence, the Orange family tower (FAS=169), which was defended by Philiberte d'Orange, Magistrate of Valence, with (M=999) 20,311 auxiliaries, 382 arquebusiers, 400 archers and 16 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Henry Talbot, a baron, with (M=969) 34,922 auxiliaries, 34,000 arquebusiers and 10,000 pikemen. The Magistrate was not killed, but 17,922,629 ducats, 4,417 horses, 160 cannons, 1,547 falconets, 2,621 slaves, 100,085 grain, 98,769 fruit, 1,089 oil, 1,500 cheese, 4,051 woolens, 500 iron and 1,485 were taken from her. The town of Argostoli (FAS=868, FAR=178), which was defended by Panos Morousi, Magistrate of Argostoli, with (M=499) 201 garrison troops, 55 crew and 1,331 auxiliaries, was captured by assault by Pierre d'Aubusson, Grandmaster of the Knights of Rhodes, with (M=830) 4,000 arquebusiers, 6,468 archers, 194 heavy cavalry and 92,663 crew. The Magistrate was killed and despoiled of 9 barques, 3 galliots, 1,899 fruit, 10,922 oil, 10,093 honey, 918 iron, 536 small arms, 318 bows, 12,000 wool and 4,152 raw silk. Donald FLETCHER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Antoine PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Archibald CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Norman FISHER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Andrew HAY wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Thomas ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. John FRASER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Albrecht DURER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Hans DURER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Jean ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Rene ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Edward STOREY wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Honoria WIMSEY was appointed to the magistracy of GreatSnoring. Frederyk JAGELLON was appointed to the magistracy of LUBLIN. Christine JAGELLON was appointed to the magistracy of PRZEMYSL. Oberto GIOVANNI shortened the road from Florence to Lecce to 368 miles. Creon RANGABE shortened the road from Arbaji to Sennar to 267 miles. Ahmed JUMBLAT shortened the road from Beirut to Rakka to 200 miles. Pachachi MARAKKAR shortened the road from Vijayanagar to Calicut to 201 miles. Immadi SALUVA shortened the road from Vijayanagar to Calicut to 199 miles. Izmet YAKUBOGLU shortened the road from Adrianople to Vidin to 219 miles. Naim MOKHA shortened the road from JebelAkhdar to Muscat to 294 miles. Ali Beg PURNAK shortened the road from Balkh to Bokhara to 229 miles. Ali SAFAVID shortened the road from Tabriz to Poti to 322 miles. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Sinope to 332 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Kerman to Naband to 325 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to Unayzah to 307 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 274 miles. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Karaman to Amasia to 250 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Sinope to 302 miles. Michelangelo BUONAROTTI shortened the road from Viterbo to Brescia to 200 miles. Gianni ROVERE shortened the road from Nis to enos to 251 miles. Giuliano ROVERE shortened the road from Kaifeng to Ichang to 329 miles. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 278 miles. Oberto Giovanni was re-elected Gonfaloniere of Florence with his own vote and that of Isidoro Giovanni. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - ERFURT: King of Schwarzburg-Rudolstad to HRE ARCACHON & DREUX: King of Navarre to King of France AIX: King of Orange to King of France