Born Giulio di Giuliano de Medici in 1478, he served as pope from November 1523 until his death in 1534; the Sack of Rome and English Reformation occurred during his papacy. Extremely rare ALS as the Archbishop of Florence, one page, 7.75 x 9.25, April 9, 1519. Written from Rome, at the Apostolic Palace, a letter to Nicholas Victor, sending instructions to cease actions against an Italian nobleman concerning taxes owed to the Church, in full: "I have let Count Troylo Rossos know that he should not be molested about the taxes on his lands for the period of the Holiness of Our Lord which he possessed in Parma. And because the Count alleges to have paid us for that period, we cede in it the name of His Holiness. And although there is nothing whatever here to show for it I don’t want him to be bothered further in this matter. And so farewell." In fine condition, with two seal-related stains. Given that Clement VII penned this letter from the Apostolic Palace, he was very likely visiting his cousin, Leo X, who was then into the sixth year of his papacy. Letters entirely in the hand of Clement VII are excessively rare.
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