Sorry David, I don't mean to sound harsh but you have really not helped at all. You simply keep restating that Stillington was the person who tried to get Henry removed from Brittany, and alluding vaguely to primary sources that you do not appear to have studied yourself. I do read French, and so do some others on this forum. If you can quote original Breton sources with proper citation we shall be so much clearer. Or are we simply talking about Breton secondary sources, which may again be drawing on the English tradition that I have traced back to Hall?
I'll look up the Ricardian article when I get a chance, but I'm actually busy trying to do other things, so if you could get to the bottom of it yourself and provide us with clarification it would be wonderful.
There are Breton sources - there was a steady stream of embassies from both England and France. The date is given as November There is no doubt that the embassy took place, the only question is which bishop led it. One source possible is actually in the Ricardian - For My Lord of Richmond a Pourpoint and a Palfrey: brief remarks on the financial evidence for Henry Tudor's exile in Brittany Published by the historic and archaeology society of Saint Malo.
The 'champion' of Henry, who also commanded the fleet that tried to land him in was Jean du Quelennec, Viscount du Faou, Admiral of Brittany and respected councillor of the Duke from the old noble tradition. And the treasurer sent to retrieve HT was of course Pierre Landais. You seem to be assuming these Breton "sources" early 20thC articles will give Breton primary sources for HT's narrow escape from Edward's ambassadors in Saint-Malo.
The impression I have gained from my reading, however, is that whilst we have primary sources for the comings and goings of ambassadors, our only "primary" source in Polydore Vergil for the story that a set of English ambassadors not long after Picquigny got Duke Francis' permission to take HT back to England, and that he only escaped by taking sanctuary Saint-Malo and enlisting the support of Jean de Quennelec 'John Chenlay' ; Landais' retrieval of HT also comes from Vergil.
