1515

Trombonist Hans Nagel, who, as a respected musician, has moved freely among nobility throughout Europe, is hired as a spy by King Henry VIII of England. Henry is particularly concerned about obtaining more information about Richard de la Pole, known as the White Rose. De la Pole, an exiled duke of Suffolk, lives in Metz, France, and apparently has remote claims to the throne. Hans Nagel agrees to make contact with de la Pole, which he apparently does in the following years. Nagel then apparently develops a close enough relationship with de la Pole that Henry expresses concern that Nagel has become a double agent. Henry calls Nagel back to England, but Nagel refuses to return without amnesty. In a letter of 1517, an Ambassador Tunstall claims to have discovered that Nagel is clearly acting as a double agent. Nagel never returns to England (Bouckaert and Schreurs 109).