Jean Scheyfve

Who is Jean Scheyfve?

Jean or Jehan Scheyfve, Seigneur de Rode-Saint-Agathe, was the ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire to England from May 1550 to October 1553.

Jean was the son of Jean Scheyfve and Jeanne de Bercham. He was for some years a magistrate, and Burgomaster of Antwerp in 1545. Scheyfve was resident ambassador at the courts of Edward VI of England and Mary I of England. His letters are mostly concerned with commercial issues and rarely say much of the doctrinal religious controversies in England. Scheyfve was sent to London before the departure of the previous ambassador, François van der Delft, in May 1550. London was not regarded as a good posting in the diplomatic community and he thought his mission would last only three months.