Editing Jean du Bellay (section)

===Diplomat in England===
He was well-fitted for a diplomatic career, and carried out several missions in England (1527–1534). He was Ambassador Ordinary from November 1527 to February 1529, when his elder brother Guillaume replaced him. When his brother departed, he was again Ambassador, from 15 May 1529 to January 1530.  He returned on a mission in August–September 1530, and again, as Ambassador Extraordinary, in October 1531.  After returning to Court, he was immediately dispatched again to England on 6 November 1531.<ref>Bourilly, ''Guillaume du Bellay'', pp. 77–84.</ref> He was in England again as Ambassador Extraordinary in August and September 1532. A meeting between the English and French monarchs took place at Boulogne on 20 October 1532,<ref>Cardinal de Tournon was present, according to the Venetian Ambassador Giovanni Antonio Venier, along with the Cardinals Du Prat (the French Chancellor), de Bourbon, de Lorraine and de Gramont. Rawdon Brown, ''Calendar'' IV, p. 362.  Bourilly, ''Guillaume du Bellay'', pp. 136–139.</ref> at which Bishop du Bellay was present,<ref>Hamy, p. 64.</ref> and immediately thereafter Cardinals Tournon and de Gramont were sent to Rome to negotiate with Pope Clement VII.  Du Bellay returned to England from November 1533 to January 1534.<ref>''Catalogue des actes de Francois Ier'', IX. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. 1907. pp. 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.</ref>  In this last embassy, it was his duty to explain the agreements made between Francis I and Pope Clement VII  during their negotiations in Marseille in October and November 1533.<ref>{{cite book |author=Alfred Hamy |title=Entrevue de François Premier Avec Henry VIII, À Boulogne-sur Mer, en 1532: Intervention de la France Dans L'affaire Du Divorce, D'après Un Grand Nombre de Documents Inédits |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G8ZMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA3 |year=1898 |publisher=L. Gougy |location=Paris |language=fr |pages=cccxciii–ccccvi, no. 115}}</ref>