The Treaty of the More was concluded on 30 August 1525 between Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

 and Francis I of France

Francis I of France

Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...

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England, with Cardinal Wolsey negotiating, agreed to give up some territorial claims on France. England also agreed to try to help secure the release of King Francis, then held by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...

 and King of Spain. England were to receive a pension from the French of £20,000 pa. England had also been concerned by the Auld Alliance

Auld Alliance

The Auld Alliance was an alliance between the kingdoms of Scotland and France. It played a significant role in the relations between Scotland, France and England from its beginning in 1295 until the 1560 Treaty of Edinburgh. The alliance was renewed by all the French and Scottish monarchs of that...

 between France and Scotland and France agreed to prevent the Duke of Albany from returning to Scotland.
France settled what was owed to Henry VIII's sister, Mary, dowager queen of France. It was celebrated by Henry VIII and the French ambassadors at The More

The More

The More was a sixteenth-century castle near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, where Catherine of Aragon lived after the annulment of her marriage to Henry VIII of England. It was previously owned by Cardinal Wolsey, and was at More Park. The Treaty of the More was celebrated here by Henry VIII and the...

, Hertfordshire, a castle owned by Henry's chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey.