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Accepi 1537-10-18⌊heri1537-10-18⌋ ab hoc domino Jakub Schroter administrator of the episcopal estate on Maurycy Ferber's behalf⌊IacoboJakub Schroter administrator of the episcopal estate on Maurycy Ferber's behalf⌋[1] arculam, cui in erant tres sacci consignati , continentes, ut schedae applicatae significant, mille noningentas et sexaginta octo marcas. Percepturus ad eam summam a Tiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌊reverendissimo domino electoTiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌋ centum viginti quinque aureos Hungaros, quibus numerus mille aureorum pro confirmatione a Holy See (Sedes Apostolica) ⌊Sede ApostolicaHoly See (Sedes Apostolica) ⌋ obtinenda[2] in quemlibet aureum XLV grossos communes computando erit pe[r]fectus, eam pecuniam, ad fidem qua<e> mihi missa est, sic consignatam reliqui et de ea, in numero ut praemittitur, Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabile capitulumErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ et Dominationem Vestram quietos et li[ber]os dico his litteris, eandemque Dominationem Vestram bene valere cupio.

Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊Ex castro LubaviensiLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋, XIX Octobris MDXXXVII

[1 ] Jakub Schroter cf. cf. Johann TYMMERMANN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1537-10-17, CIDTC IDL 1743⌊Ioannes Tymmermann to Dantiscus, Heilsberg, October 17, 1537, orig. AAWO, D.67, f. 87r-vcf. Johann TYMMERMANN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1537-10-17, CIDTC IDL 1743⌋

[2 ] Fees for church benefices – annates – were introduced in 1316 by Pope John XXII. The beneficiary’s formal pledge to pay the annates was the necessary condition of receiving a provision bulla for the new office. Starting from the Council of Constance (1414-1418), annates from higher-ranking benefices were to be paid in two annual installments at the Apostolic Camera in Rome. The amount of annates was specified for every benefice, though information was also gathered about the actual situation of each beneficiary and analyzed at the consistory during which the provision was to be settled, and this is doubtless where Dantiscus saw a chance for reducing the fee (cf. Dudziak; further references there). Applications for a reduction to the fee seem to have been widespread at the time, as shown, for example, by the Polish episcopate’s letters to the pope in 1537 (cf. VMPL, No. DLXXX, DLXXXI, p. 520-523). See also letters cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-09-24, CIDTC IDL 1721⌊CEID 1.1, No. 35, p. 232-234cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-09-24, CIDTC IDL 1721⌋, cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Dietrich von RHEDEN Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1775⌊CEID 1.1, No. 63, p. 298-301cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Dietrich von RHEDEN Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1775⌋, cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Jan CHOJEŃSKI] Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1788⌊CEID 1.1, No. 64, p. 303-304cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Jan CHOJEŃSKI] Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1788⌋, cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Antonio PUCCI Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1778⌊CEID 1.1, No. 72, p. 322-325cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Antonio PUCCI Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1778⌋, cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-09-28, CIDTC IDL 1728⌊CEID 1.1, No. 41, p. 244-247cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-09-28, CIDTC IDL 1728⌋, cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Ioannes CAMPENSIS (Jan van CAMPEN) Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1784⌊CEID 1.1, No. 62, p. 297cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Ioannes CAMPENSIS (Jan van CAMPEN) Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1784⌋