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Letter #1753

Ioannes DANTISCUS to [Johann TYMMERMANN]
Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-10-25

English register: Dantiscus is replying to Tymmermann’s letter. He states that as long as the office of bishop is vacant, the Chapter has the right to make decisions as to appointments (in this case – of burgraves), but emphasizes that once the election is confirmed the Chapter’s decisions will not be binding for him, and he will appoint officials at his own discretion. He promises that the officials who remain in their posts until his arrival will receive remuneration. Dantiscus gives his permission for the early leaving of the chancellor (Mikołaj Human), but does not assent to the departure of the administrator (of the castle in Lidzbark). He will give just treatment to the administrator’s wishes as to accommodation – he will discuss this upon his arrival.


Manuscript sources:
1office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 244, p. 275

Prints:
1CEID 1/1 No. 55, p. 282-283 (in extenso; English register)

 

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Venerabilis Domine, Frater in Christo carissime. Salutem et felicitatem.

cf. Johann TYMMERMANN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1537-10-23, CIDTC IDL 1751⌊Heri litteras Dominationis Vestrae accepicf. Johann TYMMERMANN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1537-10-23, CIDTC IDL 1751⌋, quibus in eo, quod ad officiales[1] pertinet, respondeo: Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabile capitulumErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ vacante sede omnimodam habere facultatem quidvis de officialibus illis statuendi, quae facultas deinde et episcopo est integra, unde, cum ad sedem venero, nullis ea in re promissis astrictus id, quod ratio pro loco et tempore postulabit, statuam, neque ex mea esset dignitate, ut quispiam alius deligere officiales mihi deberet. Si isti, qui in praesenti sunt, ad meum usque adventum manserint in castris, non sum eis defuturus in iis, quae mihi et illis expedire videbuntur. Quod Nicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌊cancellariusNicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌋[2] secedere decrevit, sit illi ad tempus liberum. Oeconomo autem arx carere neque ego, quousque de omnibus edoctus fuero, poterit. De eius mansione, postquam adero, inter me et illum erit sermo, qui eius desiderio pro aequitate non adversabitur. Quod reliquum est, fraterno amori Dominationis Vestrae commendo, quam opto valere feliciter.

[1 ] The posts of burgraves of the castles in Reszel and Jeziorany, where the previous officials had resigned and the Chapter proposed candidacies suggested earlier by the deceased bishop Maurycy Ferber – Jerzy Pisiński and Tymoteusz Buchses (cf. cf. Johann TYMMERMANN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1537-10-23, CIDTC IDL 1751⌊Ioannes Tymmermann’s letter to Dantiscus, Heilsberg, October 23, 1537, orig. AAWO, D.67, f. 88r-vcf. Johann TYMMERMANN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1537-10-23, CIDTC IDL 1751⌋)

[2 ] Mikołaj Human dean of the Dobre Miasto collegiate chapter (cf. cf. BORAWSKA 1996 Życie p. 114 ⌊Borawska, 1996, p.114cf. BORAWSKA 1996 Życie p. 114 ⌋ and cf. Nicolaus HUMAN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1537-07-22, CIDTC IDL 1675⌊Mikołaj Human’s letter to Dantiscus, Heilsberg, July 22, 1537, orig. AAWO, D.4, f.131cf. Nicolaus HUMAN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1537-07-22, CIDTC IDL 1675⌋)