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Letter #2423

Ermland (Warmia) Chapter to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1541-05-10
            received Marienburg (Malbork), 1541-05-11

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 1597, p. 1249-1250

 

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BCz, 1597, p. 1249

Reverendissime in Christo Pater, excellentissime domine antistes, domine gratiose.

Obsequia nostra indefessa sint Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitati fideliter praemissa.

Reverendissime ac gratiose Domine.

Iuxta sententiam et deliberationem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae nobis per venerabilem dominum Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)Achacium a TrenckAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256) confratrem nostrum carissimum his proximis diebus insinuatam formavimus litteras ad illustrem Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)principem PrussiaeAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544) super molari negotio mittendas. Quarum copias ad Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram ad praesens damus. Quare obsequiose petimus, ut Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas e stain[e]e staint suas in eadem causa scribendas demandare (et etiam, si quid in nostris superfluum videri possit aut deesse, iuxta deliberationem eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae detrahere vel adicere dignari) velit etc. ut haec res res tanto maiori conatu et respectu urgeatur, et longioribus diverticulis via praecludatur.

Quod nostris officiosiss<imis> studiis erga Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram, quam aeterno Deo feliciter commendamus, studiosissime diligenterque merebimur.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae obsequentissimi Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)praelati, canonici et capitulum ecclesiae WarmiensisErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)