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Letter #5472

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Braunsberg Town Council
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1548-05-08


Manuscript sources:
1office copy in German, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, A 2, f. 70v-71r

 

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Mandatum ad Braunsberg Town Council BraunsbergensesBraunsberg Town Council wegen der erb huldigung.

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of ErmlandIoannesIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland, vonn Gots gnaden bischoff zu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaErmelanndthErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia.

Dieweil in diesen ferlichen unnd geshwinden zceiten / gut aufsehen vonnötten ist, / unnd unns als dem oberherrn solchs geburen will, damit alle ding in unnserm Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiabisthumErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia bey allen unnsern underthan wol vorsehen, / sie auch bey unnd in ihren pflichten und eiden, die ein ider unns zuthun schuldig, / gehalten werdenn, / unnd nu bey euch in unnser stadt Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic LeagueBraunsbergBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League noch erster geschener huldung, / so wir im anfang unnsers regiments von allen daselbst angenomen, / viel junger burger / sich da nidergelassen, / unnd baß auf diese zceit zukommen seindt, / von denen unns noch keine huldung unnd eidt, / die sie unns pflichtig zuthun sein, geshen ist, derwegen wir dahin den achtbarwirdigen herrn Johann Tymmermann (Johann Zimmermann) (*1492 – †1564), nephew of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland; studied in Cracow (1505) and in Rome (1517); 1519-1564 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1525-1528 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn) and in 1538 in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1527-1539 Cantor of Ermland; 1537 General Administrator of the bishopric of Ermland (after Mauritius Ferber's death); 1539-1552 Custos of Ermland; 1547-1552 General Vicar of the diocese of Ermland (SBKW, p. 261; KOPICZKO 2, p. 336)Ioannen TimmermanJohann Tymmermann (Johann Zimmermann) (*1492 – †1564), nephew of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland; studied in Cracow (1505) and in Rome (1517); 1519-1564 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1525-1528 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn) and in 1538 in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1527-1539 Cantor of Ermland; 1537 General Administrator of the bishopric of Ermland (after Mauritius Ferber's death); 1539-1552 Custos of Ermland; 1547-1552 General Vicar of the diocese of Ermland (SBKW, p. 261; KOPICZKO 2, p. 336), unnser kirchen custos unnd thumbherrn, gefertiget, / unnd im neben unnserm lieben, getrewenn, dem edlen unnd gestrengen Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)Georg von PreickenGeorg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17), unserm landtvogt unnd heuptman zum Braunsberg, / bevelich geben / gedochte huldung unnd eyde vonn denen allen, so die unns noch nicht abgelegt, / inn unnserm namen und personn, gleich wie wir selbst da kegenwertig weren, / zunemen. Gebieten euch hierauff, / so balde ir mit diesem unnserm offenen brieff / vonn gedochten unnsern Johann Tymmermann (Johann Zimmermann) (*1492 – †1564), nephew of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland; studied in Cracow (1505) and in Rome (1517); 1519-1564 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1525-1528 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn) and in 1538 in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1527-1539 Cantor of Ermland; 1537 General Administrator of the bishopric of Ermland (after Mauritius Ferber's death); 1539-1552 Custos of Ermland; 1547-1552 General Vicar of the diocese of Ermland (SBKW, p. 261; KOPICZKO 2, p. 336)

Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)
comissariisJohann Tymmermann (Johann Zimmermann) (*1492 – †1564), nephew of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland; studied in Cracow (1505) and in Rome (1517); 1519-1564 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1525-1528 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn) and in 1538 in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1527-1539 Cantor of Ermland; 1537 General Administrator of the bishopric of Ermland (after Mauritius Ferber's death); 1539-1552 Custos of Ermland; 1547-1552 General Vicar of the diocese of Ermland (SBKW, p. 261; KOPICZKO 2, p. 336)

Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)
ersucht / unnd der euch uberreicht wirdt / sunder seumen alle die jenigen, die ihre pflicht unnd erbhuldung unns noch nicht geschworen, / an den orth, den euch die genantten unnsere commissarii unnd bevelhaber ernennen werden, zufurderen, auf das sie alda ein ider in sunderheit in ewerem beywesen / ihre eyde, / wie gewönlich unnd man inen vorlesen wirdt, / aussagen / unnd ihre underthenige pflicht bekennen. / Daran geschicht vonn euch unnser ernste meinung. /