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Letter #5596

Nicolaus HUMAN to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), 1539-06-14
            received [1539]-06-14

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 68, f. 76

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 93

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine clementissime et gratiose.

Post debitam servitiorum ac reverentiae exhibitionem.

Reverendissime Domine.

Fuit hic ad feriam secundam proxime lapsam dominus Fabianus contionator Warmiensis, vocatus a nobis propter organi probationem etc. Is, profectus hinc ad 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)⌊administratorem AllensteynensemAchatius 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)⌋ ac negotiis suis expeditis inde reversus, attulit mihi desiderium et consilium eiusdem: tale ut suis impensis hunc adhuc baiulum ad Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam mitterem sciscitaturus de tempore ac die Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventus PruteniciProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ proximi. Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊QuiProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ si forsitan non esset omnino hac tempestate celebrandus, vel saltem tantisper dum interea Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabili capituloErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ morem gererem, prorogandus, certe ex Reverendissima Dominatione Vestra (cui fidem meam in eundem obstrinxi) rescirem.

Equidem nisi cum Reverendissima Dominatione Vestra essem concessurus, gratam rem me facturum video Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabili capituloErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋, si illius votis responderem. Quod tamen mihi non est integrum, nisi a Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima permisso. Quia vero per dominum Valentinus Steinpick canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), scribe of Mauritius Ferber, Parish Priest in Allenstein (Olsztyn)⌊Valentinum camerariumValentinus Steinpick canon of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), scribe of Mauritius Ferber, Parish Priest in Allenstein (Olsztyn)⌋ scribi mandare dignata est, velle me intra octo dies de omnibus, quae tunc cupiebam, certiorem facere, et iam dies octavus praeteriit, nihil autem mihi responsum, in dubio est animus nec quod faciam, satis scio.

Hinc est, quod Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam iterum subditissime oro, ne gravetur me hac molestia liberare ac responso suo cum praesenti baiulo propterea misso dignari, ut sic sciam, quid mihi potissimum sit faciundum, hoc est, iturusne sim perendie mane [c]um domino 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)⌊admi[n]istratoreAchatius 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)⌋ versus Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊WarmiamFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋, an hic diutius voluntatem ac beneplacitum Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae exspectaturus.

Porro si Elbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌊ElbingiElbing (Elbląg), city in northern Poland, Pomerania, on the Vistula Lagoon, one of the three Great Prussian Cities (beside Gdańsk (Danzig) and Thorn (Toruń)) which had representatives in the Prussian Council; member of the Hanseatic League⌋ Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventusProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ iste (ut fertur) esset habendus, facile et satis tempori possem e Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊WarmiaFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋ post confectum Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊capituliErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ negotium Elbingum venire, quo sic utrobique fidem et obsequium meum testatum facerem. Fiat tamen in omnibus voluntas Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae. Cuius gratiae me humillime commendo.