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Confirmation of privilege for Iacobus KIKOL GARDYUSKI & Bartholomeus de GRABAW

Löbau (Lubawa) 1537-09-09
Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, APG, Akta wsi pomorskich - Akta wsi Grabowo (Grabau) powiat Lubawa gmina Lubawa, Dyplomy, 621, No. 36

Prints:
1TOEPPEN 1868 p. 659-660
2UBC No. 925, p. 780-781

 

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Nos Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌊Ioannes Dei gratia episcopus CulmensisIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌋ et administrator Pomesania diocese (dioecesis Pomesaniensis)⌊episcopatus PomezaniensisPomesania diocese (dioecesis Pomesaniensis)⌋ manifestum facimus omnibus et singulis praesentes litteras visuris audituris et lecturis, quod ad nostram praesentiam venientes nobiles Iacobus Kikol Gardyuski ⌊Iacobus Kikol GardyuskiIacobus Kikol Gardyuski ⌋ et Bartholomeus de Grabaw ⌊Bartholomeus de GrabawBartholomeus de Grabaw ⌋ feudales nostri nobis exposuerunt privilegium, quod se super certis mansis in villa nostra Grabowo (Grabau), village in northern Poland, Kulm Land, NE of Bydgoszcz⌊GrabawGrabowo (Grabau), village in northern Poland, Kulm Land, NE of Bydgoszcz⌋ habuisse praetendebant, esset illis in conflagratione novissima 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)⌊civitatis nostrae LubaviensisLöbau (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)⌋, ubi illud tutioris loci gratia asservandum dedisse se affirmabant, pariter cum civitate exustum, nobis propterea humillime ac debita cum instantia supplicantes, ut illis de remedio providere opportuno et in libro nostro privilegiorum ad querendum committere dignaremur, si forte copia eorum privilegii inibi inveniri posset, ut eis eam ipsam privilegii copiam litteris nostris et sigillo roboratam, ne in posterum damnum aliquod sentire possent, dare et concedere dignaremur. Nos Iacobus Kikol Gardyuski

Bartholomeus de Grabaw ⌊eorumIacobus Kikol Gardyuski

Bartholomeus de Grabaw ⌋ precibus moti querendo reperta est in libro nostro privilegiorum copia eiusdem privilegii, quae de verbo ad verbum sequitur et est talis:

In nomine Domini amen. Nos Otto 1323-1349 bishop of Kulm⌊OttoOtto 1323-1349 bishop of Kulm⌋ Prussiae dominus ac heres [...] text damaged⌈[...][...] text damaged⌉ episcopis [...] text damaged⌈[...][...] text damaged⌉ principibus quoque futuris praesens scriptum intuentibus seu audituris salutem et notitiam subscriptio[...] text damaged⌈[...][...] text damaged⌉ qui ... Actum et datum in Kulmsee (Chełmża, Culmense), town in northern Poland, Kulm Lake District, between Kulm and Thorn, 1251-1824 the seat of the Kulm bishops, with a cathedral and a collegiate church⌊CulmenzeKulmsee (Chełmża, Culmense), town in northern Poland, Kulm Lake District, between Kulm and Thorn, 1251-1824 the seat of the Kulm bishops, with a cathedral and a collegiate church⌋ in domo habitationis nostrae anno nativitatis Domini MCCCXLVI, in festo sanctae Trinitatis. Praesentibus etc.

 Et quamvis praedictarum litterarum seu privilegii copia per nos visa et inspecta integra sana et prorsus omni vitio carens inventa est nihilominus cum multa temporis successu immutata alienata et in alium usum conversa sint, idcirco non ipsum privilegium, ut sonat, quod in nullo nobis et successoribus nostris derogare et obesse volumus, sed in eo duntaxat (satisfacientes dictorum feudalium nostrorum petitioni), quod hactenus dicti Iacobus Kikol Gardyuski

Bartholomeus de Grabaw ⌊nobiles et feudalesIacobus Kikol Gardyuski

Bartholomeus de Grabaw ⌋ nostri in pacifica possessione habuerunt et nunc habent eoque huc usque usi sunt et utuntur in praedicta villa nostra Grabowo (Grabau), village in northern Poland, Kulm Land, NE of Bydgoszcz⌊GrabawGrabowo (Grabau), village in northern Poland, Kulm Land, NE of Bydgoszcz⌋ confirmamus ratificamus huic ipso perpetuum robur apponimus.

In quorum omnium fidem et testimonium sigillum nostrum maius praesentibus est subappensum.