CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #4811

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1540-07-07

English register: Dantiscus intercedes on behalf of his subjects from Böhmenhöfen, who have repeatedly requested his intervention for the return demesne taken from them. He summons the Chapter to reach a settlement with them.

received 1540-07-11

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1a, K. 497

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GStA PK, HBA, C 1a, K. 497, p. 2unnumbered

Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊Venerabilibus Dominis, praelatis, canonicis et capitulo ecclesiae nostrae VarmiensisErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋, fratribus sincere nobis dilectis

GStA PK, HBA, C 1a, K. 497, p. 1unnumbered

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌊Ioannes Dei gratia episcopus VarmiensisIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌋

Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Subditi nostri de Böhmenhöfen, village in Ermland, 5 km SE of Braunsberg, today Bemowizna⌊BehemshovenBöhmenhöfen, village in Ermland, 5 km SE of Braunsberg, today Bemowizna⌋ iterum nobis humiliter supplicarunt, ut ratione bonorum illis ablatorum, quo in ea restitui possent, commendaticias nostras ad Fraternitates Vestras daremus. Quod facimus non gravate, praesertim cum et in rem Fraternitatum Vestrarum esse agnoscamus. Proinde eas paterne adhortamur, ut sic hoc negotium cum illis componant, ne quid gravius, si infectum manserit, hinc suboriatur. Facturae ea in re et sibi, et nobis rem non inutilem – nobis, ut deinceps eiusmodi querimoniae molestia careamus, vobis porro, ut melius audire et tranquillius agere possitis.

Fraternitates Vestras feliciter valere optamus.

Ex arce nostra Heilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌋, VII Iulii MDXXXX.