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Letter #2415

Ermland (Warmia) Chapter to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1541-04-20
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1541-04-21

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 1597, p. 1029-1030

 

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BCz, 1597, p. 1029

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

Studia et obsequia nostra numquam intermoritura cum animorum nostrorum promptitudine Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae officiose praemittimus.

Reverendissime ac Gratiose Domine.

Appropinquat iam terminus revisendae molaris structurae, quo illustris Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌊princeps PrussiaeAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌋ ablegaturus certos illustritatis suae nuntios. Decrevitque iam ante Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra itidem pro Suae Reverendissimae Paternitatis et nostro ornamento et necessitate venerabilem dominum Nicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1543), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528–1538 provost; in 1529 judicial vicar of Ermland; public notary; chancellor to the bishops of Ermland Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus, at least until January 1543 (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132; WOELKY 1866, p. 287; PSGPK 5, p. 7-8)⌊Nicolaum HumanNicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1543), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528–1538 provost; in 1529 judicial vicar of Ermland; public notary; chancellor to the bishops of Ermland Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus, at least until January 1543 (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132; WOELKY 1866, p. 287; PSGPK 5, p. 7-8)⌋ Gutstatensis ecclesiae decanum, Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis cancellarium, atque strenuum dominum Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), In 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Jan Łuzjański), bishop of Ermland (Warmia), he refused, without royal authorization, to swear an oath to representatives of the Ermland Chapter, Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof, and expelled them from Braunsberg; until 1523 commandant of Heilsberg; under Bishops Fabian von Lusian and Mauritius Ferber, reeve of the Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525–1549 starost of Braunsberg (Braniewo) (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌊Georgium ProykeGeorg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), In 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Jan Łuzjański), bishop of Ermland (Warmia), he refused, without royal authorization, to swear an oath to representatives of the Ermland Chapter, Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof, and expelled them from Braunsberg; until 1523 commandant of Heilsberg; under Bishops Fabian von Lusian and Mauritius Ferber, reeve of the Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525–1549 starost of Braunsberg (Braniewo) (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌋ capitaneum Braunsbergensem ablegaturus. Quare obsequenter oramus, ut dictis Nicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1543), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528–1538 provost; in 1529 judicial vicar of Ermland; public notary; chancellor to the bishops of Ermland Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus, at least until January 1543 (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132; WOELKY 1866, p. 287; PSGPK 5, p. 7-8)

Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), In 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Jan Łuzjański), bishop of Ermland (Warmia), he refused, without royal authorization, to swear an oath to representatives of the Ermland Chapter, Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof, and expelled them from Braunsberg; until 1523 commandant of Heilsberg; under Bishops Fabian von Lusian and Mauritius Ferber, reeve of the Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525–1549 starost of Braunsberg (Braniewo) (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌊dominisNicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1543), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528–1538 provost; in 1529 judicial vicar of Ermland; public notary; chancellor to the bishops of Ermland Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus, at least until January 1543 (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132; WOELKY 1866, p. 287; PSGPK 5, p. 7-8)

Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), In 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Jan Łuzjański), bishop of Ermland (Warmia), he refused, without royal authorization, to swear an oath to representatives of the Ermland Chapter, Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof, and expelled them from Braunsberg; until 1523 commandant of Heilsberg; under Bishops Fabian von Lusian and Mauritius Ferber, reeve of the Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525–1549 starost of Braunsberg (Braniewo) (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌋ Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis iussione demandetur, ut se ad nominatam revisionem, quae ad 1541-04-26⌊futuram tertiam feriam1541-04-26⌋ instituenda et obeunda erit ante prandium, et cumprimis componant, et in ista differentia removenda Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae nomine beneficium impendant.

Quod erga Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram obsequenter merebimur, Domino Christo Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae incolumitate ad multos felices annos recommissa.