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Letter #3849

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to UNKNOWN [possibly Feliks (Szczęsny) SRZEŃSKI (SOKOŁOWSKI)]
s.l., [ca. 1542-09-24]

English register:

Dantiscus thanks the addressee for allowing his brother [probably Georg von Höfen] to pass through the castle at Marienburg (Malbork) while the town was congested with wagons. He promises, if needed, to return the favour by hosting the addressee at his own residence [presumably at Heilsberg (Lidzbark)].

He has instructed the bearer of the letter to discuss with the addressee the purchase of up to six barrels of beer from Bydgoszcz. He asks to be notified once the shipment arrives. He promises to send a wagon and cover the costs of the purchase.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 8v (b.p.)

 

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Gratum nobis fecit Dominatio Vestra, cum nuper Marienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, in Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat, a branch of the Vistula in its delta, the seat of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309–1457) and a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, within the Kingdom of Poland (1466–1772). Alternating with Graudenz (Grudziądz), Marienburg was the venue of the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌊oppidum MarienburgenseMarienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, in Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat, a branch of the Vistula in its delta, the seat of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309–1457) and a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, within the Kingdom of Poland (1466–1772). Alternating with Graudenz (Grudziądz), Marienburg was the venue of the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)⌋ curribus esset oppletum, quod probably Georg von Höfen (Georg Flachsbinder, Georgius de Curiis) (†after 1550-02-07), Ioannes Dantiscus’ brother; Starost of Rössel (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 584, 586, 588; AGAD, MK, 77, f. 385-386v)⌊fratriprobably Georg von Höfen (Georg Flachsbinder, Georgius de Curiis) (†after 1550-02-07), Ioannes Dantiscus’ brother; Starost of Rössel (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 584, 586, 588; AGAD, MK, 77, f. 385-386v)⌋ nostro transitum per castrum admiserit. Vicissim, si sic aliquando sors feret, Dominationi Vestrae per Heilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌊hanc nostram domumHeilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌋, non commeatum solum, verum et diuturnam commorationem in ea , cum iis, quae usui erunt, non gravate concedemus.

Huic messenger of Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌊nuntiomessenger of Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌋ iniunximus de potu Bidgostiensi pro nobis usque ad sex vasa coemenda cum Dominatione Vestra colloqui. Quae postquam habuerit, velit per illum nobis renuntiare, pro quibus mittemus currum et, quicquid Dominatio Vestra exposuerit, cum gratitudine reddi faciemus. Ea in re nobis plurimum gratificabitur.