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Letter #4850

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1546-02-28

English register:

The parish priest of Tolkemit (Tolkmicko) [Joachim Simonis] has applied to Dantiscus so many times in the matter of the tithe from the inhabitants of Narz (Narusa), which he is wrongfully claiming from the leased estates, that Dantiscus has wearied of his petitions in so trivial a matter. The contract based on which the vicars leased the estates made no mention of the payment of a tithe, nor had it been paid previously. He therefore does not consent to their being compelled to pay tithes contrary to his earlier decision, especially since the parish priest was unable to enforce such tithes from his predecessors [bishops of Ermland (Warmia)], Fabian [von Lusian (Luzjański)] and Mauritius [Ferber] either. Once the present dispute is concluded, he permits the current holders of the estates to be dismissed and the estates to be leased to someone else with the addition of a tithe clause. He asks the canons to settle the matter in such a way that neither the parish priest nor the lessees of Narz (Narusa) suffer any loss.




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

 

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Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Toties iam a Joachim Simonis from 1532 parish priest in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko) (WOELKY 1866, p. 414)⌊plebano TolckemitensiJoachim Simonis from 1532 parish priest in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko) (WOELKY 1866, p. 414)⌋ ratione decimarum, quas ab incolis in Narz (Narusa), village village in Ermland (Warmia), about 3 km SE of Frauenburg (Frombork)⌊NartzNarz (Narusa), village village in Ermland (Warmia), about 3 km SE of Frauenburg (Frombork)⌋ de bonis conducticiis improbe petit, interpellamur, ita ut nobis propemodum molestus in re levi suis impetitionibus esse videatur. Nam cum dicta bona ab illis in Narz (Narusa), village village in Ermland (Warmia), about 3 km SE of Frauenburg (Frombork)⌊NartzNarz (Narusa), village village in Ermland (Warmia), about 3 km SE of Frauenburg (Frombork)⌋ iure locationis a vicariis possideantur et in contractu locationis nulla facta sit de solvendis decimis mentio, neque antea ab illis solutae sint. Non possumus nunc etiam in id consentire, ut contra priorem nostram cognitionem ad eas decimas solvendas adigi debeant, maxime cum illas neque apud reverendissimos olim praedecessores nostros, quibus aeternam precamur requiem, dominum Fabian von Lusian (Fabian Luzjański, Fabian von Lossainen, Fabian of Łężany) (*ca. 1470 – †1523), doctor of canon law; 1490-1512 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1506-1507, 1510, 1514 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1512-1523 Bishop of Ermland (SBKW, p. 156)⌊FabianumFabian von Lusian (Fabian Luzjański, Fabian von Lossainen, Fabian of Łężany) (*ca. 1470 – †1523), doctor of canon law; 1490-1512 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1506-1507, 1510, 1514 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1512-1523 Bishop of Ermland (SBKW, p. 156)⌋ et Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both laws; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512–1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Reval; 1523–1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊MauritiumMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both laws; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512–1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Reval; 1523–1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋ episcopos, ipse Joachim Simonis from 1532 parish priest in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko) (WOELKY 1866, p. 414)⌊parochusJoachim Simonis from 1532 parish priest in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko) (WOELKY 1866, p. 414)⌋ obtinere potuerit. Sed cum ita sese res habeat, ut bona de quibus decimae petuntur, aliis locari possint, facile permittimus, quo tandem lis haec finem sortiatur, ut explosis his possessoribus ea aliis condicione adiecta, ut eas decimas solvant, locentur. Quod cum ita per Fraternitates Vestras ordinatum fuerit, nulla vel Joachim Simonis from 1532 parish priest in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko) (WOELKY 1866, p. 414)⌊plebano TolckemitensiJoachim Simonis from 1532 parish priest in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko) (WOELKY 1866, p. 414)⌋, vel illis in Narz (Narusa), village village in Ermland (Warmia), about 3 km SE of Frauenburg (Frombork)⌊NartzNarz (Narusa), village village in Ermland (Warmia), about 3 km SE of Frauenburg (Frombork)⌋ fiet iniuria.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.