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Letter #5665

Jakub SIEMIĄTKOWSKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Drobin, 1539-05-04
            received [1539]-06-24

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D. 68, f. 250

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater, domine et domine et clementissime.

Quod Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas sit sana et indies multos prospera omni tempore audire affecto, tamquam de domino mihi clementissimo.

Reverendissime in Christo Pater, domine et domine mihi clementissime.

Ante aliquot annos fui in societate cum Ioanne Smychik de RaciążRaczyaszRaciąż et emi aliqua pecora, quae compelli ad terras Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of PolandPrussiaePrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland cum eodem Smychyk et eius ibi ipse Smychyk sua pecora pro parte pecuniis vendiderat. Et ipse ad compositam sua pecora cuidam olim Petro de Modun... cum consorte sua vendiderat. Et ipse Smychyk pro ipso Petro et consorte sua fideiusserat, ubi ipsa consors eisdem bonis remansit. Et praefata coniunx olim Petri post mortem eius per eundem Smychyk miserat mihi quatuor sexagenas, et ab eodem Smychy[k] proprios eius boves in eodem debito accepi.

Quare humiliter Vestram Reverendissimam Paternitatem tamquam dominum clementissimum humiliter rogo, mandet eidem consorti residuum solvere et in manus eiusdem Smychyk extradere, quia ipse fideiussor meus est.

Non dubito in Vestra Reverendissima Paternitate, tamquam in domino clementissimo. Quam in dies felicissim[e] valere in longa tempora exopto.

Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis Jakub Siemiątkowski Dantiscus' servantIacobus SyemyathkovskyJakub Siemiątkowski Dantiscus' servant servitor