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Letter #6116

Mauritius FERBER to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1537-01-03
            received [1537]-01-11

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, AAWO, AB, D. 8, f. 91
2office copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, A 1, No. 1055, f. 448r

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 370

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine frater et amice carissime ac plurimum honorande.

Ad cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Mauritius FERBER] Cracow, 1536-12-13, CIDTC IDL 1565litterascf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Mauritius FERBER] Cracow, 1536-12-13, CIDTC IDL 1565 Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae, datas Cracoviae XIII Decembris, ante triduum cf. Mauritius FERBER to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1536-12-31, CIDTC IDL 6513, letter lostrespondicf. Mauritius FERBER to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1536-12-31, CIDTC IDL 6513, letter lost aliaque, quae tunc occurrebant, scripsi.

Ad praesens nihil aliud est, quam quod nolui hunc familiarem meum, isthuc propter suum privatum negotium recta volantem, meis litteris vacuum venire.

Hoc tamen significare visum est, quomodo Christian III of Oldenburg (*1503 – †1559), 1534-1559 King of Denmark and Norway, 1523-1559 Duke of Holstein and Schleswig; son of Frederick I of Oldenburg, King of Denmark, and his first consort, Anna of Brandenburgrex electus DaniaeChristian III of Oldenburg (*1503 – †1559), 1534-1559 King of Denmark and Norway, 1523-1559 Duke of Holstein and Schleswig; son of Frederick I of Oldenburg, King of Denmark, and his first consort, Anna of Brandenburg Joachim Rønnow (*1500 – †1542), 1529-1536 Bishop of Roskilde

Knud Henriksen Gyldenstierne (†1560), 1529-1534, 1535-1536 Bishop of Odense

Jørgen Andersen Friis (*ca. 1494 – †1547), 1521-1536 Bishop of Viborg

Stygge Krumpen (*ca. 1485 – †1551), 1533-1536 Bishop of Børglum

Torbern Bille (†1552), 1532-1536 Archbishop of Lund
episcoposJoachim Rønnow (*1500 – †1542), 1529-1536 Bishop of Roskilde

Knud Henriksen Gyldenstierne (†1560), 1529-1534, 1535-1536 Bishop of Odense

Jørgen Andersen Friis (*ca. 1494 – †1547), 1521-1536 Bishop of Viborg

Stygge Krumpen (*ca. 1485 – †1551), 1533-1536 Bishop of Børglum

Torbern Bille (†1552), 1532-1536 Archbishop of Lund
Denmark (Dania)regniDenmark (Dania) magna tyrannide persequitur, detentis ipsis non secus, ac si essent proditores, in reorum carceribus, bonis eorum (ut fertur) interim in praedam datis.

Quid Paweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), Płotowski was one of the King's four candidates for the post of the bishop of Ermland; in 1530 and 1537, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr and Dantiscus' transfer to the bishopric of Ermland, he made an effort to obtain the dignity of bishop of Kulm; from 1522 Provost of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter, and from 1523 Canon of Ermland; secretary to Crown Grand Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the thirties and forties several times royal envoy to the Royal Prussian Estates (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250)praepositusPaweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), Płotowski was one of the King's four candidates for the post of the bishop of Ermland; in 1530 and 1537, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr and Dantiscus' transfer to the bishopric of Ermland, he made an effort to obtain the dignity of bishop of Kulm; from 1522 Provost of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter, and from 1523 Canon of Ermland; secretary to Crown Grand Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the thirties and forties several times royal envoy to the Royal Prussian Estates (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250) ecclesiae meae Warmiensis isthic moliatur, ignoro. De eo in superioribus cf. Mauritius FERBER to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1536-12-31, CIDTC IDL 6513, letter lostlitteriscf. Mauritius FERBER to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1536-12-31, CIDTC IDL 6513, letter lost meis latius scripsi.

Dicunt etiam illustrissimum dominum Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)ducemAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544), vicinum meum, adornare profectionem versus Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of PolandCracoviamCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland. Quo si iturus est, hospes meus fortassis erit hic in Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of ErmlandHeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland. Faxit Deus, quod omnia sincere ac tuto fiant. Ego in hunc diem in ea valetudine sum, qua fui, cum Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of ThornPrussiamRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn exiret Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra.

Quam feliciter sospitet ac ab omnibus malis salvam usque ad felicem reditum conservet Christus.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae bonus et sincerus frater Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; 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 Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)Mauricius episcopus VarmiensisMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; 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 Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60) subscripsit