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Letter #4435

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1544-04-11
            received Gdańsk (Danzig), 1544-04-16

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, APG, 300, 53, 269, p. 25-28

 

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APG 300, 53, 269, p. 28

Denn ersamenn unnd namhafftigenn herren Gdańsk Town Council burgermeister und rathmann der koniglichenn stadt DanntzigGdańsk Town Council , unsernn besundern, gutten freunden

APG 300, 53, 269, p. 25

Unnserenn freuntlichenn grus unnd alles gutts zuvorann. Ersame, namhafftige herrenn, besunders gutte freunde.

Euer E(rbarkei)t cf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1544-04-07, CIDTC IDL 4582schreibenncf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1544-04-07, CIDTC IDL 4582, / das wir gestriges thags erhaltenn, / hab wir gerne gelesenn / und daraus neben der copeienn des ko(nigliche)n abscheidts mit gefallenn vernhomen, / wie es inn der sachenn der ladung den ersamenn, namhafftigen h(e)rn Barthel Brand (*ca. 1490 – †1549), 1520 Gdańsk alderman; 1523 - consenior; 1526 - senior; 1527 town councillor; 1538-1549 - mayorBartolt BrantBarthel Brand (*ca. 1490 – †1549), 1520 Gdańsk alderman; 1523 - consenior; 1526 - senior; 1527 town councillor; 1538-1549 - mayor und Tiedemann Giese Jr (*1491 – †1556), 1525, 1526, 1531 alderman in Gdańsk; 1533 - consenior; 1536 - senior; 1539 - councillor; 1540-1556 mayor; 1547, 1555 - burgrave; nephew of the Ermland bishop Tiedemann Giese (ZDRENKA 2, p. 114)Tidemann GisennTiedemann Giese Jr (*1491 – †1556), 1525, 1526, 1531 alderman in Gdańsk; 1533 - consenior; 1536 - senior; 1539 - councillor; 1540-1556 mayor; 1547, 1555 - burgrave; nephew of the Ermland bishop Tiedemann Giese (ZDRENKA 2, p. 114), / E(wer) E(rbarkei)t mittels burgermeistern, ergangenn, / ouch das ihnen unsere vorschrifte nicht seinn unfürderlich gewesenn, / derhalbenn vil danckens unnötig, / weil wir E(wer) E(rbarkei)t und derselbtenn vorwantenn, / dem gemeinen nutze der gutten Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeaguestadtGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League, unserm vatherlanndt, zum bestenn, vil wilferige erzeigung wirgklich zubeweisenn unnd auszurichtenn, / auch vortann vortzustellenn, / geneigt sein und gefliessenn, / welchs wir E(wer) E(rbarkei)t, / die wir götlichen gnadenn befelhenn, / zu freuntlichem antwurt auf ihr schreibenn nicht habenn wollenn vorhaltenn. /

Dat(um) aus unserm schlos, den XI Aprilis M D XLIIII.

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of ErmlandJoannesIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland, vonn Gotts gnadenn bisschoff zw Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaErmelanndtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia