Reverendissimo Domino Tiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌊Tidemanno GiseTiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌋, [e]lecto Culmensi et custodi [Va]rmiensi, Fratri et Amico carissimo [e]t honorando

Reverendissime Domine, Frater et Amice carissime ac honorande.

Salutem fraternique amoris commendationem

Redii tandem huc 1537-10-12⌊heri1537-10-12⌋ Deo gratia ex Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventus nostriProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ ergastulo totus corpore et animo fessus et confectus omniumque rerum pertaesus. Accedit et ad molestiarum cumulum, quod Christine Schultze (Christine Scholcz) (†1539), mother of Ioannes Dantiscus (PSB 4 Dantyszek, s. 424)⌊matrem meamChristine Schultze (Christine Scholcz) (†1539), mother of Ioannes Dantiscus (PSB 4 Dantyszek, s. 424)⌋, quam amo tenerrime, in Althausen (Starogród, Antiquum Castrum), town on the Vistula river, ca. 1.5 km S of Kulm, initial location of Kulm; given to the Kulm cathedral by Alexander Jagiellon, it was the summer residence of the Kulm bishops⌊Castro AntiquoAlthausen (Starogród, Antiquum Castrum), town on the Vistula river, ca. 1.5 km S of Kulm, initial location of Kulm; given to the Kulm cathedral by Alexander Jagiellon, it was the summer residence of the Kulm bishops⌋ reliqui aegram, profecta siquidem erat ad visendam neptem puellulam, quae apud sanctimoniales Culmenses[1] agit. Haec eius aegritudo me angit plurimum, et, nisi negotia nostra deposcerent et cogerent, ut Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊hicLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋ cum Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima de rebus nostris conferamus easque absolvamus, recta ad matrem divertissem. Hac igitur pressus solicitudine et nondum laboribus fatigatus viribus restitutus, multa, quae scribenda essent, conferam in compendium. Coram de omnibus latius. Exspecto itaque Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam et summopere rogo, ut ad 1537-10-18⌊decimum octavum diem huius1537-10-18⌋ se Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊hucLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋ ad me conferre non velit gravari cum iis rebus omnibus, quae ad nuntii expeditionem ad Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊urbemRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ pertinent. Ne tamen interim Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima ignoret, quae in Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊hoc conventu nostroProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ acta sunt, mitto in adiunctis schedis conscripta fere omnia, et cum iis formam instrumenti mihi a Dominatione Vestra missi, quandoquidem non reperiebatur notarius, cuius manus recognosci posset Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊RomaeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋, quod, si talem apud ecclesiam non habueritis, apud nostrates vix puto inveniri. Nescio quae adhuc alia Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae essent scribenda, si me non animus taedio et labore lassus deficeret, qui in adventu Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae haud dubie redibit atque recrescet. Quam optime valere et sospitem hic videre cupio et desidero.

Ex Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊Lubaviensi castroLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋, XIII Octobris MDXXXVII

Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae integerrimus frater 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 Ermland⌊Ioannes episcopus Culmensis, postulatus VarmiensisIoannes 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⌋ scripsit.

[1 ] There was a Benedictine convent in Chełmno in the years 1274-1822. They ran a school and pension for girls.