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Letter #110

Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS
[Brest-Litovsk], 1511-08-04


Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 253, p. 16 (t.p.)
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, BK, 211, No. 257, p. 229 (t.p.)
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 250, p. 235-236

Prints:
1AT 1 No. 287, p. 219-220 (in extenso)
2ASPK 5/3 No. 301, p. 60 (in extenso; Polish register)

 

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Fidelis noster dilecte

Obliti sumus tibi committere, ut reducas in mentem Envoys of Thorn ThoronensiumEnvoys of Thorn , quatenus nobis responsum super negotio depositorii , quod sibi in Thorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeaguecivitateThorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League sua contra animum Inhabitants of Poland regnicolarumInhabitants of Poland vindicare nituntur, ex istoc Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia conventuProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia mittant, sicuti per reverendissimum dominum Jan Łaski (Ioannes de Lasco) (*1456 – †1531), 1503-1513 Grand Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, 1510-1531 Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland (PSB 18, p. 229-237 ; TAFIŁOWSKI 2007)archiepiscopumJan Łaski (Ioannes de Lasco) (*1456 – †1531), 1503-1513 Grand Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, 1510-1531 Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland (PSB 18, p. 229-237 ; TAFIŁOWSKI 2007) facere promiserunt. Tametsi ipsis non cupiamus facere iniuriam, immo verius pro eorum obsequiis eisdem incrementa favemus, tamen clamantibus Inhabitants of Poland regnicolisInhabitants of Poland , quod eorum libertas opprimatur in complacentiam Thoronensium, cogemur remedium adhibere, ne ipsi quoque oppressos et iniuria se esse affectos conquerantur. Conferas etiam de hac re cum Łukasz Watzenrode (*1447 – †1512), Doctor of canon law, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus.; 1475 - Kulm (Pol. Chełmno) canon; 1478 - Włocławek canon; 1479 - Ermland canon; 1482 - archdeacon of Kalisz and judical vicar of Gniezno; 1485 - Gniezno canon and scholastic of Łęczyca; 1488 - coadjutor of Ermland bishop Mikołaj Tungen; 1489 - Ermland bishop (against King Kazimierz Jagiellon's will); councillor of Polish Kings Jan Olbracht, Aleksander and Sigismund I Jagiellons. (Oracki, 200-201)reverendo domino VarmiensiŁukasz Watzenrode (*1447 – †1512), Doctor of canon law, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus.; 1475 - Kulm (Pol. Chełmno) canon; 1478 - Włocławek canon; 1479 - Ermland canon; 1482 - archdeacon of Kalisz and judical vicar of Gniezno; 1485 - Gniezno canon and scholastic of Łęczyca; 1488 - coadjutor of Ermland bishop Mikołaj Tungen; 1489 - Ermland bishop (against King Kazimierz Jagiellon's will); councillor of Polish Kings Jan Olbracht, Aleksander and Sigismund I Jagiellons. (Oracki, 200-201), cui non incognitum est, quantas impulsationes in conventu ob eam rem habere solemus, persuadeasque suae reverendae paternitati, ut inducat Envoys of Thorn ThoronensesEnvoys of Thorn , quod potius suscipiant aliquam earum condicionum, quae eis per reverendissimum Jan Łaski (Ioannes de Lasco) (*1456 – †1531), 1503-1513 Grand Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, 1510-1531 Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland (PSB 18, p. 229-237 ; TAFIŁOWSKI 2007)archiepiscopumJan Łaski (Ioannes de Lasco) (*1456 – †1531), 1503-1513 Grand Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, 1510-1531 Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland (PSB 18, p. 229-237 ; TAFIŁOWSKI 2007) oblatae sunt, quam quod totum periclitari debeant.

Ceterum est, quod etiam tibi mandamus, conferas cum Jan Konopacki Sr (Ioannes de Conopat) (†1530), before 1500 Provost and Treasurer of Marienburg; 1508-1530 Bishop of Kulm (NITECKI)reverendo domino episcopo ChulmensiJan Konopacki Sr (Ioannes de Conopat) (†1530), before 1500 Provost and Treasurer of Marienburg; 1508-1530 Bishop of Kulm (NITECKI), quod curiensi nostro Mikołaj Piotrowski (†1535)Nicolao PyotrowskyMikołaj Piotrowski (†1535) complementum solutionis faciat pro quietantia ad paternitatem suam sibi data, praesertim si quid pecuniarum nostrarum penes se habeat.

Sic facturus pro gratia nostra.