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Letter #1941

Felix REICH to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-10-16
            received [1538]-10-18

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 1597, p. 163-166

 

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BCz, 1597, p. 163

Reverendisisme in Christo Pater et Domine, domine clementissime.

Exemplum testamenti quondam Nikolaus von Tüngen (†1489), 1467–1489 Bishop of ErmlandNicolai a TungenNikolaus von Tüngen (†1489), 1467–1489 Bishop of Ermland, quod Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima sibi a me mitti voluit, his inditum accipiet. Dominum Henrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)Henricum SnellenbergHenrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432) in causa coadiutoriae conveni omnesque adhibui machinas, quibus animum hominis expugnari posse credebam, sed re in deliberationem ad octiduum reiecta litteris(?) respondit, quarum exemplum similiter his inclusum mitto.

Talis autem est valetudinis meae ratio, ut prolixius esse nequeam dubitemque, an Domino Suo Reverendissimo Felix deinceps scripturus sit umquam. In cuius gratia, si moriendum nunc est, immori(?) cupit. Sed potens est Deus et mortuos suscitare excitare.

Cupio Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam salvam esse.

Eiusdem Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae perpetuus servitor Felix Reich (*ca. 1475 – †1539), secretary to Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia), and his chaplain; from 1518 Chancellor to succeeding Bishops of Ermland: Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) and Mauritius Ferber; 1518-1525 Provost of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; 1526-1539 Canon of Ermland; 1528 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1529-1532 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko); 1538-1539 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland, and Custos of Ermland; 1528-1530 envoy of the Ermland Chapter to the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia (KOPICZKO 2, p. 265-266; BORAWSKA 1984, p. 176-177; SBKW, p. 200-201)Felix ReichFelix Reich (*ca. 1475 – †1539), secretary to Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia), and his chaplain; from 1518 Chancellor to succeeding Bishops of Ermland: Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) and Mauritius Ferber; 1518-1525 Provost of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; 1526-1539 Canon of Ermland; 1528 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1529-1532 administrator of the Chapter's estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Tolkemit (Tolkmicko); 1538-1539 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland, and Custos of Ermland; 1528-1530 envoy of the Ermland Chapter to the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia (KOPICZKO 2, p. 265-266; BORAWSKA 1984, p. 176-177; SBKW, p. 200-201)