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Letter #2945

Mauritius FERBER Jr to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1546, shortly before April [11]
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1546-04-11

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, BCz, 1599, p. 687-690

 

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Revrendissime in Christo Pater, domine ac domine gratiosissime et clementissime.

Post humillimam et obsequentissimam mei commendationem.

Accepi cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mauritius FERBER Jr 1546-02-23, CIDTC IDL 6451, letter lost⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Mauritius FERBER Jr 1546-02-23, CIDTC IDL 6451, letter lost⌋ Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae XXIII Februarii ad me quam clementissime scriptas, quae gratiosissimum prodeunt testimonium me excusatione atque legitima recommendatione Eustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), neo-Latin poet, studied at the universities in Frankfurt an der Oder (1534-1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orleans; from 1533 Dantiscus provided financial support for his education; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland; 1546 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); 1546-1548 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1548-1551 administrator of the Chapter's estate in Allenstein (Olsztyn); 1552 Custos of Ermland; 1553 Vicar General of the bishopric of Ermland; 1558-1564 administrator of the diocese of Ermland in the absence of Bishop Stanisław Hozjusz; 1559 Chancellor of the Wrocław Chapter; 1565 Dean of the Wrocław Chapter; 1567 General Judicial Vicar of the diocese of Wrocław (BORAWSKA 1996 Życie, p. 70, 103; KOPICZKO 2, p. 152; SBKW, p. 152; KNOBELSDORF)⌊Eustachii KnobelsdorfEustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), neo-Latin poet, studied at the universities in Frankfurt an der Oder (1534-1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orleans; from 1533 Dantiscus provided financial support for his education; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland; 1546 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); 1546-1548 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1548-1551 administrator of the Chapter's estate in Allenstein (Olsztyn); 1552 Custos of Ermland; 1553 Vicar General of the bishopric of Ermland; 1558-1564 administrator of the diocese of Ermland in the absence of Bishop Stanisław Hozjusz; 1559 Chancellor of the Wrocław Chapter; 1565 Dean of the Wrocław Chapter; 1567 General Judicial Vicar of the diocese of Wrocław (BORAWSKA 1996 Życie, p. 70, 103; KOPICZKO 2, p. 152; SBKW, p. 152; KNOBELSDORF)⌋ in pristinam clementiam apud Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram reconciliatum esse. Et his obtestor Deum Optimum Maximum me semper fuisse inscientem asperginis istius obscenissimi rumoris. Humiliter rogo Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram, dignetur pristina me tuere clementia.

Libellus plenus nigramantiae inter venefici auctoris res repertus, cuius Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra meminit, continetur ratione arestationis Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae in bona custodia apud secretarium Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabilis capituliErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋. Qui ad postulationem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae, cui id a Reverendissima Paternitate Vestra commissum fuerit, tradet. Ubi vero ipse auctor nunc movetur, nescio. Qui a festo Divi Michaelis ad meam petitionem hinc a Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabili capituloErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ et ex eiusdem omnibus dominiis est proscriptus.

Ego nihilominus, quemadmodum Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra clementissime consulit, omnem dabo operam, si haberi posset, domino Georg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌊capitaneo BraunsburgensiGeorg von Preucken (Georg von Pröck, Georg von Proyken) (†1549), in 1523, after the death of Ermland bishop Jan Luzjański, he refused to pledge an oath to representatives of Ermland Chapter (Tiedemann Giese and Leonard Niederhof) without royal order, and turned them out of Braunsberg; to 1523 commissioner (komendant) of Heilsberg; in the time of the bishops Fabian of Lusian and Mauritius Ferber wójt of Ermland bishopric; at least in 1525-1549 starosta of Braunsberg (BORAWSKA 1984, p. 156-157; RC, 244, 252; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 7, 1142; AAWO, AK, Dok. Kap. R 2/17)⌋ in custodiam tradetur.

Ego in posterum me sic geram, ut Reverendissimae Paterniti Vestrae gratificari valeam, et Reverendissima Paternitas Vestra sentiet me paruisse clementissim[is] monitionibus, habeoque Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae immortales gratias, quod paterna clementia me gratiosissime prosequi dignetur, precorque dominus Hiesus Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram diu incolumem ac sospitem pro commodo ecclesiae et totius patriae conservar[e] dignetur.

Devotissime rogo Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram, clementissime procrastinationi responsus indulgere dignetur. Hactenus occupationibus capitularibus impeditus fui respondere.

His me pristinae gratiae ac clementiae Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae quam devotissim[e] recommendo.