CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #3884

Ioannes [DANTISCUS] to [Johann TYMMERMANN]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-08-18

English register: Dantiscus will follow the advice he received from Tymmermann [on the matter of the canons’ concubines].

He encloses a copy of a letter to the [Ermland (Warmia)] Chapter which he sent [earlier] and to which he has not received a reply. He asks if the letter reached the Chapter.

He expresses surprise that Tymmermann did not notify him of the defection of the parish priest of the New Town of Elbing (Nowe Miasto Elbląg) [Ambrosius Feyerobent].

He notifies the addressee of the content of the [new] letter in which he informs the Chapter that he has called on the Allenstein (Olsztyn) administrator [Achatius Trenck] to accompany him to Königsberg for the wedding [of Melchior von Kreytzen’s daughter] and for talks with the Duke [Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach]. He declares that in future he intends to also take Tymmermann on similar journeys.

Manuscript sources:

1	rough draft in Latin, autograph, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 93v (b.p.)

Prints:

1	CEID 1/2 No. 93, p. 305-306 (in extenso; English register)

Text & apparatus & commentary Plain text Text & commentary Text & apparatus

Ioannes etc.

Venerabilis Domine, frater sincere dilecte.

Ea, quae VI huius Fraternitas Vestra ad nos cf. Johann TYMMERMANN to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1539-08-06, CIDTC IDL 6605, letter lost⌊scripsitcf. Johann TYMMERMANN to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1539-08-06, CIDTC IDL 6605, letter lost⌋, satis nobis fecerunt, acquiescimus itaque Fraternitatis Vestrae consilio, pro quo et gratias habemus, quousque aliud in hac turpi causa, quod faciendum honor ecclesiae nostrae et aequitas postulaverit, a Fraternitate Vestra acceperimus.

Quam bene valere optamus.

Ex Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, ut supra.

Postscript:

Iussi iis includi cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter before 1539-08-18, CIDTC IDL 6420, letter lost⌊litterarumcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter before 1539-08-18, CIDTC IDL 6420, letter lost⌋ mearum copiam, quas nescio, si Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabile capitulumErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ acceperi[t], cum nihil sit responsum.

Defecit a nobis parrochus Neustadt Elbing (Nowe Miasto Elbląg, Nova Civitas Elbingensis), district of Elbing, town in Prussia established in 1337 by Teutonic order; since 1478 district of Elbing⌊Novae Civitatis ElbingensisNeustadt Elbing (Nowe Miasto Elbląg, Nova Civitas Elbingensis), district of Elbing, town in Prussia established in 1337 by Teutonic order; since 1478 district of Elbing⌋ Ambrosius Feyerobent (Ambrosius Feierabend) (*ca. 1490 – †after 1543), Lutheran preacher; in his sermons he denied the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In 1539 Dantiscus demanded his arrest; until 1539 parish priest of the Three Kings' Church in the New Town of Elbing (Nowe Miasto Elbląg) (WAŁDOCH, p. 33)⌊Feyero[bent]Ambrosius Feyerobent (Ambrosius Feierabend) (*ca. 1490 – †after 1543), Lutheran preacher; in his sermons he denied the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In 1539 Dantiscus demanded his arrest; until 1539 parish priest of the Three Kings' Church in the New Town of Elbing (Nowe Miasto Elbląg) (WAŁDOCH, p. 33)⌋, cuius bona relicta apud consulatum inibi arreste retinui. Ea in causa cum Dominatio Vestra cum suo officio sit vicinior, miror, quod nihil mihi scripserit.

cf. Ioannes [DANTISCUS] to [Ermland (Warmia) Chapter] Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-08-18, CIDTC IDL 3883⌊Litteraecf. Ioannes [DANTISCUS] to [Ermland (Warmia) Chapter] Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-08-18, CIDTC IDL 3883⌋ ad Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabile{m} capitulumErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ significant, quod dominum Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌊administratorem AllensteinensemAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌋ pro 1539-08-24⌊festo Divi Bartholomei1539-08-24⌋ in Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌊KonigsbergKönigsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌋ ad nuptias[2] et colloquium ab illustrissimo domino Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌊duceAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌋ cf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1539-07-21, CIDTC IDL 4958⌊invitatuscf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1539-07-21, CIDTC IDL 4958⌋ mecum duco. Quod etiam aliquando mihi cum Dominatione Vestra erit necessarium.

Quae iterum bene valeat.