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Letter #4224

Marienburg Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Marienburg (Malbork), 1533-11-20
            received Friedeck (Wąbrzeźno), [1533]-11-22

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, AAWO, AB, D. 91, f. 74-76 + f. [1] missed in numbering after f. 76

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 412

Prints:
1AT 15 No. 553, p. 773-775 (in extenso; Polish register)

 

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Unser gantzwillige dinste mit erbitthung alles gutten stets tzuvor.

Gnediger Herr.

Es hot uns kurtz vorgangen der grosmechtige herrr Stanisław Kościelecki (*ca. 1460 – †1534), 1501 Inowrocław castellan; 1511 - voivode; 1512 starosta of Marienburg; 1521-1522 voivode of Brześć; 1522 - of Sieradz; 1523 - of Kalisz; 1525 - of Poznań (Urzędnicy 1/2)Stantzel von CostzielietzStanisław Kościelecki (*ca. 1460 – †1534), 1501 Inowrocław castellan; 1511 - voivode; 1512 starosta of Marienburg; 1521-1522 voivode of Brześć; 1522 - of Sieradz; 1523 - of Kalisz; 1525 - of Poznań (Urzędnicy 1/2), posnanischer woywodt / und auf Marienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)MarienburgMarienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia) howptmann, mit wasser ursach ein rodt tzu Marienburg under sich selber rodtmanne, / doneben burgermeisther, / ane wissen / und willen der oberkeyth, erwelen, / angetragen. Solchs ampts halben doch ime weiter nicht tzuleiden stunde, / solchs von uns noch langkherkomener gewonheith, / so keines menschen gedengken / und noch unser stadt priuilegien, / freyheiten / und briffen, / so doch seligen Kazimierz IV Jagiellon (*1427 – †1492), 1447-1492 King of Poland, 1440–1492 Grand Duke of Lithuania; son of Władysław II Jagiełło and Zofia Holszańskakonig CazimirumKazimierz IV Jagiellon (*1427 – †1492), 1447-1492 King of Poland, 1440–1492 Grand Duke of Lithuania; son of Władysław II Jagiełło and Zofia Holszańska befestiget / und ouch noch beschriebenenn rechte / gesehen beantwortet, / welchs uns tzu keiner holffe hot gedeyen mogen. / Zcum letzten seine groszmechtigkeit von seiner koniglichen maiestet, was seiner groszmechtigkeit in deme weiter tzuthuen sein wurde, / tzuvorstehen synnet. /

Haben in deme fael aus unserm mithel den hochwirdigen herrnn, herrnn Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)bischof von ErmelandtMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60), uns seine gnade hulflich / und rodtlich in unser anligenden sachen gnediglich tzuerscheinen / ersuchen lassen, / doneben seine gnade mit hoem vleys bittende, / auff das solche unser sache den herrn geschigten bevolen / und bey andern gescheften / des landes in die legation eingebracht mochthe werden. /

In welchs seine gnade vorwilliget, / in das ouch der groszmechtige herr Georg von Baysen (Jerzy Bażyński) (*1469 – †1546), 1503-1512 Chamberlain of Marienburg (Malbork); 1512-1546 Voivode of Marienburg (PSB 1, p. 377)Jorg von BaisenGeorg von Baysen (Jerzy Bażyński) (*1469 – †1546), 1503-1512 Chamberlain of Marienburg (Malbork); 1512-1546 Voivode of Marienburg (PSB 1, p. 377) etc., her Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)CzehmeAchatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326) und die Elbing Town Council

Gdańsk Town Council
herrn vom Elbing unnd DantzigElbing Town Council

Gdańsk Town Council
iren willen gegeben. / Ist der halbenn ouch unser gantz demuttige, vleissige bit, Ewren Gnaden wollen ouch in solchs tzuwilligen nicht abschloen und uns in deme hulfflich, / redtlich und gnediglich erscheinen, dan es wil uns nicht wol anstehen / und geburen / solche unser freyheit, / welche doch bey menschen gedengken bisher nicht gebrochen / und ouch nicht angefochten, / nachtzulassen.

Uber das schigken ouch Ewren Gnaden als unnserm gnedigen herrn und patron / etliche clausulen aus des landes / und unser stadt privilegien / und freyheiten, / doneben der beschriebenen rechten, / aus welchen Ewren Gnaden ermessen konnen, / das die oberkeit solchs uns tzum nochteil vornymmet. / Welchs wir Ewren Gnaden demuttiglich nicht haben wust tzubergen, bittende nochmols Ewren Gnaden wollen uns durch schrifte, was uns in deme weiter tzuthuen were, gnediglich vorstendigen. / Wollen wir solchs noch unserm hochsten vormogen jegen Ewren Gnaden gantz willig alletzeit vordinen.

Zcu Marienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia)MarienburgMarienburg (Malbork), town and castle in northern Poland, Pomeranian Voivodeship, on the Nogat river, a branch of the Vistula at its delta, the capital of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order in Prussia (1309-1457), a voivodeship capital in Royal Prussia, which belonged to the Kingdom of Poland (1466-1772). Marienburg (taking turns with Graudenz (Grudziądz)) was the venue for the Provincial Diets of Royal Prussia, which were chaired by the bishop of Ermland (Warmia), am XX Novembris im etc. XXXIII Jor.

Ewren Gnaden gantzwillige Marienburg Town Council Burgermeister unnd radt stad MarienburgMarienburg Town Council .