Venerabilibus dominis Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊praelatis, canonicis et capitulo ecclesiae nostrae VarmiensisErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋, [fra]tribus sincere nobis dilectis

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Ioannes dei gratia episcopus VarmiensisIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋

Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Dedimus Schönau (Szynowo), village Ermland (Warmia), ca. 7 km NW of Wartenburg⌊bona nostra desertaSchönau (Szynowo), village Ermland (Warmia), ca. 7 km NW of Wartenburg⌋, ut in cf. Dantiscus' record Simon HANNAU Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński) 1540-11-08, CIDTC IDT 259⌊exemplo inscriptioniscf. Dantiscus' record Simon HANNAU Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński) 1540-11-08, CIDTC IDT 259⌋ habetur, Simon Hannau (Simon Hannow), Dantiscus' nephew, son of Anna von Höfen and Johann Hannau, brother of Johann and Kaspar; at the turn of 1538 administrated bishop's estate in Löbau (Lubawa) in Dantiscus' name (CEID 1/1, p. 344, footnote No. 19)⌊nepotiSimon Hannau (Simon Hannow), Dantiscus' nephew, son of Anna von Höfen and Johann Hannau, brother of Johann and Kaspar; at the turn of 1538 administrated bishop's estate in Löbau (Lubawa) in Dantiscus' name (CEID 1/1, p. 344, footnote No. 19)⌋ nostro. cf. Dantiscus' record Simon HANNAU Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński) 1540-11-08, CIDTC IDT 259⌊Quodcf. Dantiscus' record Simon HANNAU Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński) 1540-11-08, CIDTC IDT 259⌋, ut Fraternitates Vestrae perlegant suumque assensum benevolum adhibeant, plurimum oramus. Fuerunt Schönau (Szynowo), village Ermland (Warmia), ca. 7 km NW of Wartenburg⌊bona illaSchönau (Szynowo), village Ermland (Warmia), ca. 7 km NW of Wartenburg⌋ a tempore non modo novissimi, verum etiam superioris belli, mensae episcopali nullius usui, quem ea collatione sub unius equi servitio ceraeque et annona <e> in posterum praebebunt. Quemadmodum venerabilis frater noster dominus 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)⌊administratorAchatius 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)⌋ latius Fraternitatibus Vestris referet.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.

Datae ex arce nostra 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⌋, IX Novembris MDXL.