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Letter #5738

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Braunsberg Town Council
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1547-02-10


Manuscript sources:
1office copy in German, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, A 2, f. 60v-61r

 

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Annus 1547

Mandatum ann die Citizens of Braunsberg ⌊BraunsbergerCitizens of Braunsberg ⌋ wegen des vorkaufs.

Uns ist glaubwirdig vorkomenn, / davon uns auch 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)⌊furstliche durchlauchtAlbrecht 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, 1547-01-18, CIDTC IDL 4664⌊geschribenncf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1547-01-18, CIDTC IDL 4664⌋, / wie etzliche unser underthann, ewer mitburger, / so wol bei uns, als ihm furstentumb, / vorkeufe und boredung mit flachse, hoppenn und anderer whare / auf dorferenn und in stedtenn / mit dem gemeinem pauersman machenn, / zu schaden und vorfangen widder unser landsordnung, / anderen unseren stedten und dem hantirenden kaufmann, / und solche vorkeuffe wunderlicher weise durchtreibenn, / die whare der gestalt botriglichenn {betriglichen} zu sich gebracht, / durch vorkeuffer / unsere paurenn biss ghenn Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌊BraunsbergBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌋, / auch weiter, sich lassenn zufhurenn, / welche unsere untreue underthan / die mussenn sein, / die bei euch widder unser landsordnung schreienn, / und andere dawidder anhetzen, / die wir, so wir die werden wissenn, mit ernster straf / als widderwertige und vorechter unser obricheit, / biss an ihr hochste zuforfurderenn durch unsere amptleute / nicht wollen noch lossenn, / darzu sondernn fleis zuhabenn, uns solche anzugeben, wan ihr die erfharet, / wir euch ernstlich bovelen, / ouch andere darzu vorordnenn wollenn, / die auf solche mutwillige und widder ihren eidt untreue, ungehorsame underthan / gutte achtung werden habenn, uns anzuzeigenn. / Derwegen lossen wir durch euch diese unser endtliche meinung idermenniglich ankundigenn. / Wirdt imands bei uns ader ihm Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊furstentumbPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋, / wie solchs auch 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)⌊furstliche durchlauchtAlbrecht 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)⌋ von uns bogeret, / ihn solchenn stuckenn botroffenn, / des sol nicht vorschonet, / auch ihm keine genade bowesen werden. / Darnach habe sich ein ider zurichtenn.