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Text #462

 Sigismund I Jagiellon to Gdańsk Town Council
Cracow (Kraków) 1507-02-19
English register: King Sigismund I informs the Gdańsk Town Council in a letter dated February 19, 1507, from Cracow, that after returning from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Dantiscus was reinstated in the royal chancery and now travels to Gdańsk. The King entrusts Dantiscus’ affairs to the councilors.

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, APG, 300, D/ 5, No. 462

Prints:
1ASPK 5/1 No. 15, p. 40 (Polish register)

 

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Famosis Gdańsk Town Council ⌊praeconsulibus et consulibus civitatis nostri GdanensisGdańsk Town Council ⌋ fidelibus dilectis

Famosi, fideles, dilecti.

Quemadmodum honorabilis Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌊Ioannes Flaxpinder DantiscusIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌋ erat servitor serenissimi olim principis, domini Alexander Jagiellon (Aleksander Jagiellończyk) (*1461 – †1506), 1492-1506 Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1501-1506 King of Poland⌊Alexandri regisAlexander Jagiellon (Aleksander Jagiellończyk) (*1461 – †1506), 1492-1506 Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1501-1506 King of Poland⌋, germani et praedecessoris nostri, sic nos eum ex peregrinatione Iherosolimitana redeuntem cancellariae nostrae asscripsimus. Quoniam vero impraesentiarum Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊GdanumGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ se contulit, itaque commendamus eum negotiaque illius vobis.

Datum Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviaeCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋, feria sexta post Cinerum anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo septimo, regni vero nostri anno primo.