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De Samson Worein (Samson Worain, Samson Woreński) (†1586), nobleman of Warmia (Ermland); studied in Leipzig, 1535, and in Rome, thanks to a scholarship from Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius); 1559 Canon of Warmia; 1561 Chancellor of Warmia; Judicial Vicar of Warmia (Sz, 368; K, 356)⌊SamsoneSamson Worein (Samson Worain, Samson Woreński) (†1586), nobleman of Warmia (Ermland); studied in Leipzig, 1535, and in Rome, thanks to a scholarship from Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius); 1559 Canon of Warmia; 1561 Chancellor of Warmia; Judicial Vicar of Warmia (Sz, 368; K, 356)⌋ subdito Fraternitatum Vestrarum cum venerabili domino Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the 1530s one of Dantiscus’ friends and a supporter of his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; canon of Ermland (Warmia) from 1523; 1544–1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; its Dean from 1545; 1533–1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric in 1548 and 1550, appointed by the cathedral chapter after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌊decanoAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the 1530s one of Dantiscus’ friends and a supporter of his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; canon of Ermland (Warmia) from 1523; 1544–1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; its Dean from 1545; 1533–1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric in 1548 and 1550, appointed by the cathedral chapter after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌋ sic egimus, ut, ubi Fraternitates Vestrae illi viginti impenderint, nos reddituri simus in singulos annos aureos decem. Velimus tamen, ut potius illi quadraginta consignarent et tum viginti a nobis Samson Worein (Samson Worain, Samson Woreński) (†1586), nobleman of Warmia (Ermland); studied in Leipzig, 1535, and in Rome, thanks to a scholarship from Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius); 1559 Canon of Warmia; 1561 Chancellor of Warmia; Judicial Vicar of Warmia (Sz, 368; K, 356)⌊illiSamson Worein (Samson Worain, Samson Woreński) (†1586), nobleman of Warmia (Ermland); studied in Leipzig, 1535, and in Rome, thanks to a scholarship from Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius); 1559 Canon of Warmia; 1561 Chancellor of Warmia; Judicial Vicar of Warmia (Sz, 368; K, 356)⌋ accederent sustineretque se, cum in Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the River Tiber, seat of the Holy See⌊UrbeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the River Tiber, seat of the Holy See⌋ commodius nobis et Fraternitatibus Vestris aliquando usui futurus.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ ex arce nostra Heilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland, now Lidzbark Warmiński⌋, XXIII Februarii MDXLVI.