Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino 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⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo VarmiensiIoannes 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⌋, domino et maiori observandissimo

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, maior plurimum observande

Clausis iam alteris litteris meis supervenit Ioannes, tailor ⌊Ioannes sartorIoannes, tailor ⌋ afferens mihi Vestrae Dominationis Reverendissimae nomine pluviale et cycladem, et balsamum, et actorum librum, pro quibus omnibus plus certe debeo, quam referre possum, gratiarum, nescio equidem an sit apud me quicquam vel muneris, vel officii, vel ornatus episcopalis, quod non iure sibi Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra vindicet. Ego vicissim ita meum animum institui, ne umquam obsolescat apud me tantorum beneficiorum memoria. Exceptis ex libro actorum, quibus ego careo, et adscriptis, quae illi desunt, remittam eum quamprimum. Ago et pro hoc beneficio gratias immortales, quod me intercessore dignatur canonicatum Gutstadensem conferre domino Simon Hecht because of illness, he did not take the canonry of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) designated for him by Dantiscus in 1538, cf. Tiedemann Giese to Ioannes Dantiscus, Löbau (Lubawa), 1539-01-30 (CIDTC IDL 2065); parish priest in Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd); from 1547 Vicar of Ermland (Warmia) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 112)⌊SimoniSimon Hecht because of illness, he did not take the canonry of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) designated for him by Dantiscus in 1538, cf. Tiedemann Giese to Ioannes Dantiscus, Löbau (Lubawa), 1539-01-30 (CIDTC IDL 2065); parish priest in Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd); from 1547 Vicar of Ermland (Warmia) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 112)⌋ parrocho in Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌊DitrichswaltDietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌋, quem admonebo, ut quamprimum Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram adeat servitor illius perpetuus futurus.

Iterum me Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae commendo, quam valere cupio diutissime.

Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊LubaviaeLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋, die XXI Octobris 1538.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae addictissimus Tiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌊Tidemannus episcopus CulmensisTiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌋