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Letter #2282

Andrzej GÓRKA to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1540-03-08
            received Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), 1540-03-23

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, BCz, 1597, p. 957-960

 

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BCz, 1597, p. 957

Reverendissime in Christo Pater, domine et amice observantissime.

Post officiosissimam mei commendationem.

Ago Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae gratias, quod me cf. , CIDTC IDL 7505litteriscf. , CIDTC IDL 7505 suis salutaverit. Fuit mihi iucundum simul etiam de Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae fausta et incolumi valetudine intelligere. Exposuit mihi nobilis dominus superinscribeddominusdominus superinscribed Mikołaj Płotowski (†after 1548-07-27), royal courtier and owner of estates in Vistula Lowlands (Żuławy Wiślane); burgrave of Seeburg (Zybork, today Jeziorany) (AT 18, p. 229)Nicolaus PlotowskiMikołaj Płotowski (†after 1548-07-27), royal courtier and owner of estates in Vistula Lowlands (Żuławy Wiślane); burgrave of Seeburg (Zybork, today Jeziorany) (AT 18, p. 229) servitor Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae negotium, quod illi est permolestum, cum quodam improbioris notae Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian, and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy and banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon in 1540; imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome in 1541; after his release in 1544, he remained in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509–1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519–1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1529–1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536–1540 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, now Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220; BORAWSKA 2023, p. 537-538)canonico ecclesiae eiusAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian, and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy and banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon in 1540; imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome in 1541; after his release in 1544, he remained in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509–1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519–1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1529–1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536–1540 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, now Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220; BORAWSKA 2023, p. 537-538). Qua in re praestiti operam meam, quam potui maiorem, ut Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae conceptae de me opinioni et in hoc, et in multo maioribus officiis responderem.

Commendo me Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae et opto illam diutissime incolumem valere.

Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae servitor Andrzej Górka (Andrzej of Górka) (*ca. 1500 – †1551), 1533-1536 Castellan of Kalisz; 1536-1551 - of Poznań; 1536-1551 General Starost of Wielkopolska; in 1541 he went to Vienna as an envoy of Polish King Sigismund I Jagiellon, to mediate between Roman King Ferdinand I von Habsburg and Isabella Jagiellon, widow of King of Hungary John Zápolya (PSB 8, p. 401-405)Andreas comes a GorkaAndrzej Górka (Andrzej of Górka) (*ca. 1500 – †1551), 1533-1536 Castellan of Kalisz; 1536-1551 - of Poznań; 1536-1551 General Starost of Wielkopolska; in 1541 he went to Vienna as an envoy of Polish King Sigismund I Jagiellon, to mediate between Roman King Ferdinand I von Habsburg and Isabella Jagiellon, widow of King of Hungary John Zápolya (PSB 8, p. 401-405) etc. manu sua subscripsit