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Letter #2475

Samuel MACIEJOWSKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Vilnius, 1541-08-03
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1541-08-13

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, BCz, 1597, p. 1273-1276

 

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Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, amice carissime et observande.

Praemissa officiosissima officiorum meorum commendatione.

De aliis alias Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae respondebo, nam nondum ii, quos mihi commendavit, finem causarum suarum sunt consecuti. Nunc Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram rogandam duxi, ut servitorem meum Baptista, servant of Samuel MACIEJOWSKI ItalianBaptistamBaptista, servant of Samuel MACIEJOWSKI Italian Italum, quem 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 LeagueGedanumGdańsk (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 emendi quaedam mensae ornamenta gratia misi, suis, quos illic habet, commendet, quo ad conficiendi negotia mea celeritatem operam suam illi praebeant. Quo se mihi gratam rem facere sciat.

Commendo me meaque officia omnia in gratiam Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae. Quam diu sanam esse cupio.

Vestrae Reverendissimae Paternitatis servitor Samuel Maciejowski (*1499 – †1550), humanist and diplomat, one of the most trusted advisors to King Sigismund I and then to his son Sigismund II Augustus; from 1521 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Sandomierz, and from 1530 in Kielce; from 1531 Canon of Gniezno; from 1532 or 1533 to 1537 royal secretary (previously scribe at the royal chancellery); 1537-1539 Grand Secretary; 1539-1547 Crown Vice-Chancellor; 1539-1541 Bishop of Chełm; 1541-1545 Bishop of Płock; 1545-1550 Bishop of Cracow; 1547-1550 Crown Grand Chancellor; in 1532 royal envoy to Rome; in 1534 and 1538 royal envoy to the local diets (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 257-258; Urzędnicy 10, p. 184; PSB 19 Machowski - Maria Kazimiera, p. 64-69)Samuel episcopus Chelmensis, nominatus Plocensis et vi[ce]cancellariusSamuel Maciejowski (*1499 – †1550), humanist and diplomat, one of the most trusted advisors to King Sigismund I and then to his son Sigismund II Augustus; from 1521 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Sandomierz, and from 1530 in Kielce; from 1531 Canon of Gniezno; from 1532 or 1533 to 1537 royal secretary (previously scribe at the royal chancellery); 1537-1539 Grand Secretary; 1539-1547 Crown Vice-Chancellor; 1539-1541 Bishop of Chełm; 1541-1545 Bishop of Płock; 1545-1550 Bishop of Cracow; 1547-1550 Crown Grand Chancellor; in 1532 royal envoy to Rome; in 1534 and 1538 royal envoy to the local diets (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 257-258; Urzędnicy 10, p. 184; PSB 19 Machowski - Maria Kazimiera, p. 64-69)