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Letter #3293

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Sigismund I Jagiellon
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1547-12-19

English register:

Dantiscus thanks the addressee for fulfilling the request he had repeatedly expressed in his letters and for issuing, under seal, the document for the castellan of Elbing (Elbląg) and starost of Mewe (Gniew), Johann von Baysen (Jan Bażyński), extending his possession of the estate of Mewe until Whitsunday [20 May 1548]

Dantiscus argues that this intercession is warranted by the services which the ancestors of the castellan of Elbing – including his father [Georg von Baysen (Jerzy Bażyński)] – had rendered to the king, his predecessors, and the Kingdom of Poland to keep Royal Prussia within the kingdom.

On account of these merits, he asks the king to allow the castellan of Elbing to retain the estate previously held by his father until his death, as petitioned by the councillors of Royal Prussia, which the envoys [Tiedemann Giese, Johann von Baysen, Johann von Werden, Achatius von Zehmen (Cema), Fabian von Zehmen (Cema)] will present to the king. This will be welcomed by the subjects in Royal Prussia and will be consistent with the privileges of that land. He makes assurances that he will faithfully serve the king together with the recipient of this favour.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 335v (b.p.)

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 508

 

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Serenissime etc.

Quod toties meas preces, quas ad aures Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae pro generoso domino Ioanni a Baisen, castellano Elbingensi et capitaneo Gnevensi, litteris meis detuli, clementer admittere et superinscribed⌈admittere etadmittere et superinscribed⌉ exaudire dignata Serenissima Maiestas Vestra dignata est superinscribed⌈estest superinscribed⌉, ita ut tandem illi etiam patentes litteras ad meam intercessionem ad meam intercessionem illi etiam patentes litteras sub super prorogatione dictae on the margin⌈dictaedictae on the margin⌉ praefecturae Gnevensis usque ad futuras ferias Pentecostes s sub sigillo Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae concesserit, non quas debeo, sed quas possum, Serenissimae Maiestati Vestrae submissas ago gratias.

Quod vero tam confidenter superinscribed in place of crossed-out audacter⌈audacter confidenter confidenter superinscribed in place of crossed-out audacter⌉ Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram pro d dicto hidden by binding⌈[o]o hidden by binding⌉ domino castellano Elbingensi compellare ausus fuerim, me ut hoc facerem, progenitorum eius merita, tum ipsius etiam parentis, quae praedecessoribus Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae et eius praedecessoribus, serenissimis Poloniae superinscribed in place of crossed-out regibus R Poloniae⌈regibus R Poloniae Poloniae Poloniae superinscribed in place of crossed-out regibus R Poloniae⌉ <regibus>, ipsi etiam Regno, quo illi has terras conservarent, laudabiliter exhibuerunt, commoverunt.

Quorum meritorum ut intuitu humiliter rogo, ad omnium hic nostrum preces, quas delegati ad Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram ex corpore nostri senatus consilii harum terrarum nuntii, coram Serenissima Maiestate Vestra in istis nunc nostris angustiis fundent, velit nunc tandem dictum hidden by binding⌈[m]m hidden by binding⌉ dominum castellanum in ea praefectura, quam proavi et parens written over tes⌈tesss written over tes⌉ eius semper usque ad mortem pacifice on the margin⌈usque ad mortem pacificeusque ad mortem pacifice on the margin⌉ tenuit written over erunt⌈eruntitit written over erunt⌉, et ex gratia sp(ecia)li Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae possedit written over erunt⌈eruntitit written over erunt⌉, clementer retinere et conservare. illique totalem possessionem litteris Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae sigillo consignatis conferre et assignare Eo Serenissima Maiestas Vestra rem omnibus hic subditis suis gratam et nostris privilegiis convenientem est factura superinscribed⌈est facturaest factura superinscribed⌉. Quam etiam d generosus dominus Ioannes a Baisen una mecum fidelissimis suis servitiis promereri non est intermissurus erga Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram.

Cuius gratiae et clementi protectioni me cum illo humillime commendo et superinscribed⌈etet superinscribed⌉ a Domino Deo Serenissimae Maiestati Vestrae felicem prosperam valetudinem longissime duraturam cum felici regiminis ipsius incremento ex animo precor.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ Heilsberg, XIX Decembris MDXLVII.