Letter #3326
[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Samuel MACIEJOWSKIHeilsberg (Lidzbark), 1548-01-17
English register:
Dantiscus expresses his satisfaction that, in accordance with the addressee’s written account, the king [Sigismund I] has kindly received the letter from the councillors of the recent diet in Wormditt (Orneta), drawn up on behalf of all the estates. The matters raised therein will be discussed in greater detail by the envoys sent to the king [Tiedemann Giese, Johann von Baysen (Jan Bażyński), Johann von Werden, Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema), Fabian von Zehmen (Cema)].
Dantiscus is grateful for the assurance that the addressee is looking after the case of the widow [Katarina Schewecken] of Georg Schewecke, and requests further support should she arrive at court. The heirs have abandoned both the appeal lodged before a notary and witnesses and the implementation of the settlement mediated by Johann von Werden, which Dantiscus mentioned in a previous letter. As Werden has departed from home, the heirs are attempting to transfer the case to the municipal court in Gdańsk (Danzig), where they have sued the widow. She hopes that the court will excuse her from the proceedings in the absence of her protector. In the event of failure and the referral of the case to the king by way of appeal, Dantiscus expects a favourable position from the addressee.
Adrianus Fridewalt has not yet delivered the letter to the members of the council of Royal Prussia regarding the matter of the appeals. Most likely, as the addressee wrote, he was attending to affairs with his stepsons [Johann and Michael Kranich] and for that reason withheld the letter.
Dantiscus awaits the results of the diplomatic mission [to Emperor Charles V at the Imperial Diet]. Should it prove successful, it will bring benefits both to the province and to the kingdom.
Dantiscus is receiving no news. He asks the addressee to convey any reports to him, should any reach him.
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AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 366rReverendissimo domino Cracoviensi
Reverendissime etc.
Quae hinc domini consiliarii ex superiori harum terrarum Vormditensi conventu nomine omnium harum statuum scrip Serenissimae Maiestati Regiae scripserunt, serenissimam maiestatem regiam ap superinscribed⌈apap superinscribed⌉probasse, libenter ex Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae litteris intellexi. Qui cum nunc Piotrkoviae praesentes sint, omnia serenissimae maiestati regiae referent et exponent diligentius. Et Ea omnia nostri oratores, qui nunc ad serenissimam maiestatem regiam allegati sunt, exponent et referent diligentius.
Quod Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra scribit sibi cordi futuram causam hanc relictae viduae domini superinscribed⌈dominidomini superinscribed⌉ Georgii Scheveke, illi ago gratias et ne huius oblivisci velit, si quando ad aulam serenissimam maiestatem regiam aulam pervenerit, plurimum rogo. Reliquerunt nunc heredes appellationem coram notario et testibus factam una cum amicabili illa transactione, de qua in superioribus meis litteris mentionem feci, in quam auctor<itat>e nobilis domini Ioannis a Werden conse ab utraque parte consenserunt. Qui cum nunc domi non sit, ad iudicium civile Gedanense causam eam trahere nituntur on the margin in place of crossed-out pervenerunt and then crossed-out⌈perveneruntGedanense causam eam trahere nitunturGedanense causam eam trahere nituntur on the margin in place of crossed-out pervenerunt and then crossed-out⌉ utque ibi vidua respondeat, eam citarunt. Illa vero Hoc ne fiat facere cogatur in absentia tutoris sui, sperat se a iudicio obtinere posse. [Ho]c si fieri nequeat et [n]egotium ad serenissimam maiestatem regiam appellatum fuerit, Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra velit promissae benevolentiae esse memor. on the margin⌈Ho hidden by binding⌈[Ho]Ho hidden by binding⌉c si fieri nequeat et n hidden by binding⌈[n]n hidden by binding⌉egotium ad serenissimam maiestatem regiam appellatum fuerit superinscribed⌈fueritfuerit superinscribed⌉, Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra velit promissae benevolentiae esse memor.[Ho]c si fieri nequeat et [n]egotium ad serenissimam maiestatem regiam appellatum fuerit, Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra velit promissae benevolentiae esse memor. on the margin⌉
De appellationibus nullas hactenus Adrianus Fridewalt D litteras reddidit litteras dominis hic consiliariis reddidit. et Fieri potest, ut ut Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra scribit on the margin⌈ut Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra scribitut Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra scribit on the margin⌉, quod cum privignis suis transegerit, et litteras eas ita detineat.
In magna sum exspectatione, quid de nostra legatione futurum sit. Ea si superinscribed in place of crossed-out ut⌈ut si si superinscribed in place of crossed-out ut⌉ feliciter succederet, de quo dubitare nolo superinscribed in place of crossed-out exp summe necessarium esset et Regni rebus hic nostris et Regni⌈exp summe necessarium esset et Regni superinscribed⌈RegniRegni superinscribed⌉ rebus hic nostris et Regni de quo dubitare nolo de quo dubitare nolo superinscribed in place of crossed-out exp summe necessarium esset et Regni rebus hic nostris et Regni⌉, expediret hoc Regno et rebus hic nostris, quae iam non parum perturbata iacent.
De rebus novis ia hic nihil circumfertur. Silent nunc omnia. Si quid Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra habuerit Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra superinscribed⌈Reverendissima Dominatio VestraReverendissima Dominatio Vestra superinscribed⌉, plurimum rogo, velit ea mecum communicare.
C Cui me intime commendo atque eandem diu felicissime valere opto.
Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ Heilsberg, XVII Ianuarii MDXLVIII.