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Letter #3408

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Eustathius [KNOBELSDORF]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1548-07-19

English register:

Dantiscus has received a list of debts of the deceased parish priest of Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy) [Thomas Roseler], who has died intestate. The list is enclosed with the letter. Neither the liabilities nor the remaining goods can be allocated to pay for the construction of the church, for which the parishioners, and not the parish priest, are responsible. Dantiscus is retaining the list, and requests the addressee immediately to send an inventory of all personal effects and cattle belonging to the deceased. He will dispose of those assets in keeping with his episcopal prerogative regarding the property of clerics who died intestate.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 374r (t.p.)
2rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 373v (t.p.)

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 558

 

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AAWO, AB, D.70, f. 374r

Eustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), neo-Latin poet, studied at the universities in Frankfurt an der Oder (1534-1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orleans; from 1533 Dantiscus provided financial support for his education; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland; 1546 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); 1546-1548 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1548-1551 administrator of the Chapter's estate in Allenstein (Olsztyn); 1552 Custos of Ermland; 1553 Vicar General of the bishopric of Ermland; 1558-1564 administrator of the diocese of Ermland in the absence of Bishop Stanisław Hozjusz; 1559 Chancellor of the Wrocław Chapter; 1565 Dean of the Wrocław Chapter; 1567 General Judicial Vicar of the diocese of Wrocław (BORAWSKA 1996 Życie, p. 70, 103; KOPICZKO 2, p. 152; SBKW, p. 152; KNOBELSDORF)⌊EustachioEustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), neo-Latin poet, studied at the universities in Frankfurt an der Oder (1534-1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orleans; from 1533 Dantiscus provided financial support for his education; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland; 1546 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); 1546-1548 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1548-1551 administrator of the Chapter's estate in Allenstein (Olsztyn); 1552 Custos of Ermland; 1553 Vicar General of the bishopric of Ermland; 1558-1564 administrator of the diocese of Ermland in the absence of Bishop Stanisław Hozjusz; 1559 Chancellor of the Wrocław Chapter; 1565 Dean of the Wrocław Chapter; 1567 General Judicial Vicar of the diocese of Wrocław (BORAWSKA 1996 Życie, p. 70, 103; KOPICZKO 2, p. 152; SBKW, p. 152; KNOBELSDORF)⌋

Venerabilis Domine, frater sincere dil nobis dilecte.

Accepimus cf. Eustathius KNOBELSDORF to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1548-07-18, CIDTC IDL 6464, letter lost⌊litteriscf. Eustathius KNOBELSDORF to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1548-07-18, CIDTC IDL 6464, letter lost⌋ Fraternitatis Vestrae adiunctam schedam debitorum mortui olim Thomas Roseler (†before 1548-07-18), parish priest in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy)⌊parochiThomas Roseler (†before 1548-07-18), parish priest in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy)⌋ in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy), village in Ermland⌊LichtenowGrosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy), village in Ermland⌋, qui cum intestatus decesserit et debita ea cum bonis relictis superinscribed⌈cum bonis relictiscum bonis relictis superinscribed⌉ ad structuram ecclesiae, ad quam non superinscribed⌈nonnon superinscribed⌉ parochiani et non parochus sed parochiani on the margin⌈sed parochianised parochiani on the margin⌉ tenentur, conferri non possi written over u⌈uii written over u⌉nt, dictam schedam apud nos retinuimus et hortamur Fraternitatem Vestram, ut primo tempore etiam conscriptum inventarium omnium relictorum bonorum et pecorum ad nos mittat. Quo ex eo edocti iuxta officium nostrum commodam de illis dispositionem facere et ea in consuetos usus, in quos intestata bona sacerdotum con destinari solent, conferre possimus. Factura nobis on the margin⌈nobisnobis on the margin⌉ rem gratam Fraternitas Vestra.

Quae bene valeat.

AAWO, AB, D.70, f. 373v

[1]Eustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), neo-Latin poet, studied at the universities in Frankfurt an der Oder (1534-1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orleans; from 1533 Dantiscus provided financial support for his education; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland; 1546 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); 1546-1548 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1548-1551 administrator of the Chapter's estate in Allenstein (Olsztyn); 1552 Custos of Ermland; 1553 Vicar General of the bishopric of Ermland; 1558-1564 administrator of the diocese of Ermland in the absence of Bishop Stanisław Hozjusz; 1559 Chancellor of the Wrocław Chapter; 1565 Dean of the Wrocław Chapter; 1567 General Judicial Vicar of the diocese of Wrocław (BORAWSKA 1996 Życie, p. 70, 103; KOPICZKO 2, p. 152; SBKW, p. 152; KNOBELSDORF)⌊EustachioEustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), neo-Latin poet, studied at the universities in Frankfurt an der Oder (1534-1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orleans; from 1533 Dantiscus provided financial support for his education; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland; 1546 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); 1546-1548 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1548-1551 administrator of the Chapter's estate in Allenstein (Olsztyn); 1552 Custos of Ermland; 1553 Vicar General of the bishopric of Ermland; 1558-1564 administrator of the diocese of Ermland in the absence of Bishop Stanisław Hozjusz; 1559 Chancellor of the Wrocław Chapter; 1565 Dean of the Wrocław Chapter; 1567 General Judicial Vicar of the diocese of Wrocław (BORAWSKA 1996 Życie, p. 70, 103; KOPICZKO 2, p. 152; SBKW, p. 152; KNOBELSDORF)⌋

Venerabilis Domine, frater sincere nobis superinscribed⌈nobisnobis superinscribed⌉ dilecte.

Accepimus cf. Eustathius KNOBELSDORF to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1548-07-18, CIDTC IDL 6464, letter lost⌊litteriscf. Eustathius KNOBELSDORF to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1548-07-18, CIDTC IDL 6464, letter lost⌋ Fraternitatis Vestrae adiunctam schedam debitorum mortui olim Thomas Roseler (†before 1548-07-18), parish priest in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy)⌊parochisThomas Roseler (†before 1548-07-18), parish priest in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy)⌋ in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy), village in Ermland⌊LicthenowGrosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy), village in Ermland⌋, quam cum que superinscribed⌈queque superinscribed⌉ pro testamento vel ultima eius voluntate susceptare nec confirmare possumus, utpote quod nec manus, nec sigillum testatoris illi sit additum, ob idque nobis suspecta est et post obitum eius conscripta videtur on the margin⌈ob idque nobis suspecta est et post obitum eius conscripta videturob idque nobis suspecta est et post obitum eius conscripta videtur on the margin⌉, eam igitur superinscribed⌈igiturigitur superinscribed⌉ Fraternitati Vestrae remittimus.

Quam hortamur, ut primo tempore conscriptum superinscribed⌈conscriptumconscriptum superinscribed⌉ inventarium omnium bonorum, quae relicta quae dictus Thomas Roseler (†before 1548-07-18), parish priest in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy)⌊parochusThomas Roseler (†before 1548-07-18), parish priest in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy)⌋ post se reliquit, ad nos mittat. Ex quo edocti eam factu ordi facturi sumus de dictis> relictis bonis dispositionem, quae voluntati mortui voluntati et votis Fraternitatis Vestrae respondebit.

Quae bene valeat.

Accepimus cf. Eustathius KNOBELSDORF to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1548-07-18, CIDTC IDL 6464, letter lost⌊litteriscf. Eustathius KNOBELSDORF to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1548-07-18, CIDTC IDL 6464, letter lost⌋ Fraternitatis Vestrae adiunctam schedam debitorum mortui olim Thomas Roseler (†before 1548-07-18), parish priest in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy)⌊parochiThomas Roseler (†before 1548-07-18), parish priest in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy)⌋ in Grosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy), village in Ermland⌊LicthenowGrosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy), village in Ermland⌋. Eam apud nos retinentes hortamur Fraternitatem Vestram, ut primo tempore etiam i conscriptum inventarium omnium superinscribed in place of crossed-out omniu⌈omniu omnium omnium superinscribed in place of crossed-out omniu⌉ relictorum bonorum et pecorum ad nos mittat, ut ex eo edocti dispositione quo, ex eo edocti, com iuxta officium nostrum commodam dispositionem de illis facere possimus.

Quae bene valeat.

Datum ex arce ut supra.

[1] here two abandoned drafts of the letter follow, first of them crossed out