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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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Eustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), Neo-Latin poet; studied at the universities of Frankfurt an der Oder (1534–1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orléans; from 1533 supported financially by Dantiscus; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland and 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 of Frankfurt an der Oder (1534–1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orléans; from 1533 supported financially by Dantiscus; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland and 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 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 ad structuram ecclesiae, ad quam non parochus, sed parochiani tenentur, conferri non possint, dictam schedam apud nos retinuimus et hortamur Fraternitatem Vestram, ut primo tempore 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 destinari solent, conferre possimus. Factura nobis rem gratam Fraternitas Vestra.

Quae bene valeat.

Eustathius Knobelsdorf (Constans Alliopagus) (*1519 – †1571), Neo-Latin poet; studied at the universities of Frankfurt an der Oder (1534–1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orléans; from 1533 supported financially by Dantiscus; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland and 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 of Frankfurt an der Oder (1534–1544), Wittenberg (1538), Leipzig, Louvain (1540), Paris, and Orléans; from 1533 supported financially by Dantiscus; 1544 secretary of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter; 1546 Canon of Ermland and 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 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⌊LicthenowGrosse Lichtenau (Lichnowy), village in Ermland⌋. Eam apud nos retinentes 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 dispositionem de illis facere possimus.

Quae bene valeat.

Datum ex arce ut supra.