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Letter #4828

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1541-06-14

English register:

The wójt and starost of Braunsberg (Braniewo) [Georg von Preucken] sent the royal edict to the chapter, which Dantiscus ordered to be proclaimed within his dominion. The bishop recommends that the chapter disseminate the edict throughout the territories under its authority and expects that, as agreed, it will send its joint letter to the duke [Albrecht von Hohenzollern].




Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1a, K. 497

 

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Venerabilibus Dominis praelatis, canonicis et capitulo ecclesiae nostrae Varmiensis, fratribus sincere nobis dilectis

Ioannes Dei gratia episcopus Varmiensis

Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Mittit ad Fraternitates Vestras advocatus et capitaneus noster Braunsbergensis edictum regium, quod nos per omnem dicionem nostram publicari iussimus. Quod et Fraternitatibus Vestris faciendum censemus, ne serenissimae maiestatis regiae, domini nostri clementissimi, voluntati non satisfactum esse aut per Fraternitates Vestras stetisse videri possit. Exspectamus praeterea, quemadmodum inter nos convenit, ad illustrissimum ducem vicinum nostrum litterarum missionem.

Et Fraternitates Vestras feliciter valere optamus.

Ex arce nostra Heylsberg, XIIII Iunii MDXLI.