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Letter #4831

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1541-08-30

English register:

In a letter to Dantiscus from Rome dated 27 June, his nephew, Kaspar Hannau, reported that he had spent 100 ducats on matters concerning the Ermland (Warmia) chapter. Following Dantiscus’ instructions, he had withdrawn the money from the Fuggers. Dantiscus would cover half of this amount, since he regarded the matters in question as common to both himself and the chapter. The other half was to be covered by the chapter. Dantiscus counted toward this the 30 ducats that the chapter had allocated to be sent to Andrea Grape, leaving 20 ducats still to be disbursed.

In accordance with the Fuggers’ requirements, the amount is to be sent in Prussian groschen (grossi nostril), calculated at 47 groschen to 1 ducat. The Ermland chapter will be informed of the details by the administrator of Allenstein (Olsztyn), Achatius Trenck.


            received 1541-08-31

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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Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

cf. Kaspar HANNAU to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1542-09-17, CIDTC IDL 6377, letter lost⌊Scripsitcf. Kaspar HANNAU to Ioannes DANTISCUS 1542-09-17, CIDTC IDL 6377, letter lost⌋ nobis XXVII Iunii proximi nepos noster Kaspar Hannau (Gasparus Hannovius, Kacper Hannow) (*1519 – †1571), Dantiscus’ nephew, son of Anna; doctor of both laws; friend of Marcin Kromer, later Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); his studies in Cracow (1536–1538) and Rome (1539–1548) were financed by his uncle; from 1545 Canon of Ermland and Dean of the Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; from 1547 Canon of Włocławek (ORACKI 1984, p. 84; KOPICZKO 2, p. 108-109)⌊Gasparus HannawKaspar Hannau (Gasparus Hannovius, Kacper Hannow) (*1519 – †1571), Dantiscus’ nephew, son of Anna; doctor of both laws; friend of Marcin Kromer, later Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); his studies in Cracow (1536–1538) and Rome (1539–1548) were financed by his uncle; from 1545 Canon of Ermland and Dean of the Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; from 1547 Canon of Włocławek (ORACKI 1984, p. 84; KOPICZKO 2, p. 108-109)⌋ ex Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the River Tiber, seat of the Holy See⌊UrbeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the River Tiber, seat of the Holy See⌋ se in negotio Fraternitatum Vestrarum centum ducatos, quos nostro iussu a dominis The Fuggers a prominent Augsburg merchant-banking family active in international trade and finance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries⌊FuggarisThe Fuggers a prominent Augsburg merchant-banking family active in international trade and finance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries⌋ accepit, impendisse. Quod quidem negotium, cum nobis cum Fraternitatibus Vestris commune esse existimemus, mediam illius expensae partem in nos recipimus, reliquam persolvi Fraternitates Vestrae curabunt. Item et triginta ducatos, quos domino Andrea Grap(e) (Andreas Grab) (fl. 1540-1545)⌊Andreae GrabAndrea Grap(e) (Andreas Grab) (fl. 1540-1545)⌋ Fraternitates Vestrae mittere destinarunt. Cumque pro suis cursibus et recursibus non paucisque laboribus Kaspar Hannau (Gasparus Hannovius, Kacper Hannow) (*1519 – †1571), Dantiscus’ nephew, son of Anna; doctor of both laws; friend of Marcin Kromer, later Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); his studies in Cracow (1536–1538) and Rome (1539–1548) were financed by his uncle; from 1545 Canon of Ermland and Dean of the Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; from 1547 Canon of Włocławek (ORACKI 1984, p. 84; KOPICZKO 2, p. 108-109)⌊nepos nosterKaspar Hannau (Gasparus Hannovius, Kacper Hannow) (*1519 – †1571), Dantiscus’ nephew, son of Anna; doctor of both laws; friend of Marcin Kromer, later Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); his studies in Cracow (1536–1538) and Rome (1539–1548) were financed by his uncle; from 1545 Canon of Ermland and Dean of the Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) Collegiate Chapter; from 1547 Canon of Włocławek (ORACKI 1984, p. 84; KOPICZKO 2, p. 108-109)⌋ gratitudinem quandam mereatur, consentaneum esse putamus, ut illi Fraternitates Vestrae XX ducatos designent, nos etiamnum illi non deerimus.

Sicque a Fraternitatibus Vestris centum integros ducatos, quemvis pro XLVII grossis nostris aestimatum (eiusmodi enim monetam et non aurum domini The Fuggers a prominent Augsburg merchant-banking family active in international trade and finance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries⌊FuggariThe Fuggers a prominent Augsburg merchant-banking family active in international trade and finance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries⌋ exigunt), exspectamus, quemadmodum a venerabili fratre nostro, domino Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the 1530s one of Dantiscus’ friends and a supporter of his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; canon of Ermland (Warmia) from 1523; 1544–1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; its Dean from 1545; 1533–1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric in 1548 and 1550, appointed by the cathedral chapter after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌊Achacio a TrenckaAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the 1530s one of Dantiscus’ friends and a supporter of his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; canon of Ermland (Warmia) from 1523; 1544–1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; its Dean from 1545; 1533–1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric in 1548 and 1550, appointed by the cathedral chapter after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌋, canonico Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌊ecclesiae nostrae VarmiensisErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia⌋, administratore Allensteinensi, Fraternitates Vestrae latius intelligent.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.