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Letter #4836

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1542-08-08

received 1542-08-11

Manuscript sources:

1	fair 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 Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊praelatis, canonicis et capitulo ecclesiae nostrae VarmiensisErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋, fratribus sincere nobis dilectis

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Ioannes, Dei gratia episcopus VarmiensisIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋

Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Mittimus exemplum mandati regii, quod ad exigendam contributionem, in novissimo Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊Marienburgensi conventuProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ institutam, ad omnes Royal Prussian Estates ⌊harum terrarum status et ordinesRoyal Prussian Estates ⌋ est perlatum. Quod Fraternitates Vestrae exequi curabunt. Est et aliud nostrarum cf. Mandate by Ioannes DANTISCUS concerning tax and unlawful clothing, CIDTC IDT 599⌊litterarumcf. Mandate by Ioannes DANTISCUS concerning tax and unlawful clothing, CIDTC IDT 599⌋ exemplum, quibus ab omnibus subditis nostris eam contributionem colligi et quaedam alia iis temporibus necessaria fieri iussimus. Ea in re id, quod apud suos commodum putaverint, Fraternitatibus Vestris liberum relinquimus.

Easque feliciter valere optamus.

Ex Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, VIII Augusti MDXLII.