Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo WarmiensiIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌋, domino meo clementissimo et gratioso

Post obsequiorum meorum exhibitionem.

Reverendissime Domine, domine colendissime et gratiose.

De litteris Romanis mihi missis ingentes Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae habeo gratias. A domino probably Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian, and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy and banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon in 1540; imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome in 1541; after his release in 1544, he remained in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509–1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519–1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1529–1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536–1540 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, now Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220; BORAWSKA 2023, p. 537-538)⌊Alexandroprobably Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian, and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy and banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon in 1540; imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome in 1541; after his release in 1544, he remained in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509–1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519–1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1529–1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536–1540 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, now Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220; BORAWSKA 2023, p. 537-538)⌋ pro suis iuxta voluntatem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae ducatum dimidium exegi, quem cum venerabili 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)⌊AchatioAchatius 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)⌋, administratore Allensteinensi, mitto. Instructionem supplicationis cum eodem Renedendissimae Dominationi Vestrae remitto. Referet ipse dominus 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)⌊AchatiusAchatius 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)⌋, quae addenda et quaedam alia expedienda videantur.

His me commendo gratiae et favori Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae. Quam Christus incolumem servare dignetur.

Ex Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊WarmiaFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋, 16-a Aprilis, 1539.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae obsequentissimus Johann Tymmermann (Johann Zimmermann) (*1492 – †1564), nephew of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); studied in Cracow (1505) and Rome (1517); 1519–1564 Canon of Ermland; 1525–1528 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1527–1539 Cantor of Ermland; 1537 capitular administrator of the bishopric of Ermland after Mauritius Ferber’s death; 1539–1552 Custos of Ermland; 1547–1552 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland (SBKW, p. 261; KOPICZKO 2, p. 336)⌊Ioannes TymmermanJohann Tymmermann (Johann Zimmermann) (*1492 – †1564), nephew of Mauritius Ferber, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); studied in Cracow (1505) and Rome (1517); 1519–1564 Canon of Ermland; 1525–1528 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn), and in 1538 in Frauenburg (Frombork); 1527–1539 Cantor of Ermland; 1537 capitular administrator of the bishopric of Ermland after Mauritius Ferber’s death; 1539–1552 Custos of Ermland; 1547–1552 Vicar General of the diocese of Ermland (SBKW, p. 261; KOPICZKO 2, p. 336)⌋