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Letter #6683

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
[Heilsber]g (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1541-01-[07]

English register:

Mikołaj Płotowski presented to Dantiscus a royal mandate addressed to Ermland (Warmia) chapter, complaining that, contrary to the legal customs of Royal Prussia, he had twice been summoned before the chapter’s court due to a certain furrier [Heinrich Braun], as if he were a serf under its jurisdiction. In fact, he is a royal subject and landowner in Kulm (Chełmno) Land, enjoying the rights of the nobility. Dantiscus considers his complaint justified and, to protect the chapter from accusations of abuse, that is disapproved in the Kingdom, he withheld the summonses. In the mandate, the king demands the chapter clarify who owns the house under dispute and prohibits further legal action.

Dantiscus conveys news received from his nephew [Kaspar Hannau] in Rome concerning matters of the chapter. He had intended to do so through the administrator Achatius Trenck, but as Trenck has fallen ill, he will be replaced by the custodian and general vicar [Johann Tymmermann].




Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, RA, Extranea IX Polen, vol. 148, f. 6-7

Prints:
1PROWE 1853 p. 26 (excerpt; German register)

 

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

[Ioannes Dei] [grat]ia [episcopu]s Va[r]miensis

Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Exhibuit nobis nobilis Nicolaus Plotowski mandatum regium ad Fraternitates Vestras inscriptum, conquestus, quod praeter usum in iis terris receptum, cum subditus regius sit et in terra Culmensi, sicut et alii nobiles, bona sua habeat, a Fraternitatibus Vestris non secus atque illarum agricola in ius ratione cuiusdam pellionis, non observata eius existimatione, bis imperiose citatus fuerit. Quod cum a nobis probari non potuerit, ne quid igitur Fraternitatibus Vestris (solent enim eiusmodi abusus in Regno graviter accipi) inde odii suboriri et incivilitatis attribui possit, eas citationum litteras ab eo retinuimus.

Ceterum maiestas regia a Fraternitatibus Vestris postulat, ut se certiorem reddant, cuius haec domus sit, quemadmodum ex mandato latius agnoscent, neque alios permittit processus. Proinde pro nostra benevolentia, ne qua in re impingant, has dare ad Fraternitates Vestras consentaneum duximus.

Commiseramus praeterea venerabili fratri nostro, domino Achacio a Trenka, canonico ecclesiae nostrae Varmiensis, in Allenstein administratori, ea ad Fraternitates Vestras referre, quae ad nos nepos noster ex Urbe in negotiis Fraternitatum Vestrarum perscripsit, verum cum, non sine nostro dolore, adversa valetudine praepeditus, coram esse nequit, venerabilis dominus custos et vicarius noster, ut existimamus, de iis rebus, quas nepos noster ... ad se mitt... ....

[Quas fe]liciter valere o[pt]amus.

[Ex] [Heilsber]g, [V]II Ianuarii MDXLI.