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⌊Ioannes, Dei gratia episcopus CulmensisIoannes 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⌋ et administrator ecclesiae Pomezaniensis venerabilibus dominis Kulm Chapter ⌊Canonicis totique Capitulo ecclesiae nostrae cathedralis CulmensisKulm Chapter ⌋ salutem in Domino.

Quia venerabilis dominus Leonard Niederhoff (*ca. 1485 – †1545), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Nicolaus Copernicus and executor of his will; studied in Cracow, Leipzig and Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree; from 1511 parish priest of St. Bartholomew's Church in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1515 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), and from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1532 Dean of the Ermland Chapter; he also had a canonry in Kulm from which he resigned in 1533 (KOPICZKO 2, p. 231; SBKW, p. 175; PSB 22 Naumański - Niemirycz, p. 59)⌊Leonardus NiderhoffLeonard Niederhoff (*ca. 1485 – †1545), doctor of both canon and civil law, friend of Nicolaus Copernicus and executor of his will; studied in Cracow, Leipzig and Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree; from 1511 parish priest of St. Bartholomew's Church in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1515 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), and from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1532 Dean of the Ermland Chapter; he also had a canonry in Kulm from which he resigned in 1533 (KOPICZKO 2, p. 231; SBKW, p. 175; PSB 22 Naumański - Niemirycz, p. 59)⌋ decanus Varmiensis et canonicus dictae ecclesiae nostrae Culmensis per procuratores suos coram nobis personaliter constitutos dictos suos canonicatum et praebendam in personam honorabilis domini Vincencius Kerger (†before 1554), parish priest in Schoneck; 1533 Kulm canon (MAŃKOWSKI 1928)⌊Vincencii KergerVincencius Kerger (†before 1554), parish priest in Schoneck; 1533 Kulm canon (MAŃKOWSKI 1928)⌋ plebani in Schoneck Włocławek diocese⌊Wladislaviensis diocesisWłocławek diocese⌋ in manibus nostris simpliciter pure et libere resignavit, nos vero huiusmodi resignationem ab ipsis procuratoribus dicti domini Leonardi ad Sancta Dei Evangelia, quod in dicta resignatione non intervenit neque interveniet fraus dolus simoniae labes vel quaevis alia illicita pactio vel corruptela recepto primitus in animam ipsius domini Leonardi Niderhoff corporali iuramento recipientes praefatum dominum Vincencium in et ad dictos canonicatum et praebendam per manus nostrae traditionem et capiti suo impositionem investivimus et instituimus tenoreque praesentium investimus instituimus et de eisdem providemus stallum ei in choro et vocem in capitulo cum plenitudine iuris canonici in ipsis canonicatu et praebenda assignantes. Quocirca vobis supradictis venerabilibus dominis Kulm Chapter ⌊canonicis capituli nostri CulmensisKulm Chapter ⌋ fratribus nostris carissimis vestrumque cuilibet mandamus, quatenus praefatum dominum Vincencius Kerger (†before 1554), parish priest in Schoneck; 1533 Kulm canon (MAŃKOWSKI 1928)⌊VincenciumVincencius Kerger (†before 1554), parish priest in Schoneck; 1533 Kulm canon (MAŃKOWSKI 1928)⌋ in et ad dictos canonicatum et praebendam et ad eorum possessionem corporalem et realem auctoritate nostra praesentibus vobis hac in re commissa inducatis ipsumque in canonicum et in fratrem nomine dictorum canonicatus et praebendae in dicta nostra ecclesia Culmensi recepto tamen primitus de observandis statutis et consuetudinibus dictae ecclesiae nostrae Culmensis iuramento recipiatis ac stallum in choro ac vocem in capitulo cum plenitudine iuris canonici sibi assignantes nihilominusque de omnibus et singulis fructibus redditibus proventibus iuribus et obventionibus universis dictorum canonicatus et praebendae sibi integre respondeatis et ab aliis, quorum interest, responderi faciatis.

In quorum omnium maiorem fidem et robur sigillum nostrum praesentibus subappendi fecimus.

Actum et datum in Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊arce nostra LubaviensiLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋, die XXIIII(?)[1] mensis Decembris anno Domini M-o D-o XXXIII-o.

[1] In the cf. Urkundenbuch des Bisthums Culm 1243-1774, ed. by Carl Peter Woelky, Dantzig, 1887 , No. 893, p. 750⌊editioncf. Urkundenbuch des Bisthums Culm 1243-1774, ed. by Carl Peter Woelky, Dantzig, 1887 , No. 893, p. 750⌋ the heading of this record states 1533-12-29; cf. cf. Leonard NIEDERHOFF to [Ioannes DANTISCUS] Gdańsk (Danzig), 1533-12-06, CIDTC IDL 1053⌊IDL 1053cf. Leonard NIEDERHOFF to [Ioannes DANTISCUS] Gdańsk (Danzig), 1533-12-06, CIDTC IDL 1053⌋ redditum