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Privilege for Casparus CODEBORIUS & Michael CODEBORIUS & Andreas CODEBORIUS
[Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)?] [1544, before 05-10?]
Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, Johann Lehmann, AAWO, AB, D.102, f. 139r

 

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Nos Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of ErmlandIoannes Dei gratia episcopus VarmiensisIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland significamus tenore praesentium quibus expedit universis, quod constituti coram nobis fideles nostri dilecti Casparus Codeborius CasparusCasparus Codeborius , Michael Codeborius MichaelMichael Codeborius et Andreas Codeborius Andreas CodeboriusAndreas Codeborius <possessores> feudi tredecim mansorum in bonis Kirschlainen (Kierźliny), village in Ermland, 18 km E of AllensteinKirsinnKirschlainen (Kierźliny), village in Ermland, 18 km E of Allenstein Wartenburg, town in Ermland (Warmia), NE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), today Barczewo in Polanddistrictus VartenbergensisWartenburg, town in Ermland (Warmia), NE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), today Barczewo in Poland, exposuerunt se privilegium, quod super eisdem bonis habuerunt, in proxima conflagratione civitatis nostrae Wartenburg, town in Ermland (Warmia), NE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), today Barczewo in PolandVartenbergWartenburg, town in Ermland (Warmia), NE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), today Barczewo in Poland amisisse, humiliter itaque nobis supplicarunt, ut illis hoc ipsum sub eo iure, quo per bonae memoriae reverendissimum in Christo patrem dominum Franz Kuhschmalz (Franz Resel) (†1457), 1424-1457 Ermland bishopFranciscum episcopumFranz Kuhschmalz (Franz Resel) (†1457), 1424-1457 Ermland bishop eorum praedecessoribus concessum fuit, innovare et restituere dignaremur. Lustratis itaque per nos ecclesiae nostrae regestis privilegium invenimus sequentis tenoris :

In nomine Domini amen. Nos Franz Kuhschmalz (Franz Resel) (†1457), 1424-1457 Ermland bishopFranciscus Dei gratia episcopus VarmiensisFranz Kuhschmalz (Franz Resel) (†1457), 1424-1457 Ermland bishop etc. ...

Supplicationibus igitur eorum rationaliter inclinati huiusmodi privilegium innovavimus et ratificavimus ac supradictis Casparus Codeborius CasparoCasparus Codeborius , Michael Codeborius MichaeliMichael Codeborius et Andreas Codeborius AndreaeAndreas Codeborius eorumque heredibus et legitimis successoribus iuxta veteris scriptionis continentiam de novo concessimus et tenore praesentium concedimus et innovamus.

In quorum omnium et singulorum fidem et testimonium praemissorum praesentes litteras fieri et nostri sigilli iussimus appensione muniri.

Testes Ioannes Langhannius (Jan Langhannigk, Ioannes Lang) (†1567), 1532-1559 parish priest in Heilsberg; 1541-1547 administrator on the bishop's estates; 1541-1555 Guttstadt honorary canon; 1560 Frauenburg canon (SBKW, p. 143)Ioannes LanganniusIoannes Langhannius (Jan Langhannigk, Ioannes Lang) (†1567), 1532-1559 parish priest in Heilsberg; 1541-1547 administrator on the bishop's estates; 1541-1555 Guttstadt honorary canon; 1560 Frauenburg canon (SBKW, p. 143) oeconomus, Johann Lehmann (Jan Leoman) (*1520 – †1582), Dantiscus' nephew (son of his sister Ursula and Zacharias Lehmann); studied in Wittenberg and in Rome; 1545 secretary of Ioannes Dantiscus as Ermland bishop; 1546 vicar in Heilsberg; 1550 chancellor of Ermland bishop Tiedemann Giese and then of his successor Stanisław Hozjusz; 1554 Ermland canon; 1561-1566 general administrator (oeconomus) on the bishop's estates in Ermland diocese; 1571 Ermland custos (KOPICZKO 2, p. 193)Ioannes LehmannJohann Lehmann (Jan Leoman) (*1520 – †1582), Dantiscus' nephew (son of his sister Ursula and Zacharias Lehmann); studied in Wittenberg and in Rome; 1545 secretary of Ioannes Dantiscus as Ermland bishop; 1546 vicar in Heilsberg; 1550 chancellor of Ermland bishop Tiedemann Giese and then of his successor Stanisław Hozjusz; 1554 Ermland canon; 1561-1566 general administrator (oeconomus) on the bishop's estates in Ermland diocese; 1571 Ermland custos (KOPICZKO 2, p. 193) secretarius noster et Stephanus Sartor Dantiscus' scribaSteffanus SarrtorStephanus Sartor Dantiscus' scriba scriba.