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Letter #1836

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1538-03-01

English register:

Dantiscus expresses disapproval of the doings of Heinrich [Snellenberg]. He considers them to be unworthy trade and hopes Heinrich will hold off on the “transaction” (auctio) until meeting and speaking with Dantiscus in person in Frauenburg (Frombork) (apud ecclesiam). He is also concerned about what Giese told him recently in Heilsberg, when Dantiscus was giving instructions to Achatius Trenck regarding the vestment (vestis tabinea), namely that someone had promised Heinrich that Dantiscus would assume responsibility for all the promises of the previous Bishop [Mauritius Ferber]. Dantiscus’ anticipated meeting with Achatius Trenck in Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd) did not take place.

Dantiscus requests more details regarding Braunsberg’s (Braniewo’s) excise evasion.

Like Giese, Dantiscus is awaiting [package] from Rome.

Dantiscus has already demanded several times that the Gdańsk (Danzig) Town Council stop collecting the duties they imposed on beer traders. Despite this, they ask that the duties be maintained until the Diet [of Royal Prussia] in May. Dantiscus considers the fee to be inadmissible in dioceses [Ermland (Warmia) and Kulm (Chełmno)]. He fears that agreeing could lead to further duties being imposed in the future, and therefore encourages Giese to write to the Gdańsk Town Council as well, demanding that they stop collecting duties and return what they have already collected.

Dantiscus asks for information about the date when the addressee received three thousand marks from the Gdańsk Town Council.


            received 1538-03-02

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, address in secretary's hand, BCz, 245, p. 5-8 + f. [1] missed in numbering after p. 8

Prints:
1CEID 1/2 No. 2, p. 62-66 (in extenso; English register)

 

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BCz, 245, p. 8

Reverendissimo Domino Tiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌊Tidemanno GiseTiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌋, electo Culmensi et custodi Warmiensi, fratri et amico carissimo et honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌈honoran(do)honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌉

BCz, 245, p. 5

Reverendissime Domine, frater et amice carissime et honoran(de) or honoran(dissime)⌈honoran(de)honoran(de) or honoran(dissime)⌉.

Salutem et amoris mei commendationem plurimam.

Oblitus sum superiori die de eo Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE shortly before 1538-02-28, CIDTC IDL 6477, letter lost⌊responderecf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE shortly before 1538-02-28, CIDTC IDL 6477, letter lost⌋, quod ad me de domino Henrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌊HenricoHenrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌋ cf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-01-21, CIDTC IDL 4743⌊scripsitcf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-01-21, CIDTC IDL 4743⌋, qua in re mercaturam videtur paper damaged⌈[ur]ur paper damaged⌉ exercere, qua usus est et cum defuncto Mikołaj Krapitz Jr (Mikołaj Crapicz, Mikołaj Chrapicki) (†1533), son of a Thorn (Toruń) brewer, and nephew of Mikołaj Krapitz Sr, Bishop of Kulm; 1503-1533 Canon of Kulm (Chełmno) (MIKULSKI 2000, p. 102-103, and footnote 7, p. 112-113)⌊CrapicioMikołaj Krapitz Jr (Mikołaj Crapicz, Mikołaj Chrapicki) (†1533), son of a Thorn (Toruń) brewer, and nephew of Mikołaj Krapitz Sr, Bishop of Kulm; 1503-1533 Canon of Kulm (Chełmno) (MIKULSKI 2000, p. 102-103, and footnote 7, p. 112-113)⌋, canonico paper damaged⌈[o]o paper damaged⌉ Culmensi, cf. Vulg. 2Mcc 11:24 et accepit aurum et argentum et vestem et alia xenia multa et abiit ad regem Ptolomaidae et invenit gratiam in conspectu eius ⌊et accepit etc.cf. Vulg. 2Mcc 11:24 et accepit aurum et argentum et vestem et alia xenia multa et abiit ad regem Ptolomaidae et invenit gratiam in conspectu eius ⌋[1]

Quantum autem nos eiusmodi dedecent paper damaged⌈[t]t paper damaged⌉ pacta, ne assis quidem plerique aestimant. Si animus Henrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌊hominisHenrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌋, ut id, quod adeo cf. Vulg. Sir 10:10 Nihil est iniquius, quam amare pecuniam: hic enim et animam suam venalem habet, quoniam in vita sua projecit intima sua.; Vulg. 2Mcc 11:3 Templum vero in pecuniae quaestum, sicut cetera delubra gentium, habiturum, et per singulos annos venale sacerdotium. ⌊habet venalecf. Vulg. Sir 10:10 Nihil est iniquius, quam amare pecuniam: hic enim et animam suam venalem habet, quoniam in vita sua projecit intima sua.; Vulg. 2Mcc 11:3 Templum vero in pecuniae quaestum, sicut cetera delubra gentium, habiturum, et per singulos annos venale sacerdotium. ⌋, gratuito praestaret, induci posset, longe sibi melius et amplius commodaret acciperetque non indignam gratiae relationem, sin vero, permittendus est suo arbitrio. Gratum tamen nobis faceret, si differret auctionem hanc, quousque in colloquium cum Henrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌊eoHenrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌋ apud ecclesiam[2] convenirem, quod, ut arbitror, brevi est futurum.

Remordet me et hoc, quod novissime hic mihi Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima dixit, nescio quem meo nomine Henrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌊illiHenrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌋ pollicitum, me in omnibus promissis reverendissimi olim Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊dominiMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋ ei satisfacturum, cum per venerabilem dominum Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌊Achacium a TrenkaAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌋ ob veterem inter nos consuetudinem de veste dumtaxat tabinea[3] referri iussi. Qua de re dominum Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌊AchaciumAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌋ in Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌊DittrichswaltDietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌋ libenter vidissem, ubi per integrum diem ob 1538-02-17⌊Dominicae1538-02-17⌋ celebrationem sum immoratus.[4] Sed de iis hactenus.

cf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-01-21, CIDTC IDL 4743⌊Scripseratcf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-01-21, CIDTC IDL 4743⌋ item mihi Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima, quod accisa in Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌊BraunsbergBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ non penderetur et solum nomina debitorum conscriberentur, quod malum vestratibus praeberet exemplum. Idipsum longe secius se habere, Commissioner to Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌊advocatusCommissioner to Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌋, cui huius rei curam commisi, mihi significavit, velim igitur Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima, quae ut vicinior rem certo scire potest, quomodo haec haberent, me certiorem redderet. Quandoquidem non posset esse mihi non valde molestum, si alius, quam a me institutus est, ordo in ea exactione servaretur.

Alia in praesenti non restant, quam quod perinde atque Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima pendeo in exspectatione ex Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊UrbeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋,[5] et quod eandem Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam quam diutissime feliciter valere sincero animo cupio.

Postscript:

BCz, 245, p. [1] missed in numbering after p. 8

Cum gentilibus nostris[6] de vectigali, quod[7] venditoribus et emptoribus cervisiae constituerunt, iam aliquoties cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council Löbau (Lubawa), 1538-01-22, CIDTC IDL 4347;
Ioannes DANTISCUS to UNKNOWN Löbau (Lubawa), 1538-02-03, CIDTC IDL 4348⌊expostulavicf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Gdańsk Town Council Löbau (Lubawa), 1538-01-22, CIDTC IDL 4347;
Ioannes DANTISCUS to UNKNOWN Löbau (Lubawa), 1538-02-03, CIDTC IDL 4348⌋. Gdańsk Town Council ⌊IlliGdańsk Town Council ⌋ petunt, ut manere possit usque ad futurum pro Maio Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventumProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋. Quod nequaquam nobis tolerabile esse debet, ut cum Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia

Kulm diocese (Chełmno diocese)⌊ecclesiis nostrisErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia

Kulm diocese (Chełmno diocese)⌋ illis simus vectigales. Etsi alii in Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌊iis terrisRoyal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), region, part of Prussia annexed to the Kingdom of Poland in 1466 under the provisions of the Second Peace of Thorn⌋ hanc insolentem extorsionem ferre possunt, nos, quantum reniti valemus, debemus reluctari. cf. Pl. Men. 377 folia nunc cadunt, / praeut si triduom hoc hic erimus: tum arbores in te cadent; Adagia 1768 Post folia cadunt arbores ⌊Haec nunc cadunt folia, postea caderent in nos arborescf. Pl. Men. 377 folia nunc cadunt, / praeut si triduom hoc hic erimus: tum arbores in te cadent; Adagia 1768 Post folia cadunt arbores ⌋. Admissa ista insolentia, paulopost exactionem et teloneum de sale, de piscibus, de pannis atque de omnibus, quae ab eis vehuntur, imperiose constituerent. Faceret itaque Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima et sibi, et suis rem non inutilem, si litteris Gdańsk Town Council ⌊eosGdańsk Town Council ⌋ commoneret, ut desisterent et a nostris extorta redderent.

De censu trium millium marcarum, quas Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima percepit, significarunt mihi, quod mox post integrum elapsum annum iuxta litteras meas eam pecuniam Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae numeraverint, medium vero gross(um) ratione auri hornen(sis)[8] solverunt.[9] Ut me ideo de tempore perceptionis Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima edoceat, oro plurimum etc.[10]

[1] The efforts to appoint a coadjutor for Henrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌊Henrich SnellenbergHenrich Snellenberg (†1539), son of a Thorn (Toruń) merchant; studied in Cracow, Cologne, Ingolstadt, and Frankfurt an der Oder; from 1499 to his death Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (took the canonry in 1501) (SBKW, p. 226-227; ZINS 1959, p. 431-432)⌋ were undertaken due to a serious illness he began to suffer from in June 1537 (cf. Andrzej Kopiczko, Duchowieństwo katolickie diecezji warmińskiej w latach 1525-1821. Część 2 Słownik, Osztyn, 2000 ⌊KOPICZKO 2cf. Andrzej Kopiczko, Duchowieństwo katolickie diecezji warmińskiej w latach 1525-1821. Część 2 Słownik, Osztyn, 2000 ⌋, p. 49; cf. Słownik Biograficzny Kapituły Warmińskiej, wyd. Jan Guzowski, Olsztyn, WSDMW "Hosianum", 1996 ⌊SBKWcf. Słownik Biograficzny Kapituły Warmińskiej, wyd. Jan Guzowski, Olsztyn, WSDMW "Hosianum", 1996 ⌋, p. 227). In the autumn of 1537, Alexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌊Alexander SuchtenAlexander von Suchten (*ca. 1520 – †1576-1590), doctor of medicine, alchemist, poet; studied in Leuven, Ferrara, Rome, Bologna and Padua; as a nephew of Alexander Sculteti, accused of heresy and sentenced in 1545 to lose a canonry and hereditary property; 1538-1545 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1549 court physician and librarian of Ottheinrich of Palatinate-Neuburg; 1557 court physician of Sigismund Augustus in Vilnius (PSB 45/3, p. 337-338)⌋, promoted by his uncle 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌊Alexander ScultetiAlexander 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, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌋ (cf. cf. Alexander SCULTETI to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1537-09-08, CIDTC IDL 1705⌊IDL 1705cf. Alexander SCULTETI to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1537-09-08, CIDTC IDL 1705⌋), tried unsuccesfully to obtain this office. Eventually, in the spring of 1538, the coadjutorship was given to Dantiscus’ protégé Fabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37)⌊Fabian WojanowskiFabian Wojanowski (Fabian of Dąbrówka, Fabian Damerau) (†1540), courtier of King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Queen Bona Sforza, German tutor to their son Sigismund II Augustus. In 1531 he went back to his family name Damerau; Dantiscus' companion on his mission to Emperor Charles V and his successor as a royal envoy at the Imperial court; 1539-1540 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) (from 1538 coadiutor of Henryk von Snellenberg by Dantiscus' patronage) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 49; SBKW, p. 37)⌋ (cf. Andrzej Kopiczko, Duchowieństwo katolickie diecezji warmińskiej w latach 1525-1821. Część 2 Słownik, Osztyn, 2000 ⌊KOPICZKO 2cf. Andrzej Kopiczko, Duchowieństwo katolickie diecezji warmińskiej w latach 1525-1821. Część 2 Słownik, Osztyn, 2000 ⌋, p. 49, cf. Słownik Biograficzny Kapituły Warmińskiej, wyd. Jan Guzowski, Olsztyn, WSDMW "Hosianum", 1996 ⌊SBKWcf. Słownik Biograficzny Kapituły Warmińskiej, wyd. Jan Guzowski, Olsztyn, WSDMW "Hosianum", 1996 ⌋; p. 37).

[2] ecclesia means here the cathedral church in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊FrauenburgFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋.

[3] vestis tabinea - a vestment made of a silk-worsted fabric called tabinet.

[4] Trenck mentions the would-be meeting with Dantiscus in Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌊Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd)Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌋ in one of his letters (cf. cf. Achatius TRENCK to Ioannes DANTISCUS Allenstein (Olsztyn), 1538-02-16, CIDTC IDL 3621⌊IDL 3621cf. Achatius TRENCK to Ioannes DANTISCUS Allenstein (Olsztyn), 1538-02-16, CIDTC IDL 3621⌋).

[5] Dantiscus and Giese await for their preconizations.

[6] gentiles nostri, literally 'our fellow countrymen', here refers to the Gdańsk (Danzig) town council.

[7] after quod a mark of correction, but there is no correction – leaf cut at top

[8] aurum Hornense - a low-value gold coin minted by Jan van Horne (Jean de Hornes) (*ca. 1450 – †1505), 1485-1505 Bishop of Liège ⌊Jan van HorneJan van Horne (Jean de Hornes) (*ca. 1450 – †1505), 1485-1505 Bishop of Liège ⌋, Bishop of Liège in 1485-1505 (cf. Het kasboek van Henricus Lontzenius, de laatste abt van het klooster Selwerd, over de jaren 1560-1563, wyd. F.J. Bakker, Renée Nip, E. Schut, Assen, Uitgeverij Van Gorcum, 2003 ⌊Het kasboekcf. Het kasboek van Henricus Lontzenius, de laatste abt van het klooster Selwerd, over de jaren 1560-1563, wyd. F.J. Bakker, Renée Nip, E. Schut, Assen, Uitgeverij Van Gorcum, 2003 ⌋, p. 27).

[9] In his cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to UNKNOWN Löbau (Lubawa), 1538-02-03, CIDTC IDL 4348⌊lettercf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to UNKNOWN Löbau (Lubawa), 1538-02-03, CIDTC IDL 4348⌋ to an unknown addressee from 1538-02-03, Dantiscus mentioned the sum of three thousand marck (Polish grzywna)that the ⌊Gdańsk Town Council⌋ owed the bishop of Kulm (Chełmno) and the division of interests between the Bishop and the Kulm Chapter ⌊Kulm ChapterKulm Chapter ⌋.

[10] In the cf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-03-08, CIDTC IDL 4747⌊replycf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-03-08, CIDTC IDL 4747⌋ to this letter, Giese wrote that at the beginning of October (of the previous year) his brother had already received three thousand marcae (Polish grzywna) from the Gdańsk Town Council ⌊Gdańsk Town CouncilGdańsk Town Council ⌋ and that they still had to pay the dues for two and a half months.