Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)

1538

Creberrimis in dies interpellamur querelis fidelium subditorum nostrorum, quemadmodum Valentinus Thereck2 et Raphael Podmanyczky3 nihil vereantur sub istis indutiis4 nostrorum occupare bona, proventus eripere et semper sese in ditionem nostram 5 latius ingerere, dictumque Valentinum decimas capituli Iauriensis et aliarum ecclesiarum colligere, necnon dicas subditis nostris imperare et exigere audere, et perinde agere solere, ac si nullae vel auditae essent inter nos et dominum vestrum indutiae. Quare cum istiusmodi violentias et iniurias, pro eo ac debemus, graviter feramus et antea Devotionem Vestram gratiose requisiverimus, ut apud dominum suum nomine io nostro ageret, quo iuxta articulorum in litteris indutiarum contenta iam tandem com- missarii expedirentur, qui cognitis ruptarum indutiarum causis curarent rectificanda, quae violenter utrinque acta sint, praesertim cum nostros commissarios iamdudum deputaverimus, Devotionem Vestram impense adhuc hortamur, ut tantum efficere laboret, quo dominus suus subditos suos a molestatione fidelium nostrorum cohibeat, neque 15 illos in ditionem nostram latius se ingerere permittat, quin potius commissarios suos sine longiori [!] mora expediat, a quibus omnia rectificari possint, prout in articulis indutiarum comprehensum est. Alioquin operam nos dare oportebit, ut talia oportuna remedia afferantur, quo iurisdictionem nostram manuteneamus, nostrosque fideles subditos a damnis et iniuriis defendamus.

20 Petimus autem super hisce litteris nostris id, quod et antea postulavimus, citum responsum a Devotione Vestra.

Datum Lintii, 15. Augusti 1538.

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Ferdinand I to István Brodarics Enns, 19 August 1538

Manuscript used: HHStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 36. Konv. B, fol. 114-115.1

Published: Lukinich Imre, A podmanini Podmaniczky-család oklevéltára III., Budapest, 1941, 35-39.

/. Ferdinand is grateful for Brodarics' letter in July and August, in which Brodarics reported on the movements of Turkish troops. - 2. He requested Polish King Sigismund emphatically through his legate not to wage a war against the Voivod of Moldova because of the Turkish danger but to give help to Ferdinand and John instead. - 3. He will spare neither effort nor money to secure Slavonia. - 4. He instructed the Bishop of Veszprém once again to hand over János Paksy with the other prisoners to Elek Thurzó. - 5. The Bishop of Veszprém and the chapter filed a complaint that Bálint Török collects tenths that are due to them illegally, and threatens them with occupying their estates because he had those once. But there are other complaints about the abuse of power by Menyhért Balassa and the Podmaniczkys. - 6. Noblemen of Győr

2 Bálint Török, the most powerful aristocrat of Transdanubia, supported Szapolyai from 1536.

3 On Rafael Podmaniczky’s abuse of power, see: Lukinich Imre, A podmanini Podmaniczky-család oklevéltára III. I53B-154S, Budapest, 1941,47-61.

4 I.e. the Peace of Várad between the two kings.

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