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

1531

a me audisti, quid ego de tota ista re sentiam. Sed iam melius est istum adiuvare, quam cum tanto regis damno perdere. Eum igitur in totum Vestrae Dominationi commendo.

Et optime vale. Servitutem meam humillimam in gratiam maiestatis regiae, domini nostri clementissimi cupio per te commendari et domino nostro reverendissimo et 20 domino Vayvodae5 et post hos domino patri nostro Donato et reverendo fratri Georgio6 et Thurkovichio.7

Ex Thorda, 11. Maii 1531.

Servitor

Stephanus Brodarych subscripsit

On the back side: Magnifico domino Thomae Nadasdino thesaurario regio, domino uti filio carissimo

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István Brodarics to Tamás Nádasdy Gyulafehérvár, 25 July 1531

Manuscript used: MOL, E 1X5. Brodarics-levelek, föl. 5 7.

Published: Kujáni Gábor, Brodarics István levelezése /508-1538, Történelmi Tár, 1908, 266-267.

I. Turkovics has not spoken to Nádasdy about the issue of Brodarics’ expenses in France. He has written about it to the Bishop of Transylvania too. from whom he may get 400 forints back, but the remaining 600 he hopes to get through the help of Nádasdy. ~ 2. Laski wrote from Cracow on 8 July: he would soon leave to visit Ferdinand. From there he goes to Emperor Charles, then back to Szapolyai on the Danube: even though Szapolyai did not treat him the way he had hoped, he still does not want to desert him now, although his brother does not get any benefice in Poland because he serves King John. - 3. Brodarics 'legation is very likely to fall through because King John is waiting to see the results Laski would bring home. They, with Frangepán, still want to send Canon Tamás to Rome in order to revert the excommunication. If peace cannot be achieved, Frangepán probably returns to Rome to become a monk. - 4. According to Bishop Stafi/eo,

■ Hieronym Laski.

6 György Fráter (Martinuzzi, UtieSenovic) (1482-847-1551), familiaris of János Korvin first, then of Duehess ofTeschen Hedvig (mother of Szapolyai), Pauline monk from 1512. Friar György appeared first in 1528 as a confidant of King John but filled no important position yet. Ilis career rose steeply after Gritti’s death. Treasurer, Bishop of Várad, Comes of Bihar from 1534, Governor from 1541, Cardinal and Archbishop of Esztergom from October 1551. More on his life: Horváth Mihály, Utyeszenich Frater György (Martnuzzi bíbornak) élete, Budapest, 1882. Gábor Barta investigated the circumstances of his death using a wide range of sources. See Barta Gábor, Vajon kié az ország?, Budapest, 1988.

7 Miklós Turkovics, former Tricesimator of Fehérvár, then Constable of Nádasdy in Buda, Chief Justice of Buda from 1534. See Baraczka István,/4 budai Nádasdy-liáz számadása 1530. IX. 30.-1531. I. 13-ig - Tanulmányok Budapest múltjából, 1966, 262. Tried to play the castle to Roggendorf's hands during the siege of Buda in 1541. together with several prominent citizens of the council. (Compare: Bornemisza Tamás, Emléközet - Magyar emlékírók 16-18. század, Budapest, 1982, 70-76.) Sometimes we find in the literature that György Fráter allegedly had him executed for treason, but this is certainly false. Firstly. Bornemisza, who reports on the events, only speaks about the execution of Ferenc Bácsy, secondly, the Nádasdy collection of the MOL has letters from him even from the 1560s.

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