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

1533

Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationes pro sapientia sua coniicere possint, id mihi neutiquam citra mandatum et voluntatem elementissimi domini mei regis licere, quam 40 enim tum defensionis sui spem et solamen haberent fideles eius maiestatis subditi, in quorum conservationem ad hasce partes expeditus sum, si cum copiis ab ipsis tot etiam nunc vexationibus a vestris afflictis abiremus, aut quid postea non conaturi et incepturi essent illi vestri, cum iam nobis praesentibus nihil hostilitatis intentatum relinquant.

45 [3.] Ut enim conflictum illum, qui cum Georgio Seredi4 5 a vestris nulla penitus ab

ipsis habita indutiarum ratione factus est in ditione scilicet regiae maiestatis, domini mei elementissimi. Etiam obsidionem arcis Mimkath5 et pleraque alia praeteream. An non apertissime nuper contra indutias dominus Anthonius de Lossontz6 (constat enim dubio procul Vestris Reverendissimis Dominationibus illud factum) a Mathia Baso7 50 publica via, cum ad regiam maiestatem, dominum meum clementissimum ire vellet, hostili modo adortus, maior pars suorum familiarium famulorumque, quos secum habebat, occisa, aliqui capti spoliatique omnibus vix ipse et alter letali accepto vulnere in vetus solium subterfugit? An non etiam capitanei illi tres Stephanus Balentyth, Fran- ciscus Horwath et Georgius Zaloky8 manifestissime indutias violant, cum in comitatu 55 illo Borsorliensi[!] populent vastenturque omnia, ipsique et Franciscus Bebeck subsidium seu dicam a subditis regiae reginalisque maiestatum extorqueant, nec non omnia licere sibi arbitrantur, quae libent? An non denique contra indutias est, quod Sigismundus ille Kauffunck9 in civitate Keysermarck publice sustinetur, qui publicus est hostis et perduellio elementissimi domini mei regis, tot tantaque omnis generis 60 latrocinia et maleficia exercet diripiendo, spoliando, exurendo, et quicquid hostilium

4 György Serédy is probably an error, correctly Gáspár Serédy (7-1550). who was Custos of Vác (1522), Secretary of the Queen (1525-1526), and an important confidant of Ferdinand at the time. He was active in Upper Hungary and was Commander in Chief of the upper parts of the country (1527-1550).

5 Munkács (today: Mukacseve, Ukraine). Originally it belonged to the Queen and was under the Salt Chamber of Máramaros. It seems that Szapolyai’s troops occupied the castle by 1533 and this is what Katzianer objects to. It is certain that Ferdinand could occupy the stronghold only in 1537. Then the peace of Várad ruled that it should remain the property of Queen Maria as long as she lives. See BirrnutN Farkas, Erdély története I. ... 170.

6 Antal Lossonczy, brother of István Lossonczy, who died defending Temesvár in 1552. Chief Cup Bearer of Ferdinand I in 1527—1533. The Habsburg ruler appoints him Comes of Nógrád on 26 December 1529 as a replacement for Gáspár Ráskay, who had been removed under the pretext of disloyalty (see: HHStA, Ung. Akt. Fasc. 13. Konv. B, fol. 4.). He seems to have joined Szapolyai later. (See the letter by Ferdinand to Brodarics on 19 August 1538.)

7 Mátyás Basó was the captain of Murányvár on John's side.

8 1 have found no more specific data on the looting by István Balentyth, Ferenc Horváth, György Szalóky and Ferenc Bebek.

9 Zsigmond Kauffang (Kaftunck) left Ferdinand with 12 of his comrades in the summer of 1532 because they did not get their pay due. He organised a real gang of robbers from his soldiers, and, starting from Késmárk, looted the surrounding area. Ferenc Bebek managed to capture him only in April 1534. First he was kept in Krasznahorka, later taken to Vienna. There he was beheaded in August 1534. See Hain Gáspár, Siepességi avagy lőcsei krónika és évkönyv a kedves utókor számáru, Budapest. 1988, 62-69.

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