Item 16: Royal Decree by King Ferdinand I [Future Holy Roman Emperor][Czech Language] (removed to Black Box #1), 1549 April 3
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- Created: 1549 April 3
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1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Royal Decree
Condition Note:
Good; document is yellowing and stained; no visible tears; ink slightly faded
Description:
The following item is a letter from Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1564 to the leaders of the city of České Budějovice in what is currently the South Bohemian Region of Czechia dated April 3, 1549. This decree was created to clarify the duties of the Court of Appeals and to address complaints that there were many delays in the judicial process. Under Ferdinand’s signature is a note specifying a Chancellor named Henricus Purgravi, who may have had a part in transcribing or addressing the decree. Ferdinand was the younger brother of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and inherited many lands, such as the Habsburg land of Austria. Ferdinand was a devout Catholic and struggled with the Protestant Reformation, though he played a key part in the Peace of Augsburg, which allowed rulers to choose their country’s religion. Ferdinand often had skirmishes with the Ottoman Empire under Suleiman the Magnificent, who invaded Hungary, though Ferdinand was able to ward them off. In 1556, Charles V abdicated his position and Ferdinand became Holy Roman Emperor in 1558 and made great strides to maintain stability in Europe. In 1549, when this letter was written, Ferdinand was trying to enforce the Augsburg Interim, which was a temporary religious decree issued by Charles V to maintain Catholic dominance while still trying to appease Protestants, though it was very unpopular and led to increased resistance.
Location:
Prague, Prague Castle; České Budějovice (Czech Republic); Ferdinand I, Emperor of Germany, 1503-1564; Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1564
Measurements:
13 ¾ in. x 9 ½ in.
Transcription:
Transcript Attempt by Stanislav Bárta, from the Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic:
[front] Ferdinand z Božie milosti římský, uherský, český etc. král, infant v Hispánii, arcikníže rakouské a markrabě moravský etc. Opatrní věrní naši milí, zprávy nás docházejí, že se mnohým, kterýmž jací přísudkové se dějí, práva od vás nedopomáhá, nébrž v tom pruotahové dějí, což jest nám, pokudž by tak bylo, s nemalým podiveím i proti mysli. I nechtíc my toho dopouštěti, vám porou- číme přikazujíc, komuž se koli jakej přísudek od rad našich nad appelacími zříze- ných stane, abyste jednomu každému bez meškání práva dopomáhali a zoumysla žádnému v tom odtahuov nedělali. A jakož také rychtář sám u vás až do pěti kop grošuov českých soudí a od rychtáře před vás appelací jde. Toho při tom zůstavujeme, na tom konec nebude-li kto na orteli vašem přestati chtíti, tehdy aby mohl a moc měl, před osobu naší králov- skú a rady naše obzvláště k tomu na Hradě Pražském, jakž vejš dotčíno, usazené appelaci a odvolání vzíti, čehož se od vás každému dopustiti má. A ktož tak od práva vašeho před nás jakž nyní oznámeno v čemžkoli appelaci vzíti bude chtíti, ten každý po dnešní den, aby ku právu za appelaci více nebyl povinovat položiti a spraviti, než dvě kopy groší českých až do dalšího našeho o tom nařízení. A k tomu abyste žádných act, kteréž se v které appelaci zběhnou prve neodsílali, než předkem strany srocíc jim přečísti dali a při přitomnosti jich zapečetili a odesílali, aby o to k nám další žaloby nepřicházeli. A tak k tomu ke všemu jakž svrchu dotčeno dohlídali, aby se to všecko jednoho každého času s pilností řídilo a ničehož neobmešká- valo, jinačie nikoli nečiníce Dán na Hradě našem pražském, v středu po neděli postní Lethare, léta etc. XLVIIIIo̶ a království našich římského devatenáctého a jiných třináctého Ferdinand
Ferdinand [signature]
Henricus Purgravi: Misnen: S: R: Bohemie Cancellarius
[back] Adresa verso: Opatrným purkmistru a konšelom města na- šeho Českých Budějovic, věrným našim milým.
A[nno] 1549 Ferdinand I Appelationsgerichteinrichtung [sideways, in pencil] Kriegfoh möden Carl V & Ferdin[and]. I epoque von Koadaffesectary Meißen Reuss Heinrich Biöggong
Translation Attempt:
[front] Ferdinand, by God's grace, King of the Romans, Hungarians, Czechs, etc. king, Child of Spain, Archduke of Austria and Margrave of Moravia, etc.
Our dear loyal subjects, we have received reports that many of you are not receiving assistance with the judgements that are being made against you, but rather are experiencing delays, which is, if it were so, to our considerable astonishment and against our wishes. We do not wish to allow this [to continue], and therefore we command you, instructing that anyone who has any judgement from our council regarding appeals should be assisted without delay, and that no one should be obstructed And just as the bailiff himself judges up to five hundred Czech groschen, and appeals go from the bailiff before you. We leave this in place, unless someone wishes to stop at your judgement, then they should be able and have the power to appeal before our royal person and at our council, especially at the Prague Castle, as mentioned above, to take appeals and objections, which should be permitted to everyone by you. And whoever wishes to take an appeal before us as now announced in any manner, from this day forward, shall not be obliged to submit and arrange for the appeal more than two hundred Czech groschen until our further order regarding this. Furthermore, you shall not send any acts that arise in any appeal before they have been read to the parties involved and sealed in their presence, so that no further claims come to us regarding this matter. Therefore, you shall oversee all of the above with diligence, ensuring that everything is conducted properly at all times and that nothing is neglected, otherwise, it shall not be done otherwise. Given at Our castle in Prague on Wednesday after the Sunday of Lent in the year etc. XLVIIIIo̶ and in the nineteenth year of our Roman kingdom and the thirteenth year of Ferdinand’s reign.
Ferdinand [signature]
Henricus Purgravi: Misnen: S: R: Bohemie Cancellarius
[back] Verso address: To the cautious burgomaster and aldermen of the city of České Budějovice, loyal to our beloved
A[nno] 1549 Ferdinand I Court of Appeals [written in German language]
[front] Ferdinand z Božie milosti římský, uherský, český etc. král, infant v Hispánii, arcikníže rakouské a markrabě moravský etc. Opatrní věrní naši milí, zprávy nás docházejí, že se mnohým, kterýmž jací přísudkové se dějí, práva od vás nedopomáhá, nébrž v tom pruotahové dějí, což jest nám, pokudž by tak bylo, s nemalým podiveím i proti mysli. I nechtíc my toho dopouštěti, vám porou- číme přikazujíc, komuž se koli jakej přísudek od rad našich nad appelacími zříze- ných stane, abyste jednomu každému bez meškání práva dopomáhali a zoumysla žádnému v tom odtahuov nedělali. A jakož také rychtář sám u vás až do pěti kop grošuov českých soudí a od rychtáře před vás appelací jde. Toho při tom zůstavujeme, na tom konec nebude-li kto na orteli vašem přestati chtíti, tehdy aby mohl a moc měl, před osobu naší králov- skú a rady naše obzvláště k tomu na Hradě Pražském, jakž vejš dotčíno, usazené appelaci a odvolání vzíti, čehož se od vás každému dopustiti má. A ktož tak od práva vašeho před nás jakž nyní oznámeno v čemžkoli appelaci vzíti bude chtíti, ten každý po dnešní den, aby ku právu za appelaci více nebyl povinovat položiti a spraviti, než dvě kopy groší českých až do dalšího našeho o tom nařízení. A k tomu abyste žádných act, kteréž se v které appelaci zběhnou prve neodsílali, než předkem strany srocíc jim přečísti dali a při přitomnosti jich zapečetili a odesílali, aby o to k nám další žaloby nepřicházeli. A tak k tomu ke všemu jakž svrchu dotčeno dohlídali, aby se to všecko jednoho každého času s pilností řídilo a ničehož neobmešká- valo, jinačie nikoli nečiníce Dán na Hradě našem pražském, v středu po neděli postní Lethare, léta etc. XLVIIIIo̶ a království našich římského devatenáctého a jiných třináctého Ferdinand
Ferdinand [signature]
Henricus Purgravi: Misnen: S: R: Bohemie Cancellarius
[back] Adresa verso: Opatrným purkmistru a konšelom města na- šeho Českých Budějovic, věrným našim milým.
A[nno] 1549 Ferdinand I Appelationsgerichteinrichtung [sideways, in pencil] Kriegfoh möden Carl V & Ferdin[and]. I epoque von Koadaffesectary Meißen Reuss Heinrich Biöggong
Translation Attempt:
[front] Ferdinand, by God's grace, King of the Romans, Hungarians, Czechs, etc. king, Child of Spain, Archduke of Austria and Margrave of Moravia, etc.
Our dear loyal subjects, we have received reports that many of you are not receiving assistance with the judgements that are being made against you, but rather are experiencing delays, which is, if it were so, to our considerable astonishment and against our wishes. We do not wish to allow this [to continue], and therefore we command you, instructing that anyone who has any judgement from our council regarding appeals should be assisted without delay, and that no one should be obstructed And just as the bailiff himself judges up to five hundred Czech groschen, and appeals go from the bailiff before you. We leave this in place, unless someone wishes to stop at your judgement, then they should be able and have the power to appeal before our royal person and at our council, especially at the Prague Castle, as mentioned above, to take appeals and objections, which should be permitted to everyone by you. And whoever wishes to take an appeal before us as now announced in any manner, from this day forward, shall not be obliged to submit and arrange for the appeal more than two hundred Czech groschen until our further order regarding this. Furthermore, you shall not send any acts that arise in any appeal before they have been read to the parties involved and sealed in their presence, so that no further claims come to us regarding this matter. Therefore, you shall oversee all of the above with diligence, ensuring that everything is conducted properly at all times and that nothing is neglected, otherwise, it shall not be done otherwise. Given at Our castle in Prague on Wednesday after the Sunday of Lent in the year etc. XLVIIIIo̶ and in the nineteenth year of our Roman kingdom and the thirteenth year of Ferdinand’s reign.
Ferdinand [signature]
Henricus Purgravi: Misnen: S: R: Bohemie Cancellarius
[back] Verso address: To the cautious burgomaster and aldermen of the city of České Budějovice, loyal to our beloved
A[nno] 1549 Ferdinand I Court of Appeals [written in German language]
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