Answer to a (missing) letter of Luther of June 12, in which he asks the Elector to procure for Hieronymus Weller the 40 fl. which he is entitled to from a fief at Wartburg Castle and which is said to have been withheld by the Schultheißen of Eisenach, Eberhard Grunewalt.
The original concept is in the Weimar Archives, Reg. Ji, fol. 115b. 1535 C. 2. 52. Printed by Burkhardt, p. 232.
Our kind service before. Venerable, esteemed, especially dear lord and friend! In response to your letter for Ern Hieronymum Weller concerning the forty guilders which are to follow him from the fief at Wartburg, and which the Schultheiss should refuse to pay, the Elector of Saxony, our most gracious lord, has given the Schultheiss his order, and because of this his report, which has been brought to us by the absence of his churf. We do not want to refrain from sending it to you here, and also to present it to his Lordships for their return, whereupon his Lordships will undoubtedly know how to procure that the forty guilders in question will be given to Ern Hieronymo Weller, be it through the said mayor or in other ways.1) We do not wish to impose this on you, and we serve you with friendly will. Date at Weimar, Tuesday Viti [June 15] Anno Domini 1535.
No. 2138a.