The Elector orders an extension of the day in the Starfchedel marriage affair.
The original concept is in the Weimar Archives, Reg. D, fol. 49. 42 Printed by Burkhardt, p. 468.
Our greeting before. Venerable and esteemed, dear devotees, councilors and faithful! We have received your letter together with the enclosed citation to our friendly dear grandmother and brother-in-law, Duke Philipsen of Brunswick, regarding the marriage matter of H. L.'s son, Duke Ernsten, with the virgin Anna, Ernsten von Starfchedel's, blessed, deceased daughter, and have heard its contents, and would have been inclined to send your citation to the said Duke Philipsen. However, the appointed day and date of S. L.'s concern will be somewhat short, moreover, it is also necessary that the said maiden Anne's guardians and brothers be cited and summoned by you, but this was left by you and without doubt because you did not know who they were. Therefore, it is our gracious request that you extend the day for about ten or twelve days, and that you change the citation to Duke Philipsen, which you will find 1) above, and likewise to the maiden guardians, namely Dieterichen von Starschedel, her cousin, and Heinrich and N. Wolf von Starschedel, her brothers, at Mutschen, and then send it to us, [so] we want them to be ordered to the proper end. We do not want you to do this, and we are pleased to do so. Date Torgau, Monday after Exaudi [May 18] 1545.
1) "you" put by us instead of: "the".
Letters from the year 1545. No. 3224. 3225. 3226.
Wittenberg. No. 3224. .May 22, 1545.