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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 1009/1/12
TitleLetter from Georg Major from Wittenberg to Jan Laski in London
Date1 March 1553
Extent1 item
Administrative HistoryGeorg Major (1502 - 1574), also Georg Meier: German Lutheran theologist
Jan Laski 1499 - 1560, Polish Calvinist reformer. First superintendent of the Strangers' Church in London. Also known in English as John Laski, Latin Johannes à Lasco
DescriptionThough he has nothing to write about he sends this letter as John Hales is returning to England. Major has dedicated books to the Queen and Archbishop of Canterbury [Thomas Cranmer] and learns that these have been acceptable. [Abstract by James D. George]

John Hales (1516 - 1572) was an English author and administrator who lived in Germany during the reign of Queen Mary and was friendly with German reformers.

Autograph letter, addressed to:
Reverendo et illustrii domino, Domino Iohanni à Lasco, Baroni Poloniae Superintendenti Ecclestiae peregrinorum Londini
(The reverend and illustrious lord, Lord Jan Laski, Baron of Poland, Superintendent of the Strangers' Church in London)
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