Johann Torck

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Johann Torck (* 1558 ; † July 5, 1638 in Lengerich ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and canon in Münster .

Life

Origin and family

Johann Torck came from the Westphalian noble family Torck , from which numerous imperial court officials, knights, noble boys and officials emerged in the Middle Ages. He was the son of Rotger Torck zu Asbeck and his wife Anna von Asbeck. Together with his brother Johann Asbeck Torck , he received Lengerich Castle as a fief in 1593, which he took over in 1596.

Act

On Aug. 7, 1577 Johann was the canon Konrad von Westerholt for the vacant Dompräbende presented by Canon Rotger Torck. On May 19, 1589 he opted for the Dompropteilehen Gronover and on May 23, 1595 the Obedience Ostenfelde . In 1597 he was provost of the St. Martini monastery (Münster) , on whose Martinus cup his coat of arms is. On June 7th, 1609 it came into the possession of the Archdeaconate Billerbeck and became a member of the Billerbecker calendar the following year . In 1613 , Johann renounced his benefice after secretly asking for dispensation to marry as a subdeacon . On March 19, 1613, the Pope issued a bull . Nevertheless, Johann remained in office until November 20th of that year with the corresponding income. On this day he renounced the turnar in favor of Johann Wilhelm von Rhede. He married Anna Magdalene von Rhede on August 10, 1613. The daughter Elisabeth emerged from the marriage and was married to the canon Wilhelm Friedrich von Rhede .

Others

On March 20, 1588, at a wedding celebration in the court of Hereditary Marshal Morrien, at which many nobles and canons were present , Johann got into a dispute with canon Bernhard von Oer . As a result of the plentiful consumption of wine, this was initially verbal, but ended in a mass brawl. The Commander of the Teutonic Order , Melchior von Senden, intervened and ended the event with the reprimand of Bernhard von Oer. This felt offended by this and sought revenge. He and the canon Johann von Westerholt sneakily attacked the commander, who was in the company of his brother Jobst Droste to send , and killed him with several knife wounds at the church of St. Aegidii in Münster. On the basis of a court settlement (signed by Prince Bishop Bernhard von Raesfeld in 1558), the city of Münster was entitled to imprison clergy who had committed criminal offenses until they were handed over to the bishop's jurisdiction, but only in "mild detention". The then councilor Bernhard II von Droste zu Hülshoff penetrated the chapter house and, with his energetic demeanor, caused the two murderers to be extradited.

swell

  • The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2) The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paulus in Münster , edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978- 3-11-008508-2 , Germania Sacra NF 17.2 Biographies of the Canons, page 19ff. Digitized.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen Kehrer, Mord in Münster, criminal cases from five centuries, Waxmann Münster / New York, 3rd edition 2000, ISBN 3-89325-375-0 , [1] digitized
personal data
SURNAME Torck, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon in Münster and subdeacon
DATE OF BIRTH 1558
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1638
Place of death Lengerich