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Table1.FamiliesservingonthecounciloftheOldTownofToruńformore
than47years(whosemembersbecamecouncillorsbefore1454)
(continue)
Becker
Musing
Bikoln
Councillors)
families
yearsonthe
Numberof
council
51
49
48
postofmayor
yearsinthe
Numberof
12
acouncillor
1391-1461
1350-1446
1369-1424
serviceas
Periodof
(includingthe
councillors
Numberof
mayor)
6(-)
3(1)
4(-)
However,themaincontributiontotheformationofasable
powereliteintheOldTownofToruńwasmadebyanotherwave
ofmigrationthattookplaceinthelate13thcenturyandthefirs
halfofthe14thcentury.Atthattime,representativesofwealthy
merdantfamiliesfromWesphaliancitiesassociatedwiththe
HanseaticLeaguecametothecity.9.Inafewcases,anearlierlink
canbeguessedbetweenWesphaliansandElbląg,fromwhidthe
followingfamilies,mentionedinthatcity)shisoricaldocuments
slightlyearlier,mayhavecometoToruń:Pape,vonDulmen,
vonEssen,Rebber,andRote.However,thesmalltimediference
betweenthesementionsandtheincompletesourcesmayindicate
asimultaneousincreaseintheinteresofWesphalianmerdantsin,
andthemigrationofasignificantnumberoftheircitizensto,both
ofthesecities.TereasonforthisincreaseinmigrationtoPrussia
wasthegrowinginteresofHanseaticLeaguemerdantsincopper,
whidwasminedinwhatisnowSlovakiaandSilesiaandshippedto
ToruńandElbląg,andfromtheretowesernEurope.10Temarket
9T.Jasiński,ImigracjawestfalskadoPruswokresiepóźnegośredniowiecza(XIII-
-XVw.),[in:]Niemcy-Polskawśredniowieczu,ed.J.Strzelczyk,Poznań1986,
pp.132f.
10R.Czaja,Udziałwielkichmiastpruskich(częśćI),pp.21-38.
