J. Küküllei, H. von Mügeln, J. Szepesi, J. Uzsai
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The estate of Tótsolymos (which gave the name to the family) was possessed by John Küküllei's father, Nicholas Apród of Tótsolymos. He received it from King Charles I for his services. He sent his son to school, who - after losing the estate - started his career as a secular clerk at various departments of the royal chancellery. Since the beginning of the 1350s he worked for the church, and obtained several possessions: in 1352 he was the reading canon of Eger and Arad, in 1353 he became the owner of the Zagreb and Székesfehérvár canon district, and till his death he was the canon of Transylvania and chief dean of Kükülle (this latter one became the adjective of his name). From 1358 on he was the canon of Esztergom, then the vicar general of the archbishopric of Esztergom twice (1363-66, 1379-87). King Louis liked him very much and made him his special chaplain from 1358 and the chief clerk in his chancellery. Settling down at Visegrád in the 1360s, he wrote the story of King Louis' campagns against Naples in 25 chapters, then after the King's death he described the Queen's virtues in a further 30 chapters and completed his work called Chronicon de Ludovico rege with the King's biography, which was the first secular biography in Hungary.
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Henrich von Mügeln
Henrich von Mügeln was a Saxon mastersinger, writer and translator, who wrote in Latin and German. He was probably born around 1300 near the river Elbe, in a bourgeois family. Later he received a doctoral degree in theology. His supporters were the Czech king, John in the 1340s, Emperor Charles IV after 1355, Austrian prince, Rudolf in 1358 and King Louis I between 1359-62. He visited the court of Prague and Buda, too. He wrote commentaries to psalms after Nicolaus de Lyra, a school book, love and educational poems. His main works are The Virgin's Wreath, which he dedicated to Emperor Charles around 1355. His German Chronicon was offered to Prince Rudolf, which tells Hungarian history till 1333. His sources were the works of the Buda Minorite and Bishop Hartvic. The Latin Chronicon Rhytmicum tells Hungarian history till 1072 in four parts, in verses which has different rhyme schemes.
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Country Judge Jacob Szepesi
One of the secular literate persons who got very good jobs with their qualifications in the 14th century. Since 1346 he was the administrator of justice next to country judge Paul Nagymartoni, then a clerk of the country judge, and between 1360-72 the administrator of justice next to a palatine. After this he made a good career: from 1372 on he became the country judge several times, meanwhile he was the judge of King Louis's towns, national judge of the Jews and keeper of the treasury. He sent his son to university to Italy, who became a priest, then the Bishop of Zagreb, Archbishop of Esztergom, and as a follower of Ladislaus of Naples at the end of his life he became the Archbishop of Naples.
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John Uzsai
The son of ispán (bailiff) Domonkos from Uzsa, Zala county. In 1330 he was a canon of Esztergom, then he studied in Bologne and became the dean of the university there. He graduated from university with a baccalaureate degree. After his return he became the representative of Cardinal Guillelmus a Iudice (Pope Clement VI's nephew) - he got acquainted with him in Bologne - in Hungary and Poland. Since 1345 he led the chapter school and credible place of Eger as a reading canon. He compiled a school book on law and rethoric there, which was called Ars Notaria later. (The codex of his work is kept in the National Library of Vienna.) The purpose of his school book was to teach students how to compose a charter. He died in 1351, his successor as a reading canon was John Küküllei till 1355.
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