Psellos asked a krites to help a landowner who could barely survive & wanted him to stop paroikoi being driven from their lands

Summary:
Psellos advised the krites to spare the weak dynatoi, like Hikanatos patrikios, who could barely survive on his income, which must not be cut. He saw the paroikoi of his monastery being driven from their lands and asked the krites to stop it 
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain) 
krites, correspondent of Michael Psellos (Anonymus 2262)
  • He was advised by Michael 61 to spare the weak dynatoi, like Anonymus 2263, who, seeing the paroikoi of his monastery driven from their lands, asked the krites to stop it; the krites should not cut his limited income (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 138.381
Hikanatos, patrikios (Anonymus 2263)
  • His case was the subject of a letter from Michael 61 to Anonymus 2262, who should spare the weaker dynatoi; he saw the paroikoi of his monastery driven from their lands and asked the krites to stop it; his small income should not be cut (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 138.381
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (Michael 61)
  • He wrote to Anonymus 2262 about Anonymus 2263 Psellos Letters (Sathas) 138.381
  • He advised Anonymus 2262 to cultivate the dynatoi but to spare the weak, like Anonymus 2263, who, seeing the paroikoi of his monastery driven from their lands, asked the krites to stop it; the krites should not cut his limited income (:) Psellos Letters (Sathas) 138.381