Delay over tax receipts for the metropolitan of Patrai

Summary:
The metropolitan of Patras, needing tax receipts, had written to the nephew who handled such matters for him; but he heard nothing, and complained. The nephew had Tzetzes compose his reply. He said that the receipts of the year before had to come from the imperial campaign around Cilicia and Antioch, and Adrianos Komnenos had just brought them. This year's receipts were suffering from the lack of letter-carriers and incomplete payments 
Dates:
1139 
Adrianos Komnenos, later Ioannes, archbishop of Bulgaria [1141, 1157] (Adrianos 25001)
  • He had brought from the imperial campaign near Antioch and Cilicia last year's tax receipts needed by Anonymus 749, and they had only just been received (:) Tzetzes, Letters 28.19-20
nephew of the metropolitan of Patras, who helped in tax issues (Anonymus 748)
  • He used Ioannes 459 to write to Anonymus 749 to explain delays in his tax receipts; last year receipts had to be brought by Adrianos 25001 from the campaign in Syria; this year there were problems with letter-carriers and incomplete payments (:) Tzetzes, Letters 28.12-29.7
metropolitan of Patras [1139] (Anonymus 749)
  • Needing tax receipts, he approached Anonymus 748 but heard nothing and complained; the reply (written by Ioannes 459) said last year's receipts had to come from the campaign in Syria, while this year there were problems with letter-carriers etc (:) Tzetzes, Letters 28.12-29.7