Fordham


IHSP

Medieval History


Selected Sources Full Text Sources Saints' Lives Law Texts Maps Medieval Films Search Help


Selected Sources Sections Studying History End of Rome Byzantium Islam Roman Church Early Germans Anglo-Saxons Celtic World Carolingians 10 C Collapse Economic Life Crusades Empire & Papacy France England Celtic States Nordic Europe Iberia Italy Eastern Europe Intellectual Life Medieval Church Jewish Life Social History Sex & Gender States & Society Renaissance Reformation Exploration
IHSP Credits

Cartulary of Saint Trond:
Protection of Revenues from Property, 1221


In protecting private property it was necessary not only to protect the ownership of the land but also the revenue derived from it. This was very necessary on the occasion of a transfer by gift or sale of such property.

Christian, by the grace of God, Abbot of Saint-Trond, to present and future generations forever. We have thought it necessary to bring to the attention of present and future generations that the hospice between our monastery and the parochial church of St. Mary ought to pay every year, on the feast of Saint Trond, to the sacristan of our church, by the hand of the master of the hospice, five Liège solidi. We thought this payment should be divided thus: thirty denarii from the hospice, six from the house of Wenranius, six from the house once belonging to Henry Kernir, six from the Fornaria house, six from Martin's house, and six from the chapel. All of which, being reckoned as five solidi, should be paid to our sacristan on the said date, together with the full amount according to justice from tolls of ingress and egress, and fees from the hearing of cases. In order that this may last forever we confirm it by this charter.

Witnesses, etc.


Source:

C. Piot, ed., Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Trond, (Brussels: Academie Royale de Belgique, 1870), p. 176; reprinted in Roy C. Cave & Herbert H. Coulson, A Source Book for Medieval Economic History, (Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., 1936; reprint ed., New York: Biblo & Tannen, 1965), pp. 331-332.

Scanned by Jerome S. Arkenberg, Cal. State Fullerton. The text has been modernized by Prof. Arkenberg.


This text is part of the Internet Medieval Sourcebook. The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts related to medieval and Byzantine history.

Unless otherwise indicated the specific electronic form of the document is copyright. Permission is granted for electronic copying, distribution in print form for educational purposes and personal use. If you do reduplicate the document, indicate the source. No permission is granted for commercial use.

© Paul Halsall, October 1998
[email protected]

 



The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is located at the History Department of  Fordham University, New York. The Internet Medieval Sourcebook, and other medieval components of the project, are located at the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies.The IHSP recognizes the contribution of Fordham University, the Fordham University History Department, and the Fordham Center for Medieval Studies in providing web space and server support for the project. The IHSP is a project independent of Fordham University.  Although the IHSP seeks to follow all applicable copyright law, Fordham University is not the institutional owner, and is not liable as the result of any legal action.

© Site Concept and Design: Paul Halsall created 26 Jan 1996: latest revision 12 April 2024 [CV]