1415.04.11.

11 April, 1415.
Master Fr. Philibert de Naillac and the Council grant the Priory of Germany ad vitam(1) to Fr. Hugo Graf von Montfort. - NLM, Arch. 338, fol. 147v-148r. Register = liber bullarum 1413-1415. - J. M. van Winter, Sources concerning the Hospitallers of St. John in the Netherlands, 1998, Bulls and Letters, n. 17.

Frater(a) Philibertus de Nailhaco etc. religioso in Christo nobis carissimo fratri Hugoni comiti de Montfort priori prioratus nostri Alamanie dicte domus salutem etc.

[Deserving brothers must be rewarded. ...] Attendentes itaque quod in administracione prioratus nostri Alamanie predicti estis fructuosus utiliter comprobatus, prioratum ipsum cum omnibus et singulis suis membris, iuribus et pertinenciis universis ad prioratum ipsum spectantibus et pertinentibus ac spectare et pertinere debentibus quoquomodo cum omni onere emolumentis et honore et cum preceptoriis (b)sive Baiuliis, Traiectensi, Coloniensi, Klingnawie et Bubikon(b) cameris suis pro cameris assignatis cum omnibus et singulis earum et cuiuslibet earum membris, iuribus et pertinenciis, habendum, tenendum, regendum, gubernandum, augmentandum et meliorandum in spiritualibus et temporalibus tam in capite quam in membris vobis tamquam digno et benemerito [...] ad vitam vestram confirmamus et ad uberiorem vestram cautellam de novo conferimus, concedimus et donamus. [...]

Data Constantie die undecima mensis Aprilis anno incarnationis Domini millesimo CCCCo decimoquinto.

(1) Granting ad vitam was a favour, bestowed by Master and Council; it meant that the favoured person was allowed to stay in his preceptory without having to return to headquarters. Normally a preceptory was granted for 5 or 10 years, and a priorate for 2 years.
(a) In margin: Refecta fuit hec confirmatio de mandato domini propter indesignationem camerarum prius declarari obmissarum per me Michaelem Paquanti etc. et prima extitit cancellata.
(b) Sive [...] Bubikon in margin ms.


first adaptation 30.07.2022 Jürgen Sarnowsky / revised 30.07.2022 /
status: proofread /
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