Charter of Sale of the Brunstein Hof at Rechen

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Original

Ich, Johann von Eickel, sel. Hennekens sone, dem Gott genode, bekenne, so als ick lehenher gewest sy over dat gut tom Brunsteine, gelegen to Rechen, inhalte op gistse dijs breyves, dat ick den lehenwor verkofft hebbe erfflike Hynrike Brunsteine von Westerhem unde syne erven, unde dem holder des kopbreyves, den hey hevet von Geerde Brunsteines, den besegelt hevet eyn vrijgerichte, mit namen Wyneke Passendale unde Johann Hokenberch, vrijgreven to Bokem in der tijd, unde mit unsen holder dijs iegenwerdigen breyves.

Unde ich, Johann vurser., unde myn erven wyllet dem vurser. Hinrike Brunsteine disser vurser. lehenwar erfflike wonen.

Hir weren over unde ane lehnkoppeslude unde dedingeslude, mit namen Dirick Springorum unde Rotger, Johans knape von Eickel, unde mer guder lude genoch.

Op dat alle disse vurser. punte stede, vast syn, so heb ich des to tyge der worheit myn segel an dissen breyve gehangen. To merer tyge heb ich gebeden Wyneken Passendale, vrijgreven, unde Johanne Hakenberge, eynrechtige vrijgreven to Bokem, dat sey dissen breyve mede besegelt hebt.

Gegeven in den jare unses heren dusent veerhundert negen unde vifftich, des sunnendages nae sunte Bonifaciusse. Von den drey segelen zeigt das von Eickel’sche Siegel unter und über der Helmzier einen unten abgerundeten Schild mit schräg von oben links nach unten rechts verlaufendem Balken, aus dem anscheinend unten drei Eicheln hervortreten; das Hokenbergsche Siegel zeigt aus dem eben-abgerundeten Schilde zwei gekreuzte Hacken. Urschrift im Pfarrarchiv Bochum, Urk. 52.

English Translation

I, Johann von Eickel, son of the late Henneken, may God be merciful to him, hereby declare that, as I was the feudal lord of the estate known as the Brunsteinshof, situated at Rechen, as set forth in the contents of this charter, I have sold the fief as hereditary property to Heinrich Brunstein of Westerhem and his heirs, and to the holder of the purchase charter which he possesses from Gerd Brunstein, which was sealed by a free court, namely by Wyneke Passendale and Johann Hokenberch, free judges at Bochum at that time, and with our knowledge by means of this present charter.

And I, the aforesaid Johann, and my heirs will allow the aforesaid Heinrich Brunstein to hold and possess the said fief as hereditary property.

Present at this transaction and at the feudal proceedings were, by name, Dirick Springorum and Rotger, servant of Johann von Eickel, and many other worthy people.

So that all the aforesaid points shall remain firm and valid, I have, in testimony of the truth, affixed my seal to this charter. For further confirmation I have requested Wyneke Passendale, free judge, and Johann Hakenberge, lawful free judges at Bochum, to seal this charter together with me.

Given in the year of our Lord one thousand four hundred fifty-nine, on the Sunday after Saint Boniface’s Day. Of the three seals, the seal of the von Eickel family shows, below and above the helmet crest, a shield rounded at the bottom with a diagonal band running from upper left to lower right, from which apparently three acorns emerge below; the seal of Hokenberg shows two crossed hooks within a similarly rounded shield. Original preserved in the Parish Archive of Bochum, Charter no. 52.