Charter of Sale of an Annual Grain Rent from a House and Farm in Bochum

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Original

Wy, Johan Steinhuit ind Else, sin echte huissvrouwe, doen kunt, dat wy umb ene summe geldes, mit namen negen gute, sware overlendesche Rinsche guldene, dey ons wol betalt sint, hebben verkofft Herman Kremer een malder gudes, harden, klaren schultkorns, halff rogge ind halff gerste, Bokemscher maten, to heven ind to boren jarlix, uyt onseme huse ind erfflichen gude, gelegen binnen Bochum, dat wy itzund in hure ind besitte hebben.

Unde wy, Johann ind Else vorscr., syn vort gekomen vor den ersamen Bürgermeister ind Rait to Bochum unde hebben darvan rechte uplatinge gedain. Unde want disse vorscr. uplatinge ind vertichnisse vor ons, borgermeistere ind rait vorscr., geschehen is, so hebben wy des to getinge der warheit unser gemeinen burger segell to Bochum an desen brieff gehangen.

Unde wy, Herman Voß ind Johan Schütte, borgermeistere up disse tijd, bekennen ock, dat wy mede over desem vorscr. kope geweest syn. Dar ock mede over ind an geweest syn dedinges- ind winkopeslude, mit namen Diderick Springorum, Gerdt up dem Keller, ind mer goder lude genoch.

Gegeven in den jaren unses heren dusent veerhundert een und sestich, up sente Clementis dage, des hilligen pawess.

(Stadtsiegel)

Urschrift im Pfarrarchiv Bochum, Urk. 56.

23 November 1461, binnen Bochum.

English Translation

We, Johan Steinhut and Else, his lawful wife, hereby make known that for a sum of money, namely nine good and heavy Rhenish guilders from overseas, which have been fully paid to us, we have sold to Herman Kremer an annual rent of one malder of good, clean grain, half rye and half barley, measured according to the Bochum measure, to be raised and delivered yearly from our house and hereditary property situated within Bochum, which we presently own and possess.

And we, the aforesaid Johann and Else, have appeared before the honourable mayor and council of the city of Bochum and have lawfully transferred these rights. And since this transfer and agreement has taken place before us, the aforesaid mayor and council, we have, in testimony of the truth, caused the common civic seal of Bochum to be affixed to this charter.

And we, Herman Voß and Johan Schütte, mayors at this time, also declare that we were present at the aforesaid sale. Likewise present at and involved in this transaction were negotiating and purchase witnesses, namely Diderick Springorum, Gerdt up dem Keller, and many other worthy people.

Given in the year of our Lord one thousand four hundred sixty-one, on the feast day of Saint Clement the Holy Pope.

(City seal)

Original preserved in the Parish Archive of Bochum, Charter no. 56.

Dated 23 November 1461, within Bochum.