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Leimsiepen Enfeoffment

7 February 1586 ¡ Bochum, Deutschland

Johann Springorum announces his enfeoffment with the estate Leimsiepen for the benefit of Margarete Berswordt

On 7 February 1586, Johann Springorum, secretary of the city of Bochum, formally announced that Abbot Heinrich Duden had enfeoffed him, under Dienstmannsrecht, with the estate of Leimsiepen and all its appurtenances in the parish of Bochum. The enfeoffment was granted for the benefit of Margarete, daughter of the late Reinhard Berswordt and his wife Clara von der Hembach, and Johann Springorum rendered homage for the holding.

Leimsiepen Enfeoffment
Leimsiepen Enfeoffment
Landesarchiv NRW (Abt. Rheinland), Werden, Urkunden AA 0544 Nr. 2229: enfeoffment with the estate Leimsiepen under Dienstmannsrecht (7 Feb 1586).

Persons involved

  • Johann Springorum II
    Role: Sekretär der Stadt Bochum; feoffee
    Note: Acting as secretary of the city of Bochum, Johann Springorum announces the enfeoffment granted to him under Dienstmannsrecht and performs homage.
  • Heinrich Duden
    Role: grantor; abbot
    Note: Abbot who granted the enfeoffment with the estate Leimsiepen.
  • Margarete Berswordt
    Role: beneficiary
    Note: Daughter of the late Reinhard Berswordt and Clara von der Hembach, in whose favour the enfeoffment was made.
  • Reinhard Berswordt
    Role: father (deceased)
    Note: Identified as deceased; father of Margarete Berswordt.
  • Clara von der Hembach
    Role: mother
    Note: Mother of Margarete Berswordt.
  • Ditmar von Dinsing
    Role: witness; judge of the Amt Bochum
    Note: Judge of the Amt Bochum, present at the act.
  • Wilhelm Schlechtendahl
    Role: witness; rentmaster
    Note: Rentmeister of the abbot, present at the act.
  • Alexander Duden
    Role: witness; secretary of the abbot
    Note: Secretary of Abbot Heinrich Duden, present at the act.

Sources

Archivsuche – Archive in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Archive.NRW)
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(2220) Der Sekretär der Stadt Bochum Johann Springorum macht bekannt, daß Abt Heinrich Duden ihn zugunsten von Margarete, Tochter der Eheleute + Reinhard Berswordt (-rt) und Clara von der Hembach, zu Dienstmannsrecht mit dem Gut Leimsiepen samt allem Zubehör im Kirchspiel Bochum belehnt hat. Er hat gehuldigt. Anwesend waren der Richter des Amts Bochum Ditmar von Dinsing, Wilhelm Schlechtendahl, Rentmeister des Abts, und Alexander Duden, Sekretär des Abts. - Es siegelt der Aussteller.
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