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Wimelhausen Enfeoffment

21 May 1591 · Bochum, Deutschland

Enfeoffment of the Hackertz estate at Wimelhausen before the officials of Bochum and Werden

On 21 May 1591, Christoph Scheel zu Rechen announced that Abbot Heinrich Duden of Werden had enfeoffed him with the estate at Wimelhausen, known as the Hackertz Gut, located in the Amt and parish of Bochum. The act fixed the feudal death duty (HeergewÀte) payable upon the death of the tenant at eight good Rhenish guilders. Christoph Scheel rendered homage in the presence of several judicial and administrative officials, including Johann Springorum, the city secretary of Bochum.

Wimelhausen Enfeoffment
Wimelhausen Enfeoffment
Landesarchiv NRW (Abt. Rheinland), Werden, Urkunden AA 0544 Nr. 2299: enfeoffment of the Hackertz estate at Wimelhausen (21 May 1591).

Persons involved

  • Christoph Scheel zu Rechen
    Role: feoffee
    Note: Son of the late Georg Scheel, former rentmaster in Hörde; recipient of the enfeoffment with the Hackertz estate at Wimelhausen and performer of homage.
  • Georg Scheel
    Role: father (deceased)
    Note: Former rentmaster in Hörde; identified as deceased.
  • Heinrich Duden
    Role: grantor; abbot of Werden
    Note: Abbot who granted the enfeoffment with the Wimelhausen (Hackertz) estate.
  • Alexander Kuchenbecker
    Role: witness; judge
    Note: Judge present at the act (also recorded as Kuicken-).
  • Wilhelm Schlechtendahl
    Role: witness; rentmaster of the abbot
    Note: Rentmeister of Abbot Heinrich Duden, present at the act.
  • Alexander Duden
    Role: witness; secretary of the abbot
    Note: Secretary of Abbot Heinrich Duden, present at the act.
  • Johann Springorum II
    Role: witness; secretary of the city of Bochum
    Note: Present in his capacity as SekretÀr der Stadt Bochum during the act of homage.
  • Ditmar Dinsing zu Berendorf
    Role: sealing official; Amtsrichter of Bochum
    Note: Sealed the charter on behalf of the issuer, who did not possess a seal.

Sources

Archivsuche – Archive in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Archive.NRW)
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(2299) Christoph Scheel zu Rechen, Sohn des + Georg Schel, ehemaligen Rentmeisters in Hörde, macht bekannt, daß ihn Abt Heinrich Duden von Werden mit dem Gut zu Wimelhausen gen. Hackertz Gut, Amt und Kirchspiel Bochum, belehnt hat. Das HeergewĂ€te, das bei dem Ableben des LehnstrĂ€gers zu zahlen ist, wird auf acht gute rheinische Gulden festgesetzt. Christoph hat gehuldigt in Gegenwart des Richters Alexander Kuchenbecker (Kuicken-), des Rentmeisters des Abts Wilhelm Schlechtendahl, des SekretĂ€rs des Abts Alexander Duden und des SekretĂ€rs der Stadt Bochum Johann Springorum. - Es siegelt, da der Aussteller kein Siegel besitzt, der Amtsrichter von Bochum Ditmar von Dinsing zu Berendorf.
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