Mersche Kotten Re-enfeoffment

27 June 1682 · Lütgendortmund, Deutschland

Re-enfeoffment of the kotten known as ‘die Mersche’ after the death of Johann Springorum, Primissarius in Bochum

On 27 June 1682, Ferdinand, abbot of the imperial abbeys of Werden and Helmstedt,granted a new enfeoffment with the kotten known as “die Mersche” in the parish of Lütgendortmund following the death of Johann Springorum, Primissarius in Bochum. At the request and for the benefit of the convent of Lütgendortmund, the holding was bestowed upon the priest and rector provisus in Bochum, Melchior Schmitz. The charter was issued under the abbot’s seal and signed by him personally.

Mersche Kotten Re-enfeoffment
Landesarchiv NRW (Abt. Westfalen), Kloster Marienborn, Urkunden D 114u Nr. 75: re-enfeoffment of the kotten ‘die Mersche’ after the death of Johann Springorum (27 Jun 1682).

Persons involved

  • Ferdinand
    Role: grantor; abbot of Werden and Helmstedt
    Note: Issued the re-enfeoffment after the death of the previous feoffee.
  • Johann Springorum
    Role: former feoffee (deceased); primissarius in Bochum
    Note: Identified as deceased at the time of the re-enfeoffment; previously held the kotten known as “die Mersche” under Dienstmannsrecht.
  • Melchior Schmitz
    Role: new feoffee; priest and rector provisus in Bochum
    Note: Priest and rector provisus in Bochum, enfeoffed with the kotten at the request and for the benefit of the convent of Lütgendortmund.
  • Johann Dietrich Bernardi
    Role: witness; secretary
    Note: Acting as secretarius; named as witness to the charter.
  • Jakob Lekau
    Role: witness
    Note: Named as witness to the charter.

Sources

Archivsuche – Archive in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Archive.NRW)
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(75) Ferdinand, Abt der reichsfreien Stifte von Werden und Helmstedt, belehnt nach Ableben des Johannes Springorum, Primissar zu Bochum, den Priester und rector provisus in Bochum Melchior Schmitz auf Bitten und zugunsten des Konventes von Lütgendortmund mit dem Mersche genannten Kotten im Kirchspiel Lütgendortmund. Zeugen: der secretarius Johann Dietrich Bernardi und Jakob Lekau. Siegel und eigenhändige Unterschrift des Abtes. Den sieben undt zwantzigsten monats Junij, anno tausendt sechshundert achtzig und zweij.
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