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Adolf I (of Altena), archbishop of Cologne, declares that Gozewijn IV, lord of Valkenburg, in compensation for his uncompleted crusade, with the consent of his wife, Lady Jutta, has donated his court at Munstergeleen with all the serfs, revenues and appurtenances and half of the patronage right there to the monastery of St. Mary at Heinsberg and to the site of St. Gerlach.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 74, reg. no. 1. Lined. Damaged with loss of text. According to b, in 1869 the original was still in the possession of Ch. Guillon, notary in Roermond.

Notes on reverse: 1° by 14th/15th-century hand: De bonis [...]b[.]ock prope Monstergeleen. - 2° by last quarter 14th-century hand: B j. - 3oby 17th-century hand: 1202. - 4o by 18th-century hand: No . 69.

Sealing: two outward affixed seals, announced, namely: S1 of Adolf I (of Altena), archbishop of Cologne, of brown wax, damaged. - S2 of Gozewijn IV, lord of Valkenburg, of brown wax, damaged; and one place of attachment for the announced seal of Jutta, wife of Gozewijn IV, lord of Valkenburg (LS3). For a description and illustration of S1 and S2, see Venner, 'Seals convent of St. Gerlach', 150 and 156 respectively.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 113-115, under the heading: Littera confirmationis domini Adulphi, archiepiscopi Coloniensis, de bonis in Munsterglene, and in the margin: No . 69, with specification of three places of sealing, after A.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory St. Gerlach, IV, 1-3, no. 1, after A. - b. Habets, 'Houthem-Sint-Gerlach', 203-206, no. 3 (dated 1202), after B.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 67, reg. no. 1. - Idem, Chronological list, 34, reg. no. 51. - REK, II, 331-332, no. 1620.

Date

The use of the Christmas style is assumed, in accordance with the use by the Archbishop of Cologne in this period, see Polak and Dijkhof, Book of Charters Kloosterrade, XVI. Within this, the terminus antequem is specified by the given fifth indiction, which ran until 23 September. In the date line an erroneous concurrent is given, one expects the number 1 there.

<Rooms-koning Otto I schenkt aan zijn leenman Ansfried de munt- en marktrechten te Kessel en bepaalt dat de tol van Echt naar Kessel wordt verplaatst.>

Fake

<A>. Maastricht, HCL, toegangsnr. 01.187A, archief Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid Thorn, inv. nr. 1.

Issue

a. Gysseling en Koch, Diplomata Belgica, 369-370, nr. 219, naar <A>.

Inauthenticity

The present charter is considered a forgery on paleographical grounds, see the edition at Gysseling.

Localisation

For the identification of Casallum with Kessel, we concur with the edition of Gysseling and Koch, as well as Gysseling, Toponymic Dictionary, 560, and Van Berkel and Samplonius, Dutch Place Names, 117. The locations suggested by other authors as Kesselt, Neeroeteren, and Kessenich (see, among others, Kluge, Deutsche Münzgeschichte, 27-36, and Baerten, "Les Ansfrid," 1145) seem to us unlikely from a linguistic and naming point of view.

Date

In the datatio the date given is the incarnation year 966, with associated dating elements. Following the edition by Sickel, Monumenta Germaniae DO I 210, no. 129, the forged charter in Gysseling and Koch's edition is dated to the year 950.

Deacon Reinier and the chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht declare that Lambert Sutor and his mother, by the hand of their fellow canon William, parish priest, have sold, with their consent to the chapter, excisable fields at Houthem to the monastery of St. Gerlach (at Houthem).

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 38, reg. no. 3.

Notes on reverse: 1°by^13th-century hand: Littera terreLambertiSutoris de Houtheim et matris eiusdem en parum valet. - 2° by last quarter ^14th-century hand: U j. - 3° by ^17th-century hand: 1231.- 4°by^18th-centuryhand: Num. 80.

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal, announced, namely: S1 of the Chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht, of white wax, damaged. For a description and image of S1, see Venner, "Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 155.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 126-127, under the heading: Renuntiatio domini decani et capituli beate Marie in Trajecto super certos census ex bonis in Holtheijm, and in the margin: Num. 80, stating one place of seal, to A.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 5-6, no. 3, after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 68, reg. no. 3. - Idem, Chronological List, 39, reg. no. 69.

Date

It has been assumed that the bishops of Liege switched from Christmas style to Easter style around 1230 and that the religious institutions in the diocese followed this only some time later, see Camps, ONB I, XXI.Consequently, theuse of the Christmas stylehas beenassumedfor the dating of the present charter.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Roman King Otto III, through the intercession of Empress Theofano and through the intervention of the Archbishop of Mainz and the bishops of Worms and Liege, donates to Count Ansfried a portion of the royal revenues from the toll, mint and property tax at Medemblik, which the latter had hitherto held from him in fief, as well as the king's fiefs in the county of Friesland and in Lower Meuse country.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, inv. no. 2 (badly damaged). 

Issue

a. Koch, OHZ I, 100-103, no. 54, after A.

It is proclaimed that Jan Gruszere, with the consent of the Church of Our Lady of Thorn, by the hand of Rutger, bailiff of Thorn, has sold excisable fields at Houthem in the seigniory of Valkenburg to the monastery of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) and that damsel Clementia van Geilenkirchen, nun there,  has received these from the hands of the abbess and the bailiff of Thorn on the condition that the monastery of St. Gerlach , upon her retirement to found a new monastery, would pay the dead hand to Thorn only after recognition of her death by Thorn.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 39, reg. no. 12.

Notes on reverse: 1° by last quarter ^14th-century hand: G j. - 2° by ^17th-century hand: 1232. - 3°by^18th-centuryhand: Num. 77.

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal, announced, namely: S1 of Hildegonde, abbess of Thorn, of white wax, damaged. For a description and image of S1, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 156.

Copies

B. 9 Aug. 1287, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Free Kingdom of Thorn, inv. no. 69, by Willem, provost of St. Gerlach at Houthem, to A. - C. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartulary) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 123-124, under the heading: Renuntiatio ecclesie Thorensis de uno et viginti denariis Leodiensibus super agris in Houthem, and in the margin: Num. 77, stating one place of sealing, to A.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 6-7, no. 4, after A (dated 1232).

One-line summaries

Habets, Archives Thorn, 12, no. 12 (dated 1232). - Haas, Inventory of St. Gerlach, 68-69, reg. no. 4 (dated 1232). - Idem, Chronological List, 41, reg. no. 76 (dated 1232).

Date

It has been assumed that the bishops of Liege switched from Christmas style to Easter style around 1230 and that the religious institutions in the diocese followed this only some time later, see Camps, ONB I, XXI. Consequently, the use of the Christmas style has been assumed for the dating of the present charter. The terminus ante quem is determined by the fifth indiction, which by the indictio Bedana takes effect on 24 September 1232].

<Hilzondis, gravin van Strijen, sticht op aanraden van haar echtgenoot Ansfried een kloosterkerk op haar eigen goed Thorn, waar zij en haar dochter Benedicta het kloosterleven zullen leiden, en schenkt aan het klooster geheel haar eigen goed in het land van Strijen, dat eertijds door koning Zwentibold was geschonken, bestaande uit de kerk van Strijen, Geertruidenberg, de villa Gilze met toebehoren, de villa Baarle met het door haar, Hilzondis, gestichte Remigiusaltaar, het slot Sprundelheim aan de Merbatta, en een bos zoals het ligt tussen de twee Marcas.>

Fake

[<A>]. Schijnorigineel of ontwerp hiervoor niet voorhanden, of hebben mogelijk niet bestaan.

Copy

B. ca. 1640, Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, C (formerly Brussels, ARA, Ecclesiastical Archives of Brabant), preliminaries inv. no. 19231/37 = individual document, in dorso: Fundatio in (sic) Thorn, simple copy, directly or indirectly after a lost register, compiled by Michiel Piggen, clerk of the Council and court of account at Breda, compiled ca. 1545-ca. 1610, perhaps ca. 1565-1587.

Issue

a. Dillo-Van Synghel, ONB II, 16-29, no. 892.

Text edition

In the Charter book of Noord-Brabant not one reconstructed charter of this forgery is published, but the two main traditions are shown in two columns. The translation is according to the oldest tradition in the left column, which represents the best text.

Pope Gregory IX takes the Monastery of Our Lady St. Gerlach (at Houthem) into protection and confirms it in all present and future possessions.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 3, reg. no. 5. Lined. Damaged with loss of text. 

Notes on reverse: ^1o by last quarter ^14th-century hand: A j. - ^2o by ^15th-century hand: Bos. - 3°by ^17th-century hand: Confirmatio possessionum bonorum et potestas a[***]. - 4°by ^18th-century hand: Num. 68.

Sealing: no traces of sealing because parts were cut away at the bottom of the parchment.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 112-113, under the heading: Bulla Gregorii, pape, exemptionis monasterii sancti Gerlaci et eiusdem bonorum, and in the margin: Num. 68, indicating one place of seal, to A.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 7-8, no. 5, after A. - b. Habets, "Houthem-St. Gerlach', 219-220, no. 14 (erroneously dated 1376 January 10), after B.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 69, reg. no. 5. - Idem, Chronological List, 41, reg. no. 77.

Roman King Hendrik II grants the abbey of Thorn the market right, toll right and jurisdiction at Thorn and confirms the donation made by Bishop Notger of Liege of the churches of Bree, Hemert and Avezaath.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 4. 

Issue

a. Muller and Bouman, OSU I, 154-155, no. 163, after A.

Henry, provost of the monasteries (of St. Mary) at Heinsberg and St. Gerlach (at Houthem), declares that Mathilde, magistra of St. Gerlach, has earmarked an annual interest of four shillings from two houses at Aachen and 164dm3 of rye at Daniken for the infirmary of St. Gerlach, lists the livestock and approves the allocation.

Original

A. Brussels, ARA, Miscellaneous charters (Chartes diverses de la deuxième section), box 1, ad date 2 September 1236 (no. 16594).

Notes on reverse: 1° by 16th-century hand: Van den seickhuis. - 2° by 17th-century hand:^No XXIIII.

Sealing: two outwardly affixed, double pierced seals, announced, namely: S2 of the monastery of St. Mary at Heinsberg, of white wax, damaged. - S3 of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, of white wax, damaged; and one place of attachment for a seal not announced (LS1). Given the positioning, the first seal cut on the left is erroneously affixed to that spot. For a description and illustration of S3, see Venner, 'Seals convent of St. Gerlach', 151-153.

Copy

Not available.

Issue

a. Ramackers, "Niederrheinische Urkunden," 77-78, no. 8, after A.

One-line summary

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 69, reg. no. 6 (dated 1236).

Freeman Anselm transfers his daughter Mechteld as well as allodial land at Oe to the altar of Our Lady in Thorn by the hand of Gerard, count of Gelre, on the condition that Mechteld will enjoy the income from this for life.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 5. Slightly damaged.

Annotation on reverse: 1o^{by 13th-century} hand: De censu capitali 1102. - 2o^{by 16th-century} hand: De tribus bonariis terre sitis in loco de O. - 3o^{by 17th-century} hand: crossed out letter and C.

Seal: one inserted seal, not announced, namely: S1 of an unidentified person or institution, of white wax, damaged. For the problematic identification and depiction of S1, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 16-19.

Expenses

a. Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 10-11, no. 5, after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 8, no. 5, after a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 21, no. 8.

Authenticity and genesis

The authenticity of the present charter has been questioned by Venner and Kersken. Venner, "Seals Thorn," 16-19, could not assign the unannounced seal to an institution or person. Based on its depiction in the form of a throne seal and its oval shape, he questions its authenticity. He raises the possibility that the charter was not originally sealed and that a false seal was applied in the last decades of the twelfth century. Although this suggests that the charter is genuine, he questions it. However, apart from his reference to text abrogations to papal charters as well as the remarkable role of the Count of Gelre in the transfer, he states that the investigation of the authenticity falles outside his brief.

On the basis of the present charter, Schiffer 64 concludes that the count of Gelre possessed the guardianship of Thorn as early as 1002, although Venner notes that the first concrete mention as Thorn's guardian dates only to 1244. On this guardianship issue, Kersken, Zwischen Glaube, 180, further points out that the count's acting as an intermediary does not imply a direct functional relationship to the abbey of Thorn. He also doubts the qualification of witness Geldolf as a subguardian of the Bishop of Liege, as suspected by Linssen, Contribution 8. The first undisputed reports about a Thorn guardianship date from 1230/1231 when the abbey issues two charters, one to the Duke of Limburg about the guardianship of Ubach and one to their guardian, the Duke of Brabant (Kersken, 182-183).

Kersken concurs with Venner's argument regarding the authenticity of the seal and the resulting doubt about the authenticity of the charter. Although he has not conducted a comprehensive paleographic-diplomatic investigation, Kersken brings forward a number of findings that reinforce his doubts. He points to the writing in an "ungelenker diplomatischer Minuskel" and the oblongated invocatio in "ungelenker littera elongata" that would not be consistent with the modest occasion for the issuance of this charter. Based on comparative research into ductus, script, abbreviations and ligatures used, he comes to the tentative conclusion that the charter could have been written by a presumably untrained twelfth-century hand.

According to him, striking internal features are the two-part sanctioformula, conceived after the papal example, which one does not expect in a "Privaturkunde" (=here a charter issued by a private person on behalf of an abbey). The witness list also leads him to various question marks. Family relationships can only be established with the noble lords of Horn and Kessenich, but this is the oldest mention of these families in charters that lie decades before the next one (in 1138 and 1155 respectively). Moreover, he considers the early use of place names implausible in the light of their political significance. Based on these objections, Kersken says that he cannot further substantiate the suspicions against the present 1102 charter in the absence of other charters. Still, he leans toward the conclusion that this charter was created as a forgery only later and provided with a forged seal. He hints at the possibility of a connection with an undated Thorn charter (see Thorn Collection, no. 7), which Habets, according to him, classified as late twelfth century on paleographical grounds. However, Habets did not argue this dating in his edition or concretely date the charter to the end of the twelfth century. His edition is based on Franquinet, who dates this charter "XII century". Based on paleographic research, we have dated this charter in the late twelfth/early thirteenth century (see Thorn Collection, no. 7).

In summary, the objections and conjectures of Venner and Kersken concerning both external and internal characteristics have not led to an unequivocal declaration of the fall of the present charter. We may be dealing with a genuine charter written in 1102, to which at a later date the seal of a hitherto unidentified signer was affixed, as Venner suggested. This not an illogical thought when one considers that the seal announcement is missing from the text. There could also be a material forgery: in this case, the legal act that took place in the early twelfth century would have been put in writing only later. This implies that the content of the charter is genuine, but the form is false. Alternatively, the abbey of Thorn may have produced a falsum, a charter that is false in both content and form.

With regard to writing, the following can be noted. There is indeed an unstable writing hand. Tthis is especially noticeable with the sticks of the r and f going below the writing line; with the letter p: sometimes there is a serif at the bottom of the stick right side up, sometimes there is not. Moreover, there are a number of disturbing spelling errors in the charter text: viginis instead of virginis, Gehardus instead of Gerhardus and Heinco instead of Heinrico. Noteworthy is the use of decoration in the form of a single loop at the upper shafts of the letters b, d, f, h, l and s, as well as a loop as an abbreviation sign, evoking reminiscences of the lattice/loop structure in the charters of the Principality of Liege.

According to Stiennon, L'écriture diplomatique, 59, 62-63, 75, the type of writing ornamented with loops, which was not limited to the diocese of Liege, was borrowed from the German imperial charters. In Liege charters, the loops are still embryonic in the 1660s and the development to an exuberant form is initiated in the last quarter of the 11th century. In the Meuse-Rhine area there is a stabilization into a modest form in the twelfth century. It is remarkable that Stiennon did not include the charters of Thorn in his study, even though he examined other (Dutch-)Limburg archives.

Ecclesiastical institutions in the Meuse region were familiar with charters with loop structures early on: Thorn received such a king's charter in 1007, the chapters of Our Lady and St. Servaas in Maastricht possess king's and bishop's charters from the 11th century, and Kloosterrade Abbey has a charter from the Archbishop of Cologne from 1126-1127.

Research into a writing tradition within the abbey of Thorn in the eleventh and twelfth centuries is made virtually impossible by the lack of original documents from that period. We possess only one king's charter from 950, which was forged in the tenth century (see Thorn Collection, no. 1), one severely damaged king's charter from 985 (see Thorn Collection, no. 2), one king's charter from 1007 (see Thorn Collection, no. 4), one charter from the abbess of Thorn from 1172 (see Thorn Collection, no. 6) and one undated charter from Reinwidis of Ubach (see Thorn Collection, no. 7). The subsequent original dates only to shortly before 13 July 1234 (see Thorn Collection, no. 8).

With only a single charter in the chartarium, issued by the abbess of Thorn, no statements can be made about the specific characteristics and evolution of writing within the Thorn charters. Still, this very charter from 1172 contains the characteristics of the typical carolina writing with the loop structure and the us abbreviation in the form of a corkscrew. If we compare it with the present Thorn charter dated 1102, the following is striking: the decorations are sober, the relatively long upper shafts and tails characteristic of 1172 are missing, the ends of the letters p and q bend to the right, which is more a characteristic of book writing. This script is related to charters from 1178 (Neufmoustier Abbey, Stiennon, L'écriture diplomatique, 94) and a charter from 1121-1128 (Chapter of St. Paul at Liege, Stiennon, L'écriture diplomatique, figure 161) which, however, according to Stiennon, cannot be placed before the mid-twelfth century because of its strongly Gothic character.

The large lower margin in the present charter, with the seal on the right side of the parchment, is typical of German royal and imperial charters. The Abbey of Thorn possesses a charter of Roman King Hendrik II from 1007 (see no. 4 above) with this layout and an imprinted seal on the right side. This layout was common until at least the mid-twelfth century, with a notch on the right side of the parchment for the seal to be affixed, as evidenced by a charter of the bishop of Liege dated 28 August 1140 for the Kloosterrade abbey (see Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade abbey archives, inv. no. 676). The abbess of Thorn herself also issues a charter with this format in 1172.

Regarding the seal, Venner noted that an oval throne seal is remarkable for 1102. He noticed an exceptionally early oval throne seal from 1090 by the bishop of Noyon-Doornik, but the archbishops of Cologne and Trier introduced the throne seal only in 1105 and 1115, respectively, the bishops of Liege first in 1123. It may be added that in the diocese of Liege oval throne seals were attested in the abbots of Sint-Truiden, for example, only from 1158 and 1164 onwards (see Brussels, ARA, Collection of Seal Casts, nos. 963 and 958). An oval throne seal in a charter by a private citizen for the abbey of Thorn in 1102 therefore appears to be a very early specimen.

As for the internal features, the general dictation structure (invocatio/notificatio, dispositio, sanctio, corroboratio and datatio) and the dictation formulas match those of twelfth-century charters. However, two further remarks can be made here. First, the striking sanctio in a charter issued by a private individual, which Venner indicated would have been borrowed from papal charters. Regarding this sanctio, it is noteworthy that similar sanctiones circulated abundantly at the end of the eleventh/twelfth centuries in the charters of the bishops of Liege for the benefit of clerical institutions of Limburg or in charters involving them. We have found the sanctio formula from the 1102 charter in e.g. two charters of Otbert, bishop of Liege, destined for the Chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht and for the Chapter of Our Lady at Dinant in 1096 (see DiBe ID 88 and DiBe ID 2594) and in charters of Hendrik, bishop of Liege, for the benefit of the abbeys of Heylissem, Flône, Heylissem and concerning the church of Saint Amor at Maastricht, in 1147, 1154, 1154 and 1157, respectively (see Camps, ONB I, no. 50, and Polak and Dijkhof, Oorkondenboek Kloosterrade, nos. 23, 24 and 28). In charters promulgated by the abbots of Sint-Truiden such sanction formulas are used only from the middle of the twelfth century onwards (see Van Synghel, DONB, no. 1148.09.23(after 1147.12.24), 1167.09.23(after 1166.12.24), 1175.12.24(after 1174.12.24) and 1186.12.24(after 1185.12.24)). As far as tradition allows us to note, Thorn did not receive any episcopal charters from Liege in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It is notable, however, that the undated charter of Reinwidis (see Thorn Collection, no. 7, on paleographical grounds now dated late ^{12th/early13th} century) contains the same anathema-sanctio.

A second remark concerns the datatio: here both the reign year of Emperor Hendrik and the episcopate year of Otbert are missing, but this is not exceptional.

The fact that the present charter from 1102 is the oldest mention of the noble lords of Horn and Kessenich, decades before the next, is not an argument to declare this charter false.

Previous reflections lead to the following conclusion: the 1102 charter of freeman Anselm for the abbey of Thorn can be considered the product of an inexperienced writing hand using an embryonic form of the loop structure. This loop structure appears years later, at least in 1172, in a nicely balanced version in a charter from the abbess of Thorn. The examination of the external and internal features did not reveal any hard arguments that could support Venner's and Kersken's suspicions regarding spuriousness. Precisely the embryonic character and the unpracticed writing hand point rather in the direction of an early inscription in the early twelfth century. However, the problem of the seal remains. It seems not inconceivable that the seal, whose signer has so far not been identified, was later attached to this charter. However, this is no reason to label the present charter as a forgery.

Beatrix, lady of Valkenburg, charters that Gerard Buc has declared before her, her ministerials, all the inhabitants of Valkenburg and her loyal folk that his father lord Emmo of Klimmen, out of his allodial property, has donateda house with land at Voheim to the monastery of St. Gerlach and that this has been properly transferred into perpetual possession.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 95, reg. no. 2. 

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal, announced, namely: S1 of Beatrix, lady of Valkenburg, of light brown wax, damaged. For a description and image of S1, see Venner, "Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 156-157.

Copy

Not available.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 3-4, no. 2, after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory of St. Gerlach, 67-68, reg. no. 2 (dated between 1228 and 1237). - Idem, Chronological List, 38, reg. no. 67 (dated 1228-1237).

Date

This charter can only be dated approximately. In the present charter Beatrix acts as lady of Valkenburg after the death of Dirk I, lord of Valkenburg, on behalf of their son Dirk, 'adhuc puero'. Terminus post quem is the death of Dirk I on 4 November 1227. Terminus ante quem is the year 1237, when Dirk II first appears as lord of Valkenburg (see Venner, "The First Seal of Knights," 57, and Corsten, "Die Herren," 178-181). 

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Odilia, abbess of Thorn, declares that Godfried, lord of Heinsberg, has transferred the maid Aleid, belonging to the church of Geilenkirchen, with the consent of Gozewijn, priest there, as ministerial to the church of Thorn and that her children will be divided between Godfried and the church.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid Thorn, inv. no. 6. Lined, slightly damaged.

Notes on reverse: 1o ^{by 13th-century}hand: De censu capitali. - 2o ^{by 16th-century}hand: 1172. - 3o ^{by 17th-century}hand: V, k.

Seal: one seal affixed to the charter, announced, namely: S1 of the abbey of Thorn, of white wax. For a description and illustration of S1, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 31-33.

Expenses

a. Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 8-10, no. 4, after A (dated 1172). - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 9-10, no. 6 (dated 1172), to a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 29, no. 35.

Date

The use of the Christmas style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XX, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII. The terminus ante quem is determined by the end of the given fifth indiction.

Jan, provost, and the convent of the monastery (of St. Mary) at Heinsberg announce to the magister and the convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) that they are traditionally connected and will do the usual memorial services for the brothers and sisters, both clergy and laity, of their community, except when both have agreed and recorded in writing that this is too onerous and dangerous.

Original

[A]. Not available.

Copies

[B]. before 1735, not available, but known from the section in C. - C. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, p. 357, under the section: Copia literarum amplissimi domini Ioannis, prepositi de Heinsbergh, and in the margin: Num. 217, without indication of places of seal, to [B].

Issue

Not previously published.

Date

It has been assumed that the bishops of Liege switched from Christmas style to Easter style around 1230 and that the religious institutions in the diocese followed this some time later, see Camps, ONB I, XXI.Consequently, theuse of the Easter stylehas beenassumedfor the dating of the present charter.

Reinwidis of ÜbachDeclares that she and her descendants are indebted to the abbey of Thorn for property tax and inspection.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 7. 

Annotation on reverse: 1o^{by 16th-century} hand: Littera certa (?) de Vbach Regewidis de curmede et ut sue posteri nubere possent. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: J crossed out, V. - 2o ^{by 18th-century} hand : Littera Regewidis quod posteri eius nubere possent.

Seal: one place of attachment, presumably for the announced seal of Thorn Abbey (LS1).

Expenses

a. Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 11, no. 6 (dated ^12th century), after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 10, no. 7 (dated ^12th century), after a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 33, no. 50.

Date

The present charter has not been dated. Franquinet and Habets after him dated this charter in the twelfth century without further argumentation. On paleographical grounds, it can be further dated to the late twelfth/early thirteenth century. The document exhibits an informal character due to the use of a small piece of parchment that is crookedly cut, and due to the sloppy layout and irregular line spacing. Besides, words have been expanded and superimposed. The charter is not written in a diplomatic minuscule as was very common in the twelfth century, but contains a number of features of Gothic script (scratches, slanted d) with a somewhat posed character. The latter is also reflected in the use of majuscules in the words Marie and Martini.

Comparison of this charter script with the Limburg charters up to about 1240 has shown that this type of writing does not occur earlier than around the turn of the twelfth to the thirteenth century. Strongly related writing has been found in a charter of the abbot of Kloosterrade from the period 1201 25 December 1201 - 30 April 2011 (Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey Archives, inv. no. 846) and in a charter of Lothair, Count of Hochstaden, concerning tithes at Noorbeek and 's-Gravenvoeren from 1204 (Ibidem, access no. 14.D022, Jesuit Archives Maastricht, inv. no. 55). A dating in the late twelfth / early thirteenth century is therefore obvious.

Dirk II, lord of Valkenburghas soldto the provost and monastery of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) his forest Vorbusde, locatedin the allodium at Houthem, and has donated part of the purchase price to the monastery.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 40, reg. no. 7.

Notes on reverse: 1° by ^13th-century hand : Littera de silva monasterii.- 2°by last quarter ^14th-century hand: A j. - 3° by ^17th-century hand: 1241.- 4°by^18th-centuryhand: Num. 62.

Sealing: two attached seals, announced, namely: S2 of Dirk II, lord of Valkenburg, of green wax, damaged, with CS2, damaged. - S4 of Gozewijn Dukere, of light brown wax, damaged; and two attachments to the announced seals of Alard of Haasdal, knight, and Adam of Borgharen, knight, (LS1) and (LS3). For a description and illustration of S2, CS2 and S4, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 157 and 160, respectively.

Copies

[B]. before 1506, authentic copy, not available, but known from [C], to A. - [C]. 1506, not available, but known from F, register of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, which erroneously gives the date 13 March 1241, to [B]. - [D]. before 6 May 1594, not available, but known from [E], authentic transcript by the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem for the benefit of the Council of Brabant, probably to [B]. - [E]. 6 May 1594, not available, but known from F, charter of Philip II, king of Spain, in which the charter below is inscribed , to [D]. - F. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erfffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 100-104, under the heading: Confirmatio donationis piscature et venationis de anno 1594, and in the margin: Num. 62, to [E].

Issue

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 9-10, no. 6 (dated March 1241), after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 69-70, reg. no. 7 (dated March 1241). - Idem, Chronological List, 43, reg. no. 84 (dated March 1241).

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII. Since the month of March in the Easter year 1241 runs from March 1 through March 30 and March 31 falls in 1242, dating 1-30 March 1241 is possible as well as 31 March 1242.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

For a period of eight years abbess Hildegondev and the convent of Thorn Abbey earmark the income of a number of goods, including the courts with tithes at Baarle and Gilze and the tithes of Hemert and of Avezaath, for the discharge of debts, and they divide the administration of the goods.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 13.

Issue

a. Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, 217-219, no. 973, after A.

The aldermen of Maastricht charter concerning the dispute over goods of Godfried of Heer, knight, between the provost and convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) on the one hand and Wolter van Mesch, citizen of Maastricht, Jutta and Mathilde, daughters of Adam, son of Godfried van Heer, and their guardian Leonius on the other hand that in front of them, mayor and aldermen of Heer and relatives and friends of Jutta and Mathilde agreed that the provost and convent of St. Gerlach will have from the disputed goods arable land, dependent on the court of Heer, according to hereditary right. Wolter, Leonius and Mathilde, mother of Jutta and Mathilde, have for the benefit of the provost and convent renounced the said land and the provost and convent have in turn for the benefit of Wolter, Jutta and Mathilde also renounced all other goods of Godfried of Heer, both within and outside Maastricht.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 34, reg. no. 8. Lined.

Notes on reverse: ^1o by 13th -century hand: Littera de Heer. - ^2o by last quarter ^14th-century hand: X. - ^3o by ^17th-century hand: 1253. - ^4oby ^18th-centuryhand: Litere Godefridi de 5 bonnariis in Here, num. 75. 

Sealing: four hanging affixed, double pierced seals, announced, namely: S1 of Godfried Dives, alderman of Maastricht, of white wax, damaged. - S2 of Manegold, alderman of Maastricht, of white wax, damaged. - S3 of Godfried, son of Lady Osa, alderman of Maastricht, of white wax, damaged. - S4 of Boudewijn de Molendino, alderman of Maastricht, of white wax, damaged. For a description of S1, S2, S3 and S4, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 160-162.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery of St. Gerlach te Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 121-122, under the heading: Litere Godefridi de 5 bonnariis terre arabilis de Lord hereditarie possidendis, and in the margin: Num. 75, giving four places of sealing, after A.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 10-12, no. 7 (dated April 1253), after A. - b. Nève, The Thirteenth-Century Aldermen's Charters, 3-4, no. 1253.04.00 (with translation), (dated April 1253), after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 70, reg. no. 8. (dated April 1253). - Idem, Chronological List, 48, reg. no. 101 (dated April 1253).

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII. Since the Easter year 1253 runs from 18 March 1253 to 10 April 1254, dating 18-30 April 1253 is possible as well as 1-9 April 1254. 

Origin

The writing hand of the present charter shows similarity to the one in the charter of Dirk II, lord of Valkenburg, d.d. 05-07-1254, as well as to the hand that four years later minted two charters for the monastery of St. Gerlach, see infra nos. 10, 13 and 14. These originals also have the same formatting: the scribe has not written the charter text on the applied lines, but well above these lines.

Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg and count of Berg, announces that the abbess and convent of Thorn have transferred to Jan, cleric of Körrenzig and canon of Liege, for the duration of his life, a farm at Drinhausen.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 14. 

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 13th-century} hand: De curte de Drinhusen. - 2o ^{by 16th-century}hand: Donatio, 1235. - 3o ^{by 17th-century}hand: J, V.

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal, announced, namely: S1 of Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg and count of Berg, of white wax, damaged; with damaged counter seal CS1. For a description and illustration of S1 and CS1, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 38-39.

Copy

B. first half of ^15th century, Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archives Thorn, inv. no. 1628 (formerly cartularium no. 1) = Cartularium abbatiae imperialis Thorensis, 966-1600, p. 97 (old fol. 53r), under heading: E, De censu in Bergheyke, after A.

Expenses

a. Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 13-14, no. 8 (dated 1235 December), to B. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 13-14, no. 14 (dated 1235 December), to A.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 43, no. 83 (dated December 1235).

Date

It has been assumed that the bishops of Liege switched from Christmas to Easter style around 1230 and that the religious institutions in the Diocese of Liege followed this only some time later, see Camps, ONB I, XXI.Consequently, the dating of the present charter ass umesthe use of the Christmas style. It is not obvious that this charter came about in the vicinity of the chancellor, the Duke of Limburg, since Polak and Dijkhof, Charter book Kloosterrade, XVI-XVII, stated that there is no evidence for a ducal chancery in this period. For the charters from the period between 1200-1230 they assumed the use of Christmas style in the ducal charters. If the present charter originated in the environment of the duke of Limburg and is dated in the Easter style, it would date from the period 1-31 December 1235.

Dirk II, lord of Valkenburg, donates to the provost and convent of the monastery of St. Gerlach land at Hatersbruc, a portion in his allodium at Houthem and a property tax payment which the monastery owed him because of an earlier donation. He has also stipulated that the monastery is bound to allocate one mark annually from this for the pitance at the annual anniversary of his wife Berta and three marks for the perpetual celebration of a daily mass for the deceased.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 152, reg. no. 9. Lined.

Notes on reverse: 1° by last quarter ^14th-century hand: Littera de IX bonuaria terre et de IIII bonuaria etcetera. - 2° by last quarter ^14th-century hand: L j. - 3° by ^17th-century hand: 1254. - 4° by ^18th-century hand: Num. 70.

Sealing: three hanging affixed, double pierced seals, announced, namely: S1 of Dirk II, lord of Valkenburg, of brown wax, damaged, with CS1, damaged. - S2 of Engelbert (of Valkenburg), archdeacon of Liege, of green wax, damaged. - S3 of Alard of Haasdal, knight, of brown wax, flawless; and two mounts, presumably for the announced seals of Gozewijn Dukere, knight, and Adam of Borgharen, knight, (SD4 and SD5). For a description and illustration of S1, S2 and S3, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 158, 150-151 and 160, respectively.

Copy

B. 1736, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 115-116, under the heading: Littere Theodorici, domini de Valckenburgh, de novem bonnariis terre et quatuor (corrected from other letters) iacentibus in Hatersbruc et in Holtheijm, and in the margin: Num. 70, stating five places of sealing, to A.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 12-13, no. 8, after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory of St. Gerlach, 70-71, reg. no. 9. - Idem, Chronological List, 48, reg. no. 102.

Origin

The writing hand of the present charter bears a resemblance to the one in a Maastricht alderman's charter of 1254 concerning a dispute involving the provost and convent of St. Gerlach , as well as to the hand that four years later minted two charters for the monastery of St. Gerlach, see infra nos. 9, 13 and 14. These originals also have an identical characteristic formatting: the scribe has written the charter text not on the applied line ring, but well above these lines.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Abbess Hildegonde and the Chapter of Our Lady of Thorn give to the abbot and convent of St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht the tithe of Hemert and the revenues at Avezaath against an annual perpetual rent  and stipulate that the abbot of St. Paul's Abbey shall possess the revenues of the personate after the death of the priest of Hemert.

Original

[A]. Not available, but known from B.

Copy

B. 25 March 1269, Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, inv. no. 16, vidimus by Amelis, deacon, and Steven, deacon of St. Peter's Church in Utrecht, to [A].

Issue

a. Heeringa, OSU II, 312-313, no. 909, after B.

Coherence

For the validation of the cathedral deacon and deacon of St. Peter's Church in Utrecht dated 25 March 1269, see Thorn Collection, no. 29.

Wolter, gardian (of the Friars Minor) at Maastricht, issues a charter concerning the unlawfully acquired property of Gerard van Scherwier, knight, on account of his donation of money owed to him by Adam van Nuth, knight. (Deperditum)

Original

Not available.

Copy

Not available.

Listing

This charter is known from the dispositio of a charter of Gerard of Scherwier, knight, see infra no. 12, where the present charter is mentioned: sub tali forma quod si bona mea iniuste acquisita, que plenius invenientur in litera quam Wolterus, gardianus Traiectensis, super ordinationem mee legationis conscripsit de triginta marcis quasAdam, miles, de Nutte debet mihi, persolvi enim poterunt de proventibus fructuum terre prenominate, persolvuntur de anno in annum quoadusque secundum tenorem dictte litere competenter fuerint persoluta.

Issue

Not previously published.

Abbess Hildegonde and the convent of the abbey of Thorn, with the consent of the bishop of Liege and the duke of Brabant, sell to Godfried IV, lord of Breda, a part of the property tax owed annually to the abbey by the land users of the courts at Baarle and Gilze.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, prel. inv. no. 2218.

Issue

a. Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, 262-264, no. 995, after A.

Gerard of Scherwier, knight, donates to the monastery of St. Gerlach (in Houthem) half a farmstead of arable land from his allodium between Swier and Laar on the condition that a monetary debt be repaid from it and that the monastery will hold perpetual annual prayers for him, for his wife Agnes and for his parents, celebrate masses and pay a pitance.

Original

[A]. Not present, shown by B sealed with two seals.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 188-189, no. 126, under the heading: Anniversarium Gerardi de Scherwire, and in the margin: Num. 126, indicating two places of sealing, to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

Coherence

In the present charter mention is made of a charter of Wolter, gardian of the Friars Minor at Maastricht, concerning the wrongfully acquired goods by Gerard van Scherwier, knight: si bona mea iniuste acquisita, que plenius invenientur in litera quam Wolterus, gardianus Traiectensis, super ordinationem mee legationis conscripsit. For this deperditum, see infra no.11.

Abbess Hildegonde and the convent of Thorn Abbey make a mutual division of the goods and revenues at Thorn, Bocholt, Baexem, Cobbenhese, Neer, Avezaath, Hemert, Eisden, Bergeijk, Übach, Wessem, Leveroy, Dasselre, Beersel, Rode, Ell, Haler, Oeteren, Gilze, Baarle and Grathem.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 20.

Issue

a. Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, 264-266, no. 996, after A.

Jan, provost, and the convent of St. Gerlach monastery (at Houthem) announce that the convent donates to the provost the goods destined for the refectory and the income from the pitanties that the provost grants annually at the anniversaries from the convent's outhouse, for the benefit of the entire convent, with the provost in turn assigning the goods at Heek under Klimmen to the convent.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 52, reg. no. 10. Lined.

Notes on reverse: ^1o by ^17th-century hand: De Heick, 1257. -^2oby 18th-century hand: Num. 79, 1257.

Sealing: two mounts with only two cuts visible in the plica, presumably for the announced seals of the charters (LS1 and LS2).

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 125-126, under the heading: Divisio redituum inter prepositum et conventum ecclesie sancti Gerlaci, and in the margin: Num. 79, stating two places of sealing, after A.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned inventoy of St. Gerlach, IV, 13-14, no. 9 (dated February 1257), after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory of St. Gerlach, 71, reg. no. 10 (dated February 1257). - Idem, Chronological List, 50-51, reg. no. 109 (dated February 1257).

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Origin

This charter has been written by the same hand that a few months later minted the charter of Adam of Amby for the benefit of the monastery of St. Gerlach, see infra no. 14. This hand is also closely related to the scribe's hand that in 1254 wrote a charter for the lord of Valkenburg and an alderman's charter of Maastricht concerning a dispute involving the provost and convent of St. Gerlach , 9, 10, 13 and 14. These originals also have the same characteristic formatting: the scribe has written the charter text not on the applied line ring, but well above these lines.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Elisabeth, convent nunof Thorn, subject to her usufruct, bequeaths to the church of Thorn and the altar of Our Lady all her goods, fiefs and the income from the property taxes purchased at Wessem, Thorn, Heeze and on the mills of Ittervoort and Grathem. Of this, a fee is annually earmarked for the priest of the altar of St. Catherine in the church of Thorn; the remainder is allocated to the abbess, convent and canons with the obligation to distribute a sum of money to the poor on her annual anniversary. Furthermore, Elisabeth bequeaths after her death a sum of  money, which Hildegonde and her husband Cono owe her forthe purchase of a piece of land in the territory adjacent to Horn, to be divided equally among the abbess, convent and canons.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 23.

Issue

a. Camps, ONB I, 324-325, no. 245, after A.

Coherence

The present charter is the preface to the charter of N. de Maceriis, canon of the Chapter of St. John of Liege and officiate of Liege, dated 8 April 1252 (see Thorn Collection, no. 14). These charters show no scribal relationship.

Adam of Amby, knight, with the consent of his children Jan, Waltelm, Agnes and Catharina, transfers a farmstead of arable land in the territory of Borgharen to the provost and convent of the monastery of St. Gerlach (at Houthem), and stipulates that his descendants who hold this farmstead after his death according to excise law will be charged with the payment of an annual annuity of two marks Keuls on his date of death. If they default, the provost and convent will be allowed to take possession of the land and have it retained in possession by Dirk II, lord of Valkenburg.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 153, reg. no. 11. Lined.

Notes on reverse: 1° by ^13th-century hand : Bona de Haren. - 2°by last quarter ^14th-century hand: M. - 3° by possibly ^16th-century hand: [***] sanctiGerlaci, 1258.

Seal: two double pierced, hanging affixed seals, announced, namely: S2 of Engelbert (of Valkenburg), archdeacon of Liege, of white wax, damaged. - S3 of Alard of Haasdal, knight, of white wax, damaged; and two mounts, presumably for the announced seals of Dirk II, lord of Valkenburg, and Adam of Borgharen, knight, (LS1 and LS4). For a description and illustration of S2 and S3, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 150-151 and 160, respectively.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 128-129, under the heading: Donatio Ade de Ambiie, militis, de uno manso terre arabilis in territorio de Haren, and in the margin: Num. 82, giving four places of sealing, after A.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 14-16, no. 10, after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 71, reg. no. 11. - Idem, Chronological List, 51, reg. no. 112.

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Origin

This charter has been written by the same hand that a few months earlier minted the charter of provost and convent of the monastery St. Gerlach, see infra no. 13. This hand is also closely related to the scribal hand that in 1254 wrote a charter for the lord of Valkenburg and an alderman's charter of Maastricht concerning a dispute involving the provost and the convent of St. Gerlach , see infra nos. 9, 10, 13 and 14. These originals also have the same identical characteristic formatting: the scribe has not written the charter text on the applied lines, but well above them.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

N. de Maceriis, canon of the chapter of St. John at Liege and officiant of Liege, announces that Elisabeth, convent nunof Thorn, has bequeathed all her goods, fiefs and the income from the property taxes bought at Wessem, Thorn, Heeze and on the mills of Ittervoort and Grathem, to the church of Thorn and the altar of Our Lady. Of this, money is to be designated annually to the priest of the altar of St. Catherine in the church of Thorn; the remainder is to be assigned to the abbess, convent and canons for distribution among the poor on her annual anniversary. Furthermore, Elisabeth bequeaths, subject to her usufruct, after her death a sum of money, which Hildegonde and her husband Cono owe her because ofthe purchase of a piece of land in the territory adjacent to Horn, to be divided equally among the abbess, convent and canons.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 24. 

Notes on obverse: ^1oby ^13th-centuryhand: M CC ^LIIo. - Annotation on reverse: 1o^{by 13th/14th-century} hand: De altari sancte Katherine. - ^2oby ^16th-centuryhand: In Thoren, in cripta, 1252. - ^3o by^17th-century hand: F.

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal announced, namely: S1 of the officialdom of Liege, of green wax, heavily damaged.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 18-19, no. 11. - Habets, Archives Thorn, 19-20, no. 24. - Haas, Chronological List, 47, no. 97.

Origin and coherence

This charter is based on the charter of Elisabeth, convent nun of Thorn, dated April 7, 1252 (see Thorn Collection, no. 13). For those parts of the text in the present post-charters that are derived from the pre-charters and printed in a smaller font, see Van Synghel, Oorkonden Thorn, 54. These charters show no scribal relationship.

Marcelis, plebiscite of St. John's Church in Maastricht, chartered that his parishioners Gerard of Amby and his wife Hildegonde donate arable land near Berg, dependent on the court of Meerssen, to the abbey of Val-Dieu and the monastery of St. Gerlach (at Houthem), which they will inherit after the death of the donors.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 30, reg. no. 12.

Notes on reverse: ^1o by ^17th-century hand: 1257. - 2°by^18th-century hand: Num. 84.

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal, announced, namely: S1 of Marcelis, plebiscite of St. John's Church at Maastricht, of white wax, damaged. For a description and image of S1, see Venner, "Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 151.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erfffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, p. 130, under the heading: Testimonium Marsilii, plebani, de legato dimidii bonnarii terre arabilis in confinio ville de Bergh, and in the margin: Num. 84, specifying one place of seal, to A.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 16, no. 11, after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory of St. Gerlach, 72, reg. no. 12. - Idem, Chronological List, 51-52, reg. no. 113.

Hildegonde, abbess of Thorn, asks Master Reinier, scholar in Tongeren and procurator in spiritual matters of Hendrik III, bishop of Liege, to arrange for the bishop to approve her donation of the patronage rights of the churches of Gilze, Baarle and Geertruidenberg to canons and monastic nuns of Thorn with the stipulations established thereby.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, prel. inv. no. 2219.

Issue

a. Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, 341-343, no. 1039, after A.

Hendrik, provost of the convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem), determines at the request of the convent, of Anna, nun of St. Gerlach, and of some of her friends, that at the annual anniversary of Gozewijn Dukere, knight, money is to be paid for a pitance of the convent out of the goods at Weestenrode, which Gozewijn has assigned to Anna for her maintenance and which will accrue to the convent after her death .

Original

[A]. Not present, shown by B sealed with two seals.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, p. 363, under the heading: Litera de bonis in Westenroede iacentibus, and in margin: Num. 220, indicating two places of sealing, to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

Hendrik III, bishop of Liege, approves the grant of the patronage of the churches of Gilze, Baarle and Geertruidenberg by Hildegonde, abbess of Thorn, to canons and monastic nuns of Thorn with the stipulations established thereby.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, prel. inv. no. 2220.

Issue

a. Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, 341-343, no. 1040, after A.

Coherence

For the grant of this patronage right by Hildegonde, abbess of Thorn, see Thorn Collection, no. 15.

Walram of Monschau, lord of Valkenburg, exempts Jan Ruffus, citizen of Aachen, son-in-law of lord Godfried of Klimmen, his heirs and the partakers in Godfried's goods from all tribute on the court at Cardenbeek, on the condition that Jan delivers to him an amount of wax annually.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 57, reg. no. 13.

Notes on reverse: ^1o by ^14th-century hand: Littera de curte in Cardenbeck quod sit libera ab exactione.- 2° by last quarter ^14th-century hand: J j. - 3° by ^17th-century hand: Vrijdom van Cartebeeck, 46.- 4°by^18th-centuryhand: Num. 93.

Sealing: one hanging confirmed seal, announced, namely: S1 of Walram of Monschau, lord of Valkenburg, of white wax, damaged. For a description and image of S1, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 158-159.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartulary), pp. 140-141, under the heading: Litere domini Walrami de curte in Cartenbecke, quod sit libera ab omni exactione, and in the margin: Num. 93, stating one place of sealing, to A.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 17, no. 12, after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 72, reg. no. 13. - Idem, Chronological List, 62, reg. no. 149.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Hildegonde, abbess of Thorn, ratifies the determination by Hendrik III, bishop of Liege, dated 13 Oct. 1262, concerning the installation of the priest of Baarle and the determination of his revenues.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 28.

Issue

a. Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, 341-343, no. 1044, after A.

Date

The dating of the present charter seems to contradict that of the ratified charter, which was issued only on 13 October 1262 ((see Thorn Collection, no. 19). Since the abbess explicitly refers to this charter of the bishop in the corroboratio, which was apparently already written on 10 October 1262, the contradiction in the dates cannot be explained by a time difference between the actio and conscriptio. Probably the abbess is referring to the mundum prepared at Thorn for the bishop, which was validated and dated only three days later in the episcopal chancery.

Origin and coherence

This charter of the abbess and convent of Thorn abbey of 1262 was written by the same hand as the charters issued by the abbess of Thorn in 1262 and 1265, and by other charters on behalf of the abbey, namely by Dirk van Heeswijk in 1267, by the abbot and convent of St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht in 1269 (two originals), by the priest of Oeteren in 1270, by Michael, canon of the Chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht and Godfried Bec of Ubach in 1272, by a number of knights in 1272 and by the abbess, convent and lord of Horn in 1273, see Thorn Collection, nos. 18, 23, 26, 28, 34, 37, 38 and 39. Consequently, this scriptor can be located in the abbey of Thorn.

For additional provisions regarding the income of the church of Baarle, see the charter of Engelbert of Isenburg, archdeacon of Liege, dated 15 May 1270 (Thorn Collection, no. 35).

Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, donates to the monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem the road through the village of Sint-Gerlach.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 41, reg. no. 14.

Notes on reverse: 1° by 13th-century hand: Dominus Walramus contulit stratam publicam nostre ecclesie in vera elemosina. - 2° by last quarter of 14th-century hand: E j. - 3o by 17th-century hand: 1270. - 4o by 18th-century hand: No. 72.

Seal: one double pierced, hanging attached seal, announced, namely: S1 ofWalram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, of green wax, damaged. For a description and illustration of S1, see Venner, 'Seals monastery of St. Gerlach', 158-159.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 118-119, under the heading: Litere domini Walrami de Valckenburgh de platea, and in the margin: No. 72, with indication of one place of sealing, after A.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 17-18, no. 13. after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 72, reg. no. 14. - Idem, Chronological List, 63, reg. no. 153.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Translation

According to Franquinet, a reasoned inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 19-20, no. 14, a simultaneous translation of this charter into Middle Dutch has been made. This translation on parchment is still kept together with the original. Paleographical research, however, shows that the translation is not a thirteenth-century document, but a later issue. This translation was not copied in the eighteenth-century cartulary and bears the number 79 in dorso, which corresponds with the Latin text of the present charter.

Hildegonde, abbess of Thorn, ratifies the stipulation by Hendrik III, bishop of Liege, dated 13 Oct. 1262, concerning the restitution of the tithe of Gilze, the installation of the parish priest there and the determination of his income.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, prel. inv. no. 2221.

Issue

a. Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, 355-357, no. 1045, after A.

Date

The dating of the present charter seems to contradict that of the ̶ lost ̶ ratified charter, which was not issued until 13 October 1262 (see Thorn Collection, no. 19). Since the abbess explicitly refers to this charter of the bishop in the corroboratio, which was evidently already written on 10 October 1262, the contradiction in the dates cannot be explained by a time difference between the actio and conscriptio. Probably the abbess is referring to the mundum prepared at Thorn for the bishop, which was validated and dated only three days later in the episcopal chancery.

Origin

This charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who worked from 1262 to 1273. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 17.

1271 (3 April 1271 - 21 April 1272)

Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, approves the sale made by Gerard van der Huven, knight, in the presence and with the consent of his father (Dirk II), lord of Valkenburg, of rye from the tithe of Spaubeek to the provost, magistra and convent of the monastery of St. Gerlach (at Houthem).

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 87, reg. no. 15.

Notes on reverse: ^1o by ^13th-centuryhand: Littera de II modiis siliginis in Spauberch. - 2° by ^17th-centuryhand: 1271. - 3° by ^18th-centuryhand : Num. 83.

Seal: one hanging affixed, double pierced seal, announced, namely: S1 of Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, of brown wax, damaged. For a description and image of S1, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 158-159.

Copy

B. 1735, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartulary) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 129-130, under the heading: Reditus duorum modiorum siliginis ex decimis in Spaubeek, and in margin: Num. 83, indicating one place of sealing, to A.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 20-21 (dated 1271), after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 73, reg. no. 15 (dated 1271). - Idem,Chronological List, 65, reg. no. 160 (dated 1271).

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Hendrik III, bishop of Liege, after the visitation of the abbey of Thorn by Reinier, scholar in Tongeren and his provisor in spiritual matters, determines that the abbess of Thorn, who holds the patronage right of the church of Baarle, will install a parish priest with the approval of canons and nuns of Thorn, and he also determines his income.

Original

[A]. Not available.

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Copy

B. first half of the 15th century, Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archives Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid Thorn, inv. no. 1628 (formerly cartularium no. 1) = Cartularium abbatiae imperialis Thorensis, 966-1600, p. 161-162 (old fol. 85r -85v), under the heading: De ecclesia de Baerle incorporatio), authenticated copy by S. van Neeroeteren, to [A].

Issue

a. Dillo-Van Synghel, ONB II, 357-359, to 1046, after B.

Date

The dating of the present charter seems to contradict that of the charter of the abbess of Thorn, which three days earlier ratified the provisions of the bishop of Liege concerning Baarle (see Thorn Collection, no. 17). Since the abbess explicitly refers to the bishop's charter concerning Baarle in the corroboratio, which was apparently already written on 10 October 1262, the contradiction in the dates cannot be explained by a time difference between the actio and conscriptio. Probably the abbess is referring to the mundum prepared at Thorn for the bishop, which was validated and dated only three days later in the episcopal chancery.

Coherence

For additional provisions regarding the income of the church of Baarle, see the charter of Engelbert of Isenburg, archdeacon of Liege, dated 15 May 1270 (see Thorn Collection, no. 35).

It is proclaimed that Margareta, nun of the convent of St. Gerlach (in Houthem), daughter of Wolter and Oda van Stercbeeke, has bought land in Dirgarden for the benefit of the wine donation to the convent, donates money in Heek for the benefit of a donation to the convent on the feast days of Saint Catherine, John the Evangelist and Nicholas, donates rye in Haasdal for the yearly feast of Mathilde, formerly the Lady of Berg, to be paid to the convent, donates in the court at Raar land for the feast of her parents, land for the lamp of St. Gerlach in the church and rye for the lamp above the choir of the convent.

Original

[A]. Not present, shown by B sealed with one seal.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 122-123, under the heading: Litere Margarete, monialis sancti Gerlaci, de 6 bonnariis apud Dirgarde, in Heeke 12 flor. Leodienses etc., and in the margin: Num. 76, stating one place of sealing, to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

The convent of the abbey of Thorn declares that Aleid van Nathen, Aleid and Elisabeth, convent sisters, Christiaan and Dirk, laymen, and many others belonging to the familia of the Church of Our Lady of Thorn, owe an annual head excise to the church of Thorn as well as a sum of money upon their death or marriage, and that they shall have no other guardian than the church of Thorn.

Originals

A1. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, inv. no. 33. Left chirograph section, with the lower letters of the motto: C[Y]RO[G]RAPH[V]M. Damaged with loss of text.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 16th-century} hand: Pro licentia nubendi sive contrahendi matrimonium dabit et duos denarios, 1263. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: R crossed out, Z.

Seal: one place of attachment, presumably for the announced seal of Thorn Abbey (LS1).

[A2]. not available, but known from A1, right part of the chirograph.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory Thorn, 27-28, no. 17, to A1. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 26, no. 33, to A1.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 55, no. 126.

Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, announces that he has given in fief to Arnoud of Houthem Buchoit forest , which, on the advice of his counsellors Arnoud, lord of Stein, Gozewijn of Borgharen, Jan of Haasdal, knights, and Raas of Printhagen, he had sold to him, together with the other fiefdoms held by Arnoud.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 179, reg. no. 16.

Notes on reverse: 1º by ^15th-century hand: De XXX bonaria terre. - 2º by ^17th-century hand: 1273.

Seal: one pendant seal, announced, namely: S1 of Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, of white wax, damaged. For a description and image of S1, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 158-159.

Copy

Not available.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 21, no. 16, after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 73, reg. no. 16. - Idem,Chronological List, 66, reg. no. 164.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Engelbert of Isenburg, archdeacon of Liege, and master Reinier, scholar in Tongeren and provisor of Hendrik III, bishop of Liege, settle the dispute between the archdeacon on the one hand and the canons and convent sisters of Thorn on the other concerning the tithes of Mertersem, Burgst and Overveld.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archives Thorn, inv. no. 2222.

Issue

a. Dillo-Van Synghel, ONB II, 379-381, no. 1060, after A.

Engelbert of Isenburg, archdeacon of Liege, orders the priest of Meerssen to promulgatethe pardon of the priest's office of Oirsbeek, which has been given by Walram, young lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, to provost, magistra and convent of St. Gerlach, for three feast days so that other interested parties can object before the archdeacon on 12 June and the monastery can return to it.

Original

[A]. Not present, shown by D sealed with one seal.

Copies

[B]. 25 January 1376, not available, but known from C, charter of the officiate of Liege and the archdeacon of the Kempen, to [A]. - C. 25 January 1376, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 173, reg. no. 71, certified copy by Albert Loze of 's-Hertogenbosch, public and imperial notary, at the request of the officiate of Liege and the archdeacon of the Kempen, first charter, to [B]. - D. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery of St. Gerlach te Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 275-276, under the heading: Collatio iuris patronatus ecclesie in Oirsbeek, and in margin: Num. 170, stating one place of seal, to [A]. - E]. before 1869, not available, but known from b, in 1869 still present in the church archives of Oirsbeek.

Expenses

a. Hugo, Annales, col. 737, no. XVI. - b. Habets, "Houthem-Sint-Gerlach', 213-214, no. 7, after [E]. - c. Franquinet, Reasoned inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 22, no. 17, after C. 

One-line summary

Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 73, reg. no. 17.

Coherence

For the appointment of the priest of Oirsbeek, see infra no. 23.

Text edition

In the absence of the original and the absence of text portions in the eighteenth-century cartulary, the present text has been published on the basis of copy C, with the significant variants of D, a and b in the notes.

Abbess Hildegonde and the convent of the abbey of Thorn, at the request of provost Jan, deacon Gillis, the archdeacon and the cathedral chapter at Liege as well as with the consent of Marsilius, Gundulf and Nicolaas of Welheim, priests, and Koenraad, canon of Thorn, divide the monastery estates in discharge of their debts. (Deperditum)

Listing

This charter is known from the dispositio of the charter dated 1265 (3 April  - 25 March 1266) of  abbess Hildegonde and the convent of the abbey of Thorn (see Thorn Collection, no. 23), where the present charter is mentioned: nobis ab ecclesia [***] ordinationem sive divisionem inter nos fecimus de bonis et reditibus nostris propter debita n[o]stra [***], [s]icut in [l]itteris super hoc confectis et sigillis nostris sigillatis plenius continetur.

Issue

Not previously published.

Coherence

For the request for confirmation of this division of property to the cathedral chapter at Liege, see Thorn Collection, no. 23.

Engelbert of Isenburg, archdeacon of Liege, informs Anselm, deacon of Susteren, that on the recommendation of the provost and convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem), patrons of the church of Oirsbeek, on account of the death of Arnoud van Haren, parish priest of Oirsbeek, he has appointed Theobald, canon of St. Gerlach, as parish priest there, and he instructs him to put Theobald in actual possession.

Original

[A]. Not available.

Copies

[B]. 25 January 1376, not available, but known from C, charter of the officiate of Liege and the archdeacon of the Kempen, to [A]. - C. 25 January 1376, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 173, reg. no. 71, certified copy by Albert Loze of 's-Hertogenbosch, public and imperial notary, at the request of the officiate of Liege and the archdeacon of the Kempen, second charter, to [B]. - D. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, p. 276-277, under the heading: Institutio fratris Thibodonis, canonici regularis ecclesie sancti Gerlaci, ordinis Premonstratensis, and in the margin: Num. 171, indicating one place of seal, to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory St. Gerlach, IV,22-23, no. 18. - Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 74, reg. no. 18.

Coherence

For the donation of the patronage right of the church of Oirsbeek to the monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, see infra no. 22.

Text edition

In the absence of the original, the present text is published on the basis of copy C, with the significant variants of D in the notes.

Abbess Hildegonde and the convent of the abbey of Thorn ask the cathedral chapter at Liege to approve the division of the monastic estates, as made at the request of provost Jan, deacon Gillis, the archdeacon and the cathedral chapter at Liege as well as with the consent of Marsilius, Gundulf and Nicholas of Welheim, priests, and Koenraad, canon of Thorn.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, inv. no. 34. Heavily damaged with loss of text.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 16th-century} hand: Supplicatio ad capitulum Sancti Lamberti ut dignetur divisionem inter abbatissam et capitulum approbare, 1265. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: S crossed out, Z.

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal, not announced, namely S2 of Hildegonde, abbess of Thorn, of white wax,badly damaged. For a description and illustration of S2, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 33. Given the seal location on the far right of the parchment, it is most likely that a seal was also affixed on the left side of the original.

Expenses

a. Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 28-29, no. 18 (dated 1265), after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 27, no. 34 (dated 1265), after A and a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 57, no. 131 (dated 1265).

Date

The use of Easter style by clerical institutions in the Diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Origin and coherence

This charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who worked from 1262 to 1273. For locating this scriptor, see ,Thorn no. 17.

The present charter refers to a charter of the abbess and convent of Thorn in which the distribution is made of the monastery estates in discharge of debts, see Thorn Collection, no. 22.

Text edition

A number of gaps in A were filled to print a, when these passages were still legible.

Provost Willem and the convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) declare that, with the consent of the deacon and chapter of St. Servaas Church at Maastricht, they have built a wall around their monastery in the allodium of the chapter on a piece of land on the side of Berg against a hereditary annual interest of two penning Liege. 

Original

[A]. Not available.

Copy

B. 6 Sept. 1279, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 31, reg. no. 21, validated by the deacon and chapter of St. Servaas Church at Maastricht, see infra no. 25, to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summary

Not available.

Origin and coherence

The present charter was issued together with two other charters concerning the construction of the wall on the same day, see under nos. 25 and 26.

Hendrik, bishop of Utrecht, determines that the abbess of Thorn, who holds the patronage right of the church of Avezaath, will install a priest with the approval of canons and monastic nuns of Thorn, and he also determines his income.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 36. 

Issue

a. Ketner, OSU III, 433-434, no. 1690, after A.

The deacon and Chapter of St. Servaas Church at Maastricht validate a charter of the provost and convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) dated 6 September 1279, concerning the construction of a wall around the monastery of St. Gerlach and confirm that they have received this charter.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 31, reg. no. 21. Lined.

Notes on reverse: 1º by last quarter ^14th-century hand: H II. - 2º by ^15th-centuryhand: De quittatione allodii unius bonarii terre siti infra muros monasterii. - 3º by ^17th-centuryhand: 1279. - 4º by ^18th-century hand: Num. 74.

Seal: one hanging affixed seal, announced, namely: S1 seal of the chapter of St. Servaas Church at Maastricht, of green wax, damaged. For a description and illustration, see Venner, "Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 155.

Copy

B.1735 Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartulary), p. 120-121, under the heading: Litere domini decani et capituli sancti Servatii Traiectensis de quittatione allodii unius bonnarii terre infra murum monasterii, and in the margin: Num. 74, specifying one place of sealing, after A.

Issue

a. Hackeng, The Medieval Land Property, 320, no. 101, incomplete, after A.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory St. Gerlach, IV, 24, no. 20. - Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 75, reg. no. 21. - Idem, Chronological List, 73, reg. no. 186.

Origin and coherence

The present charter was issued together with two other charters concerning the construction of the wall on the same day, see infra nos. 24 and 26. The script of this charter differs greatly from the other charters in the fund of St. Gerlach by the use of the diplomatic minuscule with extremely long shanks, a very large interline with extra interval between lines 4 and 5 and 10 and 11, the large, highly decorated initial and the strangely turned over form of the plica. A possible localization of this scriptor in the chapter of St. Servaas has proved impossible due to the lack of comparative material from this period. Only one original has survived, dated 20-03-1275 (Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.B002A, archives Chapter of Saint Servaas at Maastricht, 1062-1797, inv. no. 422), issued by the provost of Saint Servaas, and this charter is written in Gothic italics.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Provost Jan, deacon Gillis, the archdeacon and the cathedral chapter of Liege render judgment in the dispute between Willem van Buggenum, priest of Beek, and the canons of Thorn concerning the great tithes at Beek.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 37.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 16th-century} hand: 1266. - ^2o by ^17th-century hand: Q. - 3o^{by 18th-century} hand: Maiores decimas de Beken. - 4o ^{by 18th-century}hand: B.

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal, not announced, namely: S1 of the cathedral chapter of Liege, of brown wax. For a description and illustration of S1, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 21-23.

Copies

B. first half of the ^15th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archive Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid Thorn, inv. no. 1628 (formerly cartularium no. 1) = Cartularium abbatiae imperialis Thorensis, 966-1600, pp. 57-58 (old fol. 33r-v), under the heading: De decima de Beke, in the margin C, to A. - C. ^18th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Thorn, inv. no. 1629 = Codex or cartularium IV, 992-1762 (band of notarized transcripts abbey of Thorn), p. 35-37, simple copy. - D. Ibidem, idem, p. 63, under the heading: De decima de Beke, left margin: Copia N. 2, copy, with mention of seal, to A.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 30-31, no. 20. - Habets, Archives Thorn, 30-31, no. 20. - Haas, Chronological List, 58, no. 135.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, announces that the provost and convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) have built a wall around their monastery in the chapter's allodium, with the consent of the deacon and chapter of St. Servaas Church at Maastricht.

on a piece of land on the side of Berg at a hereditary annual interest of two penny Luiks and he acknowledges having no rights to this land.

Original

[A]. Not present, shown by B sealed with one seal.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 191-192, under the heading: Confirmatio domini Walrami de Monjoie et Valckenburgh literrarum domini decani et capituli sancti Servatii Traiectensis de quittatione unius allodii unius bonnarii terre infra murum monasterii sancti Gerlaci, and in the margin: Num. 128, specifying one place of sealing,to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summary

Not available.

Date

Since the agreement between the monastery St. Gerlach (at Houthem) and the deacon and chapter of the church of Saint Servaas at Maastricht on the construction of a wall dates from 1279 (see infra nos. 24 and 25), the year in the present charter must have been corruptly handed down in the cartulary and its index.

Origin and coherence

The present charter was issued together with two other charters concerning the construction of the wall on the same day, see under nos. 24 and 25.

Dirk van Heeswijk, knight, commits to obtaining from the bishop of Utrecht a charter concerning the appointment of his proposed priest at the church of Avezaath, whose collateral right belongs to the abbess of Thorn, and concerning the regulation of his income from the tithes and goods at Avezaath.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 39.

Issue

a. Ketner, OSU IV, 4-5, no. 1723, after A.

Origin

This charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who worked from 1262 to 1273. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 17.

The aldermen of Maastricht certify that Oger, lord of Borgharen, knight, guardian of Maastricht, with the consent of his wife and their children, has donated a fourth part of a stone house, situated on the Graanmarkt at Maastricht, to the provost and convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem), that Jan, son of the late Wijnand, knight, and his children have renounced a fourth part in that house, that Dirk de Lata Platea has renounced a fourth part in that house as well as half of a fourth part that is hereditarily due to him and that Oda, mother of Dirk, with the consent of her children, has hereditarily given half of a fourth part in that house to the provost and convent of St. Gerlach against an annual property tax payment. The provost and convent will pay the land tax to the bishop of Liege, and Oda will not give or receive any remuneration.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 63, reg. no. 22.

Notes on reverse: 1° by last quarter ^14th-century hand: S j. - 2° by ^15th-century hand: Dit is der breyff weir ons dat hus van Trech dat steynen hus halff gegeven hubt. - 3° by ^17th-centuryhand : 1279.

Sealing: five affixed seals, announced, namely: S1 of Godfried, (son of lady) Osa, alderman of Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged. - S2 of Jan Suevus, alderman of Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged. - S4 from Olbert Colsop, alderman of Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged. - S5 originally a fragment of Godfried van Montenaken, alderman of Maastricht, which, however, during the restoration between March 1975 and October 1976, was erroneously replaced by a fragment of an unknown sealer, of brown wax, damaged, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 163; and one attachment place for the announced seal of Hendrik Grinart, alderman of Maastricht, (SD3). Venner signals that in the present charter the usual seniority to the aldermen's names was not followed in the intitulatio, but that the seals were confirmed in that order. For a description and illustration of S1, S2, S4 and S5, see Venner, "Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 162, 162,162-163 and 163, respectively.

Issue

a. Nève, The thirteenth-century aldermen's charters, 53-55, no. 1279.12.28 (with translation), after A.

Copy

Not available.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory St. Gerlach, IV, 24, no. 21. - Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 75, reg. no. 22. - Idem, Chronological List, 73, reg. no. 187.

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Origin

This charter has been written by a scriptor who has also minted Maastricht aldermanic charters. Among other things, he wrote an alderman's charter dated20-03-1285 on behalf of

St. Servaas at Maastricht (Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.B002A, archives chapter of St. Servaas at Maastricht, 1062-1797, inv. no. 455).

Hendrik, Friar Minor, Bishop of Chiemsee and Vicar of Hendrik III, and Bishop of Liege, declares that he has consecrated five altars at Thorn Abbey and has granted a number of indulgences.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 40. 

Annotation on reverse: 1o^{by 18th-century} hand: Indulgenti[***] consecratorum quinque [***], 1268; Q.

Seal: one hanging seal, announced, namely: S1 of Hendrik, Bishop of Chiemsee, of brown wax, damaged. For a description and illustration of S1, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 15.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 33-34, no. 22. - Habets, Archives Thorn, 32, no. 40. - Haas, Chronological List, 59, no. 40.

The abbot and convent of Kloosterrade sell all their goods at Houthem in the lands and jurisdiction of the lord of Valkenburg to provost and convent of St. Gerlach monastery (at Houthem) for eleven marks Liege, with which the abbey discharges the outpost at Gerse.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 42, reg. no. 19.

Notes on reverse:^1o by last quarter ^14th-century hand: B II. -^2oby^17th-centuryhand: 1279. -^3oby 18th-century hand Num. 78.

Sealing: two affixed seals, announced, namely: S1 of Anselm, abbot of Kloosterrade, of white wax, damaged. - S2 of the convent of Kloosterrade, of white wax, badly damaged. For a description and illustration of S1 and S2 and the identification of Anselm, see Venner, "Seals convent St. Gerlach', 153 and 154, respectively.

Issue

See Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 232-234, no. 125.

Abbot Hendrik and the convent of St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht promise to give the income from their tithes and goods at Zandwijk to the abbess and convent of Thorn for five years as compensation for the overdue rents from the goods at Avezaath and Hemert and appoint arbitrators in case a conflict should arise.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 45.

Copy

B. simultaneously, Ibidem, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, inv. no. 45, by the abbey of Thorn, formerly sealed by the abbess and convent of Thorn, to A. 

Issue

a. Ketner, OSU IV, 43-44, no. 1770, after A.

Origin and coherence

Both the original and the simultaneous copy were minted by a scriptor from Thorn Abbey, who worked from 1262 to 1273. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 17.

On 1 December 1270 the abbess and convent of Thorn issued a charter in which they enjoined the guarantors stipulated in the present charter, namely Steven, deacon of St. Peter's church in Utrecht, Hubert, treasurer of St. Peter's church in Utrecht, Tielman van Keulen, Gijsbert van Amstel and master Hendrik, canons of the Chapter of Our Lady in Utrecht, enjoined to go into levy within Rhenen or Tiel because St. Paul's Abbey had not made the promised payment to Thorn Abbey. According to Ketner, OSU IV, 58, no. 1790, this charter was kept in the archives of the abbey of Thorn under inv. no. 45 and was transfigured to copy B of the present charter. Currently this document is no longer available. For the edition of the charter dated 1 December 1270, see Ketner, OSU IV, 58-59, no. 1790.

Adolf, abbot of (St. Michael's Abbey at) Siegburg, allows Herman Scotto, monk there, to acquire and use for himselfthe inheritances that will accrue to him upon the death of his sister-in-law Geertrui of Siecht, beguine at Maastricht.

Original

[A]. Not extant, shown by B sealed with one seal. To this charter was transfigured the charter of John, provost in Millen, dated 28 April 1286, see infra no. 30.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, p. 293, under the heading: Abbas Siibergensis approbat venditionem bonorum fratris Hermanni dicti Scotto in Oirsbeeke, and in the margin: Num. 183, stating one place of seal, to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summary

Not available.

Dating, origin and coherence

The use of Easter style by St. Michael's Abbey at Siegburg has been assumed in accordance with the annual style used in the archdiocese of Cologne during this period, see Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, XVI. Assuming Easter style, the terminus post quem is 12 April 1286. The terminus ante quem can be derived from a charter of Jan, provost in Millen, dated 28 April 1286, which mentions the present charter: per cartulam que litere domini abbatis de Sigebergh est innexa et sigillo nostro sigillata protamur, see infra no. 30. This passage also shows that the charter, issued by Jan, provost in Millen, is a transfix. Both charters have been copied in the eighteenth-century cartulary under the same heading.

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Deacon Amelis and deacon Steven of St. Peter's Church in Utrecht validate a charter of abbess Hildegonde and the chapter of Thorn dated 27 April 1237, concerning the tithing of Hemert and the revenues at Avezaath.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 16.

Issue

a. Ketner, OSU IV, 31, no. 1755, after A.

Coherence

For the validated charter of abbess Hildegonde and the chapter of Thorn, see Thorn Collection, no. 10.

Jan, provost in Millen, declares that Herman Scotto, monk of (St. Michael's Abbey at) Siegburg, has sold to the provost of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) goods in the parish of Oirsbeek that accrued to him upon the death of his sister-in-law Geertrui (of Siecht), beguine (at Maastricht).

Original

[A]. Not present, shown by B sealed with one seal.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, p. 293, under the heading: Abbas Siibergensis approbat venditionem bonorum fratris Hermanni dicti Scotto in Oirsbeeke, and in the margin: Num. 183, stating one place of seal, to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summary

Not available.

Origin and coherence

The present charter is the transfix of the charter mentioned in the dispositio of Adolf, abbot of St. Michaels Abbey at Siegburg, see infra no. 29. Both charters have been copied under the same heading in the eighteenth-century cartulary.

Abbot Hendrik and the convent of St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht declare that they have received from the abbess and convent of Thorn tithes and other property in Hemert in perpetual lease for an annual payment.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 41. 

Issue

a. Ketner, OSU IV, 35-36, no. 1760, after A.

Coherence

For the approval of this lease by provost, deacon, archdeacon and the cathedral chapter of Liege dated July 1269, the approval by Amelis, cathedral deacon in Utrecht, dated 30 August 1269, as well as by Amelis and the cathedral chapter in Utrecht dated 30 August 1269, see below Collection Thorn, nos. 31, 32 and 33 respectively.

Willem, provost, and the convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) declare that they owe to Hendrik van Retersbeek and Clementia, his wife, citizens of Maastricht, an annual annuity of rye for the donation of land at Beek, of which one portion depended on the lord of Valkenburg and another on Godfried of Audesteyde, as well as lands at Haasdal, dependant on the provost of Meerssen, and draw up clauses in case of the death of Henry or Clementia. Walram, lord of Valkenburg, approves this agreement.

Original 

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives St. Gerlach convent in Houthem, inv. no. 18-1, reg. no. 23.

Annotation on reverse: 1º by ^17th-century hand: 1287.

Seal: three places of attachment for the announced seals of William, provost of St. Gerlach (at Houthem), of the monastery St. Gerlach (at Houthem) and of Walram, lord of Valkenburg, (LS1, LS2 and LS3).

Copy

Not available.

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 25-26, no. 22, after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory of St. Gerlach, 75-76, reg. no. 23. - Idem, Chronological List, 82, reg. no. 217.

Origin and coherence

The present charter shows no scriptural relationship with the charter of Walram, lord of Valkenburg, dated 01-05-1288 on the conversion of the feudal land into allodial land at Beek, see infra no. 32.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Provost Jan, deacon Gillis, the archdeacon and the cathedral chapter of Liege approve the lease agreement on property in Avezaath and Hemert between St. Paul's Abbey of Utrecht and Thorn Abbey, as agreed in June 1269.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 42. 

Issue

a. Ketner, OSU IV, 37-38, no. 1762, after A.

Coherence

For the lease agreement between St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht and Thorn Abbey dated June 1269, see Thorn Collection, no. 30. For the approval of this lease by Amelis, archdeacon at Utrecht, dated 30 August 1269, and the cathedral chapter at Utrecht dated 30 August 1269, see Collection Thorn, nos. 32 and 33, respectively.

Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, declares that he has released land at Beek, which Hendrik van Retersbeek and Clementia, his wife, have held from him in fief and had ceded for the benefit of the provost and convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem), from the burdens as fief property and  has transferred it to the provost and convent as allodial property, after which the convent have sold this land to Jan Suevus, citizen of Maastricht.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach  in Houthem, inv. no. 18-2, reg. no. 24.

Notes on reverse: 1˚ by ^15th-centuryhand: De XV bonaria terre. - 2˚ by last quarter ^14th-century hand: K j. - 3˚ by ^17th-century hand: 1288. - 3˚ by ^18th-centuryhand : Num. 73.

Sealing: two affixed, double pierced seals, announced, namely: S1 of Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, of brown wax, damaged. - S2 of the monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, of brown wax, badly damaged; and one confirmation, presumably for the announced seal of the provost of St. Gerlach at Houthem (SD3). For a description and illustration of S1 and S2, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 159-160 and 152, respectively.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 119-120, under the heading: Littere domini Walrami de quindecim bonnariis terre iacentibus apud Beek, and in the margin: Num. 73, stating three places of sealing, to [A].

Issue

a. Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 26-28, no. 23, after A.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory of St. Gerlach, 76, reg. no. 24. - Idem, Chronological List, 85, reg. no. 224.

Origin and coherence

The present charter shows no scriptural relationship with the charter of William, provost, and the convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) dated 28-06-1287, concerning the land at Beek, dependent on Walram, lord of Valkenburg, see infra no. 31.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Amelis, cathedral deacon in Utrecht and provisor in spiritual affairs of Utrecht, approves the lease agreement between St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht and Thorn Abbey regarding the tithes of Hemert, as agreed in June 1269.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 43. 

Issue

a. Ketner, OSU IV, 39-40, no. 1765, after A.

Coherence

For the lease agreement between St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht and Thorn Abbey dated June 1269, see Thorn Collection, no. 30. For confirmation of this agreement by provost, deacon, archdeacon and the cathedral chapter of Liege dated July 1269, and approval by Amelis and the cathedral chapter at Utrecht dated 30 August 1269, see Thorn Collection, nos. 31 and 33, respectively.

Goblio van Schinnen, canon of St. Peter's at Liege, has  stipulated that with the sale of his grain at Hegge, his debts should be paid and the property extorted and unlawfully obtained by him should be returned, that thereafter his burial should first be paid and finally the remainder should be spent on the enlargement of an altar in St. Peter's Church at Liege. (Deperditum)

Original

Not available.

Copy

Not available.

Listing

This charter is known from the dispositio of a charter of Goblio of Schinnen, canon of St. Peter at Liege, see infra no. 34, where the present charter is mentioned: Item et quod supercreverit ultra solutionem dictarum exequiarum, cedat in augmentum altaris, construendi in ecclesia sancti Petri, prout in aliis litteris meis continetur.

Issue

Not previously published.

Amelis, deacon, and the cathedral chapter in Utrecht approve the lease agreement between St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht and Thorn Abbey, as agreed in June 1269.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 44. 

Issue

a. Ketner, OSU IV, 40, no. 1766, after A.

Coherence

For the lease agreement between St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht and Thorn Abbey dated June 1269, see Thorn Collection, no. 30. For confirmation of this agreement by provost, deacon, archdeacon and the cathedral chapter of Liege dated July 1269, and approval by Amelis, cathedral deacon at Utrecht, dated 30 August 1269, see Thorn Collection, nos. 31 and 32, respectively.

Goblio van Schinnen, canon of St. Peter's at Liege, bequeaths by will to the monastery of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) his goods at Hegge for the benefit of the foundation of an altar in the monastery, asks the monastery to take in one of the daughters of Lord Godfried of Spaubeek, knight, donates a bed to her and grants for the costs of her entry from his property at Hegge rye and wheat and for as long as she lives annually 1 mark sterling and rye. Furthermore, he bequeaths a number of goods to his niece, daughter, maid and servant and appoints a number of persons as executors of the will.

Original

[A]. Not available.

Copy

B. 7 June 1289, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 96, reg. no. 27, validated by the officer of the court of Liege, to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 28-29, no. 24 (dated 29 November 1288). - Poncelet, Inventaire analytique, 18, no. 50. - Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 77, reg. no. 25.

Coherence

The present charter mentions another charter of Goblio of Schinnen concerning the construction of an altar in St. Peter's Church in Liege from the sale of his goods at Hegge: Item et quod supercreverit ultra solutionem dictarum exequiarum, cedat in augmentum altaris construendi in ecclesia sancti Petri, prout in aliis litteris meis continetur. For this deperditum, see infra no. 33.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Arnoud, priest and vicar of the church of Oeteren, donates by will his inheritances in the parish of Oeteren equally to the abbess and convent of the abbey of Thorn and to the abbess and convent of the Abbey of Our Lady of Oeteren, with the exception of an annual prperty tax of four capons, previously donated to the abbess of Thorn, and of the usufruct of those goods and his movable property, which he transfers to his son Jan. He also appoints a number of persons as executor of the will.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 46. Damaged with loss of text.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 15th-century} hand: Nederoeteren. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: Testamentum cuiusdam pastoris de Nederoeteren qui legavit medietatem suorum bonorum abbatie et aliam medietatem capitulo, 1270. - 3o^{by 17th-century} hand: O crossed out, I.

Seal: five sealing sites (with hanging remnants of the parchment seal tails), presumably for the announced seals (LS1, LS2, LS3, LS4 and LS5).

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 41-42, no. 28. - Habets, Archives Thorn, 38, no. 46. - Haas, Chronological List, 63, no. 152.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Origin

This charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who worked from 1262 to 1273. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 17.

The officer of the court of Liege validates the will of Goblio van Schinnen, canon of St. Peter at Liege, dated 1288.12.01.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 96, reg. no. 27.

Notes on reverse: ^1o by last quarter ^14th-century hand: I II. -^2oby^15th-centuryhand: Testamentum. - 3˚ by^17th-centuryhand: 1288. - 4˚ by^18th-centuryhand: Num. 91.

Seal: one place of attachment for the dependent seal of the court of Liege, announced (SD1).

Copy

B. (ca. 1736) Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the  monastery of St. Gerlach in Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartulary) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 137-139, under the heading: Testamentum domini Goblionis de Schine in quo monasterio sancti Gerlaci legat certa bona in Heeke, and in the margin: Num. 91, indicating one place of seal, to A.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory of St. Gerlach, 78, reg. no. 27. - Idem, Chronological List, 86, no. 229.

Origin

The present charter has been written by the same hand as the charter issued by the officiate in 1290, see infra no. 36. Therefore, the scriptor can probably be situated in the circle of the court of Liege. The script also shows very strong affinity with the charter issued in 1290 by the provost and convent of St. Gerlach, see infra no. 37.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Engelbert of Isenburg, archdeacon of Liege, approves the provisions that the late Master Reinier, scholar in Tongeren and provisor in spiritual affairs of Hendrik III, bishop of Liege, after his visitation of the abbey of Thorn had established concerning the church of Baarle and adds new provisions concerning the income of the church of Baarle. The abbess and convent of the abbey of Thorn and Gozewijn, priest of Baarle, approve and co-sign.

Original

[A]. Not available.

Copy

B. first half of 15th^century , Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archives Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 1628 (formerly cartularium no. 1) = Cartularium abbatiae imperialis Thorensis, 966-1600, p. 162-164 (old fol. 85v-86v), under the heading: Approbatio premisse incorporationis sive ordinationis ecclesie de Baerll de consensu pastoris per archidiaconum loci facta, and De ecclesia de Baerle, authenticated copy by S. van Neeroeteren, to [A].

Issue

a. Dillo-Van Synghel, ONB II, 444-446, no. 1096, after B.

Coherence

For the charter of the bishop of Liege, in which he recorded the provisions regarding the church of Baarle after the visitation by Master Reinier, as well as its ratification by the abbess of Thorn, see Thorn Collection, nos. 17 and 19.

The officer of the court of Liege rules on a lawsuit between provost and convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) on the one hand and Jan van Meer and his wife Oda of Maastricht on the other regarding the convent's claim to half of the estate of Godfried Kenterken of Maastricht, brother of Oda and of Jutta, nun of St. Gerlach, and he assigns half of the property to the convent.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 98, reg. no. 26.

Notes on reverse (legible only under a quartz lamp): ^1o by ^13th-century hand: Est Mat[ri]fardus, per manum domini Iohannisde Doirne sigilletur et michi reddatur quia opportet quod scribatur manu me (sic) et tunc signabitur ista per copiam. - ^2o by ^18th-century hand: Sententia lata 1289 per quam religiosi pr[***] possunt [***] immobilia.

Seal: one place of attachment for the double pierced, announced seal of the court of Liege (SD1).

Copy

Not available.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 29-30, no. 25 (dated 13 January 1289). - Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 77, no. 26 (dated 13 January 1289).. - Idem,Chronological List, 85, reg. no. 226 (dated 13 January 1289).

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Origin

The present charter has been written by the same hand as the charter issued by the officiate in 1289, see infra no. 35. Therefore, the scriptor can probably be situated in the circle of the court of Liege. The script also shows very strong affinity with the charter issued in 1290 by the provost and convent of St. Gerlach, see infra no. 37.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

The abbess and convent of Thorn Abbey make an arrangement with Marsilius, father of Gerard Bec of Ubach, concerning the reclaimed land of the farmstead at Übach. (Deperditum) 

Neither original nor transcript available.

Listing

This charter is known from the dispositio of the charter dated 19 February 1272 of Michael, canon of the Maastricht chapter of Our Lady, and Godfried Bec of Ubach (see Thorn Collection, no. 37), where the present charter is mentioned: pronuntiamus quod dictus Gerardus infra dominicam Invocavit me ad certum diem reddet domine abbatisse et conventui de Thoren litteramquam dederant ipsi abbatissa et conventus patri suo, Marsilio, super cultura curie ipsarum in Vbach, sigillis dictorum abbatisse et conventus sigillatam.

Issue

Not previously published.

Coherence

For the ruling in the dispute between the abbess and convent of Thorn and Gerard Bec of Ubach concerning the farmstead, fields and buildings of the abbey at Ubach, see Thorn Collection, no. 37.

The provost and convent of St. Gerlach monastery (at Houthem) report to the pope (Nicholas IV) that they have appointed Richald, parish priest of Orsmaal, and Robert of Millen, clergyman, as their procurators before the papal court and that they may appoint one or more deputies with the same authority.

Original

A. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archive monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 5, reg. no. 28.

Notes on reverse: 1˚ by late ^13th-century hand: Prepositus et conventus monasterii sancti Gerlaci. - 2˚ by ^17th-century hand: 1290.

Seal: one place of attachment, presumably for the announced seal of the Deacon and Chapter of Our Lady of Maastricht (LS1).

Copy

Not available.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Reasoned Inventory St. Gerlach, IV, 30, no. 26. - Haas, Inventory St. Gerlach, 78, reg. no. 28. - Idem, Chronological List, 88, reg. no. 235.

Origin

The script of the present charter shows very strong affinity with the two charters of the officiating court of Liege, which were minted by the same scriptor, see infra nos. 35 and 36.

Michael, canon of the Chapter of Our Lady in Maastricht, and Godfried Bec of Übach pass judgement in the dispute between the abbess and convent of Thorn on the one hand and Gerard Bec, brother of Godfried, on the other concerning the farm, fields and buildings of the abbey at Übach.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, inv. no. 48. Heavily damaged with loss of text.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 14th-century} hand: Compositio inter dominam abbatissam et conventum et Gherardum Beck. - 2o ^{by 16th-century} hand: Null[ius est valoris, 1271. - 3o ^{by 17th-century} hand : I, O.

Sealing: three hanging seals (S1, S2 and S3) and two fixing places (LS4 and LS5), while only four seals have been announced, namely of Michael, canon of the Maastricht Chapter of Our Lady, of Hendrik, former deacon of the Maastricht Chapter of Our Lady, of the abbess of Thorn and of Herman, deacon of the Maastricht Chapter of Our Lady. The surviving seals are: S1 of Guda of Rennenberg, abbess of Thorn, badly damaged, of brown wax; S2 possibly of Herman, deacon of the Chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht, badly damaged, of brown wax; S3 an unidentifiable seal, badly damaged, of brown wax. For a description and illustration of S1, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 34; for the identification problem, a description and illustration of S2 and for the unidentified S3, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 23-24.

Expenses

a. Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 43-46, no. 30 (dated 16 January 1271), after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 39-42, no. 48 (dated 16 January 1271), after a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 64, no. 156.

Date

The use of Easter style by clerical institutions in the Diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Origin and coherence

This charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who worked from 1262 to 1273. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 17.

The present charter refers to a charter of the abbess and convent of Thorn for Marsilius, father of Gerard Bec of Ubach, see Thorn Collection, no. 36.

Text edition

The gaps in A are completed according to print a. The distinction between c and t is poorly visible.

The aldermen of Maastricht certify that Hendrik van Retersbeek, healthy in body and mind, has transferred his movable property and claims to Dirk, commander of the Teutonic Order, for the benefit of the house and the friars of the house of St. Mary at Aldenbiesen, on the condition that the provost and convent of the convent St. Gerlach (at Houthem) are free from all claims, disputes, obligations and other matters with regard to these goods, except for an annuity of rye that grows on the other side of the Maas. The provost and convent of St. Gerlach must pay this life annuity at Maastricht to the commander and brothers at Maastricht as long as Hendrik lives, and this interest will return to them freely and completely after his death.

Originals

A1. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives St. Gerlach convent in Houthem, inv. no. 97-1, reg. no. 29. - Neatly preserved except for stains on text.

Notes on reverse: ^1o by ^16th-century hand: [...]a VI modios siliginis. - ^2o by ^17th-century hand: 1293. - ^3o by ^18th-century hand : Renuntiatio Godefridi super sex modios siliginis, 1293. - ^4o by ^18th-century hand: Num. 81.

Sealing: three affixed seals, announced, namely: S2 of the provost of St. Gerlach at Houthem, of brown wax, damaged. - S3 of Godfried, son of the late Floriman, alderman of Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged. - S4 of Florentius, alderman of Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged; and one mount, presumably for the announced seal of Dirk, commander of the Teutonic Order (LS1). For a description and illustration of S2, S3 and S4, see Venner, 'Seals monastery St. Gerlach', 153, 163 and 164, respectively.

A2. Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives St. Gerlach convent in Houthem, inv. no. 97-2, reg. no. 29.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 17th-century}hand: Quitingh of rents. - ^2o by ^17th-century hand: 1299 (changed in pencil to 1293). - 3o ^{by 18th-century}hand: Num. 81.

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal, announced, namely: S2 of the provost of St. Gerlach at Houthem, of brown wax, damaged; and three places of confirmation, presumably for the announced seals of Dirk, commander of the Teutonic Order, Godfried, son of the late Floriman, alderman of Maastricht, and Florentius, alderman of Maastricht (LS1, LS3 and LS4). For a description and illustration of S2, see Venner, "Seals the monastery St. Gerlach', 153.

Copy

Not available.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory of St. Gerlach, IV, 31-32, no. 27, to A1. - b. Nève, The thirteenth-century aldermen's charters, 94-95, no. 1293.05.15 (with translation), to A1 and A2.

One-line summaries

Haas, Inventory of St. Gerlach, 78, reg. no. 29. - Idem, Chronological List, 95, nos. 257 and 257a.

Origin

A1 and A2 have been written by the same hand. This scribe can be situated in the circle of the Maastricht aldermen, since this hand has  also minted an alderman's charter for a Maastricht beguine in 1293 (see Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.B002A, archives chapter of St. Servaas at Maastricht, 1062-1797, inv. no. 463).

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent. The gaps in A1 have been filled in to A2 in square brackets to A2.

Oger of Geilenkirchen, Olf of Scharn, Kuno of Molenarken and his brother Reinier Hunken, knights, as arbitrators, announce that Gerard of Bircde, knight, in his dispute with the abbess and convent of the abbey of Thorn, together with his wife and children, has renounced any claim and demand against the abbey of Thorn.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 49. 

Notes on reverse: ^1o by ^13th-centuryhand: De domino Gherardo de Bircden. - ^2oby ^17th-centuryhand: 1272. - ^3oby ^17th-centuryhand : Compositio facta et concordia cum de presenti in memoria non est differentia. - ^4oby ^17th-centuryhand: S crossed out, A. - ^5oby ^18th-centuryhand : In hac compositione status questionis non describitur.

Sealing: three mounts (with hanging remnants of the parchment seal tails), presumably for the announced seals (LS1, LS2 and LS3).

Copies

B. ^18th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid Thorn, inv. no. 1629 = Codex or cartularium IV, 992-1762 (band of notarized transcripts abbey Thorn), pp. 39-40, simple transcript. - C. ^18th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187A, archive Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid Thorn, inv. no. 1629 = Codex or cartularium IV, 992-1762 (band of notarized transcripts abbey of Thorn), p. 41, simple copy, indicating three places of seal. - D. last quarter ^18th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Thorn, inv. no. 1631, Cartularium, p. 12-14, under the heading: Compositio nate inter abbatissam et conventum Thorensem ex una et Gerardum de Berode ex altera parte discordie anno 1272, specifying three places of sealing, simple copy, after A.

Expenses

a. Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 46-48, no. 31 (dated 18 January 1272), after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 42-43, no. 49 (dated 18 January 1272), after a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 66, no. 162.

Origin

This charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who worked from 1262 to 1273. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 17.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is poorly visible.

Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, promises not to put pressure on the St. Gerlach convent (at Houthem) to admit more than thirty nuns, in accordance with the agreement with prioress and convent about reducing the number of nuns. Willem, abbot of Prémontré, approves this ordinance.

Originals

[A1]. Not present, shown by B sealed with two seals.

[A2]. Not present, shown by C sealed with two seals.

Copies

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 139-140, under the heading: Litere domini Walrami de Monjoe et Valckenburgh et domini Guillemni, abbatis Premonstratensis, quod ultra XV sorores nulla debet recipi, and in the margin: Num. 92, indicating two places of sealing, to [A1]. - C. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives monastery St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 363-364, under the heading: Copia literarum domini Walrami de Valckenborgh et domini abbatis Premonstratensis, quod ultra 30 sorores nulla debet recipi, and in the margin: Num. 221, stating two places of sealing, to [A2].

Issue

Habets, "Houthem-Sint-Gerlach', 215-216, no. 9, after C.

Origins and text edition

The present charter has been handed down through two transcripts in the same cartulary, which differ in one essential point, namely the maximum number of convent sisters. Copy B mentions fifteen, copy C thirty. Although these transcripts are in the same cartulary No. 1, they were considered by the copyist to be two different charters with separate headings in the index and with a unique reference number. Both cartulary transcripts refer to an original charter. Apart from the different number of monastic sisters, the variant research indicates the existence of two different versions. In all probability, these go back to a double issue, one copy for the lord of Valkenburg and Monschau and one for the monastery of St. Gerlach. The number of thirty convent sisters in copy C seems most probable to us, because Dirk IV, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, in a charter dated. 15 February 1345, declares that hewill respect the prohibition toadmit more than thirty nuns into the convent of St. Gerlach: et ea de causa receperunt et habent inhibitionem a suis superioribus sive praelatis ne aliquando de caetero recipiant domicellam in suum conventum donec ad tricesimum numerum redigantur (see Habets, 'Houthem-Sint-Gerlach', 216-217, no. 10). Consequently, for the text edition, copy C was preferred as the basic text, with an indication of the variants of B in the notes.

Abbess Guda (of Rennenberg) and the convent of Thorn abbey and Willem II, lord of Horn and guardian of the abbey, appoint Gijsbert of Bruchausen, Jan of Rennenberg, canons of Liege, Hendrik of Baexem, knight, and Marsilius of Berg as arbitrators to settle their disputes.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 50. 

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 17th-century} hand: Compromissum inter dominum de Horne et abbatissam Thoren (sic) Gudam, 1273. - ^2o by ^17th-century hand: A crossed out, H.

Seal: one hanging affixed seal, announced, namely: S3 of Guda of Rennenberg, abbess of Thorn, damaged, of brown wax; and two affixes, presumably for the announced seals of Willem II, lord of Horn, and the convent of Thorn (LS1 and LS2). For a description and illustration of S3, see Venner, "Seals of Thorn," 34.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory Thorn, 48-49, no. 32, to A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 43-44, no. 50, to a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 66, no. 163.

Origin

This charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who worked from 1262 to 1273. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 17.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Aldermen of Oirsbeek certify that Willem Scheld of Doenrade and his wife Geertrui have sold four acres of arable land in the parish of Oirsbeek near Doenrade to the provost and convent of St. Gerlach (at Houthem) and that they will pay an annual rent in the form of rye to the convent and pay the property tax from the leased land for the convent.

Original

[A]. Not present, shown by B sealed with one seal.

Copy

B. 1735, Maastricht, RHCL, access no. 14.D003, archives of the monastery of St. Gerlach at Houthem, inv. no. 1 (cartularium) = Privelegien ende register der obligatien en andere erffcontracten des adelijcken cloosters van St. Gerlach, pp. 292-293, under the heading: Emptio 4 bonnariorum terre arabilis iuxta Dondenrode in parochia de Oirsbeke, anno 1293, and in the margin: Num. 182, stating one place of seal, to [A].

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summary

Not available.

Arnoud of Leuven and his spouse Isabella, lord and lady of Breda, sell to abbess Guda (of Rennenberg) and the convent of the abbey of Thorn the portion of the annual excise established on the court at Gilze, which had been sold in December 1243 by the abbess and convent to the lord of Breda.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, prel. inv. no. 2223.

Issue

a. Dillo-Van Synghel, ONB II, 550-552, no. 1146, after A.

Coherence

For the sale by abbess Hildegonde and the convent of Thorn Abbey in December 1243, see Thorn Collection, no. 11.

Arnoud of Leuven and his wife Isabella, lord and lady of Breda, sell to abbess Guda (of Rennenberg) and the convent of the abbey of Thorn the old and new tithing within the parish of Etten.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 54.

Issue

a. Dillo-Van Synghel, ONB II, 560-563, no. 1152, after A.

Arnoud of Leuven and his wife Isabella, lord and lady of Breda, give Arnoud Coreman and his wife Heilwich wasteland located at Hulsdonk within the seigniory of Breda, against an annual inheritance tax.

Copy

B. ca. 1700, Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 55, second piece = Copie verclaringhe ofte vidimus van den abt des cloosters van Sinte Michiels tott Antwerpen; Q, under the heading: Copie copie, after a lost copy dated 3 March 1345.

Issue

a. Dillo-Van Synghel, ONB II, 643-644, no. 1195.

Arnoud of Leuven and his wife Isabella, lord and lady of Breda, donate to the inhabitants of Breda the common lands near Breda within defined boundaries, as well as the new lands issued during the last three years.

Copy

B. 1664, Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 57.

Issue

a. Dillo-Van Synghel, ONB II, 648-650, no. 1198.

Amicus de Lude, canon of the chapter of St. Lambert at Liege, and Herman, cellar master of the abbey of Val-Dieu, pronounce judgment in the dispute between the abbeys of Thorn and Oriënten (at Rummen) over the placement of serfs in the parish of Oeteren without the consent of the abbey of Thorn, as well as over the tithe levy and the use of the public road and common meadows there, which the abbey of Oriënten hadconfiscated to the detriment of the abbey of Thorn.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 56. Damaged with text loss; lined, bottom right torn out without text loss.

Notes on reverse: 1o ^{by 13th-century}hand: De villa de Vtheren de abbatissa de Oriente. - ^2o by ^13th-century hand: Oriente. - ^3o by ^13th-century hand: Presbitero de Bikeuelt ad [questionem capituli?]. - ^4o by ^17th-century hand: Sentencia arbitralis inter abbatissam de Thoren ex una et abbatissam de Orienten super diff[eren]tiis certorum bonorum in Nederoeteren sitorum, 1280, O. - ^5o by ^18th-century hand: N.

Seal: one attachment place on the left side of the original (LS1) for one of the two announced seals; the second attachment place on the right side can no longer be traced because the vellum is torn.

Expenses

a. Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 50-54, no. 34 (dated 25 April 1280), after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 47-49, no. 56 (dated 25 April 1280), after a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 74, 189 (dated 17 April 1281).

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is poorly visible. The gaps in A were filled to print a, when the original was not yet damaged.

‍Mabilia, widow of Hendrik, guardian of Eisden, and her children sold to the abbess and convent of Thorn their properties in Eisden, Vucht and Mulheim that they held in fief, property tax or otherwise from them.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 60. Damaged with loss of text.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 14th-century} hand: Litera de acquisitione bonorum in Esden, C. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: 1282. - 3o ^{by 18th-century}hand: E. - ^4th by^18th-century hand: Instrumentum retrocessionis de Eysden, 1282.

Seal: three places of seal, presumably for the announced seals of John, deacon of the chapter of St. Andrew at Cologne, Jan, provost of the chapter of St. Paul in Liege and Jacob, guardian of Eisden (LS1, LS2 and LS3).

Copy

B. first half of the 15th^century , Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Thorn, inv. no. 1628 (formerly cartularium no. 1) = Cartularium abbatiae imperialis
Thorensis, 966-1600, p. 11-12, under heading: V, De acquisitione bonorum [***], with in the margin C, below by later hand E, damaged, to A.

Expenses

a. Franquinet,Revised Inventory Thorn, 57-60, no. 37 (dated 28 May 1282), after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 51-53, no. 60 (dated 28 May 1282 ), after a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 76-77, no. 198.

Origin

The present charter for the abbey of Thorn was written by the same hand as the charters issued by Osto of Thorn in 1282 and by Willem, priest of Geertruidenberg, and by Jan (of Flanders), bishop of Liege, in 1283 in favour of the abbey, see Thorn Collection, nos. 46, 49 and 50. Consequently, the scriptor of these charters can be located in the abbey of Thorn.

Text edition

The gaps in A have been filled to B.

Osto of Thorn, former parish priest of Gilze, kinsman of the lord of Born, by transfer of all legal titles, renounces the annuities owed to him by the abbess and convent of Thorn, including an annuity which the abbey has redeemed.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 61.

Issue

a. Dillo-Van Synghel, ONB II, 677-679, no. 1216, after A.

Origin

This charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who worked in the period 1282-1283. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 45.

Reinald I, count of Gelre and duke of Limburg, certifies that Willem II, lord of Horn (and Altena), and his first-born son Willem waive, for the benefit of the abbey of Thorn, all levies and stipends which the lord of Horn as guardian of the lands of Thorn may levy, subject to the guardianship of the village of Thorn and certain other rights.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 62.

Issue

a. Van Synghel, DONB, no. 1282.12.12, cf.www.donb.nl/database/weergave/oorkonde/12821212uitgaveDONB2011, after A.

After his excommunication and imprisonment as a result of not complying with a sentence of Jan (of Enghien), bishop of Liege, Willem van Born, priest of Geertruidenberg, renounces his claims regarding the dispute with the abbess and convent of Thorn Abbey, including thepromisedobligation to him by the knights Hendrik, lord of Pietersheim, and Michael, lord of Rothem. He also promises, as additional security, to make his church vacant should he or his associates act against it and to pay to the abbess of Thorn and the chapter (of St. Lambert) at Liege a fine each, for which he appoints sureties.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, inv. no. 58-2. Damaged with loss of text.

Notes on reverse: 1o^by late ^{13th/early14th-century} hand: De ecclesia Montis Sancte Gertrudis, 1282. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: M crossed out. - 3o^{by 18th-century} hand: G.

Sealing: one attachment place (SD1) and five attachment places for the announced seals of Willem, lord of Horn, Gozewijn, lord of Born, Osto, son of Gozewijn, lord of Born, Willem, lord of Cranendonk, Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, and Jan, lord of Haasdal (LS2, LS3, LS4, LS5 and LS6).

Issue

Not previously published.

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Origin and coherence

Willem van Born, priest of Geertruidenberg, issued two charters renouncing his claims regarding a dispute with the abbey of Thorn. The present charter concerns his relationship with the chapter of St. Lambert at Liege, the second with the bishop of Liege and the archdeacon dated 1283 (shortly before 16 March) (see Thorn Collection, no. 49). Both charters show strong dictation affinity but were not written by the same hand. The present charter is, however, the pre-correspondence of Collection Thorn, no. 49.

Although this charter has not been copied in the cartulary of the abbey of Thorn (Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187B, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 1628), this manuscript does contain a reference to this document under the copy of the charter concerning the relations with the bishop and the archdeacon (Collection Thorn, no. 49): Similis adhuc littera habetur quo isteWilhelmus, investitus de Monte SancteGertrudis, obligavit se capitulo Leodiensi contra predictam compositionem non venire debere.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not clearly visible. The gaps in A have been filled to the charter dated 1283 (shortly before 16 March) (see Thorn Collection, no. 49).

After his excommunication and imprisonment as a result of not complying with a sentence of Jan (of Enghien), bishop of Liege, Willem, priest of Geertruidenberg, renounces his claims regarding the dispute with the abbess and convent of Thorn Abbey, including thepromisedobligation to him by the knights Hendrik, lord of Pietersheim, and Michael, lord of Rothem. He also promises, as additional security, to make his church vacant should he or his associates act against it and to pay to the abbess of Thorn and the bishop of Liege a fine each, for which he appoints sureties. Jan (of Flanders), bishop of Liege, approves these provisions, as does Gerard of Nassau, archdeacon of Liege, who also declares to install a new parish priest at Geertruidenberg on the recommendation of the abbess of Thorn if Willem does not comply with the conditions set forth.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, inv. no. 58-1.

Notes on reverse: 1o^by late ^{13th/early14th-century} hand: De ecclesia Montis Sancte Ghertrudis, 1282. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: M crossed out. - 3o^{by 18th-century} hand: G.

Sealing: three hanging affixed, double pierced seals, announced, namely: S2 of Willem, lord of Horn, of brown wax, slightly damaged, with CS2. - S6 of Willem, lord of Cranendonk, of brown wax, flawless. - S7 of Osto, son of Gozewijn, lord of Born, of brown wax, damaged; one place of attachment (SD3) and four places of attachment for the announced seals of Jan (of Flanders), bishop of Liege, Gerard of Nassau, archdeacon of Liege, Gozewijn, lord of Born, Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, and John of Haasdal (LS1, LS4, LS5 and LS8). For a description and illustration of S2, S6 and S7, see Venner, "Seals of Thorn," 42, 41 and 44-45, respectively.

Copy

B. first half of ^15th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 1628 (formerly cartularium no. 1) = Cartularium abbatiae imperialis Thorensis, 966-1600, p. 70-73 (old fol. 39v-41r), under the heading: Composicio domini Wilhelmi, investiti de Monte Sancte Gertrudis, cum abbatissa et conventum Thorense et Iohanne, episcopo Leodiense, with in the margin d, M, to A.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Beredeneerde inventaris Thorn, 55-56, no. 35 (dated 1282). - Habets, Archives Thorn, 50, no. 58 (dated 6 January 1282). - Haas, Chronological List, 74, no. 191 (dated 6 January 1282).

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII. The present charter lacks the date in the datatio. This charter was most likely edited shortly before the charter of Jan (of Flanders), bishop of Liege, dated 17 March 1283 (see Thorn Collection, no. 50), in which he refers to William's two charters (see Thorn Collection, nos. 48 and 49).

Origin and coherence

This charter was not written by the same hand as the agreement issued by Willem, priest of Geertruidenberg, on 6 January 1283 (see Thorn Collection, no. 48). However, the present charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who was active in the period 1282-1283. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 45.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not clearly visible. The gaps in A have been filled to the charter dated 6 January 1283 (see Collection Thorn, no. 48) and to B. For sections of text taken from the prefatory charter (Collection Thorn, no. 48) and printed in a smaller font, see Van Synghel, Oorkonden Thorn, 150-151.

Jan (of Flanders), bishop of Liege, announces that Willem, parish priest of Geertruidenberg, has reconciled in his presence with the abbess and convent of the abbey of Thorn, the terms of which are set forth in one charter dated  6 January 1283 and another shortly before 16 March 1283, and confirms them subject to the right to amend the terms contained therein until 1 October next.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 59. Damaged with loss of text.

Notes on reverse: 1o^by late ^{13th/early14th-century} hand: De ecclesia Montis Sancte Gertrudis, 1282. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: M crossed out. - 3o^{by 18th-century} hand: G.

Seal: one place of attachment, presumably for the announced seal of Jan (of Flanders), bishop of Liege (LS1).

Copy

B. first half of the ^15th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 1628 (formerly cartularium no. 1) = Cartularium abbatiae imperialis Thorensis, 966-1600, p. 67-68 (old fol. 38r-v), under the heading: d, De ecclesia Montis Sancte Gertrudis, with in the margin M, after A.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Revised Inventory Thorn, 56-57, no. 36 (dated 17 March 1282). - Habets, Archives Thorn, 51, no. 59 (dated 17 March 1282). - Haas, Chronological List, 75, no. 192 (dated 17 March 1282).

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Origin and coherence

The present charter is closely related to two charters from 1283, issued by Willem, priest of Geertruidenberg, referred to in the dispositio (see Thorn Collection, nos. 48 and 49).

This charter was substantiated by a scriptor from the abbey of Thorn, who worked in the period 1282-1283. For locating this scriptor, see Thorn Collection, no. 45.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent. The gaps in A are completed to B.

Jan van Breill renounces his right to some property tax obligations (at Übach) for the benefit of Thorn Abbey.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 64. Heavily damaged with loss of text.

Notes on reverse: 1o^by late ^13th-century hand: De hominibus cerocensualibus. - ^2o by ^16th-century hand: [***] super quadam renunciacione, parum valet, 1285. - ^3oby ^17th-centuryhand : O.

Sealing: two attached seals, announced, namely: S2 of Hendrik, lord of Rimburg, knight, of brown wax, damaged. - S3 of Dirk of Geilenkirchen, knight, of brown wax, damaged; and two attachments, presumably for the remaining announced seals, with charter texts on the seal tails (LS1 and LS4). For an identification, description and illustration of S2 and S3, which are not attached according to the order announced in the text, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 43-44 and 45, respectively.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory Thorn, 64-65, no. 40 (dated 15 February 1285), after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 57-58, no. 64 (dated 15 February 1285), after a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 79, no. 206 (dated 15 February 1285).

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Text edition

The gaps in A were filled to print a, when the original was not damaged.

Osto of Thorn sells to the abbess of Thorn the farmstead Cuevorde, located near Thorn, which he holds in cession from her.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 65. 

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 13th/14th-century} hand: Venditio curtis de Cuvorde. - 2o ^{by 15th-century}hand: Oysto, venditio de Koevort, V. - ^3oby second half ^18th-century hand: Curtis de Cuevorde in censum data fuit ab abbatissa Thorensi ac reddita pretio retroaditur per presens instrumentum, Broeckmeulen. - ^4o by ^18th-century hand: 1286, A.

Seal: three places of attachment for the announced seals of Walram, lord of Valkenburg, Gozewijn, lord of Born, and Osto, son of Gozewijn, lord of Born (LS1, LS2 and LS3). 

Copies

B. ^18th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid Thorn, inv. no. 1629 = Codex or cartularium IV, 992-1762 (tape of notarized transcripts abbey of Thorn), p. 51, listing three places of seal, simple copy. - C. last quarter ^18th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Thorn, inv. no. 1631, Cartularium, p. 17-19, under the heading: Osto de Thorne cedit domine abbatisse Thorensi prediolum seu villam dictam Cuevorde anno 1286, indicating three places of sealing, simple copy, after A.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory Thorn, 65-66, no. 41 (dated 23 Jan. 1286), after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 58-59, no. 65 (dated 23 Jan. 1286), after a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 81, no. 211 (dated 23 January 1286).

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVII.

Text edition

The distinction between c and t is not readily apparent.

Hereby the request is laid down of the deaconn and cantor of the Chapter of Our Lady in Maastricht on behalf of the abbess and convent of Thorn on the one hand and the parish priest of Thorn on the other to consult the deacon and the chapter of the cathedral of Liege concerning the settlement of their dispute about the noval tithes in the parish of Thorn. The deacon and cantor of the chapter of Our Lady have appointed Jan, priest of Thorn, their representative to acquire this legal advice in Liege.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 66. Damaged with loss of text.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 16th-century} hand: Compositio inter capittulum et investitum Thorensem, 1367 (sic), T. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: V.

Sealing: the tearing out of the parchment at the bottom makes it impossible to determine whether the announced seal was attached.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Revised Inventory Thorn, 66-67, no. 42. - Habets, Archives Thorn, 59-60, no. 66. - Haas, Chronological List, 83, no. 218.

Coherence

For the agreement between the abbess and convent of Thorn Abbey with the priest of Thorn, the arbitration ruling by the deacon and cantor of the Chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht, as well as the request to the bishop of Liege to ratify it, see Thorn Collection, nos. 54, 55 and 58, respectively.

Text edition

Missing parts of words in A have been completed wherever possible.

Abbess Guda (of Rennenberg) and the convent of Thorn abbey give to Jan van Baexem, priest of Thorn, rye and oats annually for as long as he lives. At the risk of losing this gift Jan promises to approve a papal or other confirmation in favour of the abbess and convent concerning the levying of two thirds of the noval tithes in the churches of which they have the right of patronage. If a charter must be drawn up for this purpose, he will seal it with his own seal.

Original

[A]. not available, but known from B.

Copy

B. ^14th century, Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid Thorn, inv. no. 102a, to [A].

Issue

a. Habets, Archives Thorn I, 60, no. 67, after B.

Deacon Alexander and Hendrik van Houthorne, cantor of the Chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht, rule on the dispute between the abbess and convent of Thorn Abbey on the one hand and Jan, priest of the parish church of Thorn, on the other, concerning the novelty tithes in the parish of Thorn, the canonry, his prebend and certain parochial rights.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 68.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 16th-century} hand: Declaratio arbitralis ex parte capituli et pastoris in Thoren super decimis tam maioribus, minutis quam novalibus et multis aliis, 1287. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: Tcrossed out. -3o ^{by 18th-century}hand: I.

Sealing: five affixed seals, announced, namely: S1 of Alexander, deacon of the Chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged, with on the seal tail decanus. - S3 from Guda of Rennenberg, abbess of Thorn, of brown wax, damaged, with on the seal tail abbatissa. - S4 from the convent of the abbey of Thorn, of brown wax, damaged, with on the seal tail conventus. - S5 from Jan van Baexem, priest of the parish church of Thorn, of brown wax, damaged, with investitus on the seal tail. - S6 of Jan, provost of the chapter of St. Andrew at Cologne, of brown wax, slightly damaged , with on the seal tail [***un***]; and three places of attachment, presumably for the other three remaining announced seals of Hendrik, cantor of the Chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht, (LS2), of Jan van Geistingen, canon of the Chapter of St. Peter at Kortessem, with on the seal tail Iohannes de (LS7) and of Hendrik van Baexem, knight, with on the seal tail H. de (LS8), For a description and illustration of S1, S3, S4, S5 and S6, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 24-25, 34, 32-34, 35 and 20-21, respectively.

Copies

B. first half of the ^15th century, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 1628 (formerly cartularium no. 1) = Cartularium abbatiae imperialis Thorensis, 966-1600, p. 98-99 (old fol. 53v-54r), under the heading: E, Concordia inter abbatissam et conventum Thorensem cum Iohannede Baexen, investito parrochialis ecclesie Thorensis, after A. - C. 1669, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 1629 = Codex or cartularium IV, 992-1762 (band of notarized transcripts abbey of Thorn), p. 53-55, authentic copy by J. Bachuys, apostolic notary, after A.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Revised inventory Thorn, 67-69, no. 43 (dated 29 July 1287). - Habets, Archives Thorn, 60-61, no. 68 (dated 29 July 1287). - Haas, Chronological List, 83, no. 219.

Coherence

For the request for legal advice by the deacon and cantor of the chapter of Our Lady at Maastricht to the deacon and chapter of the cathedral at Liege, as well as the request to the bishop of Liege to ratify the arbitral award, see nos. 53 and 58 respectively.

William, provost of Sint-Gerlach at Houthem, gives a copy of the charter dated (25 Dec. 1231 - 23 Sept. 1232) concerning the sale by Jan Gruszere of excisable fields at Houthem to the monastery St. Gerlach, with the consent of Our Lady's Church at Thorn.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 69. Lined.

Notes on reverse: 1o^{by 17th-century} hand: Ioannes Crasgert vendidit agros censuales cum consensu capituli, 1287, V crossed out. - 2o ^{by 18th-century}hand: C.

Seal: one hanging confirmed seal, announced, namely: S1 of Willem provost of St. Gerlach in Houthem, of green wax, damaged. For a description and illustration of S1, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 34-35.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Habets, Archives Thorn, 61-62, no. 69. - Haas, Chronological List, 83, no. 220.

Abbess Guda of Rennenberg and the convent of the abbey of Thorn establish a beguinage at Thorn for twelve beguines and for that purpose designate abbey property, rents and revenues at Eisden, coming from the property of Mabilia, widow of Hendrik, guardian of Eisden and her children, with which they bequeath to the beguine Ida, widow of Hendrik Pauwens. They also draw up provisions regarding the use of these goods and revenues and lay down the obligations of the beguines.

Original

[A]. Not available.

Translations

B. 17th^century , Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Vrije Rijksheerlijkheid Thorn, inv. no. 70, translation into the language of the region, from [A]. - [C]. not available, but known from Habets, Archives Thorn, 62-63, German translation.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summary

Habets, Archives Thorn, 62-63, no. 70. 

Abbess Guda (of Rennenberg) and the convent of Thorn abbey as well as Jan, parish priest of Thorn, request John (of Flanders), bishop of Liege, to ratify the arbitrators' ruling regarding their dispute over the tithes at Thorn.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 71. 

Notes on reverse: ^1o by ^17th-century hand: Compositio decimarum inter abbatissam et capitulum ex una necnon pastorem Thorensem ex alia parte partibus. - ^2o by ^17th-century hand: 1287. - ^3o by ^17th-century hand : V above crossed-out letter. - ^4o by ^18th-century hand: J.

Sealing: three affixed seals announced, namely: S1 of the abbey of Thorn, of brown wax, damaged. - S2 of Guda of Rennenberg, abbess of Thorn, of brown wax, damaged. - S3 from Jan, parish priest of Thorn, of brown wax, slightly damaged. For a description and illustration of S1, S2 and S3, see Venner, "Seals of Thorn," 32-33, 34 and 35, respectively.

Issue

Not previously published.

One-line summaries

Franquinet, Revised Inventory Thorn, 71, no. 45. - Habets, Archives Thorn, 63, no. 71. - Haas, Chronological List, 84, no. 221.

Coherence

For the request for legal advice by the deacon and cantor of the chapter of Our Lady in Maastricht to the deacon and chapter of the cathedral church at Liege, as well as the arbitration award, see nos. 53 and 55, respectively.

Osto of Thorn called van Cuevorde submits to the verdict of the arbitrators concerning the dispute between him and the abbess and convent of the abbey of Thorn concerning the contract, the charters and the course of events surrounding the sale of a life annuity and he promises not to bother either the abbess and convent or their vassals, serfs, tenants and other men about this ever again. 

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archives Thorn, inv. no. 72. Damaged.

Notes on reverse: 1o^by late ^13th-century hand: Solutione de Oystone. - 2o^{by 17th-century} hand: Quitancia Oystonis de Thoren capitulo facta super quadam pensione summa perpetuo quitata, 1288. - 3o ^{by 17th-century}hand : Tcrossed out. -4o^{by 18th-century} hand: V. - 5o^{by 18th-century} hand: Q.

Sealing: six affixed seals, announced, namely: S4 of Christiaan, lord of Limbricht, knight, of brown wax, damaged. - S7 of Wolter, cantor of the Chapter of St. Servaas in Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged, with CS7, classical intaglio. - S8 of Hendrik, cantor of the Chapter of Our Lady in Maastricht, of brown wax, slightly damaged. - S9 of Michiel, scholar of the Chapter of Our Lady in Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged. - S10 of Adolf, canon of the Chapter of Our Lady in Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged. - S11 of Hendrik, deacon of the Chapter of Our Lady in Maastricht, of brown wax, damaged; and five mounts for the announced seals of Walram, lord of Valkenburg and Monschau, Christiaan, lord of Limburg, the abbess of Thorn, the convent of the abbey of Thorn, and Koenraad of Nythusen, canon of the Chapter of St. Servaas in Maastricht. For a description and illustration of S4, S7, S8, S9, S10 and S11, see Venner, "Seals of Thorn," 46, 27, 26, 25, 26 and 25, respectively.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory Thorn, 71-75, no. 46, after A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 64-66, no. 72, after a.

One-line summary

Haas, Chronological List, 86, no. 227.

Date

The use of Easter style in the diocese of Liege has been assumed, see Camps, ONB I, XXI, and Dillo and Van Synghel, ONB II, XVI.

Roman King Adolf confirms and renews the grant confirmed and renewed by Roman King Otto I by Ansfried at Kessel and Echt to the abbey of Thorn dated 950.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 01.187A, archive Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 73. Damaged with loss of text.

Annotation on reverse: 1o^{by 17th-century} hand: Littere ratificationis Adulphi, Romanorum regis, bonorum donationis existentium in loco Casallo, s[ito in] pago de Masselant, et in pago de [Ey]ck per Amfridum (sic), comitem, ecclesie Thorensi facte, 1292.

Seal: one hanging affixed seal, announced, namely: S1 of Adolf, Roman King, of white wax, heavily damaged. For a description and illustration of S1, see Venner, "Seals Thorn," 37-38.

Copy

B. before April 1640, Ibidem, access no. 01.187B, archives Fiefdom of Thorn, inv. no. 1628 (formerly cartularium no. 1) = Cartularium abbatiae imperialis Thorensis, 966-1600, p. 21-22, certified copy by Jacobus Vrancx, after A.

Expenses

a. Franquinet, Revised Inventory Thorn, 75-76, no. 47, to A. - b. Habets, Archives Thorn, 66-67, no. 73, to a.

One-line summaries

Böhmer-Samanek, Regesten 1273-1313, 38, no. 84. - Bormans and Halkin, Table Chronologique, XI-2, 436. - Haas, Chronological List, 93, no. 252.

Origin and coherence

For the charter confirmed below, see Thorn Collection, no. 1. On 15 September 1292 two more confirmation and renewal charters were granted by Roman King Adolf to the abbey of Thorn (see Thorn Collection, nos. 61 and 62), as well as a validation confirming the count of Gelre's charter of 17 September 1292 (see Thorn Collection, no. 63). The three confirmation charters dated 15 September 1292 have nearly identical dictation.

Text edition

The gaps in A have been filled to B.