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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.

Adelbert of Saffenberg and his son Adolf endowed possessions in the country of Rode, including five farmsteads in Rode, tithes there and in the court of Spekholz, possessions e.g. in Ahrweiler originating from Embrico and his father, two farmsteads in Crombach donated by paltsgrave Siegfried, and the domain of Koenraad in Morsbach, to Kloosterrade Abbey, subject to the guardianship, by which they and Bishop Otbert of Liege granted the brothers the right to elect a superior, baptise children of freemen, admit them to communion and bury them.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 673.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 1-9, no. 1, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Pope Calixtus II, at the request of Abbot Richer and the canons of Kloosterrade, confirms the rule of life of the abbey, takes the abbey and all its property into his protection, arranges the election of the abbot, and determines that the tithes of goods processed by it shall belong to the abbey.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 674.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Charter Book of Kloosterrade, 9-12, no. 2, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Frederick I, Archbishop of Cologne, donates to Kloosterrade Abbey the tithes of its vineyard-planted clearings at Ahrweiler.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 763.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Charter Book of Kloosterrade, 12-14, no. 3, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Adelbero II, bishop of Liege, certifies that Rudolf de Turri, ministerial of Count Adolf of Saffenberg, with the consent of his wife Waldrade and his sons Paganus, Gevehard and Herman, through his lord, guardian of Kloosterrade Abbey, donates his property at Hubach, on which a women's convent (Marienthal) was built, to the abbey, and settles the relationship between the abbey and the daughter convent.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 676.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 15-19, no. 5, after A.

Authenticity

For the possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Arnold I, archbishop of Cologne, certifies that Rudolf de Turri, ministerial of Count Adolf of Saffenberg, with the consent of his wife Waldrade and his sons Paganus, Gevehard and Herman, through his lord, guardian of Kloosterrade Abbey, has donated his property at Hubach, on which a women's convent (Marienthal) was built, to the abbey, and settles the relationship between the abbey and the daughter convent.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 675.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 19-22, no. 6, after A.

Authenticity

For the possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Arnold I, Archbishop of Cologne, confirms the acquisition by Kloosterrade Abbey of a number of specified possessions.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 677. Some text loss due to wear, especially on the left side.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 25-28, no. 8, after A.

Authenticity

For the possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

Text edition

For the completion of damaged text extracts, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

<Hendrik II, bisschop van Luik, bevestigt de verkoop door Reinbert van Mülfort van zijn goed te Curlo en te Hetzenrath, aan de abdij Kloosterrade voor 166 mark, waarover Gerard van Wassenberg pretendeerde leenrecht te hebben, maar waarvan hij samen met zijn echtgenote Elisabeth en zijn zoon Gerard in ruil voor vijftien mark en de voogdij afstand heeft gedaan ten gunste van de abdij.>

Seemingly original

<A>. Maastricht, HCL, toegangsnr. 14.D004, archief abdij Kloosterrade, inv. nr. 782.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 43-46, no. 14, after A.

Authenticity

This charter is undoubtedly spurious and originated four or five centuries later, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

Text edition

The frequent use of the superior o on u or v has not been adopted.

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.

Hendrik II, Bishop of Liege, confirms the donation by Adelheid, wife of Reinier van Beek, of the church at Spaubeek with the entire tithe and the dos and two farmsteads to Kloosterrade Abbey.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 817.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 47-49, no. 16, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Arnold I, Archbishop of Cologne, confirms that Kloosterrade Abbey is in possession of property at Bornheim, transferred by Jan of Bornheim, at Ameln, of property purchased from Abbot Folmer of Lonnig and others, and of property at Niedermerz donated by Werner Rufus of Niedermerz.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 778.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 49-51, no. 17, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

<Hendrik II, bisschop van Luik, bevestigt de overbrenging van de kloosterzusters vanuit de abdij Kloosterrade en vanuit Scharn naar Sinnich, de dotatie van een nieuw vrouwenconvent aldaar met goederen die evenwel eigendom van de abdij blijven, alsmede de onderhorigheid van dat convent aan de abdij.>

Seemingly original

<A>. Maastricht, HCL, toegangsnr. 14.D004, archief abdij Kloosterrade, inv. nr. 1700.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 56-60, no. 20, after A.

Authenticity

This charter is undoubtedly spurious and originated four or five centuries later, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

Text edition

The frequent use of the superior o on u or v has not been adopted.

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.

Hendrik II, bishop of Liege, confirms the donation of the church at Lommersum with the entire dos, familia and tithes by the descendants of Jutta, wife of Duke Walram II of Limburg, to Kloosterrade Abbey. This church had been transferred to the abbey by Jutta at her entry.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 802, 1.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 60-63, no. 21, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Frederik II, Archbishop of Cologne, confirms the donation of the church at Lommersum with the entire dos, familia and tithes by the descendants of Jutta, wife of Duke Walram II of Limburg, to Kloosterrade Abbey. This church had been transferred to the abbey by Jutta at her entry. Following Archbishop Arnold I, he also confirms that the abbey is in possession of several named goods.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 802, 2.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 73-76, no. 29, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

Text edition

Some words in the date line ended up under the printed seal. For the supplement, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Alexander, provost of the chapter of St. Lambert at Liege and archdeacon, informs the canons of that chapter, residing at Visé, that Erpo, abbot of Kloosterrade, has acquired the land for which Udo of Visé and his heirs were liable for the excise to St. Peter's Church at Warsage, from Hendrik van Dongelberg, parish priest of that church, in return for payment of the amount of the annual property tax at each promotion of a new abbot.

Originals

A1. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 823, chirograph, intended for the abbey, given the place of discovery.

[A2]. Not available, chirograph, intended for the opposing party.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 80-81, no. 33, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Erpo, abbot of Kloosterrade, promulgates the arrangement whereby Reimar, deacon of the chapter of Wissel, purchased a farmstead at Linzenich and the fief of Gunther for the benefit of Kloosterrade abbey, on the condition that the abbey will pay him twice a year during his lifetime and, after his death, admit him to the prayer brotherhood and celebrate his memorial annually.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 822.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Oorkondenboek Kloosterrade, 87-89, no. 37, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Godfried III, duke of Lorraine, and his sons Hendrik and Adelbert, together with Hendrik III of Limburg, donate to Kloosterrade Abbey the part of the tithes at Lommersum, which Kunisa, daughter of Herman of Reifferscheid, held from them in fief and ceded in favour of the abbey.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 803, 1.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Oorkondenboek Kloosterrade, 89-91, no. 38, after A,

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Filips I, Archbishop of Cologne, exhorts his nephew Goswijn to consider valid the donation by Adelheid, wife of Reinier van Beek, of the church of Spaubeek with the entire tithe and two farmsteads to Kloosterrade Abbey, over which a dispute had arisen, subject to guardianship.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 818.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Oorkondenboek Kloosterrade, 95-97, no. 41, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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).

‍FilipsI, Archbishop of Cologne, confirms that the monastery of Marienthal is in possession of named property, including the court of Nentrode donated by the abbey of Kloosterrade, subject to nine shares in the forest belonging to Ahrweiler; three of these shares are later transferred to Marienthal.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 1649 (formerly Rolduc, charters, no. 8). Especially upper right some loss of text due to wear.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 97-101, no. 42, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

Text edition

Due to wear and tear, some letters have become illegible. For the supplement, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Filips I, Archbishop of Cologne, certifies that Kunisa of Reifferscheid, together with her father, his heirs and her husband on the one hand, and Duke Godfried III of Louvain as feudal lord, together with his sons Hendrik, Adelbert and with Hendrik III of Limburg on the other hand, have transferred to Kloosterrade Abbey the part of the tithes of Lommersum, which Kunisa held in fief from Godfried.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 803, 2. Severely damaged by tear, repaired with a strip of vellum on the reverse.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 101-102, no. 43, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

‍
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).

Agreement between Godschalk van Aubeland his wife on the one hand and Abbot Erpo and the entire convent of Kloosterrade on the other, whereby the former make a donation to the abbey  for the acquisition of certain goods, on the condition that they will enjoy the usufruct thereof.

Originals

A1. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 860. Chirograph, given the place of discovery intended for the abbey.

[A2]. Not available but intended for the opposing party, as appears from the severed chirograph .

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 108-110, no. 48, to A1.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Rutger, abbot of Kloosterrade, settles a dispute between Gerard of Merz,loyal to the abbey, and Rutger, citizen of Ahrweiler, whereby the latter, against payment, must renounce his claims to vineyards which he had first pledged to said Gerard and later sold.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 846.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 114-116, no. 52, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Hendrik I, duke of Lorraine and margrave, confirms, at the request of the abbot and convent of Kloosterrade and his uncle Hendrik III, duke of Limburg, the donation of the parish church of Lommersum and the tithes ─ including the right to acquire other goods attached to the church, which gift was made to the abbey by his great-grandmother Jutta, widow of Walram II, Duke of Limburg, when she entered the convent, and which was later confirmed by her descendants.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 802, 3.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 116-119, no. 53, after A.

Authenticity

For the possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Rutger, abbot of Kloosterrade, proclaims the abbey's acquisition of property and income on several recent occasions.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 824.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 122-125, no. 55, after A.

Dating and authenticity

For the dating and possible spuriousness of this charter, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Hendrik III, duke of Limburg and margrave of Arlon, proclaims the acquisition by Rutger, abbot of Kloosterrade, of property on several occasions.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 825.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 138-140, no. 63, after A.

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.

Walram III, count of Luxembourg and La Roche and margrave of Arlon, settles a dispute between Kloosterrade abbey and knight Rutger of Beggendorf, whereby the abbeyredeemsthe annual remittance for a ceremonial bishop´s robe (cappa).

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 777.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 143-144, no. 65, 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.

Coenraad, bishop of Porto and St. Rufina and papal legate, takes the abbey of Kloosterrade with all its goods under his protection and confirms it in possession of the goods transferred by Jutta and her daughter Margaret.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 945.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 153-154, no. 72, after A.

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.

Coenraad, bishop of Porto and St. Rufina and papal legate, sets the maximum number of monastic nuns at Kloosterrade Abbey at 30.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 688.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 156-157, no. 74, after A.

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.

Hendrik IV, Duke of Limburg and Count of Berg, with the consent of his wife and sons, donates his farmstead Nieder-Ritzerfeld to Kloosterrade Abbey.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 811.

Issue

1. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 157-158, no. 75, after A.
   

Date

For dating, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.

Sheriff, aldermen and citizens of Aachen pass judgement in a dispute between Kloosterrade Abbey on the one hand, and knight Reinier and his brother on the other hand, who dispute on behalf of Jutta and Margareta a transfer of property made by the latter on her entry into the abbey, assigning the property to the abbey.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 946.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 160-162, no. 77, after A.

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.

The church of Kortessem cedes its large and small tithes of Riemst to Kloosterrade Abbey in exchange for the tithes of another place closer by.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 814.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 162-163, no. 78, after A.

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.

Simeon, bishop of Ani, pilgrim to Santiago de Compostela, grants a fifteen-day indulgence to all who visit Kloosterrade Abbey on the feast day of John the Baptist (24 June).

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 734.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 165-168, no. 80, after A.

Authenticity

This charter was often considered spurious in the past, see Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 165-168, no. 80 for a detailed treatment of both substantive and diplomatic objections to its authenticity. They see no reason to doubt the authenticity of this charter.

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.

Pope Gregory IX confirms the incorporation of the churches of Lommersum, Afden and Setterich into Kloosterrade Abbey by the Archbishop of Cologne.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 805.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 172-173, no. 84, after A.

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.

Hendriky IV, Duke of Limburg and Count of Berg, with the consent of his wife and his sons, transfers the noval tithes in the parishes of Afden and Kerkrade to Kloosterrade Abbey.

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 762.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 173-174, no. 85, after A.

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.

Robert I, bishop of Liege, authorises the abbot of Kloosterrade to transfer the nuns of Kloosterrade and Scharn to a place called Fons Beate Marie , and to found a convent there (at Sinnich).

Original

A. Maastricht, HCL, access no. 14.D004, Kloosterrade Abbey archives, inv. no. 1701.

Issue

a. Polak and Dijkhof, Kloosterrade Book of Charters, 176-177, no. 88, after A.

Text edition

Some minor gaps in the original have been filled in accordance with a later copy, see Polak and Dijkhof's edition.

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.