Feudal document

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-0341

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection is formed by a vellum manuscript written in German and signed in 1369. A second item in the collection is a wax seal most likely used to officially close the document. The manuscript is a legal document in which a German landowner, Ott Dypersdorfer, and his wife, Madame Agnes, signed over their house and property to Heinrich vom Stein, with the understanding that the house would be returned as a fief to the Dypersodorfers and their heirs. Dypersdorferr described his house as a situated in Oekersm_uhl, and the Stein city seal was used to fasten the document. Stein, a city present in modern Germany, was located in Massau which until 1866 was an independant soverign duchy of Germany. Most likely, Heinrich vom Stein was an ancester of the the Prussian statesman, Baron Heinrich Friedrich Karl Vom and zum Stein (1757-1831), who was born in Nassau.

A translation is available.

Dates

Creation: 1369

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Biographical / Historical

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Extent

0.167 Cubic Feet (2 items)

Language of Materials

German

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of a vellum manuscript written in German and signed in 1369. A second item in the collection is a wax seal most likely used to officially close the document.