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Charter issued at king Albrecht's court in buda 1438
A charter issued at the court of king Albrecht in Buda on March 4th 1438 provides interesting details about the free city of Gradec (part of modern Zagreb) and a confrontation they had with the familiares of the counts of Cilli. The reason why it is interesting for the MAD is due to the fact, that the Cilli captain Wilhelm, while attempting to force the citizens into submission, robbed them of various goods, among these a number of cattle. This charter lists in detail their accusations against the Cilli, naming the citizens individually, as well as the particular items stolen from them.
From this document we can conclude that an average village in the area of Gradec (like Gračane or Gradsan) would posess about twenty large and fourty small cattle, while an individual usually had from two to four cattle. Note that the term boves refers to both steers and oxen.
prefatus Vylhelmus cum suis complicibus as villam ipsorum Pobresya vocatam mane diluculo irruentes, omnes boves et vaccas et vitulos, necnon porcos, lardos, palia, tunicas viriles ac vestes muliebres, ferra aratri, ligones, falcastra ac omnes res et bona hominium et concivium ipsorum in eadem villa commorancium recepissent, et ad dictum castrum Medwe deduxissent....idem Vyhelmus cum dictis suis complicibus ad villam Gradsan eiusdem civitatis irruendo ab hominibus seu concivibus in eadem commorantibus decem boves, octo vaccas, quadraginta porcos, quatuor lardos, quinque palia, qodlibet per unum florenum auri emptum, undecim troncos apum, novem lintiamina, quinque camisias muliebres superiores in wlgo surla vocatas, et decem camisias muliebres inferiores, ligones, secures, ferra aratri ac omnes res et bona ipsorum hominorum in eadem villa commorancium recepisset et ad ipsum castrum Medwe deduxisset, ipsos homines in eadem villa commorantes captivasset et captos ad idem castrum recepisset, quosdam vero super fideiussoria caucione similiter pactatos dismisset. Ad quod prefati procuratores annotati Vylhelmi respondisset: quod ipse Vylhelmus in huiusmodi accionibus dictorum civium innocens esset et immunis....a Bartholomeo, Thatar dicto, quatuor boves, unam vaccam, unum pallium, unum florenum auri valentem, unam tunicam, tres pensas valentem et quindecim ligones, item ibidem unum hominem detinendo ab eodem quinque cum media pensas denariorum vyennensium, biccellum, cum cingulo, arcum cum saggitis ac tunicam, pro tribus pensis emptam, et capicium pro quadraginta denariis emptum, recepisset....item quod feria secunda proxima ante festum nativitatis domini, proxime preteritum, prefatus Vylhelmus cum suis complicibus de scitu et voluntate dicti Vlrici comitis more exercituali in ipsos cives civitatis predicte irruendo, a Nicolao alias villico, quattor boves, ac mercenario eiusdem unam tunicam, pro tribus pensis emptam, unum palium, unum florenium auri valens, item a Blasio duos boves, duas vaccas, item a Stephano lapicida, duos boves unam vaccam abstulisset, ac filium suum letaliter vulnerasset, item a Clemente tres boves, item a Petro duos boves, item a Valentino duos boves, item a Herrichonicz duos boves et currum suum recepisset.
References
Tkalčić, Ivan K. Izprave:1400-1499. Monumenta historica liberae regiae civitatiis Zagrabiae, vol. 2. Zagreb: Brzotisak K. Albrechta, 1895. p.146-149.
Contributed by Robert Robert Kurelić
