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The
Charter Of Bela IV
Latin
original
Bela,
with God’s Grace the King of Hungaria, Dalmatia, Croatia, Rama, Serbia,
Galicia, Lodomeria and Kumania, to all faithful in Christ, who will
set eyes upon this letter, greetings and well-being! Wherever we hold
that we can by influence of our name be of favour to some, it is only
appropriate to use our benevolence, and particularly for the truth
not to be obscured, or injustice not to prevail over justice. Therefore
we want everyone to know that appearing before us our villagers of
Samobor, near the castle of Okić, appealed to us assiduously that
by the virtue of our letter we attest the way and status of their
liberty, which was by the grace and providence of pious memory of
King Koloman, deceased, our dearest brother, in accord with the liberty
of villagers of Petrinja, given to them. And
seeing to their benefit, acknowledging gracefully their appeal, we
decided to set their liberty forever, the order of which, we have
seen, is so set in the privilege of said our brother: namely, they
are not to be tried by any of our judges, but by the mayor of the
village, whom they have of their free will elected; and if they were
not given satisfaction by their judge, their judge is obliged and
must before us, and not otherwise, be invited and discuss the case.
And if they would bring anyone for anything before the judge, they
are to be given the right to take an oath. We
also decree that if the ban (The Viceroy) would cause them a damage
of one mark worth, he has to restitute a hundred; nevertheless, they
are not obliged to give the ban during his visit else but their home,
and for all other necessities they should receive his payment. And
if any one of them has no children, he can of his own free will, alive
or leaving this world, give all his possessions to anyone to have.
And if any one of the village be accused because of a horse or an
ox, and he being able to take a solemn oath, the accuser has to reimburse
him in the presence of witnesses, and the thing that was the object
of dispute is to be given to the accuser. And if anyone would want
to come to the village and settle there permanently, he is free, and
everyone knowing this, he can sell all his possessions, namely houses
and else what he owns; and leaving the village he can keep that liberty.
We also state that they can choose a priest for their church whoever
they wish, and they can have the tithe at their disposal, as is the
custom with villagers wherever they are. The
boundaries of the lands of the said our villagers of Samobor, as we
understood from the letter of our faithful Duke Stephen, the brother
of Baboneg, who was decreed specially by us to find these out, are
divided thus: First boundary starts at the poplar and extends to the
one well, then extends to Brenilaz, then extends through the woods
to Rakovica, where two waters meet; then extends uphill to what is
commonly called Giznik, then along the hill crest extends again to
Rakovica, then to Brestovica and after that across the hill it extends
to the Črnec creek, then to Lipovica, then extends along the hill
to Grabrovnica, and then along the same hill, which is commonly called
Pozorin, extends to the Gradna and from there descends to the path
and by that path aside Preseka ascends on the hill and by the same
path descends to the Bistrac well and goes down the said Bistrac and
exits beneath Bobovica and again extends to the first boundary at
the poplar. We
will not leave this to silence also, that the said our villagers are
obliged to pay for tax the hundred pensas a year, and thirty pensas
for the market toll. That, consequently, the list of said liberties
of our often mentioned villagers remains forever firm and irretractable,
we are with our authority and the attachment of our doubled seal gracefully
confirming it. Given
in the village of Verevča, the year of conception of our Lord 1242
and of our reign year eighth.
Latin original
Bela dei gratia Hungarie,
Dalmacie, Chorovacie, Rame, Seruie, Gallicie, Lodomerie, Cumanieque
rex omnibus Christi fidelibus presens scriptum inspecturis, salutem
et omne bonum! Ubicunque nostri nominis interuentu posse credimus aliquibus
subueniri, pium nos decet adhibere fauorem, presertim ne uel ueritas
ocultetur aut iniquitas preualeat equitati. Eapropter ad noticiam vniuersorum
uolumus peruenire, quod accedentes ad presenciam nostram hospites nostri
de Zumbur prope castrum Oclych existentes humiliter a nobis flagitarunt
et instanter, vt modum et statum libertatis eorundem de gracia ac prouidencia
pie memorie regis Colomani karissimi qoundam fratris nostri, iuxta tenorem
libertatis hospitum de Petyrna liberaliter concesse, nostrarum auctoritate
litterarum dignaremur confirmare.
Nos itaque considerata eorum
utilitate, precibus ipsorum fauorabiliter annuentes, sub libertate iam
prefata ipsos duximus perpetuo statuendos. Cuius seriem in priuilegio
memorati fratris nostri taliter uidimus contineri, vt uidelicet ipsos
nullus iudicum nostrorum, preter maiorem ville eorum, quem uoluntarie
elgerint, audeat iudicare; etsi ab ipsorum iudice conquerentibus satisfieri
non poterit, iudex eorum in nostra presencia et non alias super ipsa
causa citatus debeat et teneatur respondere. Et si ipsi alias coram
iudice quemquam inpeterent super aliquo, eis iudicetur iuramentum.
Statuimus eciam, quod si banus
eis ad ualorem unius marce dampnum faceret, in centuplo restitueret
eisdem, tamen bano non aliud nisi domos suas occasione descensus dare
teneatur, pro alias vero necessariis precium recipiant; et si aliquis
ipsorum prole caruerit, tam ipso uiuente quam a seculo transmigrante
bona sua cuicunque uoluerit libere conferat retinenda. Et si aliquis
de uilla super equo uel boue calumpniatur ab aliquo, proquanto sacramentum
facere presumpserit, sibi calumpnias testibus astantibus restituat et
res pro qua causabatur ad requierentem deuoluatur. Et si aliquis ipsam
uillam intrare uoluerit moraturus, omnia bona sua, domos uidelicet et
alia que posidet, omnibus scientibus liberam habeat uenendi facultatem
et recedens de uilla retineat eandem. Statumus eciam, ut sacerdotem
quemcunque uoluerint in suam recipiant ecclesiam, de decemis eorum prout
mos est hospitibus ubicunque manentibus disponentes.
Mete autem terrarum dictorum
hospitum nostrorum de Zumbur, sicut per litteras nostri fidelis comitis
Stephani fratris Baboneg, qui ad id conoscendum specialiter per nos
fuerat destinatus, inteleximus hoc modo distiquuntor: prima meta incipit
de Thopol et tendit ad fontem unum, deinde tendit ad Brenilaz, deinde
per siluam tendit ad Rocoycha vbi due aque simul veniunt, deinde sursum
tendit usque quod uulgo dicitur Pyzni, deinte per montem iterum tendit
ad Rocoycha, deinde ad Brezthoycha, et postea ultra monten tendit in
riuum Chernych, deinde ad Lypoycham, deinde per montem tendit ad Grabronicham
et inde per eundem quod uulgo dicitur Pozorin tendit ad Gradnam et inde
descendit ad uiam per quam iuxta Praseckam ascendit ad monten at per
dictum Bysterch vadit et sub Boboycha exit, iterum tendit ad priorem
metam Thopol.
Nec hoc tamen sub silencio
uolumus preterire, quod predicti hospites nostri nobis annuatim pro
collecta centum pensae et pro tributo fori triginta pensas soluere tenentur.
Vt igitur enarrate libertates series sepedictis hospitibus salua semper
et irretractabilis permaneat, presentem ipsam auctoritate ac duplicis
sigilli nostri inpensione propensius confirmamus.
Datum in villa Vereucha anno
dominice incarnacionis MCCXL. secundo regni uero nostri anno octauo.
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