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A.D.H.R 6 G 7 - Chapter of Thann - Rent register of 1536 (extract)


Baptism certificate | Anniversary mass | Rent register | Testament | Inventory of assets


 


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iiii ß i hun
Item Michel SCHILLING von Ranspach gibt järlich iiii ß
und i hun von einer matt(en) genant die Pfaffen Matten
zu einer siten neben Peter BERGER, ist fellig und erschätzig


x ß ii huener
Item Mathis WISSLING von Mollow gibt järlich x ß
ii huener, ist fällig und erschätzig. Sind diess die güter
Erstlich ein matt(en) liegt im Boden, ein sit(en) neben Hanns
RUEDIN, ander sit(en) neben Bastian RUEDIN, stosst oben an in
selbs, unden uff der allmendt.


4 Schilling 1 hen
Michel SCHILLING
of Ranspach pays yearly a rent (4 Schilling and 1 hen) for a meadow called Pfaffen Matten; on one side Peter BERGER.

10 Schilling 2 hens
Matthew WISSLING of Mollau pays yearly a rent (10 Schilling and 2 hens) of: 1. a meadow situated im Boden, near John RUEDIN, Sebastian RUEDIN, Matthew WISSLING himself and a common ground.

Commentaire


A rent register contains the amount of the taxes (the rent) paid for each tenure (parcel, house...). It also mentions the modifications (death, inheritance, new tenants...); that's why the text is often annotated or crossed out.

Such a document is particularly interesting for genealogists, because it is older than the parish records (this rent register dates from the first half of 16th century). It doesn't permit one to establish a continuous genealogy but it permits one to identify the presence of a patronymic in a locality. That's why the genealogist who is interested in the W(E)ISLING family of the Thur River Valley will be happy to know that a man called W(E)ISLING lived in the small village of Mollau in the reign of Charles the Fifth.