Cáput 1.

Decanus qui super decim est. ¹
Centurio qui super centum est. ²
Tribonus qui super duos vel tres ³
pagos vel super mille. Vicarius ⁴
qui, quando comes ad regem va-
dit ad causas civitatis sue discu-
tiendas, vicem ipsius tenet. et
ideo vicarius nominatur. Comes ⁵
qui super unam civitatem vel
super.....) milia. Dux su per ⁶
duodecim civitates. Patricius qui ⁷
ad latus regis sedet et, ne molestias
rex accipiat, ipse dispensat quic-
quid ad imperatorem vel ad regem
adlaborum causarum ad pro-
vinciarum et populorum utilita-
tem. Rex qui super unam gentem ⁸
vel multas. Imperator qui super ⁹
totum mundum aut qui precellit in
eo. Ex hac supputatione con-
stat, quod sit decanus sub centu-
rione, centurio sub tribuno, tribu-
nus sub comite, comes sub duce, dux
sub patricio, patricius sub rege
vel imperatore ut Cesar sub
Augusto.

α) τοῦ κοινοῦ δουλείας καὶ ἀλλ.

Caput 2.

Obtimates rathinburgii b)
1 acciones unum sunt. qui man-
ducant cum rege et absente eo
cum episcopis iudicant causas.
Praeses multas divitias habet. 2
qui iuducat ad presentiam regis et
causas de scola regis et de domo
palatii iudicat et damnat, ut
voluerit, et solvit, sicut oe-
conomus sub abbate. et qui super
duces civitatum longe. a rege ad
facienda iuditia preses vocatur.
3 Obtimates autem non iudicant ad
presentiam regis, sed seorsum
et forsan cum episcopis. et non
possunt damnare vel solvere, ante-
quam veniat rex. sed episcopi et
obtimates tantum iudicant, ut rex
distinguat nisi pro pauperibus,
ut episcopi indulgeant pro vita,
sed plus pauperes obtineant, non de
causis scole vel domus iudicant, ad
quas preses sit, sed de causis de-
foris adlatis ab episcopis vel duci-
bus comitibus et ceteris. Consules 4
et proconsules, sed consules qui dona
regis consulunt et donant, cui volue-
rit rex. interdum consul coram rege
minutos argenteos super planam terram
spargit, ut certatim pauperes propriis
et velocissimis manibus sibi, ut value-
rint, riant, ut letus rex aspiciat
subridens. Prefectus qui precellit de 5
obtimatibus.

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<table><tr><td>180.</td><td>Eugenii II. concilium Romanum. 826. Novembr. 12.</td><td>370.</td></tr><tr><td>181.</td><td>Indiculus eorum qui sacramentum fidelitatis iuraverunt.</td><td>377.</td></tr><tr><td>182.</td><td>Gludowici capituli legibus addendi versio francica.</td><td>379.</td></tr></table>

XII.

<table><tr><td>183.</td><td>Ansegisi abbatis capitularium collectio.</td><td>394. (I, 697)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Baluzianae editionis capitularia cum editione nostra collata......451.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Pertzianae editionis capitularia cum editione nostra collata......456.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Errata....................................................462.</td></tr></table>

( Univ. Penn. Tr. & Rep., *IV*, ii, "Status," by Falkner, p. 2-4)

## ARTICLES FROM THE CAPITULARY "DE VILLIS."

### Mon.Ger.Hist.Legum I, 185-186 Latin.

In the capitularies of Charles, the great, the high administrative ability of that ruler is clearly manifested. They contain several ordinances relating to the general affairs of the realm, such as the military service, which indicate the existence of a fairly compact administrative system. The capitulary "de Villis" from which a few extracts are given relates to the royal domains. The first section quoted may be regarded as a statistical instruction to the officials. In it several items, mentioned specifically in other sections are not enumerated. They are added to show the general character of the domains. They indicate, that the section 62 is merely a general instruction and is not intended as a schedule. The whole capitulary of which only a part is here given, throws an interesting light upon the character of the royal revenues of the period. In this translation we acknowledge our indebtedness to the scholarly edition of the "de Villis" by Guérard, in Bibliothèque de L'Ecole des Chartes. In dubious passages we have followed the interpretation of this author.

62. That each steward shall make an annual statement of all our income: an account of our lands cultivated by the oxen which our plough-men drive and of our lands which the tenants of farms ought to plough; an account of the pigs and of the rents¹ of the obligations and fines; of the game taken in our forests without our permission; of the various compositions; of the mills, of the forest, of the fields, of the bridges and ships: of the free-men and the hundreds who are under obligations to our treasury; of markets, vineyards, and whose who owe wine to us; of the hay, fire-wood, torches, planks, and other kind of lumber; of the waste-lands; of the vegetables, millet, panic, of the wool, flax, and hemp; of the fruits of the

(1) Guérard thinks this means the payment for the right to keep pigs in the woods.

40. That each steward on each of our domains shall always have, for the sake of ornament, swans, peacocks, pheasants, ducks, pigeons, partridges, turtle-doves.

42. That in each of our estates, the chambers shall be provided with counterpanes, cushions, pillows, bed-clothes, coverings for the tables and benches; vessels of brass, lead, iron and wood; andirons, chains, pot-hooks, adzes, axes, augers, cutlasses and all other kinds of tools, so that it shall never be necessary to go elsewhere for them, or to borrow them. And the weapons, which are carried against the enemy, shall be well cared for, so as to keep them in good condition; and when they are brought back they shall be placed in the chamber.

43. For our women's work they are to give at the proper time, as has been ordered, the materials, that is the linen, wool, woad, vermillion, madder, wool-combs, teasels, soap, grease, vessels and the other objects which are necessary.

44. Of the food-products other than meat, two-thirds shall be sent each year for our own use, that is of the vegetables, fish, cheese, butter, honey, mustard, vinegar, millet, panic, dried and greenherbs, radishes, and in addition of the wax, soap and other small products; and they tell us how much is left by a statement, as we have said above; and they shall not neglect this as in the past; because from those two-thirds, we wish to know how much remains.

45. That each steward shall have in his district good workmen, namely, blacksmiths, gold-smith, silver-smith, shoe-makers, turners, carpenters, sword-makers, fishermen, foilers, soap-makers, men who know how to make beer, cider, berry, and all other kinds of beverages, bakers to make pastry for our table, net-makers, who know how to make nets for

(Univ. Penn. Tr. & Rep., IV, ii, "Statist." by Falkner, p. 2-4.)

In the capitularies of Charles, the great, the high administrative ability of that ruler is clearly manifested. They contain several ordinances relating to the general affairs of the realm, such as the military service, which indicate the existence of a fairly compact administrative system. The capitulary "de Villis" from which a few extracts are given relates to the royal domains. The first section quoted may be regarded as a statistical instruction to the officials. In it several items, mentioned specifically in other sections are not enumerated. They are added to show the general character of the domains. They indicate, that the section 62 is merely a general instruction and is not intended as a schedule. The whole capitulary of which only a part is here given, throws an interesting light upon the character of the royal revenues of the period. In this translation we acknowledge our indebtedness to the scholarly edition of the "de Villis" by Guerard, in Bibliothèque de L'Ecole des Chartes. In dubious passages we have followed the interpretation of this author.

(1) Guerard thinks this means the payment for the right to keep pigs in the woods.

trees, of the nut trees, larger and smaller; of the grafted trees
of all kinds; of the gardens; of the turnips; of the fish-ponds;
of the hides; skins, and horns; of the honey, wax; of the fat, tallow,
and soap; of the mulberry wine, cooked wine, mead, vinegar, beer,
wine new and old; of the new grain and the old; of the hens and eggs;
of the geese; the number of fishermen, smiths [workers in metal],
sword-makers, and shoe-makers, of the bins and boxes; of the turners
and saddlers; of the forges and mines, that is iron and other mines;
of the lead mines; of the tributaries; of the colts and fillies;
they shall make all these known to us, set forth separately and in
order, at Christmas, in order that we may know what and how much of
each thing we have.

22. In each of our estates our stewards are to have as many
cow-houses, piggeries, sheep-folds, stables for goats, as possible,
and they ought never to be without these. And let them have in ad-
dition cows furnished by our serfs for performing their service, so that
the cow-houses and plows shall be in no way weakened by the service
on our demense. And when they have to provide meat, let them have
steers lame, but healthy, and cows and horses which are not mangy, or
other beasts which are not diseases, and, as we have said, our cow-
houses and plows are not to be weakened for this.

34. They must provide with the greatest care, that whatever
is prepared or made with the hands, that is, lard, smoked meat, salt
meat, partially salted meat, wine, vinegar, mulberry wine, cooked wine,
garns,¹ mustard, cheese, butter, malt, beer, mead, honey, wax, flour,
all should be prepared and made with the greatest cleanliness.

1. A kind of fermented liquor.

INVENTORY OF AN ESTATE OF CHARLES THE GREAT

Mon.Ger.Hist. LL,I,pp. 178-179. Latin.

This inventory is a specimen of those required in the capitulary. It refers to a small estate, the location of which is unknown. Rude domestic and agricultural conditions are clearly reflected in this account of an estate destined to harbor temporarily the royal person and his officers.

We found in the domain estate of Asnapium a royal house built of stone in the best manner, 3 rooms; the whole house surrounded with balconies, with 11 apartments for women; beneath 1 cellar; 2 porticoes; 17 other houses built of wood within the court-yard, with as many rooms and other appurtenances, well built, 1 stable, 1 kitchen, 1 mill, 1 granary, 3 barns.

The yard surrounded carefully with a hedge and stone gate-
way and above a balcony from which to make distributions. An inner
yard, likewise enclosed within a hedge, arranged in a suitable manner
planted with various kinds of trees.

Vestments: coverings for 1 bed, 1 table cloth, 1 towel.

Utensils: 2 brass kettles, 2 drinking cups, 2 brass cauld-
rons, 1 iron one, 1 frying pay, 1 gramalmin, 1 paid of andirons, 1
lamp, 2 hatchets, 1 chisel, 2 augers, 1 axe, 1 large plane, 1 plane,
2 scythes, 2 sickles, 2 spades tipped with iron. Enough wooden utensils
for use.

Farm produce: old spelt from last year, 90 baskets which
can be made into 450 weight of flour; 100 measures of barley. From

The garden herbs which we found were lily, putchuck,
mint, parsley, rue, celery, libesticum, sage, savory, juniper, leeks,
garlic, tansy, wild mint, coriander, scullions, onions, cabbage, kohl-
rabi, betony. Trees: pears, apples, medlars, peaches, filberts,
walnuts, mulberries, quinces.

Mon.Ger.Hist. LL.I, pp. 178-179. Latin.

the present year, 110 baskets of spelt, planted 60 baskets from the same,
the rest we found; 100 measures of wheat, 60 sown, the rest we found;
98 measures of rye all sown; 1800 measures of barley, 1100 sown, the
rest we found; 430 measures of oats, 1 measure of beans; 12 measures
of peas. At the 5 mills, 800 measures, small measures. At the 4 brew-
eries 650 measures, small measures. 240 given to the prebendaries, the
rest we found. At the 2 bridges, 60 measures of salt and 2 shillings.
At the 4 gardens, 11 shillings. Honey, 3 measures; about 1 measure
of butter; lard from last year 10 sides, new sides 200 with fragments
and fats, chesse from the present year 43 weights.

Of cattle; 51 head of larger cattle, 5 three-year
olds, 7 two-year olds, 7 yearlings; 10 two-year-old colts, 8 yearlings,
3 stallions; 16 cows; 2 asses; 50 cows with calves, 20 young bullocks,
28 yearling calves, 3 bulls, 260 hogs, 100 pigs, 5 boars, 150 sheep
with lambs, 200 yearling lambs, 120 rams, 30 goats with kids, 30 year-
ling kids, 3 make goats, 30 30 geese, 80 chickens, 22 peacocks.

Also concerning the dependencies which pertain to the
above mansion. In the villa of Crisio we found domain buildings, where
there are 3 barns and a yard surrounded by a hedge. There is there 1
garden with trees, 10 geese, 8 ducks, 30 chickens.

In another villa. We found domain buildings and a
yard surrounded by a hedge and within 3 barns, 1 appent of vines, 1
garden with trees, 15 geese, 20 chickens.

In a third villa, domain buildings. It has 2 barns,
1 granary, 1 garden, 1 yard well enclosed by a hedge.

We found all the dry and liquid measures just as in
the palace. We did not find any goldsmiths, silversmiths, blacksmiths,
huntsmen or persons engaged in other services.

The garden herbs which we found were lily, punchuck, mint, parsley, rue, celery, libesticum, sage, savory, juniper, leeks, garlic, tensy, wild mint, coriander, scullions, onions, cabbage, kohl-rabi, betony. Trees: pears, apples, medlars, peaches, filberts, walnuts, mulberries, quinces.

1 Mars 954

Accord entre les vicomtes de Cerdagne et d'Urgel pour
le château de Saint-Martin.

(Devic et Vaissete, Histoire generale de Languedoc, tome II, Toulouse, 1875, col. 421-423. "Archives nationales, J. 879, n. 1; original en parchemin, provenant du Trésor de Foix.")

Hec est convenientia qui est facta inter Raimundi vicecomiti de Cerritania & Petri Raimundi vicecomiti Urgellitano atque conjux sua nomine Sibilla. Ego Raimundi vicecomiti comendo ad vobis jamdictos Petri Raimundi & mulier nomine Sibilla ipso kastro de Sancti Martini & dono vobis Ermengaudi cum ipso fevo quod tenet de kastro Sancti Martini & cum suos milites. Similiter comendo vobis ipsos kastros de Mirales & de Cheralt, & dono vobis Berrengario de Aragal cum ipso feu que tenet de ipso [vice] chomitatu & suos milites, & de aliis cavallariis qui remanent dono vobis ipsos medietate cum ipsos fevos que tenet de vicechomitatu, & dono vobis quarta parte de fevo de vicechomite a tu in dominico. Et propter hoc dono suprascripto convenio ego Petri Raimundi vicecomiti & mulier mea Sibilla ad te Raimundi vicecomiti de Cerritania quod sumus vestros solida mente contra cunctos homines vel feminas, exceptus comiti Urgellitano, quod siamus tibi adjutores de ipsa honore quod haberetis vel in antea habere portueris cum nostrum consilium a tener & a giregar & a defendre contra cunctos homines vel feminas per fidem rectam sine engan, & in hostes sive in kavalcades ubi Petro Raimundi vicecomiti de Kastrobono ubi erat cum Raimundi vicechomite, ipsos cavallarios qui fuerunt de ipso vice chomitatu fuerunt cum illo jamdicto. Et si ego vicecomiti de Urgellitano jamdicto non sum in istas kavalcades jamdictas sives in hostes,

1) tener — manutenere

2) giregar — guerreiare

3) defendre — defendere

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vicecomiti de Cerritania, si ista convenientia qui desuper est scripta *enfragia*, ad Petro Ramon vicecomiti de Castelbo & ad Sibilla mulier sua, si infra XXXº dies *no o avia redret* quod illis jamdictos *lon demanasen* Raimundi vicecomiti per nos *o per nostre misage*, Ermengaudi de Sancti Martini & Berenger de Aragal cum ipsos kastellos & cum ipsas honores & cum illis omines & alliis homines de vicecomitatu, *tant se tigen* cum vicecomite & mulier sua *tro che o agen dret* ad vicecomite & ad mulier sua. Et ego Petri Raimundi vicecomite de Urgello & mulier mea Sibilla *li passaveds* ista conveniensia qui desuper est scripta & Raimundi vicecomiti *lo reptava* que illis se *excondiga* ad unum kavallarium qui abet X cavalarios *logads* de terra. Et si obieriet Raimundi vicechomite primus sine infante de mulier, *torn* ipsa parte que habeat Ramon vicechomite de vicecomitatu ad Petro vicecomite & ad mulier sua Sibilla; & si obierit Petri vicecomiti sine infante de milier Sibilla, *torn* ipsa parte quod abeo de vicecomitatu a Raimundi vicechomite. Actum est hoc die kalendarum marcii, anno XVIII regnante Leovico rege. Sig+ num Raimundi vicechomiti. Sig+ num Petro Raimundi vicecomiti. Sig+ num Sibilla vicecomitissa qui ista convenientia mandavimus scribere & testes firmare rogavimus. Sig+ num *Babot*. Sig+ num *Gonbalt*. Sig+ num *Bereger Guillem*. Sig+ num *Guillem de Espugola*. Sig+ num Ramon Ermenguadi de Sancti Martini. *Ermingaus sacer*[dos], qui hec convenientia scripsit cum literas ras[as] vel melioratas in VI lineas, die & anno prefato quod supra.Sig+ num *Arnal de Saga*.

c. 1007

Fulbert de Chartres.

(Lorsque... Fulbert monta sur le siège épiscopal de Chartres, il dut, en bon administrateur, s'occuper de préserver intact le temporel de son évêché. Or faisaient partie de ce temporel des biens importants situés dans le Vendômois, le *castrum Vin-docini* lui-même et un territoire important dit *casamentum Sactae Mariae*. Ces biens se trouvaient, sans doute en vertu d'une concession féodale, au moins en ce qui concerne le premier, entre les mains de Bouchard le Vénérable, et, par suite de son entrée en religion, ils passèrent en l'année 1006 à son fils Reginaldus ou Renaud, évêque de Paris. Le nouveau possesseur ne paraissait pas disposé à reconnaitre les droits de l'Église de Chartres. Il refusait certainement a l'évêque de Chartres l'hommage féodal; bien plus, il avait lui-même (ou son père) donné en bénéfice à quulques-kuns de ses chevaliers de *casamenta* du fief de Sainte-Marie. Fulbert n'hésita point à agir énergetiquement et deux de ses premières lettres ont pour objet de faire valoir les droits de son Église. Par la première il s'adresse à Reginald et lui demande à raison du fief qu'il détient un hommage où les principales obligations du vassal sont dûment sprecifiées; d'autre part, il exige que les chevaliers qui détiennent les *casamenta* de Sainte-Marie, lui fassent également hommage et deviennent ainsi ses propres vassaux.

1. Cela suppose ou que la coutume ne tolérait pas alors les sous-inféodations ou que le territoire dont il s'agit n'avait jamais été concédé en fief par l'Église de Chartres à Bouchard ou à Reginald et que celui-ci avait purement et simplement disposé du bien d'autrui en faisant ces concessions à ses chevaliers. Fulbert confirmerait pourtant cette concession illegale, mais en la régularisant, en faisant des concessionaires ses vassaux directs.

Esmein, "Nouvelles théories sur les origines féodales", dans "Nouv.rev.hist.de dr.fr.et ét.", 1894, 532-538.

(Migne, *Patrologia latina*, tom. CXLI, col. 204, epistola vi; ainsi Bouquet, X, p. 447, lettre 5.)

*Note note R. Fulbertus.*

Hoc a vobis: securitatem de mea vita et membris, et terra quam habes [habeo?], vel per vestrum consilium acquiram. De auxilio vestro contra omnes homines, salva fidelitate Roberti, de receptu Vindonici castri ad meum usum et meorum fidelium, qui vobis assecurabunt illud; commendationem vestrorum militum, qui de nostro casamento (20) beneficium tenent, salva fidelitate vestra; justitiam de querimonia Sanctionis et Huberti, et de querimoniis canonicorum Ecclesæ nostræ, et de ligibus atriorum nostrorum. Si hæc facere vultis, paratus sum conventionem quam vobiscum ini observare; si non vultis, nolite me itinere fatigare. Valete.

(Quelques termes seulement demandent une explication.)

Securitas, veut dire une promesse solennelle et ecrite; c'est
le sens qu'a ce mot dans beaucoup de formules de la monarchie
franque. Commendatio, pur designer l'hommage que Fulbert re-
quiert des chevaliers, qui tiennent en benefice les terres de
l'Eglise, est aussi l'expression usitee dans les sources carol-
ingiennes. Enfin, quant au fond, il faut noter deux choses.
C'est d'abord la stipulation concernant la remise a volonte du
castrum, due par le vassal au seigneur. C'est d'autre part ¡a
clause, salva fidelitate Roberti, salva fidelitate vestra, qui
montre que des lors on savait concevoir l'hommage du vassal de
maniere a reserver les droits d'un seigneur antérieur ou superieur.

Esmein, op.cit.,p.533,n.3. )

(Fulbert ne s'en tint pas là et s'adressant directement aux chevaliers de Reginald qui tenaient les terres de l'Église, il les somme, uniquement en cette qualité de tenanciers, de venir lui faire hommage, sinon il disposera de leurs bénéfices au profit d'autres personnes. Esmein, op. cit., 583-584.)

(Servitium; ce mot designe sans doute la commendatio, l'hommage. Ibid., 584, n. 1.)

(Migne, col. 206, epist. x.)

FILBERTUS Dei gratia episcopus GUNTARTO HUBERTO vicecomiti, ROGERIO, BUCARDO, HUGONI filio Hugonis, OTREDO, HAMELINO, HUGONI filio Herbrandi, et uxori Guismandi, et omnibus illis qui tenent casamentum sanctae Mariae Carnotensis Ecclesae per donum Reginaldi episcopi.

Voco vos et admoneo ex parte Dei et sanctae Mariae et nostra, ut infra proximum Pascha veniatis ad nos, aut nostrum servitium facere, aut de vestris casamentis legitiman rationem reddere. Quod si non feceritis, excommunicabo vos propter tumeliam vestram, et interdicam ut non audiatis divinum officium, nee vivi recipiatis communionem, neque mortui sepulturam. Quin etiam castellum Vindocinium et territorium ejus anathamatizabo, ut in eis divinum officium non celebretur, neque mortuus sepulturam. Postea vero ipsa casamenta quae tenetis aut uni aut pluribus dabo, ultra etiam vobiscum de illis non concordabo. Deus vos convertat, filii mei.

(Je ne saurais dire quelle suite à eue cette affaire; mais ces deux lettres de Fulbert de Chartres, auquelles M.Pfister attribue la date de 1007 environ, montrent à cette époque les principes essential essentiaux de droit féodal nettement dégagés. Rien n'y manque, ni l'hommage, source de toutes les obligations du vassal, étroitement rattaché à la possession du bénéfice et dû à raison même de celle-ci, ni la commise prononcée faute d'hommage à seigneur.)

Esmein, op. cit., 584.)

1020

Fulbert de Charly.

(Dans la célèbre forma fidelitatis que contient la lettre 58 de Fulbert..., cette union de la vassalité et de la tenure en bénéficier me paraît suffisamment indiquée dans la clause finale: 'Restat ergo ut in eisdem sex supradictis consilium et auxilium domino suo fideliter prestet, si beneficio dignus esse vult et salvus esse de fidelitate quam juravit.'

Esmein, "Nouvelles theories sur les origines feodales", dans "Nouv.rev.hist.de dr.fr.et et.", 1894, p. 534.)

o Glorioso duei Aquitanorum Guillielmo Fulbertis
epistopos orationis suffragium.

(Migne, *Patrologia latina*, CXLI, col. 229, epistola IVIII;
ainsi *Bouquet*, X, p. 463, lettre 38.)

De forma fidelitatis aliquid scribere monitus, haec
vobis quae sequuntur breviter ex librorum auctoritate notavi.
Qui domino suo fidelitatem jurat, ista sex in memoria semper
habere debet: Incolumne, tutum, honestum, utile, facile, possibile.
Incolumne, videlicet, ne sit domino in damnum de corpore suo.
Tutum, ne sit ei in damnum de secreto suo, vel de munitionibus
per quas tutus esse potest. Honestum, ne sit ei in damnum de
sua justitia, vel de aliis causis quae ad honestatem ejus per-
tinere videntur. Utile, ne sit ei in damnum de suis possession-
bus. Facile vel possibile, ne id bonum, quod dominus suus le-
viter facere poterat, faciat ei difficile: neve id, quod possibile
erat, readdat ei impossibile. Ut autem fidelis haec nocumenta
caveat, justum est, sed non ideo sacramentum meretur, non enim
sufficit abstinere a malo, nisi fiat quod bonum est.

Restat ergo, ut in eisdem sex supradictis consilium et
auxilium domino suo fideliter praestet, si beneficio dignus videri
vult, et salvus esse de fidelitate quam juravit. Dominus quoque
fideli suo in his omnibus vicem reddere debet. Quod si non fe-
cerit, merito censebitur malefidus: sicut ille, si in eorum prae-
varicatione vel faciendo vel consentiendo deprehensus fuerit,
perfidus et perjurus. Scripsissem vobis latius, si occupatus non
essem cum aliis multis, tum etiam restauratione civitatis et

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Ecclesiæ nostræ quæ tota nuper horrendo incendio conflagravit.

Quo damno etsi aliquantisper non moveri non possumus, spe tamen

divini

atque vestri solatii respiramus.

Vers juillet 1035

Vaissete, Hist. gen. de Languedoc,
Nouv. ed.

V, c. 411-412

Donation faite à Frotaire, évêque de Nimes,
& à son frère Bernard, vicomte de Nimes
& d'Albi.

(Cartulaire du Chateau de Foix, caisse 15.)

Omnes sanctiones secularium legum de-
cernunt, ut si aliquis homo de rebus
vel de possessionibus suis alteri homini
dare vel aliquo modo voluerit cedere, ha-
beat licentiam ad faciendum. Idcirco ego
Geraldus & frater meus Sicharius, & filii
Geraldi, & filii Sicharii, donamus illas par-
tes de illo castello de Causago, quas habemus
per alodem, & illam partem de Arleno fratre meo, quam
habet in ipso castello per alodem post mortem
ejus, & illas partes, quas habemus in illo
castello de Berenis per alodem, & illam
partem de Arleno fratre nostro post portem
ejus; istas totas partes de istis castellis,
quos nominatos habemus, donamus Froterio
episcopo, & fratri ejus Bernardo, & Segario
fratri eorum ad alodem, propter emendamentum
de morte patris eorum Atoni. Et illum alo-
dem nostrum de Frago, cum ipsa ecclesia
de Sancto Periedo, & cum ipso ecclesiastico,
cum pratis & pascuis, cum arboribus
& aquis, totum & ab integrum donamus
ego Geraldus & filii mei, & Sicharius &

filii sui, Froterio episcopo, & Bernardo
atque Segario ad alodem; exceptos duos
mansos, & aripendos quatuor, quos dedit
Ungario cum filia sua Fuffenna, & excepto
uno caputmanso, & cum tantis terris ut
unum mansum valeat, & cum quatuor ari-
pendos de vinea in ipso alode, quod dedit
Sicharius Bernardo Sicario cum filia sua
Adalaig. In tali vero ratione, ut si deexire
voluerint de ipso alode de Frago Frote-
rius, seu Bernardus, vel Segarius, non pos-
sint facere, nisi ad ipsum Geraldum aut
filios ejus, quos de uxore habeat, seu Se-
chario vel filios ejus de uxore, si illi acap-
tare voluerint, in consilio duorum ho-
minum de parte Froterii, & partibus ejus
supranominatos, & in consilio de duobus
hominibus de parte Geraldi vel Secharii;
& isti quatuor consilium donent per bene
& per drictum sine contraria & sine in-
ganno, suo sciente. Quod si Geraldus vel
filii ejus, aut Sicharius vel filii ejus acap-
tare voluerint in consilio quatuor istorum
hominum, sicut hic scriptum est, de illo
alode de Frago faciat Froterius vel Ber-
nardus vel quicquid facere voluerint. De
repetione vero, ego Geraldus vel filii mei
istam cartam, vel ea quae in ista carta sunt
contraire vel inquitare voluerimus, li-
centiam non habeamus ad faciendum; sed
ista donatio, sicut in ista carta scripta eat,
firma & stabilis, omnique tempore scripta sine ullo
contradicente, cum stipulatione subnixa.
Facta carta donationis ista in menso
julio, feria III, regnante Aianrico
rege. Sig†num Geraldi. S.Petri. S.Pontii
filiorum ejus. Sig†num Sicharii. S.Rigaldi
& Amelii, & Berardi atque Petroni, seu
Raimundi. Ermengaude me scripsit.

412

1 mars 1068

Vaissète, Hist. gen. de Languedoc,
nouv. ed.

V, cc. 557-559

Accord entre le comte de Barcelone &
le vocimte d'Albi & de Nimes, au
sujet du comté de Carcassonne, &c.
(Archives de Barcelone.- Marca Hispanica, c. 1137.)

I.........

II. Hec est conveniencia, que est
facta inter dominum Raymundum comitem
Barchinone, & dominan Adalmodem comi-
tissam, & infantes predicti Raymundi co-
mitis, & Raymundum Bernardi vicecomitem
& Ermengardem vicecomitissam uxorem
ejus & infantes illorum, de tota ipsa ho-
nore de Redes, & de Carcasses, [ & de
Narbones], & de Menerbes, & de Tolo-
sano, qui fuit Petri-Raymundi comitis &
de Rodgario filio suo. Conveniunt nam-
que predicti vicecomes & vicecomitissa ad
predictos comitem & comitissam, ut si
predicti vicecomes & [vice]comitissa mo-
riuntur sine infantes de legitimo conjugio,
aut si ipsi infantes simili modo moriuntur
sine infantes de legitimo conjugio, rever-
tatur totam istam supradictam honorem
qui fuit jamdicti Petri-Raymundi comitis
& de filio suo Rodgario ad Raymundum
jamdictum comitem & ad Almodem comi-
tissam aut ad infantes predicti comitis Ray-
mundi. Item conveniunt namque predicti
comes & comitissa ut, si predictus comes
Raymundus moritur sine infante de legi-
timo conjugio, aut si infantes jamdicti
Raymundi comitis moriuntur sine infantes
de legitimo conjugio, similiter revertatur
totam istam supradictam honorem qui fuit
Petri-Raymundi comitis & de Rodgario
filio suo ad jamdictum Raymundum vice-
comitem & ad jamdictam Ermengardem
vicecomitissam aut ad infantes illorum.

Item conveniunt inter se, ut de tota ista
supradicta honore unus non donet nec
incombret ullam rem ad nullum hominem
neque ad feminam, nisi inter se unus ad
alterum, exceptus ad homines illorum;
nec unus de istis supradictis non impigno-
ret ullam rem de istam supradictam hono-
rem, nisi inter se unus ad alterum; & hoc
quod modo est impignoratum de supra-
dicta honore, qualiscumque de istis supra-
dictis valeat redimere ipsa pignora, faciat,
& teneat tantum hoc in pignora, donec
alter cui ipsa pignora debet esse redimat
eam. Fuit hoc factum in presencia Mat-
fredi abbatis, & Guillelmi de Montepistla-
rii, & Sicarii Salamonis, & Ugoni Ursta-
fredi, & Dalmacii Bernardi de Petratalliata,
& Ymberti-Gauceberti, & Guillermi-Ray-
mundi senescalcus, & Raymundi-Inardi, &
Miro-Mironis, & Guillermi-Adalberti de
Judigas, & Guicardi-Lupi, & Renouardi
de Menedes, & Roctangno de Poscheras, &
Guillelmi Belarot, & Renardi Salamonis,
& Petri Geraldi clerci, & Bernardi Re-
divi, & Petri Guillelmi de Montpestler,
& dompni Guifredi archiepiscopi de Nar-
bona, & Berengarii-Mironis episcopi, &
aliorum multorum bonorum hominum,
qui hoc totum quod supradictum est vi-
derunt & audierunt.

1088

Valgsete, Hist. gen. de Languedoc,
nouv. ed.

V, cc. 682-683

356 — cxcx.

Contrat de mariage entre Cécile, fille de Bertrand, comte de Provence, & Bernard-Akton, Vicomte de Nimes, Beziers &c.,

(Original; Trésor des chartes du royaume, Toul, France, n. 52. [Aujourd'hui J305].)

Breve memoratoriam de ostaticos que dedid
Bertramus comes ad Ermengardem vicecomitissam
per placitum de sua filia, que dedit ad Bernardum-
Atonem in uxorem, Debet Bertrannus donare quin-
que milia solidatas ad Ermengardem vicecomit-
issam de ista festivitate Sancti Micaelis ad quin-
que annos, don milia in denarios, & mille in boves
& vaccas, & duo milia in caballos & mulos. Istum
placitum & istam convenientiam suprescriptam
juravit ipse comes manu propria que lo attenda
per fidem sine inganno. Istum placitum & istam
convenientiam plevi Raimundus-Rostagnus per suam
fidem, Alfantus-Albaricus per suam fidem, Dodonus-
Albaricus per suam fidem, Gilemus-Porceletus per
suam fidem, Bertrannus-Gidbertus per suam fidem,
Poncius-Rainoardus & Petrus-Garcinus plivirunt

per suam fidem que ad alios facerent refirmare
sua fides. Et ipse comes convenit ad ipsam vi-
cecomitissam, quia tempore nuptiarum quando
dabit filiam suam ad Bernardum-Atonem, dabit
ostaticos decem quales ipsa vicecomitissa volu-
erit, de ipsa onore que non lal tolla ni lal anpar.

Facto placito isto anno ab Incarnatione Domini
milesimo octuagesimo tercio.

683

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTION OF THE DOMESDAY RETURNS.

Inquisitio Eliensis. Domesday Book: Additamenta,
p 495, Latin.

The first approach to a modern assessment roll or cataster
is the well known Domesday Book. The existing literature on this
remarkable memorial is so extensive, that it has not appeared ad-
visable to quote largely from it. Our first quotation contains the
instructions issued to the Commissioners who made the record. The
second is a specimen return. There is a wide variety in the returns,
though certain factors recur constantly in each statement. The sur-
vey is the most extensive document, embracing as it does the entire
area of England held by the Conqueror, which we possess in regard to
mediaeval times. It is important to note how the feudal power as
founded by William is no longer dependent like the Empire of Charles
upon the personal estates of the crown, but brings the entire land
under its influence through the feudal dues, and thus paves the way
for the modern state founded upon the obligations of all its citizens.

Here is subscribed the inquisition of lands as the barons of
the kind have made inquiry into them; that is to say by the oath of the
sheriff of the shire, and of all the barons and their Frenchmen, and
the whole hundred, the priests, reeves, and six villains of each manor;
then, what the manor is called, who held it in the time of king Edward,
who holds now; how many hides, how many plows in demesne, how many be-
longing to the men, how many villains, how many cottars, how many serfs,
how many free-men, how many socmen, how much woods, how much meadow,
how many pastures, how many mills, how many fish-ponds, how much has
been added or taken away, how much it was worth altogether at that time,
and how much now, how much each free man or socman has or had. All
this threefold, that is to say in the time of king Edward, and when
king William gave it, and as it is now; and whether more can be had
than is had.

Inquisitio Eliensis. Domesday Book: Additamenta.
p 495, Latin.

The first approach to a modern assessment roll or cataster is the well known Domesday Book. The existing literature on this remarkable memorial is so extensive, that it has not appeared ad- visable to quote largely from it. Our first quotation contains the instructions issued to the Commissioners who made the record. The second is a specimen return. There is a wide variety in the returns, though certain factors recur constantly in each statement. The sur- vey is the most extensive document, embracing as it does the entire area of England held by the Conqueror, which we possess in regard to mediaeval times. It is important to note how the feudal power as founded by William is no longer depen dent like the Empire of Charles upon the personal estates of the crown, but brings the entire land under its influence through the feudal dues, and thus paves the way for the modern state founded upon the obligations of all its citizens.

Here is subscribed the inquisition of lands as the barons of
the kind have made inquiry into them; that is to say by the oath of the
sheriff of the shire, and of all the barons and their Frenchmen, and
the whole hundred, the priests, reeves, and six villains of each manor;
then, what the manor is called, who held it in the time of king Edward,
who holds now; how many hides, how many plows in demesne, how many be-
longing to the men, how many villains, how many cottars, how many serfs,
how many free-men, how many soemen, how much woods, how much meadow,
how many pastures, how many mills, how many fish-ponds, how much has
been added or taken away, how much it was worth altogether at that time,
and how much now, how much each free man or soeman has or had. All
this threefold, that is to say in the time of king Edward, and when
king William gave it, and as it is now; and whether more can be had
than is had.

EXTRACT FROM DOMESDAY SURVEY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK

Domesday Book, Vol. 2, pp. 153-154. Latin.

The land of Robert Malet.

Fredrebruge Hundred and half. Glorestorp.Godwin, a
freeman, held it. Two carucates of land in the time of king Edward.
Then and afterwards 8 villains; now 3. Then and afterwards 3 bordars;
now 5. At all times 3 serfs and 30 acres of meadow. At all times 2
carucates in demesne. Then half a carucate of the men, and now.
Woods for 8 swine and 2 mills. Here are located 13 soemen, of 40
acres of land. When it was received there were 2 r., now 1. At all
times 8 swine, then 20 sheep, and it is worth 60 shillings.

There is situated there, in addition, one berewick, as the
manor of Hueseda. In the time of kind Edward, 1 carucate of land; then
and afterwards 7 villains, now 5. At all times 12 bordars, and 3 serfs,
and 40 acres of meadow; 1 mill. Woods for 16 swine, and 1 salt pond and
a half. Then 1 r., and now 14 swine; 30 sheep and 50 goats. In this
berewick are located 3 soemen, of 10 acres of land, and it is worth 30
shillings. The two manors have 2 leagues in length and 4 firlongs in
breadth. Whosoever is tenant there, returns 12 pence of the twenty
shillings of gold.

Scerpham Hundred Culverstestun Edric held it in the time
of king Edward. Two carucates of land. At all times there were 4 vil-

(1) The word indicated by the contraction _r_ has not been identified.

-2-

lains, and 1 bordar, and 4 serfs; 5 acres of meadow and two carucates in the demesne. Then and afterwards 1 carucate, now one half. At all times 1 mill and one fish pond. Here is located 1 soeman of the king, of 40 acres of land; which his predecessors held only as commended and he claims his land from the gift of the king. Then and afterwards there was one carucate, now 2 bovates and 2 acres of meadow. At all times two r., and 4 geese; then 300 sheep, now 300 less 12; then 16 swine now 3. Then and afterwards it was worth 60 shillings, now 80; and there could be one plow. Walter of Gaen holds it from Robert.

Heinstede Hundred. In Salisingaham Edrick, the predecessor of Robert Malet, held 2 soles and a half of 66 acres of land, now Walter holds them. Then 9 borders, now 13. At all times 3 carucates and a half among all, and 3 acres of meadow, and the eighth part of a mill; and under these 1 soke of 6 acres of land. At all times half a carucate. Then it was worth 30 shillings, now it returns 50 shillings.

In Scotessa Ulcetel was tenant, a fee man commended to Edric, in the time of king Edward of 30 acres of land. At that time 1 bordar, afterwards and now 2. Then half a carucate, none afterwards nor now. It was at all times worth 5 shillings and 4 pence; the same.

-2-

c. 1107

nouv. ed.

V, c. 804

c. 1107

Serment de fidélité des habitants
de Carcassonne au vicomte Bernard-
Aton.

(Archives du château de Bois, caisse 15.)

Nos noti homines Carcassonne, milites,
burgenses & universus alius populus ejus & su-
burbani, facimus fidelitatem rectam & firmam tibi
nostro seniori Bernardo-Atonis vicecomiti &
uxori tuae Ceciliae vicecomitissae, filiis vestris,
sicut in hac carta scriptum. Juramus itaque vobis
quod de ista hora in antea non decipiemus vos de
vita vestra neque de membris vestris corporibus
vestris pertinentibus neque de civitate vestra
Carcassona neque de turribus neque de ipsis for-
ciis quae ibi hodie sunt & in antea factae erunt,
non vobis eam tollemus neque inde aliquid tolle-
mus, neque nos neque ullus homo aut ulli homines
aut foeminae per ingenium nostrum neque per nos-
trum consilium. Et si fuerit homo vel foemina

qui vobis eam tollant vel inde vos tollant, cum
eo vel cum eis finem vel societatem non habuerimus
ad vestrum damnum & recti adjutores atque fideles
vobis erimus, usquequo eam recuperatam habeatis, &
in sequenti istud sacramentum vobis tenetimus omni
vita nostra, recta fide, sine inganno. Sicut hoc
scriptum est, sic totum vobis praedictis tenebimus
& attenderimus recta fide, sine inganno, per Deum
& haec sancta.

c. 1112

Vaissète, Hist. gen. de Lauguedoc,
nouv. ed.

V, cc. 824-825

(One of the two) Accords entre Bernard-Aton, vicomte de Béziers, et Roger II, comte de Foix.

(Château de Foix, caisse 17.)

Audi <u>Bernard</u> <u>At</u> filius <u>Bermengard</u>, ego <u>Bernar</u> <u>Amel</u> filius Gila,
si jam Rogerius comes <u>de Fois</u> & filius ejus hanc finem umquam
removeant, ego <u>Bernar</u> <u>Amels</u> <u>to fes</u> <u>drecar</u> intra XL dies <u>que tu</u>
<u>m'en commonras</u> per tu aut per nuncium tuum, <u>per</u> <u>laudament</u> Gil-
<u>abert de Laurac</u> & <u>Bernard Miro</u> et Petri <u>Raimund</u> <u>de Ravad</u> &
<u>Ugo de Belpoig</u> & <u>Raimund Guillem</u> <u>de Villemur</u>. Et si nullum
de istis suprascritis fuerit mortus <u>ut</u> aut <u>ullus</u> per malum nolue-
rint laudare, illi <u>qui</u> <u>per ben</u> & per fidem laudaverint faciam
sicut laudaverint. Et si hoc erat ut comes & filius ejus nolue-
rint <u>drecar</u>, ego <u>Bernard</u> <u>Amel</u> <u>te reddria</u> <u>lo castel</u> <u>de Cheralb</u> &
forsas quas ibi fuerint. Et si ego non fuero <u>poderos</u>, M D so-
lidos donem tibi <u>diners</u> Tolosanos, & in antea adjutorium ego & filii
mei <u>per fe senes</u> <u>engan</u> tibi, uxori tuae & ad filios tuos & illa
hora quae recuperatum castellum per nulla mesura reddidissem tibi
sine <u>ingan</u> per istos sanctos.....

c. 1124

Vaissete, Hist. gen. de Languedoc,
nouv. ed.

V, cc. 909-910.

Actes touchant le vicomte Bernard-Aton.

(Chateau de Foix, cartulaire, caisse 15.)

II. - Ego Ermengaudus de Feberano & ego Guillelmus frater ejus qui fuimus filii Ricsovendis foeminae, juramus vobis Bernardo-Atonis vicecomiti & uxori vestrae Caeciliae & fillis ejus Rogerio & Raimundo Trencavel atque Bernardo, quod ab hac hora in antea recti adjutores erimus vobis, omnibus diebus vitae nostrae cum nostris castellis & cum nostro honore & cum hominibus nostris qui nos adjuvare voluerint, scilicet de Aimerico Narbonae & infantibus suis & de omnibus senioribus Narbonae qui ab hac die in antea ibi erunt, excepto archiepiscopo, & de omnibus adjutoribus quandiu adjutores eorum eorum erunt, de ista guerra quam hodie habetis cum eis vel in antea habueritis & de totis allis guerris quas cum ipsis habueritis in vita nostra. Sicut superius scriptum est, sic plivimus & juramus vobis, &c.

III. - De ista hora in antea, ego Bernardus vocecomes & uxor mea Caecilia vicecomitissa & filii nostri Rogerius & Raimundus Trencavelli recti & fideles adjutores erimus vobis Ermengaudo de Feberano, de Aimerico Narbonae & de infantibus suis, de totas ipsas guerras & remogaudas quae tibi fecerint, quandiu de eis ad rectum poterimus habere, & recti & fideles adjutores erimus tibi de Petro Raimundi & de fratribus ejus & de infantibus illorum, si voluerint tollere tibi ipsam tuam prtem quam habes & habere debes in Vintrone castro vel ipsos honores quos habes & habere debes per Vintnonem ultra montem, quandiu de eis ad rectum poteris habere, & haec suprascrita adjutoria fecerimus tibi per quantas

vegadas tu nos commonueris per te vel per tuum missum vel
per tuos missos, & de ipso commonimento non vos vetabimus
ullo modo. Sicut superius scriptum est, sic ego Petrus
de Monte-irato juro tibi Ermengaudo praedicto quod isti
suprascripti seniores mei totum attenderint & tenuerint sine
inganno, per Deum & haec sancta. Hoc sacramentum fecit
Petrus de Monte-irato jussione vicecomitis praedicti.

1125-1126

V, cc. 919-926

489.- CCCXCVIII. Donations faites par le vicomte Bernard-Aton des biens qu'il avait confisquées sur les rebelles de Carcassonne. (Archives du chateau du Foix.)

I. (12 jan. 1125.) In nomine Domini. Ego Bernardus-Ato vicemes & uxor mea, &c., donamus tibi Arnaldo Pelapol ad fevum & propter castellaniam ipsam estagam & ipsum mansum qui fuit Petri Raymundi Vacheta in civitate Carcassona, cum ipsa turre & cum exitibus & redditibus suis; & donamus tibi ad fevum & propter castellanum totum illum honorem qui fuit praedicti Petri Raymundi ubicumque sit: hoc sunt homines & foeminas cum suis tenentiis & cum suis usaticis & servi ciis, & hoc sunt terras, vineas, &c. Sic donamus tibi ad fevum & propter castellanum in tali convênientia, ut per quemque annum cum tuis hominibus & tua familia facias stationem in Carcassona per viii menses & praedictam turrem custodire & gaitare facias omni tempore & ipsam urbem custodias, &c. & ut supradictum honorem vel aliquid de illo non possis dare vel vendere aut impignorare, nisi cum nostro consilio. Et hoc suprasonest quod nos retinemus de ipso honore, non dabimus neque vendemus alicui homini vel foeminae sine tuo consilio, sed si impignorare voluerimus, tibi faciemus, si im- pignorare volueris, & si tu nolueris, habeamus licentiam im- pignorandi cui velimus istum praenominatum honorem, qui nobis advenit atque accessit de traditoribus nostris, propter ipsam traditionem quam fecerunt, scilicet Carcassonam quam in traditionem abstulerunt nobis; donamus tibi praedicto Arnuldo & infantibus tuis & posteritati illorum propter ipsam fidelitatem quam tu Arnaldus portasti nobis & tu & posteritas tua nobis portare

debetis in perpetuum. Ego suprascriptus Arnaldus Pelapol
propter istum praenominatum honorem, quem tu senior meus Bernardus-
Ato vicecomes & domina mea Caecilia vicemitissa & praenominati
filii vestri donatis mihi, &c., juro vobis vitam & membra ac
fidelitatem, &c., juro vobis Carcassonam & forcias ejus atque suburbios
ipsius sine vestro inganno, &c. Facta carta ista ii idus jan-
uarii, feria ii. S.Bernardi-Atonis, &c. S.Amorosi de Tresmals
& filii ejus Willelmi Bernardi, &c., anno MCXXV post incarnati
Verbi divini mysterium.

921

II.(14 jan. 1125). xix kalendas februarii, ivª feria, Ber-
nardo Pelapol ipsam estagam & ipsum mansum qui fuit Raymundi
Arnaldi in civitate Carcassona & totum alium honorem qui fuit
Raymúndi praedicti, &c.

III.(15 jan. 1125). In nomine Domini, &c. Ego Bernardus-
Ato vicecomes & uxor mea Caecilia, &c. damus tibi Nichola ad
fevum propter castellanum ipsam estagam & ipsum mansum qui
fuit Raymundi Cathallani in civitate Carcassonna, cum ipsa
turre Monetaria veteri, cum exitibus, &c. In tali convenientia
ut cum tuis hominibus facias stationem in Carcassona mi tem-
pore, &c. (comme ci-dessus.) Istum praenominatum honorem qui
nobis advenit sive accessit de traditoribus nostris, &c. Facta
catra xviii kalendas februarii, vª feria, ......anno MCXXV.

Le vicomte Bernard-Aton donne de la même manière &
pour le même motif.

IV.(4 mars 1126)

vicecomes & uxor mea Caecilia vicecomitissa & filii nostri Roger-
ius & Raimundus & Bernardus, donamus tibi Bernardo de Tresmals
ad fevum & propter castellaniam, ipsam estagam & ipsum mansum
qui fuit Bernardi traditoris & fratrum ejus in Carcassona cum
ipsa turre & cum exitibus & redditibus suis; & donamus tibi
totum ipsum honorem quem ipsi habuerunt & habere debuerunt
in omnibus locis sive per alodium sive per fevum sive per
tenentiam, exceptis burgis de Carcassone & exceptis pignor-
ibus illorum. Et donamus vobis totum ipsum honorem quem Guil-
hermus Arnaldi tenuit & habuit aut homines illius vel foeminae
per eum in Palaiano & in Palaianello & in terminiis illorum sive
alodium sive per
pignoras. Et donamus tibi totum ipsum honorem qui fuit
Amelii, homines scilicet & foeminas & totum alium honorem
quem habuit in Casilaco & Palaiano & in omnibus terminiis il-
lorum. Et donamus tibi soldatas de pignoribus de denariis Ugo-
nencis octenis. Sicut superius scriptum est, sic donamus
tibi ad fevum & propter castellaniam, in tali convenientia
ut per quemque annum facias stationem cum tuis hominibus &
cum tua familia per octo menses in Carcassona & ipsam urbem
custodias & bene custodire facias & gaitare, & praedictum honorem
vel aliquid de ipso honore non possis dare vel vendere aut im-
pignorare nisi cum nostro consilio. Et hoc quod nos retinemus
de ipso honore non dabimus neque vendimus alicui homini vel
foeminae sine tuo consilio, sed si impignorare voluerimus,
tibi faciamus si tu impignorare volueris, & si facere nolueris,
habeamus licentiam impignorandi cui velimus. Istum praenomi-
natum honorem qui nobis advenit & accessit de traditoribus
nostris propter illam traditionem quam fecerunt, scilicet

proper Carcassonam quam in traditione nobis abstulerunt,
donamus tibi praedicto Bernardo & infantibus tuis & post-
eritati illorum propter illam fidelitatem quam tu Bernardus
portasti nobis, & tu & posteritas tua portare debetis in per-
petuum. Si vero tu Bernardus obieris sine infante, ipse tuus
frater qualem magis volueris habeat. — Praenominatum honorem,
quem tu senior meus Bernardus-Ato vicecomes & tu domina mea
Caecilia vicecomitissa & praenominati filii vestri donatis
mihi & posteritati meae ad fevum & propter castellaniam, juro
vobis vitam & membra ac fidelitatem, & juro vobis Carcasson-
am & forcias ipsius atque suburbios sine vestro inganno; &
ut ipse meus haeres qui post me ipsum praedictum honorem ten-
uerit & habuerit similiter juret vobis & eamdem fidelitatem
faciat vobis & posteritati vestrae per eamdem suprascriptam
convenientiam in perpetuum. Si vero ipsae pignorae quas mihi
donatas habetis fuerint de me redemptae, donem ipsum avere
propter ipsum honorem bene tantumdem ad vestram recognitionem.
Quod si non fecerо, habeatis retornum in toto ipso meo honore
qui mihi accidit ex parte patris mei & matris meae. Facta
carta ista IV nonas martii, renante Ludovico rege. S.domini
Bernardi-Atonis vicecomitis & Caeciliae vicecomitossae filiorum-
que illorum Rogerii & Raimundi & Bernardi, qui sic istam cartam
firmaverunt. S.Bernardi de Caneto. S.Bernardi de Pelapol &
fratris sui Arnuldi. S.Willelmi Comitis. S.Guillelmi Calveti.
S.Nichola. Sig.Amorosi & filii ejus Guillelmi. Willermus
scripsit rogatus anno MCXXV.

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VII.(3 avril 1126). III nonas aprilis, anno MCXXVI, Petro de Galengs quinque centum solidatas de pignoras ad denarios Ugonencos octenos, ad fevum & propter castlaniam, &c.

VIII.(3 avril 1126) II nonas aprilis, Guillelmo Calveti & uxori suae ad fevum & propter castlaniam in civitate Carcassona ipsam turrem quam vocamus Monetariam cum ipso manso & cum ipsa estaga & ~~estat~~ cum exitibus & redditibus suis, & totum honorem qui fuit Arnuldi de Palaiano ubicumque sit, &c., & ipsum honorem quem Guiraldus de Canpendut misit Bernardo Arnaldi in pignore propter MCC solidos Ugonencos octenos in Palaianelli termino & in terminio Carcassona unum hortum, &c.

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XI.(4 avril 1126) Anno dominicae Incarnationis MCXXVI, II nonas aprilis, regnante Lodovico rege, fuit factum sacramentale hoc cum quo juraverunt castellani Carcassonae Bernardo-Atoni vicecomiti uxorique ac filiis eorum, quorum castellanorum nomina subterius sic scripta habentur. De ista hora in antea juro ego Bernardus de Caneto vobis senioribus meis Bernardo-Atoni vicecomiti & uxori vestrae Caeciliae & filiis ejus Rogerio & Raimundo atque Bernardo vitam & membra vestra qui in corporibus vestris se tenent, & juro vobis fidelitatem & juro vobis civitatem Carcassonam cum ipsis fortesiis, quae ibi hodie sunt & in antea ibi factae erunt, & cum totis suburbis illius, quod non tollam vobis illam neque aliquid de ea, nec homo nec foemina, &c. Et si homines vel foeminae illam aut aliquid de ea vobis abstulerint, cum illo aut cum illa aut cum illis finem vel societatem non habuero ad ullum vestrum damnum & fidelis atque

rectus adjutor fuero vobis pro posse meo sine vestro inganno,
& si eam recuperare potuero, in vestra potestate reddidero
sine lucro & sine vestra deceptione & sine redemptione vestri
muneris & honoris, & in sequenti istud sacramentum vobis ten-
uero omnibus diebus vitae meae sine deceptione vestra. Sicut
superius scriptum est, sic vobis in totum tenuero & attendero
recta fide sine inganno per Deum & haec sacta Evangelia.
Per eamdem conveniantiam juraverunt Villermus Comes & Nichola,
& Bernardus Pelapol & frater ejus Raimundus Pelapol, & Arnuldus
Pelapol & Petrus Pelapol & Bernardus de Tresmals & Amorosus &
Willelmus Calveti, Petrus de Laurano & Arnuldus frater ejus,
& Bernardus Poncii de Aquaviva & Willelmus Rogerii de Aragona
& Rogerius de ipso Podio & Petrus de Galengs.

XII. (5 avril 1126). In nomine Domini. Ego Berbardus-Ato & uxor mea Caecilia vicecomitissa & filii nostri Rogerius & Raimundus Trencavellus & Berbardus donamus & reddimus vobis Petro de Laurano & fratri tuo Arnuldo & uxori ejus propter castellaniam, ipsum honorem quem vos habetis missum in pignora in Herminiis & in suis terminis, & donamus vobis ipsam stagam & ipsum mansum qui fuit Petri de Vitraco cum ipsa terra, &c. Sic donamus & infantibus vestris, &c. in tali convenientia, ut per quemque annum faciatis stationem in Carcassona cum vestris hominibus de vestra familia per IVOR menses, de festivitate omnium Sanctorum scilicet usque ad Quadragesimam intrantem, & ipsam turrem & ipsam urbem gaitare & custodire faciatis, &c. Facta carta ista nonas aprilis, regnante Ludovico rege.

S. Bernardi-Atonis vicecomitis & uxoris ejus & filiorum eorum,