Transfer of a mill in Telve to the Buffa brothers in exchange for debts with the right of redemption

[recto:] In the name of Christ. In the year of His birth one thousand five hundred and seventy-five, in the third indiction, on Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of the month of May. In the settlement of Telve Inferiore, in the room of the house of the buyers mentioned below, in the presence of Anthony the tailor, Monte Compagno, and Sebastian Fachinello, all from Telve Inferiore, as well as the distinguished gentlemen Anthony, son of the late Mr. Benedict Bald from Ospedaletto, and also Granello de Granellis from Strigno, all summoned, requested, and chosen as witnesses for the following actions. There it was presented that since Matthew, son of the late Jerome the Miller from Telve Inferiore, is obligated and owes the worthy gentlemen John the Baptist and Peter, brothers, sons of the worthy man Mr. Gasparino Buffa from the same Telve, a certain sum [...] due to those brothers for over six months [...], and this is due to a piece of meadow [...] with a sowing capacity of about four [...] planted with vines, lying within the aforementioned Telve in a place called Santa Giustena, otherwise in two parcels, sold by the aforementioned Matthew to the late Mr. Gasparino Buffa, their father, as evidenced by two documents: one – of sale, written by the late distinguished Mr. John de Rippa, notary from Strigno, from the year 1547, on the seventh day of March, and the second – of cession, drawn up by the late Mr. Baldassar ab Oleo, notary from Borgo, from the year 1551, on the last day of October; which piece of land was previously sold to Mr. Gaspar Cazano from Brescia, and in past years this Mr. Gaspar took physical possession and harvested hay in execution of a judgment issued by the distinguished Mr. Leonard Ceschin, vicar of Borgo, against the aforementioned debtor Matthew, as evidenced by the acts of the noble Mr. Charles a Castro, the then court clerk; to which [...] and because the aforementioned land was taken from the hands of those de Buffis brothers by the same Cazano, and also due to lease rents not paid by the same Matthew to the creditor brothers or their late father since the time the aforementioned Cazano took possession of that place, and also for unpaid rents due to those Cazanos from this place from the year 1570 inclusive until today, which all rents have grown to the amount of thirty-eight [...], of which the three donated six months to the same debtor Matthew; for this reason, the aforementioned brothers John the Baptist and Peter de Buffis in past days sued the same debtor Matthew before the face of the above-mentioned distinguished Mr. Vicar, demanding legally against the debtor Matthew that he maintain them in possession of the said place and pay the outstanding rents or submit to the judgment, and subsequently satisfy them from his own goods so that they would not suffer harm. That Matthew, knowing perfectly well that all this is true and that he is under an obligation to maintain the said creditors in the aforementioned place or at least return what was contained in the above-cited documents, along with the payment of the rents unpaid by him, asked the aforementioned de Buffis brothers that – sparing him the numerous costs incurred against him [...] – they might wish to accept in exchange for the debt (in solutum) his rights and improvements which he possesses by virtue of beneficial ownership (dominium utile) in the goods described below; which he offered to do without additional costs, provided he receives the reservation of the right of their redemption, and in the meantime, he will pay a proportional rent from these rights according to the constitution of the Most Serene Archduke, our most gracious ruler. Acceding to his requests, the aforementioned brothers, Messrs. John the Baptist and Peter de Buffis, also through the intercession of their other friends, and in particular Anthony the tailor and Sebastian Fachinello, agreed to accept in place of the debt the goods described below according to the offer made to them, on the condition of obtaining the consent of the illustrious lord at Castel Alto, the superior owner (dominium directum). And so, appearing before the execution court, the aforementioned debtor Matthew, in the presence of the undersigned witnesses and me, the notary, together with his son Jerome, acting in his own name and on behalf of his heirs, as well as on behalf of Mrs. Maria and Gaspar, siblings of the aforementioned Jerome and children of Matthew – for whose consent and approval they pledged their entire property, binding themselves each separately and jointly, renouncing the divine letter of Hadrian and the benefit of the new and old constitution regarding two or more debtors, as well as all other rights belonging to them – by way of performance in place of debt, by right of beneficial ownership and natural possession, with the preservation of the rights of direct ownership (dominium directum) of the magnificent and illustrious Mr. Dietrich Trauttmansdorff from Castel Alto, with the permission, however, and consent of the illustrious lord, his city councilor, granted to them yesterday at the request of the distinguished Mr. Vincent Casteller and the excellent Mr. Anthony, son of the late Mr. Benedict de Baldis from Ospedaletto, merchant and notary from Borgo, forever gave, sold, and transferred in exchange for the debt to the above-mentioned brothers, Messrs. John the Baptist and Peter de Buffis, present there, acting in their own name and on behalf of their heirs, reserving and accepting in place of payment: one mill with two water wheels and a fulling mill (pestapannio) with many tools inside, with an adjacent stable and other amenities located there, along with a garden and adjacent land in one compact complex, which buildings are roofed and located on the edge of the settlement of Telve Inferiore towards Castel Alto; which all places and parcels border on the east with the public road, on the south partly with the common road and partly with the land of St. James, on the west with public water/stream, on the north with the heirs of Baldassar Bald from Telve Superiore and partly with the public road – with the reservation of more precise boundaries; to possess, hold, and dispose of forever at the discretion of the aforementioned buyers and their successors, along with all boundaries and rights pertaining thereto, accesses and exits to public roads, and with all rights and complaints relating to those goods. And this happened on account of the debt in the amount of sixty-four maranelli, regarding which those sellers admitted that they received them in full from the buyers in the manner described above, for unpaid rents and expenses incurred on behalf of the aforementioned seller for the benefit of that Cazano [...]. The sellers undertook to hold and possess from now on the aforementioned goods only precariously on behalf of the buyers, until they take physical possession of them, for which they granted them full permission; those sellers also promised to give full and legal warranty against eviction (defense against all claims in court and out of court) and to keep the entire agreement in force under penalty of covering all damages and interest, securing this with their entire present and future property. Next, in the same place and day, the de Buffis brothers, the buyers, acting in their own name, by way of a temporary lease for a period of nine consecutive years and no longer, gave and leased to the aforementioned Matthew and Jerome, the sellers accepting the conditions in their own name and on behalf of the above-mentioned: the said mill, stable, fulling mill, and gardens with all appurtenances and boundaries. The lessors made this lease because the tenants undertook to properly maintain, improve, and not worsen the condition of the said goods, and furthermore, by way of an annual rent on the feast of St. Michael or in its octave, to pay and settle twenty-one maranelli lire in common currency. It was also reserved that whenever during this time the tenants lay out and pay those three brothers the sum of sixty [maranelli] along with payment for the meadow and outstanding rents according to the passage of time, the lessors will be obliged – as they hereby promise – to accept this amount, return the said goods to the tenants, and release them from the obligation of rent; this repayment may take place in three installments, of no less than twenty for each installment, with a corresponding reduction in rent. A condition was also added under solemn promise that if the tenants do not pay the said rent by the designated deadline, they will be obliged to leave and surrender all leased goods without delay and judicial process, this lease will be considered null and void, and the lessors will be able to take possession of the goods by their own power, lease them to others, or keep them for themselves. In such a case, the goods will be appraised by honest men and settled according to a fair price, and the lessors will accept investiture of these goods from the illustrious lord of Castel Alto, if the tenants do not redeem the aforementioned goods within that nine-year period. All these conditions the parties promised to keep intact under penalty of compensation and interest, pledging each other's present and future property. I, John Anthony Aurigatus, notary, summoned to draw up, wrote and announced. [Notarial sign] I, Blaise Aurigatus, son of the distinguished Mr. John Maria Aurigatus, formerly a citizen of Strigno in the county of Trent and Castelalto, citizen of Cinte Tesino, resident of Strigno, by imperial authority a public notary and ordinary judge, this act by the authorization granted to me by the noble and distinguished Mr. Bartholomew de R[...], vicar of the city jurisdiction of Castel Alto, by virtue of an entry in the acts of Mr. Michael Possengor, chancellor of the said castle, I drew up from the drafts of my father the chancellor [...] of the late excellent Mr. John Anthony Aurigatus, formerly a notary in Strigno and chancellor of Castel Alto, brother of my father [...], adding nothing and omitting nothing, word for word for the clarity of the sense I transcribed, gave public form [...] I signed and provided with my usual notarial sign, summoned for credibility. [Verso:] [Note from the era:] 1575, May 25. Transfer in place of payment (datio in solutum) made by Matthew, son of the late Jerome from Telve Inferiore, to the three de Buffis brothers, residents of this place [...] [Stamp / sticker:] SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY LIBRARY IN LVIV. No. 1006/17

[recto:] In Christi no[m]i[n]e. Anno eiusde[m] nativitatis mill[esim]o quing[entesim]o septuag[esi]mo quinto, indictione tertia, die mercurij vigesima quinta mensis Maij, In Villa Telui Inferioris in stuba domus infrascriptor[um] emptorum, p[rae]sentib[us] Antonio sartore, Monte Compagno et Sebastiano Fachinello, omnibus de Teluo Inferiori, et eg[regiis] d[ominis] Antonio q[uondam] d[omini] Benedicti Baldi de Hospitali, ac Granello de Granellis de Strigno, o[mni]bus ad infrascripta testibus [adhibitis], vocatis et rogatis. Ibiq[ue] narratur, cum Matthaeus f[iliu]s q[uondam] Hieronimi Molitoris de Teluo Inferiori teneatur et dare debeat egregiis d[ominis] Joanni Bap[tis]te et Petro fratribus filiis egregij viri d[omini] Gasparini Buffe de eode[m] Teluo in et de una pensio[n]e sexaginta ultra menses sex sibi a dictis fratribus debit[is] [...] et hoc causa petie vnius prati a se [...] quatuor sementis in circa vitibus plantate iacentis in regula Telui p[rae]dicti in loco dicto a S[an]c[t]a Giustena al[ia]s in duob[us] vercib[us] vendite p[er] dictu[m] Matthaeu[m] q[uondam] atto p[er] q[uondam] d[ominum] Gasparino Buffe eor[um] patri, vt constat duobus inst[rument]is alter[um] venditionis rogatu[m] per q[uondam] sp[ectabilem] d[ominum] Jo[annem] de Rippa Vceariu[m] et not[arium] Strigni de a[n]no 1547 sub die septima martij, aliud vero cessionis facte p[er] q[uondam] d[ominum] Baldassare[m] ab Oleo not[arium] Burgi de anno 1551 sub die vltima octobris, que petia terre per antea fuit vendita domino Gasparo Cazano Brixie, et sup[er]ioribus a[n]nis ide[m] d[ominus] Gaspar de ea foenura et corperale accepit poss[essi]onem in executione se[n]t[enti]e late p[er] sp[ectabilem] d[ominum] Leonardum Ceschin vic[arium] Burgi contra dictu[m] Matthaeum debitorem, vt apet in actis Nob[ilis] d[omini] Caroli a Castro vo[...] ta[men] te[m]poris actuarij; ad que[m] [...] et q[uod] q[ui]a dicta petia terre fuit evicta e manibus dictor[um] fr[atr]um de Buffis p[er] ip[su]m Cazanum, nec no[n] causa affictuu[m] no[n] solutor[um] p[er] ip[su]m Matthaeu[m] co[n]sil[iario] fratribus creditoribus seu q[uondam] eor[um] patri a t[em]p[o]r[e] dictus Cazanus poss[essi]onem habuit de dicto loco, et pariter p[ro] affictibus no[n] solutis dictis Cazanis de dicto loco ab a[n]no 1570 inclusiue in usq[ue] in hodiernum, qui affictus o[mn]es ascendant ad summam treraginta vig[in]ti octo, de quibus ipsi tres largiti fuere m[ens]es sex ipsi Mattheo debitori, suaq[ue] rerum causa dicti Jo[annes] Bap[tis]ta et Petrus fr[atr]es de Buffis diebus sup[er]iorib[us] citari fecerunt eu[n]de[m] Matthaeum debitorem cora[m] antelato sp[ectabili] d[omi]no Vic[ari]o, cora[m] quo interceb[an]t q[uod] ip[su]m Mattheu[m] debitore[m] p[ro]cedere via iuris, vt sibi manuteneret locu[m] p[re]dictu[m] et solueret affictus no[n] solutos, aut ip[su]m sentiri facere volebant, et deinde satisfieri in bonis suis, ne damnu[m] paterentur, que[m] Mattheus sciens ple[ne] omnia vera esse et obligatum esse ad manutenendu[m] ipsis creditoribus locu[m] p[re]d[i]c[tu]m seu saltem ad sehi dandi et restituendi dictu[m] co[n]tentu[m] in p[re]citatis inst[rument]is, vna quoc[que] ad soluendu[m] affictus per eum no[n] solutos rogauit dictos fr[atr]es de Buffis, q[uod] parcentes multis expensis contra eum facte [...]sefeci vt vellent insolut[um] accipere iura sua et melioramenta, que habet p[ro] vtili d[omi]nio in bonis infrascriptis, que tam se obtulit absq[ue] aliquibus expenis, dummo[do] sibi fiat pactu[m] de redeimendo ea et eo interim de eisd[em] juribus, que se ostulit affictuum p[ro]portion[em] iuxta constitutiones Ser[enissi]mi Archiducis principis nostre gratiosissimi; cuius precibus dicti d[omi]ni Jo[annes] Bap[tis]ta et Petrus fr[atr]es de Buffis moti, sic et intercedentibus alijs eor[um] amicis, et p[rae]sertim Antonio sartore et Sebastiano Fachinello, contenti fuerunt insolut[um] accipere bona infrascripta iuxta oblatione[m] sibi facta[m], du[m]modo consensus Ill[ustrissi]mi d[omi]ni Castri Alti d[omi]ni directi d[omi]nij interueniat. Et sic in p[rae]s[e]n[tia] me[m]or[ati] curia[m] executione[m] constitutus d[i]c[t]us Mattheus debitor cora[m] testibus infrascriptis et me Not[ari]o et Hieronimus eius filius facientes per se et eor[um] heredes, ac liue et no[m]i[n]e d[omi]ne Marie et Gasparis fr[atr]um dicti Hieronimi et filior[um] Matthei, p[ro] quibus de rato et rati habitione in propriis bonis promiserunt quolibet eor[um] principaliter et in solid[um] se obligando, renuntiantes Epistole diui Adriani, et beneff[ici]o noue et veteris constitutiones de duobus uel pluribus reis deben[di] omniq[ue] alij eor[um] juri vtiq[ue] dationis insoluti Jure Vtilis d[omi]nij et naturalis possessionis, saluis Juribus directi d[omi]nij Mag[nifi]co et Ill[ustri] d[omi]no d[omi]no Dietrichi trautmendorffio Castri Alti, de licentia tame[n] et consensu spatie Ill[ustrissi]mi d[omi]ni eius co[n]siliarii vrbani illis concessa hesterna die ad instantiam sp[ectabilis] d[omini] Vincentij Casteller, et egregii d[omini] Ant[onii] q[uondam] d[omini] Benedicti de Baldis de Hospitali merc[atoris] Not[arii] Burgi, Imppetuu[m] dederunt vendiderunt et insolut[um] tradiderunt antedictis d[omi]nis Jo[anni] Bap[tis]te et Petro fr[atr]ibus de Buffis, ibi presentibus p[ro] se et heredibus suis, stipulantibus et insolut[um] acceptantibus, unu[m] molendinum cu[m] duobus rotis et vno pestapannio cum multis verariis intus, et cu[m] stabulo contiguo ac alijs comoditatibus ibi esse et cu[m] orto ac terra contigua in vno et eode[m] tenore, que edificia sunt cohoperta et posita sunt in capite Ville Telui Inferioris versus Castru[m] Altu[m] quibus locis et sonis o[mn]ibus a mane coheret via co[mmun]is, a meridie p[er]te[m] via consortales et partem terra S[an]c[t]i Jacobi, a sero aqua regij a septe[ntrione] h[e]r[e]des Baldaseris Baldi de Teluo sup[eri]ori, et p[er]te[m] via co[mmun]is, saluis verioribus cofinibus, ad habend[um], tenend[um] et possidendu[m] quocq[ue] deinceps dictis emptoribus suisq[ue] hered[ibus] deinceps perpetuo placuerit faciend[um], cu[m] o[mn]ibus et singulis in p[re]dictis continentur fines, uel alios si qui forent veriores cu[m] accessibus et egressib[us] suis usq[ue] in vias publicas et co[mmun]es et cu[m] o[mn]ibus et singulis Juribus et actionib[us] ad dictas res insolut[um] datas spectantib[us] et p[er]tinentibus. Et hoc fuit solutum p[ro]titio i[n]solutu[m] sexaginta quatuor de maraned[is], quos dicti venditores confessi fuerunt habuisse a dictis emptoribus mo[d]o toto p[rae]missa p[ro] affictibus no[n] solutis et [...] latis et exbursatis no[m]i[n]e dicti venditoris ipso de Carzano summa cazies dicti loci et [...] affictibus no[n] solutis. Renuntiantes eidem no[n] h[ab]iti dicti q[uod] mo[do] quo sup[ra] et no[n] facto, dicte dationis insolu[tum] ac excori d[omi]ni mali, constituentes se dicti venditores tenere et possidere dictas res venditas precario no[m]i[n]e uel quasi dictor[um] emptor[um] donec illar[um] rer[um] ipse [...] emplare tenuta et corporalem accepit possessione[m], qua accipiendi ipsis licentia dederunt, promittentesque dicti venditores ins[olutu]m d[anti] vt sup[ra] p[ro] se et heredibus suis et no[m]i[n]ibus [infrascript]is ipsis d[omi]nis emptoribus p[rese]ntibus pro se et heredibus suis stipulantibus et ritibus de euict[ione] et legitima ac plena deffensione dictar[um] rer[um] venditionis quoescu[m]q[ue] in Judi[ci]o et extra venditione et o[mn]ia in ea contenta p[ro] firma et rata h[ab]ere et no[n] [...] oppo[nere] uel venire p[er] se uel alios aliq[uo] va[ria] uel ca[usa] de jure uel de facto, in et sub pena reffectionis o[mn]ium damnor[um] et Intere[sse] ac sub obligat[i]o[n]e o[mn]ium bonor[um] suor[um] et p[re]dictor[um] q[ui]bus p[ro]b[an]t habuerunt p[re]tiu[m] et fu[turum]. Et s[ub] m[i]t[ti]to Indieci d[i]c[t]o loco et diebus [...] promiserunt d[ic]ti fr[atr]es Buffi emptores facientes p[ro] se [...] Jure locatoris temporalis duraturo [...] annos noue continuos et no[n] ultra, dederunt et arretarunt p[rae]dictis Mattheo et Hieronimo venditoribus p[ro] se et no[m]i[n]ibus suis et quibus sup[ra] rogatis stipulatibus et retite [...] Molendinu[m] p[rae]dictu[m], stabulu[m] pestapantzu[m] et orticellos ut sup[ra] sibi vendito et c[on]finat[o] ad trahendum in orto [...] et hanc locatione[m] fecerunt dicti locatores, quia promiserunt c[on]ductores no[m]i[n]ibus s[upradic]tis dictas res sibi locatas bene et in concio fovete imeliorare et no[n] deteriorare. Insuper no[m]i[n]e affictu[um] singulo anno tempore diui Michaelis uel octaua dare soluere et numerare in p[er]m[is]tis vsuraribus pecuniis, libras viginti vnam de maranon[is] in rat[a] festem p[re]centu pasto in q[uo]quotiescumq[ue] in dictu[m] tempus ipsis conductoribus no[m]i[n]ibus p[rae]d[i]c[t]is deriuit et exbursauerint ipsis tr[es] fratribus p[rae]dictis menses sexaginta cum mercede cuiusq[ue] prati, et affictibus no[n] solutis ad rata[m] temporis, q[uod] teneatur locatores, p[ro]ut p[rae]se[n]t[es] promiserunt eos acceptare et p[re]d[i]c[t]as res locatas dictis q[uod] uictorib[us] restituere ac eos ab affictibus prestatione liberare, qua exbursationem facere possint in tribus vicibus exbursando pro qualibet vice menses viginti et no[n] minus et disfalicetur affictus ad rata[m] de exbursandor[um] pacto quoq[ue] addito et solemni stipulat[i]o[n]e vallato q[uod] si dicti conductores no[n] soluerint reato tempore p[re]fato dicti affictu[um], q[uod] teneatur et obligati sint dimittere et relaxare totas res locatas absq[ue] strepitu et figura Juditij, itaq[ue] p[rae]s[ens] locatio p[ro] non facta habeatur, sed valeant locatores p[rae]d[ic]ti de re ruta p[ro]pria au[c]t[orita]te dictas rez locatas et corporalem poss[essi]one[m] et alijs locare uel per se tenere p[ro]ut sibi melius visum fuerit, et eo in casu extimentur bona locata p[er] probos viros, et refficiatur p[ro] locat[i]o[n]es conductoribus ad Justum p[re]tium et si merito teneantur locatores Investitura[m] accipere de dictis bonis locatis ab Ill[ustrissi]mo d[omi]no Castri Alti p[rae]dicti et sic inteligat[ur] q[uod] conductores no[n] recuperauerint bona p[re]d[i]c[t]a in dictis nouenis, qua locatione et pacta promiserunt contrahentes perpetuo firma habere et no[n] c[on]trauenire, opponere uel venire p[er] se uel alios, sub reffectione o[mn]ium damnor[um] et Interesse li[ti]s et extra, obligantes inuice[m] omnia eor[um] bona p[rae]sentia et fut[ur]a. Renuntiantesq[ue] exoni ad factor[um] pactor[um] p[rae]dictorum. Ego Joannes Antonius Aurigatus Not[arius] rogatus scripsi et publicaui. [Znak notarialny] Ego Blasius Aurigatus f[iliu]s sp[ectabilis] d[omini] Jo[annis] Marie Aurigati olim civis Strigni Tridentini et C[omitatus] Altivall[is] civ[is] de Chiesini, habita[tor] Strigni, pub[licus] imperiali auc[torita]te Judexq[ue] ordinarius, hoc p[rae]s[ens] inst[rument]um ex liuelia mihi concessa per Nob[ilem] et sp[ectabilem] d[ominum] Bart[olomeum] de R[...] vic[arium] Jurisditionis Castri Alti vrbani, put[a] de licentia in actis [...] d[omini] Michaelis possengor cancellarij dicti castri contert. F[...] ex abbreuiat[uris] mei p[atris] cancell[arii] [...] q[uondam] eg[regii] d[omini] Jo[annis] Ant[onii] Aurigati olim Strigni Not[arii] et C[astri] Alti Cancellarij fratris mei pat[ris] [...] nil addens vel diminuens de verbo ad verbum vt sensum claret transcripsi et in hanc pub[licam] form[am] redegi [...] sub me subscripsi / signo novo et compto oppositis meis solitis et c[on]suetis ad fidem requisitus. [Verso:] [Nota z epoki:] 1575 25 maggio / Datio insolutum facta p[er] Mattheu[m] q[uondam] Hieronimi de Teluo Inferiori aggregati tres [...] fratres de Buffis cives loci [...] [Pieczęć / naklejka:] БІБЛІОТЕКА НАУКОВОГО ТОВАРИСТВА ІМЕНИ ШЕВЧЕНКА У ЛЬВОВІ. Ч. 1006/17