A letter from William of Montpellier

Translated letter:

I William of Montpellier, son of Ermessend, from this hour forward shall not have Melgueil money forged, nor shall I make other money of pure silver in Montpellier nor in the whole county of Substantion against this, nor man nor woman, etc.  And if a man or women should do this in the whole county of Substantion, when you countess Beatrice of Melgueil, daughter of countess Guillelma and of Bernard, late count of Melgeueil, and you Bernard Pelet, count of Melgueil by yourselves or by your messenger notify me, I shall not remove myself from that warning, etc.  This was enacted at Moulins, in the year from the lord Incarnation, 1145, in the month of March, in the presence of Bernard of Pignan, Redolon of Arsac, G. Ariald, Peter of Cournon, Raymond of Vailhauques, etc.

Original letter:

Ego Guillelmus Montispessu­lani filius Hermessendis ab hac hora in antea Melgoriensem monetam non faciam contrafacere, nec aliam monetam argenti fini non faciam in Montepessulo neque in toto comitatu Substantionensi contra istam nec homo nec foemina, &c. Et si homo vel foemina in toto comitatu Sustantionensi hoc fecerit, cum tu Beatrix Melgoriensis comitissa, filia Guillelmae comitissae & Bernardi quondam comitis Melgorii, & tu Bernarde Peleti comes Melgoriensis per vos vel per nuncium vestrum me commonueritis, de illa commonitione non subtraham me, &c. Facta sunt haec apud Molinas, anno ab Incarnatione dominica MCXLV, mense martii, sub praesentia Bernardi de Pinnano, Fredolonis d’Arsas, G. Arialdi, Petri de Cornone, Raimundi de Vallauques, &c. 

Historical context:

William commits to allowing no forging of Melgueil money in Montpellier.

Printed source:

Histoire Générale de Languedoc, 5.1080, 561.4, CCCCLXVI.  

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