A donation

Translated letter:

Elizabeth by the grace of God queen of Hungary to all the faithful in the capital of Buda greetings and grace.  Lady Elizabeth our mother [in-law] and the sisters of the Island of the Blessed Virgin asked us that a certain land of our regional criers (heralds) called Dada in the county of Tolna be given to them.  Indeed since the quality of that land and the quantity is not fully known to us, we command ordering your loyalty that you send one trustworthy man of yours who will walk the said shared and neighboring boundaries and establish the said land to lady Elizabeth and the sisters, if it is not opposed though he will summon opposers to our presence at the appropriate time, you write back to us faithfully the quality and quantity of said land.  Dated at Buda, on the third day of the Resurrection of the Lord.

Original letter:

E[lisabeth] Dei gratia regina Hungarie fidelibus suis capitulo Budensi salutem et gratiam.  Domina Elisabeth mater nostra et sorores de Insula Beate Virginis petiverunt a nobis quandam terram preconum nostrorum Dada vocatam in comitatu Tholnensi existentem sibi dari.  Verum quia ipsius terre qualitas et quantitas nobis ad plenum non constat, fidelitati vestre mandamus precipientes, quatenus mittatis unum ex vobis fidedignum, qui convocatis commetaneis et vicinis reambulet et statuat predictam terram domine Elisabeth et sororibus, si non fuerit contradictum, contradictores autem ad nostram citet presentiam ad terminum competentem, qualitatem et quantitatem dicte terre nobis fideliter rescribatis.  Datum Bude, tertio die Resurrectionis Domini.

Historical context:

The queen donates a land at the request of her mother-in-law and the nuns to the Island of Rabbit but has to have the boundaries established and claims cleared first.

Printed source:

Budapest történek okleveles emlékel.  Monumenta diplomatica civitatis Budapest, I (1148-1301), ed. D. Csánky (Budapest:  Gárdonyi, 1936)  175-76, #159.

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