A grant of land

Translated letter:

E[lizabeth] by the grace of God queen of Hungary to her faithful abbot and convent of Somogy greetings and grace.  Lucach son of Bagun, our youth, who announced to us the joy on the part of our lord king for the victory obtained against the Cumans over their rebellion, asked us that he be given by us a certain land of our criers/heralds called Atád in the county of Somogy, saying that there were about six dwellings in it.  Whence we order your loyalty that you send one of yours under whose witness our tavarnik Andreas can walk said land with boundary-sharers and neighbors present and establish it for that Luchach, our youth, with all its uses and appurtenances, if it is not contradicted/opposed; that opposer however if there be any, he would summon to our presence at a fixed time and after that you would faithfully write back by letter the date of summons and the assigned time and names of those cited and the number of dwellings of those residing in that land.  Dated at Buda, on the day after St. Nicholas the confessor. 

Original letter:

E. [= Elisabeth] Dei gratia regina Hungarie fidelibus suis abbati et conventui Symigiensi salutem et gratiam. Lucachius filius Bagun iuvenis noster, qui ex parte domini nostri regis super debellatione Comanorum et optenta victoria contra eosdem nobis gaudium nunciavit, petivit a nobis sibi dari quandam terram preconum nostrorum Athad vocatam in comitatu Symigiensi existentem dicendo super ipsa circa sex mansiones residere. Unde mandamus fidelitati vestre precipiendo, quatenus mittatis unum ex vobis sub cuius testimonio Andreas tavarnicus noster reambulet dictam terram presentibus commetaneis et vicinis ac statuat eidem Lucachio, iuveni nostro cum omnibus suis utilitatibus et pertinentiis universis, si non fuerit contradictum, contradictores autem, si qui fuerint, ad nostram citet presentiam ad terminum competentem, et post hec diem citationis et terminum assignatum ac nomina citatorum et numerum mansionum in predicta terra residentium nobis in vestris litteris fideliter rescribatis. Datum prope Budam, in crastino Sancti Nicolai confessoris.

Historical context:

The queen grants land to one of her young retainers, as a reward for announcing a royal victory, once the land is surveyed and found clear of claims.  A tavarnik/tavarnok is a financial officer.

Printed source:

Az Árpád-házi hercegek, hercegnök és a királnék okleveleinek kritikai jegyzéke, Regesta ducum, ducissarum stirpis Arpadianae necnon reginarum Hungariae critico-diplomatica, E. Szentpétery, A. Zsoldos (Budapest, 2008), 126, #199.

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