A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance
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A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance
Middle Ages -- Sources
=3.= No burgher shall go on an expedition, on foot or on horseback,
from which he cannot return the same day to his home if he
desires.[478]
=4.= No burgher shall pay toll on the road to Etampes, to Orleans,
to Milly (which is in the Gatinais), or to Melun.[479]
[Sidenote: The charter of Lorris]
=5.= No one who has property in the parish of Lorris shall forfeit
it for any offense whatsoever, unless the offense shall have been
committed against us or any of our _hotes_.[480]
=6.= No person while on his way to the fairs and markets of Lorris,
or returning, shall be arrested or disturbed, unless he shall have
committed an offense on the same day.[481]
=9.= No one, neither we nor any other, shall exact from the
burghers of Lorris any tallage, tax, or subsidy.[482]
=12.= If a man shall have had a quarrel with another, but without
breaking into a fortified house, and if the parties shall have
reached an agreement without bringing a suit before the provost, no
fine shall be due to us or our provost on account of the
affair.[483]
=15.= No inhabitant of Lorris is to render us the obligation of
_corvee_, except twice a year, when our wine is to be carried to
Orleans, and not elsewhere.[484]
=16.= No one shall be detained in prison if he can furnish surety
that he will present himself for judgment.
=17.= Any burgher who wishes to sell his property shall have the
privilege of doing so; and, having received the price of the sale,
he shall have the right to go from the town freely and without
molestation, if he so desires, unless he has committed some offense
in it.
=18.= Any one who shall dwell a year and a day in the parish of
Lorris, without any claim having pursued him there, and without
having refused to lay his case before us or our provost, shall
abide there freely and without molestation.[485]
=35.= We ordain that every time there shall be a change of provosts
in the town the new provost shall take an oath faithfully to
observe these regulations; and the same thing shall be done by new
sergeants[486] every time that they are installed.
58. The Colonization of Eastern Germany
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