ORIGINAL 17TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN COURT WITNESS

KNUDSEN, THILLEMANN (+) PAARS, NIELS.

Original handwritten court witness, concerning a deed of a mill.

Stevns District Courtplace, 12. February, 1650.

Folio (240 x 360 mm). 1 leaf, ink on vellum. 32 lines of text in Danish with 1 large calligraphed initial. Attached with five original spherical wax seals.

Original handwritten court witness, concerning a deed of a mill from Thillemann Knudsen, councillor of Store Heddinge, to Niels Paars of Jøgstrup Manor.
A court witness is a proof in the Danish medieval courts, where trustworthy men testified about a certain relationship, e.g. how it had been from ancient times.

Order-nr.: 60673