36 - Westphalia—Document from 1301—Contract for the sale of 3 marks of Münster pfennigs. Manuscript on parchment. Dated “Datum Anno Dom. M. CCC. primo. Quarta feria post festum Bonifacii.” Münster, June 7, 1301. 24 x 26 cm. With 3 attached wax seals; on the reverse, a description of the document and contemporary entries.

Westphalia—Document from 1301—Contract for the sale of 3 marks of Münster pfennigs. Manuscript on parchment. Dated “Datum Anno Dom. M. CCC. primo. Quarta feria post festum Bonifacii.” Münster, June 7, 1301. 24 x 26 cm. With 3 attached wax seals; on the reverse, a description of the document and contemporary entries. Albert von Tuschusen and his family, with the consent of Otto, Bishop of Münster (Otto III von Rietberg) and the cathedral chapter of Münster, 3 marks of Münster pfennigs from all his properties in Tuschusen near Billerbeck for 45 marks of the same currency. He promises to pay this annual annuity each year on St. Martin’s Day. It is intended for the purchase of the Magdalene Altar. — Bearing the seal of the bishop (approx. 1/3 of the fragment remains), the cathedral chapter (upper third and edges partially broken off), and Albert von Tuschusen (margin broken off in places and partial loss of the inscription). — Stained in places and individual letters smudged; two missing sections in the margin, approx. 1 x 1 cm, no loss of text. #