From: Wibs <rock.vacirca@gmail.com>

Can anyone decipher the following clause from a will of 1381?

Item, voluit quod nullus servitorum suorum ratione Officii sui feodum aliquod obtineret.

TIA

Wibs
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From: Vance Mead <vancemead54@yahoo.com>

Since no one else is taking this, I'll give it a try, hoping that someone else will correct all of my mistakes.

He wished that none of his servants would get a fee by reason of his office or position.



On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 3:34:20 PM UTC+3, Wibs wrote:

Can anyone decipher the following clause from a will of 1381?

Item, voluit quod nullus servitorum suorum ratione Officii sui feodum aliquod

obtineret.

TIA

Wibs

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From: Wibs <rock.vacirca@gmail.com>

On Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:34:20 UTC+2, Wibs wrote:

Can anyone decipher the following clause from a will of 1381?

Item, voluit quod nullus servitorum suorum ratione Officii sui feodum ali=

quod obtineret.

TIA

Wibs

Many thanks Vance. My poor Latin arrived at something very similar, but I a=
m still struggling the meaning of this clause. It is from the will of Simon=
de Sudbury, the archbishop murdered by the mob during the Peasants' Revolt=
.. Why would any servant get a fee (fief) after the death of the archbishop?=
And the use of 'his office', does that refer to the office of the archbish= op, or the office of his servants?
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