[CHARTER - BERGERAC]. Large charter on vellum... - Lot 59 - Gros & Delettrez

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[CHARTER - BERGERAC]. Large charter on vellum... - Lot 59 - Gros & Delettrez
[CHARTER - BERGERAC]. Large charter on vellum consisting of 81 lines. Bergerac, January 27, 1384. About 62 x 48 cm. In Latin. Very beautiful manual signature. Remarkable and large document dedicated to the heavy penance inflicted on spouses. Dispensation granted by the archbishop of Bordeaux on the order of the Pope's penitentiary, Jean de Palestrina, for the marriage of the noble Helie Pons and Marie de Clermont. They had contracted a marriage, although they were related to the fourth degree and Helie's father was the godfather of Marie and vice versa: Marie's mother was Helie's godmother, which, in canon law, created a spiritual relationship. Moreover, this marriage had been hastened, Marie having already been married, to an Englishman moreover, and her relatives fearing that she would again be forced to marry an Englishman. The penance inflicted on the couple is described at length. Full transcript attached with list of penances: fasting every Friday for 12 years, except at Christmas if this feast falls on a Friday, prohibition to eat meat on Wednesdays for 12 years, except at certain feasts, tax to be paid (setier of wheat or 20 sous) in perpetuity, as of the Assumption, obligation to make a pilgrimage to Rocamadour, two to Saint-André de Bordeaux and one to Saint-Front de Périgueux, to recite 100 Pater noster and 100 Ave Maria each Friday for Mary and 50 Pater and 50 Avec Maria on Wednesday, spouses will not be able to remarry at the death of one of them, etc. Nice condition.
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