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  • Brief sentence in a will of 1381 - Latin help

    From Wibs@1:396/4 to All on Wed Sep 5 16:34:18 2018
    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@1:396/4 to All on Thu Sep 6 11:55:38 2018
    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@1:396/4 to All on Thu Sep 6 21:08:35 2018
    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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