Somogyi Múzeumok Közleményei 10. (1994)
Gál József: Szenyér és birtokosai.
284 GÁL JÓZSEF JÓZSEF GAL: SZENYER AND ITS LANDOWNERS (On the basis of Documents of Szenyér estate before Mohács by Iván Borsa) Resume This dissertation paper of some pages describes a short episode of the history of Szenyér in the Southern of Somogy county. It is even worth our attention, because the participants of the story are not „walking-on gentlemen" at-all. They are the members of Anjou family, archbishops, bishops, courtiers, priests of authentic places and noblemen of Somogy. The partial list also indicates that it is not a thing of little importance. The point is the honorarium of a king's warrior's service and providing the conditions of that. Estate of Szenyér plays only a secondary role itself although it is the main object of every persistent trial, inquiry and a dozen attempts to obtain that poperty during over a half century. But it - together with the neighbouring villages - had a land, which could provide only one person. Consequently it was not important because of its largeness of value but because one warrior's provision was dependent on it. So it was in vain won as a grant in 1346 by László's son Miklós and his document was also in vain endorsed. His rights were always brought into challenge by his predecessor's children, grandchildren, documents falsifiers and other tricky people who wanted to get that property - finally even the bestower King Lajos himself. Studying this case we learn what way the royal bandérium worked and what the warriors' source of livelihood was. Namely Miklós received Szenyér together with the earlier owner László who had adopted Miklós as son and Miklós accepted him as his father. That way Miklós became László's son. In addition to that „contract relating to support for life" Miklós had to pay László (the ex-owner) 50 gold coins in return for that László acquiesced in loss of his former rights and he invalidated his old documents. „The foster-child" lived with his foster father for 10 years. During that time the estate supplied both of them and the king had a warrior due to crown land too. Miklós got into trouble when his valour's years had passed away and he was not willing to adopt anybody in exchange for himself. As a result he had to live to see that King Lajos, the former bestower made questions of his possessory right on two occasions after so many abortive attacks of others. Eventually the resistance of Miklós (László's adopted son) was broken by the permanent defence and the postponed palatine's passing sentences in different counties from year to year. After 58 years, in 1403 the fief was already in the name of Miklós's son László. Of course, his son never occurred as an heir during the three-decade litigation. His sudden appearance as the greybeard's successor refers to the fact that László's son Miklós became weary of struggling with claimants and Miklós himself adopted a person called László, who could repel the attacks of people who wanted to obtain that property and László could fulfil Miklós's commitments in the royal army instead of Miklós.
