Kujbusné Mecsei Éva - Mykhailo Mishuk (szerk.): Bereg vármegye pecsétjei - A Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Megyei Levéltár Kiadványai II. Közlemények 47. (Nyíregyháza, 2017)

also mention a vice-prefect of Bereg, named Tamás, and his four judges. In a charter issued in Déda in 1367, the four sheriffs of Bereg county officially testified that Master János, son of Bogama, was the vice-prefect of Bereg county. Data proving that the sheriffs of Bereg county used so-called gemma signet rings have survived from 1373, 1497 and 1321.6 Out of the people present those who were literates, also attested their signatures to the document, in addition to their seals. The procedure was different from county to county, but the majority issued official documents verified with three or five private seals, similarly to the practice of Bereg.

Picture І8 - Seals of Master Morochuck, vice-prefect of Bereg county and Master Tamás son of Péter and the four sheriffs, 1355

Picture 29 — Master Miklós, son of Tamás Morochuck, prefect of Bereg county, seal of vice-prefects and sheriffs, 1357

Tamás Gesztelyi: Antik gemmaörökségünk. Debrecen, 2005., Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára (henceforth MNL OL), DL 77560., 82578.; MNL OL V 8-1102. Thanks for the support to Mihály Kurecskó!

For more details see Tibor Neumann: Bereg megye hatóságának oklevelei (1299-1526). Nyíregyháza, 2006. MNL OL DL 76840. Zichy család, zsélyi (Q_206), 1347. május 16. http://archives.hungaricana.hu/hu/charter- s/40607/?query=SZO%3D%28bereg%29 (accessed 2 March 2016)

MNL OL DL 51771. Kállay család (Q_93) 1357. november 4.

http://archives.hungaricana.hu/hu/charters/49609/?query=SZO%3D%28bereg%29 (accessed 2 March 2016)

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