B. Halász Eva - Suzana Miljan (szerk.): Diplomatarium comitum terrestrium Crisiensium (1274-1439) (Subsidia ad historiam medii aevi Hungariae inquirendam 6. Budapest - Zagreb 2014)
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Comes terrestris Crisiensis. An introductory study In the thirteenth century, the comes terrestris had duties that he did not have later. In some cases, he had to participate in the valuation of estates, as did John, son of Chakany, the comes terrestris in 1260 on the order of the comes of Križevci.111 In the same manner, Prevša mediated the course of monetary payment during the purchase of some estate in 1249.112 Furthermore, in some cases in the thirteenth century, the comites terrestres acted as homines banales regardless of whether they were currently in office. Later, however, they cannot be found as homines banales until their service as the comites terrestres had ended. The charters of the comites terrestres of Križevci during the age of the Angevins mostly dealt with transactions connected to land and estates and in particular the purchase and division of estates. During the thirteenth and fourteenth-centuries parties would approach him and it would appear that he would compose a report based upon their testimony. We know of no cases where the comes terrestris delegated an official to participate in an inquest or to conduct a perambulation. During perambulation, the borders were determined on the basis of oral statement113 or on the basis of written evidence.114 We have no information regarding the letters of institution. In the fifteenth-century cases were conducted in a similar manner. In the case of sales and purchases, both the seller and buyer would finalise the transaction in the presence of the comes terrestris. In the cases when properties changed owners borders were defined in relation to the neighbouring estates or elements of border terrains. This was probably done on the basis of the oral statements of the parties involved and a 111 2 May 1260: iuxta cognicionem Preise comitis Iwani filii Chakany tunc terrestris comitis et Heguen comitis qui eam de mandato nostro ad ualorem nouem pensarum estimauerunt (NAZ, ZKČ, Diplomata, no. 18, MNL OL, DF 282 321). 112 18 July 1249: adiungimus etiam quod tota pecunia illa per manus Preise comitis fuit soluta (CD 4, doc. 351). 113 In the charter of comes terrestris Demetrius of 21 May 1330, there can be read: cuius vendite terre, prout nobis partes retulerunt, mete sunt hec (Documenta 3). 114 A model for the borders could be drawn from an ealier charter and supplemented with oral information. There is a marked similarity, for example, in the charters of 20 March 1344 and 28 November 1355. This is because the second charter described the borders of a particular estate on the basis of the estate's sale ten years previously in the first charter. In this case both of the charters are extant. However, in most cases the charters drew upon documents issued by former comites terrestres when the borders were settled through perambulation. These cases were probably conducted in a similiar manner, though only one such charter has survived. See, for instance, the charter of 4 November 1380 (Documenta 23). 129
