Dénes György: A Bódvaszilasi-medence 700 éves története (Borsodi Kismonográfiák 16. Miskolc, 1983)

When the invasion was ov~, ihe I:ing gave the western part of the Torna demesne formerly possessed by Ban Domonkos as well as other lands to the Bebek family de génére Ákos, and had a strong stone castle built on the Szard Hill in the centre of the remaining territories, presumably in the 1250's. This castle, called Szádvár, already existed during the controversies between King Béla IV and his son, István in 1264. From then on several settlements in the Bódvaszilas basin - like the present-day Bódvaszilas, Szögliget, Hidvégardó and Tornaszentandrás, as well as nearby Kovácsi - came to belong to the castle. By that time the royal estate of Torna had been transformed into a "forest county", and finally it ceased to be a royal estate at all and became Torna county at the end of the 13th century. It was presumably between 1274 and 1277 that King László IV gave Szádvár and the Torna estate with all its belongings in exchange for the castle Jenő and its belongings in Nógrád county. Jenő was then owned by the sons of comes Tekus, who had moved from Nógrád to the Bódva valley. Tekus' son, comes István (who later rose to be palatine) wore the title of "life count (comes) of Torna" as early as 1277. King László IV gave Nádasd (present-day Tornanádaska) to a family from the lower nobility, who kept it for centuries and called themselves Nádasdi on this basis. In 1283 three further villages, Komjáti, Minkefalva (present-day Bódvalenke) and Mile (surviving only in the names of a valley, a spring and a brook) were donated to one of the king's favorites, Zsenge, the son of Vid for his faithful service and heroism in the Austrian war in 1278. The deed of gift states the precise borders of the estate mentioning also the neighbouring villages such as Szilas (present-day Bódvaszilas), Ardó (present-day Hidvégardó), Szentandrás (present-day Tornaszentandrás) and Rakó (presentday Bódvarákó). This is the first time these settlements are mentioned in a written source, and the 700th anniversary of this event was celebrated in 1983. Szádvár and the villages belonging to it were persumably transferred to Palatine Aba Amade, whose sons lost it to King Károly after the battle of Rozgony in 1312. For decades the estate became a royal possession once again and was adminstered by the Drugeth family, faithful to the king. It was presumably in 1386, after the death of King Lajos that Erzsébet, the Mother Queen donated Szádvár to her trusted followers, Bebek Imre and Detre on behalf of the young Queen Maria. In the first years of the 15th century they were, however, confronted with King Zsigmond, but managed to keep their estate. At the tum of the 14th and 15th centuries the Szádvár castle and the following villages belonged to the possessions of the Bebek family (present-day names): Bódvaszilas, Acskó, Szögliget, Derenk, Hidvégardó, Tornaszentandrás and Kovácsi(puszta). Torna castle and the surrounding villages (Bódvarákó and Tornaszentjakab) were owned by a certain Tornai family, descendents of comes Tekus, while Perkupa and Dobóbél belonged to the Szini family also descended from him. Tornanádaska was owned by the Nádasdis, while descendents of the above mentioned Zsenge, the Komjáti, Lenkei, Halyagosi and Kőszegi families, owned the Komjáti, (Bódva)Lenke, Halyagos, Kőszög and Mile villages, althogth the last three have entirely disappeared. When the Tornai family died out in 1406, King Zsigmond exchanged Torna castle and the villages belonging to it or gave them away as grants, so they had several lords within a few decades. In 1476 the estate was bought by one of the wealthiest magnates of King Matthias, Szapolyai Imre and his wife, Bebek Orsolya. In 1469 Pál, the last male member of the Bebek family in Szádvár died and the castle went over to Bebek Orsolya's husband, too. The estate was then inherited by his brother, István, and subsequently by István's son, János, who became king after the disasterous battle with the Turks at Mohács in 1526. He donated both castles and the villages to Lord Chief Justice Verbőczy 151