Sampling of handwritten documents, relating to the Ossenbruchs, in different centuries.

All these documents are handwritten on vellum. Until the early 1400s in Latin, after that in Middle Dutch (Klaverlands).

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Click here 13th Latin In 1242 the Count of Cleves gives Cleves city rights and exempts its merchants from paying toll at Huissen and Nijmegen. Daniel de Ossenbroich is mentioned as one of the fourteen noblemen.
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Universis . . . Warnerus dominus de Merode salutem.
Cum boneB memoriae Godefridus, quondam Gerardi militis de Steinhausen filius, maritus filiae meae Sibiliae, fundum et domum suam, sitam in Nigra palude, in agro Juliacensi, fratribus ordinis crucigerorum, de consensu eiusdem filiae meae Sibiliso, uxoris suae, in elemosinam dederit, ne dicti fratres ex parte Godefridi, quern Sibilia ex predicto Godefrido genuit, qui adhuc infra annos est, in posterum molestentur, obligamus nos pro eodem.
Testes huius rei sunt: Joannes de Merode dictus Scheiffart, filius primogenitus Warneri, Arnoldus de Wacktendonk, Joannes de Culenburg, Otto dominus de Wilich, Theodoricus dominus de Holthusen, Joannes dictus Ketteler, Suederus dominus de Butzeler, Joannes dominus de Harff, Joannes dominus de Ossenbroich, Wilhelmus dominus de Cortenbach, Joannes dominus de Rusckenberg et Warnerus dominus de Nesselrode, milites.
Actum feria secunda ante annuntiationem anno domini 1271.

Google translates it poorly as:
Warnerus lord of Merode salutes all.
With memory of Godfrey, a former soldier of Gerard Steinhausen son, husband of my daughter Sibiliae, farm and home his own, situated in a black swamp, in the land of Jülich, brothers of the friars order, with the consent of my daughter Sibiliso, wife of his own, he shall give in alms, lest Godfrey on the part of the said friars, which became the object of scorn from the before-mentioned Godfrey, who was still below years of age is, in the future be molested, bind ourselves for the same.
Witnesses of this are: Jean de Merode named Scheiffart, Warneri the first-born son, Arnaldo from Wacktendonk, John of Culenburg, Otto lord of Wilich, Theodoric lord of Holthusen, Joannes named Ketteler, Suederus named Butzeler, Joannes lord of Harff, Joannes lord of Ossenbroich, William lord of Cortenbach, Sir John Warnerus of Rusckenberg and master of Nesselrode, knights.
Act on the Monday before the announcement of the year 1271.

Ref: Zeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsvereins 4 - 691.

Please: who can do a better translation?
 13th Latin In 1271 Knight Joannes de Ossenbroich signs a document, as a witness, about an under-aged, married "Godfrey, on the part of the said friars, which became the object of scorn".
Click here 14th Middle Dutch In 1331 Count Diderick van Cleves announces to have sold lands and woods to Lord Reynard Count of Cleves and Gelre. Supported by the Noblemen of Cleves, including Jan van Ossenbroeke.
Click here 14th Middle Dutch In 1353 Count Jan of Cleves sells the knight Joh(an) van Ossenbruke, an annuity of 5 marks from a Zütphen's feoffment, on the condition of a 50 marks payback.
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22 September 1424.

Gottschalk van Ossenbroeck, and his wife Hadwig Oese von Walhausen (Hadewich Oess von Walhusen), donated part of their orchard at the hermitage at Bockum to the Sisters Tertiarin Order of the cloister, "dar der clusen huysken opsteit an der muren" (where the recluse cottage is situated, near the wall).

In return the nuns must pray 100 "Our Fathers", four times a day "vier quatemperen, in gedencknisse Gerarts van Ossenbroeck ind synre Huysvrouwe jonfer Marien van Nuwenhausen oere selen ind alle oere kinder selen" (in memory of their parents Gerarts van Ossenbroeck and his (house)wife Lady Maria van Nuwenhausen, their souls and the souls of all their children).

Gesamtarchiv von Romberg - Urkunden, Nr. 434
15th Middle Dutch

In 1424, Gottschalk van Ossenbroeck, and his wife donated part of their orchard to the Sisters Order of the cloister at Bockum.
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1455 August 25
Small part of a marriage contract between Gerit van Ossenbrueck and Yda van Bueren.

Part of the bride's dowry is: 7 Holland's morgen land "schietende mit eyner zyden an lande voirtytz Hacken no ons gnedigen heren ind voirt mit der andere zyden ind eynden an die gemeyne straete der erfgenamen dess wards". Further another 4 Holland's morgen land named The Kyffwart, "mit eynre zyden langs der kalflaicke mit der andere zyden ind eynen an erfnisse Sanders van den Eger ind Gerits van Till, jairlix tien Arnoldus arnhemsche golden gulden"; Annually 7 bushel barley from 6 Holland's Morgen, named der Steenaker, "gelegen an erfnisse onss gnedigen heren ind Wolter Smullinx" etc. etc.

The dowry portion of Gerits van Ossenbrueck is the castle van Ossenbrueck with 350 morgen land, plus the windmill and the milling contracts, plus a life annuity from his mother of 65-70 guilders annually "vyt lande tiende Kampe ind Caetsteden to den Slot ind by Ossenbrueck gelegen". etc. etc.

Gesamtarchiv von Romberg - Urkunden, Nr. 434

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15th Middle Dutch A segment of a 1455 marriage contract between Gerit van Ossenbrueck and Yda van Bueren.
Click here 16th Middle Dutch In 1532 the children of Johan van Ossenbroich (~1460-1532) and Perpetua Stails divide the inheritance after their father's death.
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Click here 16th Middle Dutch In 1538 - 1540 there were problems relating to the purchase of a house called "The Parrot" in Arnhem, and the children of Gerard van Osenbrugge.
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