of the Earl of Namur for so doing By another Record of the year 1322 it appears that the Steward of Haynalt holds the Land of Thy of the Earl of Namur And by the Register of the year 1265 that the Earl of Namur hath right to Command all the Inhabitants of Thier to attend him in the Army and to provide Horses and Carriages for his Progresses and Journeys or to pay him Composition for the same By the old Repertory of the Fiefes it appears that John Lord of Werchin Seneschal of Hamault is Liegeman to the Earl of Namur and did him Homage for all his Territory of Thier to wit the Castle-house and Towns of Thier Castle Feroul Line Tarsinne The Jurisdiction of Rabusee Somzee Gourdins with all and every their Appurtenances And that from the year 1367 James Lord Werchin Steward of Hamault and his Successors from time to time to this day did Homage to the Earl of Namur for the said Territory The same Territory of Thy Le Chasteau is Charged and Assess'd at a certain sum both in the said Accompts of Aydes in the year 1493 and of the Aids of the Clergy in 1562. And by the Register of Surveys in 1602 't is clear that Thy Le Chasteau is part of the Province of Namur and Bayliage of Bovignes Ayseaux le Reux and the Abby of Ognyes The like Order of the 29th of September 1681 was sent by Faultrier to the Mayor Sheriffs Officers at Law and Inhabitants of the Village of Ayseaux le Reux and Ognyes with their Appendents and Appurtenances The Title of Spain to the places last above-mentioned As to Ayseaux there is in the Castle of Namur a Record of the year 1334 concerning the difference between the Duke of Brabant and Earl of Namur about Aysiaux which was referred to the Arbitration of the French King and other Lords there named wherein it is awarded that the Earl of Namur shall use Soveraign Jurisdiction in Ayseaux By another Record of the year 1343 in the same Castle mention is made of an Agreement concerning the Land of Ayseaux whereby John Duke of Brabant released the Right he claimed to the said Territory to the use of William Earl of Namur By another Record of the year 1350 the French King being chosen Arbitrator between the Duke of Brabant and the Earl of Namur about Ayseaux Awarded that the Prior of Ognyes should receive and keep the Rents and Profits of the Territory of Ayseaux till Determination of the matter in Controversie between the Parties By another Record of the year 1357. Wencestaus Duke of Brabant and William Earl of Namur surrendered their right to Ayseaux into the Emperors hands with Power to dispose thereof as he should think fit Since which Ayseaux was granted to the Duke of Brabant and John the first of that name gave it to his Son John the Bastard of Braban surnamed Brant whose Mother was a Daughter of that House the Land and Lordship of Ayseaux with the Appurtenances to be held in Fee of the Duke The present Marquess d' Ayseaux is a Descendent of the said Brant and in Right thereof sits in the States of Brabant as appears by the Feodal Registers of Brabant and by Christopher Berken's Trophees of Brabant Printed in 1641 fol. 448 c. 653 c. N. The beginning of October 1681 the French posted themselves at Wepion close by Namur and hindered the Importation of any Grain into Namur by Land or by Water and for that purpose seiz'd several Sacks of Corn and Horses that came from Villers and searched all the Boats that came down the Meuse The Fishery in the Meuse at Wepion The French have prohibited his Catholick Majesties Farmers of the said Fishery at Wepion and thereabouts and taken away the Fish they had taken pretending that the said Fishery belong'd to the most Christian King Besides Faultrier made an Ordinance Dated the 10th of September 1681 to all Persons any way accomptable for the Demesnes of his Catholick Majesty between the Sombre and the Meuse to make Payment of what is in their hands to N. Boron and his Order And sent a Billet without Date whereby he gave notice he would at nine in the morning at Falaen sell to him that bid most the most of the Forests of Biere of High and Low Marlaigne of the Forest of Marly the Forests of Biesne old Tournan Halloy the under-Woods of Wellan Hez Bruaire Feroniar and Ford all situate between the Sambre and the Meuse and belonging to his Catholick Majesty The Right of Spain to the Fishery and Forests By a Placart of His Majesty Decreed and Publish'd in the year 1591 concerning the Isles in the Meuse and grounded upon an ancient Record of that Country it appears his Majesty as Earl of Namur hath the whole Course of the River from beyond Saulx a Revin towards France to the Poplars of Ardem and Rieu d'Alim near the Town of Huy with full Seigniory and Jurisdiction As to the Forests of Biere c. it appears by a Record of the year 1324 remaining in the Castle of Namur that a certain Lady granted and transferred to the Earl of Namur the Wood of Marliar As for those of Biert Bresne Marlaigne and others see what hath been said before concerning them Floreffe An Ordinance Dated the 28th of September 1681 was posted up by night in Floresse whereby the said Intendant Prohibits the Transportation of Grain out of the Territories under the Dominion of France Commanding the Guards and others to stop their passage to seize the Horses and Carriages and the Boats if any pass loaden with Grain and to Confiscate them to the use of the Farmers of his most Christian Majesty though the Village of Floreffe is notoriously known to be within the Dominions of Spain and the French have not yet possess'd themselves of it so that 't is superfluous to add any more on that Subect Spontin An Ordinance to the like effect was sent by Faultrier to Spontin and divers other Villages of this County with a Prohibition to the Mayor Sheriffs and Inhabitants of Spontin to pay any Tallage or Aids to his Catholick Majesty on pain of Disobedeince The Title of Spain to Spontin By a Record of the year 1377 in the Castle of Namur it appears that the Lord of Spontin owns the Earl of Namur to be his Lord and confesses he bought of him the Mill of Spontin for some Bushels of Corn to be delivered into the Granaries of the Castle of Polvache Besides in an old Register of in the Offiec the Soveraigne Bayliage Intituled The Register in Parchment it appears in the Chapter of Poilvache that William Lardienoy held of the Earl and did him Homage for his Castle Lordship and Territory of Spontin to wit the Town of Spontin and its Dependences there set forth at large In the said Account of Aids of the years 1491 and 1562 Spontin is Assess'd among the Villages of this Province And in
them the Bailiffs Burgomasters and Sheriffs of Harlebeck Thielt and Deinse the Provost of Harlebeck the Baron of Winghene several Curates and other Gentlemen of the Country whom they us'd ill and imprisoned them at Menin among the common Malefactors where they indured very great incoveniences the Sieur Voorden Commissioner for France at the Conference of Courtray having declared to a Deputy of the said Castlewick that the pretension insisted on by France was to have payment from the Subjects of Spain of the Sum of sixty thousand Florins for Interest and Dammages pretended to have been suffered by them in the Country of Luxemburgh and of three and thirty thousand Patacoons for the Charges of the Execution above mentioned And that if these Sums were not presently paid the Marshal d'Humieres would send orders for making more terrible Executions and taking persons of greater Quality than those who were then Prisoners To make it appear yet more clearly that France scruples not any sort of Contravention against the Treaty of Peace An Ordinance was issued dated the twenty seventh of November 1681 whereby they caused all the Lands in Artois belonging to the Subjects of his Catholick Majesty to be seiz'd with prohibition to the Farmers or Receivers to pay thenceforward any thing that should be due to the Proprieters for Arrears or growing Rents till further order In pursuance whereof they caused all the Lands Signiories and other Effects belonging to the Baron of Couriers Governour of Audenard to be seiz'd though by the Treaties of Peace the Subjects of the one King unquestionably may and ought to enjoy peaceably their Estates within the Dominion of the other Till then we were ignorant of the cause of these Seizures But the Ministers of France have since sufficiently explained themselves having by Order of the most Christian King caused a general seizure to be made of all the Estates Lands and Signiories of the Subjects of his Catholick Majesty situate in any Country yielded to France and having settled Commissioners to receive the Profits and Revenues thereof and pressed the Receivers to pay them what was already accrewed Declaring further that those Estates should continue under seizure till the Ministers of his Catholick Majesty at Brussels made Reparation to the Prince d'Isenghien for the vexation he had suffered though what they call vexation is but the Sentence and Execution given and awarded by Competent Judges whom the said Prince petitioned to have Assigned in a Cause wherein he was Plaintiff and acknowledged their Jurisdiction from the time of the Action brought to the decision of the Cause having Personally or by his Lady or Agents constantly solicited the dispatch of the business procured the assistance of the Commissioners who attended the Inquests tax'd the Costs and made up the Report of the Proceedings It was afterwards observed also as to the Office at Esseneux spoken of before that the Ministers of France had no other design but to destroy it and utterly ruine the Province of Limburgh as well as the rest for under several feigned pretences purposely set on foot and principally for that the Officer at Esseneux had made the Tradesmen of Leige pay the Duties for Importation and Exportation who to defraud his Catholick Majesty pretended themselves Subjects of France though their being so would have been so far from exempting them that it obliged them to pay Yet on this pretence principally they first threatned high and afterwards Plundered and â—uined several Villages of Limburgh which they also pretend to under the false Title of Dependences of the County of Chiny and others These Attempts and Violences being endless they exacted two hundred Measures of Oats from the Bank of Sprimont in the same Province threatning to Plunder the Boares if they did not presently deliver the Oats and would have obliged the Count d'Esseneux Lord of Sprimont to swear Allegiance to the most Christian King though that Lordship is notoriously known to be holden of the Dutchy and Soveraignty of Limburgh In a word it clearly appears by all these proceedings that all hitherto done by France and its Ministers is not to be justified either in form or substance For as to form the whole World hath seen and known they have not acted otherwise than by Force but have violated the Law of Nations and broke that Seal of sincerity and truth affixt so solemnly to the Treaty of Nimmighen to declare it was intended to be made firm and stable and to be perpetually observed As to the substance and ground of the pretensions of France it hath been made appear they have not any Foundation of Title Possession or Colour of Right And that on the contrary the Title Possession and Right of his Catholick Majesty are so fully justified and so clearly made out that they are really unquestionable and not to be contradicted with Reason or Truth Yet for further satisfaction to the World as to Luxemburgh and Namur we have thought fit to deduce more particularly the lawful Right and Possession of his Catholick Majesty in all the French have possess'd themselves of in those two Provinces since the Publication of the Peace A PARTICULAR DEDUCTION OF THE EVIDENCES and PROOFS OF The Right and Possession of His Catholick Majesty IN AND TO All the Places France hath taken actual Possession of in the Province of Luxemburgh since the Publication of the Peace of Nimmighen The Castle Borrough and Signiory of Rodemacheren with twenty Villages its Dependents 1. FRance began with the Castle and Borrough of Rodenmacheren of which the French possess'd themselves the thirtieth of December 1678. and afterwards of twenty Villages in which the Lordship of Rodenmacheren consists though the said Lordship Castle and Borrough be a particular and distinct Signiory in cheif depending only of the Duke of Luxemburgh and held immediately of his Person as appears by the admissions of the Tenants and Feoffees thereof particularly in the years 1302 1314 1532 1562 1605 and several others as also by the Gift of the said Signiory made by Maximilian King of the Romans the fifteenth of November 1492 to Christopher Marquess of Baden with condition that he and his Heirs Lords of the said Signiory should upon every Descent or Alienation do the Services due for their admission and hold it in Fee of the Duke of Luxemburgh of whom the said Signiory is holden of old with all Royalties Jurisdictions Fees and Rights possessory as express'd in the Grant It appears further by the Register of Fires in the years 1552 1553 and others Notwithstanding all which and that Rodenmacheren hath not been granted by any Treaty to the French yet have they possess'd themselves of it as aforesaid The Castle and Lordship of Hesperange and four Villages 2. In October 1679 the French seiz'd the Castle of Hesperange distant only halfe a League from the City of Luxemburgh pretending it to be a Dependent of Rodenmacheren and forc'd the Inhabitants of Hesperange and four Villages that make up
Governour General of the Province as appears by the Admissions in 1545 1598 1600 1678 and others And in 1260. John Lord of Orcymont acknowledged he held his Lordship of the Earl of Luxemburgh The Castle and County of Rochfort with four Villages 11. The French by Force of Arms possess'd themselves likewise of the Castle of Rochfort a place very considerable and that hath for above four hundred years acknowledged as to part the Duke of Luxemburgh Lord as appears by several Admissions particularly in the years 1283 1545 1598 1599 1600 1673 and others and as to the residue the Bishop of Leige according to agreement with him 12. Under pretence that Verton holds of the Bishop of Verdun and ought to pay him relief and other Services the Chamber of Metz by Arrest of the 24th of October 1680. condemned His Catholick Majesty to receive admission to his Tenancy of Verton from the Church of Verdun and to appear personally in the said Chamber to do his Fealty and Homage to the Most Christian King tho it cannot be made appear that Verton hath at any time within three hundred and forty years last past been taken as a Fee of the Bishop of Verdun but on the contrary the Dukes of Luxemburgh have possessed and enjoyed it ever since the year 1340 when John King of Bohemia then Earl of Luxemburgh purchased it of the then rightful Lord of it to hold to the said Earl and his Successors in all Sovereignty Jurisdiction and Demeans which Purchase was made in the face of all the World and without the least trouble or impeachment by any So that admitting it true that Verton above three hundred and forty years since hath been taken of the Bishop of Verdun as Lord of the Fee yet what can that be to the purpose after so many Revolutions and Changes since hapned in Kingdoms Principalities and Sovereignties when nothing can be more clear than that the Conquest one Sovereign gains over another in War must be regulated by inspexion of the last Estate of the thing conquered that is The Conquerour cannot otherwise possess his Conquest than in such manner and form as it was possess'd by the Disseizee at the time of the Disseizin by the Arms of his Enemy Consequently it being unquestionably true that the Empire when by the Treaty of Munster it granced to France the Sovereignty of the Bishoprick of Verdun was not seised of any Seigniory over Verton in Right of that Bishoprick it follows that the Most Christian King cannot by vertue of that Grant pretend to any such Seigniory 14. This Rule is grounded on the Right of Arms and derived from the Law of War by which it is generally holden the Conquerour succeeds him that is dispossessed and represents him in his Conquests So that the Grants of Dependences and Cessions of things annexed in Treaties of Peace are to be understood by a tacit condition in Law to have relation always to the last Possession of the Dispossessed tho it be not so expressed in the Treaty 15. This Maxim is allowed by all to have the force of Common Law except the Ministers of France who not only reject the Interpretation and Constructions in Law of such Cessions and Grants but without scruple break express Stipulations 16. For by the Latin Original of the Treaty of Munster it is clear that the Cession of the Sovereignty of the three Bishopricks of Metz Toul and Verdun with their Appendences and Dependences was no otherwise granted to France Quam sicuti Imperium hactenus pessedit that is Than as the Empire hath hitherto possessed it which is altered in the French Translation of the Treaty where the Word Hactenus is not rendred Jesques icy Hitherto but Cy-devant Heretofore which gives quite another sense to the Period 17. Notwithstanding this Count Bissy accompanied with about two thousand Horse entred the Province Mar. 13. 1681. and caused the Commander and Inhabitants of Verton to be summoned three times to yield themselves to France and upon their refusal he lodg'd his Troopsin the Province and ruin'd several Villages depending on the Provostship of Verton St. Mard d' Arlon Boulogne Estalle and Luxemburgh and divers other Lordships where he committed many Cruelties and Exactions having put the Inhabitants to Composition and Ransom carried away many Goods and a great quantity of all sorts of Beasts Not content with this he sent several Prisoners into the Towns of France and declared publickly he would not draw out his Forces before the Evacuation of Verton but would march with them throughout the Province consuming and ruining one Place after another The Town Suburbs and Provostship of Verton with 17 Villages 18. So that the Spaniards forced to comply evacuated the Town and Suburbs of Verton which France took possession of as well as of the Provostship with seventeen Villages 19. But notwithstanding this Evacuation Count Bissy would not leave the Province till St. Mard was likewise evacuated tho a Provostship different from Verton and for several Ages under the Jurisdiction and Sovereignty of Luxemburgh and time out of mind before the Purchase of Verton The Spaniards submitted also to the Evacuation of St. Mard thinking thereby to prevent the total Ruin of the Province which the French Troops had by their Oppressions Devastations and carrying away Men and Beasts damnified to the Value of One hundred and fifty thousand Crowns 20. Thus France possess'd it self of St. Mard and sixteen Villages its Dependents The Castles and Lordships de la Tour Mont-Quintin Lavaux Grommery c. 21. Not content with this the French have seised the Seigniories and Castles de la Tour Mont-Quintin Lavax Gommery Bassail Ruette Villers la Loupe tho Capital Places held of the Duke of Luxemburgh and part of them granted him by a Cession made 15 July 1602. confirmed 26 March 1603. The Town and County of Chiny with 27 Towns Villages Hamlets c. And the Lorship of Neuf-Chasteau consisting in 40 Villages 22. France staid not here but the Chamber-Royal established at Metz having by an Arrest of 21 April 1681. condemn'd the pretended Earl of Chiny to appear pesonally in the said Chamber to do his Fealty and Homage due for the said Earldom its Appurtenances Dependences Rights and Places annex'd and within forty days after to bring in a Survery thereof with Acknowledgment of his Tenure they would have recorded this Arrest in the Town of Chiny by Claud Verdavoire their Usher had he not been hindred by the Commander of the Town who made him retire 23. And tho this pretended Arrest be null by the highest of Nullities the want of Jurisdiction in that Chamber over his Catholick Majesty who hath the Right and Possession of the Sovereignty of the County of Chiny with all its Appendences and Dependences it is besides most unjust and full of Errors both in Law and in Fact 24. For although the Duke of Luxemburgh purchased the County of Chiny in the year 1364. and possess'd it
and dependences upon condition the Issue he should have by that Marriage should inherit the said Marquisate together with the County of Luxemburgh Accordingly the said Marquisate of Arlon together with the Earldom of Luxemburgh and La Roche fell to Henry eldest son of Wallerand by Ermesinde which Henry left it to his Successors Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh And thereupon the said Marquisate remained annexed to the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and the August Successors of the Dukes of that Place have from time to time peaceably enjoy'd the Patrimony and Fees depending thereon and exercised therein all Acts of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty 150 Years before the Purchase of the County of Chiny in 1364. by Wenceslaus the first Duke of Luxemburgh The Town and Provostship of Bastoigne 38. The Town Mayoralty and Provostship of Bastoigne consisting in the Town of that name and one hundred forty five Villages and Hamlets under ten Mayordoms hath ever since the Year 963. belonged to the first Earls of Luxemburgh in Demesn with full Right of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty as comprehended under the Title of the Earldom of Ardenne Walerand and Ermesinde Earl and Countess of Luxemburgh having by Deed in 1225. assigned to their daughter Catharin who had been promis'd in Marriage to Matthew Duke of Lorrain three thousand Livers Messinois upon their Demesn of Bastoigne except the Town and upon their Courts of Remich and Anliers which were accordingly paid the said Matthew of Lorrain in 1229. Since which time the Town and Provostship of Bastoigne hath been reputed a Member of the County and Dutchy of Luxemburgh and the Earls and Dukes thereof have enjoy'd it with all Sovereignty and Jurisdiction to this day The Town and Provostship of March c. 39. The Town Mayoralty and Provostship of March consisting in the Town of that name and nineteen Villages and Hamlets hath many Ages belong'd to the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh in Demesn with full Right of Sovereignty and Jurisdiction Henry the second of that name Earl of Luxemburgh the Son of Ermesinde gave it in the Year 1247. to his Brother Gerard in full of all demands of Inheritance in Right of his Father and Mother This Provostship was then granted by the name of The Land of Tamenne above the Castle and Town of Durbuy with all its Dependences Villance the Land of Dalem and Filstorff upon condition expressed in the Grant That Gerrard should hold the said Lands in Fee of the Earl of Luxemburgh The said Lands of Tamenne Durbuy and Vallence were in the Year 1304. reunited to the County of Luxemburgh by Count Henry the fourth of that name Son of Henry the third and Beatrix Daughter of Baldwyn of Avennes pursuant to an Agreement made that Year between Gerard Earl of Grandprez Lord of Houstalize Son of Henry of Grandprez and Beatrix Daughter of Gerard Lord of Durbuy and the said Henry Earl of Luxemburgh by the Mediation of his Mother the Countess Dowager of Luxemburgh called Beatrix to whose Arbitrement the Parties submitted the Sunday after Christmas 1303. upon condition nevertheless that the Lordship of Russy whereof Dalem and Filstorff are part should remain to the said Gerard of Grandprez and that Count Henry should pay him an Annuity of One hundred Livers The like Agreement was made by Gerrard Lord of Blackenheim and Irmgard his Wife Daughter also of Gerard Lord of Durbuy by Deed in February 1306. whereby the said Lord of Blackenheim and his Wife have renounced and released all Right they could any way have to the Estate of Gerard Lord of Durbuy their Father-in-Law and Father respectively which Renunciation and Release was ratified in 1314. by John and Gerard Sons of the said Gerard of Blackenheim and afterwards the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh enjoy'd it in Demesn with full Jurisdiction and Sovereignty The Town and Provostship of Durbuy c. 40. The Town and Provostship of Durbuy consisting in the Town of that name and forty four Villages and Hamlets divided into four Courts and nineteen Lordships of the Soil Compos'd of two and thirty Villages have likewise belong'd some Ages to the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh in Demesn with full Right of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty And his Catholick Majesty hath continued in possession of it as appears by what hath been said before as to the Provostship of Marche The County of La Roche c. 41. The Earldom of La Roche consisting in the Castle and Town so called and one and fifty Villages and Hamlets divided into four Mayordoms and the Seigniory of Beausaint is an ancient Patrimony of the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh who assumed the Title of Earls de la Roche ever since the year 1214. and enjoy'd the said Castle Town and their Dependences in Demesn with full Right of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty till dispossessed of them forcibly by the French as aforesaid The County of Salm c. 42. The County of Salm consisting in a Castle Burrough and thirty two Villages and Hamlets is very ancient having taken its Original from the first Family of the Earls of Luxemburgh Gislibert the Son of Frederick the second Earl of Luxemburgh having taken the Title of Earl of Salm in which Earldom his Son Herman succeeded who afterwards was chosen Emperour of the Romans and left the said Earldom to his Son Herman also by name who had his Son Conrade his Successor Henry the Son of Conrade succeeded him and by Deed of 15 May 1240. declared That as his Ancestor the Earl of Salm had done Fealty and Homage to the Noble Man the Earl of Luxemburgh he would renew the said Homage and did for him and his Heirs and Successors Earls of Salm take of Henry Earl of Luxemburgh and La Roche and Marquess of Arlon which Henry being the second of that name was the ninth Earl of Luxemburgh the Castle and Castlewick of Salm with all their Appurtenances Rights Inheritances Fiefes Wards Homages Burgessships and Seigniories whatsoever to be holden of the Earl of Luxemburgh in Fee and by Homage-Liege Henry the Son of the said Henry Earl of Salm did the like Fealty and Homage on Thursday next after the Feast of All Saints in the Year 1248. for the same Castle of Salm to the same Henry Earl of Luxemburgh with a formal Declaration That the Earl of Luxemburgh might and ought to have Aid of the Castle of Salm and Lands belonging to it against all Men and that the Castle was to be surrendred to him when occasion required In 1306. Henry Earl of Salm Son of Henry aforesaid did the like Services for the said Earldom of Salm to Henry the fourth of that name the eleventh Earl of Luxemburgh and seventh Emperour of that name After him Henry his Son Earl of Salm did the like Services for the said Earldom to John King of Bohemia twelfth Earl of Luxemburgh on Monday the eighth of December 1343. The Family of Salm being extinct in 1408. the Lords of Reiferscheidt succeeding as next of
of losing his Fee The Lord of the same place did Fealty and Homage for it to Duke Wenceslaus in the year 1398 with other Lords and Feoffees of that Countrey and his Successors did the like in the years 1532 1546 1563 1573 and 1600. The Castle and Lordship of Bertrange c. 48. The Castle and Lordship of Bertrange the Lords whereof have not only been Lords Feodals and Gentlement of that Country but had Jurisdiction over the Gentlemen Feoffees of the same as appears by the Act of Sale of the Towns of Verton Ivoix and la Ferte conveyed to Jeffrey de Bertrange in the year 1340. is not distant above a 11 hours Journey from the Capital City and stands inclosed within the Provostship of Luxemburgh The Castle and Lordship of Ansembourgh c. 49. The Castle and Lordship of Ansembourgh consists in three Villages and Hamlets wherein his Catholick Majesties Predecessors and his Majesty have for several Ages exercised to this day all acts of Soveraign Jurisdiction by their Provost of Luxemburgh particularly by the Execution of Malefactors condemned to dye And the Lord of Ansembourgh in the year 1398 did Fealty and Homage with the other Feoffees and Subjects of that Country to Duke Wenceslaus The Castle and Lordship of Hellenfelts c. 50. The Castle and Lordship of Hellenfelts consists in twelve Villages and Hamlets the Lords whereof have been Feoffees of that Country And John de Helvetz above three hundred and sixty years past was Justicier of the Nobles there And the Conveyance of the said Lordship was made before the Justicier and Bench of Nobles of that Country as appears by the Sale and Conveyance made in the year 1477 Since which as before it hath been taken in Fee from the Dukes of Luxemburgh as appears by the Records of Fealty and Homage in 1546 1547 1570 1577 and 1624. The Castle and Lordship of Mersch c. 51. The Castle and Lordship of Mersch consisting in fourteen Villages and Hamlets hath also been an ancient Demesn of the Earls of Luxemburgh as appears by the Gift of part thereof made by Sigisfroid first Earl of Luxemburgh to the Monastery of St. Maximin the residue thereof with the high Jurisdiction or right of doing Justice in Capital matters as well as those of inferior Nature having been held in Fee of his Catholick Majesty by Temporal Lords who have been always Cavaleers of that Country and assisted as such at the Sessons of Nobles held at Luxemburgh particularly at the Sessions held in the year 1407 and with other Feoffees of the same Country did Fealty and Homage to the Emperour Wenceslaus as Duke of Luxemburgh in the year 1398 and afterwards received the said Lordship as a Fee of the Dukes of Luxemburgh in 1520 1534 and 1571. The Castle and Lordship of Pittange c. 52. The Castle and Lordship of Pittange consisting in sixteen Villages and Hamlets the high Justice whereof the King of Bohemia in the year 1311 gave to Arnold Lord of Pittange for inlargement of his Fee The Lord of Pittange did Homage for it to the Emperour Wenceslaus in the year 1398 The Sale and Conveyance of it was past before the Justicier and Bench of Nobles of that Countrey as appears by the Grant thereof made by Margaret Lady Pittange in the year 1458 since which the Lords thereof have successively taken it of the Dukes of Luxemburgh as appears by the Records of Services done upon admission in the years 1520 1532 1546 1547 1562 1570 and 1572. The Lordship of Huperdange 53. The Lordship of Huperdange is a Dependent of that of Pittange and was given by Henry Earl of Luxemburgh to Arnold of Pittange in the year 1281 on condition he should hold it in Fee by Fealty and Homage And for enlargement of the said Fee the King of Bohemia granted the said Arnold the Right and Power of High Justice or Criminal Jurisdiction in the year 1311. The Lordship of Arlon-Court 54. The Lordship of Arlon-Court consists in three Villages and Hamlets and is a Capital place and ancient Fee of the said Province John King of Bohemia having granted Arnold de Pittange High Justice there in the year 1311 for inlargement of his Fee And in 1570 the Lord of Arlon-Court did Homage for it The Lordship of Meissenburgh 55. The Lordship of Meissenbourgh consists in fifteen Villages and Hamlets The Lords thereof have been Counsellors to the ancient Earls of Luxemburgh before and since the year 1237 and in 1398 did Fealty and Homage for it to the Dukes of Luxemburgh and afterwards in the year 1532 1547 1556 and 1624. The Castle and Lordship of Fischbach 56. The Castle and Lordship of Fischbach consists in three Villages and Hamlets The Lords thereof have been Cavaleers of that Country done Fealty and Homage to the Duke in 1398 and assisted at the Session of Nobles in 1407. The High Justice thereof was given by Justus Marquess of Brandenburgh to Robert and John de Fischbach on Fryday before the Visitation in 1407. And Wenceslaus King of the Romans on St. Simons day in the year 1409 confirm'd the said Gift The Conveyance of Sale of part of the said Lordship was pass'd before the Justicier and Bench of Nobles of Luxemburgh the 13 of September 1581 and the 18 of May 1628 and the Lords of it have done Fealty and Homage for it to the Dukes of Luxemburgh The Castle and Lordship of Leinster c. 57. The Castle and Lordship of Leinster or Linceren consists in nine Villages and Hamlets The Lords thereof have been ancient Feoffees of that Country and in 1236 obliged themselves to observe the Priviledges granted to the Inhabitants of Echternech by the Countess of Ermesinde on pain of forfeiting their Fee The Lord of Leinster in 1230 did Fealty and Homage for it the like was done for it to Duke Wenceslaus in 1398 and afterwards to other Dukes in 1447 and 1556. The Castle and Lordship of Heffingen 58. That the Castle and Lordship of Heffingen is a Capital place and held in Chief of the Duke of Luxemburgh appears by the Records of Services upon Admissions in 1563. The Lordship of la Rochette with the Wall of an old Castle and fifteen Villages and Hamlets c. 59. The Lordship of la Rochette consists in fifteen Villages and Hamlets the Lords thereof have been ancient Feoffees of that Country and as such have purchased several Lordships there and in 1398 and since in 1546 1563 1570 1600 and 1621 have done Fealty and Homage for it to the Dukes of Luxemburgh as appears of Record The Lordship of Heringen 60. In 1570 the Duke of Luxemburgh had Fealty and Homage done him by the Lord of Heringen for his Lordship of Heringen consisting in a Village and a Hamlet The Castle and Lordship of Beaufort c. 61. The Castle and Lordship of Beaufort consisting in eleven Villages and Hamlets is a Fee and Capital place of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh In 1338 among other
Brouch 76. The Lordship of Brouch consisting in twelve Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and acknowledged to be so by the Lord of the place in 1394 who with other Feoffees of the Countrey did Homage for it in 1398. The Lordship of Malberg 77. The Lordship of Malberg consists in three Villages and Hamlets and was taken in Fee of the Duke of Luxemburgh in 1306 and in 1398 the Lord of Malberg with other Feoffees of the Province did Homage for Malberg The Lordship of Rosport 78. The Lordship of Rosport consisting in six Villages and Hamlets was in the year 1303 acknowledged a Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh The Castle and Lordship of Mirevart 79. The Castle and Lordship of Mirevart consists in six and twenty Villages and Hamlets and hath been an ancient Patrimony of the Earls of Luxemburgh the parts of which it consists having ever since the year 1311 been accompted and recorded among the Demesns of the Earls of Luxemburgh and made parcel of the particular thereof Arch-Duke Maximilian gave it since to Everard de la Marck who and his Successours the Dukes of Aremberg have from time to time paid Homage for it to this day The Castle and Lordship of Focant 80. That the Castle and Lordship of Focant was parcel of the ancient Demesns of the Earls of Luxemburgh appears by the accompts of the Revenues thereof ever since the year 1311. The County of Montague 81. That the County of Montague consisting in thirteen Villages and Hamlets is also a Fee of Luxemburgh appears by the Records of Homage done for it in 1545 1598 1600 1673. The Lordship of Rachamps 82. The Lordship of Rachamps consisting in a Village and Hamlet is an ancient dependent of Luxemburgh King Wenceslaus having the 12th of October 1384 confirmed the Priviledges his Predecessours the Earls of Luxemburgh had granted the Lord and Tenants of this Lordship The Lordship of Ayvaille 83. The Lordship of Ayvaille consisting in eight Villages and Hamlets hath been an ancient Patrimony of the Earls of Luxemburgh as appears by the Gift the King of Bohemia made of the Bridge of Ayvaille to the Inhabitants of the place 23 July 1346. The Lordship of Harzet 84. Lewis de Clermont in the year 1302 did Homage for the Lordship of Harzet consisting in three Villages and Hamlets as a Fee held of the Earl of Luxemburgh The Lordship of Bascille 85. Alard de Bascille by Act in 1307 acknowledged himself a Leige-man of the Earl of Luxemburgh for the Lodship of Bascille as a Fee of the Earldom The Lordship of Chesne 86. The Lord of the Signiory of Chesne consisting in three Villages and Hamlets did among other Subjects and Feoffes of the Province perform his Homage to the Emperour Wenceslaus Duke of Luxemburgh in 1398. The Castle and Lordship of Witry 87. The Castle and Lordship of Witry consisting in four Villages and Hamlets is a Capital place and of the ancient Demesns of the Earl of Luxemburgh as appears by the Gift thereof made by Henry Earl of Luxemburgh to Arnold de Pittange in 1281 on condition he should hold it of him in Fee by Homage And in 1311 the King of Bohemia then Earl of Luxemburgh granted the said Arnold the High Justice of Witry for improvement of his Fee The Castle and Lordship of Useldange 88. That the Castle and Lordship of Useldange consisting in sixteen Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh appears by an Act in 1298 wherein Robert Lord Useldange hath acknowledged Homage due from him to the Earl of Luxemburgh This Lordship came afterwards by Confiscation to Maximilian the Emperour who and his Son Arch-Duke Philip as Dukes of Luxemburgh gave the said Castle and Lordship to Philip. Marquis of Baden in the year 1494 After which Homage was paid for it in 1532 1562 and 1605. The Castle and Lordship of Autel c. 89. That the Castle and Lordship of Autel consisting in six Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh appears by an Act in 1223 when Henry de Dune having been made Marshall of Luxemburgh annext to that Office the Lordship of Autel acknowledging he held it in Fee of the Earls of Luxemburgh to whom Homage was done for it in 1270 and afterwards in 1398 by the then Lord of Autel to Wenceslaus the Emperour This is confirmed by the Sale Richard de Dune made in 1254 to the Covent of Clairfontain of some Estate in Autel which the Lords thereof had not power to alien without leave of the Earl of Luxemburgh The Castle and Lordship of Girsch 90. The Castle and Lordship of Girsch consisting in fifteen Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh and Homage was done for it to the Duke of Luxemburgh in 1556. The Castle and Lordship of Koerich 91. Tillman of Koerich in 1314 did Homage to the Earl of Luxemburgh for the Lordship of Koerich consisting in five Villages and Hamlets as a Fee held by Homage of the Earl And in the years 1400 and 1617 the Successours of Tillman did Homage for it to the then Dukes of Luxemburgh And in 1398 Homage was done for it to Wenceslaus the Emperour in the right of the Earldom of Luxemburgh The Castle and Lordship of Septfontain c. 92. That the Lords of the Castle and Lordship of Septfontain consisting in ten Villages and Hamlets have been ancient Vassals of the Earls of Luxemburgh is evident by the record of Homage done for it in 1233 Since which Thomas de Septfontain Chamberlain to the Earl of Luxemburgh and his Successors received by the Earls Grant the Right and Priviledge of High Justice to be exercised throughout the Liberty of Septfontain for inlargment of his Fee The Lordship of Wiltingen and Cantzem 93. In the year 1230 Ernest de Pictipas acknowledged the Lordship of Wiltingen and Cantzem to be Capital places held in Fee of the Earldom of Luxemburgh and John de Sirk did Homage for them accordingly in 1450. The Land and Lordship of St. Hubert 94. The Land and Lordship of St. Hubert consists in six Mayordoms or Mannors with several Villages depending thereon and as to Situation is inclosed on all sides by the Lands of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and consequently by the Laws and Maxims of State cannot be a particular Sovereignty distinct or separate from that which incloses it The intention of the Duke in granting away the Lands of St. Hubert being grounded on a Presumption in Law That Land inclosed within other greater and more considerable is to be reputed of the same Quality Jurisdiction and Sovereignty with that which incloses it till the contrary be made appear 95. This will be thought more reasonable in this Case when it shall be considered that till the age before the last it was never disputed but that the Dukes and Earls of Luxemburgh had not only the Possession but the Right of Soveraignty
ever since in Demensn with all Sovereignty and Jurisdiction without doing any Service or paying any Relief for it to the Duke of Barr who on the contrary by Grant of 15 July 1602. confirm'd 26 March 1603. releas'd all Rights and Obligations of Vassalship direct Seigniory and Feodal Tenure he had or could pretend to or demand over the said County of Chiny in exchange for the Services and Reliefs due from the said Duke of Barr for several considerable Lands to wit the Town and Castlewick of Sâ—thenay the Town and Castlewick of Marville the Provostship of Arancy the Ban or Mannor of Marry and Conflans in Gernesey which the Archdukes Albert and Isabel released to that Duke yet the Chamber of Metz condemned the Lord of the County of Chiny to do in Person his Fealty and Homage whereof he had been acquitted by solemn Acts executed with all Formality requisite Not to mention that the Duke of Barr pretended to the Seigniory of no more than a moiety of the said County as appears by the said Grant of 15 July 1602. and by another of 10 September 1553. 25. However the Count de Bissy the tenth of July 1681. entred the Province again with a Body of Horse and Dragoons and caused the Commander of Chiny to be summoned to quit that Place with his Garrison threatning him with ill usage in case of refusal But the Commander having not thought fit to obey the Summons Count Bissy staid some days with his Troops about Chiny and afterwards march'd with them from one end of the province to the other requiring the Subjects of his Catholick Majesty to receive them and to swear Fealty and Homage to the most Christian King which some were forced to do And having continued some days at Aye he march'd with his Troops to Ortevilli Asnoi lez Bastoigne Martelange and Elle and afterwards went on to the further end of the Marshes and posted himself between Mersch and Luxemburgh till about the end of August 26. So that the Spaniards were obliged to evacuate Chiny to prevent the Ruine of the Province and of Brabant Flanders and Hainalt threatned by the French who use in such cases to be too true to their Words as appears sufficiently by many fresh Instances here before mentioned 27. But France not satisfied with the Evacuation of Chiny demanded that the following Places should be evacuated to wit Remich Greven-Macheren Wasserbillig Echternach Vianden Dickrich S. Vith La Roche Houstalize Durbuy Clervaux Marche Mirwart Bastoigne Arlon and their Dependents to which the Spaniards were forced to submit 28. Thus France got possession of them and generally of all the Places Lands and Lordships of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh except the Villages of the Provostship of Luxemburgh and obliged the Officers and Lawyers to swear Allegiance to the most Christian King tho the Places Lands and Lordships above-mentioned or any of them have not any dependence on the County of Chiny or any other Capital Place belonging to France but have always been part of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh and for several Ages held of the duke as Sovereign Lord thereof as will particularly appear by what shall be observed concerning every Place hereafter specified and possessed by France 29. The Provostship of Luxemburgh is composed of three Jurisdictions Kuntzig or Clemancy Putlange and Bettingen three Land-Mayories Bettemburgh Sand-Weiler and Kehlen and three Mayoralties Steinsel Lingtgen and Schittenigen consisting together in seventy one Villages and Hamlets and thirty five more called The Villages of the provost this Provostship is of the Ancient Patrimony of the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh having heretofore belong'd to Sigisfroid first Earl of Luxemburgh who having purchased in the year 963. of Wikerus Abbot of St. Maximin at Treves the Castle of Luxemburgh in exchange for an Estate in the village of Tealen immediately caused this Town of Luxemburgh to be built there And the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh have ever since successively enjoy'd the said City and Provostship in Demean with all Rights of Jurisdiction and Sovereignty till Count Bissy possest himself of the said Provostship 30. Besides the said Jurisdictions Land Mayoralties Mayoralties and Villages of the Provostship have been always survey'd together and taxed jointly towards all Publick Charges ordinary and extraordinary under the name of The provostship of Luxemburgh as appears by the Register of Fires in 1552 1553 1604 1656 1659. Every of them being govern'd by a Sheriff and Assessor who with the Provost make up the Provost-Court kept in the City of Luxemburgh where the Assessors are obliged to reside And it cannot be proved the said provostship or any part of it is a Dependent of the Lordship of Rodenmacker but hath always acknowledged the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh its Sovereigns and is held of them nor yet of the County of Chiny nor of any other Capital Place the County of Chiny having been first purchased by Wenceslaus first Duke of Luxemburgh in the Year 1364. as hath been already made out and consequently above four hundred Years after the Earls of Luxemburgh were first seised of that Provostship which now is intirely in the possession of France except only the thirty five Villages and Hamlets of the Provost The Borrough Franchise and mayoralty of Remich consisting in 20 Villages and Hamlets 31. If any Place in the province may be reputed annex'd to the Town and Provostship of Luxemburgh the Mayoralty of Remich must certainly be so having belonged to the first Earls of Luxemburgh and the Inhabitants are free of City of Luxemburgh as well as of Remich And the Court or Mayordom of Remich hath also belonged to the first Earls of Luxemburgh who as well as their Successors the Earls and Dukes of that Place have always enjoy'd it in Demesne and exercised in it all Jurisdiction and Sovereignty the ninth part of all Wine and Grain within the Mayordom having been paid his Catholick Majesty by the Hands of the Receiver of his Demesns in the City of Luxemburgh who resides there and receives also the Demesns of the Provostship of Luxemburgh Walerand and Ermesind Earl and Countess of Luxemburgh in the Year 1225. assigned to their Daughter Catharin promised in Marriage to Matthew Duke of Lorrain Three thousand Livers Messinois on the Demesns of Remich and other Places which in 1229. were paid the said Duke Henry the ninth Earl of Luxemburgh and Son of Walerand and Ermesind with Margaret his Wife paid the Cloyster of Clairfontain near Arlon Thirty Awms of Wine to be taken out of their Demesns of Remich and Graven-Mackeren By which it appears the Mayordom of Remich is of the ancient Patrimony and Demesns of the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh who have from time to time caused it to be Assess'd and to pay towards all Publick Charges ordinary and extraordinary The Jurisdiction of Mackeren le Conte consisting in the Town and thirty four Villages and Hamlets 32. The Jurisdiction of Mackeren le Conte consisting in the
Blood did the like Services for the said County till a certain Lord of Reiferscheidt Earl of Salm having for Violences and Outrages by him committed been banished out of these Countries and his Estate declared confiscated to the use of the Emperour Charles the Fifth Duke of Luxemburgh by Sentence of the Great Council at Malines 16 January 1528. his Son John of Reiferscheidt Earl of Salm was summoned to appear at the said Council to hear Execution awarded of the said Sentence at his peril But this John having submitted himself by agreement made at Bruxelles with the Queen Dowager of Hungary and Bohemia Governess of the Low-Countries 21 February 1549. the said Earldom of Salm and all the Estate thereto belonging were granted to the said John of Reiferscheidt Earl of Salm but upon express condition that he should take and hold them in Fee of the Emperour Charles the Fifth as Duke of Luxemburgh by the Services accustomed And the third of January 1551. the said John took them accordingly and ever since the successors of the said Earl of Salm have been used and reputed as his Predecessors had been Vassals of his Catholick Majesty and his Ancestors Dukes and Earls of Luxemburgh and the Subjects of the said Earldom have contributed to all publick Charges imposed on the Province of Luxemburgh The Country of Vianden 43 The County of Vianden consists in a Castle Town and forty nine Villages and Hamlets divided into six Mayordoms of which several other Castles and Lands hold as Mesne Fees It is of large extent and for several Ages past hath been held in Fee of the Earl of Luxemburgh The first Earl of Vianden was Frederick in the Year 1124. who left Signisfroid his Son his Successor to whom succeeded Frederick about the Year 1193. and to Him his Son Philip who dying without Heirs of his Body left the said County to his Brother Henry who having been kept Prisoner by Walerand Duke of Limburgh and Earl of Luxemburgh was set at liberty on Condition he should acknowledge Walerand Lord of the Fee of the said County of Vianden the next Earl of Vianden was Philip Son of the said Henry who was kept Prisoner by his Nephew Henry upon some difference between them about the Succession of the County of Vianden On this occasion it was that Henry Bishop of Utrecht Brother to Philip Count Vianden pass'd an Act in the Year 1264. in favour of Henry Earl of Luxemburgh by which he promises that Philip his Brother and his Successors should hold the said County of Vianden as a Fief Liege immediately of the Earl of Luxemburgh on Condition the said Henry Earl of Luxemburgh should use all the means he could to set at liberty the said Philip Earl of Vianden and to restore to him the Castle of Schonecken usurped by his Nephew Henry The said Philip accordingly took the Earldom of Vianden of Margaret Countess of Luxemburgh Wife of Henry the Second Earl of Luxemburgh and of Henry the Third of that Name their Son on Tuesday before Lent in the Year 1270. Godfrey having succeeded his Father Philip left Heir of the County of Vianden Philip begotten of Lintgarde Lady of Lignie c. which Philip took in like manner the said County of Vianden in 1306. of Henry the Fourth of that Name Earl of Luxemburgh and Emperor of the Romans Afterwards the said County came by Marriage to the House and Family of Nassau above three hundred years ago and the Princes of Orange have successively taken it of his Catholick Majesty and his Predecessors Dukes of Luxemburgh and the Subjects of Vianden have from time to time constantly contributed to all Aids and publick Charges ordinary and extraordinary with other Subjects of the Province of Luxemburgh and his Majesty whenever he pleased put a Garrison into the Castle and Town of Vianden The Land and Seigniory of St. Vithe c. 44. The Land and Seigniory of St. Vithe consisting in a Town and forty seven Villages divided into six Courts is an ancient Fee of Luxemburgh Count Henry the Second of that Name having long since had Toll and Conduct-Money in St. Vithe and Bullenge in the Year 1253. as appears by the Agreement between the said Count Henry and his Sister Elizabeth Wife of Walerand Lord Faulcomont and Montjoy in the Year 1270. Walerand Lord Faulcomont and Montjoy did Fealty and Homage for the said Land and Seigniory to Henry the Second of that Name Earl of Luxemburgh and Margaret his Wife So did Reynald Lord Faulcomont and Montjoy in 1306. to Henry the Fourth of that Name Earl of Luxemburgh for the Lordship of St. Vithe which coming afterwards to Simon Earl of Spanheim he did Fealty and Homage for it to Winceslaus Duke of Luxemburgh in the Year 1380. The same Lordship passing since by Marriage into the Family of Nassau the Princes of Orange have always done Fealty for it with the County of Vianden and other Lands and Lordships in the Country of Luxemburgh as a Fee held of the Duke of Luxemburgh And the Inhabitants of the said Land and Lordship have always Contributed with the rest of his Catholick Majesties Subjects towards all publick Aids and Charges ordinary and extraordinary And his Majesty hath placed a Garrison in the Town of St. Vithe when ever he thought it convenient The Lordship of Munster c. 45. The Lordship of Munster near the City of Luxemburgh is a Capital place consisting of our and twenty Villages Hamlets and Farms and hath been of the ancient Patrimony of the Earls of Luxemburgh who in the year 1080 endowed therewith the Abby of Munster as appears by the Foundation of Conrade the second of that Name Earl of Luxemburgh in the year 1083 Confirm'd by Earl William his Son and Walerand Earl of Luxemburgh in the year 1225 And the Priviledges and Exemptions granted them have been confirm'd successively by Wenceslaus Earl of Luxemburgh in the year 1398 by Philip Duke of Burgundy in 1432 by Maximilian the Emperour in 1486 and by Charles the Fifth the 15th of July 1531. The Lordship of Mont St. Jean c. 46. The Lordship of Mont St. Jean consisting in four Villages and Hamlets with an old demolish'd Castle hath ever been under the Soveraignty of the Earls and Dukes of Luxemburgh and held in Fee immediately of them as appears by the Records of Fealty and Homage in the years 1563 1573 1600 1624. The Castle and Lordship of Differtange and Solleuvre c. 47. The Castle and Lordship of Differtange and Solleuvre with three and twenty Villages Hamlets and Farmes its Dependents hath been part of the ancient Demesnes of the Earls of Luxemburgh as appears by Deed in 1238 wherein Alexander Lord of Solleuvre hath acknowledged the said Lordship to have descended to him as a Fee from Ermesinde Countess of Luxemburgh who having in the year 1236 confirmed the Priviledges of the Town of Echternach the said ALexander obliged himself to observe them on pain
the Feoffees of the Dutchy the Lord of Beaufort did Homage to the Duke The Lordship having since been Confiscated by Arch-Duke Maximilian he invested in it Messire Jean Bayer of Bapport as appears by the Act of Donation made the 7th of August 1478. And the Successors of the Donee have since done Fealty and Homage for it to the Dukes of Luxemburgh as appears by the Records thereof in 1506 and 1621. The Castle and Lordship of Berbourg 62. The Castle and Lordship of Berbourg or Beaurepart consisting in eleven Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh as appears by the Act of Renovation of the Priviledges of Echternach by which Viry Lord of Berbourg is obliged to observe them upon pain of being deprived of his Fee In 1238 the Lord of Berbourg did Homage for it to the Duke of Luxemburgh the Successors of the said Lord did the like in 1563 1573 and 1600 The Lords of the said place having been the ancient Chancellors of that Countrey and acknowledged to b e so in the Session of Nobles held at Luxemburgh in 1407. The Lordship of Herberen and Mompach 63. The Seigniory of Herberen and Mompach is a Fee held of the Duke of Luxemburg and in 1451 John de Sirk did Homage for Mompach to the Duke The Castle and Lordship of Reulandt 64. The Castle and Lordship of Reulandt consisting in fifteen Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh as appears by the Act of Sale made by Elizabeth of Blackenheim to the King of Bohemia in 1327 wherein she declares she sells it in the same manner as the late Feris of Blackenheim held it in Fee of the said King by Homage and Fealty And the said Lordship having afterwards been granted out in Fee it was taken in the year 1384 of King Wenceslaus as Duke of Luxemburgh and annext to the Office of Chamberlain of the Dutchy and in the year 1549 Homage was again done for it The Castle and Lordship of Ouren 65. The Castle and Lordship of Ouren consists in six Villages and Hamlets the Lord thereof with other Subjects and Vassals of the Dutchy of Luxemburgh did Fealty and Homage to Duke Wenceslaus in 1398. The Castle and Lordship of Clervaux 66. The Castle and Lordship of Clervaux consists in four and forty Villages and Hamlets the Lords whereof have anciently been Chancellors of this Country as appears by the Sale of Ivoix the Conveyance whereof was made before Walter de Chervaux and Chancellor of the Province who with other Cavaleers of those parts did Fealty and Homage to Duke Wenceslaus in the year 1398. The Castle and County of Wiltz 67. In the year 1398 and after Fealty and Homage have been performed to the Dukes of Luxemburgh for the Castle and County of Wiltz consisting in three and twenty Villages and Hamlets The Castle and Lordship of Esch 68. The Castle and Lordship of Esch or Aisse consists in nineteen Villages and Hamlets the Lords whereof were anciently Chancellors of the Country having assisted the Earls of Luxemburgh in Council and in quality of Noble Feoffees taken Cognizance of Sales and Grants of the Lordships of the same Country as appears by an Act pass'd in 1230 before Robin d'Esch Knight This Lordship was formerly held of the Earl of Vianden who having afterwards consented it should be holden immediately of the Earl of Luxemburgh Homage was done to him immediately for it in 1270 1306 1506 1551 and 1624 And in 1398 the Lord of Esch with other Chancellors of the Country swore Allegiance to Duke VVenceslaus And in 1402 John d'Esch acknowledged himself his Subject The Castle and Lordship of Bourscheidt 69. The Castle and Lordship of Bourscheidt consists in twelve Villages and Hamlets The Lords thereof were anciently Cavaleers of the Earls of Luxemburgh particularly Solver de Bourscheidt who was Justicier of the Nobles there and by Act in 1233 acknowledged himself a Liegeman of Luxemburgh and entred into obligation to guard and defend the Castle of Luxemburgh and declared that the Countess of Luxemburgh ought as heretofore to have aid of the Castle of Bourscheidt Fery de Bourscheidt acknowledged himself under the like Obligation in the year 1317. The Lord of Bourscheidt in 1398 with other Chancellors of the Country paid Homage to VVenceslaus Duke of Luxemburgh VVerner Zanden of Bourscheidt and John Theodore Zanden did the like to the Duke of Luxemburgh in 1551 and 1624. The Town Castle and Lordship of Newerbourgh 70. The Town Castle and Lordship of Newerbourgh consisting in the Town of Newerbourgh and two and fifty Villages and Hamlets is a very ancient Fee of the Country of Luxemburgh the Earls of Vianden having acknowledged they held it in Fee of the Earls of Luxemburgh by Acts and Services done for it in the years 1257 1270 and 1306 Since which time the Lords of Newerbourgh with consent of the Earls of Vianden have taken it in Fee immediately of the Earls and Dukes of Luxembourgh as appears by the Records of Homage in 1547 1551 and 1598 And in 1398 Everard de la Marck as Lord of Newerburgh did Fealty and Homage for it to Duke VVenceslaus The Castle and Lordship of Brandenburgh 71. The Castle and Lordship of Brandenburgh consists in six Villages and Hamlets and in the years 1270 and 1306 hath been acknowledged a Fee of Luxemburgh by the Earls of Vianden in 1398 the Sieur de Brandenbourgh with the other Gentlemen of this Country swore Allegiance to Duke VVenceslaus The Castle and Lordship of Kayll 72. The Castle and Lordship of Kayll consisting in two Villages hath by Thiry of Blackenheim been acknowledged a Fee held of the Dutchy of Luxembourgh as appears by an Act of Recognition in 1449 Arnold de Blackenheim did Homage for his part of it in the years 1357 and 1378 and William and Philip Theodore of Manderscheidt in 1482 and 1624. The Castle and Lordship of Falkenstein 73. The Castle and Lordship of Falkenstein or Faulconpiere consisting in three Villages and Hamlets is an ancient Fee of Luxemburgh as appears by the Records of Homage done for it by Arnold de Faulconpiere in 1270 and by other in 1451 and 1624. The Castle and Lordship of Bettingen 74. The Castle and Lordship of Bettingen consists of nine Villages and Hamlets the Lord thereof did Fealty and Homage to the Emperour Wenceslaus Duke of Luxemburgh in 1398 the like Services were done for it as a Fee of the Dukes of Luxemburgh in 1451 and 1624. The Castle and Lordship of Ham. 75. The Castle and Lordship of Ham consisting in four Villages and Hamlets is a Fee and part of the ancient Patrimony of the Earls of Luxemburgh as appears by the Act in 1334 whereby the King of Bohemia gave the High Justice of Ham to Gerard of Ham for improvement of his Fee And the Lord of this place in 1398 did Homage for it with other Feoffees to Duke Wenceslaus The Lordship of