mark mersiowsky The inheritance rights of children from previous marriages were clarified73 and legally exact inheritance agreements or divisions were made.74 Wills were sometimes revised and amended to adapt to changing circumstances, such as the pledging or sale of property or interest.75 Sometimes the parties involved determined in the will the resolution of possibly contentious issues in advance.76 When the testator died, the will came into effect and the heirs had to meet the obligations arising from the inheritance. Depending on the testamentary dispositions, a whole number of different legal acts became necessary, each of which required or produced its own documents accompanying the will. Here, we now have the second category of documents accompanying wills, those after the inheritance. Testamentary provisions had to be legally implemented in the necessary forms. For example, on 18 November 1355, Elisabeth Rot, a citizen and widow of Ulm, had three deeds issued in order to implement the testamentary dispositions of her deceased husband.77 Some wills dragged on for a long time, such as Leibzuchtenor disbursements of funds for education. Problems with the implementation of the wills or other legal problems led time and again to lawsuits before the municipal court about 73 Stadtarchiv EsslingenPU16. 74 Stadtarchiv Ulm, E Neithardt Akten Nr. 84. Another draft from the same collection outlines an inheritance contract among the brothers Dr. Matthäus, Dr. Heinrich, and Hieronymus Neithardt, all citizens of Ulm, unfortunately undated; Stadtarchiv Ulm, E Neithardt Akten Nr. 148. 75 Stadtarchiv Ulm, A Urk. 2502, Digitalization and regest at https://www.stadtarchiv-ulm. findbuch.net/php/main.php?ar_id=3766” \l ”412055726b2ex4033; Stadtarchiv Ulm, A Urk. 2497, Digitalization and regest at ”https://www.stadtarchiv-ulm.findbuch.net/ php/ main.php?ar_id=3766” \l ”412055726b2ex4028”. Similar problems are solved by Stadtarchiv Ulm, A Urk. 2687, Digitalization and regest at https://www.stadtarchiv-ulm.findbuch.net/php/main.php#412055726b2ex4210 (1491). 76 Stadtarchiv Ulm, A Urk. 1671, Digitalization and regest at https://www.stadtarchiv-ulm. findbuch.net/php/main.php?ar_id=3766#412055726b2ex3192; Stadtarchiv Ulm, A Urk. 1798, Digitalization and regest at https://www.stadtarchiv-ulm.findbuch.net/php/main. php?ar_id=3766#412055726b2ex3326. 77 Stadtarchiv Ulm, A Urk. 236, Digitalization and regest at https://www.stadtarchiv-ulm. findbuch.net/php/main.php?ar_id=3766#412055726b2ex351; Stadtarchiv Ulm, A Urk. 237, Digitalization and regest at https://www.stadtarchiv-ulm.findbuch.net/php/main. php#412055726b2ex352; Stadtarchiv Ulm, A Urk. 238, Digitalization and regest https:// www.stadtarchiv-ulm.findbuch.net/php/main.php#412055726b2ex353. 37
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjYyNDk=