thérèse de hemptinne & els de paermentier of the text through a serial mention of ‘P’s’ (for Payés), which were clearly added at alater moment and probably referred to the payment of rents, money, or debts that had been executed.28 Given their character as motu proprio acts par excellence, it is most likely that, even at a time when the comital chancery was not yet fully responsible for the entire in-house production of comital acts, i.e., prior to 1300, the count(ess)’s last will was drawn up by a chancery clerk.29 Similar evidence is available for the series of charters that were produced in the execution of the count(ess)’s last will. For these executive acts, scribes relied on the same text model to speed up the writing process.30 Since the actual moment of death was uncertain to the testator and could occur several years after the will was recorded, additions and modifications in the form of a codicil were necessary in most cases. Such codicils, 455 27 As is the case with the copies of the testaments and codicils of Mahaut de Béthune (March 1259, and February 1261, Lille, ADN, B446/1202-1264); Robert de Béthune (August 1298, Lille, ADN, B448/4107); and Guy de Dampierre (May 1304, Lille, ADN, B449/4437). 28 Equally found on the copies of the testament and codicil of Mahaut de Béthune. According to Aurélie Stuckens, these annotations were made by Pierre de Béthune, who was one of the testamentary executors. Stuckens 2020, p. 175. 29 Count Ferrand’s testament (March 1233, DiBeID18967) was written by a chancery scribe who was identified as ‘hand 15’. De Paermentier 2021, pp. 188–190. As previously argued by Nieus, this clerk had also been responsible for the management of the comital archives in the period prior to 1260, which is demonstrated by the multiple dorsal notes he left on the backside of theacta. Nieus 2016, pp.58–62, and Stuckens 2020, pp.141, 152–153. Countess Margaret’s testament and codicil of 1273 were engrossed by chancery scribeA(c. 1251– 1276) (Lille, ADN, B445/1811). On this scribe A, see Stuckens 2020, pp. 147–152. As for Count Guy de Dampierre, thanks to anhors teneur note written just above the plica, we know that his testament was written by his chaplain Jean Danetières (scriptum per J. curati de Anethier), an officer who in the same testament was bestowed with a monetary gift of 80 livres (Lille, ADN, B449/4181, Musée 119). On Jean Danetières, see Stuckens 2020, p. 119. 30 In September 1233, in the execution of the testament of Count Ferrand, a series of charters for several hospitals in Flanders (Oudenaarde, Bruges, Gent, and Lille) were written by chancery hand 16. De Paermentier 2021, pp.100, 112, 194–196. Likewise, in 1245, a same chancery hand wrote three charters for Countess Margaret issued in the execution of her sister’s last will. Lille, ADN, B444/825 (DiBe ID22716), B444/816 (DiBe ID27060), and B444/817. – Typology of the aggregate testamentary documents
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