Vol. 5: A 1300 usque ad 1421

1300_VPA

Regestum

Peace treaty between Venice and the Patriarchate of Aquileia sanctioning Venetian jurisdiction over the Istrian communes that pledged themselves to the Republic of St. Mark in the last third of the 13th century.

Date
11th of June, 1300
Place

1304_VP1

Regestum

Aquileian Patriarch Ottobono and the Commune of Venice agree that the dispute regarding the jurisdictions in Istria will be left to the arbitrational sentence of the future pope.

Date
September 18, 1304
Place

1304_VP2

Regestum

Aquileian Patriarch Ottobono and the Commune of Venice agree that during the arbitrational proceedings regarding the Istrian jurisdictions, Venice would continue to hold and govern its communes in Istria in exchange for a yearly tribute of 450 marks to be paid to the incumbent patriarch of Aquileia.

Date
September 18, 1304
Place

1307_VO

Regestum

Aquileian Patriarch Ottobono and the Commune of Venice conclude a treaty whereby the jurisdiction over the Venetian communes of Istria would be ceded to Venice in perpetuity in exchange for the yearly payment of 500 marks, but only if the pope ratifies this treaty and issues his binding arbitrational sentence regarding this dispute; the parties also promise to help each other militarily.

Date
October 12, 1307

1335_VB

Regestum

The Patriarchate of Aquileia and the Commune of Venice sign a pact, renewing the old treaties signed between Venice and Patriarch Peter in 1300 and sanctioning the Venetian jurisdiction over Pula, Vodnjan with the regalian villages, and Bale in exchange for a yearly tribute of 225 marks.

Date
July 15, 1335
Place

1367_MID

Regestum

Patriarch Marquard of Randeck invests Domnius of Rijeka, a vassal of the Church of Aquileia, with two villages in the Margraviate of Istria: Jasenovik by Kožljak and Letaj, situated between Kožljak and Vranja, under the condition that he restitutes the said villages to the patriarch’s successors upon their potential request.

Date
9th of May, 1367

1367_MERAN

Regestum

Hugh VIII of Duino refuses to receive his fiefs from Patriarch Marquard of Randeck and the Church of Aquileia on the grounds that he is now a subject of the dukes of Austria who are currently in a hostile relationship with the incumbent patriarch and therefore he does not want to act contrary to his oath of fealty.

Date
10th of June, 1367

1379_MRI

Regestum

Since Pietro Doria, the general captain of the Genoese armada, conquered Rovinj, fort Turnina, and Umag in Istria, as well as Grado in the Dogado, and relinquished all of these territories to the Patriarchate of Aquileia, Marquard of Randeck, Aquileian patriarch, returns the favour to admiral Doria and the Commune of Genoa by bestowing upon them various privileges in the said territories, including the right to appoint their own consuls to administer justice to the Genoese, as well as the complete exemption from all the tolls and taxes.

Date
1st of August, 1379
Place

1379_DCMI

Regestum

The communal council of Udine deliberates to provide armed escort to Domnius of Castello, the newly elected margrave of Istria. The final deliberation is missing, only the patriarch's proposal is recorded.

Date
28th of September, 1379
Place

1385_DCA

Regestum

Istrian margrave Domnius of Castello issues orders to his subjects in Labin, asking them to release their prisoners and consign them to his care. Additionally, the margrave reminds his subjects to give him the customary tribute, the iura marchionis Istrie, under the penalty of twenty-five pounds of Veronese pennies.

Date
4th of March, 1385

1385_DCP

Regestum

Doge Antonio Venier asks Margrave Domnius of Castello to compensate the mussolati (traders) from Završje who were robbed of their wine in the district of Venetian Koper by his subjects from Petrapilosa. He also asks Domnius to exemplarily punish his subjects who committed this robbery.

Date
April of 1385
Place

1386_DC201

Regestum

Doge Antonio Venier advises Domnius of Castello to remain loyal to the Happy Union and supports its goals with all the means at his disposal.

Date
20th of January, 1386 (1385 more Veneto)
Place

1386_DD

Regestum

The Commune of Dvigrad invites Hugh VIII of Duino and his lord, Duke Leopold of Habsburg, the captain and the lord of the neighboring County of Pazin, to become the guards (Lat. advocati) of the Commune and defend them against their enemies in return for their obedience and a yearly tribute of twelve Venetian marks.

Date
26th of May, 1386
Place

1387_DC151

Regestum

Doge Antonio Venier asks Domnius of Castello to restitute to German merchants the goods they were robbed of in Friuli and to provide them safe passage to Venice.

Date
15th of January, 1387 (1386 more Veneto)
Place

1387_DC212

Regestum

Doge Antonio Venier asks Domnius of Castello to restitute to friar Wilhelm, the procurator of St. Anthony’s monastery in Venice, the goods that were stolen from him in Friuli and to exemplarily punish his subjects who committed this robbery.

Date
21st of February, 1387 (1386 more Veneto)
Place

1388_DCMI

Regestum

Doge Antonio Venier asks Domnius of Castello to lend his full support to the project of Domenico Bon who would like to acquire the possession of a “certain place” (= Rašpor).

Date
17th of July, 1388
Place

1401_EVR

Regestum

The Venetian Senate agrees to the plea presented by the envoys of Rovinj who asked that the body of Saint Euphemia, the patron saint of the town, be returned to their community since it had been stolen from them by the Genoese during the War of Chioggia and subsequently transferred to Venice.

Date
6th of May, 1401
Place

1412_SS2708B

Regestum

The Council of Hundred responds to the articles of the pact of subjection issued by the Commune of Buje, accepting the community into the Venetian Dominion.

Date
27th of August, 1412
Place

1412_SS1311

Regestum

The Council of Hundred writes to the incumbent captain and podestà of Koper regarding the news that the people of Buje rebelled against Venice, greenlighting the proposal to destroy the walls of Buje and informing him and the captain of Rašpor that they should continue with their original plan (i.e., destroy the walls), but keep intact the houses and possessions of the citizens and dwellers of Buje.

Date
13th of November, 1411
Place