Count Maynard III of Gorizia grants Winther of Pazin and his wife Hedwig the castle of Gotnik with its dependencies and revenues, with the exception of the household of Puzil of Karsperg. In addition, Winther is granted half of the revenues of the wine tithe on the mountain called Ungara, and the rights Count Maynard III had in Winther’s three villages. The granted fief is inheritable in both male and female lines, and its possession is conditional upon faithful service to House Gorizia.
(SN) Anno Domini millesimo CC LV, indictione XIII, die XI exeunte octubri.
Dominus Meynardus illustris comes Goricie, advocatus ecclesie Aquilegensis, pro se et heredes suos iure iusti et legalis feudi investivit dominum Wintherum de Pisino et uxorem suam dominam Aduych de toto castro et contrata, reditibus et dominio de Gotef, excepto uno manso Pucili de Casperch; investivit etiam eis medietatem reditus totius vini de monte qui dicitur Ungara, et quodam ius quod idem comes habebat in tribus villis ipsius Wintherii, ita quod filie ipsius Wintheri debeant dicto feudo succedere, et si idem Wintherus filios legitimos masculos vel unum vel plures aquisierit, filie tunc penitus non sucedant eidem feudo, et si dicti masculi vel masculus sine heredibus decederent, filie, ut dictum est, iure sucedant, tali condicione:
Quod idem Wintherus nec sui heredes nunquam occasione aliqua pro aliqua persona contra ipsum comitem vel heredes suos se oponet, et quod eidem comiti vel suis heredibus vel suis pro negocio speciali ipsius comits, si necesse fuerit, quandocumque dictum castrum aperiet et intromittet, dando ipsis cum eo consilium et iuvamen. Et si hoc non faceret, ut dictum est, idem Wintherus vel successores sui, idem comes et sui successores omnia dicta bona per singula scripta debeant pleniter rehaberea, cessante occasione pleniter, sicut prius.
Promisit idem Wintherus per se et heredes suos et per alios in eodem castro habitantes de ipso castro dominum comitem dictum non offendere. Et si offenderet, infra quatuor septimanas proxime venturas idem Wintherus vel sui teneantur pleniter restituere et in melius retractare.
Nuncium vero, qui ponat eundem Wintherum in corporali tenuta, dedit dictus comes dominum Swarçmannum de Cremons.
Et quod idem comes et sui heredes omnia ipsa bona iure legalis feudi eidem Winthero et suis successoribus ab omni homine in iure debeat warentare.
Actum Pisini in solio ecclesie castri Pisini, presentibus dominis Philippo de Wassenstayn, Wolrico de Rifinberch, Wicardo de Petrapilosa, Swarçmanno dicto, Otone de Soninberch, Henrico de Pisino et aliis multis.
Ego Bonacursus imperiali auctoritate notarius interfui et de voluntate partium duo instrumenta istius tenoris scripsi.
a) seq. pleniter add. et sublineavit pro deletione A.
The castle of Gotnik was built by Winther of Pazin himself, as stated in a document from 1258 (to be edited here in the near future). The three villages mentioned in the document are Šembije (north of Ilirska Bistrica), Adowach (by Prem) and Podstenje (north of Ilirska Bistrica) – all in present-day Slovenia, north of Gotnik.
From this point onward, Winther will appear in sources as “Wintherus de Guteneke/Goteneck”, splitting the ministerial House of Pazin into two branches, de Pisino and de Gotnik.