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1197 ? - The good usages and the good customs and the good judgments of the commune of Oleron.

Saturday 27 December 2008, by Pierre, 1028 visites.

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Today, it’s the oldest text in saintongese language published on this website : the custom of the commune of Oleron. People says this old chart would have been granted to the islanders by Alienor of Aquitaine herself (picture).

The table of contents. The text of the articles will come soon.

Source : The Black Book of the Admiralty - Vol 2 - Sir Travers Twiss - London - 1873 - BNF Gallica

About the charts of the communes, see :
1174 - 1242 - Les "Etablissements de Rouen", charte des "communes" en Saintonge, Aunis et Angoumois
1146 - 1390 - Chronologie des actes d’organisation des communes en Saintonge, Aunis, Angoumois et Poitou

Table of contents.

Of the court of the mayor	i.
Of warrantors	ii.
When a record of the court is demanded	iii.
When the defendant shall pass with his oath	iv.
When the plaintiff fails to take the oath	v.
When the defendant fails to take the oath	vi.
Of landed estate	vii.
Of a heritage held at a chief rent	viii.
He who does not excuse his warrantors beforehand	ix.
Of a man taken in trespass	x.
Of beasts taken in trespass	xi.
Of fines on cattle trespassing	xii.
When a man marries	xiii.
Of dower	xiv.
He who sells his heritage	xv.
Of the four lords	xvi.
Of the oath	xvii.
When several persons commit a trespass	xviii.
When the servant of a prudhome is cited	xix.
To substitute an attorney in one’s place	xx.
To vouch a warrantor	xxi.
When a man sells salt to another	xxii.
Of an infant below age	xxiii.
Of the guardianship of an infant minor.	xxiv.
Of the father as guardian	xxv.
If a building tumbles down	xxvi
Of a man who is not of the commune .	xxvii.
When the provost accuses another	xxviii.
When a man makes another his surety.	xxix.
Of bushing the meadows	xxx.
Of a beast tethered	xxxi.
Of the landes	xxxii.
Of the marshes	xxxiii.
Of the storeing of a ship	xxxiv.
Of boundary posts	xxxv.
Of a Sabbatee	xxxvi.
Of warrens	xxxvii.
Of the run of the rabbits	xxxviii.
To have access to an estate enclosed amongst others	xxxix.
Of the mayor	xl.
Of trespass in an enclosed orchard	xli.
Of the difference between an enclosed and an unenclosed orchard	xlii.
He who trespasses in the forest of Availle.	xliii.
Where the plaintiff advances several demands.	xliv.
Of a day assigned	xlv.
When a man speaks for another	xlvi.
When there is war in Oleron	xlvii.
When a man is produced to warrant	xlviii.
Of sureties	xlix.
Of seisin	l.
Of a warrantor	li.
Of contracts	lii.
Of landed estate by tenure	liii.
Of the mayor	liv.
He who freights the ship of another	Iv.
When a man buys wine of another	Ivi.
When a son who is the ward of his father is cited	Ivii.
When a man of the commune sues a man who is not of the commune	lviii.
Of a suit for land before the mayor	lix.
Of costs and demurrage for the suit	lx.
He who goes of counsel to another	lxi.
When a lord demands jurisdiction over his vassal	lxii.
When two are partners in one vessel	lxiii.
When several are partners in one vessel	lxiv.
A mariner shall share in every tiling taken outride his vessel	Ixv.
Of saltworkers	lxvi.
When batel takes place by champfons .	Ixvii.
Of criminal causes	lxviii.
When batel is waged body to body	Ixix.
Of beasts taken in trespass	lxx.
When a man is taken in trespass	lxxi.
When trespass is made in a vineyard	lxxii.
Of vines	lxxiii.
Of batel body to body in Oleron	lxxiv.
The passing toll of Jews	lxxv.
The dues on shipping	lxxvi.
When ships disturb fishing nets	lxxvii.
Of two partners	lxxviii.
Of the mayor	Ixxix.
Of bargains and contracts	lxxx.
Of a warrantor to prove an assault or a tort .	lxxxi.
Of a ship at anchor	lxxxii.
Of the partners in a ship	lxxxiii.
When chatels are arrested in Oleron	lxxxiv.
When the lord wishes to take the town of another	lxxxv.
When a mariner fails to protect his ship	lxxxvi.
A part-owner of his ship may sell his part	lxxxvii.
Of the master of a ship	lxxxviii.
Women not allowed to take an oath in person	lxxxix.
Of wine-presses	xc.
Of mills	xci.
Of roads	xcii.
When a man finds his property upon another	xciii.
Of jettison	xciv.
The ship pays the keelage and the sea-pilot .	xcv.
The cargo pays the stowage	xcvi.
The ship pays the plankage dues	xcvii.

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