Writ of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV [Present-day Germany]: “Louis, the Bavarian gives Bishop Gerlach of Worms and the knight Hartmund von Cronberg and his heirs 1200 Pound (‘Pfund’) Heller and pledges to him 80 Pound (‘Pfund’) Heller [annually] from the Jews of the empire in Ladenburg […] to be collected until he or his successors redeem them (Jews) […]” [Researcher’s note: The above is a translation of a German summary of the old original text which can be found in Oefele’s Rerum Boicarum Scriptores (Volume I).]
Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland während des Mittelalters. Bearbeitet von Dr. M. Wiener. Erster Teil. (Regesta regarding the history of Jews in Germany during the Middle Ages. Edited by M[eir] Wiener, PhD. First Part.); (Hannover; 1862); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 7/20/2020