“Writ” of King John of Bohemia [Kingdom of Bohemia; Present-day Czech Republic, Germany; Poland]: “King John of Bohemia and Poland confirms the crusaders with the red star […] in Prague the right to establish a toll on the bridge of Prague, and furthermore, orders that each time a corpse of a Jew is brought into Prague, or whenever a Jewish family member crosses this bridge, they are to paid a toll of 72 Heller each time.” [Researcher’s note: The above is a translation of a German summary of the original Latin text.]
Zur Geschichte der Juden in Böhmen, Mähren und Schlesien von 906 bis 1620. Herausgegeben von Gottlieb Bondy, em. Präsidenten der Handels- und Gewerbekammer in Prag. Zur Herausgabe vorbereitet und ergänzt von Franz Dworsky, em. Director des Landesarchives des Königreiches Böhmens. I. 1577 bis 1620. (Prag; 1906); (Regarding the history of Jews in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia from 906 to 1620. Published by Gottlieb Bondy, fo[rmer] President of the Trade and Commerce and Industry in Prague. Prepared for publication and supplemented by Franz Dworsky, fo[rmer] Director of the National Archives of the Kingdom of Bohemia. I. 1577 to 1620.) (Prague; 1906); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 12/5/2018