“Writ” of King John of Bohemia [Kingdom of Bohemia; Present-day Germany]: “King John of Bohemia gifts the citizens of Neumark in Silesia an annual revenue of 5 mark Prague groschen for 10 years which they may raise from the local Jews in order to fortify/secure the city with a proper wall.” [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 12/6/2018 ADD PAGE #