Oct. 16, 1347

“Official Document” issued by King IV (“Karl”) IV [Swabian Imperial City of Ulm; Present-day Germany]: “We, Carl/Karl […] pledge to our faithful Albrecht von Rechberg and his heirs the Office of the ‘Community President’/Mayor (‘Ammanamt’), the taxes, the Jews, the taxes on goods, tariffs, and the domain of Ulm (‘das rich ze Ulme’) […] for 1000 Mark silver.  […]”
Ludwigsburg, StA, B 207, U 2, Insert, dt., Perg. (“Ludwigsburg, State Archive, B 207, U 2, Insert, German, [on] parchment paper”); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 3/14/201