Sept. 2, 1616

“Order” the [City] Council of Münster [Prince-Bishopric of Münster; Present-day Germany]: “It has been decided/decreed that because a lot of Jews […] come in [to the city/bishopric], henceforth, Jews are to be required (‘angewießen werden sollen’) to get a permission slip (‘zettul’) from me [or my secretary] each time, which they must show/deliver (‘liefern sollen’) to the porter/gatekeeper (‘pförtner’) when they come in and leave […] in order to also see whether they have stayed past the time given to them in the permit.”
Westfalia Judaica III. Quellen und Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in der Stadt Münster 1530-1650/1662. Herausgegeben von Diethard Aschoff. Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Band 3.1. (“Jewish Westfalia III. Sources and Regests Regarding the History of Jews in the City of Münster 1530-1650/1662. Edited by Diethard Aschoff. Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum at the Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Westphalia.”); (Münster; 2000); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 10/23/2018