You are bidding on one Mortgage note ("Validation") of 1773 the end the Lordship of Heidegg.

Based on Gelfingen (Kt. Lucerne)where Heidegg Castle still stands today.

Felix Winckhler (= Winkler) in Gelfingen "in the compulsion of the Heydegg in the ambt Hitzkirch" confesses, "the honored rightful owner diß Brieffß" 90 guilders to be owed Lucerne currency.

To be on the safe side, he gives the "ror mathen" as a deposit. This includes 1 ½ Jucharten, the location of which is described in detail: "Push above and in front of Stathalter Jacob Widmer Mathen and Leontz (?) In Eichen (= Ineichen) sel. Heirs of Weider Hinden an that Oberfäldt. "

To confirm this, the judge Franz Joseph Ingnaz zur Gilgen pressed his seal on the letter (unfortunately this is missing here).

Felix Winkler was possibly the father of the farmer Jost Winkler and thus the grandfather of the two most famous sons of Gelfingen, the brothers Johann Winkler (1805-1863), politician, member of the government and state president of Lucerne, as well as Joseph Winkler (1809-1886), theologian and canon lawyer?

Dated1. January 1773.

Signed without a name, only with the official title "Schriberey der Herschetzt Heydegg."

Scope: 2 written on from 4 pages (37 x 22.2 cm); Table of contents on the last page.

There also Note from 1855 about the repayment ("Cashed"),

As a sign of the invalidity of the mortgage note, each sheet was provided with six longer incisions.

Written on strong paper.

Condition:Folded several times. Paper slightly stained, with two larger stains due to the seal (missing here). B.please note also the pictures!

Internal note: giambattista