Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for Iakobos (Iakovь), the Metropolitan of Serres, concerning the Church of Saint Nicholas on the river Pčinja beneath the fortress of Kožle from 1352/1353. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan together with his son and his wife confirmed that the bought settlement site Brus belonged with boundaries and all rights to the Church of Saint Nicholas on the river Pčinja beneath the fortress of Kožle. He gave the Church of Saint Nicholas and the settlement site Brus for life to the Metropolitan of Serres. After his death the rights should devolve on the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren. The field of Bal’ša is mentioned in the boundary description of the settlement site Brus (I što si jestь imala kupljenicu selište Brusь i tozi da si ima i drьži s megjami i sь vsěmi pravinami sela togo. A se megje Brusu: kako Cerovi Potokь opada u Pšinju, i nizь Pʼšinju prěma Bělomь Kamenu, na ōnu stranu, i ōtь Běloga Mramora pravo putemь u Petʼkovu crьkvь, i ōtь Petʼkove crьkve pravo putemь nadь arьmenʼskaa selišta, pravo u mělь, i ōtь měla strьmo u Pšinju, i vse nizь Pšinju do srědь Balʼšině nivě, i ōtь Balʼšině nivě pravo na Črьveni Mělь).