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Actes de Vatopédi I

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ID 10162
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Case Study Ethnonym of the Vlachs , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 , Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355)
Edition Charter Edition

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Actes de Vatopédi I. Des origines à 1329. Texte (ed. Jacques Bompaire, Jacques Lefort, Vassiliki Kravari, Christophe Giros, Archives de l'Athos 21, Paris 2001).

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Name Class Description
Act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes Source In 1319/1320 or perphaps in 1304/1305 Manuel Manglabites, the apographeus of the thema Melenikos, issued an act for the benefit of Ioannes Sguros Orestes.
Appointment deed for Meletios Source In the time period from 1301 to 1361 a not named patriarch appointed Meletios as Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik.
Charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304 Source In May 1304 the unlawfully taken small possession (κτῆμα μικρὸν) Hagios Georgios near the village Hostrobos in the size of two yokes (εἰς τὸ̣ν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον, πο̣σουμενον γῆ ζευγαρίων δύο εἰς ὑπέρπυρα τέσσαρα... εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν εὑρισκόμενον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἐπιλεγώμενον) was given back to the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. The possession belonged to the monastery according to the records of the thema Melenikos (ἐν τῶ τοῦ Μελλενίκου θέματος). The boundaries of the possession were examined in the presence of Gerasimos, the Abbot of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik and the inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι) and the people from Hagios Georgios (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον). The boundaries of the possession reached as far as the plot Potokos, where the river Struma flowed through and the plot Philippu (ἕως τὸν λεγόμενον Πότοκον, ἔνθα διἤρχετο ὁ Στρύμμων, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ διέ̣ρ̣χετ̣αι τὴν ἄμμον μέχρι τοῦ λεγωμένου Φιλιππου).
Chrysobull Charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323 Source The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos confirmed in 1323 the possessions of the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes.
Deed of donation of the nun Annesia for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik Source The nun Annesia donated In the late 13th or in the beginning of the 14th century in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik.
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Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Amnon Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305. He owned a property in the vicinity of the possession of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (ὡ̣σαύτως ἐξ ἀνταλλαγῆς ἕτερον χωράφ̣ιον ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκου καὶ πλησίον τοῦ ἁλωνίου τοῦ δηλωθέντος Ὀρέστου, τοῦ Ἀμνὼν καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖσε ὁδοῦ μοδίων ἕνδεκα). He had a property near the 10 modioi field of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (καὶ ἕτερον ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκο̣υ̣ εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον καὶ πλησίον τοῦ εἰρημένου Τούρκαρι, τοῦ Ἀμνών, τοῦ Βο̣τρυδ̣ᾶ καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖσε ὁδοῦ μοδίων δέκα).
Annesia Person Mentioned in the deed of donation for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century. She was a nun. She donated in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν).
Baldubinos Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305 and in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Sguros Orestes from August 1323. Ioannes Sguros Orestes came into possession of certain lands previously held by Baldubinos (Καὶ ἐξ ἀνταλλαγῆς χωραφίων τινῶν κ̣ῦ̣ρ Τα̣ύρου τοῦ του Χρύσου δοθέντων πρὸς τὸν Βαλδουβῖνον χωράφια ταῦτα, ἤ̣γουν ἀπὸ τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκου προκατεχόμενα̣ παρ’ αὐτ̣οῦ τοῦ Βα̣λδουβίνου). The change of properties between Ioannes Sguros Orestes and Baldubinos was also confirmed by the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (Ἕτερον ἐξ ἀλλαγωγῆς χωράφιον ἀπὸ τοῦ Βαλδουβίνου καὶ ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀπὸ τοῦ Κόκκου μοδίων ὀγδοήκοντα).
Bisis Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. His sons were inherited serfs of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρ̣ου Μελενίκου ὀσπήτια ἀπὸ γονικότητος καὶ ανθρώπους γονικοὺς αὐτοῦ τινάς, ἤγουν … τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς Βίσεως τὸν Γεώργιον καὶ τὸν Θεόδωρον).
Botridas Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305. He had a property near the 10 modioi field of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (καὶ ἕτερον ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκο̣υ̣ εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον καὶ πλησίον τοῦ εἰρημένου Τούρκαρι, τοῦ Ἀμνών, τοῦ Βο̣τρυδ̣ᾶ καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖσε ὁδοῦ μοδίων δέκα).
Branaina Komnene Person Mentioned in the deed of donation for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century. She signed and authenticated the deed of donation for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik (Σίγνον Βρανένης τῆς γνησίας θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς).
Branas Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. He and Tzykalas were villeins with proprietary possession of the Sebastos Palates in Radovište. He gave them to his son-in-law Ioannes Sguros Orestes as dowry (ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ εἰς τὸ Ῥαδοβίσδιν ἀνθρώπους δύο ἐνυποστάτους, τόν τε Βρανᾶν καὶ τὸν Τζυκαλᾶν, οὓς εἶχεν ὁ πενθερὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ σεβαστὸς ὁ Παλάτης ἐκεῖνος διὰ χρυσοβούλλου καὶ ἐπροικοδοτήθησαν τούτω παρ’ αὐτοῦ).
Chachalas Basileios Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Chenatares Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Demetrios (1) Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Georgios (1) Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was a priest (παπάς). He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Georgios (2) Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. He and his brother Michael were inherited serfs of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρ̣ου Μελενίκου ὀσπήτια ἀπὸ γονικότητος καὶ ανθρώπους γονικοὺς αὐτοῦ τινάς, ἤγουν … τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ Κιμίνου τόν τε Μιχαὴλ καὶ τὸν Γεώργιον).
Georgios (3) Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. He and his brother Theodoros were inherited serfs of Ioannes Sguros Orestes in Melnik (ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρ̣ου Μελενίκου ὀσπήτια ἀπὸ γονικότητος καὶ ανθρώπους γονικοὺς αὐτοῦ τινάς, ἤγουν … τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς Βίσεως τὸν Γεώργιον καὶ τὸν Θεόδωρον).
Gerasimos Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304 and in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309. He was a Protosynkellos and Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. In May 1304 the unlawfully taken small possession (κτῆμα μικρὸν) Hagios Georgios near the village Hostrobos in the size of two yokes (εἰς τὸ̣ν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον, πο̣σουμενον γῆ ζευγαρίων δύο εἰς ὑπέρπυρα τέσσαρα... εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν εὑρισκόμενον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἐπιλεγώμενον) was given back to the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. The possession belonged to the monastery according to the records of the thema Melenikos (ἐν τῶ τοῦ Μελλενίκου θέματος). The boundaries of the possession were examined in the presence of Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik (καὶ ἀπελθὼν ἐκεισαι εἰς τὸν λεγόμενον Ἅγιον Γεώργιον εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ με̣τὰ καὶ τοῦ ἀρχημανδρίτου ἁγίου πατρὸς Γερασίμου ἱερομονάχου, ποιμένος λεγω τῆς εἰρημένης ἁγίας μονῆς, κ̣α̣ὶ̣ τῆς ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ποίμνης). Gerasimos also signed and approved the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309 (Ὁ̣ ἀρχιμανδρίτης καὶ πρωτοσίγγελο̣ς̣ τῆς σεβασμίας μο̣νῆς τῆς ὑπεράγνο̣υ̣ μου Θεομήτορο̣ς τῆς Σπηλαιωτίσσης Γερά̣σιμ̣ος ἐ̣π̣ὶ̣ τὸ παρὸν τ̣ῆς π̣αρα̣δόσεως γρ̣άμμα μαρτυρῶν ὑπ̣έγραψεν).
Grammatikos Manuel Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Henglesis Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Ioannes (4) Person Mentioned in the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. He was a priest and held the office of the ἄρχον τῶν φωτων. He authenticated the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik.
Ioannes (5) Person He, his house in the lower town of Melnik and his vineyard were confirmed by the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II from August 1323 as inherited property of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (ἔτι δὲ καὶ εἰς τὸ ἐμπόριον τοῦ εἰρημένου κάστρου Μελενίκου ἕτερον ὀσπήτιον καὶ ἄνθρωπον γονικὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἰωάννην εὑρισκόμενον εἰς τὸ τοιοῦτον ὀσπήτιον, ἔχοντα δὲ καὶ ἀμπέλιον).
Ioannes ....ptos Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the possession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. The charter denotes him as δοῦλος. He as a representative of the commander of the thema of Melenikos signed and approved the charter concerning the return of the possession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304 (Ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ ε̣ὐ̣σεβε̣στάτο̣υ̣ μου α̣ὐ̣θέντ̣ου Ἰωάννης ὁ ....πτός).
Ionas Person Mentioned in the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. He was a monk and dikaios of the metropolitan of Melnik. He authenticated the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik.
Iskras Georgios Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304.He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Kaballares Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Sguros Orestes from August 1323. He sold a 100 modioi land in the thicket Brimpobos, which was later given to Ioannes Sguros Orestes as dowry (Κέκτηται δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ προικὸς γῆν μοδίων ἑκατὸν εἰς τὸν Βρίμποβον Λόγγον, ἥτις ἦν ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀπὸ τοῦ Καβαλλάρη ἐκείνου).
Kantakuzenos, Theodoros Komnenos Philes Person Mentioned in the deed of donation for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century. He was a κῦρ. He held the office of the Megas Drungarios τῆς βίγλης. He was buried in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik. His wife Annesia donated a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik in return for the commemoration of Theodoros by the monks (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν). His father Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos donated also two mills in the lower town of Melnik to the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik in memory of his son and other deceased family member (Ἐπεὶ προ χρόνων τελευτήσαντος τοῦ αυθέντου μου καὶ πατρός μου τοῦ μακαρίτου ἐκοίνου τὸ λείψανον κατετέθη ἐν τη σεβασμία βασιλικῆ μονῆ τῆς κυρίας ἠμῶν τῆς ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆ ἐπικεκλημένη Σπήλαιον, ὁμοίως καὶ τὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου λείψανα, καὶ ἐδόθη ψυχικῆς ἐνεκεν σωτηρίας αὐτῶν πράγματά τινα, ἀρτίως δὲ τελευτήσαντος καὶ τοῦ γλυκυτάτου καὶ περὶποθείτου μου υἱοῦ ἐκείνου Κομνηνοῦ κυροῦ Θεοδόρου Φιλή τοῦ Καντακουζηνοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου δρουγγαρίου κατετέθη τὸ λίψανον αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν αὐτοῦ παίδων ἐν τῆ τοῖαὔτη σεβασμία μονῆ καὶ ἐδόθη ὑπερ ψυχικῆς σωτηρίας τὸ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου μυλωνοτόπιον αὐτῶν, ἐπιδίδωμι καὶ αὐτὸς τὸ σύνεγκυς τοῦτου μυλονοτόπιον ἐν τη τοιαύτη μονῆ μονῆ ψυχικῆς ἔνεκα σωτηρίας τῶν ἀπελθῶντων γονέων μου καὶ ἀδελφῶν καὶ τέκνων καὶ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν).
Karbunares Person Mentioned in the deed of gift of Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas and his wife Eirene Kontostephanina Kapantritissa for the Monastery of Iberon from December 1309, in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305 and in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Sguros Orestes from August 1323. He sold a place called Malesta near Melnik to Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas (καὶ γὰρ τὸ σύνεγγυ̣ς τοῦ κάστρου Μελενίκου, τὸ ἐν τῆ τοποθεσία τῆς Μάλεστας, τὸν ἐξ αγορασίας μου τόπον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρβουνάρη ἐκείνου). He also sold a field in the katepanikion Diakastron to Ioannes Sguros Orestes before 1319/1320 (Καὶ χωράφιον πλησίον ταύτης ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἀπ̣ὸ̣ τοῦ Καρ̣βωνάρη ἐκ̣είνου μοδίων δ̣έκ̣α). He bought an 11 modioi vineyard with a nearby wasteland in Malesta from Mitas and sold it to Ioannes Sguros Orestes (Καὶ εἰς τὴν Μάλεσ̣τ̣αν ἀ̣μ̣πέλιον ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἀπὸ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ δηλωθέντο̣ς Καρβωνά̣ρ̣η̣ παρὰ τοῦ ε̣ἰ̣ρ̣ημένου Μιτᾶ ἐκείνου μοδίων ἕνδεκα, καὶ χέρσον μερικὸν συμπαρακ̣είμ̣εν̣ον). He sold a part from a 100 modioi field to Ioannes Sguros Orestes (καὶ χωράφιον ἐξ ἀγορασίας ὡσαύτως ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρβωνάρη καὶ τοῦ Λιτοβόη ἐκείνου καὶ ἀπὸ ἑτέρων ὡσεὶ μοδίων ἑκατόν). He vended also a vineyard in Malesta to Ioannes Sguros Orestes, where a 20 modioi vineyard was set out by the latter (Ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἀμπέλιον εἰς τὴν Μάλεσταν ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀπὸ τοῦ δηλωθέντος Καρβωνάρη, ἐν ὧ κατεφυτεύθη παρ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕτερον ἀμπέλιον μοδίων εἴκοσι, σὺν τῆ ἐκεῖσε εὑρισκομένη χερσαία γῆ).
Katotikos Ioannes Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. His children were inherited serfs of Ioannes Sguros Orestes in Melnik (ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρ̣ου Μελενίκου ὀσπήτια ἀπὸ γονικότητος καὶ ανθρώπους γονικοὺς αὐτοῦ τινάς, ἤγουν...καὶ τοὺς παῖδας Ἰωάννου τοῦ Κατωτικοῦ λεγομένου).
Kiminos Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. His sons Michael and Georgios were inherited serfs of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρ̣ου Μελενίκου ὀσπήτια ἀπὸ γονικότητος καὶ ανθρώπους γονικοὺς αὐτοῦ τινάς, ἤγουν … τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ Κιμίνου τόν τε Μιχαὴλ καὶ τὸν Γεώργιον).
Kokkos Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305 and in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Sguros Orestes from August 1323. He was the previous owner of the lands, which acquired Baldubinos and later Ioannes Sguros Orestes (χωράφια ταῦτα, ἤ̣γουν ἀπὸ τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκου προκατεχόμενα̣ παρ’ αὐτ̣οῦ τοῦ Βα̣λδουβίνου). He held some possessions in the vicinity of the 30 modioi land of Ioannes Sguros Orestes below Besobitza (Χωράφιον κ̣ατωτ̣έρω τῆς Βησο̣β̣ίτζης διακείμενον καὶ πλησίον τῆ̣ς̣ ἐκε̣ῖ̣σε ὁδοῦ τοῦ ..ιβ̣όν καὶ τῶν ἐναπολ̣ε̣ι̣φθέντων χ̣ω̣ρ̣αφίων ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκου μοδίων τριάκοντα). He gave by exchange a 11 modioi to Ioannes Sguros Orestes near the threshing floor, the property of Amnon and the road (ὡ̣σαύτως ἐξ ἀνταλλαγῆς ἕτερον χωράφ̣ιον ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκου καὶ πλησίον τοῦ ἁλωνίου τοῦ δηλωθέντος Ὀρέστου, τοῦ Ἀμνὼν καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖσε ὁδοῦ μοδίων ἕνδεκα). Ioannes Sguros Orestes came into possession of 10 modioi field owned previously by Kokkos, which was in the vicinity of the properties of Turkaris, Amnon and Botrydas and a road (καὶ ἕτερον ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκο̣υ̣ εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον καὶ πλησίον τοῦ εἰρημένου Τούρκαρι, τοῦ Ἀμνών, τοῦ Βο̣τρυδ̣ᾶ καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖσε ὁδοῦ μοδίων δέκα). The chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos confirmed the selling of several fields owned by Kokkos to Ioannes Sguros Orestes (καὶ ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀπὸ τοῦ Κόκκου μοδίων ὀγδοήκοντα·ὡσαύτως ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Κόκκου χωράφιον μοδίων ἑπτά, καὶ ἕτερον χωράφιον ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Κόκκου μοδίων δέκα, ἅπερ εἶχον οἱ εἰρημένοι ἀπὸ γονικότητος).
Kritzanos Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Litoboes Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. He sold a part of 100 modioi field to Ioannes Sguros Orestes (καὶ χωράφιον ἐξ ἀγορασίας ὡσαύτως ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρβωνάρη καὶ τοῦ Λιτοβόη ἐκείνου καὶ ἀπὸ ἑτέρων ὡσεὶ μοδίων ἑκατόν).
Manglabites Manuel Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305. He denotes himself as δοῦλος τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγίου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου καὶ β̣ασιλέως in the charter. He was ἀπογραφεὺς το̣ῦ̣ θέματος Με̣λενίκ̣ου. He issued the act for the benefit of Ioannes Sguros Orestes.
Marinos Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Sguros Orestes from August 1323. He had brothers. He and his siblings sold a meadow to Ioannes Sguros Orestes (Ἕτερον χωράφιον ἐξ ἀλλαγωγῆς σὺν τῶ ἐκεῖσε λιβαδίω καὶ ἐξ ἀγορασίας ἀπὸ τοῦ Μαρίνου καὶ τῶν αὐταδέλφων αὐτοῦ μοδίων πεντήκοντα).
Meletios (1) Person Mentioned in the appointment deed from the period between 1301 and 1361. The source denotes him as a κῦρ. He was hieromonk, then Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. A not named patriarch appointed Meletios as Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in the upper town of Melnik (Ἡ μετριότης ἡμῶν διὰ τοῦ παρόντος αὐτῆς γράμματος παρακελεύεται εἶναι τὸν τιμιώτατον ἱερομόναχον κῦρ Μελέτιον εἰς καθηγούμενον τῆς ἐν τῷ θεοσώστω κάσ̣τ̣ρῳ τοῦ Μελενίκου διακειμένης σεβασμίας μονῆς τῆς ὑπεράγνου δεσποίνης καὶ Θεομη̣τορος καὶ ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Σπηλαίου).
Michael (1) Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. He and his brother Georgios were inherited serfs of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρ̣ου Μελενίκου ὀσπήτια ἀπὸ γονικότητος καὶ ανθρώπους γονικοὺς αὐτοῦ τινάς, ἤγουν … τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ Κιμίνου τόν τε Μιχαὴλ καὶ τὸν Γεώργιον).
Mitas Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305. He sold a country residence with court and houses near the thicket called τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ in the katepanikon Diakastron to Ioannes Sguros Orestes before 1319/1320 (Καὶ ἐν τῶ κατεπανικί̣ω Διὰκάστρου, εἰς τὸν λόγγον τὸν ἐπιλεγόμενον τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ, καθέδ̣ρ̣αν μετὰ ὀσπητίων ὡς κ̣α̣ὶ̣ αὐλ̣ῆς, ἣν εἶχεν ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ὁ Μιτᾶς ἐκεῖνος). He owned an 11 modioi vineyard with a nearby wasteland in Malesta, which was bought by Karbunares and later acquired by Ioannes Sguros Orestes (Καὶ εἰς τὴν Μάλεσ̣τ̣αν ἀ̣μ̣πέλιον ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἀπὸ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ δηλωθέντο̣ς Καρβωνά̣ρ̣η̣ παρὰ τοῦ ε̣ἰ̣ρ̣ημένου Μιτᾶ ἐκείνου μοδίων ἕνδεκα, καὶ χέρσον μερικὸν συμπαρακ̣είμ̣εν̣ον).
Mpealuses Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Orestes, Ioannes Sguros Person Addressee of the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305 and of the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II from August 1323. The sources denote him as κῦρις and as πανσέβαστος σ̣ε̣βαστὸς. He was the οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II. He owned a hereditary posotes in the value of six hyperpyra. The apographeus Manuel Manglabites lists several of his gonikon properties. He held a country residence with court and houses near the village Krusobon, a garden and a vineyard, all in the katepanikion Ano Balabista. He had also possessions in the katepanikion Diakastron. They consisted of the country residence with court and houses near the thicket called τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ, which he bought from Mitas. He possessed a field near the property of Turkaris. He owned a cleared meadow in the vicinity of Melnik, somewhere between the Monastery of Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa and the Church Hagios Ioannes Prodromos. He acquired also certain fields from Baldubinos. He held a 30 modioi field below Besobitza near a road and the lands of Kokkos. He received a 11 modioi field from Kokkos by exchange near the threshing floor, the property of Amnon and the road. He owned a 10 modioi field from the possessions of Kokkos in the vicinity of the properties of Turkaris, Amnon and Botrydas. He bought a vineyard in Malesta from Karbunares with the nearby wasteland, which was previously owned by Mitas. The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II confirmed in august 1323 a collection of his 16 properties by the chrysobull charter. These were the houses in the upper town and lower town of Melnik with the inherited serfs, two villeins with proprietary possession in Radovište, the country residence called τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ, 100 modioi field bought from Karbunares, the deceased Litoboes, and others, another 20 modioi field near the country residence, a cleared 10 modioi field, several exchanged and purchased fields from Baldubinos, Kokkos, Marinos, a 100 modioi field from a dowry in the thicket Brimpobos, two mills, a vineyard in Malesta bought from Karbunares, a 5 modioi vineyard from a dowry, the country residence with court and houses near the village Krusobon and two 10 modioi bought vineyards in Selianin.
Orestes, Konstantinos Sguros Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305. Manuel Manglabites denotes him as κῦρις. He was one of the τῶν δυσικῶν ἀρχοντοπούλων. He received a possession from the not named byzantine emperor as his hereditary property.
Orestes, Nikolaos Sguros Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305. Manuel Manglabites denotes him as κῦρις. He was one of the τῶν δυσικῶν ἀρχοντοπούλων. He received a possession from the not named byzantine emperor as his hereditary property.
Orestes, Theodoros Sguros Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305. Manuel Manglabites denotes him as κῦρις. He was one of the τῶν δυσικῶν ἀρχοντοπούλων. He received a possession from the not named byzantine emperor as his hereditary property.
Palates Person Died before August 1323. He was σεβαστός.He owned Tzykales and Branas, who were villeins with proprietary possession in Radovište. He gave them to his son-in-law Ioannes Sguros Orestes as dowry (ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ εἰς τὸ Ῥαδοβίσδιν ἀνθρώπους δύο ἐνυποστάτους, τόν τε Βρανᾶν καὶ τὸν Τζυκαλᾶν, οὓς εἶχεν ὁ πενθερὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ σεβαστὸς ὁ Παλάτης ἐκεῖνος διὰ χρυσοβούλλου καὶ ἐπροικοδοτήθησαν τούτω παρ’ αὐτοῦ).
Patzuras Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. He and his children were inherited serfs of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρ̣ου Μελενίκου ὀσπήτια ἀπὸ γονικότητος καὶ ανθρώπους γονικοὺς αὐτοῦ τινάς, ἤγουν τὸν Πατζ̣ο̣υρᾶν μετὰ τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ).
Paulopulos Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304.He was the πρωτόγερος of the inhabitants of the village Hostrobos. In May 1304 the unlawfully taken small possession (κτῆμα μικρὸν) Hagios Georgios near the village Hostrobos in the size of two yokes (εἰς τὸ̣ν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον, πο̣σουμενον γῆ ζευγαρίων δύο εἰς ὑπέρπυρα τέσσαρα... εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν εὑρισκόμενον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἐπιλεγώμενον) was given back to the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. The possession belonged to the monastery according to the records of the thema of Melenikos (ἐν τῶ τοῦ Μελλενίκου θέματος). Paulopulos as the village elder and the other trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι) together with Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Photinos Person Identical with Ioannes Photeinos? Mentioned in the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. He was a priest and κατηχητῆς of the Holy Metropolitan of Melnik. He authenticated the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik.
Pilestiakos Georgios Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι), who together with Paulopulos, the village elder of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Polystiletes Michael Person Mentioned in the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. He was the πρωτοπαπᾶς of the holy metropolitan of Melnik. He authenticated the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik.
Spanopulos Ioannes Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the possession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was a priest and anagnostes. He was the scribe of the charter concerning the return of the possession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304 (Ὁ γραφεὺς τοῦ παροντος παραδοτικοῦ γράμματος ἱε̣ρεὺς καὶ ἀναγνώστης Ἰωάννη̣ς̣ ὁ Σπανόπουλος).
Spanopulos, Michael Elaiodorites Person Mentioned in the deed of donation of Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos for the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik from the late 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century. He was a σεβαστός. He held the office of στρατοπεδάρχης τῶν αλλαγίων. Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos endowed the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik already after the death of his father and his brothers for the sake of their salvation. According to his will, a charter for the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik was issued, when his son Theodoros Komnenos Kantakuzenos deceased. Michael Elaiodorites Spanopulos donated two mills in the lower town of Melnik to the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik in return for the commemoration of Theodoros Komnenos Kantakuzenos and other relatives by the monks (Ἐπεὶ προ χρόνων τελευτήσαντος τοῦ αυθέντου μου καὶ πατρός μου τοῦ μακαρίτου ἐκοίνου τὸ λείψανον κατετέθη ἐν τη σεβασμία βασιλικῆ μονῆ τῆς κυρίας ἠμῶν τῆς ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆ ἐπικεκλημένη Σπήλαιον, ὁμοίως καὶ τὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου λείψανα, καὶ ἐδόθη ψυχικῆς ἐνεκεν σωτηρίας αὐτῶν πράγματά τινα, ἀρτίως δὲ τελευτήσαντος καὶ τοῦ γλυκυτάτου καὶ περὶποθείτου μου υἱοῦ ἐκείνου Κομνηνοῦ κυροῦ Θεοδόρου Φιλή τοῦ Καντακουζηνοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου δρουγγαρίου κατετέθη τὸ λίψανον αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν αὐτοῦ παίδων ἐν τῆ τοῖαὔτη σεβασμία μονῆ καὶ ἐδόθη ὑπερ ψυχικῆς σωτηρίας τὸ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου μυλωνοτόπιον αὐτῶν, ἐπιδίδωμι καὶ αὐτὸς τὸ σύνεγκυς τοῦτου μυλονοτόπιον ἐν τη τοιαύτη μονῆ μονῆ ψυχικῆς ἔνεκα σωτηρίας τῶν ἀπελθῶντων γονέων μου καὶ ἀδελφῶν καὶ τέκνων καὶ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν).
Tauros tu Chrysu Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305 and in the charter from June 1355 concerning the sale of a plot of land in Chomnos Stolos near Melnik. Manuel Manglabites denotes him as κῦρ. He donated certain lands before 1319/1320 or 1304/1305 to Baldubinos, which were later acquired by Ioannes Sguros Orestes (Καὶ ἐξ ἀνταλλαγῆς χωραφίων τινῶν κ̣ῦ̣ρ Τα̣ύρου τοῦ του Χρύσου δοθέντων πρὸς τὸν Βαλδουβῖνον). He owned a land in the vicinity of the former property of Theodoros Kalochairetes in 1355 (ὅσον καὶ οἶον ἐστὶν τῆς νομῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ περιοχῆς εὑρεθὲν τοῦ Ταύρου ἐκείνου).
Theodoros Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. He and his brother Georgios were inherited serfs of Ioannes Sguros Orestes in Melnik (ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρ̣ου Μελενίκου ὀσπήτια ἀπὸ γονικότητος καὶ ανθρώπους γονικοὺς αὐτοῦ τινάς, ἤγουν … τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς Βίσεως τὸν Γεώργιον καὶ τὸν Θεόδωρον).
Turkaris Person Mentioned in the act of the apographeus Manuel Manglabites for Ioannes Sguros Orestes from 1319/1320 or from 1304/1305. He owned a property near the court of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (ἀπ̣ὸ τοῦ ἐκεῖσε χωραφιο̣υ κατε̣χομένου παρὰ τοῦ Τού̣ρκα̣ρι πλησίον τῆς αὐλῆς τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ὀρέστου). He had a possession near the 10 modioi field of Ioannes Sguros Orestes (καὶ ἕτερον ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκο̣υ̣ εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον καὶ πλησίον τοῦ εἰρημένου Τούρκαρι, τοῦ Ἀμνών, τοῦ Βο̣τρυδ̣ᾶ καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖσε ὁδοῦ μοδίων δέκα).
Tzourkos Person Mentioned in the charter concerning the return of the posession in the village Hagios Georgios to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik from May 1304. He was among the people from the village Hagios Georgos (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον), who together with trustworthy inhabitants of the village Hostrobos, Ioannes, the official of the thema of Melenikos, and Gerasimos, the Archimandrite of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik, determined the boundaries of the monastic property.
Tzykalas Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II for the pansebastos sebastos Ioannes Orestes from August 1323. He and Branas were villeins with proprietary possession of the Sebastos Palates in Radovište. He gave them to his son-in-law Ioannes Sguros Orestes as dowry (ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ εἰς τὸ Ῥαδοβίσδιν ἀνθρώπους δύο ἐνυποστάτους, τόν τε Βρανᾶν καὶ τὸν Τζυκαλᾶν, οὓς εἶχεν ὁ πενθερὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ σεβαστὸς ὁ Παλάτης ἐκεῖνος διὰ χρυσοβούλλου καὶ ἐπροικοδοτήθησαν τούτω παρ’ αὐτοῦ).
Places (10)
Name Class Begin End Description
Balabista Place The Emperor of Nicaea Ioannes III Batatzes encamped in the place called Balabista in 1246 (σκηνούμενον περὶ τόπον Βαλαβίσδαν οὕτω πως ἐπονομαζόμενον). The kyris Ioannes Sguros Orestes held a country residence with court and houses near the village Krusobon, a garden and a vineyard all in the katepanikion Ano Balabista according to the charter of Manuel Manglabites (ἐν τῶ κατεπανικίω τῆς Ἄνω Βαλαβίστας, εἰς τὸ χω̣ρίον τὸν Κρούσοβον, καθέδρα μετὰ αὐλῆς καὶ ὀσπητίων ὧν ἀνήγειρεν ὁ τ̣οιοῦτος Ὀρέστης· πλησίον ταύ̣της π̣ε̣ρ̣ιβόλιον μοδίου ἑνὸς ἡμίσ̣εος. Καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Καλένου ἀμπέλιον αὐτοῦ [...8.. μοδίων] τριῶν).
Besobitza Place Ioannes Sguros Orestes owned a 30 modioi land below Besobitza near a road and the lands of Kokkos (Χωράφιον κ̣ατωτ̣έρω τῆς Βησο̣β̣ίτζης διακείμενον καὶ πλησίον τῆ̣ς̣ ἐκε̣ῖ̣σε ὁδοῦ τοῦ ..ιβ̣όν καὶ τῶν ἐναπολ̣ε̣ι̣φθέντων χ̣ω̣ρ̣αφίων ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Κόκκου μοδίων τριάκοντα).
Dragnitza Place The nun Annesia donated in the late 13th or in the beginning of the 14th century in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν).The village of Dragnitza is probably identical with the Mezra Draganova, which is mentioned in the Defters for the Sanjak Küstendil between the year 1570 and 1573.
Hagios Georgios Place In May 1304 the unlawfully taken small possession (κτῆμα μικρὸν) Hagios Georgios near the village Hostrobos in the size of two yokes (εἰς τὸ̣ν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον, πο̣σουμενον γῆ ζευγαρίων δύο εἰς ὑπέρπυρα τέσσαρα... εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν εὑρισκόμενον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἐπιλεγώμενον) was given back to the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. The possession belonged to the monastery according to the records of the thema Melenikos (ἐν τῶ τοῦ Μελλενίκου θέματος). The boundaries of the possession were examined in the presence of Gerasimos, the Abbot of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik and the inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι) and the people from Hagios Georgios (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον). The boundaries of the possession reached as far as the plot Potokos, where the river Struma flowed through and the plot Philippu (ἕως τὸν λεγόμενον Πότοκον, ἔνθα διἤρχετο ὁ Στρύμμων, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ διέ̣ρ̣χετ̣αι τὴν ἄμμον μέχρι τοῦ λεγωμένου Φιλιππου).
Hostrobos Place In May 1304 the unlawfully taken small possession (κτῆμα μικρὸν) Hagios Georgios near the village Hostrobos in the size of two yokes (εἰς τὸ̣ν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον, πο̣σουμενον γῆ ζευγαρίων δύο εἰς ὑπέρπυρα τέσσαρα... εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν εὑρισκόμενον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἐπιλεγώμενον) was given back to the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. The possession belonged to the monastery according to the records of the thema Melenikos (ἐν τῶ τοῦ Μελλενίκου θέματος). The boundaries of the possession were examined in the presence of Gerasimos, the Abbot of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik and the inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι) and the people from Hagios Georgios (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον). The boundaries of the possession reached as far as the plot Potokos, where the river Struma flowed through and the plot Philippu (ἕως τὸν λεγόμενον Πότοκον, ἔνθα διἤρχετο ὁ Στρύμμων, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ διέ̣ρ̣χετ̣αι τὴν ἄμμον μέχρι τοῦ λεγωμένου Φιλιππου).
Krusobon Place The kyris Ioannes Sguros Orestes held a country residence with court and houses near the village Krusobon, a garden and a vineyard all in the katepanikion Ano Balabista according to the charter of Manuel Manglabites (ἐν τῶ κατεπανικίω τῆς Ἄνω Βαλαβίστας, εἰς τὸ χω̣ρίον τὸν Κρούσοβον, καθέδρα μετὰ αὐλῆς καὶ ὀσπητίων ὧν ἀνήγειρεν ὁ τ̣οιοῦτος Ὀρέστης· πλησίον ταύ̣της π̣ε̣ρ̣ιβόλιον μοδίου ἑνὸς ἡμίσ̣εος. Καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς στάσεως τοῦ Καλένου ἀμπέλιον αὐτοῦ [...8.. μοδίων] τριῶν).
Malesta Place Georgios Kontostephanos Kalameas acquired from a certain Karbunares a place called Malesta near Melnik, where he erected the church of Saint George tu Kalamea. He endowed it with vineyard, fields, courtyard, meadow and a mill and gave it together with his wife to the Monastery of Iberon as metochion (καὶ γὰρ τὸ σύνεγγυ̣ς τοῦ κάστρου Μελενίκου, τὸ ἐν τῆ τοποθεσία τῆς Μάλεστας, τὸν ἐξ αγορασίας μου τόπον ἀπὸ τοῦ Καρβουνάρη ἐκείνου, τὸ ἐκ γονικόθεν παρ’ αὐτοῦ κατεχόμενον, σὺν τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος καὶ τῶν χω̣ραφίων, τῆς αὐλῆς, τοῦ ληβαδίου καὶ τοῦ μύλωνος... ὡσαύτως καὶ ἐν τῶ αὐτῶ τόπω ἀνήγειρα ἐκ βάθρου ἐξ οἰκίου κόπου καὶ ἀναλουμάτων θείον καὶ πάνσεπτον ναὸν εἰς ὅνομα τιμώμενον τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ πανενδώξου μεγαλομάρτυρος καὶ τροπαιοφόρου Γεωργίου). Karbunares bought an 11 modioi vineyard with a nearby wasteland in Malesta from Mitas and sold it to Ioannes Sguros Orestes (Καὶ εἰς τὴν Μάλεσ̣τ̣αν ἀ̣μ̣πέλιον ἐξ ἀγορᾶς ἀπὸ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ δηλωθέντο̣ς Καρβωνά̣ρ̣η̣ παρὰ τοῦ ε̣ἰ̣ρ̣ημένου Μιτᾶ ἐκείνου μοδίων ἕνδεκα, καὶ χέρσον μερικὸν συμπαρακ̣είμ̣εν̣ον).
Melnik, Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa Place The nun Annesia donated in the late 13th or beginning of the 14th century in memory of her deceased husband Theodoros Komenos Kantakuzenos, who lived in the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik, a ground with a mill in the lower town of Melnik and a vineyard in the village Dragnitza to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaion near Melnik (ἐπιδίδωμι αὐτῆ τῆ θεῖα μονῆ τῶ ἐν τῶ ἐμπορίω Μελενίκου γονηκῶθεν προσὃν ἡμῖν μυλωνοτόπιον, καὶ εἰς τὸ δια θείου καὶ σεπτοῦ χρυσοβούλου χωρίον ἡμῶν τῆν Δράγνιτζαν ἀμπέλιον ἐξαλιματικὸν). In the time period from 1301 to 1361 a not named patriarch appointed Meletios as Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa near Melnik (Ἡ μετριότης ἡμῶν διὰ τοῦ παρόντος αὐτῆς γράμματος παρακελεύεται εἶναι τὸν τιμιώτατον ἱερομόναχον κῦρ Μελέτιον εἰς καθηγούμενον τῆς ἐν τῷ θεοσώστω κάσ̣τ̣ρῳ τοῦ Μελενίκου διακειμένης σεβασμίας μονῆς τῆς ὑπεράγνου δεσποίνης καὶ Θεομη̣τορος καὶ ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Σπηλαίου). In May 1304 the unlawfully taken small possession (κτῆμα μικρὸν) Hagios Georgios near the village Hostrobos in the size of two yokes (εἰς τὸ̣ν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον, πο̣σουμενον γῆ ζευγαρίων δύο εἰς ὑπέρπυρα τέσσαρα... εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν εὑρισκόμενον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἐπιλεγώμενον) was given back to the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik. The possession belonged to the monastery according to the records of the thema Melenikos (ἐν τῶ τοῦ Μελλενίκου θέματος). The boundaries of the possession were examined in the presence of Gerasimos, the Abbot of the Monastery of the Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik and the inhabitants of the village Hostrobos (ἀπὸ τὸ χωρίον τοῦ Ὁστροβοῦ ἄνδρες ἀξιόπιστοι ουκ ὀλίγοι) and the people from Hagios Georgios (ἀπὸ τὸν Ἅγιον Γεώργιον). The boundaries of the possession reached as far as the plot Potokos, where the river Struma flowed through and the plot Philippu (ἕως τὸν λεγόμενον Πότοκον, ἔνθα διἤρχετο ὁ Στρύμμων, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ διέ̣ρ̣χετ̣αι τὴν ἄμμον μέχρι τοῦ λεγωμένου Φιλιππου). The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa in Melnik with its properties to the Monastery of Batopedi on Mount Athos in January 1365. On this occassion an inventory of all possession was isssued (Κατὰ τὴν πεντεκαὶδεκάτην τοῦ Ἰαννοἀρίου μηνὸς τῆς τρίτης ἰνδικτιῶνος παρέδωκεν ὁ ἐνδοξώτατος Οὔγγλεσης πρὸς τὴν θείαν καὶ σεβασμίαν καὶ βασιλικὴν μονὴν τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους τῆς ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Βατοπεδίου τὴν θείαν μονὴν περὶ τὸν Μελενίκον τὴν ἐπικεκλημένην τῆς πανάγνου Θεοτόκον τῆς Σπηλαιωτίσης μετὰ καὶ τῶν ἐν αυτῆ πρὸἀστίων καὶ κτημάτων ὧν ἔκπαλαι καὶ πρὸ χρόνων ἐκράτησεν ἡ τοιαύτη θεία μονῆ).
Melnik, The Church/Monastery Hagios Ioannes Prodromos Place Ioannes Sguros Orestes owned probably in 1319/1320 a cleared meadow in the vicinity of Melnik, somewhere between the Monastery of Holy Mother of God Spelaiotissa and the Church/Monastary Hagios Ioannes Prodromos (εἰς τὸ ἐκεῖσ̣ε̣ ἐκλειωματικὸν λιβά̣διον χ̣ωράφιον π̣λησίον ὂν̣ τῆς ἐντὸς τοῦ κ̣ά̣στρου Μελενίκου σεβασμίας? μονῆς τῆς Σπηλαιωτίσσης κ̣α̣ὶ̣ τῶν δικαίων τῆς ἑτέ̣ρα̣ς̣ σεβασμίας μονῆς τῆ̣ς̣ τοῦ ἁγ̣ίου προφήτου Προ̣δ̣ρόμου κ̣α̣ὶ̣ Βαπ̣τ̣ιστοῦ Ἰωάννου καὶ ....ης ἔξωθεν τοῦ αὐτοῦ κάστρου μοδ̣ίων δεκατ̣ρ̣ιῶν). The church is mentioned in the charter concerning the sale of a plot of land in Chomnos Stolos from June 1355 (ἐκ δὲ τοῦ κάτωθεν μέρους πλησίον τοῦ τιμίου Προδρόμου). The Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa donated in January 1365 the old Church Hagios Ioannes Prodromos in the lower town of Melnik to the Monastery Batopedi on Mount Athos (καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ ἐμπορίου παλαιωκλησιν ὀ τιμιος Πρόδρομος μετα τῆς περιοχῆς αὐτοῦ). The church of Sveti Joan Predteča in Melnik from the Ottoman period was probably erected on the same place as the Church/Monastery of Hagios Ioannes Prodromos.
Radovište Place The Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos confirmed in August 1323 that Ioannes Sguros Orestes is the owner of Tzykalas and Branas with proprietary possession in Radovište. Both were previously held by the Sebastos Palates, who gave them to his son-in-law as dowry (ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ εἰς τὸ Ῥαδοβίσδιν ἀνθρώπους δύο ἐνυποστάτους, τόν τε Βρανᾶν καὶ τὸν Τζυκαλ(ᾶν), οὓς εἶχεν ὁ πενθερὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ σεβαστὸς ὁ Παλάτης ἐκεῖνος διὰ χρυσοβούλλου καὶ ἐπροικοδοτήθησαν τούτω παρ’ αὐτοῦ). Between 1349 and 1353 the Logothet Gjurgь of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) wrote a Prostagma in Radovište (u Radovištichь) at the behest of the Emperor, which confirmed the landed property of the Monastery of Chilandar in the valley of the river Strumica.