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Bartusis 1986

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Case Study Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16

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Mark C. Bartusis, ἘΞΑΛΕΙΜΜΑ: Escheat in Byzantium, in: Dumbarton Oaks Papers 40 (1986) 55–81.

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Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Ananze Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter from 1300 issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje. He was probably dead or disappeared from the region of Skopje before 1300. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated several so-called eksalima (i.e. escheated property) of Ananze in Sulnje (Sulnje, Paserelovu eksalimu i Iliasovu i Ananzevu, prida kraljevьstvo mi sь nivijemь, sь pašišti, pojemše ōt Počivala putemь na desnu meždu ōbě Sulni, na Dupni kamenь, ta na putь na hrid do Pandeleimonove mege po brьdu kь drьstilištemь ta na Golo brьdo, jednako nisь hridь kь Stežernu megju ōba dola, ta na baru, ta na Veli dubь kolnikomь na Mramorije, ta na Progovo selište, na Stari putь na lěvu stranu, na gumništa, ta nis hridь na Porōdimь, na putь, ta putem na Samovilьski studenecь, na Skovьčilovь vinograd putemь, ta na Počivalo), above the Turěnsko polje (I nadь Turěnskimь poljemь niva Ananzeva eksalima .REI. pogonь. I na toi nivě voděnica; i to da kraljevstvo mi crьkvi Svetago Geōrgija) and in Vinsko, Prěska, Gorno Sulnje and Sopište to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje (Eksalima Iliasova ili Ananzeva, netija jego, što ljubo se ōbrětajutь ili vь Vincscě, ili vь Prěscě, ili vь Gornijemь Sulni ili v Sopišteh, gde ljubo se što nahodi, to vse darovahь Svetomu Geōrgiju). Ananze possessed also a valley near Krušopek, which is attested in the boundary description of Vodno (ta nizь dolь Ananzevь na Krušopeke).
Ilias Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter from 1300 issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje. He was probably dead or disappeared from the region of Skopje before 1300.The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated several so-called eksalima (i.e. escheated property) of Ilias in Sulnje (Sulnje, Paserelovu eksalimu i Iliasovu i Ananzevu, prida kraljevьstvo mi sь nivijemь, sь pašišti, pojemše ōt Počivala putemь na desnu meždu ōbě Sulni, na Dupni kamenь, ta na putь na hrid do Pandeleimonove mege po brьdu kь drьstilištemь ta na Golo brьdo, jednako nisь hridь kь Stežernu megju ōba dola, ta na baru, ta na Veli dubь kolnikomь na Mramorije, ta na Progovo selište, na Stari putь na lěvu stranu, na gumništa, ta nis hridь na Porōdimь, na putь, ta putem na Samovilьski studenecь, na Skovьčilovь vinograd putemь, ta na Počivalo) Vinsko, Prěska, Gorno Sulnje and Sopište to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje (Eksalima Iliasova ili Ananzeva, netija jego, što ljubo se ōbrětajutь ili vь Vincscě, ili vь Prěscě, ili vь Gornijemь Sulni ili v Sopišteh, gde ljubo se što nahodi, to vse darovahь Svetomu Geōrgiju).
Margarites Ioannes Person Attested in the sources between 1342 and 1372/1373. He appears as κῦρ and οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos and of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the sources. He held the position of the Megas Hetaireiarches in 1348. According to the Praktikon issued in January 1342 by Michal Papylas Romanos was Ioannes Margarites the recipient of a confiscated land from Arsenios Tzamplakon located between Serres and Zichna and of a zeugelateion, which belonged to Kantakuzenos, near Zichna. He became these estates with the revenue of 55 hyperpyra and was fully exempted from paying taxes (κῦρ Ἰωάννην τὸν Μαργαρίτην ἀπὸ τῆς περὶ τὰ Ζίχνα καὶ τὰς Σέῤῥας ἀφαιρεθείσης ἀρτίως οἰκονομίας παρὰ τοῦ Τζαμπλάκωνος κυροῦ Ἀρσενίου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ τὰ Ζίχνα διακειμένου ζευγηλατείου τοῦ Καντακουζηνοῦ, ποσότητα ὑπερπύρων πεντήκοντα πέντε, καὶ κατέχῃ καὶ νέμηται ταύτην ἐλευθέραν πάντη καὶ ἀκαταδούλωτον). The possession of Ioannes Margarites at Kato Uska and Rachoba was declared exempt from the 9 nomismata tax and hereditary by the prostagma of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos from October 1342. The former estates of Tzako [...], most probably Arsenios Tzamplakos, consisted of arable land and vineyards (Ἐπεὶ ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου ὁ Μαργαρίτης κέκτηται δι’ ἀπογραφικῶν ἀποδείξεων τοῦ τε οἰκείου τῆς βασιλείας μου μεγάλου χαρτουλαρίου κυροῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βατάτζη, καὶ τοῦ πανσεβάστου σεβαστοῦ οἰκείου τῆ βασιλεία μου ὀρφανοτρόφου κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου [ ] εἴς τε τὸ χωρίον τὴν Κάτω Οὔσκαν καὶ τὴν Ῥάχοβαν ἀπό τε Τζάκω[ ] ὑποστάσεων καὶ δημοσιακῶν γῆν τινα καὶ ἀμπέλια). Ioannes Margarites granted his land at Kato Uska to the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the gift of Ioannes Margarites in the chrysobull charter, which was issued in October 1345. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the endowment of Ioannes Margarites to the Batopedi Monastery in April 1348. It consisted of a property near the village Dratzoba, land in the vicinity of Mikra Neboliane, a property in the town of Kaisaropolis, a piece of land not far from the town Chrysupolis, house and a church in the town Chrysopolis (ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου μέγας εταιρειάρχῃς κῦρ Ἰωάννης ὁ Μαργαρίτης δι’ τῆς βασιλείας μου ὅσον ἐκέκτητο περὶ Δράτζοβαν τὸ χωρίον καὶ γῆν εἰς τὴν Μικρὰν Νεβόλιανιν καὶ ὅσον εἶχεν εἰς τὴν Καισσαρόπολιν ἅτινα προκατεῖχε διὰ χρυσοβούλλου τῆς βασιλείας μου, ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὴν εἰς τὴν Χρυσούπολιν γῆν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρου ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ὀσπήτιν). He became a monk in the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. He probably requested a firman from the Ottoman Sultan. The Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres obtained the charter from Ottoman Sultan Murad I in 1372/1373. The monastery is mentioned in the charter as the church of Margaritis.
Pasarel (1) Person Mentioned in the chrysobull charter from 1300 issued by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje. He was probably dead or disappeared from the region of Skopje before 1300.The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin donated several so-called eksalima (i.e. escheated property) of Pasarel in Sulnje (Sulnje, Paserelovu eksalimu i Iliasovu i Ananzevu, prida kraljevьstvo mi sь nivijemь, sь pašišti, pojemše ōt Počivala putemь na desnu meždu ōbě Sulni, na Dupni kamenь, ta na putь na hrid do Pandeleimonove mege po brьdu kь drьstilištemь ta na Golo brьdo, jednako nisь hridь kь Stežernu megju ōba dola, ta na baru, ta na Veli dubь kolnikomь na Mramorije, ta na Progovo selište, na Stari putь na lěvu stranu, na gumništa, ta nis hridь na Porōdimь, na putь, ta putem na Samovilьski studenecь, na Skovьčilovь vinograd putemь, ta na Počivalo), Sušica, Barovo, Gorno Sulnje, Sopište, Krušopek and Prěska to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje (I što jestь Pasarelove kupenice u Sušici i v Barōvě, i vь Sulni gornjemь, i vь Sopišteh, i v Krušopecehʼ, ili v Skopskoi ōblasti i vь Prěsci, vse to eksalimo dahь Svetomu Geōrgiju, i jestь pisano ō tom vyše).
Tzamplakon Arsenios Person Died probably before August 1362. He is mentioned as κῦρ, δοῦλος of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos and Ioannes V. Palaiologos in the sources.He held the position of μέγας παπίας, 1333–1342 and 1352. He is attested as an apographeus (fiscal official) of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos in 1349 and as archon at Didymoteichon in 1352. He was a monk. Probably the son of μέγας παπίας Alexios Tzamplakon. He was the brother of Asomatianos Tzamplakon, Demetrios Tzamplakon and Tornikina. His sons were Michael Kaballarios Tzamplakon and Alexios Kaballarios Tzamplakon. He was the συμπένθερος of Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He accused in the early summer of the year 1333 at Chalkidike Philantropenos Palaiologos Syrgiannes of a high treason before the Emperor Andronikos III. Palaiologos. He came to Constantinople in order to attend the trial with Philantropenos Palaiologos Syrgiannes. He authenticated the deed of sale of the protostrator Theodoros Dukas Palaiologos Komnenos Synadenos in December 1333. He was sent in 1342 together with Konstantinos Palaiologos by Ioannes VI. Kantakuzenos to the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He was together with Konstantinos Palaiologos taken into custody by a certain Tzimpanos. Tzimpanos turned Arsenios Tzamplakon in to Alexios Apokaukos in Thessalonike. Arsenios Tzamplakon was insulted by the mob of Thessalonike as the patriarch of Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He was arrested and his possession was confiscated. According to the Praktikon issued in January 1342 by Michal Papylas Romanos was Ioannes Margarites the recipient of a confiscated land from Arsenios Tzamplakon located between Serres and Zichna. The possession of Ioannes Margarites at Kato Uska and Rachoba was declared exempt from the 9 nomismata tax and hereditary by the prostagma of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos from October 1342. The former estates of Tzako [...], most probably Arsenios Tzamplakos, consisted of arable land and vineyards. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated in April 1348 the former property of Arsenios Tzamplakon, which was inside the town of Chrysopolis, to the Batopedi Monastery. He drew up before December 1349 the inventory of the property of the Monastery Theotokos Psychosostria in Constantinople, which was used for chrysobull charter of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. After 1355 he was residing in the Batopedi Monastery as a monk. He bequeathed in February 1355 his patrimonial estate in Prinarion with als its area and rights, dependent peasants, abandoned land, vineyards, mills, uncultivated land and pasture, a part of land in Vela, winter pasture in Thermopotamos, annual fair of Saint Symeon in Vela and the fortification called Slanesion/Sthlanesion to the Batopedi Monastery. In May 1356 he added houses and the Church of Holy Mother of God Kamariotissa in the Kataphyge quarter at Thessalonike, his part of the patrimonial land in the mouth of the river Galikos including salty soil, some dikaia near the sea till Chenaru and a tower to the endowment, which he donated before to the Batopedi Monastery.