Деспот Ђурађ Вуковић и закуп коморе у Нађбањи
Aleksandar, Krstić
Историјски часопис
64
237
252
0350-0802
https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=421096
2015-2020/03/11/14:29:30
The paper analyses the judgment of the city court of Buda of 2 April 1433 regarding the dispute which arose in September 1431 in connection with the lease of despot’s monetary chamber in Nagybánya in Hungary (present day Baia Mare in Romania). This document, containing a letter of Despot Đurađ Vuković (Branković) (1427–1456), hitherto unknown in our country, to Queen Barbara and Hungarian Estates of 20 August 1432, issued on the same occasion in Smederevo, provides new insight into the way the Serbian ruler leased regal revenues on his Hungarian estates. The document shows that lessees of the Nagybánya chamber were the local citizens of German origin – Nicolaus Wasserpauch and Johannes Cammermeister, whom the despot accused of embezzling 10,000 gold forints of the annual lease. As Despot Stefan before him, who gave his “customs” (regal revenues) in Nagybánya in lease to traders of Dubrovnik, primarily those from the noble family of Bobaljević, in the newly arisen circumstances Despot Đurađ dispatched his man of confidence –a noble from Dubrovnik Andreas Czansick to assume the administration of the chamber. However, Nicolaus Wasserpauch eventually lost the lawsuit before the court of Buda, which he had initiated against his erstwhile companion over the purported embezzlement concerning the lease of the Nagybánya chamber. The dispute shows that the Serbian ruler collected significant revenues from his Hungarian estates, primarily from mining towns such as Nagybánya and others in the Szatmár County (Szatmár, Németi, Felsőbánya). It is therefore no wonder that John Hunyadi was also interested in these estates. In 1444, together with several others of his estates in Hungary, Despot Đurađ gave in pledge to Hunyadi the estates in the Szatmár County. The Serbian ruler and his family never managed to restore Nagybánya and other pledged estates.
Hungary, mining, 15th century, lease, chamber, coin mint, Despot Đurađ Vuković (Branković), Nagybánya (Baia Mare), regal revenue
