The Mediaeval Qmrch at its Height 363 two at Stubichahe. Also ten mansus at Scephbouch and four at Willsingen and three mills at Husin, which were afterwards given in exchange to Rudolph of Reutlingen for Wimsheim. Also near the town of Chur a fourth part of the church in the manor called Maifeld. . . . Describing with pride the foundation (1089) and his- tory of his monastery of Zwifalt in Svvabia, the monk Ortlieb gives the following account of "our family" (nostra familia). Now this our monastery church possesses many persons 143. Ort- who, because of the oppression of their former lords and of lie ^' s the burdens which weighed them down, have come under those'who our jurisdiction in order to have peace. Some of these are lived under tillers of the soil, some vinedressers ; others are bakers, ^ rf'the cobblers, artisans, merchants, and those who follow various monastery trades and callings. Some of those who pay their dues to of Zwifalt the monastery are on a different footing from others. Even (" 35 '* among those who belong directly to the monastery some pay money yearly, while others contribute wax towards making a certain great candle. What all these pay in dues to the monastery is all handed over to the custodian of the church. Some of those under our jurisdiction belong to the peo- ple's church across the river, some to St. Stephen's church at Tigerfeld, or to the church of St. Blasius at Derendingen, or to other churches under our control. While these pay their dues to the particular church to which they are known to belong, they are all, nevertheless, like the others, numbered among the members of our monastery family, and they should obey our decrees, no matter if they pay dues to some other church or monastery. And it is to be noted that the people of Tigerfeld and those who pay their dues to that church are to be judged, at appointed times, by the advocate of that place in the pres- ence of the provost of our monastery. If any one should be convicted of any rash act, or of failure to pay his dues, one
