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Hearth Tax Registers of the Łuków Land 1775–1794

Mościbrody

Parish of Zbuczyn, łukowski county.

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Offices: Lęmnicki (starost of Janów, starosta janowski); Markowski Józef (standard-bearer of Mielnik (chorąży mielnicki)

Propination, inns, breweries: Dyminicz Kazimierz (propination); Lemnicki Kazimierz (propination); Markowski Józef (brewery, inn, mill)

More than five hearths in one hand: Markowski Józef (23)

the forms on the cards: Maszczybrody, Maszczibrody, Mościbrody

district of łukowski · parish of Zbuczyn · cards 1), 2)

the hereditary village of Józef Markowski, standard-bearer of Mielnik (chorąży mielnicki), from 1790 his successors; the centre of the Maszczybrody estate (Maszczybrody and Białka), in the possession of Kazimierz Lemnicki (O83: „Lęmnickiego”), starost of Janów; a manor house, a brewery, an inn, a mill, 15 cottages with 1 householder, 2 cottages with half a plot of land, 2 craftsmen's hearths = 23 hearths [T89]; 22 village hearths of the 2nd class [T90], 22 hearths [T94]; a small mill [O83 (IX)]; propination, Kazimierz Dyminicz [reading uncertain] manages the estate and takes the oath [T₀89]. The 1787 population: 131 people + 8 Jews = 139, but with the appurtenances [S87].

Population 1787
139
of whom Christians
131
of whom Jews
8
persons per hearth
6.3
YearSourceEntriesHearths
T89Hearth tax register 1789123
T90Hearth tax register 1790122
T94Hearth tax register 1794122

Without an extract for 1775 — no card of this village carries that tariff. It is a missing extract in the card index, not a gap in the numbering of the cards.

The card-index entries

Every extract for this locality in the wording of the cards, year by year. One block is one occurrence: this person, in this year. At a collective item the same card text stands beside every person named — because the card names them together and they must not be separated. The hearths given at a collective item are an equal division among those named, not a reading.

1789 T89Hearth tax register 1789

MarkowskiJózefstandard-bearer of the Mielnik Land (chorąży ziemi mielnickiej)standard-bearer of Mielnik (chorąży mielnicki)
T8923 hearths1 manor house, 1 brewery, 1 inn, 1 mill, 15 cottages with 1 householder, 2 cottages at ½ plot, 2 craftsmen's hearthshereditary ownerT89 Maszczibrody z przyległościami – Józefa Markowskiego chorążego mielnickiego dziedziczna w samych Mościbrodach: dwór, browar, karczma, młyn, 15 chat. o 1 gosp., 2 chat. ½ gr. [bez gruntu i ogr. — skreślone], 2 dymy rzemieśln. = 23 d. — zob. Białkicard 1)
Single entry for the whole village, the numbering „1” is editorial. THE ARITHMETIC CLOSES: 1 manor house + 1 brewery + 1 inn + 1 mill + 15 cottages with 1 householder + 2 cottages at ½ plot + 2 craftsmen's hearths = 23 h., and „23 d.” is underlined on the card with a double stroke. THE BREWERY, THE INN AND THE MILL stand plainly, one after another, checked under magnification — these are not uncertain readings. SCOPE: the heading of the line speaks of „Maszczibrodach z przyległościami” (with its appurtenances), but the reckoning of hearths is clearly narrowed to the main village — „w samych Mościbrodach” (in Mościbrody itself), and only these 23 hearths are counted here; the hearths of the appurtenance (Białka) must be sought under that village, to which the card itself points with the cross-reference „zob. Białki”. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE YEARS IS REAL, NOT A MISREADING: T89 (1789) gives 23 hearths, while T90 (1790) and T94 (1794) give 22 each — both figures checked under magnification, neither is smoothed over. „2 chat. ½ gr.” [reading uncertain as to the fraction]: before „gr.” stands a fraction written as a digit above a slash and a digit below it; the upper digit has the same shape as the certain „1” in „o 1 gosp.” in the same line, hence I read „½” („na pół gruntu”, on half a plot). Immediately after this the words „bez gruntu i ogr.” are struck through with one long stroke of the pen and remain legible beneath the strike-through — I record them in the text of the extract in square brackets as struck out, since this is a trace of the compiler's correction, not the wording of the register. The word at the end of the first line I read as „dziedziczna” [reading uncertain]: before it stands a tall vertical loop (an opening bracket or the ascender of „d”), and the formula „dziedziczna” is constant in T89 of this card index (cf. Krzesk Stary: „dziedziczna złączona”). THE CROSS-REFERENCE „zob. Białki” stands in the last band of the card, at the left margin, below the T89 line and to the left of the V48 extract; I attach it to T89, since it is T89 that speaks of the appurtenances (just as at Piaski: „= 5 d. zob. Jedlanka, Zagordź”). THE NAME OF THE VILLAGE in this extract has the form „Maszczibrody”, with an „i”, differing from „Maszczybrody” in S87, T90 and V48 on the same card.

1789 T₀89List of possessors of holdings of 1789

DyminiczKazimierz
T₀89took the oathpossessorpropination (the right to sell drink)T₀89 wś Maszczybrody z wsią Białkami w pos. Kazimierza Lemnickiego za przys. Kazimierz Dyminicz temi dobrami zarządzający – propinacja;card 2)

the same entry also names: Lemnicki Kazimierz2 persons on a holding without hearths

A list of the possessors of 1789 — without hearths, the hearths figure empty in line with the rule for T₀89. PROPINATION is written out plainly, the last word of the line, read at six-times magnification — this is not an uncertain reading. The extract ties the village to its appurtenance directly: „wś Maszczybrody z wsią Białkami”, both in one possession. „za przys.” = under oath / swore the oath; the oath was taken not by the possessor but by the manager of the estate, hence beside him the the status: „zaprzysiągł” (just as on cards, 184, 263, 344, 363). THE MANAGER'S SURNAME [READING UNCERTAIN]: I read „Dyminicz”. The letters broken down: a capital letter with a loop and a broad belly = „D”; a second letter with a long descender below the line = „y”; then „m” (three legs), „i” with a dot, „n”, „i” with a dot, and at the end a curve plus the characteristic crossed stroke descending below the line, identical to the „z” in „Kazimierz” in the same line and to the „cz” in „Maszczybrody” on the same card — hence the ending „-cz”, not „-ez”. Alternatives I cannot rule out: „Dziminicz”, „Dyminiez”, „Dymnicz”. Above the first letters stands a small mark shaped like a little „u” or „c” — I cannot decide whether it is a compiler's mark (like the ǂ over „Markowskiego” in T94) or a letter inserted above the line; I do not carry it into the text. A surname of this shape occurs neither in the hearth-tax card index nor in SLOWNIK-OKOLICY — I do not force it onto the list and I report it to the owner of the card index as an item to be resolved. The possessor's surname is written here „Lemnickiego”, without the tail — the same as in T90 on card 1), and differently from O83 on the same card („Lęmnickiego”).

the surname [reading uncertain] — see the entry's the note

LemnickiKazimierz
T₀89possessorpossessorpropination (the right to sell drink)T₀89 wś Maszczybrody z wsią Białkami w pos. Kazimierza Lemnickiego za przys. Kazimierz Dyminicz temi dobrami zarządzający – propinacja;card 2)

the same entry also names: Dyminicz Kazimierz2 persons on a holding without hearths

A list of the possessors of 1789 — without hearths, the hearths figure empty in line with the rule for T₀89. PROPINATION is written out plainly, the last word of the line, read at six-times magnification — this is not an uncertain reading. The extract ties the village to its appurtenance directly: „wś Maszczybrody z wsią Białkami”, both in one possession. „za przys.” = under oath / swore the oath; the oath was taken not by the possessor but by the manager of the estate, hence beside him the the status: „zaprzysiągł” (just as on cards, 184, 263, 344, 363). THE MANAGER'S SURNAME [READING UNCERTAIN]: I read „Dyminicz”. The letters broken down: a capital letter with a loop and a broad belly = „D”; a second letter with a long descender below the line = „y”; then „m” (three legs), „i” with a dot, „n”, „i” with a dot, and at the end a curve plus the characteristic crossed stroke descending below the line, identical to the „z” in „Kazimierz” in the same line and to the „cz” in „Maszczybrody” on the same card — hence the ending „-cz”, not „-ez”. Alternatives I cannot rule out: „Dziminicz”, „Dyminiez”, „Dymnicz”. Above the first letters stands a small mark shaped like a little „u” or „c” — I cannot decide whether it is a compiler's mark (like the ǂ over „Markowskiego” in T94) or a letter inserted above the line; I do not carry it into the text. A surname of this shape occurs neither in the hearth-tax card index nor in SLOWNIK-OKOLICY — I do not force it onto the list and I report it to the owner of the card index as an item to be resolved. The possessor's surname is written here „Lemnickiego”, without the tail — the same as in T90 on card 1), and differently from O83 on the same card („Lęmnickiego”).

1790 T90Hearth tax register 1790

LemnickiKazimierz
T9022 · share of 11possessorhereditary ownerpossessorT90 – dobra Maszczybrody (Maszczybrody i Białka); dziedz. sukces. Józefa Markowskiego chorążego mielnickiego, w poses. Kazimierza Lemnickiego.– wieś Maszczybrody – 22 dymów wiejskich 2giej klasy.–card 1)

the same entry also names: Markowski Józef †2 persons on 22 hearths

Single entry for the whole village, the numbering „1” is editorial — T90 does not itemise any noble holdings here. THE FIGURE 22 CONCERNS THE VILLAGE ALONE, NOT THE WHOLE ESTATE: the first line describes „dobra Maszczybrody (Maszczybrody i Białka)” (the estate of Maszczybrody), but the number of hearths stands in a separate line and is clearly narrowed — „wieś Maszczybrody – 22 dymów wiejskich 2giej klasy”; this card does not give the hearths of Białka. „22” is underlined with a plain stroke. „dziedz. sukces. Józefa Markowskiego” — the hereditary owners are now the successors, so Józef Markowski himself is by 1790 no longer alive (the mark for a deceased person: true); a year earlier, in T89 and T₀89 on the same two cards, he still appears as the living hereditary owner. I RECORD THE OFFICE as it stands on the card — „chorążego mielnickiego”, without the word „ziemi”; in other villages of the card index (Tuchowicz, Wólka Zastawska) the same man bears the full form „chorąży ziemi mielnickiej”, so it is the same office, only shortened. The word „mielnickiego” itself was checked under magnification (m-i-e-l-n-i-c-k-i-e-g-o), since on a first reading it could be taken for „wieluńskiego”. The possessor's surname: „Lemnickiego”, without the hook under the „e” — on card 2) in O83 the same person is recorded „Lęmnickiego”, with a clear hook; I do not reconcile the two forms.
MarkowskiJózefstandard-bearer of the Mielnik Land (chorąży ziemi mielnickiej)standard-bearer of Mielnik (chorąży mielnicki)
T9022 · share of 11successors† deceasedhereditary ownerpossessorT90 – dobra Maszczybrody (Maszczybrody i Białka); dziedz. sukces. Józefa Markowskiego chorążego mielnickiego, w poses. Kazimierza Lemnickiego.– wieś Maszczybrody – 22 dymów wiejskich 2giej klasy.–card 1)

the same entry also names: Lemnicki Kazimierz2 persons on 22 hearths

Single entry for the whole village, the numbering „1” is editorial — T90 does not itemise any noble holdings here. THE FIGURE 22 CONCERNS THE VILLAGE ALONE, NOT THE WHOLE ESTATE: the first line describes „dobra Maszczybrody (Maszczybrody i Białka)” (the estate of Maszczybrody), but the number of hearths stands in a separate line and is clearly narrowed — „wieś Maszczybrody – 22 dymów wiejskich 2giej klasy”; this card does not give the hearths of Białka. „22” is underlined with a plain stroke. „dziedz. sukces. Józefa Markowskiego” — the hereditary owners are now the successors, so Józef Markowski himself is by 1790 no longer alive (the mark for a deceased person: true); a year earlier, in T89 and T₀89 on the same two cards, he still appears as the living hereditary owner. I RECORD THE OFFICE as it stands on the card — „chorążego mielnickiego”, without the word „ziemi”; in other villages of the card index (Tuchowicz, Wólka Zastawska) the same man bears the full form „chorąży ziemi mielnickiej”, so it is the same office, only shortened. The word „mielnickiego” itself was checked under magnification (m-i-e-l-n-i-c-k-i-e-g-o), since on a first reading it could be taken for „wieluńskiego”. The possessor's surname: „Lemnickiego”, without the hook under the „e” — on card 2) in O83 the same person is recorded „Lęmnickiego”, with a clear hook; I do not reconcile the two forms.

1794 T94Hearth tax register 1794

MarkowskiJózefstandard-bearer of the Mielnik Land (chorąży ziemi mielnickiej)standard-bearer of Mielnik (chorąży mielnicki)
T9422 hearthshereditary ownerT94 – Maszczybrody – wieś – 22 dymów – dobra Maszczybrody z przyległościami Józefa Markowskiego;card 2)
One entry for the whole village, the numbering „1” editorial. The figure „22” is underlined with a wavy stroke; the first digit is written over another digit (corrected, two overlaid strokes are visible), the second is legible — the reading „22” is confirmed by agreement with T90 on card 1), where „22” stands cleanly and is likewise underlined. The figure concerns the VILLAGE („Maszczybrody – wieś – 22 dymów”), and only the further part of the line speaks of the whole estate „z przyległościami” (with its appurtenances). T94 gives no OFFICE — only the forename and surname. A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TRANSCRIPTS, WHICH I DO NOT SMOOTH OVER: T94 (1794) writes „Józefa Markowskiego”, as though the hereditary owner were alive, whereas T90 (1790) on card 1) already says „dziedz. sukces. Józefa Markowskiego”; the T94 line was checked under magnification — neither the word „sukces.” nor „ssrów” is in it. I therefore do NOT place the mark for a deceased person beside this person, although in T90 it rightly stands; the decision whether T94 merely repeats the outdated name of the estate I leave to the owner.

O83 O83A description of 1783 [the expansion of the siglum to be confirmed]

Lęmnickistarost of Janów (starosta janowski)
O83O83 (IX) – Maszczybrody – wieś Lęmnickiego, starosty janowskiego; młynek;card 2)
A description of the village, not a list of hearths — hence the hearths figure is empty. I read the number in brackets as the Roman „IX” (with a stroke above), as with other villages of the card index. The card gives no forename — only the surname is left. THE SURNAME IS WRITTEN HERE WITH THE TAIL: „Lęmnickiego”, the tail under the „e” is distinct and checked at ten-times magnification; on card 1) (T90) and on this same card 2) (T₀89) the same person is written „Lemnickiego”, without the tail. I do not smooth over the discrepancy: the the surname of this entry holds the form from this extract. O83 calls him the owner of the village („wieś Lęmnickiego”), although from T90 and T₀89 it is known that he was the possessor, and the hereditary owner was Markowski; I therefore do NOT add the annotation the annotations „dziedzic” — the card does not use this word here, and I leave the factual content in the note. „młynek” (a diminutive, not „młyn”) — a named establishment, but without hearths, so it stays in the text and in this note; the the annotations dictionary provides no marker for a mill, and I do not invent new ones. A mill broken down into a hearth stands, however, in T89 on card 1).

This locality in the full edition of the hearth-tax registers — together with a search across all persons, a modern map, Perthées’s engraving of 1786 and a statistical summary.