Narrative Timeline

The widow Krückeberg is 58 years old and she can’t perform the feudal duties of the Burgrest labor days and the forestry services owed to the state of a "Colon nor can she afford to hire someone in her place. Her husband died two years ago, and since during his lifetime he was almost continually ill, she has, through the many expenses for doctor and apothecary, become nearly destitute. She petitions the Rentkammer for these duties to be remitted. She petitions the Rentkammer for these duties to be remitted.

The Bückeburg local governmental office reports to the Chamber explains that the several years of severe illness of the petitioner’s late husband, and the costly domestic and foreign medical help that she sought in the joint effort to save him has left the petitioner entirely impoverished. She therefore deserves approval of any relief that might ease her condition.

The Rentcammer resolves to grant the widow Krückeberg exemption from the Burgrest and forestry labor services for a period of three years.