Conradus Wesceli

Conradus Wesceli was a medieval mayor (consul regens or proconsul) in Brilon .

In 1366 he acted together with the other Brilon mayor Johan Lizeganch as a witness in the certification of a sale of oats, wine and the payment of interest from Brilon gardens between the family Johannes des Scarpenberg and Herman gnt. Growing.

The mayor of Brilon was not only primus inter pares , but legislative and executive branches were united in him. City accounts were kept in his name, he kept the city gate key and he was chairman of the council court.

In city feuds, the mayor was in charge of the city's armed forces, and he had the right to pardon harsh convictions by the city court for criminal offenses . He could pardon the death penalty .

literature

750 years city of Brilon 1220 to 1970, publisher city of Brilon, print Walter Hemming, Brilon.

Individual evidence

↑ Seibertz UB 2, 782
^ Alfred Bruns, inventory of the Brilon City Archives, inventory A, 1970, ed. from the State Office for Archive Maintenance, Verlag Aschendorff, Münster, p. 23.

personal data
SURNAME	Wesceli, Conradus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mayor of Brilon
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1366
DATE OF DEATH	after 1366

[1] Seibertz UB 2, 782

[2] Alfred Bruns, inventory of the Brilon City Archives, inventory A, 1970, ed. from the State Office for Archive Maintenance, Verlag Aschendorff, Münster, p. 23.