THE LAWSUIT BETWEEN PRINCE FYODOR YURIEV SON HVOROSTIN AND IVAN PROKHOROV SON PISEMSKY: EPITAPHS AS LEGAL AND GENEALOGICAL DOCUMENTS

Alexander G. Avdeev

St.-Tikhons Orthodox University, Moscow, Russia

Email: avdey57@mail.ru

ORCID: 0000-0001-7253-9126

Issue: № 3 (27), 2024

Pages: 176

Annotation

The paper, written within the framework of the scientific project “Corpus Inscriptionum Rossicarum”, explores the dispute between Prince Fyodor Yuryevich Hvorostin and Ivan Prokhorovich Pisemsky about the right to own the fiefdoms of the Kostroma serviceman Yakov Gavrilovich Pisemsky, who died childless. One of the arguments in this dispute, which has legal force confirming the land rights of the litigants, in addition to the pedigree paintings, were white stone tombstones with epitaphs, including those located on the necropolis of the Trinity Sergius Monastery. The paper concludes that in the legal practice of Moscow Russia, tombstones with an epitaph remained weighty material evidence that could be verified if necessary.

Keywords

epigraphy of Moscow Russua, white stone tombstone, epitaphs, Trinity Sergius Monastery, necropolis, Pisemsky, princes Hvorostininy, genealogy, patrimonial land ownership, land disputes

For citation

Avdeev A. G. T he lawsuit between Prince Fyodor Yuriev son Hvorostin and Ivan Prokhorov son Pisemsky: epitaphs as legal and genealogical documents // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2024. №. 3. Р. 176–188 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2024–3–176–188