De destructione allodii, seu predii David de Gariha.
The Burning of David's Estate
In Lent, three brothers from Nattangia led six hundred men in a devastating raid on the estate of David, castellan of Gartha, burning it to the ground and seizing captives, horses, and livestock.
That same year, during Lent, three brothers and six hundred men from Nattangia launched a hostile raid on the allod — or estate — of David, the castellan of Gartha, and burned it to the ground. Besides those they killed, they carried off thirty-seven men and one hundred horses along with a great quantity of other livestock.
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Eodem anno in quadragesima tres fratres et sexcenti viri de Nattangia allo-J32^ dium seu predium David castellani de Gartha hostiliter sunt ingressi, et funditus comburentes preter occisos xxxvnib homines et c equos cum multo pecore alio deduxerunt.
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