GENERATION V

KNIGHT IOHANNES (JOHANNES) de BENHUSEN
KNIGHT IOHANNES (JOHANNES) de BENHUSEN

CHRONOLOGY:

1288: April 11, Salzungen, Knight Iohannes de Benhusen is a witness for Henry lord of Frankensteins business transaction with the Frauensee monastery.

1293: April 11, Salzungen, Iohannes de Benhusen is a witness for Henry lord of Frankensteins business transaction with the Frauensee monastery.

1309: Aug. 15, Wartburg, Knight Iohannes de Benhusen is a witness for the land count Fredericks business transaction with the Frauensee monastery.


Information received from the Director of Vacha Casttle Archive

1310: Feb. Iohannes de Benhusen appears as a witness for a business transaction pertaining to the monastery of Frauensee.
Information received from the Director of Vacha Casttle Archive






1314: Sep. 15, Johann von 

Bennhausen used the family seal to witness the document. The seal is identical to the seal later used by Gunther von der Dresule on February 6, 1361.



1330: May 12, Iohannes de Benhusen, the knight Apelo de Wilbrechterode and Bertoldus Cralucke appear as guarantors of a loan from the monastery of Frauensee to the brothers Ludwig and Apel von Kraynberg, for the amount of forty pound.



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