Newberry Library - Carta executoria a pedimento de Alvar Goncalez vezino de la villa de Campanario, 1567 Jan. 27

Title Carta executoria a pedimento de Alvar Goncalez vezino de la villa de Campanario, 1567 Jan. 27

Creator Goncalez el Moxo, Alvar, active 1560-1567

Date 1567

Subjects Bookbinding, Heraldry, Nobility

Description Title from summary line on verso of leaf 48.
Text in a single elegant rotunda hand in black; red-ruled, with double-ruled red bounding lines; added document in a different hand; 39 lines per page; opening words highlighted in gold letters on red and blue compartmentalized backgrounds, ornamented with white penwork; large illuminated gold capitals on similar red backgrounds.
First two leaves contain full-page paintings, in gold and brilliant colors, of King Philip IV of Spain and members of the royal family kneeling before a large Virgin and Child; King Philip mounted on a white horse in battle; and the Goncalez family coat of arms. Both paintings bordered on two sides with colored drawings of torsos, heads, flowers, plumes, cartouches, and acanthus leaves on a gold background.
Signatures of chancilleria judges, Dr. Torres and Licenciado Salgado, on recto of leaf 1.

Summary Ms. patent of nobility, granted to Alvar Goncalez el Moxo in Granada on Jan. 27, 1567. In the customary manner, Goncalez presents his petition for status as an "hidalgo" to the "alcaldes de los hijos dalgo", the clerk of the province of Leon, and then to the president and judges of the Audiencia de Granada. Witnesses in support of his request offer their testimony, including several neighbors: Francisco Gomez, Francisco Benitez, Gaspar Sanchez el Viejo, Pedro Munoz el Viejo, Juan Sanchez de Martin Sanchez, and Elvira Rodriguez. The final judgment is handed down on Jan. 27, 1567 in Granada, and signed by Licenciados Mesia de Frias, y Reinoso, Dr. Torres, and notary Diego de la Pena Vallejo. Added document, dated Feb. 9, 1567, certifies that Goncalez's judgment has been received and registered by town officials.

Extent 49 leaves, bound : parchment, col. ill., coat of arms, ports. ; 33 cm (fol.)

Format Genealogies, Illuminated manuscripts, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Henry Probasco Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Case MS 5248

BibID 179401

Projects Tag Spanish Nobility Patents

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3450px × 4313px 85.18 MB

File Created 02/10/2023

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