Newberry Library - Executoria a pedimento de Rodrigo de Rueda vezino de la villa de Carmona contra el fiscal y concejo della, 1568 Dec. 3-1569 Feb. 7

Title Executoria a pedimento de Rodrigo de Rueda vezino de la villa de Carmona contra el fiscal y concejo della, 1568 Dec. 3-1569 Feb. 7

Creator Rueda, Rodrigo de, active 1553-1569

Date 1568-1569

Language Spanish

Subjects Bookbinding, Heraldry, Nobility

Description Title from summary line at bottom of leaf [101].
Leaves [4]-[6] fully illustrated in gold and brilliant colors: verso of leaf [4] contains portrait of the Madonna and Child, flanked by side panels filled with small paintings of human figures, grotesque heads, leaves, and fruits on gold background; facing p. depicts King Philip in black kneeling before the crucified Christ, with similar illuminated panels on sides. Verso of leaf [5] shows the risen Christ victorious over death; and below, the king on horseback slaying his enemies on the battlefield. Facing p. contains coat of arms of the Rueda family. Portrait of the king in black and scarlet against a gold background, and within a gold frame on verso of leaf [100].
Contemporary dark leather binding over boards; roll patterns of concentric panels on upper and lower boards are blind rules, and gold-tooled garlands of leaves, and small ornaments depicting skulls and bones, lions, and soldiers' heads; spine has raised bands and gold-stamped ornaments in each panel; all edges gilt; two guard leaves of red silk between illustrated leaves; two red, green, gold, and white twisted cords bound in centerfold; lead seals once held by cords are no longer present.
First [3] and last [5] leaves are blank.
Text in a single elegant rotunda hand in black; red-ruled, with double borders in red and gold; added certification at end in a different hand; 34 lines per page; opening words in gold letters on red and blue painted compartments; large gold initials in alternating red and blue compartments decorated with white penwork; smaller gold initials on red and blue backgrounds throughout text; interrogatory questions numbered i-xii in margins.

Summary Ms. patent of nobility, dated Dec. 3, 1568 in Granada, granted to Luis, Bernardino, Rodrigo, and Baltasar de Rueda, brothers residing in Carmona (Seville, Spain). The petition is presented on Sept. 18, 1553 before the Audiencia judges and the "alcaldes de hijosdalgo" for the city of Carmona by Gonzalo Ruiz de Aguado, attorney for the Rueda brothers. The state's attorneys in the case are Dr. Gaspar de Navarrete, "procurador fiscal", and Dr. Ramírez. Included in the text of the document are the 12 questions put to the witnesses summoned on behalf of the Ruedas: Juan de Lorca, Alonso Boga, and Cristóbal Martín, residents of Carmona; Fernando de Veas, constable of the town council of Carmona, Juan de Toledo, notary public of Carmona, and Juan de Marchena, cleric of the church of Santa María in Carmona. There is also a second, shorter interrogatory addressed to additional witnesses: Pero Sánchez de Sigüenza and Juan Pérez of Sigüenza; Fernán Sánchez Barbero of Villa Laín, and Sister María de Mendoza of the convent of Santa María de Belén. A preliminary judgment in favor of the Ruedas, dated Nov. 23, 1558 by Licenciados Gamboa, Mancanedo, and Diego de Zúñiga, is challenged in 1566, but reaffirmed May 6, 1567. The "sentencia definitiva" or final decision is issued Dec. 3, 1568, and acknowledged and registered by town officials in Seville on Feb. 7, 1569.

Extent [106] leaves, bound : parchment, col. ill, coat of arms, port. ; 33 cm (fol.)

Format Genealogies, Illuminated manuscripts, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Henry Probasco Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Case MS 5250

BibID 179411

Projects Tag Spanish Nobility Patents

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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