1642 - Manuscrito Eclesiástico S

Magnificent documentary codex of ecclesiastical, monastic, and noble/agricultural character, coming from the historic Monastery of San Bernardino and Santa Clara de Cuenca de Campos (Valladolid, Castile and León) during the Spanish Golden Age (reigns of Philip IV and Charles II of Austria). The document belongs to the economic archive of the renowned Monastery of Santa Clara de Cuenca de Campos (under the patronage of San Bernardino de Sena and Santa Clara, of the Order of Saint Francis). Founded in the 15th century by the powerful lineage of the Enríquez (Admirals of Castile) and the Cabeza de Vaca family, it was one of the wealthiest and most influential female monasteries in all the Tierra de Campos region, wielding an extensive economic lordship through censuses, revenues, anniversaries, benefices, and possessions over the surrounding towns (Becilla de Valderaduey, Castroponce, Villalón, etc.). Main contents of the Volume: 1. Ecclesiastical Census Deed (1642 – Philip IV): Opens with a large royal shield carved in wood (Stamped Paper, 1642). Granted in Becilla de Valderaduey in favor of the Abbess Doña María de Luna and the nuns of the Convent of Santa Clara de Cuenca de Campos for a capital of 32,500 maravedís. Includes the numbered inventory of more than 30 lands and estates, detailing royal roads, hermitages, lands of the Benefice of San Miguel, and neighbors of the time. 2. Closing Act at the Monastery (July 1694): Dated in Cuenca de Campos, records the solemn gathering of the religious community “to the sound of ringed bells” in the chapter house and lower refectory of the convent. Names the twelve professed nuns who governed the cenobium (noting noble surnames such as Cabeza de Vaca, Valdés, Barrientos, Paniagua, or Aguilar). 3. Judicial Appraisal of Lands (November 1694 – Charles II): On Charles II’s royal stamped paper, dated in Castroponce. Documents the lawsuit for the boundary determination and demarcation of lands acquired by the Santa Clara convent in Becilla and Castroponce, with public proclamations, expert oathings, and the mayoral decrees. 4. Signatures and Notarial Marks: Across its 60 pages it shows different handwriting of the 17th century and closes each document with vivid notarial signs drawn with a quill (notarial marks) and the rubrics of the royal scribes.

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