Testamento y codicilos de don Baltasar Rodrigo de Balboa Calvillo, Huéscar, 1647

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Transcription of the will and codicils of Don Baltasar Rodrigo de Balboa Calvillo, a member of the power elite of Huéscar (Granada), made in 1647. Lord of the villas of Cotillas and Casablanca, he was also the High Constable of the said town and a major constable of the Inquisition. From 1635 he headed the entailed estate founded by Rodrigo de Balboa, his fourth grandfather. The text refers to the lawsuit he was involved in over the Cotillas entailed estate. There are indications of a financial nature, especially referring to deeds of obligation and debts contracted. In this sense, the debts he has with his servants and for the value of 2620 masses stand out. There may be a possible case of bastardy. He justifies that a boy and a girl whose upbringing he assumed in Hellín and Murcia are not his children. The two marriages he contracted are specified, alluding to the value of the dowries, the arras and other commitments. He leaves as his heir his only daughter Doña Elvira de Balboa, as well as another possible son or daughter he might have with his second and current wife Doña Pascuala de Villanueva if she were pregnant at the time of his death. He also encloses a codicil in which he states that the post of major constable of the Inquisition, which he holds «for three lives», should pass to his brother-in-law Don Juan García de Villanueva, his wife’s brother. And for the «third life» of the post he appoints the person his wife designates. Finally, in the codicil he makes some clarifications and additions, especially in relation to the debts contracted with his servants and other bequests made to them.

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Receptores de préstamos en Segovia (1503-1508)

ad_hlab_min — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:17:19 +0000

A partir del caso segoviano, el autor pretende arrojar luz sobre este centro urbano a principios del siglo XVI, intentando explicar racionalmente el motivo por el que esta ciudad castellana (al igual que muchas otras) crecía hacia 1500 y experimentaban profundas transformaciones sociales. La tesis del artículo propone que desde mediados del siglo XV y hasta finales del siglo XVI la nobleza castellana de las ciudades invertía parte de sus ganancias a favor de mercaderes y artesanos, buscando obtener un rédito próximo a cambio. La fuente fundamental de riqueza de la nobleza -grupo social que más prestaba- era la renta de la tierra
Gracias a los primeros protocolos notariales conservados en Segovia, puede comprobarse el crédito a principios del siglo XVI y las operaciones que se llevaron a cabo. Llama la atención la escasa atención monetaria que se tenía sobre el medido rural, ya que estos vecinos lograron recibir solamente el 7,3% del dinero total prestado a pesar de superar en operaciones a los vecinos de la ciudad. Los mercaderes urbanos, en cambio, eran el grupo que más cantidad recibía, cercana al 40% sobre el total.

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Testamento y codicilos de don Baltasar Rodrigo de Balboa Calvillo, Huéscar, 1647

Receptores de préstamos en Segovia (1503-1508)