Testamentos - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Testamentos - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Nobility and entailed estate in Orihuela: the importance of the surname https://historylab.es/nobility-and-entailed-estate-in-orihuela-the-importance-of-the-surname/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nobility-and-entailed-estate-in-orihuela-the-importance-of-the-surname Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:29 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/nobleza-y-mayorazgo-en-orihuela-la-importancia-del-apellido/ Documentary fragment showing a testamentary clause establishing the agnation to obtain the right of possession of the entailed estate founded by Jerónimo de Rocamora in 1638

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]]> The text discusses the importance of the surname for noble families in the 17th and 18th century. The fragment shown below refers to a primary source by which Cristóbal Rocamora y Molins, a resident of Orihuela, initiated a lawsuit against Antonia de Heredia y Rocamora, eighth Marquise of Rafal. The lawsuit, initiated in 1772, was based on a clause of the foundation of the entailed estate of Rafal in 1638. In it we can see how the founder emphasised the importance of the surname, thus giving priority to the male over the female; if the successor was a woman, she was destined to marry a husband whose surname was Rocamora, thus ensuring that the entailed estate was linked to her lineage in perpetuity. The result of the lawsuit was that Antonia de Heredia lost the right to possession of the entailed estate when she refused to marry a relative of hers who bore the aforementioned surname.

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]]> Testament and codicils of don Baltasar Rodrigo de Balboa Calvillo, Huéscar, 1647 https://historylab.es/testament-and-codicils-of-don-baltasar-rodrigo-de-balboa-calvillo-huescar-1647/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=testament-and-codicils-of-don-baltasar-rodrigo-de-balboa-calvillo-huescar-1647 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:16 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/testamento-y-codicilos-de-don-baltasar-rodrigo-de-balboa-calvillo-huescar-1647/ Example of a will and codicil of a member of the rural power elite in eastern Andalusia in the mid-17th century

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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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]]> Will of Juan Martínez de la Iglesia with the foundation of a lay patronage (1712) https://historylab.es/will-of-juan-martinez-de-la-iglesia-with-the-foundation-of-a-lay-patronage-1712/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-of-juan-martinez-de-la-iglesia-with-the-foundation-of-a-lay-patronage-1712 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:16 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/testamento-de-juan-martinez-de-la-iglesia-con-fundacion-de-un-patronato-de-legos-1712/ Will with the foundation of a trust reflecting family mentality and interests

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]]> Testamentary deeds are a privileged source of information on the Ancien Régime. In this specific case, we are dealing with the will of Juan Martínez de la Iglesia, made in 1712. Martínez de la Iglesia was a priest and commissioner of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in the town of El Bonillo (Albacete). The first testamentary mandates, oriented towards Catholic spiritual devotion, reflect the mentality of the time. Subsequently, he took stock of his movable and immovable assets, bequeathing them to his nieces (remember that ecclesiastics, being subject to celibacy, were not allowed to have children). Finally, for the economic well-being of the family, the priest founded a patronage of laymen to ensure a fixed income for those who owned it. What did the patronages consist of? They were a perpetual foundation whereby the founder segregated certain assets from his patrimony. The annual income from these assets, such as rents, was used to pay for masses for the founder’s soul and for the upkeep of the patronage’s administrator. In this specific case, the patronage is supported by the office of an ensign of the neighbouring town of Munera, a census, some country houses and a mill. With this patrimony, which could not be sold or disposed of as it was linked to the patronage, the perpetual performance of 12 annual masses was ensured. The example shown offers numerous possibilities for analysis of a spiritual, patrimonial and family nature, of reproduction and social mobility, of the system of transmission of inheritances, etc.

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