Transmisión del patrimonio - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Transmisión del patrimonio - 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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]]> 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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