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Spanish genealogical collections, 15th-17th century

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Marked as "tom. 7".

Written by various hands.

A rough table of contents at the beginning of the volume gives the names of most of the families noticed.

Following on the first three papers (fols. 1-15), comes a series of descents or genealogical accounts of some sixty families, all of which are severally entered in the index to this Catalogue; besides short notices (in often but a few lines), between fols. 124–160, of ninety other families. Next follow some fuller family histories, fols. 340-572.

At the end of the volume are these three papers, of which the last is a late addition to the original contents:—

  1. (fol. 585) 1. "Exhortacion a los lectores fecha por el r[everen]do padre fray Hernando Manso, mongo de la orden de San Benito"; it is not stated to what book this preface was prefixed.
  2. (fol. 591) 2. "Testamento de la catholica reyna donna Isabel ... muger del catholico rey don Fernando".
  3. (fol. 593) 3. Legal plea, signed "M. Betanios," "por Antonio de Rosas, hijo de Christoval Perez [contra] Hernando Yanez, conjunta persona de Ysabel Alvarez, sobre el patronazgo y cappellania que instituyo Guiomar de Fonseca".

Dates

  • Creation: 15th-17th century

Extent

596 leaves; 2 leaves wanting between fols. 591 and 593.

Language of Materials

  • Spanish; Castilian

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. D. 597

Custodial History

Olim possedit "Wm. Godolphin," qui fuit legatus Anglicus in Hispania anno 1671.

Physical Facet

On paper, in folio

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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