Annotation on the testament granted by Mr. Iturrizaga before Gervasio de Figueroa, provincial notary, bequeathing a plot of land to the Monastery of Santa Rosa de Santa María de Lima. Anotación sobre el testamento otorgado por el señor Iturrizaga ante Gervasio de Figueroa, escribano de provinci...
Monasterio Jesus, María y José (Clarisas Capuchinas)
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The history of the monastery dates back to the 17th century when a couple used a house to take in orphaned children and abandoned youth. Him, born in Chiclayo and a tailor by profession, was called Nicolás Ayllón; his wife's name was María Jacinta Montoya. Over time, they became known as Nicolás...
Contains documentation on: Purchase of houses by Juan Gonzales de Santiago, protector of the beaterio: 1) Juan de Ayala y Astudillo; 2) Maria Fernandez de Cordova; 3) Gregorio Montiel. Contiene documentación sobre: Compra de casas de Juan Gonzales de Santiago, protector del beaterio: 1) Juan de...
2) Testimony of sale and donation of a plot of land by María Fernández de Córdova to Juan Gonzales de Santiago in favor of the beguinage. Issued by Francisco Sánchez Becerra, notary public. 2) Testimonio de venta y donación de un solar por María Fernández de Córdova a Juan Gonzales de Santiago ...
Documentation concerning evidence used in an 18th century legal case which took c. 30 yrs, by the community of Pamparomas against the Dominican Colegio de Santo Tomas about land and water rights. The documents include transcriptions of earlier 16th and 17th century material used in evidence as w...
Documentation concerning evidence used in a legal case by the community of Pamparomas against the Dominican Colegio de Santo Tomas about land and water rights. Decrees, wills, and other manuscripts from as early as 1591 were copied out and included in the manuscript to support the community case...
The manuscript details that in the 1770s, Colonel Cayetano Paxuelo drove the people of Pamparomas off of their land. The people were left with small plots and worked as laborers in the nearby hacienda of Pampas. The village lands were transferred to the hacienda of Santa Catalina, owned by the D...
From the mid-1770s, the Pamparomas villagers again contested their removal, but to no avail. Their case was taken up again in the 1790s, under Cacica Doña Maria Vilcarima, widow of the former Cacique Marcelo Quispe Condor. She triumphed, and in 1793, the people of Pamparomas were granted titles ...
The Dominicans appealed the decision against them, claiming that the village of Pamparomas had never actually existed, and that the so-called villagers had been workers on the Pampas hacienda since the sixteenth century. The Governor of Huarochiri helped to make the case for appeared with a miss...