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Add Ch 24813
- Record Id:
- 040-002156011
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002155999
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000908.0x000394
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172072339.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 24813
- Title:
- Confirmation by the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel and Fernando, to the Hospital del Rey, Burgos, of the rights of free pasture
- Scope & Content:
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The Catholic Monarchs, Isabel [I of Castile] (b. 1469, d. 1504) and Fernando [II of Aragon] (b. 1452, d. 1516) confirm a grant or privilegio given to the Hospital del Rey of Burgos. Dated 5 December 1476.
The original grant was given on 6 November 1338 [Era Hispánica 1376] by King Alfonso XI to the Hospital del Rey, allowing their cattle (5,000 cows and 75 mares) free pasture throughout the kingdom. This charter contains the previous confirmations made by their predecessors: by King Enrique II in the cortes of Toro, 10 September 1371 [Era Hispánica 1409]; by King Juan I in the cortes of Burgos, 24 August 1379 [Era Hispánica 1417]; by King Enrique III in the cortes of Burgos, 20 February 1392; by King Juan II in Valladolid, 9 February 1420; by King Enrique IV in Badajoz, 18 March 1456.
Endorsed: front cover: in a 16th-century hand: 'Previllejo y confirmaçión del Rey don Ferna[n]do y de la Reyna / doña Ysabel de çincomil vacas y sete[n]ta y çinco / yeguas francas’ and 'limosna [?]'; dorse: 15th-century endorsement from 1485, when the document was presented to ask for a license (licencia); 18th-century summary of the document and inscription regarding the original grant; previous reference together with a small summary of the document.
Marginal annotations on the left-hand side margin, which function like navigation aids, giving the years and the names of the kings that have confirmed this grant previously, in two hands, probably from the 18th century.
Affixed by a leaden bulla, with strands of crimson, blue, yellow, green and white silk. Obverse: The King, in armour, with sword, cap-shaped helmet, and large shield of arms, riding on a caparisoned horse pacing to the left. The armorial bearings of the shield are very indistinct, but apparently similar to those describe for the rev. The legend reads: ‘+ FERNANDVS : DEI : GRACIA : REX : CASTELLE : LEGIONIS: ARAGONVM : ET : SEC’. Reverse: The Queen, full-face, with long hair, crowned, in the right hand a sceptre, in the left hand a shield of arms: quarterly; I, 4, quarterly; i., iv. Castile, ii., iii. Leon; 2, 3. Per pale, dex. four pales, Aragon; 2, 3. quarterly; per saltire, in chief and point four pales, in each flank an eagle displayed, Sicily. The Queen is seated on a carved throne with pinnacles and cresting. The legend reads: ‘+ HELISABET : DEI : GRA[CIA] : REGINA : CASTELLE : LEGIONIS : ARAGONVM : ET : SECILIE’ (Birch, Catalogue of Seals (1887-1900), VI, pp. 628-29).
Decoration:
Spaces for illuminated or decorated initials throughout.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002155999
040-002156011 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 24802-24819 : GRANTS of lands with other deeds of the Kings of Castile and Leon, from Alfonso IX. to Ferdinand the Catholic of Aragon…
Add Ch 24813 : Confirmation by the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel and Fernando, to the Hospital del Rey, Burgos, of the rights of free pasture - Hierarchy:
- 032-002155999[0012]/040-002156011
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 24802-24819
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 document
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100172072339.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Spanish
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1476
- End Date:
- 1476
- Date Range:
- 1476
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 460 x 310 mm.
Foliation: 3 membranes, folded into bifolia and sewn together.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Toro, Spain.
Provenance:
Purchased by the British Museum from A. dos Reis and E. Kerr, 8 April 1876, together with twenty other charters of the kings of Castile and papal bulls, from the 12th to the 16th centuries, for £40.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1876-1881 (London: William Clowes and Sons, 1882), pp. 246-47.
Birch, Walter de Gray, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 6 vols (London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1887-1900), VI, pp. 628-29.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)