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Notes on inquisition and church and state affairs during the War of Spanish Succession, remarking in particular on the inquisition's support for Philip V, its call for denunciations of Cralist priests, and the dubious legality of same. The document was been copied in to a larger cartulary in a contemporary hand, foliated 333-343 (with one unfoliated sheet at end).

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Notes on inquisition and church and state affairs during the War of Spanish Succession. The document has been copied into a larger cartulary in a contemporary hand, foliated 357-359 (with one blank folio at end).

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Indenture documenting full levy of fines on lands and buildings in Leighton and Loyd (Montgomeryshire, Wales) to Richard and Edward Atkins by Charles and Brockwell Lloyd. Includes seal.

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Extremely ornate certificate with full color and gold-leaf border illustrations naming Gaspar Lopez de la Palma a familiar of the inquisition. Contains signatures and wax seal. Certified six days later in another hand, on verso.

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Instructions to transfer funds from a bankruptcy case to the University of Lima. Receipt on verso. Contains signatures.

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The first document is a copy of a 1697 edict issued at Llerena, reproducing earlier edicts forbidding conflicts (verbal and in writing) among religious orders. The bulk of the collection consists of extensive notes on Llerena on various inquisition cases heard circa 1608, 1648, 1655, 1657, etc.

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Internal memo to the inquisition comisario for Aspe, Francisco Cremades y Bernau, concerning affairs in Elche. Contains signatures.

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Internal letter to the inquisition comisario for Elche, Miguel Angel Botella, updating him on a legal case ("pleito ejecutivo"). Contains signatures.

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Certification of legitimacy and blood purity (limpieza) for Hernando Portocarrero Benito and Geronima de Mendoza, his wife. Genealogical and archival research goes back to 1570s. Contains signature and wax seal.

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Ornate hand-colored and decorated certificate naming Joseph Gomez Olias the Alguacil Mayor for the inquisition at Mozejón (Mocejón). Certified shortly after (on verso). Contains signatures and wax seal.

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Handwritten copy of an edict banning excessive reverence for the late Francisco Gerónimo Simon. Contains signature.

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Ornate certificate with hand-colored decorative border, naming Francisco Calero Alexandre de Pedraxas a familiar of the inquisition. Certified later in the same month (on verso). Contains signatures. Wax seal is missing.

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An account of an inquisition trial held in the vicinity of Rome against a woman accused of being possessed by the devil, after she killed someone with a musket while cursing and behaving in an obscene manner. The defendant was condemned to death by the Holy Inquisition.

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Instrument to consecrate a church in Cavaillon, France.

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Inventory of items within a dwelling, by room.

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Investiture of lands of Ossascho (Osasco) for Gregory of Berna

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Investiture of lands in Valperga, Macerasco, and Pont e Valle by Charles Emmanuel I to Cavagliere Giulio Cesare.

Scope and Contents The John Carrington Cross Papers consist of typescript plays and short stories created by Cross while a graduate student in the dramatic arts department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. A prolific writer who kept a wide circle of friends, Cross wrote regularly to friends and former classmates, some of whom were serving in the military during World War II. The collection contains many letters, from both male and female service members, that discuss work and living...

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Inquisitorial trial of Atanasio de la Cruz, Indian of Copándaro, near San Luis de Potosí (Mexico), for having made a pact with the devil. The trial began in Copándaro (1798) but was later moved to the episcopal seat of Valladolid (Mexico). Multiple documents in multiple hands, with signatures of several inquisition officials. De la Cruz was absolved and released in July 1799.

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Royal document in defense of the Santa Hermandad Vieja de Toledo confraternity. Signed by member of the consejo, with large royal wax seal (on verso). A later transcript has been added.

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Judgement of Claude Silvestre, judge in the papal courts of Avignon (Palais de Papes d'Avignon). Includes seal.

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Lease and Release of lands and buildings in All Saints, Canterbury, to George Legrand by Robert LeGrand for £185.

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Lease and Release (release is MSE/EM 3707-5) of lands and buildings in All Saints, Canterbury, to Jane George by Anne Parker.

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Lease and Release (lease only) of lands in Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) to Alexander Brockway by Austin Palgrave Manclarke, for the term of 1 year in exchange for 5 shillings. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Lease and Release (lease only) of lands in Ipswich to Robert Burcham by Barnaby Sheppard for the term of 1 year in exchange for 5 shillings. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Lease of lands in Coxley (Somerset) originally to George Wilcox by Charles, Bishop of Bath and Wells, for the term of the lives of George Wilcox, Mary Shroll (widow of James Shroll), Mary Wilcox, Robert Bartlett (son of Joseph Lewis of Coxley), in exchange for the surrender of a cottage, a yearly rent of 2 pence, and services. Additions made in lead alter the recipient to Joseph Lewis of Coxley (Somerset).

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Lease of royal lands in Paris (France).

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Lease of lands in Pilling (Lincolnshire) to Henry Tompson and heirs for the term of 99 years or the life of his longest living son by Edmund Werden, for an annual rent of 10 shillings.

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Lease of lands in Churcheswainestrowe [Wanstrow] (Somerset) to George, Alice, and Johanna Vincent by Edward and Agnes Baynton for the term of the lives of George and Alice (and the life of Johanna, their daughter, if Agnes Baynton still lives). One time payment of £5 and yearly rent of 5 shillings. Includes seal.

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Lease and Release (lease only) of buildings ["the Salthouse" and "the Bathhouse"] in Chepstow (Monmouthshire) to Henry Harding by Edward and Elizabeth Davis, for the term of 1 year in exchange for 5 shillings. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.