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Release of lands and buildings in Ipswich (Suffolk), by William Allen to Susanna Shipway and Rose Sherman, in exchange for £15, 10 shillings. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Lease and Release (lease MSE/EM 3600-66) of lands in Great Yarmouth to Robert Culpeck and Sarah Jennis, to be reverted to Mary Bream upon the death of William Bream, in "consideration of the great love and affection which the said William Bream hath for and doth bear to the said Mary his wife." Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Lease and Release (release only) of lands in Hinderclay (Suffolk) to William Fisher by William Chaplin for the sum of £200. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Lease and Release (lease MSE/EM 3737-20) of lands and buildings in All Saints, Canterbury, to William Goulden by William and Jane Lepine, Daniel and Nancy Elizabeth Lepine, and Charles Lepine for £400. John James Pierce to be given partial use of the property.

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Lease and Release (release only) of lands in Ledbury (Hereford) to John Showell by William Woodward. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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A request for arbitration from the archbishop regarding a squabble over some land near the church, between Francesco and Horatio di Silvescho di Cuorgné.

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Certificate confirming the retirement of Luis Maldonado as secretary of the Valladolid inquisition with full pension and perquisites. Contains signatures, inquisitorial wax seal. Certified four months later (1717) before Antonio Llanes Campomanes (on verso). Contains signatures and inquisitorial wax seal.

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Letters from an Aragonese noble to cardinal Vicenzo Grimani (with copies in both Spanish and Italian, dated 1707) reporting on alleed archiepiscopal and inquisitorial anti-Hapsburg activities. Archbishop Antonio Ibáñez de la Riva's edict denouncing anti-Bourbon rebels follows. Both documents have ben copied into a larger cartulary in a contemporary hand, foliated 344-350 and 352.

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Copy of a 1707 letter from an Aragonese noble to cardinal Vicenzo Grimani reporting on alleged archievpiscopal and inquisitorial anti-Hapsburg activities. The document has been copied into a larger cartulary in a contemporary hand, foliated 354-355.

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Italian translated copy of a 1707 letter from an Aragonese noble to cardinal Vicenzo Grimani, reporting on alleged archiepiscopal and inquisitorial anti-Hapsburg activities. The document has been copied into a larger cartulary in a contemporary hand, foliated 353. See INQ-21.

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Royal ordinance, repeating a judgment given on May 17th, 1783, that no one from the surrounding communes possessed rights to the waters of Valpergato, Pont and Valli and that there would be a fine of 20 scudi if anyone were caught using the waters without the permission of Count Giuseppe Ignazio di Valperga.

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Royal patents granting various permissions to the House of Santus Berna.

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Copy of testimony originally given in 1638 by Luis Sánchez García (father of Cristóbal Sánchez García), concerning a case dating back to 1525. Contains signatures and wax seal.

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Petition requesting payment of monies owing from a local official who has been abusing his power. The inquisitors' positive response follows, continuing on verso. Contains signatures.

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Signed document listing benefices and possessions of various clergy in Seville region.

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Settlement and addendum in a land dispute, giving Bartolomeus Gnochus, son of Iacobus Gnochus of Strambino, aproperty, money and rights that once belonged to his father and have since been in the use of one Ludovicus.

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Settlement regarding the use of the annuity and interest of lands in Beauchamp Roding (Essex) between the current residents (James Sedgewick and Robert Osborne), the owner of the land, (Honora Riwell), the current trustee (Benjamin Mason, Riwell's son-in-law), and the promised heir (Elizabeth Mason, Riwell's daughter). Includes seal.

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instructions for payment to a chaplaincy founded by a former inquisitorial officer in Peru. Receipt on verso. Contains signatures.

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A surrender of lands and buildings in All Saints, Canterbury, to Jane George by Priscilla Delarue alias Sheete

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A surrender of lands in Sowerfield and Braddolefield by William and Mary Stanford to John and Mary Calver. Includes impressed duty stamp and tax stamp.

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Tax assessment of lands and buildings in All Saints, Canterbury, then owned by Charles Lepine.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the history of ownership of a property in Canterbury, England, located at the modern address of 8 All Saints' Ln, Canterbury CT1 2AU, UK (formerly 8 Brick Ln), between 1695 and 1935. The documents in this collection would have been compiled and used by each owner to establish and defend the chain of ownership and tenure of the property. The manuscript documents in this collection trace the property’s transformation from nondescript land and buildings to a complex...

Scope and Contents The José M. Martelli Collection of Savoy Documents compiles medieval and early modern documents (ca. 14th-19th centuries) relating to the House of Savoy and several prominent Savoy families, including the Viale, Valperga, and Santus Berna families. The majority of the documents in this collection can be traced to the Duchy of Savoy, a now defunct Savoyard state run by the House of Savoy between 1416-1847. The House of Savoy documents span the House's transformation from the Counts of Savoy...

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Prepared certificate filled in by a second hand, naming Miguel de Salamanca a familiar of the inquisition. Contains later family tree on verso, showing Salamanca's linear descendants through 1670s. Contains signature of inquisitor Doctor Gonzalez. Contains signatures.

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Ornate certificate with hand-colored illustration at top, naming Hernando de Port Carrera (Fernando de Puerto Carrero) a familiar of the inquisition. Contains signatures (Licenciado Paramo et al.) and wax seal. Document was certified the following day (on verso). Contains signatures and wax seal.

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Document naming Juan de Torizes a familiar of the inquisition. Contains text of earlier royal documents conerning appointment and privileges of familiares. Contains signatures.

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Instructions to pay a salary for a consulting lawyer in a bankruptcy case. Top of folio is missing. Contains signatures.

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Copy of the will of Benjamin LeGrand, which wills property in All Saints, Canterbury, to his son, William LeGrand.

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Copy of the will of James Wallis, which wills thebrewhouse, hops, and hopgrounds in All Saints, Canterbury, to his wife, Mary.