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Urrutia de Vergara Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0533
 

Urrutia de Vergara Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0533

The Urrutia de Vergara Papers are a collection of Spanish colonial manuscripts that document the land holdings of the Urrutia de Vergara family in the eastern part of the Texcoco region of Mexico. The collection dates from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-eighteenth century and includes land deeds, rent and tribute payments, and maps of the property. Several of these documents pre-date the family’s holdings and were probably passed on to the family when it acquired the land.

The papers consist of 248 manuscript leaves which were compiled and divided into nineteen folders by Miguel Cervantes, a possible descendant of Don Ignacio Cervantes who married Anna Maria Urrutia in the mid to late eighteenth century. The folders are clearly labelled with titles, possibly written by Cervantes in the nineteenth century. These folders are arranged into two volumes. Each volume’s pages contain stamped numbers in numerical order on the upper-right corners of the manuscript leaves.

Of particular interest are thirty-five pictorial manuscripts illustrated in a mixed indigenous and European style that document plots of land as well as rent and tribute payments from the greater San Miguel Tlaixpan area. These cadasters include symbols for orchards, rivers, towns, fields, people, and roads.

All materials in this collection are written in colonial or 19th century Spanish. The folder descriptions in the finding aid are taken from the original descriptions, possibly written by Cervantes. As such, spellings may differ from modern Spanish.

This collection has been digitized and is available here.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Dates
Creation: 1565-1769
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet
Related Names
Urrutia de Vergara Family
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian

Volume 1, folder 1, pages 1-5, May 17, 1591

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1

Merced otorgada por el Virey Don Luis de Velasco á Juan del Rueda, por dos caballerías

Dates
created: May 17, 1591

Volume 1, folder 2, pages 6-20, August 16, 1606

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2

Merced otorgada por el Virey Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna á Antonio de Ayala, por dos caballerías

Dates
created: August 16, 1606

Volume 1, folder 3, pages 21-24, December 20, 1614

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3

Merced otorgada por el Virey Don Diego Fernández de Córdoba á Don Martín de Urguiaga, por dos caballerías

Dates
created: December 20, 1614

Volume 1, folder 4, pages 25-27, May 24, 1615

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4

Merced otorgada por Don Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Virey de Méscico, á Lope de Argüelles, por dos caballerías

Dates
created: May 24, 1615

Volume 1, folder 5, pages 28-36, October 14, 1555

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5

Merced otorgada por el Presidente de la Audiencia Don Pedro Moya de Contreras, á Francisco Hernández de la Puente, por cautro y media caballerías

Dates
created: October 14, 1555

Volume 1, folder 6, pages 37-40, January 1605

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6

Merced otorgada por la Audiencia de Méscico á Bernardo de Alburnoz, por el situ para el Molino, el 10 de Enero de 1605

Dates
created: January 1605

Volume 1, folder 7, pages 41-59

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7

Testimonio de algunas mercedes ya expresadas y adquisición de algunas fracciones de Ximilpa

Volume 1, folder 8, pages 60-119

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8

Correspondiente á la Merced del Molino

Volume 1, folder 9, pages 120-145, August 1664

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9

Cédula fechada en Madrid el 18 de Agosto de 1664, para que el Maestro de Campo Don Antonio Urrutia de Vergara y su esposa Doña María de Bonilla fundaran el Mayorazgo de Urrutia

Dates
created: August 1664

Volume 2, folder 10, pages 1-12

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10

Arbol genealógico de la familia Urrutia de Vergara, sucesores en el Mayorazgo

Volume 2, folder 11, pages 13-15, 1675

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11

Posesión del Mayorazgo á favor de Doña Ana Urrutia de Vergara

Dates
created: 1675

Volume 2, folder 12, pages 16-28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12

Correspondiente al Mayorazgo de Urrutia

Volume 2, folder 13, pages 29-36, 1707

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13

Solicitud de Don Antonio Urrutia de Vergara, para que le Dieran la posesión del Mayorazgo, y posesión que se le dio, con citación de linderos

Dates
created: 1707

Volume 2, folder 14, pages 37-40, October 15, 1754

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14

Presentación de títulos del "Batán" y "Ximilpa," en virtud de Real Cédula de 15 de Octubre de 1754, y confirmación de dichos títulos

Dates
created: October 15, 1754

Volume 2, folder 15, pages 41-61, 1704

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: Folder 15

Remate de la Hacienda de Tlaiscpam á favor de Don Juan Fernando de Miranda

Dates
created: 1704

Volume 2, folder 16, pages 62-78, 1693

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: Folder 16

Juicio seguido entre los indígenas de San Miguel Tlaiscpam y el poseedor de la Hacienda de Tlaiscpam, Don Manuel Alyandro Barba, ganado por este

Dates
created: 1693

Volume 2, folder 17, pages 79-81, 1695

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17

Composición de la Hacienda de Tlaiscpam, por 13 caballerías, celebrada en el año de 1695, con el Juez Privativo Don Pedro de Labastida

Dates
created: 1695

Volume 2, folder 18, pages 82-119, 16th c.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18

Planos antiguos que representan fracciones correspondientes á la Hacienda de Tlaiscpam

Dates
created: 16th c.

Volume 2, folder 19, pages 120-122

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: Folder 19

Tierras que cedió la Hacienda de Tlaiscpam á los vecinos de La Purificación