Urrutia de Vergara Family Papers
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
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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
Merced otorgada por el Virey Don Luis de Velasco á Juan del Rueda, por dos caballerías
- Dates
- created: May 17, 1591
Merced otorgada por el Virey Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna á Antonio de Ayala, por dos caballerías
- Dates
- created: August 16, 1606
Merced otorgada por el Virey Don Diego Fernández de Córdoba á Don Martín de Urguiaga, por dos caballerías
- Dates
- created: December 20, 1614
Merced otorgada por Don Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Virey de Méscico, á Lope de Argüelles, por dos caballerías
- Dates
- created: May 24, 1615
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
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
Testimonio de algunas mercedes ya expresadas y adquisición de algunas fracciones de Ximilpa
Correspondiente á la Merced del Molino
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
Arbol genealógico de la familia Urrutia de Vergara, sucesores en el Mayorazgo
Posesión del Mayorazgo á favor de Doña Ana Urrutia de Vergara
- Dates
- created: 1675
Correspondiente al Mayorazgo de Urrutia
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
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
Remate de la Hacienda de Tlaiscpam á favor de Don Juan Fernando de Miranda
- Dates
- created: 1704
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
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
Planos antiguos que representan fracciones correspondientes á la Hacienda de Tlaiscpam
- Dates
- created: 16th c.
Tierras que cedió la Hacienda de Tlaiscpam á los vecinos de La Purificación