Colegiada de São Martinho de Sintra
Item
Country
PT
Name of institution (English)
The National Archive of Torre do Tombo
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
por
Contact information: postal address
Alameda da Universidade, 1649-010 Lisbon
Contact information: phone number
00351 210037100
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
mail@dglab.gov.pt
Reference number
PT/TT/CSMSN
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Collegiate of São Martinho of Sintra
Title (official language of the state)
Colegiada de São Martinho de Sintra
Language of title
por
Creator / accumulator
Colegiada de São Martinho de Sintra
Date(s)
1291/1843
Language(s)
lat
por
Extent
8 books and 12 bundles
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Satisfactory
Scope and content
The Colegiada de São Martinho de Sintra fonds comprises documentation produced by or related to the collegiate and church of São Martinho of Sintra. It includes property records, sentences, wills, books of anniversaries, lists of chantries belonging to the church of São Martinho, documents of brotherhoods, etc. The first "Livro de testamentos e de diversas propriedades" (book of wills and various estates) (PT/TT/CSMSN/L001) contains some evidence on the Jewish community of Sintra in the 15th century. For instance, a deed of August 18, 1449, reports the "emprazamento" (emphyteusis contract) of houses in the judiaria (Jewish quarter) to Yoçe Fadalley, a Jew. Included in this document is the queen's authorisation to Fadalley to sell or purchase properties to Christians (fols. 49v-52). Another document signed at the gate of the judiaria on October 26, 1463, refers to another "emprazamento" of houses in the Jewish quarter to another Jew, Salomão Palaçano. Among the witnesses of this deed is Abraão Polegar, also a Jew (fols. 55-55v). A digital copy of this book is available online.
The following three books of wills and estates of this fonds (PT/TT/CSMSN/L002, PT/TT/CSMSN/L003 and PT/TT/CSMSN/L004), also available online, contain records from the 13th to the 16th century and, probably, more references to Jews living in Sintra.
We would like to thank Inês Olaia for the information regarding these records.
The following three books of wills and estates of this fonds (PT/TT/CSMSN/L002, PT/TT/CSMSN/L003 and PT/TT/CSMSN/L004), also available online, contain records from the 13th to the 16th century and, probably, more references to Jews living in Sintra.
We would like to thank Inês Olaia for the information regarding these records.
Archival history
After the extinction of the collegiate church of São Martinho, its assets and income were directed to the support of the Seminary of Santarém. The collegiate church's records were also stored in the Seminary's registry. Following a decree of October 2, 1862, it was ordered the transference of the records from diverse collegiate churches in the Seminary of Santarém, including São Martinho, to the Torre do Tombo. Roberto Augusto da Costa Campos, the diplomatic officer of the archive, was charged with organising and cataloguing the records of the diverse collegiate churches, which were mixed then. Finally, on October 5, 1864, the documents were officially incorporated into the archive.
In 1976, the archive acquired in auction three books from the Collegiate of São Martinho (PT/TT/CSMSN/L006, PT/TT/CSMSN/L007 and PT/TT/CSMSN/L008).
At the end of the 1990s, the records from religious orders and institutions that were part of the Torre do Tombo collection were reorganised. The organisation by locality was discarded, and the records were aggregated according to their original religious institution, order or dioceses.
In 1976, the archive acquired in auction three books from the Collegiate of São Martinho (PT/TT/CSMSN/L006, PT/TT/CSMSN/L007 and PT/TT/CSMSN/L008).
At the end of the 1990s, the records from religious orders and institutions that were part of the Torre do Tombo collection were reorganised. The organisation by locality was discarded, and the records were aggregated according to their original religious institution, order or dioceses.
Administrative / Biographical history
The church of São Martinho was founded in 1150 by King Afonso Henriques, shortly after Sintra had been conquered from the Moors.
The collegiate church belonged successively to the diocese, the archbishopric and the patriarchate of Lisbon. As other collegiate churches, it was a community of clerics and laymen with the mission of ensuring the religious cult in the church. It was headed by a prior and composed of a number of "raçoeiros" (literally, who received a ration) or "beneficiários" (beneficiaries).
On November 1, 1755, the church was ruined by the Earthquake. Following a royal order, the collegiate and the church's brotherhoods were temporarily transferred to the church of Santa Clara da Misericórdia. It was still there in 1761.
After the law of December 27, 1849, which dissolved the collegiate churches in Portugal, the collegiate church of São Martinho was abolished, and its assets and income were transferred to the Seminary of Santarém.
The collegiate church belonged successively to the diocese, the archbishopric and the patriarchate of Lisbon. As other collegiate churches, it was a community of clerics and laymen with the mission of ensuring the religious cult in the church. It was headed by a prior and composed of a number of "raçoeiros" (literally, who received a ration) or "beneficiários" (beneficiaries).
On November 1, 1755, the church was ruined by the Earthquake. Following a royal order, the collegiate and the church's brotherhoods were temporarily transferred to the church of Santa Clara da Misericórdia. It was still there in 1761.
After the law of December 27, 1849, which dissolved the collegiate churches in Portugal, the collegiate church of São Martinho was abolished, and its assets and income were transferred to the Seminary of Santarém.
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System of arrangement
Storage units (books and bundles) are sequentially numbered.
Access, restrictions
No restrictions, except for records in poor condition or available in digital format.
Finding aids
Handwritten and typewritten finding aids, available in the Torre do Tombo:
"Catálogo dos documentos da Colegiada de São Martinho de Sintra, verbetes do espólio de Silva Marques" (Catalogue of documents of the Colegiada de São Martinho de Sintra, Silva Marques collection's entries). 1978 (C 1067 1 to C 1067 7).
"Relação dos documentos pertencentes ao cartório da Colegiada de São Martinho de Sintra que, em virtude do Decreto de 2 de Outubro de 1862, e da Portaria do Ministério do Reino, de 29 de Janeiro de 1864, foram transferidos do Seminário Patriarcal de Santarém para o Arquivo da Torre do Tombo, em 5 de Outubro de 1864" (Inventory of documents of the Colegiada de São Martinho de Sintra that were transferred from the Seminary of Santarém to the Torre do Tombo on October 5, 1834) (C 449 and C 450).
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Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2021
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