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Country
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GB
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Language of name of institution
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eng
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Contact information: postal address
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Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
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Contact information: phone number
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02380 592721
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Contact information: email
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archives@soton.ac.uk
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Reference number
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MS 155/AJ 144
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (official language of the state)
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Papers of Joseph Cortissos
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Language of title
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eng
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Creator / accumulator
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Joseph Cortissos (José Cortiços)
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Date(s)
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1704/1827
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Language(s)
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eng
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por
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Extent
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0.12 linear metres (1 box)
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Good
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Scope and content
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This collection comprises: Papers relating to Cortissos's career and business transactions, 1704-38, including an account of the supplies furnished by Cortissos to the British army, 1706; a ratification by Don Carlos of the contract between his generals and Cortissos, 1705; a copy of the contract, 1706; three bills of exchange, in Portuguese, 1708 and 1709; notarial protests, 1707 and 1708; two certificates by João Bressane Leite, State Inspector of Portugal, confirming that Cortissos' accounts will be settled, 1708; communications with the Treasury about the payment owed to Cortissos, 1718-21. Family papers, 18th and 19th centuries, including a translation of the will of Joseph Cortissos, and probate wills of Joseph Cortissos the younger, 1789, and of Sarah Cortissos, 1816; memorials, a selection of correspondence, a petition to the Crown of Portugal, genealogies of the Cortissos family, case papers sent to Mr Adams for his opinion, a copy of the decree of the Queen of Portugal, certificates of burial, marriage, etc., and an account relating to the circumcision of a son of Joseph Cortissos.
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Administrative / Biographical history
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Joseph Cortissos (or José Cortiços) was an army contractor who claimed descent from Manuel José Cortiços, Marquis de Villa, a Spanish grandee of Jewish origin. For a time Cortissos was in the Spanish diplomatic service. Pressed by Lord Galway, the commander of the English army, and Lord Stanhope, the British ambassador at Madrid, who virtually pledged the English government to see that all sums due to Cortissos by the Portuguese government would be paid, he agreed to supply the needs of the Portuguese authorities on credit. In 1712, he came to England to press his claims for monies owed to him and remained in England for the next thirty years.
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Access, restrictions
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Access to the archive requires a prior written appointment.
