Cancillería. Registro del Sello de Corte
Item
Country
ES
Name of institution (English)
General Archive of Simancas
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
spa
Contact information: postal address
Miravete 8, 47130 Simancas
Contact information: phone number
0034 983590003
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
ags@cultura.gob.es
Reference number
RGS
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Chancellery. Registers of the Court Seal
Title (official language of the state)
Cancillería. Registro del Sello de Corte
Language of title
spa
Creator / accumulator
Real Cancillería de los Reyes de Castilla
Date(s)
1454/1689
Language(s)
spa
Extent
36 storage units
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Registro del Sello de Corte fonds comprises documents produced by the Royal Chancellery of Spain that were validated with the "sello mayor" (royal seal) created by the king and its chamber or produced by the Consejo Real de Castilla (Royal Council of Castile), the "contadores mayores" (chief accountants), the "alcaldes de Casa y Corte" (a court that functioned in close contact with the Royal Chancellery) and the Consejo de Inquisición (Inquisition Council) until these institutions were granted their seals. The Consejo Real (Royal Council) and the Cámara de Castilla (Chamber of Castile) always used this seal.
Some documents refer to Sephardim before and after the orders that determined their expulsion from Spain in 1492. Some examples are the following:
LEG 149202, fol. 223; February 8, 1492: Royal letter to the "corregidor" (local judge) of Madrid ordering him to make sure that the law of King Juan II (1405–1454) regarding the prohibitions imposed on Jews related to their commercial activities and other issues.
LEG 149301, fol. 52; January 15, 1493: Royal letter to the archbishop of Toledo, Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza (1428-1495), determining that the Jews that had left Spain for Portugal were to be given the belongings they had left in case they agreed to convert to Christianity and return.
LEG 149312, fol. 25; December 30, 1493: Royal Commission sent to Juan de Soria, secretary of Prince Juan (1478–1497), son of the Catholic Kings, to investigate the debts left by the Jews, as they belonged to the Crown.
LEG 149909; September 5, 1499: Royal decree sent to the justice officials of the Castillian Crown ordering that all Jews found in its territories were to be sentenced to death unless they accepted conversion to Christianity.
These documents were published by Suárez Fernandez (1964).
Some documents refer to Sephardim before and after the orders that determined their expulsion from Spain in 1492. Some examples are the following:
LEG 149202, fol. 223; February 8, 1492: Royal letter to the "corregidor" (local judge) of Madrid ordering him to make sure that the law of King Juan II (1405–1454) regarding the prohibitions imposed on Jews related to their commercial activities and other issues.
LEG 149301, fol. 52; January 15, 1493: Royal letter to the archbishop of Toledo, Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza (1428-1495), determining that the Jews that had left Spain for Portugal were to be given the belongings they had left in case they agreed to convert to Christianity and return.
LEG 149312, fol. 25; December 30, 1493: Royal Commission sent to Juan de Soria, secretary of Prince Juan (1478–1497), son of the Catholic Kings, to investigate the debts left by the Jews, as they belonged to the Crown.
LEG 149909; September 5, 1499: Royal decree sent to the justice officials of the Castillian Crown ordering that all Jews found in its territories were to be sentenced to death unless they accepted conversion to Christianity.
These documents were published by Suárez Fernandez (1964).
Archival history
The first documents of the Registro del Sello de Corte were incorporated into the Archivo General de Simancas in 1583. Diego de Ayala had been collecting those documents from 1573 to 1580. In 1592, the oldest documents, dating from 1475 to 1572, were transferred into the archive. The rest of the documentation arrived in various consignments during the 16th and 17th centuries. The last batch of documents arrived in 1718.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Registro del Sello de Corte was instituted in the Siete Partidas (Seven-Part Code) of King Alfonso X (1221-1284) and by King Enrique IV (1425-1474) in the Cortes of Toledo of 1462. The first royal provision aiming to regulate internal proceedings of this institution came only with the Catholic Monarchs in the Cortes of Madrigal in 1476 and in the Cortes of Alcalá de Henares in 1498.
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System of arrangement
Records are organised chronologically.
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Author of the description
Kevin Soares, 2023
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