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Letters Patent of Nobility for Diego Sanz.
Valladolid, Spain, 18 June 1569.
Folio format manuscript on parchment, consisting of 37 leaves sewn as a single signature, with large illuminated page featuring a coat of arms, IHS emblem surrounded by roses and lady beetles on a gilt field; the text in a rounded notary hand; concerning the case of Diego Sanz of Lardero under the ruling of the Spanish government in King Philip II's reign; Sanz sued to recover his title of nobility, and this document records the court proceedings, ending with the reinstatement of his status as hidalgo; lacking the original seal, with a later synopsis manuscript on paper loosely inserted, sewing perished, detached from original limp parchment covering, 12 3/4 x 9 in.
