[Contemporary manuscript of a decree of pardon]: Minuta de perdon conto las clausulas a fu por la muerte de fu. Valladolid, 10 December

PHILIP II OF SPAIN  (1558.)

£350.00 

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PARDONING SO-AND-SO IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

Folio (310 x 205mm). [3]pp. on two sheets of laid paper, written in neat secretarial hand. 

A manuscript template for a decree of pardon for murder, used by the Spanish army in 1588. The heading describes it as being a draft for the pardon of 'fulano', 'so-and-so', for the murder of 'fulano', 'so-and-so', deliberately left anonymous in order that it could be copied and the names filled in as required. 

Two circular holes resulting from the removal of the seals. 

Stock Code: 44990

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