Patent of nobility for Francisco de los Ancos of Ainzon in Aragon, Spain
Reference code
LON/22
Title
Patent of nobility for Francisco de los Ancos of Ainzon in Aragon, Spain
Date
1661
Level of description
Series
Extent and format
1 volume: vellum, ff.1-12
Quarto
Blue velvet cover, with silk ties, interleaved with silk
Quarto
Blue velvet cover, with silk ties, interleaved with silk
Scope and content
Patent recognising the nobility of Francisco de los Ancos of Ainzon in Aragon issued by Nicolaus Ludovisi, Prince of Piombino, on behalf of King Philip IV of Spain, 12 February 1661. Coloured arms of Los Ancos, fol 11v, with description, fol 5r. Titlepage, fol 2, with penwork decoration and gold lettering. Text includes four generations of descent of the petitioner. Signatures of Ludovisi and other officials, fol 12.
On back flyleaf ‘No 509’.
Latin and Spanish.
On back flyleaf ‘No 509’.
Latin and Spanish.
Creator
Ludovisi, Niccolo (1610-1664), Prince of Piombino, Spanish viceroy in Aragon
London, Hugh Stanford (1884-1959), diplomat, herald and antiquary
London, Hugh Stanford (1884-1959), diplomat, herald and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/814
Archival history
Willetts, Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000), p 381, states that this was part of the HS London Bequest, 1959, although there is no evidence for this in or on the volume.
Language
Latin; Spanish