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Legal instruments

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Sfondrati family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 520
Scope and Contents

Contains depositions, legal opinions, letters, and other materials from the Sfondrati family. Much of the materials deal with the inheritance of lands from Isabella di Capua, of the Cybo-Malaspina family of Massa.

Dates: 1501-1665

Sfondrati family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 523
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten documents on parchment related to members of the Sfondrati family. These materials concern personal as well as political and Church matters in Cremona and Mantua, Italy, and other parts of the region.

Dates: 1478-1593

Sfondrati family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 524
Scope and Contents

Contains legal documents, land records, and family papers related to the Sfondrati and associated families in northern Italy. The papers primarily deal with the heraldry and land holdings of the family in the region. Notes and other materials by later researchers in the collection are also included. The materials date from between 1494 and approximately 1900.

Dates: approximately 1494-1900