Naselli family papers, 1351-1924. Part 11: folders 260-269.

Name:

Naselli family; Alfonso V, King of Aragon, 1396-1458; Frederick III, King of Sicily, 1272-1337; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558; Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, 1713-1759; Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833; Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746; Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665; Louis I, King of Spain, 1707-1724; Charles II, King of Spain, 1661-1700; Martino I, King of Sicily, 1374-1409; Louis, III, King of Naples and Sicily, 1403-1434; Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621; Naselli, Maria Vittoria; Naselli, Luigi; Naselli, Pietro; Naselli, Baldassare; Lanza, Ignazio; Galletti, S.

Date:

1351

Description:

Collection of documents pertaining to the Naselli of Sicily. They lived in Sicily as well as in other areas of the Kingdom of Naples thanks to strong relationships with the Spanish crown, from which they received many privileges and land grants over the centuries. They were also connected with several other local aristocratic families (especially the Morso, the Alliata, the Galletti, the Carretto, the Branciforte, and the Aragon), through marriage. More than half the documents are family records, and they include marriage records and dowries; guardianship records; documents describing the circumstances that lead some female members of the family to become nuns; and death certificates, wills, and related inventories. In certain cases, especially for larger and more complex wills or dowries, accounts and receipts are also present. Other items in the Naselli family papers include notarial and financial documents (pertaining to sales, purchases, and tax collection); legal documents (including some records of trials, especially for the misuse or misappropriation of land and sulfur mines in the Racalmuto area, important source of income for the local aristocrats); and correspondence, both private, between family members, and official, related to tax collection, finance management, and local politics (including communication with clergymen in Palermo, Syracuse, and other Sicilian dioceses). A document pertaining to the emancipation of an African slave, dated 1820, is also present. Various stamps, perhaps indicating the payment of the customary governmental stamp tax to issue official documents, appear on numerous items; they are the same as or similar to stamps on other documents in the Villafiorita Ducal Records. Most of the items are manuscript (both on paper and on parchment), but printed material is also present. Additional private correspondence, genealogical documents, and maps of the Racalmuto mines are stored separately in the Oversize series.

Language:

Italian

Relation:

Digital facsimile for browsing Part 1: folders 161-170 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3513vc1s; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 2: folders 171-179 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31834j8w; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 3: folders 180-189 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3gb1z017; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 4: folders 190-199 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3bk1758b; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 5: folders 200-209 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3wm1495r; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 6: folders 210-219 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3rv0dh23; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 7: folders 220-229 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3n29pp7m; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 8: folders 230-239 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3h98zw20; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 9: folders 240-249 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3cj88281; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 10: folders 250-259 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p37s7j84w; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 12: folders 270-279 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p30c4t204; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 13: folders 280-288 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3vm43d5h; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 14: folders 527-529 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3qv3cm0w; Digital facsimile for browsing Part 15: folders 538-539 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3m32ns5z

Subject:

Morso family; Aragon family; Alliata family; Galletti family; Branciforte family; Del Carretto family; Burgio family; Burgio, Antonio; Burgio, Luigi; Naselli, Beatrice; Naselli, Pericono; Naselli, Gaspare; Naselli, Melchiora; Naselli, Luigi Onofrio; Naselli, Laura; Naselli, Camilla; Naselli, Maria Teresa; Naselli, Margherita; Naselli, Michele; Naselli, Aurora; Naselli, Vittoria; Naselli, Giovanni; Naselli, Emanuele; Naselli, Francesco; Naselli, Eleonora; Naselli, Giovanni Battista; Catholic Church; Inheritance and succession -- Italy; Inheritance and succession; Slavery; History; Slave trade; Church and state; Tax collection; Trials; Taxation; Mining leases; Sulfur mines and mining; Monasticism and religious orders for women; Privileges and immunities; House furnishings; Guardian and ward; Farm life; Farm management; Farm management -- Italy; Farm life -- Italy -- Sicily -- History; Guardian and ward -- Italy -- Sicily; House furnishings -- Italy -- Sicily; Privileges and immunities -- Italy -- Sicily; Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Italy -- Sicily -- History; Sulfur mines and mining -- Italy; Mining leases -- Italy; Taxation -- Italy -- Sicily; Trials -- Italy; Tax collection -- Italy -- Sicily; Church and state -- Italy -- Sicily; Slave trade -- Italy -- Sicily -- History; Slavery -- Italy -- Sicily -- History; SS. Salvatore (Monastery : Palermo, Italy); Chiesa di San Pietro al Carmine (Syracuse, Italy); Catholic Church. -- Archdiocese of Siracusa (Italy)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Wills; Death certificates; Maps (documents); Legal documents; Financial documents; Notarial documents; Land grants; Inventories; Accounts; Receipts; Genealogical tables; Genealogies (histories); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Spanish; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

10 of 133 folders.

Geographic Subject:

Italy; Caprera Island (Italy); Gibellina (Italy) -- History; Comiso (Italy); Modica (Italy); Racalmuto (Italy); Agrigento (Italy); Castellammare di Stabia (Italy); Italy -- Sicily

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

In Italian, Latin, and Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 788

Collection:

Villafiorita Ducal Records