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Wheeled Privilege Granted by Henry IV - Seal with the Wheel and Columns of the Acknowledging Parties

1459-06-28

Andalusian Archives

Andalusian Archives
Spain

Wheeled privilege granted by Henry IV confirming a previous privilege which had granted nobility to Gil Fernández and his son Alonso Covo, residents of Tarancón (Cuenca).

A wheeled privilege was the most ceremonial document issued by the Castilian Chancery from the Late Middle Ages until the end of the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. One of its defining features is the page of validations on which the king’s coat of arms is drawn in a wheel, flanked by columns containing the signatures of the key figures of the court.

Last page of the wheeled privilege, with a wheel decorated with the royal coat of arms of Castile and León, and the columns listing the acknowledging parties. Royal Chancery of Castilla.

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  • Title: Wheeled Privilege Granted by Henry IV - Seal with the Wheel and Columns of the Acknowledging Parties
  • Date Created: 1459-06-28, 1459-06-28
  • Location: Tarancón, Cuenca (Spain)
  • Physical Dimensions: 38 x 30 cm
  • Type: Textual document
  • Medium: Parchment
  • Signature: ES.18087.ARCHGR/060CDMA//Pergamino 118, ES.18087.ARCHGR/060CDMA//Pergamino 118, fol. 4 r
  • Origin: Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Granada
Andalusian Archives

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