El alma única y universal heredera del patrimonio rústico de don Pedro de Granada venegas Manrique de Mendoza, primer marqués de Campotéjar (1643)

Abstract

Through the study of a number of unpublished documents from various public archives, this article examines the large number of country estates that Don Pedro de Granada Venegas Manrique de Mendoza, owner of the entailed estates and the House of Granada, accumulated between the end of the 16th century and the year of his death in 1643 and which, because he had no descendents, he bequeathed to his soul, as his one and only heir. We make a distinction between his entailed estates and those he acquired personally. In this article we study these latter estates –their names, situation, size, purchase, price and value. We also study what crops were grown, the administration of the properties, and the rents and profits they produced. This is the first study to be carried out of the private, personal estate, as opposed to the entailed estate, of the House of Granada, where Don Pedro de Granada Venegas Manrique de Mendoza was the fifth owner and first Marquis of Campotéjar

Keywords

• agrarian history; crops; Marquisate of Campotéjar; 17th century; House of Granada