Deed of the
royal sale that doña Maria Gomes,
widow and resident of said villa, administrator and holder of the property and chattels
of don Diego Arias de Quiros and
Bernardo se Sena, the other administrator of said deceased, granted in favor of
don
Manuel Sans de Garvisu, Lt. of this royal garrison of Santa Fe, of the houses
and lands known for the sum of 300 pesos in coined silver that was in hand
paid.
Know all who
see this letter, that I, doña Maria
Gomez Robledo, resident of this villa of Santa Fe, administrator and holder of
this goods and chattels of the deceased don
Diego Arias de Quiros, who was a resident of this villa and I, Bernardo de
Zena, also a resident of the same vicinity and co-administrator of the estate
of the said deceased and named in the testament before his death before Antonio
Montoya, who was the Alcalde Mayor of said villa on the 7th day of
May 1738, jointly that we grant and sell forever to don Manuel Sans Garvisu to Lt. of this royal garrison of New Mexico,
for himself, his children, heirs and successors. A house in this villa contiguous to the tower
of the Palace with a piece of cultivated land which will hold two fanegas of
wheat seed and also a small garden patch near the tower surrounded by an adobe
wall. The said house has a corridor and
hall with a few rooms that are nearly worthless and sold for the sum of 300 pesos
in coined silver with the Mexican Seal.
The boundaries of the said house are on the east, with the Cienega of
the villa; on the west by the Roybal Palace; north the lands of the Rev. Father
Santiago Roybal; and south by the street that runs in front of the Royal
Palace.
All agreed,
etc. Signed this 4th of April
1746 and witnesses were: Miguel Alire,
Juan Vigil and Juan Manuel Chirinos, all residents of this villa.
Joachin
Codallo y Rabal, rubric; Francisco Ortiz, rubric; Phelipe Jacobo de Unanue,
rubric; don Joseph Romo de Vera,
rubric.
** Today this is 106 E. Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM
References: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I,
Twitchell 846, Reel 4, Frames 1537-1539.
©Henrietta M. Christmas
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