Señor. Don Geronimo Maria de Motezuma, Oca, Sarmiento Zuñiga, Nieto de Silva, Jimenez de Cisneros, Guzman, Cueba, y Bocanegra, Conde de Motezuma, de Tula, y Tultengo [...] dice: Qué habiendo hecho varios recursos, conducentes a la reintegración de los derechos de su Casa de Moctezuma, [...]

Spain, Early 19th century. An important 18th-century manuscript text of historical and legal interest, related to the privileges and grants of the House of Moctezuma. Manuscript text, in brown ink by a neat hand. Text from the second half of the 18th century, a somewhat later copy. On early 19th-century laid paper (watermarks: A. Romani T.; Bartolmé Costas - for the genealogy table). In contemporary, green, half maroquin binding, gilt spine. Panels covered with marbled paper. Blank title vignette on the front panel. Binding worn and damaged at the extremities. The first leaf and the genealogical table are creased in the middle vertically. Inside clean and firm, in very good condition.. An important 18th-century manuscript text of historical and legal interest, related to the privileges and grants of the House of Moctezuma. Manuscript text, in brown ink by a neat hand. Text from the second half of the 18th century, a somewhat later copy. On early 19th-century laid paper (watermarks: A. Romani T.; Bartolmé Costas - for the genealogy table). In contemporary, green, half maroquin binding, gilt spine. 214 f. and a large folding sheet of genealogical table. .An important 18th-century manuscript text of historical and legal interest, related to the privileges and grants of the House of Moctezuma
A very interesting text, containing summaries of the important merits of the House of Moctezuma, the dynasty of the descendants of Moctezuma II, Emperor of the Aztec Empire during the Spanish conquest of Mexico, their privileges and grants (encomiendas, mercedes), entitled estates (mayorazgos), and the annuities gained and kept throughout the centuries. With references to the corresponding Royal grants, declarations, notes, and appeals, and a few credits of historical sources (such as Herrera and Solís).
Compiled for the VII Conde de Moctezuma de Tultengo, for an appeal to the Court regarding the family's estate. Divided into three parts, the first, "Señor" (ff. 1-58), contains 46 paragraphs, dealing mainly with the succession line and the estate; the second "Demanda del Conde de Motezuma" (ff. 59-172) related mainly to the 1740-41 appeal regarding the Conde's encomiendas, mercedes, mayorazgos in Mexico, and later controversial affairs, such as the lawsuit with the 5th Duke of Atrisco, Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba, over a grant of 8,250 ducats of silver for the assets in Atlixco (ff. 171v). The last part "Cedulas Reales" (ff. 173-214) are copies and summaries of Royal decrees to justify the Conde's appeal. At the end of the text, a large folding family tree is attached.
Jerónimo María de Oca y Nieto de Silva (Jerónimo María de Oca Nieto de Silva Cisneros y Moctezuma), was the 7th Count of Moctezuma de Tultengo. Son of Gaspar Antonio de Oca, Sarmiento de Zúñiga y Navarro, and Teresa Nieto de Silva Cisneros y Moctezuma Guzmán Cueva y Bo­canegra the 6th Countess of Moctezuma de Tultengo, Jerónimo was born in Murcia in 1695 and inherited the title of Count of Moctezuma in 1736. King Charles III granted him the title of Grandee of the First Class (Grandeza de España de Primera Clase) in 1765. He married Josefa de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor at the age of twenty-five, and their son Joaquín Ginés de Oca Moctezuma y Mendoza succeeded him after his death in 1778.
Unique document related to the House of Moctezuma, we couldn't trace a printed version of the text.
Literature: Conde y Díaz-Rubín, J. I.; Sanchiz Ruiz, J.: Conde de Moctezuma de Tultengo [...]. In: Historia genealógica de los títulos y dignidades nobiliarias en Nueva España y México. Volumen II. Casa de Austria (siglos XVI-XVII). México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 2012, fotografías y grabados (Serie Historia Novohispana 90), Retrived from: http://www.historicas.unam.mx/publicaciones/publicadigital/libros/577/historia_genealogica.html. pp. 95-138.