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Capbrevation book of the place of Bonastre, bishopric of Barcelona, ​​made in 1694

Date
1694
Archive
County Archive of Baix Penedès
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT-ACBP-300-2-716
Link to the online document
Description

It is a capbreu (type of manorial registration in medieval Catalonia) from the town of Bonastre. A capbreu is a manual in which the emphyteutes’ recognition of their lord’s rights over the goods that he had in direct possession was recorded. The emphyteutes were obliged to pay a census or other benefits to the lord who had direct dominion. In this case, the emphyteutes are the inhabitants of the place of Bonastre and the feudal lord Francesc Bernat de Pons, abbot of the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès, as lord of the town and barony of Vendrell and also of the places of Santa Oliva, Albinyana, Bonastre and Sant Vicenç de Calders. At the beginning of the chapter there is an onomastic index of the emphyteutes with the indication of the corresponding folio number.
Francesc Cervera, royal public notary of the Bar Association of Barcelona, ​​will be in charge of publicizing the entire process, which he signs at the end of the brief. It is a document of particular relevance to find out who the owners of the land were, the payment they made to their lord and the socio-economic structure of Bonastre (type of cultivation, trades, street names, toponymy, etc.).