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  • Collection: Latinate Wills

The widow Perna testates while ill, and names her two daughters (Chyassona, widow of David de Ixe; and Fadalona, wife of Moxe de Pulvirecta) as her universal heirs.

Clearly a wealthy woman with many assets, Perna leaves many material objects to…

Sisa names her three grandchildren, Moyses, Xalomus, and Sisa, as her universal heirs. Her son Borach Buxixa is named her guarantor ("fideiussorem particolarem").

Sisa leaves clothing as bequests. She also leaves a cape (caputeum) to Yosep de…

The original will is written on 6 March 1454. She names her son Salomone as universal heir.

On 26 March, Altadonna adds a codicil which orders Lia (a son?) to be paid 7.15 ounces. Until the time that Lia is paid that amount, he should be allowed…

Ricca leaves bequests to the synagogues of Sciacca, Trapani, and Caltabellotta. As is typical in these Sicilian sources, the synagogue is called a "miskita" (i.e. mosque). She also leaves money to marry off Jewish orphan girls, along with bequests to…

Lachayna came from a wealthy family with business interests across the Mediterranean.

As was common in Sicilian wills in this period, Lachayna first declares that she wants to be buried in the Jewish cemetery of her city. She also left a measure…

Mayrona, a Jew, left goods and money to her various grandchildren, who were all Christian.

TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH of Estelina GIRONA.pdf
Estelina, a Jewish widow, testates in 1470, before a Catalan notary, who records the will in Latin. She identifies herself as twice a widow, first the widow of Salomon Salon from Perpignan, and then Isaac de Piera of Girona. She has two children: a…

TRANSCRIPTION from PLANAS MARCE blanca widow of bernat ferrer girona.pdf
Blanca was a conversa who had perhaps been baptized in the aftermath of the Disputation of Tortosa (1413-1414). She and her husband had been married as Jews, and then converted, as evinced in the husband's will. (See Planas Marcé, 656 for more on…

Ster's will suggests that she was very poor.

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Sara married Davi of Cabestany, a major moneylender of Perpignan, and together seem to have had three sons: Mosee, Bonsenyor, and Profet. Davi predeceased her.

In her will, she leaves nothing to her sons, since ostensibly they had already been…

Simcha was a member of the Portuguese Jewish diaspora living in Ferrara following the expulsion. Her will demonstrates that she was a high-level businesswoman. She left 2050 scudi to a certain Rodrigo Alvarez, and another 600 scudi to her executor.

Among Donna's bequests are those "for the remission of her sins." These include gifts of cloth sufficient to dress two women, Clemenza and Anfrosina. She also leaves money for the dowries of two Jewish Portuguese girls.

This will was written for the niece of the famed Gracia Nasi. It was ostensibly made soon after her marriage to Samuel Nasi, and soon before she left to Constantinople. She was around 19 at the time of the will's recording. For more on Gracia…
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