The widow Catherina Giardino had sold a place of housing in Valletta to Ninfa Cagliari at the rate established by an expert but it was proven in a court case that the estimation had been made with detriment to Giardino and her interests and the election of new experts required by the Court. She initiates legal proceedings to effect this sentence.
Magna Curia CastellaniaLegal Documents
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The Frenchwoman Catherina Plana from Valletta reports the theft of the following items from her rooms: two paintings (one of a landscape, the other of nymphs), glass vases and other faience, and items in porcelain.
Curia Episcopalis et Provicarialis Notabilis CivitatisCatherina Romano demands that her husband Johannes Antonius Averino return her dowry to her and pay maintenance as ordered by the Court.
Magna Curia CastellaniaCommencement of procedure for the compilation of witness statements at the request of Catharinella, widow of the late Domenico Borg. Beatrice wife of Pietro Psayla from Rabat confirms that Catherinella had gone to live with a certain Virginea Xerri, and that after Xerri died Borg had moved out with all her personal belongings. Not. Domenico Portelli of the hospital of Santu Spirtu became somehow involved (paper cuts horizontally midway).
The married cleric Leonardo Borg from Naxxar, being just released from the Bishops' jail, cedes all rights and dues owed to him over 17 uncia owed by Johannes Agius, a tailor, to Johannes Domenicus Mangion from valletta.
Loose ContractList of monies owed to the cleric Simone Apap by Joannes Azzopard for various reasons, including rent of land (Migiar il Barrani) and animals, mitigated by certain amounts of wool that was transferred to Apap, with payment plan for the rest of the due sum. Acts of Notary Francesco Zammit.
Clara Caruana from Burmula, wife of Filippo retratcs her case against Paulo Vassallo for an assault.
Magna Curia CastellaniaGiovanni Domenico gatt, Treasurer of the Universitas of Notabile, is instructed to pay Claudio Muscat, Dottor Fisco, 41 scudi and 1 tari for his salary (his annual salary was 125 scudi).
Curia CapitanalisTitle page only.
Clemente Busuttil initiates proceedings against the person and property of Mattheo Borg for debts owed.
Magna Curia CastellaniaReceipt of a payment of 24 scudi, six tari made by Clemente Muscat to the sisters Angelica and Theresia Balzano.
Clemens Psayla from Qormi accuses Petrus Mifsud from Qormi and others that while he was travelling to Mqabba to pay Johannes Petrus Zammit two scudi for a pig (maiale) he was accosted close to the cross in the area Tal Chandae (perhaps Ta Kandja) by the accused, who was carrying a sword and knife (spada e pugnale) and assaulted him, causing him grevious injury. Petrus Mifsud is interrogated. Case file incomplete.
Curia CapitanalisCesare Passalacqua as procurator of the Common Treasury of the Order reports that Beatrice Cagliares had donated 1,000 scudi to the Canon Giovanni Baptista Cagliares, which she claimed to have previously lent to Bishop Cagliares, since deceased. She later qualified that there had been no such loan and that she had been compelled to make the donation, and that the money belonged to the spoglio of the deceased Bishop, and so to the Order.
Curia Episcopalis et Provicarialis Notabilis CivitatisCrispino Xicluna from Siġġiewi requests absolution from his oath given in a contract between himself and Matteo Aquilina from Rabat in the acts of Not. Gio Paulo di Laurentio (28/01/1637). Permission is granted, allowing Xicluna to prosecute the other party for his shortcomings.
On the reverse the same is done for Vincenzo Abela from Valletta for a contract in the acts of Not. Thomas Agius (16/11/1642).
Curia Episcopalis et Provicarialis Notabilis CivitatisCommencement of procedure for the compilation of the inventory of the inheritance of the late Jacobus Muscat.
Magna Curia CastellaniaThe Procurator of the Cumulum Charitatis of Notabilis and of the Hospital of Sanctus Spiritus seeks to protect the claim of the Cumulum and Hospital over money from the inheritance of Angelica Xara which were taken by Mattholo Cuschieri in spite of the terms of the law. Loose folio.
Officium Causarum DelegatorumJohannes Domenicus Xiberras, medical doctor reports that he had bought certain lands from Julius Portelli (see Not. Ferdinandux Camenzuli - undated) but a certain Mettheolus Cuschieri was now claiming that that the capital of 200 scudi associated with cens bullalis with these lands were now his. The court found merit in Cuschieri's claim and ordered 111.3 scudi to be paid to him. See also doc. 3 in this same box.
Curia CapitanalisFra Carlo Georgio Berlotto, knight, explains that he has been requested by the Senate of Turin to submit a formal and sworn testimony concerning properties and sums of money belonging to third parties or owed to third parties by third parties in Turin, as he accordingly does.
Magna Curia CastellaniaAloisio Metaxi as procurator of Eufemia La Petalita demands the confiscation of money in the possession of Domenico Sayd which he is paying to Isabella la Buvayna and her heirs the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary due to debts owed to the same Eufemia arising from a litigation between her and the Confraternity.
Loose question to be asked to Didaco Siciliano