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Date
1601/08/28, [1603/05/03]
Type of document
Location
Library / Archive call number
AHPB, 506/29
MS / Print
Scribe / Copyist / Notary
Musical instruments mentioned
Events mentioned
Partial or complete transcription / Summary

"don Enric de Cardona comanador de bidema del ordre del glorios apostol Sant Jaume de la espasa portant veus de General Governador del Principat de Catalunya fill legitim dels molt I[l·lustr]es señor don Pedro de Cardona portant veus etc. y doña Maria de Cardona y Erills [difunts]." Requested to be buried in the family tomb at the Monastery of Jerusalem, without grand ceremonies ('ab la manco de pompa mundanal'). Founded three thousand masses in privileged altars and ten trentenaris to be held at the Monastery of Jerusalem and San Jerónimo de la Murtra. He also founded a daily mass in perpetuity for the rest of his soul to be celebrated either in the "esglesia de les repenedides" (probably refearing to the Monastery of Mary Magdalene) or in the royal streets ('per salut y repos de la mia anima y dels meus en la esglesia de les repenedides o en los carrers reals'). Finally, founded three hundred masses to be held after his death at the Monastery of Monsion.

Specially interesting for us is the following sentence refearing to the musical instruments he had, and that he left in heritage to Jaume Casteller (prior of the church of Santa Anna) and Bernt Oliva (canon of Barcelona cathedral). He specifies that after the death of these two heirs, the instruments were to be selld in an auction:  "Item deixe y llegue tots los instruments de musica al señor Prior de Sta Anna Jaume Casteller y al S[eño]r Canonge bernat oliva canonge de la Seu de Barcelona de vida lur natural tant solament y seguit lo obit de dits señors Prior casteller y canonge oliva vull tots los dits Instruments sien venuts en lo encant public salvo que mon hereu sen reserve hu dells que millor li apparsa y lo que procedira dels dits instruments sie distribuit entre pobres com a mon hereu apparsa."

He left his books to the Monestir de Montecalvari, giving similar instructions to those concerning to the instruments.