UUB, H.155, f. 174r

Muy Re(verendísi)mo S(eñ)or.

Desde q(ue) V(uest)ra Re(verendísi)ma Señoria se partió desta tierra p(ar)a ir a esa, e estado sienpre esperando por medio de V(uest)ra S(eño)ria, el s(eñ)or probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prebosteprobably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋ se acordaría de mi y de sus hijos; y pues al uno quiso Dios levar, q(ue) fue el menor, no dexaría al otro morir de anbre.

Yo e gastado siete años criando sus hijos, y vendiendo mis cosas p(ar)a mantenerlos, esperando q(ue) s(er)ía poco lo mucho, q(ue) yo e gastado (q(ue) a sido asta q(ue)darme en camisa) con las grandes mercedes q(ue) esperava. A q(ue)rido mi desdicha q(ue), acabándose la acienda, tanbién se me acabase la esperança, llebando Dios al s(eñ)or Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prebosteBalthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋. Yo e p(ro)curado de av(er) el testamento, y nunca e podido, au(nque) e puesto mucha diligencia.

A V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia se le acuerde el amistad, que avía ms. entrel reg. entre el⌈entrelms. entrel reg. entre el⌉ probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prebosteprobably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋ y V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia, y que, despues de sus días, no la puede mostrar mejor, q(ue) con su hijo y comigo, dándonos favor, para que se pueda adorar, si nos ma(n)dó algo a mi y a mi hijo. De ay h u(n) año, q(ue) el s(eñ)or Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prebosteBalthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋, q(ue) aya gl(or)ía, pasó en esa tierra, me escribió, q(ue) abía conprado un lugar, q(ue) se llama Alberi para su hijo, don Carlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌊Carlos BriçioCarlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌋. No sé si es ansi. V(uest)ra S(eño)ria me escriba lo q(ue) puedo esperar y si fuere posible me aga enbiar el testamento.

UUB, H.155, f. 174v

Y porq(ue) espero q(ue) me ará en esto más conplidas las m(ercede)s q(ue) yo las sabré pedir, no alargo más de rogar a Dios guarde a V(uest)ra S(eño)ria por muchos años, y le aga muy mayor S(eñ)or de lo que es. Don Carlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌊Carlos BriçioCarlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌋ besa las manos a V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia.

A mi s(eñ)or, el Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)⌊marqués de CeneteHendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)⌋, escribo suplicando a su señoría me hidden by binding⌈[me]me hidden by binding⌉ favorezca. V(uest)ra S(eño)ria le dé la carta y procure la respuesta p(ara) q(ue) yo la aya, juntamente con la de V(uest)ra S(eño)ria.

De Palencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌊P(alencia)Palencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌋, ocho de hebrero de MDXXXII años.

Muy cierta S(er)vidora de V(uest)ra S(eño)r(i)a, doña Mencía de Colmenares ⌊Mencia de ColmenaresMencía de Colmenares ⌋

BK, 230, p. 289

Re(verendisi)mo S(eñ)or.

Despeues q(ue) V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia se partio desta t(ie)rra, e estado esperando por medio de V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia. El s(eñ)or probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prevosteprobably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋ se acordaria de mi y de sus hijos, y q(ue) pues al uno quiso Dios lebar, q(ue) fue el menor, no dexaria al otro morir de anbre.

Yo e estado siete años en s(er)vicio del s(eñ)or probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prevosteprobably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋ y vendiendo mis cosas p(ar)a mantener sus hijos, esperando q(ue) seria poco ... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ mucho, q(ue) yo e gastado. Q(ue) afiso asta q(ue)dar en camisa con las grandes m(erce)d(e)s q(ue) esperava, a q(ue)rido mi ventura q(ue) acabandose me la acienda tanbien se me acabase la esperanca, llebando Dios al s(eñ)or Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prevosteBalthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋, plega a Dios, de le tener a su gl(or)ia. Yo e p(ro)curado de av(er) el testamento y no e podido, au(n)q(ue) e puesto mucha diligencia. Dicen me, q(ue) dexo muchas deudas y poco con q(ue) las pagar.

[...] hidden by binding⌈[...][...] hidden by binding⌉ a V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia se le acuerde el amistad, q(ue) avia entre el s(eñ)or preboste y V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia y q(ue) despues de sus dias no la puede mostrar mejor, q(ue) con sus hijos y comigo, favorescienBK, 230, p. 290donos en q(ue), si el prevoste nos mando algo a mi y su hidden by binding⌈[su]su hidden by binding⌉ hijo, no nos lo quiten, por q(ue) el mesmo escribio deng(?) hidden by binding⌈[ng(?)]ng(?) hidden by binding⌉año, q(ue) paso en esa t(ie)rra, q(ue) avia comprado un lugar hidden by binding⌈[ar]ar hidden by binding⌉ don Carlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌊Carlos BricioCarlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌋ su hijo el qual creo se llamava Alberin, pues si a mi me debia algo V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia, lo puede juzgar hidden by binding⌈[gar]gar hidden by binding⌉ mas principal es mi deuda, q(ue) las otras.

Al ill(ustrisi)mo s(eñ)or Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)⌊marq(ue)s de CeneteHendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)⌋ escribo soplicando, q(ue) hidden by binding⌈[q(ue)]q(ue) hidden by binding⌉ me favorezca, pues no tengo otro s(eñ)or, a quien acor[...] hidden by binding⌈[...][...] hidden by binding⌉. V(uest)ra hidden by binding⌈[V(uest)ra]V(uest)ra hidden by binding⌉ S(eñor)ia me aga m(erce)d darle la carta y en demandarle me favorezca.

Y V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia me escriba lo q(ue) puedo esperar y si fuere posible me aga enviar el testamento, y porque espero me ara(?) mas conplidas las mercedes q(ue) yo las sabre pedir. No alargo mas de rogar a Dios guarde a V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia hidden by binding⌈[S(eñor)ia]S(eñor)ia hidden by binding⌉ por muchos años y le aga muy mayor S(eñ)or. Don Carlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌊Carlos BriçioCarlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌋ besa las manos a V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia y le soplica se acuer[...] hidden by binding⌈[...][...] hidden by binding⌉.

De Palencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌊PalenciaPalencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌋, veinte de hebrero MDXXXII año.

S(er)vidora de V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia doña Mencía de Colmenares ⌊Mencia de Colmenares Mencía de Colmenares ⌋