Escritura de censo

Deed of a annuity of 200 pesos of 20-carat gold that Agustín Gómez de Salazar gave to Sergeant Agustín Lope de Junco, who undertook to pay the corresponding annual revenues, while pledging said amount in a house with a plot of land and a plow that he had near the church of San Benito. The grantor declared that this sum was left by his brother Juan Gómez de Salazar, who stipulated in his will that it be used to levy a rent whose revenues were to be used to light the lamp of the apostle Saint Francis Xavier, located in the church of the villa of Medellín.

Escritura de un censo de 200 pesos de oro de 20 quilates que Agustín Gómez de Salazar le entregó al sargento Agustín Lope de Junco, quien se comprometió a pagar el rédito anual correspondiente, a la vez que aseguró dicha cantidad en una casa con solar y arado que tenía cerca a la iglesia de San Benito. El otorgante declaró que esa suma fue dejada por su hermano Juan Gómez de Salazar, quien dispuso en su testamento que con ella se impusiera un censo cuyo rédito debía destinarse a alumbrar la lámpara del apóstol San Francisco Javier, situada en la iglesia de la villa de Medellín.

Extent: 2 paper folios.

Condition of original material: Regular. Some stains and tears in the margins.

Scribe(s): Manuel José de Espínola y Molina.

Original institution reference: Co.AHA/Escribanos_1723/f4r-5v.

Related places: Colombia, Medellín