30 a. Community Archives - Military Quarters (1694-1799 - envelope)

Paper, various dimensions, quinternions

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Folder containing numerous quinternions concerning the contribution provided by the community of Vignola to military quarters resulting from the grouping of several sources of documentation on the subject. It includes another part of the quinternions listed in the Inventario generale under bundle 1 "Various requisitions for the billeting of foreign troops", namely numbers 8-12, 16, 18-20, 22, 24-25 and 28, as well as three further registers and a quinternion listed respectively at n. 2/42 ("Ledger for expenditure for supplies in the years '93, 94, 95 and 96"), at n. 17 ("Resolution Book for contributions from 1703 to 1706"), at n. 18 ("Resolutions for the war from 1742 to 1746") and at n. 52/13 ("Deed of 30th January 1736 of notary Emiliani on the statement of administration received from the community of Vignola for foreign troops stationed in these most Serene States in 1734, 35"). Unfortunately it has been impossible to identify with certainty the origin of part of the material.

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31. Marquisate Archives - Governors' Correspondence - Marquises' letters (1597-1616 - envelope)

Paper, various dimensions, leaves [590], loose leaves

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Contains: letters of Giacomo Boncompagni to Anteo Claudi (1597-1599), to Griffone Ruggieri (1599), to Giovanni Benedetto Venturelli (1608), to Giovanni Maria Oldroandi (1612); letters of Gregorio Boncompagni to Gian Maria Oldroandi (1612-1613) and to Scipion Borni (1613-1616).
They deal with the instructions of the marquises, or their officials, concerning the economic and judicial administration of the marquisate, in which among other issues discussed are military affairs, appointments and the work of the podestà, relations with the Jews present in the marquisate, the granting and renewal of leaseholds, some border disputes (with Bologna and the Rangoni family), the relations with the administration of the Duchy of Este, relations with the communities, the exploitation of mineral oil wells, the management of fairs and markets. Correspondence for the years 1600-1607 and 1609-1611 is completely missing.
Worthy of particular note the letters in which the following subjects are dealt with: the announcement by Marquis Gregorio of the death of his father Giacomo which occurred after a long infirmity (August 22 1612); a series of letters regarding events connected to the war in Garfagnana (June-December 1613); interest for the purchase of the marquisate of Guiglia (November 30 1612; February 4 and 19 1613); negotiations for the purchase of Marano (29 November and 29 December 1613; January 28 1614); request for a copy of the translation from Latin into the vernacular of the Statutes of Monfestino, which the men of the podesteria had previously obtained in order to be able to review, extend and translate, and the ban on printing them with the express order of the marquis (January 31 1616); works on renovating the citadel (April 7 and September 5 1616).

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31 a. Marquisate Archives - Governors' Correspondence - Marquises' letters (1616-1628 - envelope)

Paper, various dimensions, leaves [654], loose leaves

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Contains: letters of Gregorio Boncompagni to Agostino Brini (1616-1618), to Giovanni Pietro Olevani (1620-1621), to Count Francesco Maria Sassatelli (1623-1628); letters of Eleonora Zapata Boncompagni and Cardinal Boncompagni (regents for Marquis Giacomo) to Count Francesco Maria Sassatelli (1628).
They deal with instructions of the marquises concerning the economic and juridical administration of the marquisate, in which among other issues discussed are military affairs, appointments and the work of the podestà, relations with the Jews present in the marquisate, the opinions of the governors and podestà, works for protection against flooding of the Panaro, relations with the administration of the Duchy of Este, relations with the communities, the exploitation of mineral oil wells, some disputes with the Rangoni family, the management of fairs and markets, the question of the juspatronage of Vignola church. Correspondence for the years 1619, 1622, 1625 and 1627 are completely missing.
Worthy of particular note the letters in which the following subjects are dealt with: proposal to set up a Pawn Shop at Vignola (February 2, August 25, September 19 and 24, November 6 1617; May 8 1620); the building of a new slaughter house (January 8, February 10, March 18 and June 19 1617); series of letters regarding the plan to build the monastery of the Reformed Clog-wearing Fathers and extensions to Vignola's urban structure (February-August 1617), proposal to set up a wheat store in Monfestino (May 8, June 28 and December 1 1620); licences granted by Duke Cesare d'Este to Simon Borgo and Donato Donati, Jews. for the introduction of buckwheat into the Duchy of Modena (April 17 1621); a series of letters regarding negotiations for the claimed succession of the Duke of Sora to the fiefs of Torrechiara and Felino in the Duchy of Parma following the death of his uncle Carlo Sforza (June 1626 – November 1628); a series of letters on the new tender for rags and on the proposal of setting up a new paper works in the marquisate (January – March 1628); the announcement by Eleonora Zapata Boncompagni, Duchess of Sora, of the death of her consort, who leaves the heir under the guardianship of his wife and his brother the cardinal (October 17 1628); proposal and successive abandonment of drawing up specific statutes for the community of Vignola and the podesteria of Savignano (October 31 and December 19 1628).

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31 b. Marquisate Archives - Governors' Correspondence - Other correspondence (1551-1688 - envelope)

Paper. various dimensions, leaves [431], loose leaves

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Contains: Bazzani papers (1551–1601); letters of other writers to governors (1580–1688); letters of Francesco Sabellico, Duke of Sora's auditor, to the governor Giovanni Benedetto Venturelli (1608); letters of various writers to Luigi De Rosis (1638–1640). N.B: the folder also contains a file containing 12 seals that have fallen off letters and which were not re-attached during the restoration.
Miscellaneous material in which as well as various correspondence of an administrative nature there are several documents of the Contrari period, as well as private letters sent to the governors. The Bazzani papers include letters of the administrators of the Contrari house to their stewards, particularly important for news regarding crops, agricultural production and trade; of considerable interest are the letters referring to the transition period of the rule of Contrari and Boncompagni (1575–1578) and those regarding the Pepoli lawsuit concerning the alodial property claimed by Laura Contrari, sister of Ercole, may be substantially recognized as belonging to three goups: letters of Silvestro Ognibene and Gabrielo Penavara to Captain Giovanni Ludovico Bazzani the Contrari counts' land agent (1551–1555), letters of Gabrielo Penavara to Giovanni Bazzani, Count Ercole Contrari's land agent (1567–1570), letters of various writers to Giovanni and Ercole Bazzani (dean of Vignola), among which there are numerous letters of the Marquis Giacomo Boncompagni (1571 – 1601).
As a whole perhaps they can be identified with the "black canvas bag with various instruments and letters of the late Colonel Giovanni Bazzani" mentioned in the inventory of July 31 1609 (folder). The letters of various writers to the governors – some by members of the Rangoni family, feudal vassals bordering the marquisate – mainly deal with questions of an administrative or juridical nature; the bundle also includes some letters and drafts of the governors themselves. The Sabellico-Venturelli correspondence regard mostly the administration of justice in the marquisate, the request for and transmission of pardons, petitions and warrants (in the letters dating back to the beginning of 1608 there is interesting news of the marriage of Gregorio Boncompagni to Eleonora Zapata). Concerning the letters of Luigi De Rosis, governor of the marquisate of Vignola between 1641 and 1642, they are personal letters, some in Spanish, and do not regard the administration of the fief and date from a period previous to his arrival at Vignola.

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32. Marquisate Archives - Governors' Correspondence - Marquises' letters (1730-1753 - envelope)

Paper, various dimensions, leaves [647], loose leaves

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Contains: letters of Antonio Boncompagni Ludovisi to Gaspare Ettore Clavari (1730-1731); letters of Gaetano Boncompagni Ludovisi to Gaspare Ettore Clavari (1731-1733), to Jacopo Conti (1734), to Giuseppe Marconi (1739), to Filippo Farri (1747) and to Alessandro Brancaleoni (1748-1753).
They deal with instructions of the marquises, or their officials, concerning the economic and judicial administration of the marquisate, in which among other issues discussed are military affairs, appointments and the work of the podestà, relations with the Jews present in the marquisate, the granting and renewal of leaseholds, works for protection against flooding of the Panaro, some border disputes (with Bologna and other feudal vassals), the relations with the administration of the Duchy of Este, relations with the communities, the exploitation of mineral oil wells, the regulation of hunting and the management of excise and duties. The years 1735-1738 and 1740-1746) are completely missing.
Worthy of particular note the letters in which the following subjects are dealt with: a series of letters regarding the rebuilding of the castle walls (June – November 1730); the announcement by the Marquis Gaetano of the death of his father Antonio (January 21 1731); the balloting of the syndics of the community of Vignola (November 13, December 11 and 17 1731 and January 26 1732); a series of letters regarding the building of via Vandelli in the Gorzano area and the border dispute with the Marquises Rangoni (October 1749 – December 1751); a series of letters regarding the abolition of duties at Monfestino on goods transiting along via Vandelli (December 1749 – June 1750; September - December 1751; May 12 and September 8 1753); a series of letters regarding the damage caused by the River Panaro, the various surveys requested – including one by the mathematician Chiesa – the defence works carried out in the Basse zone (June 1750 – August 1753); a series of letters regarding the dispute with the Marquises Rangoni concerning the Brodano mill (July 1752 – September 1753).

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