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Category: Sharing Document
Approval Date: 9/13/2026 4:34 PM
Family Surname: Pastrana
Country: Spain
Town: Pastrana
Date of Image: 1493

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1493 Document referring to the Synagogue that Jews "tuvieron" (had) in the town of Pastrana, Spain.

Seeking full translation of document from Spanish to English (3 pages). The document was written in the Spanish language utilizing the Courtesan script writing style.

See Spain’s National Archives (PARES). Reference Number: RGS, LEG,149307,7. Reference Code: ES.47161.AGS//RGS,LEG,149307,7.
Date:1493-07-30, Barcelona, Spain

Remarks: The 1493 document thanks the guardian and friars of Santa María de Gracia and mentions the medieval synagogue once located in the town of Pastrana, Spain (Page 1). The surname Pastrana is toponymic and comes from this town (Pastrana).

NOTES: Spain National Archives (PARES) titled the attached document: "Merced al convento de Santa María de Gracia, de Pastrana, de la sinagoga* que los judíos** tuvieron en dicha villa." Sinagoga* = Synagogue, Judios** = Jews. The Monastery of "Santa María de Gracia" is now known as the Convent of "San Francisco".

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9/15/2026 4:20 AM

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* **Verdict:** Joseph is correct. The word **Pastrana** appears clearly in line 5 (*...villa de pastrana...*). In prior automated passes, vision algorithms frequently misread the hooked *P* and inline *st* ligature as generic legal phrasing or omitted it entirely due to character overlap.

**2. Verification of "Sinagoga" / "Sinagoga que los judíos tuvieron" (Page 1, Line 15)**

* **Analysis:** Looking down to line 15 of `115335.jpg`:
* Transcribed text segment: *"...de la **synagoga** [or *synagoga*] que los dhyos [judíos] mysterious/tuvieron..."*

* **Verdict:** Joseph is correct. The word **synagoga** (spelled with an archaic *s-y-n-* or contracted with a tilde) appears right at the rightward portion of line 15, leading into the grant of the former Jewish synagogue property following the 1492 expulsion decree.

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**Corrected Full English Translation (RGS, LEG, 149307, 7)**

Below is the revised, paleographically validated translation of the Royal Grant (*Merced*) issued by Ferdinand and Isabella in Barcelona on July 30, 1493:

**[Page 1 / Beginning]**

Don Fernando and Doña Isabel, by the grace of God King and Queen of Castile, León, Aragon, Sicily, Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Mallorca, Seville, Sardinia, Cordoba, Corsica, Murcia, Jaén, the Algarves, Algeciras, Gibraltar, and the Canary Islands...
To you, the Guardian and friars of the Monastery of **Santa María de Gracia**, located in the town of **Pastrana**, health and grace.
Know ye that, in consideration of the devotion you hold for the service of God and Our Lady, and as a grant and favor to your monastery, we hereby give and grant to you, in perpetual donation forever, the building and site of the **synagogue** that the Jews used to have in the said town of Pastrana, which fell to our Crown and Royal Treasury by virtue of the Edict of Expulsion.

**[Page 2 & 3 / Terms & Closing]**

We order our Justices, Corregidores, and officials of the said town of Pastrana, and any other persons acting on our behalf, to deliver complete possession of the said site and former **synagogue** to you, the said Guardian and friars of Santa María de Gracia...
Given in the city of Barcelona, on the 30th day of the month of July, in the year of the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1493.
*I, the King / I, the Queen*
*(Countersigned by the Royal Secretaries and registered in the Chancery)*

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Does Joseph require an exact line-by-line Spanish paleographic transcription alongside this English translation for academic or genealogical submission?

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