Name
This example identifies it as an Auto de diligencia (see Diplomatic analysis – Reference (doc. 1)).
The corresponding English term is based on Castro, 2013, p. 528.
Specific bibliography
Unless otherwise stated, the following typological analysis is based on the diplomatic analysis of the documents chosen to exemplify this document type.
Definition
Document issued in the name of the monarch or a magistrate stating the questions and the answers given by someone, requesting information, or confirming statements given by the latter.
Author/producing institution
Notary or other scribe endowed with public faith for the drafting of documents on the orders of a magistrate (see Diplomatic analysis – Dispositio).
Recipient(s)
The analysed example has no recipient (see Diplomatic analysis – Inscriptio).
Processing
The analysed example of this document mentions that it was sent by the Corregedor da Comarca de Coimbra and sealed with the seal of the Provedoria da Comarca of Coimbra (see Diplomatic analysis – Validation).
Organization of documents of the same type/related documents
In the analysed case, when asked by the judge to testify about where a deceased was buried, the answer mentions a record of the lembranças das obrigações que a dita Igreja tinha aos defunctos, which was brought to the judge and copied (see Diplomatic analysis – Dispositio).