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The Archives of the Knights of Malta

Section 15, Proofs of Nobility

Part III, Proofs of Nobility of Spanish Knights and Conventual Chaplains

Spanish Langues of the Order

This section of the archive contains the Proofs of Nobility of 165 Spanish Knights and conventual chaplains of the Order of St. John, dating from the sixteenth through the eighteenth century. The proofs are not arranged in alphabetical or chronological order. If you are looking for a particular knight, click on the priory and use your browser's find in text function to search for the name:

The Castellany of Amposta (65 proofs)
The Priory of Catalonia (70)
The Priory of Navarre (3 proofs)
The Priory of Castile-León (1 proof)
Miscellaneous Spanish Conventual Chaplains (no priory listed) (26 proofs)

The microfilm collection consists of 13 reels of microfilm, containing the proofs of nobility of 165 Spanish knights and conventual chaplains. Each microfilm reel contains more than one proof of nobility. The proofs of nobility of knights from different priories are contained on the same reel of microfilm.  HMML Project Numbers are 5047-5213.   AOM Archival Numbers are 5047-5213.

The reels of microfilm are numbered as follows: