Tag: Columbus
Siete Partidas, Spanish Notary Laws, 1265 The legal code known as the Siete Partidas (Seven Divisions of Law) was compiled in 1265 by jurists under the direction of Don …
Timbuktu, Mali Manuscripts, Libraries 1300 AD Timbuktu (French: Tombouctou), Mali, was founded as a seasonal camp by Tuareg desert nomads in the 9th century during the dominance of the …
Hernan Cortes, Notaries, Aztec Mexico, 1519 Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico in 1519. Cortés was born in …
Colorado Certificate of Notary Record Colorado law authorizes a notary to make a certified copy or a certificate of notary record. CRS 12-55-110 Powers and limitations. (1) Every notary public …
Notary History Timeline Our Colorado Notary Blog includes a growing collection and reference library of articles on the history of writing, seals, scribes, and notary history. Many of our …
Notary with Conquistador Oñate, New Mexico 1598 On April 30, 1598, near present-day El Paso, Texas, Conquistador Juan de Oñate claimed all the land north of the Rio Grande …
Notary with Christopher Columbus 1492 On October 12th, 1492, Rodrigo de Escobedo of Segovia was the first notary in North America. He sailed on the flagship Santa Maria, as …
La Salle Expedition, Louisiana Territory, 1682 Jacques de La Metairie was a royal notary at Fort Frontenac, New France, (now Kingston, Ontario) acting under a royal commission, granted in …
Roman Law Influence on Notaries, Tiro 50 BC Roman Law affects civil law notaries in many countries. In ancient Rome, Marcus Tullius Tiro (103 BC-4 BC), initially a slave …
Aspinwall Notarial Records, Boston, 1644-1651 On November 13, 1644, William Aspinwall was appointed by the General Court as the first notary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Aspinwall Notarial …
Notary Public Day, November 7th The date of November 7th was chosen as Notary Public Day in recognition of the day that America’s first notary, Thomas Fugill, was appointed, …