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The Notarial Archives date back to the times of the Order of the Knights of St John. They were set up by Grand Master Lascaris in virtue of an instrument dated 10th July 1640. This instrument was registered in the Acts of the Order and is found in Manuscript number 469, ff 260-261, in the National Library of Malta. Notary Salvatore Ciantar was the first Archivist. The oldest volume preserved in the Archives is that of Notary Paolo Bonello which dates from 1465 to 1521.

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