Metadata: Municipal Archive of Villalon de Campos
Collection
- Country:
- Spain
- Holding institution:
- Archive of the Provincial Council of Valladolid
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archivo de la Diputación Provincial de Valladolid
- Postal address:
- Palacio de Pimentel. Calle Angustias 48. 47071 – Valladolid
- Phone number:
- +34 983 540 454
- Email:
- archivo@dip-valladolid.es
- Reference number:
- ES.47186.ADP
- Title:
- Municipal Archive of Villalon de Campos
- Title (official language):
- Archivo Municipal de Villalon de Campos
- Creator/accumulator:
- Town council of Villalon de Campos
- Date(s):
- 1249/2015
- Language:
- Spanish; Castilian
- Latin
- Extent:
- 158.88 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
The documentary fonds of the Municipal Archive of Villalon de Campos contains documentation dated mid-thirteenth to twentieth centuries. This collection is based on the medieval documentation preserved in the archive, namely documents related to the government of the town, such as the town council minutes, account books, lawsuits, and local citizenship notebooks.
Concerning Jews, the information is mainly contained in the "Cuadernos de Minutas de Avecindamiento" (Local Citizenship Notebooks) and in the "Actas del concejo” (Town Council Minutes). These series provide information concerning the Jews of Villalon, such as their professional occupations (weavers, shoemakers, silversmiths, and doctors), tax farming, etc.
Lawsuits: Dispute between Yuçaf Aben Yanto, tax-collector, and the town council of Villalon (1432).
”Cuadernos de Minutas de Avecindamiento” (Local Citizenship Notebooks): These contain information about Jews who resided in Villalon since 1473. The town council granted some of them tax privileges, such as Ysaque Rofos, who arrived in 1479 and was exempted from paying municipal tax charges for ten years. In other cases, it was necessary for new citizens to provide a guarantor. Some Hebrew signatures are preserved.
Town Council Minutes (1436-1487 and 1481-1499): It contains requests submitted by the Jewish Aljama of Villalon. For example, Rabbi Salamon Çalama requested from the town council a license to introduce kosher wine for Passover (1482). Local citizenship records are also kept within the minutes.
- Archival history:
- The documentary fonds of the Municipal Archive of Villalon de Campos was organized in 1990 by the “Programa Provincial de Organizacion de Archivos Municipales”. In 1999, it was transferred to the Archive of the Provincial Council of Valladolid.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- In 1294, Fernando IV granted that Villalon could have a weekly market, with new privileges. Juan II granted the town to the Count of Luna, who sold it to the Count of Benavente. The origins of the Villalon fairs date back to 1436. They were important not only for the town but also for the region. At the request of the Count of Benavente, in 1486, the Castile Monarchs granted the town the privilege of holding two annual fairs. In 1506, the Queen of Castile confirmed the celebration of the fairs in the town.
- Access points: locations:
- Castile
- Mayorga
- Spain
- Valladolid
- Villalón de Campos
- Access, restrictions:
- Free access regulated by the current legal environment on access to Spanish historical archives (law 16/1985 of Spanish Historical Patrimony).
- Finding aids:
- Data on the collection are also available at the website of the Spanish National Archives (PARES).
- Links to finding aids:
- https://pares.culturaydeporte.gob.es/inicio.html
- Yerusha Network member:
- Spanish National Research Council
- Author of the description:
- Marina Girona Berenguer; ILC, CSIC; March 2020
