Archivo Municipal de Mayorga
Item
Country
ES
Name of institution (English)
Municipal Archive of Mayorga
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
spa
Contact information: postal address
Plaza de España 1, 47680 Mayorga
Contact information: phone number
0034 983751003
Contact information: email
ayuntamiento@mayorga.gob.es
Reference number
ES.47084.AM/1
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Municipal Archive of Mayorga
Title (official language of the state)
Archivo Municipal de Mayorga
Language of title
spa
Creator / accumulator
Town Council of Mayorga
Date(s)
1257/2004
Language(s)
heb
lat
spa
Extent
59.75 linear metres
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The documentary fonds of the Municipal Archive of Mayorga contains documentation dated between the 13th and 20th centuries. This collection is based on the medieval documentation preserved in the archive. It contains documents related to the government of the town, such as the town council Minutes, account books, and lawsuits.
Concerning Jews, information is mainly preserved in the "Gobierno” (Government) section. In 1453, the Jews of Mayorga contributed to the works of the town’s wall. There are also data on the occupations of the Jews (silversmiths, shoemakers, tailors, and fur workers) and businesses such as the farming of local and regional taxes. Most of the taxes were appraised on basic products such as cloth, mud, stone, straw, firewood, salt and linseed. For example, Semuel Labança rented the rents of salt and linseed (1431) and straw and firewood (1436), products levied by the royal tax of “alcabala,” and he bid for the income of Valmadrigal and his party (1436).
Some Hebrew signatures are preserved in the documents.
Concerning Jews, information is mainly preserved in the "Gobierno” (Government) section. In 1453, the Jews of Mayorga contributed to the works of the town’s wall. There are also data on the occupations of the Jews (silversmiths, shoemakers, tailors, and fur workers) and businesses such as the farming of local and regional taxes. Most of the taxes were appraised on basic products such as cloth, mud, stone, straw, firewood, salt and linseed. For example, Semuel Labança rented the rents of salt and linseed (1431) and straw and firewood (1436), products levied by the royal tax of “alcabala,” and he bid for the income of Valmadrigal and his party (1436).
Some Hebrew signatures are preserved in the documents.
Archival history
The documentary fonds of the Municipal Archive of Mayorga was organized in 1999 under the “Programa Provincial de Organizacion de Archivos Municipales”. In 2006, its inventory was updated through the same program.
Administrative / Biographical history
Juan I granted the town of Mayorga with the title of count to Pedro Nuñez de Lara, then to Juan Alonso Tello de Meneses, and finally, to his second son, the infant Don Fernando. During the reign of Enrique III, in 1393, Don Fadrique, count of Benavente, occupied the town. Don Fernando de Antequera acquired it shortly after, and gave it to his sons, the Infants of Aragon. Juan II confiscated the villa from the Infants and gave it to Rodrigo Alonso Pimentel, Count of Benavente. During the War of Castilian Succession, the Portuguese conquered Mayorga in 1476. Once the Castilian army recovered it, the town returned to the dominion of the Count of Benavente.
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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).
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