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Writ recognizing the petitioner, Fernando Padilla Dávila, a resident in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), as an hidalgo

1558, February, 8

Andalusian Archives

Andalusian Archives
Spain

Fernando Padilla Dávila, a town councillor in Jerez de la Frontera, started a lawsuit in 1557 in the Chancery of Granada, against Jerez City Council, that claimed him a tax on meat and fish. He requested to be declared an hidalgo (a member of the minor nobility) and therefore to be exempt from the payment. As the applicant was a wealthy man, the copy is richly decora .ted. Its forty-six parchment sheets, written on both sides, are protected by a leather binding. The whole document is written in ochre ink in Gothic redondilla, with golden initials in a blue or maroon square with white vegetable patterns. Gómara family

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  • Title: Writ recognizing the petitioner, Fernando Padilla Dávila, a resident in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), as an hidalgo
  • Date Created: 1558, February, 8
  • Location: Granada (Spain)
  • Physical Dimensions: 32 x 23 cm
  • Type: Graphic document
  • Medium: Parchment
  • Signature: ES.41188/1.1.03//5953.14
  • Origin: Archivo General de Andalucía
Andalusian Archives

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