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Write-up:
There are 11 full colour illustrations, including an air view of
the Village
After the
dedicatory and a short introduction, the book divides
into 15 chapters.
Chapter I - Sandoval settlers before the Reconquest
Chapter II - Sandoval foundation and Sandoval's Lineage
Very interesting for all those eager to know about the theories
and
existing documented data on the origins of its family name Sandoval
from the very first moment of the beginning of the Reconquest in
Covadonga's Battle (711 A.D.), and the Lineage, and how it changes
from the original Salvadores to Sandoval, at the beginning
of the
2nd Millennium.
The genealogy enclosed in the book goes up to Don Diego Gómez
de Sandoval, Adelantado Mayor de Castilla (the first after the
King in Law Administration) in the XVth century, a few years before
the meeting of Both Worlds in 1492.
In this chapter, there's also the story of how the family name Rojas
joined the Sandoval one, and then they separated.
At the end, the paternal line disappeared and its possessions
spread out divided among several lines of the Sandoval family.
From now on, several family lines -not included in the book- largely
embody the Sandoval Lineage, both in Spain and in America, and
spread all over the World.
Chapter III - Sandoval place History, foundations and
donations
of its founders
The first document where the extension de la Reina (of the Queen)
for Sandoval (village) appears -it was firstly just Sandoval- is
quoted, among several other facts.
Chapter IV - Sandoval place Privileges given to their feudal
lords
and their inhabitants
From which the Lords of Sandoval benefited by 1350.
Chapter V - The behetrías (1),
villages and places where the Sandoval
Family were from, or heirs, or were protectors of their inhabitants, in
exchange for a rent in cereals or in money and in hens
(1) Behetría: Village whose inhabitants,
as absolute owners of it, were
able to chose as Lord the one they wanted.
Chapter VI - Taxes selling to Sandoval and the gang
Here Cirilo tells us under which circumstances, in the XVIIth century,
Sandoval loses and then achieves to partly retrieve their privileges on
the subject of taxes, between 1668 and 1714.
Chapter VII - Granting of the ancient privileges, directly to
the inhabi-
tants of Sandoval, by King Phillip V and the confirmation of the privi-
leges for ever and ever, and entitling Sandoval de la Reina as Villa
by King Ferdinand VI
This chapter includes, among other issues the short but delicious
telling of the awarding of the Title of Villa to Sandoval
de la Reina
and how the ceremony was carried out, in December 1758.
Villa: Town having some privileges that make it different from pueblos
and lugares.
Chapter VIII - The Ensenada's Book of the Official Register
(Cadastre - tax-aimed register) and the Main Book (accountancy)
of
the Neighbours of Sandoval
Tells the most significant questions and answers, out of forty, that
were made to the authorities of Sandoval to pick up the data for
the
La Ensenada Marquis' Book or the Official Register (Cadastre), in
1752.
It is interesting because these questions and answers give us
many
clues about how the agriculture was at that time, about the
stock-breeding too, and about some customs and facilities the village
had as, for instance, teacher, tavern of red wine, doctor or surgeon,
and, of course, about how taxes were shared out.
The Main Book of the Neighbours of Sandoval (Libro Mayor
de Per-
sonal) of 1752, gives a brief description of all neighbours of
Sandoval
and their number of children and people in charge and the marital
status.
This way, we know that Francisca Alonso is a widow of
sixty-six and
nevertheless the age she's a farmer with a team of oxen and a half, with
the surplus duty of having two children, one of them blind, or that Blas
de Castro is a blacksmith, or that Francisco Sancho is a
dealer in oil.
Of course, most of the neighbours are farmers, main economic activity
all along the history of Sandoval de la Reina until these days.
Chapter IX - Family life in Sandoval, and the priests
Here Cirilo, in addition of showing us some aspects of the daily
routine,
gives us his opinion on some negative aspects of customs those days,
not just from Sandoval but common for that period in Spain.
Chapter X - Parish church, accounts of fábrica (2)
and altars
(2) Accounts of fábrica were
rents and taxes, and funds it used to be
in the churches so that they could be repaired and to pay the expenses
of the worship.
Chapter XI - The French invasion
His version of the execution of Manuel Hortega Carpintero,
whose
sacrifice saved the village from being decimated, is a bit different
from that usually told in the village.
We asked Cirilo about his version, he confirms it and told us that
it was transmitted orally for generations within his family.
Chapter XII - The town council of Sandoval de la Reina
Chapter XIII - The desamortización (3)
During the XIXth and XXth centuries, Sandoval is in some
decline.
There's a loss of documents about its history.
(3) Desamortización: To
put on sale properties and possessions
unused or underused, through legal action.
Chapter XIV - The notarial deeds and law affairs
Several incidents and minor lawsuits show how problems and legal
actions among people and against the Public Administration and the
State have always existed.
Chapter XV - Sandoval de la Reina, its neighbours and deeds in
the
XXth century
In 1947, as a consequence of the lack of many things during the
postwar period, among them the lack of paper, the provincial governor
asks the town halls of the province of Burgos, for used and useless
paper to be sent, which caused the disappearing of a number of docu-
ments.
The book finishes with a short chronicle of the events along the last
sixty years.
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How
to contact the author - Address:
Cirilo García Pérez
Calle San Bruno 11 - 3ºB
09007 - Burgos
Spain
Phone number: +34 942 218474
e-mail: garcia_cirilo@hotmail.com
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ISBN: 84-607-0998-1
Author: García Pérez, Cirilo
Title: Sandoval de la Reina y sus fundadores
Sandoval de la
Reina. Sandoval family name
and the Sandoval 's Lineage
Language of
publication: Spanish
Edition: First ed., First printing
Published in: Burgos
By: García Pérez, Cirilo , 08/2000
Description: 176 p. : ill. colour. ; 24x17 cm
Binding: paperback
Prize: 12,02 euros
(pesetas: 2000)
(some 10,37 US$) (shipping not included)
Subject: History of Spain
CDU: 946.0
Last modified: 2000/23/10
Source: ISBN Spanish
Agency.
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