Notification document of the Bailiff of the Court of Cervera concerning Samuel Cavaller(ia), a Jew from Cervera.

(SPAIN).

18th November

Cervera, Catalonia

1406

Spanish cursive manuscript on paper. Formerly in the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg.

In this Court Document, dated 1406, the bailiff at the Court of Cervera informs the bailiff of Montroigo he has made notification by service of summons to Samuel Cavaller(ia), the Jew from Cervera. The de la Cavalleria family were prominent in Aragon from the second half of the 13th century. Members lived in Saragossa, Barcelona, Villafranca and Lérida. During the 15th century, a family schism occurred after which many of its members adopted Catholicism. The privileges of those remaining faithful to Judaism were renewed by King Alfonso V in 1419. See EJ Vol. V, cols. 261-3.