municipal councils. Under jesus this title published several interesting Councils Aljaranda magazine. It reads: INTRODUCTION continue in these pages offer some examples of Proceedings of City Council of Tarifa. Cabildo
The word is nothing more than another meaning refers to the municipal governing body, also known by the name of Council of Justice and Regiment and received more often and get the name of neighborhood or City Hall.
The decisions of the governing body, for the record, knowledge and compliance were reflected in Acts, Chapter Acts calls or council, which we consider where it is kept as a treasure archive, because through them the researchers can reconstruct much of the essential facts of the history of each locality.
Once these details, for easy understanding of the text chapter, point out the historical context in which they are immersed.
THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
A state level, the texts are placed in the reign of Philip II, whose government is a true example of absolute monarchy. Blade
English attack on Cadiz in 1596. (File ALJARANDA)
His foreign policy moves around the concept of defense of the Catholic Faith, which leads him to pursue the traditional antagonism to Islam in the Mediterranean and to begin a new front of conflict in central Europe and especially in the Atlantic axis with a shock to the England of Queen Elizabeth Tudor.
The failure of the Armada carries some Stripping of the Atlantic coast Peninsular, which is brewed on the Corso Anglo since he came to destroy, in a great expedition, the city of Cadiz in 1596.
At a local level, Tarifa living a crucial moment in its history, behind a long quarrel with his master, the Marquis of Tarifa back influence of the Crown, ie directly under the Crown.
The city now joins the traditional Christian conception as a border defense of Islam, fear of attacks by the English marque now prowl the waters of the Strait, so the constant concern of the Council Fee for military affairs.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THE MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL
PROVISORES: Obispo.DEHESAS synonymous Realengo: rural properties belonging to the Crown. According to the privileges and exemptions granted to the city by the king, were considered Own the City, which operated well leased directly or return the payment or in kind or in census pecunio.COLLACIÓN: synonym parish, that is dependent on the territorial space of a parish church. Collación also has the meaning of neighborhood and were also utilized as a municipal administrative division, especially for tax purposes and recruitment and mobilization militar.ORDENANZAS: A set of rules and laws by which they had to govern municipalities. Rate Ordinances Manor had about given by the Marquis of Tarifa in 1549, breaking the marquis and his return to the real dependence lead to the development of new standards of government to govern local life.
For a more clear definition of terms relating to municipal government positions, we preferred to make a succinct explanation of his organization throughout the Middle Ages.
The Justice Councils, or City Hall Regiment were composed as follows: "An unknown number of aldermen, direct antecedents of our current council members. Rulers charges had been subject to election, but since the late Middle Ages there was a tendency to occupy either by purchase or by encroachment of the aristocracies of local gentry, who also converted to offices for life and hereditary. In the specific case of Tarifa, were taken over by the descendants of the knights who came to repopulate. But the set of aldermen was not homogeneous, Head of the Ruler was a Dean, the most seniority, who sometimes acted as spokesman for the group .- There were also aldermen who had a greater say in Council decisions, perhaps by virtue of their lineage or their economic power, that is occupying a prominent place and were known as aldermen of Preeminence .- together with the council, we sometimes are reflected the names of other offices and municipal offices, in the case of the jurors, who were acting as representatives and defenders of the popular element to some councils aristocratizados for lifetime and hereditary occupation of the offices of Councillor for the gentry. However, we must comment that since the late sixteenth century, when drafting of these councils, offices of Jurors also were subject to this process .- On top of everything and everyone was the figure of the magistrate, representative in the administrative life of the city of royal power. It should be clear that at present the western European monarchs tried to control every lever of power in an ideological-political tendency is called absolute monarchy. The institution of Corregidor served to channel the regional intervention in municipal life, displaying a lot of political activity, judicial and military. Controlled and dominated the decision to preside. It was the highest judicial authority of the municipality, who ran in all its Real Justice territory. Finally, in the cities of special military importance was the highest military authority, which stated in its Terms of Captain of War, which involved being a member of the royal armies. The magistrates who held the latter military competition magistrates were called "Cloak and Sword" and for the most part, very absorbent due to their military activities, delegated his judicial powers in a letter I received Lieutenant Corregidor also register MAYOR .- Finally, we note that the resolutions of the Council were reflected in the minutes for a clerk who acted as notary, antecedents of the current Secretaries-General.
The contribution of these councils is the work of Jesus Gil and Manuel Teran Liaño Rivera, who's been collected from various sources hitoriográficas and private archives.
The introduction and commentary of terms is the work of Francisco Javier Criado Atalaya.
CABILDO OF AUGUST 17, 1597
The question of transfer to Cadiz Santa Maria Bell
panoramic view of the main facade of the Church of Santa Maria (Photo M . Red) This Cabildo
tried not to pamper the vicar of Cadiz, take the Santa Maria Bell said City. Such as "has attempted and aims, which has since been questioned given orders for seats and seats that the city has in the Church of San Mateo, in the Capilla Mayor, be removed under penalty of excomunicón. The Council has notified most of the Rulers and why should you go to remedy this, being as old as the seats and everywhere the Council has the most preeminent of all, you remember and send you follow the the business and become more diligent appeals to agree to what end and closed cases and make the proceedings as are appropriate licensed Messrs. Andrés González de Ávila, Regidor García Serrano and Alonso who gave and gave as much power is required and must become necessary to their issues and dependencies and free and spontaneous management and sufficient power to power and replaced the commission in which it proves who gave to all the above and making the above court proceedings may be agreed and gave them power and how and relevance in accordance with law.
It was agreed that persists because the defense of the Bell of St. Mary, which aims to be the vicar of the city, was commissioned to Messrs. Morales and Juan Andres Sierra Yañez Juan Hinojosa, Rulers, remembers and orders that all the costs that in these defenses is done and the seats as the bells or the cost penalties that may prove to be and must be on behalf of this City to pay the above is any particular condemnation or who were even from their own revenues and agreed to defend it. "
In the same council agreed to" go to Madrid Juan Andres Morales to work the 4000 census to take account pesos to the meadows of the Rock and Valle, pastures that are real. "
panoramic view of the main facade of the Church of Santa Maria (Photo M . Red) This Cabildo
tried not to pamper the vicar of Cadiz, take the Santa Maria Bell said City. Such as "has attempted and aims, which has since been questioned given orders for seats and seats that the city has in the Church of San Mateo, in the Capilla Mayor, be removed under penalty of excomunicón. The Council has notified most of the Rulers and why should you go to remedy this, being as old as the seats and everywhere the Council has the most preeminent of all, you remember and send you follow the the business and become more diligent appeals to agree to what end and closed cases and make the proceedings as are appropriate licensed Messrs. Andrés González de Ávila, Regidor García Serrano and Alonso who gave and gave as much power is required and must become necessary to their issues and dependencies and free and spontaneous management and sufficient power to power and replaced the commission in which it proves who gave to all the above and making the above court proceedings may be agreed and gave them power and how and relevance in accordance with law.
It was agreed that persists because the defense of the Bell of St. Mary, which aims to be the vicar of the city, was commissioned to Messrs. Morales and Juan Andres Sierra Yañez Juan Hinojosa, Rulers, remembers and orders that all the costs that in these defenses is done and the seats as the bells or the cost penalties that may prove to be and must be on behalf of this City to pay the above is any particular condemnation or who were even from their own revenues and agreed to defend it. "
In the same council agreed to" go to Madrid Juan Andres Morales to work the 4000 census to take account pesos to the meadows of the Rock and Valle, pastures that are real. "
CABILDO OF AUGUST 19, 1597
The question appointment of captains of war in
Rate This council it was the English enemy entrance in the city of Cadiz last year from 1596 and "that it was in City defense and his people put in order and discipline and attend state occasions, offered mainly in times of great danger and to guard and defend this city to counter the enemy will come upon it, were appointed captains Residents of the said City.
From San Mateo collación Captain Juan Andres de Morales, Regidor, and collaciones of Santa Maria and Santiago Francisco de Mendoza Piña, which around the time that has passed, have exercised and exercise all the neighbors of this City and in shooting with muskets as to keep the order in which people have been getting better than before because now it was and is in need of approval and approved the Captains and such appointments are named and also appointed as Captain of the people of San Francisco collación of this City of Sierra Yañez Juan Hinojosa, Regidor, so each one with the people of his collación be exercising in the Militia things and come to where he was ordered by Captain Francisco de Benavides, Corregidor and Captain of War of this city to ask and beg for His Majesty to the said offices with more observance and respect for their captains, come with more frequently to things that concern them and belong to supply and revalidation approve the appointments of Captains, with offices also in SM and are given their titles and provisions for it, His Majesty is well served and this city well defended and saved and therefore write to ask SM to supply decree. "
Rate This council it was the English enemy entrance in the city of Cadiz last year from 1596 and "that it was in City defense and his people put in order and discipline and attend state occasions, offered mainly in times of great danger and to guard and defend this city to counter the enemy will come upon it, were appointed captains Residents of the said City.
From San Mateo collación Captain Juan Andres de Morales, Regidor, and collaciones of Santa Maria and Santiago Francisco de Mendoza Piña, which around the time that has passed, have exercised and exercise all the neighbors of this City and in shooting with muskets as to keep the order in which people have been getting better than before because now it was and is in need of approval and approved the Captains and such appointments are named and also appointed as Captain of the people of San Francisco collación of this City of Sierra Yañez Juan Hinojosa, Regidor, so each one with the people of his collación be exercising in the Militia things and come to where he was ordered by Captain Francisco de Benavides, Corregidor and Captain of War of this city to ask and beg for His Majesty to the said offices with more observance and respect for their captains, come with more frequently to things that concern them and belong to supply and revalidation approve the appointments of Captains, with offices also in SM and are given their titles and provisions for it, His Majesty is well served and this city well defended and saved and therefore write to ask SM to supply decree. "
CHAPTER OF SEPTEMBER 25, 1597
This council was discussed among many things of the Dehesa de Cotos , Table and Quebrantanichos , which at the time were appropriate.
was in 1598 Dehesa Own Table And they made their annual rent is 1500 100 ducats or real. It also reflects that the bushel of wheat then worth 30 reais.
Books Councils for HE. Ayntamiento. (Photo M. Rojas)
This council also discussed and agreed "that as other councils are errands, make orders with which this city is governed and rule and this has not taken effect, are sent these Ordinances are made. And the Lord Corregidor with four aldermen, the oldest of the Cabildo, which are the Lords Francisco de Mendoza, Antonio de Hinojosa, Juan Gallegos and Pedro Alonso Bermúdez Pedroso, with four other citizens who are Juan Andres de Morales, Juan Daza Trujillo, Lazarus and Francisco Cantero Hinojosa Sierra Yáñez, that all come together and be doing these Ordinances and as the were doing may see and be approved in Council ".