The Cadastre of the Marquis de la Ensenada included numerous socio-economic aspects of the individuals of the Crown of Castile. The document presented corresponds to the declaration of the nobleman Fernando Antonio Montoya. Fernando was ordinary mayor of the town of Villarrobledo. In 1753 he was 38 years old, while his wife was 47. His children were 17, 14 and 6 years old. His well-to-do position in the estates led him to have multiple servants in his service. Each servant is described according to his age and marital status. The maids stand out for being orphans, unmarried and varying in age from 40 to 22 years old; the same personal situation had the servant of his own service, Antonio Ruiz, aged 16, all three being completely dependent on the master. However, the servants specialising in farm work were all male and ranged in age from 15 to 50, with a total of 2 labour servants and 9 shepherds. Some of them, such as Felipe de Mora or Antonio Fraile were not residents of Villarrobledo, being counted as residents of Minaya, a few kilometres from the master’s town. For all these reasons, the declaration reflects the sexual roles associated with each gender (maids for the home and servants for field work), age and geographical location.

Collection: Texts

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Resource type: Historical source

Format: Unknown

Source: Archivo Histórico Provincial de Albacete, Secc. Catastro del Marqués de la Ensenada, Libro de Familias y Vecindario 214.

Language: Spanish

Date: 1753

Owner: Francisco García González (Modernalia)

Copyright: © Seminario de Historia Social de la Población © Archivo Histórico Provincial de Albacete

Abstract: Dependent status of several servants working for the same master

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