Surnames
Aguilo, Balearic, Bonnin, Chueta, Cortes, Fortesa, Fuster, Majorca, Mallorca, Marti, Miro, Pico, Pina, Pomar, Segura, Tarongi, Valenti, Vallerida, Valls, Xueta, Xuetes
Background
If your paternal ancestors were from Palma de Mallorca and your ancestral surname is one of the following, you may be a descendant of the Xuetes (Chuetas): Aguilo, Bonnin, Cortes, Fortesa, Fuster, Marti, Miro, Pico, Pinya/Pina, Pomar, Segura, Tarongi, Valenti, Valleriola, and Valls.
In 1691, the Inquisition, in three
autos de fe, condemned 73 people, of whom 45 were turned over to the civil authorities to be burnt, 5 burnt in effigy; 3 already deceased had their bones burned, 37 were effectively punished; of these, three — Rafel Valls and the brothers Rafel Benet and Caterina Tarongí — were burned alive. 30,000 people attended.
The sentences dictated by the Inquisition included other penalties that were to be maintained for at least two generations: those in the household of the condemned, as well as their children and grandchildren, could not hold public offices, be ordained as priests, marry persons other than Xuetes, carry jewelry or ride a horse. These last two penalties do not appear to have been carried out, although the others continued in effect by the force of custom, beyond the two generations stipulated.
More information about the Xuetas can be found at https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Chueta
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