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(SPAIN). (Manuscript). Notification Document of the Bailiff of the Court of Cervera concerning Samuel Cavaller(ia), a Jew from Cervera. Spanish cursive manuscript on paper.  Single leaf. Trace marginal worming. Framed. Horizontal 4to. Formerly in the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg (framed by him and with his notes). English translation accompanies the lot. Cervera, Catalonia, 18th November, 1406. 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. Cervera is the capital of the comarca of Segarra, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia. 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.