Names in the register
Esquivel
5 archival units in this register name Esquivel. That means a person of this name appears in the document — nothing more. Whether they are your ancestor, and whether they were Jewish or converso, is what the document itself has to answer.
| Reference | Archive | Date |
|---|---|---|
| ARCHV, Registro de Ejecutorias, caja 135, 27 | Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid | 1499 |
| ARCHV, Registro de Ejecutorias, caja 135, 31 | Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid | 1499 |
| ARCHV, Registro de Ejecutorias, caja 135, 35 | Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid | 1499 |
| ARCHV, Registro de Ejecutorias, caja 142, 22 | Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid | 1500 |
| ARCHV, Registro de Ejecutorias, caja 143, 5 | Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid | 1500 |
There is no official list of Sephardic surnames, and there never was. The commonest names in Portuguese Inquisition trials are Rodrigues, Lopes and Fernandes — a fact about Portuguese demography, not about Jewish descent. Why the surname is not the evidence.