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This surname had its solar house in Villanueva del Campo. Many lineages of this surname proved their nobility in the Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara, Montesa, (corporations born to fight against the Moors, cooperating with the Reconquest, and ensuring order, protecting pilgrims and the helpless), Carlos III and Saint John of Jerusalem (it is a military religious order founded in the 11th century); numerous times in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid and Granada, in the Royal Company of Marine Guards and in the Royal Audience of Oviedo. Those of Villanueva del Campo bring by arms: In gules, five palms, of gold, put in cross. Others bring: Cuartelado. First and fourth: In silver, a lion, rampant, of its color, and second and third. In gold, two bands, of gules. Others: Party. First: In azure, a fleur-de-lis, in gold, and second: In sinople, five panelas, from gules, placed on the border. The study of the family heraldic shield "speaks" to us of those who formed the origin of the P. family, because that was their function, that of manifesting their differential elements to others. The enamels of the P. weapon proclaim the following values: the Gules is the symbol of strength, power, fervent love for God and neighbor, such is the meaning of this enamel, to which we should add the desire of dominance, courage, audacity, strength and magnanimity, a high percentage of this type of family shield was given by acts of war.