The Nobiliario of Pedro Conde de Barcelos names "D. Tel Perez de Meneses" as the child of "D. Pedro Bernaldo de S. Fagundo" and his wife "D. Maria Soarez de Maya". The identity of Tello´s father is uncertain. It is not certain that the Nobiliario is reliable in this case. According to Francisco Anton, "Alfonso Téllez pone sobre las armas de su abuelo Pedro Bernáldez de Sahagún, que son campo de oro liso, una cadena en banda, pieza ganada por Alfonso en las Navas de Tolosa". Salcedo states that the family was linked in documentation with the Castro and Osorio families and therefore "muchos autores creen que don Tello Pérez derivaba su apellido de Pedro Martínez que según Salazar y Castro era hermano de los Osorio y tío de los Castro". The Order of Calatrava donated property in Ocaña to "Tellus Petri" by charter dated 1181. "Facundus Anaiazo" sold vines at Villalmán to "domno Tello Petri et uxori uestre Guntroide Garcie" by charter dated 1182, the dating clause of which names "…Tello Petri dominante Ceiam…". According to Salcedo, his mother-in-law bequeathed Cea to Tello Pérez in 1168 when she entered the monastery of Gradefes. “Urraca Gutierrez...cum filiis meis...” sold “hereditate in Aradoi in villa...Fonte Aruan” to “Tellus Petriz et ad uxor tua Gontrodo Garciaz” by charter dated 17 Nov 1177. Alfonso VIII King of Castile granted "sex ville…Villanova et Menezes et Populatio et Sanctus Ciprianus et Villa Avia et Villaliberno" to "Tello Petri et cun uxore vestra domna Gontrodo" in exchange for "Malago" by charter dated 3 Jan 1181. "…Tellus Petri…" subscribed, for Alfonso VIII King of Castile, the charter dated 21 Mar 1181 which records a peace treaty between King Alfonso VIII and Fernando II King of León. King Alfonso VIII granted “terre...in alfoz de Ceia...inter Uillam Pecenin et Ceiam, in Triano et in Uilla Noua” to “Tello Petri et uxore uestre domne Gontrade et filiis et filiabus uestris” by charter dated 13 Nov 1181. "Facundus Anaiazo" sold vines at Villalmán to "domno Tello Petri et uxori uestre Guntroide Garcie" by charter dated 1182, the dating clause of which names "…Tello Petri dominante Ceiam…". King Alfonso VIII confirmed “molendina...in alfoz de Ceia iuxta Uillam Nouam in riuo...Ceia” to “domno Tello Petri et uxori uestre donne Gontrode et filiis uestris” by charter dated 3 Feb 1184. “Tellus Petriz et uxor mea Gontino Garsie...cum filiis nostris” donated “hereditates...in Trianis in villa Cresces et in Tordellos et in Sancto Nicholao et in Fresno” to Santa María de Trianos by charter dated 1185. “Tellus Petriz cum filiis meis” donated “hereditatem quam emimus de Caruagar...de Martino Petri et de uxore eius Maria Petri” to Santa María de Trianos by charter dated 25 Jun 1187, confirmed by “...Tellus Petri dominans Ceiam...”. "Dominus Tellius…cum filiis meis Alfonsus Tellii et Garsia Tellii et Taresia Tellii et Tellus Tellii et Suerus Tellii" freed their serf "Santia Alfonso" by charter dated 24 Nov 1195, the dating clause of which names "dominus Alfonsus Tellii Ceia et Graiar". “Tellus Petri cum assensu...filiorum meorum Aldefonsi Telli, Garsie Telli, Telli Telli, Suerii Telli, Taresie Telli” donated "ecclesias Uillenone Sancti Mancii" to Sahagún by charter dated 9 Jul 1195. "Domnus Tel Petri" founded a leper hospital at Villamartín near Carrión by charter dated 9 Dec 1196. “Dompnus Gonsaluus Roderici...cum uxore mea dompna Sancia Roderici” sold “terciam partem de...hereditate...fuit de Pelagio Cazurii in Aguilar” to “dompno Tello Petri” by charter dated 1197. "Dompno Tello Petri et…filiis uestris…Alfonso Telli et Tello Telli et Suerio Telli" exchanged property with Valladolid Santa María by charter dated 20 Jul 1197. "Tel Petriz…cum filiis meis A. Telliz et Tel Telliz et Suer Telliz" donated property in Cea at Molino de Orrio to the hospital of San Nicolás de Real Camino by charter dated 28 Feb 1198. “Domnus Tellus...cum filiis meis Alfonso Telli, Tello Telli, Suero Telli” donated "monasterio Sancti Mancii" to Sahagún by charter dated 17 Mar 1198. Alfonso VIII King of Castile exempted properties owned by "dompno Tello" in Villacresces at Grajal from duties by charter dated 8 May 1198. 1
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