Social ranks from the customs of the tagalogs by fray

Social Ranks- from the Customs of the
Tagalogs by Fray Juan de Plasencia
Datos
Knights
Maharlica
Nobles
Alipin Namamahay
Commoners
Alipin Saguiguilir
Slave
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Datos
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Classed from where they came from,
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chief of barangay, captain of their
wars,
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Offender of him and his family was
severely punished
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Energetic, endure, protect his people
and do not order his people
Barangay Political and Social Structures

Social Ranks- from the Customs of the
Tagalogs by Fray Juan de Plasencia
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Maharlica
◦ Freeborn, pay no tax, accompanied
the dato in war at their own expense,
shared with the spoil of war, rower of
the chief, assist in other activities of
the chief, entitled to barangay land
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Recognition of children from another
social class to keep the rank of the
father.
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Not allowed to move from another
barangay without the fine
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Namamahay
◦ Married, server of the chief, with half
of cultivated land, own their house,
children enjoy their inheritance,
property and rank of their father and
cannot be sold nor taken into another
village
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Saguiguilir
◦ Serve their master in his house and
lands, if born in his master’s house,
he was rarely sold, motivated by his
share in the harvest.

Laws and Dowries- from the Customs of
the Tagalogs by Fray Juan de Plasencia
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Laws
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Rules of the dato or two datos or selection of an
arbiter known to be fair and just
◦ Punishment and death penalty:
1. Fines in the form of gold
2. Payment in the form slavery with food and clothing
provision
3. Man of law birth
4.
Witches
◦. Dowries
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Given by male to parents of the female,
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Equally shared by the children of the couple unless
the father favored his child
◦. Unmarried women owned no land and property
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In case of divorce
1. Wife to marry again, all will revert to the
husband
2. Wife to stay single, her dowry will be
returned to her
3. Husband left, he lost the other half
4. Husband with children left, whole dowry
and fine will go to the children with
grandparent or responsible kin protecting
the inheritance of the children
◦. In case of child betrothal, there is a
stipulated fine in case of violations

Worship- from the Customs of the
Tagalogs by Fray Juan de Plasencia
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No consecrated temples for worship
◦ The house of the Dato is the place of