I, Sancho, by the grace of God King of Navarre, make this charter of donation and confirmation for the community of the Jews of Tudela, both those presently living there and those who shall live there in the future.

I do this willingly, freely and of my own accord because you have moved into the castle. I give and grant that castle to you so that you may possess it forever according to your chartered rights.

1. First, I release to you the houses that you possess in your former neighborhood. You may sell them to whomever you wish, give them away, retain them or otherwise dispose of them according to your own will.
2. I confirm for you the charter granted to the Jews of Nájera. You shall pay no lezda, or commercial toll, anywhere in my territory and you shall pay no regular tax, on the condition that you maintain the castle of Tudela, apart from its principal tower.
3. Concerning the oaths that you owe to Christians according to the customary form prescribed in the charter, the Jew shall answer ten times, “I swear,” and another ten times, “Amen.” This shall be considered sufficient.
4. If anyone attacks you in the castle and people are wounded or killed there, the Jews shall not be required to pay the customary homicide payment or suffer any other penalty. This shall apply whether the attack occurs by day or by night.
5. If a Christian has a complaint against a Jew, the Christian shall not presume to arrest that Jew. The Christian must first present the complaint to the official appointed by the king to govern the Jews. If that official does not provide justice to the Christian complainant, the Christian may then appeal to the king’s justice, who shall be a Christian. The royal justice may arrest the Jew and hold him in prison until he gives proper satisfaction to the complainant.
6. The king also gives the Jews a place to use as their cemetery. This land shall be available for Jewish burials.
7. A Muslim may not prove a case against a Jew unless the evidence includes both a Muslim and a Jewish witness. This follows the legal practice governing cases involving Christians, Muslims and Jews.
8. The bedin, the judicial officer of the Jewish community, shall not collect a fine from a Jew unless the offense is established by two Jewish witnesses. A penalty may therefore be imposed only following such testimony.
9. If any of the walls belonging to the castle’s principal enclosure should fall, the king shall have them repaired. The repair shall be undertaken in the same manner as the repair of the city walls.

This charter was issued at Tudela in the month of July, in the year 1208 of the Spanish Era, while King Sancho, by the grace of God, reigned in Navarre, Pamplona, Estella and Tudela, and while Peter was Bishop of Pamplona.

The sign of the king.

Sancho Ramírez governed in Sangüesa, Pedro Ruiz in Estella, García Bermúdez in Logroño, Rodrigo Martín in Marañón, Jimeno de Aibar in Roncal and Sarasaz, Íñigo Ortiz in Tafalla and Jimeno Almoravid in Peralta.

I, Pedro, at the command of my lord the king, wrote this charter and made this sign.