Luis de Ayllón is another member of the Ayllón dynasty, perhaps the grandson of Rodrigo (1) on the basis of dates. All the known information about him results from Reynaud’s research in Toledo (reynaudPT). Romanillos and Harris summarise it as follows: “Luis de Ayllón was a violero in Toledo in 1555. In 1580 he occupied a house in Plaza de las Gallinas for which he paid a rent of 10,000 maravedies. On 31 October 1590, six days after the death of Luis de Ayllón, an inventory of the goods and chattels which had belonged to him was made by a clergyman in the presence of Luis de Ayllón’s widow, Gerónima Delgado [see Appendix No. 15]. In 1591 his widow took on the orphan Diego de Puerto Carreño, in order for him to be taught the craft of the violero.” (romanillos2002, 26). Romanillos also reproduces the post-mortem inventory as Appendix 15.
The surviving documents pertaining to Luis de Ayllón are these (all from reynaudPT, 401 unless otherwise stated):
• 1555.09.02 AHPT 1384, fol 102v. Debts
• 1565.11.24 AHPT 1704, fol 1094. Debts
• 1576.01.14 AHPT 1798, fol 92. Debts
• 1581.09.14 AHPT 1582, fol 1584 Debts
• 1590.10.25 date of death.
• 1590.10.31 inventory of his possessions [AHPT 2176, fol 1168]
• 1591.03.31 AHPT 2062, n.fol. His wife Gerónima Delgado takes on as an apprentice an orphan (niño depósito) Diego de Puerto Carrero from the Hospital de Santa Cruz in exchange for services. The contract specifies that Ayllón has to teach him “hasta que sepa a vista de los oficiales que dello sepan”
The post-mortem inventory of his belongings (reynaudPT, 407) includes five moulds for guitars alongside what Reynaud describes as a meagre collection of tools: three saws, a plane, a brush, two rasps, a sword point, two carving knives, utensils for preparing glue, a bellows for stoking the fire, sharpening stones, an iron for shaping ribs, a knife for cutting handles, a threading device and an ebony ruler. There were also two boxes containing tools that are unfortunately not itemised, except for three gouges, two large and one small. Similarly, the contents of Ayllón’s hose were also modest (reynaudPT, 415).