New settlement charter of 1611 Historical milestone · Petrer, El Vinalopó Mitjà, Alicante Image of Petrer, not of the place itself. Petrer was a place of Morisco vassals of the count of Elda and was left almost empty by the expulsion of 1609. In 1611 the lord granted a charter of new settlement that fixed rents, shares of the crop and the distribution of the houses of the suburb among the Christian colonists. 1611 Photo: NeVic (a su vez es el usuario Rockger21 en Commons) (CC0) What to see and do in Petrer