[5] The hamlet was presumably founded and settled by the Order of Calatrava, who ruled in the Alcarria region from their stronghold in Zorita after the late 12th century.

[6] Pastrana was granted the privilege of villazgo ('township') in 1369, thereby asserting autonomy from Zorita.

[7] Parallel to the decline of Zorita, the council of Pastrana consolidated during the 15th century, thriving as a market place.

[8] The town was one of the main centers of the mystic alumbrados in the Kingdom of Toledo in the early 16th century.

[12] 18th- and 19th-century Pastrana underwent a period of stagnancy and decline, enduring a process of ramping ruralization.