Socuéllamos is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha.

The abandoned town of Torre de Vejezate is located within Socuéllamos municipal term.

[3] In order to encourage settlement of the territory, privileges of exemption from taxes and tributes (except for the diezmo paid to Uclés) were granted to those who cultivated vineyards.

[4] By the turn of modernity, Socuéllamos enjoyed a scarcely productive yet extensive encomienda, whereas it was populated by religious and superstitious Old Christians,[5] with no presence of old Mudéjares.

[5] Possibly a paragon of the climate of intolerance, the inquisitorial coercion reached unheard-of levels during the 1580s, jailing at least 40 Granadan locals.