In 1449, feelings rose against "conversos", breaking out in a riot at Toledo. Instigated by two canons, Juan Alfonso and Pedro Lopez Galvez, the mob plundered and burned the houses of Alonso Cota, a wealthy "converso" and tax-farmer. They also attacked the residences of wealthy New Christians in the quarter of la Magdelena. Under Juan de la Cibdad, the "conversos" opposed the mob, but were repulsed. They were executed with their leader. As a result, several prominent "converso" men were deposed from office, in obedience to a new statute.