[18] Exemption from the jurisdiction of the civil authority having been claimed by the military and religious orders of Santiago, Calatrava, and Alcántara, Philip IV, on April 1, 1635, gave jurisdiction over these orders to the audiencias.—Ibid., 96.
[19] Ibid., 5–10–1.
[20] Ibid., 2.
[21] According to the Recopilación, 5–13–1 (laws of October 20, 1545, February 13, 1620, and the Ordinance of Audiencias [1563]), the value of the peso was fixed at 450 maravedís.
[22] Recopilación, 2–15–88.
[23] Ibid., 5–12–20.
[24] Ibid., 5–12–29.
[25] Ibid., 5–10–3.
[26] Ibid., 5–13–8.
[27] Ibid., 4, 7.