Fernando de los Rios Coronel
(To be concluded)
[1] The viceroy of Nueva España at this time was Diego Fernandez de Córdoba, marqués de Guadalcázar. He began his term October 28, 1612, and in 1621 was appointed viceroy of Peru.
[2] The lacuna at this point—sections 10 to 14 inclusive—with some duplications and other peculiarities in numbering, are precisely as in the original document.
[3] See the letter written to the king by Fajardo, August 10, 1619, ante. where this same abuse is mentioned.
[4] See the royal decree following this document, which was probably issued in consequence of this section of Los Rios’s letter, and which will appear in Vol. XIX.
[5] See the various letters relating to the controversy between the calced and discalced religious of the Order of St. Francis, in Vol. XX of this series.
[6] An early law of Recopilación de leyes (lib. v, tit. viii, ley xxix) thus rules the taking of fees: “In the Filipinas Islands all the notaries and officials entitled to them shall collect their fees, according to, and in the quantity provided and ordained for our Audiencia of Méjico, so far as it shall not have been altered by the laws of this book.” [Felipe II; Toledo, May 25, 1596, ordinance 61.]
[7] The residencia of the governor was later ordered to be taken in accordance with the following law, found in Recopilación de leyes, lib. v, tit. xv, ley v: “The governor and captain-general of the Filipinas appointed by us, shall, as soon as he enters upon the exercise of his duties, take the residencia of his proprietary predecessor, or his predecessor ad interim, even should he not hold our special commission. But shall he have been so entrusted by us, he shall proceed by virtue of it, in accordance with law. In either case, he shall send a report of the residencia to the Council, as is usual.” [Felipe IV; Madrid, December 4, 1630.]