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A COLLECTION Of original depositions, reports, and replies to interrogatories, taken for the most part on oath before Joan de Ovando, Inquisitor of the Council of the Holy and General Inquisition, holding a Royal Commission to visit the Council of the Spanish Indies and to obtain evidence respecting the sufferings of the natives, their spiritual and temporal condition, the causes of their misfortunes and the means suggested for the reformation of abuses in the government of the country; 1567-1568. Holograph or signed by the respective deponents, and certified with the countersignature of Joan de Ledesma, Secretary to the Commission. With a few letters interspersed. Spanish. The contents are:-

1. Depositions by the Licentiate Muñatones, member of the Royal council and chamber, respecting the government and condition of the States of Peru, etc.; Madrid, 18 Aug. 1567. Signed. f. 1.

2. Depositions by the Licentiate Salazar de Villa Sante, of Madrid, Oidor of Lima and of S. Francisco del Quito in Peru, respecting the government of the Indies; Madrid, 23 Aug. [for June] 1567. Hologr. f. 21.

3. Supplementary depositions by the, same; Madrid, 23 June, 1568. Hologr. With minutes of his examination before the Licentiate Joan de Ovando; same date. f. 29.

4. Letter from the Licentiate Salazar to -; 5 Dec. [15]64- Hologr. Apparently an enclosure in artt. 2, 3. f. 45.

5. Letter from Doctor Çorita to [J. de Ovando?]; Granada, 16 Aug. 1567. Hologr. f. 48.

6. Depositions by the Licentiate Alferez, Relator in the Royal Audiencia of Granada, respecting New Spain, Peru, etc.; [24 Aug. 1567]. Hologr. f. 49.

7. Depositions by Alonso del Rincon, native of the town of Campo de Criptana [in New Castile]; Madrid, 25 Aug. 1567. Hologr. f. 50.

8. Memorial of Bartolomé Vazquez, of Santa Fé do Veragua, concerning his brother Alonso Vazquez, Governor of the Province of Veragua, etc. ; 1564. With endorsement 'by Alonso de Rincon, showing that it was put in by him to support his depositions. f. 52.

9. Depositions by the Licentiate Christoval Ramirez de Cartagena, Fiscal of the Royal Audiencia of Quito in Peru, respecting the spiritital and temporal government of the Indies, the Incas, etc.; Madrid, 24 July, 1567. Signed. f. 53. With minutes of his examination before J. de Ovando, Madrid, 14 Dec. 1568. f. 161 b.

10. Depositions by Captain Antonio Gomez de a Costa, al. da Costa, of the City of Santa Fé del Nuevo Reyno de Granada, respecting practices there to the prejudice of the Government; Madrid, 28 Aug. 1567. Hologr. f. 176.

11. Depositions by Bartolomé Vazquez, of the City of Santa Fé de Veragua; 28 Aug. 1567. Hologr. f. 178.

12. Depositions by the Licentiate Barrio Nuevo de Peralta of Madrid; Madrid, 10 Sept. 1567. Hologr. f. 180.

13. Articles proposed by [Don Ailtonio Vaca de Castro] for the regulation of the church, the religious instruction of the natives of Peru, etc.; [11 Sept. 1567]. Corrected draft, without date or signature. f. 182.

14. Depositions by Don Diego de Santillan of Madrid, Governor of the island of Cuba; Madrid, 1 Aug. 1567. Hologr. f. 190. With minutes of his examination before J. de Ovando.

15. Report by the Licentiate Ayala de Spinosa, Prebendary of the Church of Mexico, conerning the government of New Spain ; 23 Dec. 1567. Hologr. f. 194. With memorandum (f. 203 b) of

its delivery to the Commission.

16. Second Report by the same, addressed to the king [Philip II.]; [3 Feb. 1568]. f. 204. With memorandum (f. 215 b) of its delivery to the Commission, and minutes of his examination before J de Ovando, Madrid, 11 Feb. 1568.

17. Third Report by the same, followed by minutes of his examination; Madrid, 22 Apr. 1568. f. 218.

18. Fourth Report by the same, being a memorandum of persons competent to give evidence in support of the foregoing statements concerning the affairs of New Spain; same date. f. 220.

19. Report by Garcia Fernandez de Torrequemada, of Burgos, respecting the government of Peru; Madrid, 12 Dec. 1567. Copy. with holograph attestation at the end. f. 221.

20. Report by Doctor Francisco de Adame, native of the town of Villa Nueva de La Serena, Dean of the Cathedral of the New Kingdom of Granada, relating to the spiritual condition of the natives, etc. f. 239. With minutes of the examination, Madrid, 28 Dec. 1568. Hologr. f. 249 b.

21. Report concerning tho spiritual and temporal reformation of the Indies, by Fray Francisco de Morales, of the Order of St. Francis, " persona tan antigua en aquellas partes y de tan larga esperiencia," resident in Peru for twenty-one years, three as Provincial and six as Custodio of the Order, and acquainted with the languages of the Indians and the Inca; Madrid, 2 Jan. 1568. Partly autogr. f. 252. With memorandum of its delivery to the Commission. f. 266.

22. Letter from Pedro Joan de Lastanosa to [J. de Ovando?], respecting the true longitude of Mexico, erroneously calculated by [Alfonso de] Sancta Cruz, the Spanish cosmographer'; Madrid, 13 Jan. 1568. Hologr. f. 267.

23. Depositions of Don Diego de Carvajal, of the city of Los Reyes in Peru, native of Truxillo; Madrid, 14 Jan. 1568. Hologr. f. 268. With additional memoranda, 19 Jan. 1568. f. 285 b.

24. Memorials presented on the part of the Dominicans of New Spain, Cliapa, and Guatemala, by Frai Domingo de Azcona, Dominican, to the king, respecting the spiritual condition of the natives, and the irregular conduct of some members of the Religious Orders; Madrid, 15 Jan. 1568. Signed. f. 287. With memorandum of delivery to the commission. f. 288 b. The Fr. D. de Azcona was in Guatemala for twenty.-four years, and sometime Prior of the Dominican Order.

25. Depositions by Gaspar Fernandez Salgero, of Cadiz; Madrid, 18 Jan. 1568. Hologr. f. 289. With memorandum of presentation to the Commission, 24 Jan. 1568. f. 292 b.

26. Depositions of Juan Agmoin [Aymon?] Osorio, of the city of S. Domingo in the Island of Española; Madrid, 18 Jan. 1568. Hologr. f. 293.

27. Depositions of Joan Lopez de Velasco, Secretary of Don Juan Sarmiento, and of Don Francisco Tello de Sandoval during their Presidency on the government of the Indies; Madrid, 20 Jan. 1567 [1568?]. Hologr. f. 294.

28. Report upon the proceedings of the Licentiate Castro, Governor of Peru, etc., and subsequent officials, delivered to the Commission by Joan Beltran de Magaña, resident of Chili and Peru; Madrid, 21 Jan. 1568. f. 296. With minutes of his examination. f. 303 b.

29. Replies made by Ruy Hernandez de, Fuent-Mayor, of the city of St. Domingo, in the Island of Spañola, to interrogatories before the Commission; Madrid, 21 Jan. 1568. Signed. f. 305.

30. Replies made by Pero Gomez del Valle, Chamberlain of the Bishop of Osma [Francisco Tello de Sandoval], to interrogatories before the Commission; Madrid, 28 Jan. 1568. Signed. Sworn 7 April. f. 307. With Minutes of his evidence, and additional depositions; 10 April. Signed. f. 313.

31. Letter from Francisco Morales, Chaplain, to [the Commissioner], on the spiritual and temporal necessities of the Indies; Madrid, 1 Feb. [1568]. Hologr. f. 315.

32. Two letters from Al[fons]o de Santa Cruz, Chief Cosmographer to the King of Spain for the Indies, to [the Commissioner], respecting important Manuscripts suspected to be detained by the Bishop of Osma; n. d. Hologr. ff. 316, 317.

33. Letter from Juan Perez de Calahonra, ". . . . . . . .de Su Majestad y Portero del Consejo Real de las Yudias," to [the Commissioners , relating to the books containing the description of New Spain, etc. (see art. 32); Madrid, 13 Feb. 1568. Hologr. f. 318.

34. Letter from Marco Diaz to [the Coinwissioner]; [21 Feb. 1568]. Hologr. f. 320.

35. Depositions by Don Antonio Mexia, Oidor of Mexico and Guatemala, concerning the affairs of the Indies; Madrid, 17 Mar. 1568. Hologr. f. 321. With minutes of his examination. Signed. f. 322 b.

36. Depositions by the Adelantado Pero Menendez, relating to the Indies, chiefly Florida and Terra-Nova; Madrid, 28 Mar.. 1568. With supplementary depositions; 14 Apr. 1568. Signed. f. 324.

37. Narrative of the proceedings of Florencio de Esquivel, native of Seville, Royal Treasurer of the Florida Fleet. Given by Joan Beltran de Magaña to the above-mentioned Pero Menendez (art. 36), etc., Madrid, 2 Apr. 1568. Signed. f. 331.

38. Memorial or Report by Diego Fernandez, of the city of Palencia, concerning the government of Peru; Madrid, 31 Mar. 1568. With letter from the same to [the Commissioner] enclosing the reports; n. d. Hologr.. ff. 333, 346.

39. Replies by the Licentiate Bernabé Valdes de Carcamo, native of Ciudad Real, going as Oidor of the Audiencia of Guatemala, to interrogatories in the Commission; 10 Apr. 1568. Signed. Preceded by the Relation of the Licentiate Gamboa, Fiscal of the Council of the Indies, relating a conversation with the said Valdes concerning the affairs of the Licentiate Hernandez Piçarro [Pizarro, Governor of Cuzco?], brother of the Marquis Francisco Pizarro, in 1562. Certified in Madrid, same date, as transmitted by Gamboa to the Commission by the hand of Padre Francisco de Herrera. f. 347. Paper; ff. 351. Folio. Presented by the Earl of Northbrook.

Scope & Content:

Juan de Ledesma, Secretary to a Royal Commission in Spain: Signatures to depositions: 1567-1568.: Span.

West Inches: Depositions conc. the state of the natives: 1567-8.: Span.

Philip II of Spain: Depositions conc. the state of the natives in the Spanish Indies: 1567-8.: Span.

Juan de Ovando, Spanish Inquisitor: Depositions before: 1567 - 8.: Span.

includes:

  • f. 1 Muñatones, Member of Royal Council: Depositions respecting state of Peru, etc.: 1567.: Span.
  • ff. 1, 182, 221 Peru: Deposition conc. state of, etc.: 1567.: Span.
  • ff. 21, 29 Salazar de Villa Sante, Oidor of Lima: Deposition conc. government of the Indies: 1567-8.: Span.
  • f. 45 Salazar de Villa Sante, Oidor of Lima: Letter to: 1564.: Span.
  • f. 48 Çorita, Doctor, of Granada: Letter [to J. de Ovando (?)]: 1567.: Span.
  • f. 49 Alferez, Relator in the Royal Audiencia of Granada: Deposition cone. New Spain: 1567.: Span.
  • ff. 50, 52 b Alonso del Rincon, of Campo de Criptana, New Castile: Deposition, etc.: 1567.: Span.
  • f. 52 Bartolomé Vazquez, of Santa Fé de Veragua: Memorial: 1564.: Span.
  • f. 52 Alonso Vazquez, Governor of Veragua, etc: Memorial concerning: 1564.: Span.
  • f. 53 Christoval Ramirez de Cartagena, Fiscal of the Royal Audiencia of Quito: Depositions conc. the government of the Indies, etc.: 1567.: Span.
  • f. 176 Captain Antonio Gomez da Costa, of Santa Fé, New Granada: Depositions respecting, malpractices: 1567.: Span.
  • f. 178 Bartolomé Vazquez, of Santa Fé de Veragua: Depositions: 1567.: Span.
  • f. 180 Barrio Nuevo de Peralta, Licentiate of Madrid: Depositions: 1567.: Span.
  • f. 182 Antonio Vaca de Castro: Proposals for religious instruction of natives of Peru: 1567.: Span.
  • f. 190 Diego de Santillan, Governor of Cuba: Depositions: 1567.: Span.
  • ff. 194, 204, 218, 220 Ayala de Spinosa, Prebendary, of Mexico: Reports conc. government of New Spain: 1567-1568.: Span.
  • f. 221 Garcia Fernandez de Torrequemada, of Burgos: Report on government of Peru: 1567.: Span.
  • f. 239 Francisco de Adame, Dean of New Granada: Report conc. spiritual condition of the natives: 1568.
  • f. 247 Hernandez Pizarro, brother of the Marquis Francisco Pizarro: Reference to conversation with: in 1562.: Span.
  • ff. 252, 313 Francisco de Morales, Provincial of the Franciscan order in Peru: Report on the reformation of the Indies, & c.: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 267 Alfonso de Sta. Cruz, Cosmographer: Reference to erroneous calculations by: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 267 City of Mexico: Lettei. conc. longitude of: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 267 Pedro Juan de Lastanosa: Letter to [J. de Ovando]: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 285 b Diego de Carvajal, of Truxillo and Los Reyes, Peru: Depositions: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 287 Orders Religious. Dominicans or Friars Preachers: Memorials on the part of the Dominicans of New Spain respecting the natives, etc.: 1568.
  • f. 287 Chiapa, Mexico: Memorials conc. the natives: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 287 Domingo de Azcona, of the Dominican Order: Memorials to Philip II.: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 287 Guatemala: Memorials respecting, the natives: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 289 Gaspar Fernandez Salgero, of Cadiz: Depositions: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 293 Juan Agmoin Osorio, of S Domingo: Depositions: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 294 Juan Sarmiento: Depositions by his secretary: 1567.: Span.
  • f. 294 Juan Lopez de Velasco, Secretary of the Presidents of the Spanish Indies: Depositions: 1567 [1568?].: Span.
  • ff. 294, 307 Francisco Tello de Sandoval, Bishop of Osma: Deposition by his secretary conc. the government of the Indies: 1567-8.: Span.
  • f. 296 Castro, Governor of Peru: Report on his proceedings: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 296 Juan Beltran de Magaña: Report on proceedings of Governor of Peru: 1568.: Span.
  • ff. 296, 333 Peru: Report on the Governor's proceedings: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 305 Ruy Hernandez de Fuent-Mayor, of S Domingo: Examination before Royal Commission: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 307 Pero Gomez del Valle, Chamberlain of the Bishop of Osma: Examination before a royal commission: 1568.: Span.
  • ff. 316, 317 Francisco Tello de Sandoval, Bishop of Osma: Letters referring to: n.d.: Span.
  • ff. 316, 317 Alfonso de Sta. Cruz, Cosmographer: Letters to J. de Ovando: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 318 Juan Perez de Calahorra, of the Royal Council of the Indies: Letter to J. de Ovando: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 320 Marco Diaz: Letter to J. de Ovando: 1568.
  • f. 321 Antonio Mexia, Oidor of Mexico, etc: Depositions conc. the affairs of the Indies: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 324 Florida, North America: Depositions relating to: 1568.: Span.
  • ff. 324, 332 Pero Menendez, Adelantado: Depositions relating to the Indies: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 331 Florenciode Esquivel, Royal Treasurer of the Florida Fleet: Narrative of his proceedings: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 332 Juan Beltran de Magaña: Reference to him: 1568.: Span.
  • ff. 333, 346 Diego Fernandez, of Palencia: Letter to J. de Ovando, with Memorials cone. government of Peru: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 347 Barnabe Valdes de Carcamo, Oidor of the Audiencia of Guatemala: Examination before the Royal Council of the Indies: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 348 Gamboa, Fiscal of the Council of the Indies: Relation of conversation in 1562 referring to Hernandez Pizarro: 1568.: Span.
  • f. 348 b Padre Francisco de Herrera: Reference to: 1568.: Span.

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Names:
Adame, Francisco, Dean of New Granada
Alferez, Relator in the Royal Audiencia of Granada
Ayala de Spinosa, Prebendary, of Mexico
Azcona, Domingo, of the Dominican Order
Barrio Nuevo de Peralta, Licentiate of Madrid
Carvajal, Diego, of Truxillo and Los Reyes, Peru
Castro, Governor of Peru
Diaz, Marco
Esquivel, Florenciode, Royal Treasurer of the Florida Fleet
Fernandez, Diego, of Palencia
Fuent-Mayor, Ruy Hernandez, of S Domingo
Gamboa, Fiscal of the Council of the Indies
Gomez da Costa, Antonio, Captain; of Santa Fé, New Granada
Gomez del Valle, Pero, Chamberlain of the Bishop of Osma
Herrera, Padre Francisco
Lastanosa, Pedro Juan
Ledesma, Juan, Secretary to a Royal Commission in Spain
Lopez de Velasco, Juan, Secretary of the Presidents of the Spanish Indies
Magaña, Juan Beltran
Menendez, Pero, Adelantado
Mexia, Antonio, Oidor of Mexico, etc
Morales, Francisco, Provincial of the Franciscan order in Peru
Muñatones, Member of Royal Council
Osorio, Juan Agmoin, of S Domingo
Ovando, Juan, Spanish Inquisitor
Perez de Calahorra, Juan, of the Royal Council of the Indies
Philip II, King of Spain; King of Naples and Sicily, 1527-1598
Pizarro, Hernandez, brother of the Marquis Francisco Pizarro
Ramirez de Cartagena, Christoval, Fiscal of the Royal Audiencia of Quito
Rincon, Alonso del, of Campo de Criptana, New Castile
Salazar de Villa Sante, Oidor of Lima
Salgero, Gaspar Fernandez, of Cadiz
Santillan, Diego, Governor of Cuba
Sarmiento, Juan
Sta. Cruz, Alfonso, Cosmographer
Tello de Sandoval, Francisco, Bishop of Osma
Torrequemada, Garcia Fernandez, of Burgos
Vaca de Castro, Antonio
Valdes de Carcamo, Barnabe, Oidor of the Audiencia of Guatemala
Vazquez, Alonso, Governor of Veragua, etc
Vazquez, Bartolomé, of Santa Fé de Veragua
Çorita, Doctor, of Granada
Places:
Chiapa, Mexico
Florida, U.S.A.
Guatemala, Central America
Mexico, North and Central America
Peru, South America
West Indies, America