Perú (Viceroyalty). Documentos inéditos.

Containers:

Box 6, Ms 8

Scope and content:

v. p., 1580-1818. 4 p., 182 folios.

Typewritten table of contents of the 31 manuscript documents bound in this volume. 4 p.

The manuscripts are listed below in the order of appearance in this volume. Each manuscript has its own pagination, if any.

1. 1. Act siqned Oct. 24, 1580, by Viceroy Francisco de Toledo appointing Diego de Valero Corregidor of the Valley of Ica and its District, and commissioning Antonio Vadillo to take residence there. It is followed by the testimony of the oath given by Valero at Chincha on Nov. 13 of the same year. The appointment was limited to one year with a salary of 600 pesos. ff. 119-122.
2. 2. Questionnaire. Questions that the Judge of Residence of the Villa de Santa and its Partido, Diego G. de Ocampo, will ask the witnesses giving deposition on the secret information against Francisco de Mendieta who has been Corregidor of that Partido and against his officers and ministers. Followed by instructions and ordinances for Corregidores signed by Viceroy Francisco de Toledo May 30, 1580. Followed by a testimonial that the instructions and ordinances were seen by the Justice and Regiment of the City of the Kings (Lima) July 1, 1580. And a testimonial that was also read to the Caciques and Principales of the town of Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Guarmey Aug. 15, 1580, translated by the Indian Antonio de Guamán. ff. 24-68.
3. 3. Ordinances for Corregidores given at Seville on June 9, 1500, by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and enforced in Perú and signed by Viceroy Francisco de Toledo at the appointment of Gabriel de la Reguera as Corregidor of the city of León de Huánuco. ff. 1-24, [12] ff. undated
4. 4. Act signed by Viceroy Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza on March 8, 1590, ordering the payment to surgeon Francisco Velázquez de Chavez from the funds of the community of the Repartimiento de Mama for the medical care given to the Indians during the epidemic of that region. 1 f.
5. 5. Royal Cédula signed at Madrid on Dec. 5, 1603, by King Philip III commanding the Viceroy of Peru, Gaspar de Zuñiga Azevedo y Fonseca, Conde de Monterrey, to execute the order given to his predecessor, Viceroy Luis de Velasco, Marqués de Salinas, in relation to providing the needs of four Jesuit missionaries, residents in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 1 f.
6. 6. Decree signed by Viceroy Juán de Mendoza y Luna, Marqués de Montes Claros, on July 12, 1615, granting a loan of 8500 pesos to Gaspar Rodriguez de Castro from the funds paid by the Indians to the community. 1 f.
7. 7. Royal Cédula signed at San Lorenzo on Aug. 27, 1617, by King Philip III confirming the Encomienda de Indios granted by the Viceroy of Peru, Juán de Mendoza y Luna, Marqués de Montes Claros, to Diego Peñalosa y Briceño for two generations, on condition that he contribute one-third of his profits to the royal funds of the city of Lima. 1 f.
8. 8. Act by the Royal Audiencia of Lima presided over by and signed by Viceroy Luis Geronimo Fernandez de Cabrera y Bobadilla, Conde de Chinchón, on Sept. 6, 1633, granting loans of 374 pesos from the funds of the Indians of the Repartimiento de Lunaguana to Alonso de Torres Romero and to Luis Sánchez de Garro for the payment of their tribute from one-third of San Juan that year. 1 f.
9. 9. Instructions signed by Viceroy Pedro de Toledo y Leiva, Marqués de Mancera, on Nov. 6, 1643, for the deposition of accounts and Residencia to be given by Pedro de Valladares, recently appointed Corregidor of the City of Piura. ff. 1-24
10. 10. Act signed by Viceroy Pedro de Toledo y Leiva, Marqués de Mancera, on Aug. 17, 1644, commanding the Administrator of funds of the Censo de Indios de Lima to deliver to the Fiscal Protector de Naturales the amount of pesos written in the adjunct certificate. f. 29
11. 11. Ordinances signed by Viceroy Pedro de Toledo y Leiva, Marqués de Mancera, on Aug. 27, 1644, directing Geronimo de Palma y Mayorga to observe and execute them while performing his duties as Justicia Mayor of the Province of Condesuyos. ff. 9-46.
12. 12. Royal Cédula signed by King Charles II at Buen Retiro on Feb. 12, 1677, addressed to the Viceroy and to the members of the Royal Audiencia of Lima reminding them about the oath of secrecy and confidentiality to observe while performing their duties. Followed by the testimony that the Cédula was read during the May 16, 1678, meeting of the Real Acuerdo. 2 ff.
13. 13. Letter signed by Queen Mariana at Madrid on Dec., 1665, addressed to the Archbishop of Lima requesting a donation for the Spanish government that was in dire economic straits. The last four lines were handwritten by the Queen who was the wife of King Philip IV and the mother of King Charles II. f. 324.
14. 14. Letter of Censure signed by the Archbishop of Lima, Pedro de Villagómez, on Dec. 29, 1659, demanding the return of a sequestered slave. 1 f.
15. 15. Letter of Censure signed by the members of the Cabildo Eclesiástico Metropolitano de Lima on March 18, 1672, asking for the return of 3,000 pesos taken from the home of Simón Vaez Enriquez. 1 f.
16. 16. Decree signed by Viceroy Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull, Duque de la Palata, on July 19, 1689, granting a loan of 5,000 pesos from the funds of Caja de Censos to the funds of la Comunidad to repair damages at the Cathedral of Lima caused by the 1685 earthquake. 1 f.
17. 17. Order of payment of the Real Audiencia de Lima presided over and signed by Viceroy Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull, Duque de la Palata, on Sept. 1, 1688, ordering the Caja de Censos to pay 125 pesos to the lawyer Francisco de Rojas y Acevedo for his services to that institution during 6 months. 1 f.
18. 18. Letter of Censure signed by the Archbishop of Lima, Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros, on June 10, 1694, demanding the return of a sequestered black slave to her owner, Fabián de Viñas y Coca. 1 f.
19. 19. A decree signed by the Archbishop of Lima, Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros, on March 23, 1691. Archbishop Cisneros was Viceroy of Perú from 1678 to 1681 when he was replaced at the viceroyalty by the Duque de la Palata, but he remained in Lima as Archbishop and as a member of the Royal Council. 1 f.
20. 20. Royal Cédula signed by King Philip V at Madrid on Feb. 19, 1714, demanding the Real Audiencia de Lima to see that the Juzgado de Bienes de Difuntos delivers all the properties that belonged to Fr. Pablo de Villanueva as ordered by the royal cédula. 1 f.
21. 21. Seven letters signed by Viceroy José de Armendáriz, Marqués de Castelfuerte, addressed to the Corregidor de Canas y Canches, Miguel de Santistevan, between June, 1724, and July, 1732. 7 ff.
22. 22. Royal Cédula signed by King Charles III at Aranjuéz on May 20, 1768, commanding the Tribunal de Cuentas (Court of Accounts) not to charge the Corregidores with Derecho de Tiras (cost of courts) for the arrangement of their accounts. 2 ff.
23. 23. Act signed by Viceroy José de Armendáriz, Marqués de Castelfuerte, on Feb. 8, 1726, appointing Antonio de Luna Castañón to receive the testimonies on the trial against Antonio de Ugarte. ff. 121-122.
24. 24. Official letter signed by Viceroy Teodoro de Croix on March 27, 1789, addressed to the Real Tribunal de Minería in relation to the awarding of a mine. 1 f.
25. 25. Edict signed by the Archbishop of Lima, Juán Domingo González de la Reguera, about a chaplaincy ( capellanía) founded by Francisco Girón Cabezas. Dated Aug. 27, 1789. 2 ff.
26. 26. Official letter signed by Viceroy Francisco Gil y Lemus on March 18, 1791, addressed to the Real Acuerdo in relation to the tariff of duties on some sequestered lands. f. 39.
27. 27. Official letter signed by Viceroy Ambrosio O' Higgins, Marqués de Osorno, on April 27, 1799, addressed to the Regente de la Real Audiencia de Lima in relation to a judicial formality in the trial of the Conde de Fuente González against the Marqués de Zelada de la Fuente. 1 f.
28. 28. Order signed by Viceroy José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Marqués de la Concordia, on Aug. 14, 1807, addressed to the Oydór Decano de la Real Audiencia de Lima, in relation to the collection of papers related to a decree of the same date. 1 f.
29. 29. Official letter signed by Viceroy Joaquín de la Pezuela y Sanchez, Marqués de Vilumá, on May 10, 1818, requesting from the Indendente of Huamanga a list of all the military chiefs and officers under his command in that territory. 1 f.
30. 30. Official letter signed by the General en Jefe del Ejercito del Alto Perú, José de la Serna, on Oct. 20, 1818, addressed to the Presidente del Cuzco ordering the construction of equipment for the army as soon as possible. 1 f.
31. 31. Royal Cédula signed by King Ferdinand VII on Oct...., 1818, granting the Reales Beneficios to the Province of Cuzco and giving the title of Fidelísima to its capital, the city of Cuzco. 2 ff.

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