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Probanza hecha en la villa de San Cristóbal de la Habana hecha a pedimiento de Pedro Morillo que va para los muy nobles señores oficiales de la Casa de Contratación - Pedro de Morillo contra los presos que tralla de las Higueras que se alzaron con una carabela. Habana, Cuba. AGI, Patronato, 180, Ramo 13 1527 - 1528. Cuba, Española.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents Summary: Folder divided into three portions. The first is 24 pages long and includes testimony from five witnesses to the above mentioned incident - an apparent uprising and stealing of a ship and its contents, and the loss of royal letters aboard. Second portion is 78 pages long and contains evidence in the case against Hernando de Saavedra, appointed governor of Honduras by Hernan Cortés and the alleged abuse of power while in that position. Third part contains testimony from nine witnesses...
Dates: 180, Ramo 13 1527 - 1528. Cuba, Española.