Box 3
Container
Contains 30 Results:
Proceso del Obispo, Deán y Cabildo de la Iglesia de México y el Consejo y vecinos de la dicha ciudad sobre si los españoles deben diezmos de los tributos y cosas que les dan los indios. AGI, Justicia142, Exp. 1, Ramos 11 13,14, México City, 1540 - 45.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
Summary: Chronicles the legal case concerning whether tributes are subject to taxation. Also reveals role of Church in collection of tithe in Mexico City.
Dates:
1540 - 45.
Documentos y mercedes hechas a Diego de Ordaz. México City, AGN, Mercedes, Vol. 1, Exp. 492, F. 227 v. Exp. 493, F. 228, Vol. 2, Exp. 535, F. 217, Vol. 3, Exp. 74., 1542 – 1550.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
Summary: Documents relate to land grants extended to Diego de Ordaz in the above cited years. Rich in detail regarding what was allocated in the grant and distribution of Indian labor. Puebla. Calpa. Tlaxcala. Atrisco.
Dates:
1542 – 1550.
Información de los Indios Mixtecas y Zapotecas de Oaxaca sobre los diezmos. Rafael de Salas, Susona #2. Oaxaca, Mexico City, AGI, Justicia 160, Exp. 2, 1559 – 1571.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
Summary: Legal suit between indigenous groups of Oaxaca against the royal authority of New Spain regarding the collection of tithes in the region. Testimony mostly from friars of the region and rich with detail particularly regarding tithe collection during the period when Zumárraga was archbishop of the region. Copies in English included.
Dates:
1559 – 1571.
Pleito entre Fray Juan de Zumárraga y Fray Vasco de Quiroga sobre diezmos. AGI, Justicia 140, 1541- 1542
File — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
Summary: Part of a translaction of a document, pp. 9-25. Most of the contents of this folder are translations of documents entered by both parties involved in the lawsuit. Most documents are either personal depositions from Bishop Zumárraga or Vasco de Quiroga's attorney Sancho de Arbolancha. Direct testimony is not included in this portion of the case. Includes references to Michoacán, Pascuaro, Colima, Zacatula, Oaxaca, and Guatemala.
Dates:
1541- 1542
Carta del Cabildo de la Ciudad de México al Emperador. AGI, Documentos Escogidos 1, No. 27 (previously México, 319), 1533.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
Summary: Letter from the cabildo of Mexico City informing the Spanish emperor of the need for expansion of the encomienda system in the region. Comments on the hardship caused to the original conquistadores, decline in grazing, lack of a economic market to sell their products and suffering and hunger. Notes that after the suspencion of the encomiendas, some indios have been transferred from encomiendas to corregimientos for better administration. Comments relating to the collection of large...
Dates:
1533.
Documentos, peticiones y cartas sobre el Obispado de Oaxaca en la Nueva España. AGI, Audiencia de México, Tomo 71., 1587-1596.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
Summary: General summaries of distribution of land grants in Oaxaca and formation of general Indian administration.
Dates:
1587-1596.
Sevilla, AGI, Audiencia de México, leg. 2705, 1548.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
Summary: The document listed referrs to the condition of the local church in Antequera del Valle in Oaxaca for the stated year. Most of the information is related to the health of the "maestre escuela" Juan de Durana. Education.
Dates:
1548.
Mexico City, AGN, Mercedes, Vol. 3, Exp. 164, f. 94 v., 1550
File — Box: 3, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
Summary: The document is a royal decree confirming the borders of the bishopric of Jalisco in the year of 1550. Nueva Galicia. Michoacán. Compostela.
Dates:
1550
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios. México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978 (folios 431-491), 1556.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Summary: Continuation of court case above.
Dates:
1556.
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios. México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, (folios 492 – 554), 1556.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Summary: Continuation of testimony for court case contained in the folder above. Final thirty pages are documents submitted to the court by Fray Bernardo de Faxiuda regarding why tithes should not be paid.
Dates:
1556.
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios (folios 555-610), México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, 1558
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Summary: Inventory of tithe collection on the part of the church for 1558 in the regions stated in the above citation. Also included is documentation from the Church and the Viceroy regarding why the tithe should not be collected.
Dates:
1558
Continuación de la información sobre los diezmos de los indios (folios 610-702), México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, 1558 – 1568.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Summary: Contains information regarding tithe collection, requests by local ecclesiastical orders for construction of churches and mistreatment of the natives.
Dates:
1558 – 1568.
Cuentas de los Diezmos del Obispado de México 1535-1550. México City, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978., 1535 – 1550.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Summary: Folder contains royal and church decrees regarding collection and amount of tribute to be collected for the Bishop of Mexico. Copies of collection ledgers detailing specific amounts most years in the 1530's. Also includes copies in English of documents.
Dates:
1535 – 1550.
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios. México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, (folios 703 – 823), 1585 - 1612.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Summary: Continuation of inventories for the royal treasury of New Spain as well as Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Documents offer information regarding the tithe collection process and the general condition of the indigenous community.
Dates:
1585 - 1612.
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios. México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, (folios 431 - 508), 1556.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Summary: More doccuments relating to a series of court cases regarding tithe collection on the part of the church. Depositions lend detail into the efficacy of conversion and whether the tithes collected are sufficient to construct parishes.
Dates:
1556.
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios. México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, (folios 509 - 598), 1558.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Summary: Continuation of documents relating to a series of court cases regarding tithe collection on the part of the church. Depositions lend detail into the efficacy of conversion and whether the tithes collected are sufficient to construct parishes.
Dates:
1558.
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios. México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, (folios 599 - 667), 1558 - 1568.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Summary: Inventory of tithe collection on the part of the church for 1558 in the regions stated in the above citation. Also included is documentation from the Church and the Viceroy regarding why the diezmo should not be collected.
Dates:
1558 - 1568.
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios. México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, (folios 668 - 823), 1570 - 1612.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Summary: Inventories for the royal treasury of New Spain as well as Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Documents offer information regarding the tithe collection process and the general condition of the indigenous communities.
Dates:
1570 - 1612.
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios. México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, (folios 1 – 346), 1535 - 1556. (pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Summary: English translation of documents running in Boxes 2 and 3.
Dates:
1535 - 1556. (pp.
Información sobre los diezmos de los indios. México City, Oaxaca, Puebla, Michoacán, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978, (folios 347 - 822), 1556 - 1612. Son traducciones en inglés.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Summary: Continuation of English translation of above referenced folios in Boxes 2 and 3.
Dates:
1556 - 1612. Son traducciones en inglés.
Diezmos de Indios, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978,, 1535-1612
File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Summary: Copies of original manuscripts for transcriptions in Box 2 and Box 3.
Dates:
1535-1612
Diezmos de Indios, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978,, 1535-1612
File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Summary: Continuation of copies of original manuscripts for transcriptions in Box 2 and Box 3
Dates:
1535-1612
Diezmos de indios, AGI, Indiferente General, 2978,, 1535-1612
File — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Summary: Continuation of copies of original manuscripts for folders in Box 2 and Box 3.
Dates:
1535-1612
Probanza from the great city of Tenuxtitlan, Mexico, for the court of his Majesty. AGI, Patronato, Leg. 180, Ramo 53, 1532
File — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Summary: Petition composed for the royal authority regarding the supposed removal of Indians from specific encomiendas. Petition also serves to describe the condition of the region - 33 questions are asked of the witnesses in this petition. This is an English translation from originals.
Dates:
1532
Memorial and information presented by the city of Mexico, in complaint of the poor government of that land after the institution of the Audiencia. AGI, Patronato, Leg.180, Ramo 53, 1534.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Summary: Folder contains petitions and statements regarding the handling and dismantling of the encomienda system in New Spain by the Audiencia. Opinions in this folder are of encomenderos who are in danger of having their encomiendas usurped by the royal authority. Portrayal of situation in New Spain as grim and hostile and only due to worsen if encomenderos are stripped of their labor grants. Fifty points are included regarding encomiendas and the supposed poor management and enforcement of...
Dates:
1534.