Box 6
Container
Contains 36 Results:
Mexico City, Spain, AGI, Justicia 1011, 1528 – 1553.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
Summary: Twenty - nine pieces of correspondence written by Archbishop Zumárraga. Most of these documents deal with land disputes in Sevilla relating to family members of Zumárraga, and to Ortuno de Avendaño and land disputes in New Spain. Fortuño de Avendaño. Hortuño de Avendaño.
Dates:
1528 – 1553.
Mexico City, Spain, AGI, Justicia 1011, 1528 – 1553.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
Summary: Continuation of documents contained in folder 26.
Dates:
1528 – 1553.
Mexico City, Spain, AGI, Justicia 1011, 1528 – 1553.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
Summary: English translations of documents noted above in folders 26 and 27.
Dates:
1528 – 1553.
Sevilla, AGI, Justicia, 744, 1543
File — Box: 6, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
Summary: Folder contains documents relating to an inheritance dispute. Miguel Pérez de Hernani, of the Villa de Oñate, with Ortuño de Avendaño, mercader, of Sevilla, el Obispo, and others over the estate of Juan de Arracola (Racola). This is a probate case after the death of Arracola, who did not dictate who was to be his heirs, leading to the legal confusion and multiple claimants. At issue is precisely who is to inherit Arracola's assets. Fortuño de Avendaño.
Dates:
1543
Sevilla, AGI, Justicia, 744, 1543
File — Box: 6, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
Summary: English translation of law suit discussed in folder 29.
Dates:
1543
Mexico City, AGI, Patronato, Leg. 183, No. 2, Ro. 11,, Undated.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents
Summary: Brief history of the Church of Mexico detailing positions within the church and persons holding those positions during the tenure of Zumárraga.
Dates:
Undated.
"Concilios Provinciales, primero, y segundo, celebrados en la muy noble, y muy leal Ciudad de México, presidiendo el Illmo. y Rmo. Señor D. Fr. Alonso de Montúfar, en los años de 1555 y 1565; dalos a luz el Illmo. Sr. D. Francisco Antonio Lorenzana, Arzobispo de esta Santa Metropolitana Iglesia." Imprenta, 1769.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents
Summary: Abstracts of the volumen listed in the citation. Reprint of this book available through the Center for Southwest Research, call #: BX 1430 M4 C38 1555a. A Porrúa fasc. 1981.
Dates:
1769.
Sección de Diversos de Castilla, AHN, folio number unknown, 1532 – 1543.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
Summary: Assortment of letters mostly penned by Archbishop Zumárraga during his tenure in Mexico. They deal with the condition, education, conversion and treatment of the Indians. The Bishop provides many important observations and suggestions to improve their lives. He also discusses the condition of the Spanish settlers and how to improve the society. Folder consists of abstracts in English of letters and decrees during above stated years.
Dates:
1532 – 1543.
Carta de Hortuño de Avendaño, Mercader de Sevilla, México City. AGI, Indiferente General 1208, Exp. 4., 1547.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents
Summary: Documents relating to letters, royal decrees and tax ledgers thrown overboard from a galleon that nearly sank in the Atlantic Ocean during a hurricane. Ship named San Antonio, maestre was Gaspar González. Fortuño de Avendaño. Ortuño de Avendaño.
Dates:
1547.
El Arzobispo de México y otros prelados de la Nueva España sobre que se revoquen ciertas cédulas y provisiones. México City, AGI, Justicia 165, No. 5, 1557 - 1562
File — Box: 6, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
Summary: Folder covers a broad spectrum of topics regarding cédulas y provisions for the colony, including the relationship between church and state in New Spain during the 16th century. Notable is the occasionally antagonistic relationship between the religious orders and the Viceroy of New Spain. Themes – complaints of the missionaries against the prelates and vice versa; conflict between the religious and the government; critique of the jobs done by all of them; discussion of the...
Dates:
1557 - 1562
El Arzobispo de México y otros prelados de la Nueva España sobre que se revoquen ciertas cédulas y provisiones. AGI, Justicia 165, No. 5, 1557 - 1562
File — Box: 6, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents
Summary: English translation of material in folder 35.
Dates:
1557 - 1562