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Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal cedula to the audiencia and treasury officials of New Spain

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Title

  • Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal cedula to the audiencia and treasury officials of New Spain

Names

  • The King [Philip II of Spain]

Created / Published

  • Madrid, November 23, 1566

Headings

  • -  Latin America--History
  • -  New Spain
  • -  Catholic Church--Appointment, call, and election
  • -  Tithes
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Hierónimo de Ulloa, fiscal (attorney) of the Council of the Indies, reported that the parochial clergy (curas) were not being given the share which was due them from the tithes. As a result their full salaries were being paid from the funds of the royal treasury, whereas the Crown should have been responsible only for what was necessary for their support over and above what they received from the tithes. After this had been discussed in the Council of the Indies, it was agreed, and the King concurred, that the present cedula should be issued commanding that the parochial clergy be given that part of the tithe which they were entitled to and that the royal officials should pay the clergy only the part of their salary which was not paid by the tithe, without unjustly burdening the treasury or the encomenderos.

Medium

  • 1 leaf

Source Collection

  • Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1877

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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Online Format

  • pdf
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The King Philip Ii Of Spain. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal cedula to the audiencia and treasury officials of New Spain. Madrid, 1566. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mss31013-06400/.

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The King Philip Ii Of Spain. (1566) Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal cedula to the audiencia and treasury officials of New Spain. Madrid. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mss31013-06400/.

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The King Philip Ii Of Spain. Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal cedula to the audiencia and treasury officials of New Spain. Madrid, 1566. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/mss31013-06400/>.