In his letter of 12 May 1521, Juan Lopez de Recalde, accountant of the Trading House of the Indies, informs Archbishop Fonseca about the conflict between Fernande Magellan...
In a Royal Order dated 2 May 1595, Philip II of Spain orders the officials of the Royal Trading House of the Indies to allow Archbishop-elect Fray Ignacio de Santibañez of...
On 25 July 1626, Archbishop Miguel Garcia Serrano writes to King Philip IV of Spain about various ecclesiastical matters in the Philippines. Serrano enumerates the salaries...
In his letter of 25 July 1625, Archbishop Miguel Garcia Serrano informs King Philip IV about the arrival of Fernando de Silva, the new governor of the Philippines. He believes...
In a letter dated 20 June 1585, Governor-General Santiago de Vera writes to Pedro de Moya y Contreras, the Archbishop of Mexico, about various matters that the latter has...
This is a collection of letters written by Gov.-Gen. Pedro de Acuña to Felipe III concerning various affairs of the colonial government, its institutions, relations with ecclesiastical leaders and the...
Fray Miguel de Benavides, archbishop of Manila, discusses at length the complaints against the Chinese, whom he accuses of influencing the natives to adopt their evil ways,...
Reviewed by James Alexander Robertson. In James Robertson's Bibliography of the Philippine Islands
This MS. consists of a statement by Benavides, dated February 3; two depositions, dated the fifth and the ninth, respectively (the second published in synopsis and extract); and the attestation of the accuracy of the copy, dated July 7.
Bishop Miguel Benavides of Nueva Segovia expresses to Joan de Ibarra, the king's secretary, his opinion on several matters affecting the Philippines. First, Benavides insists on the appointment of a new...
This corrido narrates the life and adventures of Bernardo Carpio, a young man gifted with extraordinary strength, as well as the secret and ill-fated romance between his parents, Count Sancho Diaz of Cerdeña,...
Fr. Bernardo de Santa Catalina, O.P. declares on 28 April 1611 that in accordance with the last will and testament of Archbishop Miguel de Benavides, the remainder of the