The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 47, 1728-1759: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 47, 1728-1759: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
In accordance with royal decrees of donation, his Majesty has assigned
encomiendas in these islands to the extent of 18,041 1/4 tributes. Of
these, 8,784 1/4 are assigned to four religious communities and
eleven private persons, and their net product is collected by the
encomenderos themselves or by their agents; and the remaining 9,257 are
collected by the royal officials of these islands for the subventions
and contributions which are stated in the aforesaid grants. They are
separately mentioned in the following form:
Encomiendas belonging to religious communities and to private persons
[Grantees] Date of grant No. of Value in Net
tributes cash, receipts,
p. t. gr. p. t. gr.
College of Sta. Ysabel, this
city Oct. 24, 1671 963 1,328 2 6 1,030 3 7
College of San Joseph, on
account of 20,000 pesos Oct. 5, 1703 383 1/2 671 1 485 2 10
College of S. Juan de Letran Jan. 10, 1734 700 963 2 6 718 7 6
Hospital of S. Juan de Dios July 2, 1735 541 1/2 812 2 584 1
D. Pedro de Garaycoechea (2nd
life) Oct. 30, 1690 1,247 1,558 6 960 0 4
D. Fernando Hidalgo (2nd life) Sept. 31 [sic; 21
or 30?], 1701 383 536 1 9 386 7 8
D. Juan Francisco de Salinas
(2nd life) June 21, 1705 419 1/2 540 2 2 380 2 8
D. Balthazar de Soto (2nd
life) June 11, 1709 350 3/4 364 6 2 239 2 3
D. Antonio Gomez Quixedo [17]
(2nd life) July 15, 1711 640 880 540 3 6
Da. Josepha de Erquiñigo,
Condeza de Pineda, two
encomiendas Dec. 19, 1712 1,323 1,659 2 1,036 6 2
D. Juan Afan de Rivera (2nd
life) March 6, 1715 387 1/2 406 6 271 5
D. Julian Fernandez de Guevara
(2nd life) June 30, 1721 470 517 4 5 342 0 3
Da. Monica de Yturralde (2nd
life) July 30, 1721 233 1/2 256 6 9 170 0 11
D. Nicolas Cortez Monrroy (2nd
life) July 30, 1721 379 568 4 397 5 2
Da. Maria Manuela Rita Manzano
(2nd life), two encomiendas July 14, 1738 363 425 5 273 3 3
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Totals 8,784 1/4 11,489 4 3 7,817 4 1
Encomiendas in which the collections are made on his Majesty's account,
to be applied to the objects for which they were granted.
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