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[enjoying] the third year of renewal, which does not usually happen ex¬ 
cept with men of the worth and judgment which the said Don Juan 
possesses. . . . 
Evidence of the relationships and merits of Don Agustín de la Torre Alta¬ 
mirano. To he taken to the royal Council. [1623.] 
Presentation. 
In the City of Mexico, February 8, 1623, before Don Francisco Davila, 
corregidor , this petition was read: 
Petition. 
I, Don Agustín de la Torre Altamirano, declare that it is necessary for 
my rights that the present clerk shall give me a copy, certified and attested, 
of these proofs of my merits and the services of my parents and grand¬ 
parents, as shown in them, so that I may appear with the proofs before the 
royal Council, where they will serve my interests best. I beg and pray 
of your Majesty that the present clerk be ordered to give me the said 
copy, certified and attested, for the purpose referred to, and that when 
this is done the original evidence be returned to me. By this I shall 
receive the favor and justice which I am asking for, and it is necessary 
to me, etc. Don Agustín de la Torre Altamirano. 
Petition. 
Most Excellent Sir: I, Don Agustín de la Torre Altamirano, legitimate 
son of the licentiate Luís de la Torre and Doña Juana Altamirano, declare 
that I ask to have evidence submitted that I am the great-grandson of 
first conquerors of this kingdom, so that in consideration of it your Ex¬ 
cellency and the gentlemen that may be viceroys in the future shall do me 
the favor of appointing me to offices of alcaldes mayores and honorable 
corregimientos in accordance with my rank and in fulfillment of the royal 
decrees issued in favor of the conquerors of this New Spain and their 
decendants. 
Questions. 
VI. . . . That the said Juan Ruis de Alanis and Alonso de Benavides, 
paternal and maternal grandfathers of the said licentiate Luis de la Torre 
and great-grandfathers of the said Don Agustín de la Torre, were among 
the first conquerors who came to take part in the exploration, conquest, 
and pacification of this New Spain, where they served his Majesty with 
very great fidelity, at the risk of their lives. . . . 
VII. . . . That the said Juan Altamirano Saavedra and Doña Petro- 
nilla Altamirano were among the first settlers of this New Spain, where 
they remained many years, until they died. 
