Gonzalo López, 1567 
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encomienda to Diego López, for twenty-four years a citizen of the city 
of Seville, father of the said Gonzalo López. 
First: Inasmuch as the said Gonzalo López came to these kingdoms 
of the said province of Galicia in New Spain with a license for the purpose 
for two years given by the oidores, alcaldes mayores of the royal Audi¬ 
encia of that land [Nueva Galicia], under the terms of which he might for 
the time specified enjoy the profits and income from the said Indians, 
provided he gave bonds legas lenas y abonadas, guaranteeing that he 
would return to the land within the above-mentioned period of time, or, 
failing to do so, would redintegrate to the royal treasury of his Majesty 
all of the tributes and rents which he, or any other person in his name, 
had collected, [and] the said license had been extended in time by his 
Majesty at various times for another three years, that is, for five years in 
all, under the condition that he should embark in the first fleet that should 
leave these kingdoms for New Spain after the last extension of the 
license, his Majesty considers that, although the said Gonzalo López 
has not yet gone back to live among his Indians within the specified term, 
as was his duty, and has not given the specified bonds in conformity with 
the terms of the last extension of the time of the license, nevertheless he is 
to enjoy the entire income which the said Indians have produced during 
the said five years, without any discount whatever in favor of his Majesty 
nor any other person whomsoever: and the securities which he has given 
to return the said tributes and income in case he did not go back to reside 
among the said Indians, shall be released, and no Indian shall have 
recourse whatsoever against said securities. 
Item: In addition to the five years above specified, the said Gonzalo 
López was conceded yet another year, to count as beginning after the 
close and completion of the other five, during which he might enjoy all 
the proceeds and income from the said Indians, on the same terms as he 
has enjoyed them until the present during the time which he has had them, 
but discounting from the said tributes and rents whatever might be 
necessary for the religious instruction, administration, and safeguarding 
of the said Indians. After the conclusion of this added year they are to 
be and shall be put under the care of his Majesty, and the said Gonzalo 
López shall relinquish them and whatever right he may or shall have in 
them; and henceforth they shall be considered and held to be in charge of 
his Majesty. And when these six years have been completed, his Majesty 
shall receive any and all income and revenues from the tribute of the said 
Indians, nor shall the said Gonzalo López nor any other person receive 
from them anything in any way whatsoever. 
Another item: The officers of the treasury of his Majesty shall at once 
collect all the tributes, proceeds, and income from the said repartimientos 
of Indians who were thus given in encomienda to the said Gonzalo López; 
when they have collected these revenues, they shall deposit them in the 
royal treasury, where they shall meet with Gonzalo López or the person 
who holds his power of attorney, and, taking first from the gross returns 
of the tributes the costs incurred in the defense, indoctrination, and other 
necessary services rendered to the Indians as has been specified, and for 
what they so transfer they shall take his receipt, whereupon their responsi- 
