The appointee leaving for the Indies from Spain received a number of licenses, of which some served as passports. Ordinarily, one could take his immediate family, three slaves, and up to four servants to the New World. Because the crown was anxious to preserve the faith pure for the Indians, there could be no one in the household of suspect orthodoxy. AN41 To discourage adventurers, testimony might have to be presented that none of the servants was leaving a spouse in Spain, and the official might have to promise to keep them with him for a period of time. AN40 Other licenses served as shipping authorizations. A family was permitted to take, free of customs, 400 to 600 ducats’ worth of jewels and plate and another 300 to 600 ducats’ worth of household belongings. Sometimes the amount of baggage allowance was specified. Because of the crown policy of strict arms control, weapons were limited to the needs of a gentleman and his retinue. An official might be permitted six swords, six daggers, two arquebuses, and one corselet. At the option of the appointee the standard licenses could be supplemented by additional paperwork. Gutierre de Miranda carried instructions to the governor to grant him building lots and lands for planting and pasture as they had been given to others of his quality. AN42 Juan de Posada had a letter stipulating that situadores were to be chosen from the proprietary officials and were to receive an expense allowance. [Note 13: The cedulas are dated 7/6/1579 and 4/21/1592.] (Bushnell KC)