Cevadilla died in New Spain owing the treasury more than 21,000 ducats; five years later there had still been no audit of his books because the auditor assigned to do it was in prison. The treasurer’s widow, Petronila de Junco (niece of Juan of the notorious scales), entreated the crown to send someone else, as she was being detained in St. Augustine against her will. When a cedula arrived ordering the governor to attend to her, treasury officials Bartolome de Arguelles and Juan Menendez Marquez were serving as interim-co-governors due to the death of Martinez de Avendano. Finding time and Petronila on their hands, they had already started balancing the books of both her husband and her father, deceased Factor Rodrigo de Junco. Cevadilla owned nothing that could be attached, Arguelles reported, and Junco’s accounts were impossible to take because his estate was in Oviedo, most of his bondholders were dead, and Drake had burned the books. As a gesture, the officials put their colleagues Factor Las Alas and Steward Fernandez Perete on half-salary until they should account for what funds had passed through their hands. [Note 27: Bartolome de Arguelles 11/2/1598 and 5/15/1602; cedulas to the royal officials 5/22/1596, and re Petronila de Junco 6/13/1596] When Governor Mendez de Canzo arrived to take office, Arguelles and Menendez Marquez finished the accounts and closed the books.