One reason for the naturalization of the coffer was that the king felt obligated to the descendants of conquerors, and his sense of obligation could be capitalized on for appointments. [Note 2: Pedro Menendez died without a secure hold on Florida and it never became a profitable colony, yet the crown settled 40,000 ducats, a fishery, and numerous honors on the heir to his entailed estate, Martin Menendez de Aviles y Porras, a grandson of the adelantado’s nephew Pedro Menendez the Younger. Anon 8/6/1648.] (Bushnell KC)