^
Update this timeline entry
The Spanish king disputed Florida's assumption of land rights
Source: The Menendez Marquez Cattle Barony at La Chua and the Determinants of Economic Expansion in Seventeenth-Century Florida #163
Project ID
Chapter
No chapter
Timeline title
Start date
End date
Filename received
Filename assigned
Content
Enable editor
Use plain text
Code entry
The King was displeased with Indian chiefs and a governor who set tribute and granted the royal lands as if they themselves were sovereign. At first he refused to confirm the titles, decreeing that only grants made at the foundation were inheritable. The treasury officials answered that governors in St. Augustine had always had the right to grant lands, and that many of the lands awaiting title confirmation had been granted at the foundation. They mentioned as one proof the ephemeral twenty-five-league grant to Pedro Menendez in 1565. (Fiscal of the Consejo, October 3, 1680, in reply to Frco Rocha and Sdor Cigarroa, March 2, 1680; Lorzo Horruytiner, May 6, 1685; Frco Rocha and Frco Cigarroa, October 6, 1685.) As the titles proved impossible to retrieve without refunding monies already spent on the castillo, the King merely declared his displeasure and his willingness to accept whatever funds were generated, as long as the assigning of lands was done fairly. (Bushnell MM)
Replace existing data with this data
