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The Spanish king commanded Quiroga to remove the English from Santa Elena
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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10. The decree or letter of donation referred to in the report of the Council of Carolina [Newcastle's 12/18/1724 claim that Spain ceded Altamaha] is also contradicted by its incompatibility with the act of Señor Don Carlos II in the year 1688, who not only approved the expedition against the English settled in Santa Elena by Governor Don Juan Marques Cabrera, but also commanded and ordered his successor, Don Diego Quiroga, to continue the operation until he should effect their complete dislodgment, on the ground that it was territory belonging to the crown of Spain, sending him for this purpose a reenforcement of one hundred men, with provisions and munitions, as has been set forth in Chapter V, paragraph 8. 68. [Bolton note: See p. 183 and Note 52.]
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