The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 - 1635-36 - Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

James Alexander Robertson, Emma Helen Blair, Edward Gaylord Bourne

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Title: The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXV, 1635-36
Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the
Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of
the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books
and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial
and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their
Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of
the Nineteenth Century
Author: Various
Editor: E. H. Blair
Release Date: August 25, 2006 [EBook #19118]
Language: English
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The Philippine Islands, 1493–
1898
Explorations by early navigators,descriptions of the islands and their
peoples, their history and records of
the catholic missions, as related in
contemporaneous books and
manuscripts, showing the political,
economic, commercial and religious
conditions of those islands from
their earliest relations with
European nations to the close of the
nineteenth century,
Volume XXV, 1635–36
Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and
James Alexander Robertson with historical
introduction and additional notes by Edward
Gaylord Bourne.
[5][Contents
Contents of Volume XXV
Preface 9
Documents of 1635
Laws regarding navigation and commerce, 1611–
35. Felipe III and Felipe IV; 1611–35 23
Royal decrees, 1633–35. Felipe IV; Madrid, 1633–
35 38
Memorial to the king, in the year 1635. Juan Grao
y Monfalcon; Madrid, September 6 48
Manila treasury accounts, 1630–35. Gerónimo de
——, and Francisco Antonio Manzelo; August 18,
1638 74
Letter of consolation to the Jesuits of Pintados.
Juan de Bueras, S.J.; Manila, February 1 87
Letter to Felipe IV. Andres del Sacramento,
O.S.F.; Nueva Caceres, June 2 95
Letter from the Franciscan commissary-general
of the Indias. Francisco de Ocaña, O.S.F.; Madrid,
June 28 98Opinion of Council and royal decree concerning
request of Manila Jesuits for alms. Felipe IV, and
others; Madrid, July 10 100 [6]
Letter to Felipe IV. Pedro de Arce; Manila,
October 17 104
Documents of 1636
Discussion regarding Portuguese trade at Manila.
Joseph de Navada Alvarado, and others; 1632–36
111
Decree extending the tenure of encomiendas.
Felipe IV; Madrid, February 1 145
Military services of Filipinos. Juan Grau y
Monfalcon; [Madrid], June 13 148
Conflicts between civil and ecclesiastical
authorities, 1635–36. Casimiro Diaz, O.S.A.; from
his Conquistas de las Islas Filipinas (published at
Valladolid, 1890, but written early in eighteenth
century) 151
Letter from a citizen of Manila to an absent
friend. [Unsigned; Fabian de Santillan y
Gavilanes?]; Manila, June 15 201
Request for Jesuit missionaries. Sebastian
Hurtado de Corcuera; Cavile, June 19 297
Letter from the bishop of Nueva Caceres to
Felipe IV. Francisco de Zamudio, O.S.A.; Manila,
June 20 301
List of prominent ecclesiastics in Manila and the
islands. Hernando de Guerrero, archbishop of
Manila; 1636 305
Bibliographical Data 321
[Conten[t7s]
Illustrations
Map of portion of Philippine Islands and other eastern
islands; photographic facsimile of original Portuguese
MS. map of 1635, by Pedro Berthelot, in the British
Museum 56, 57
View of Chinese junks; photographic facsimile of
engraving in Recueil des voiages Comp. Indes Orient.
Pais-Bas (Amsterdam, 1725) iii, p. 285; from copy in
the library of Wisconsin Historical Society 116
Plan of the “island of Manila;” drawn by a Portuguese
artist, ca. 1635; photographic facsimile of the original
MS. map in British Museum 133
Autograph signature of Sebastian de Corcuera;
photographic facsimile from MS. in Archivo general de
Indias, Sevilla 299
[Conten[t9s]]Preface
The scope of the present volume (1635–36) is mainly
commercial and financial matters on the one hand, and
ecclesiastical affairs on the other. The paternalistic
tendencies of the Spanish government are obvious in the
former direction, with various restrictions on trade, and
annoying imposts on all classes of people. The Portuguese
of Macao are accused of ruining the Chinese trade with the
islands, absorbing it to their own profit and the injury of the
Spaniards. In ecclesiastical circles, the topic of prime
interest is the controversy between Governor Corcuera
and Archbishop Guerrero, ending in the latter’s exile to
Mariveles Island; it is an important episode in the continual
struggle between Church and State for supremacy, and as
such rightly demands large space and attention in this
series. In this and several other documents may be noticed
the steadily increasing influence and power of the Jesuit
order in the Philippines at that period.
From Recopilación de leyes de las Indias (lib. ix, tit. xxxxv)
are compiled a series of laws relating to navigation and
commerce, dated from 1611 to 1635—in continuation of
those already given in Vol. XVII of this series. Married men
going from Nueva España must take their wives also, or
[10]provide for them while absent. Convents shall not allow
Chinese merchandise to be concealed in their houses.
Royal officials who may sail in any fleet sent from Spain to
the Philippines are forbidden to carry any merchandise
thither on their private accounts. Flour for government use
in the islands shall be provided there, and not be brought
from Nueva España. The lading on the trading ships to that
country must be allotted more equitably, and for the
general welfare of the Philippine colonists. Disabled or
incapable seamen must not be taken on these ships;
provision is made for the protection and safety of the
Indian deck-hands thereon; and only persons of rank are
allowed to carry more than one slave each. Trade between
Mexico and Peru is again forbidden; and private persons in
the Philippines are not permitted to send ships, soldiers, or
seamen to the mainland or other regions outside the
islands. The valuation of merchandise taken to Nueva
España from Filipinas shall be made at Mexico, according
to certain regulations. The officers of the trading ships shall
be paid for four months only, each voyage; and the ships
must leave Acapulco by December, and reach the islands
by March. Extortion from the sailors by the royal officials at
Acapulco is strictly forbidden. The official appointed to
inspect the Chinese ships at Manila must be chosen, not by
the governor alone, but by him and the Audiencia jointly.
The shipment of money from New Mexico to Filipinas in
excess of the amount allowed is forbidden under heavy
penalties. The governors of Filipinas must keep theshipyards well equipped and provided. The ships that sail
thence to Nueva España must depart in June; and careful
account must be taken, by special officials, of all goods in [11]
the cargoes, and of all that the vessels carry on the return
trip.
A group of royal decrees and orders occurs during the
years 1633–35, concerning various interests of the
Philippines. The viceroy of Nueva España is ordered
(September 30, 1633) to see that the seamen needed in
the islands be well treated at Acapulco, and allowed to
invest some money in the Mexican trade. The governor of
the Philippines is warned (March 10, 1634) to see that the
lading of vessels in that trade be equitably allotted to the
citizens. The viceroy is directed, at the same time, to send
more reënforcements of men to the islands. The moneys
granted to the city for its fortifications have been diverted
to the general fund; the governor is notified (September 9,
1634) to correct this, and, two months later, to prevent the
Portuguese of Macao from trading in the islands. Again
(February 16, 1635) he is directed to prevent people from
leaving the Philippines, and religious from going to Japan;
and at the same time is despatched a reply to the
Audiencia regarding some matters of which they had
informed the king. The governor is ordered (November 5,
1635) to see that the garrisons in Ternate are regularly
changed.
Juan Grau y Monfalcón, procurator-general for the
Philippines at the Spanish court, memorializes the king
(1635) regarding the importance of those islands to Spain,
which country should preserve her domain there, not only
for the service of God and the spread of the Catholic faith,
but for the increase of the royal revenues. The writer gives
a summary of the Chinese population in the islands, and
the extent of their trade; the number of Indians paying
[12]tribute, and their pr