Memoria de las cosas que deberían remediarse en estas Islas Filipinas para que los naturales vivan con más gusto y sin agravios de los ministros como de sus encomenderos y cobradores y vandalas de su Majestad

The document addresses various grievances and proposes remedies to improve the living conditions of native inhabitants in the islands. It emphasizes that ministers should not impose financial burdens for sacraments, funerals, or resources, and highlights the need for fair compensation for goods and services. It suggests that native individuals should have the freedom to manage their estates and testaments without coercion. Additionally, it calls for equitable treatment from encomenderos and tax collectors, requiring them to respect the rights and dignity of the indigenous population in their transactions and labor demands. This text is in the volume with the title "Varios Informes" / Collection of documents concerned chiefly with the welfare of the natives of the Philippine Islands in the seventeenth century. Comprises 117 leaves, exclusive of blanks; some of the leaves are regular folio size, some slightly shorter, and some quarto. Original vellum binding with the above title inscribed on the spine.
Title
es Memoria de las cosas que deberían remediarse en estas Islas Filipinas para que los naturales vivan con más gusto y sin agravios de los ministros como de sus encomenderos y cobradores y vandalas de su Majestad
en Memorandum of the things that should be remedied in these Philippine Islands so that the natives can live more pleasantly and without grievances from the ministers, as well as from their encomenderos and collectors and the royal officials
Description
The document addresses various grievances and proposes remedies to improve the living conditions of native inhabitants in the islands. It emphasizes that ministers should not impose financial burdens for sacraments, funerals, or resources, and highlights the need for fair compensation for goods and services. It suggests that native individuals should have the freedom to manage their estates and testaments without coercion. Additionally, it calls for equitable treatment from encomenderos and tax collectors, requiring them to respect the rights and dignity of the indigenous population in their transactions and labor demands. This text is in the volume with the title "Varios Informes" / Collection of documents concerned chiefly with the welfare of the natives of the Philippine Islands in the seventeenth century. Comprises 117 leaves, exclusive of blanks; some of the leaves are regular folio size, some slightly shorter, and some quarto. Original vellum binding with the above title inscribed on the spine.
Number of pages
4
Date of creation
17th century
Source volume
Varios Ynformes.
Holding Institution of Original Materials
The Lilly Library, Indiana University
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Original item number
VAD6896-U-00005_00224-00227
Digital source of IIIF files
The Lilly Library, Indiana University
Holding Archive Reference Number
LLMC_000009 Memoria de las cosas que deberían remediarse en estas Islas Filipinas para que los naturales vivan con más gusto y sin agravios de los ministros como de sus encomenderos y cobradores y vandalas de su Majestad
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LLMC_000009 Memoria de las cosas que seria vien serremedien en estas yslas....
Source of Acquisition
Philippine mss-Bound 1: Sotheby 514./ Harper 21527/ Phillipps 8493. Digital File VAD6896-U-00005
Context Description
Folio 105-06 / Unsigned, n.p.n.d.
Alternate Link
https://library.philippinestudies.uk/items/show/42
Transcribed
1
Timeline Date
1600
Additional Title
Memoria de las cosas que deberían remediarse en estas Islas Filipinas para que los naturales vivan con más gusto y sin agravios de los ministros como de sus encomenderos y cobradores y vandalas de su Majestad
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