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Military Service Records 273 whom I, the scribe, received his oath made before God, Our Lord, and the sign of the cross in due form, promising to speak the truth, and was asked [the questions] according to the petition of the previous page: He said that he has known the said Maestre de Campo don Juan Domínguez de Mendoza for the period of forty years, more or less, and he knows that the papers that were shown to this witness pertain to the said Maestre de Campo don Juan Domínguez de Mendoza because he saw them and recognized them to be the executoria and personal services that the said Maestre de Campo don Juan Domínguez de Mendoza made at his cost in the [kingdom of] New Mexico. This witness has seen him [Domínguez de Mendoza] carry out the said charges that are described in the said papers and has served His Majesty in the company of the said maestre de campo in the said New Mexico. What he had to say here is what indeed has occurred and is the truth under the oath he has made, and he affirmed and ratified [this statement]. He declared to be the age of sixty-seven years of age, more or less, and the personal questions of the law did not apply to him. He signed it. Don Pedro Ramírez de Cañizares (rubric). Before me, Gerónimo Ruiz Cabal, public scribe (rubric). Notes 1. BNE, Madrid, MSS 19258, photos 155–61. Translation by José Antonio Esquibel and Marc Simmons. Document 59 License for Maestre de Campo Juan Domínguez de Mendoza to Go to Spain Mexico City, June 12, 16931 Don Gaspar de Sandoval Cerda Silva y Mendoza, Conde de Galve, gentleman of His Majesty’s chamber, Comendador de Zalamea and Ceclavin of the Order and Knighthood of Alcántara, viceroy, governor, and captain general of this New Spain, and president of its royal audiencia. Inasmuch as the following memorial was presented before me: Most Excellent Sir: Maestre de Campo don Juan Domínguez de Mendoza, citizen of this city, states that it is necessary for him to go to the kingdoms of Castile on urgent business which absolutely requires personal attention. 274 Part One Therefore, in order to be able to do so, I petition and beg Your Excellency to be good enough to grant me your permission and consent, which the supplicant will receive as a favor, trusting in the greatness of Your Excellency. Juan Domínguez y Mendoza. Having seen the [foregoing], I ordered that it be given to the fiscal of His Majesty, who replied as follows: Most Excellent Sir: The fiscal of His Majesty says that if it please Your Excellency, you may grant the supplicant the license he seeks to go to the kingdoms of Castile provided that he presents certifications that he is not a debtor of the real hacienda and that he has no lawsuits pending in any of the offices of this superior government and royal audiencia to prevent it. With regard to this matter Your Excellency will order what is best and most suitable, as always. Mexico [City], May 28, 1693. Dr. don Juan de Escalante y Mendoza. And provisions having been made that he should present all the certifications which the fiscal mentions in his reply and also one from the notary of war that he has no lawsuit [pending], and that all of them have been drawn up they should be brought to me for my decision, he presented the said certifications to me with the following memorial. Most Excellent Sir: Maestre de Campo don Juan Domínguez y Mendoza says that Your Excellency saw fit to order him to present the certifications proving that he owes nothing to His Majesty and the other [certifications] which are usually presented for the purpose of obtaining the license to go to Spain for which he has petitioned Your Excellency. And in fulfillment of Your Excellency’s order he makes presentation of the aforesaid certifications with due solemnity. Therefore he petitions and begs Your Excellency to be pleased to grant him the license to go to Castile for which he asks, since he is not a debtor to His Majesty in any quantity whatsoever nor as one who has put up bind for another, nor are there any claims against him, which the governor of New Mexico instituted and which the most excellent Conde de la Monclova decided...

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