1671. Carta de don Pedro Ronquillo para Diego de Santiyán.

Letter from Pedro Ronquillo to Diego de Santiyán.

The author thanks Diego de Santiyán for his good work in certain business, some of them having to do with his family, and he entrusts him new issues.

Pedro Ronquillo Briceño passed away in London on August the 7th 1691 while he was the Ambassador Extraordinary for the Catholic King. A few years later, in 1704, Francisco Ronquillo, Pedro´s brother and main heir, took part in a litigation with some creditors following a claim for the payment of certain debts. The testamentary was Diego de Santiyán, who was asked to present the accounts he had managed for the deceased Ambassador. Indeed, Santiyán was given access to those accounts by power of attorney. Therefore, the aforementioned accounts were attached to the proceeding documentation, as well as letters and payment orders to several servants and private individuals.

On the upper margin of the letter transcribed in here there is an annotation from a different handwriting: "Brussels, December the 16th 71".