[1596]. Carta de Mari Plazuela para su hijo Martín de Alcudia.

Letter from Mari Plazuela to his son Martín de Alcudia.

The author tells his son Martín de Alcudia how sorry she is for the fact that he is not with his brother anymore, and advises him not to stay separated from him in those faraway lands.

The defendant of this process was Martín de Alcudia, from Torremilano (Córdoba). He was accused of the crime of bigamy for having contracted two marriages: in 1594 he had married Ana García in Torremilano and later he had married Catalina del Castillo, on a boat heading to Manila (Philippines). The defendant was sentenced to 26 months in prison, although he claimed that before arriving to Manila he had annulled the marriage contracted with Catalina del Castillo and that, moreover, before contracting that marriage his first wife had already died. The process is incomplete. Antonio de Alcudia, addressee of the letter, is the brother of the defendant. Both emigrated to Mexico.