Note XII‑20 — Chapter XII · ALVARADO'S LAST EXPEDITION. 1537-1541.
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His injunctions with regard to the disposal of his remains were but tardily carried out. Datos Biograficos, in Cartas de Indias, 709-10, 745; Tello, Hist. N. Gal., 395; Beaumont, Crón. Mich., iv. 276-7. Bernal Diaz erroneously states that he was buried at Purificacion. Hist. Verdad., 236. According to a clause in the will of Bishop Marroquin, made in 1563, Alvarado's remains were still at Tiripitío, 'donde està enterrado, que es en Tyrepati.' The former left 200 ducats to the convent where Alvarado was buried. He also left 1,000 pesos de oro de minas to found a chaplaincy in the church at Guatemala, that masses might be there said for his soul. Some years after the death of the bishop the daughter of the adelantado had her father's remains transferred from Tiripitío to Guatemala, where they were interred with great solemnity in the cathedral. Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 190. Gonzalez Dávila says, 'En el año 1542 el Obispo comẽçó à executar el testamento del Gouernador D. Pedro de Aluarado,' and erroneously adds ... 'y el Obispo trasladó su cuerpo de Mexico à Santiago.' Teatro Ecles., li. 148.