Note 27 — Chapter I · THE AUDIENCIAS OF THE SPANISH COLONIES
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Ibid., 2–15–2. Although the Recopilación and Danvila y Collado (cited in note 19) give the date of the establishment of the Audiencia of Santo Domingo as 1526, the royal decree issued at Pamplona, October 22, 1523, is addressed to nros oydores de la audiencia real de la Ysla Española (A. I., 139–1–6, tom. 9, fol. 225). There are various references antedating 1526 in this and the following legajo.