Note 80 — Chapter IV · JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE AUDIENCIA; THE RESIDENCIA1

A thoroughly typical case, illustrating all of the ramifications of a provincial official’s residencia, was that of Francisco Fernández Zéndera, alcalde mayor and military captain of the province of Ilocos.80 It was investigated first by a judge appointed by the acuerdo, it was reviewed by the audiencia and it was finally carried to the Council of the Indies. It was characteristic in another sense, namely, in that twelve years passed before the matter was settled.