Captain Don Lope de Sosa I have appointed alcalde-mayor of the jurisdiction of Tondo, and military commander there, as he is of the abilities and qualifications which are necessary.  He came to these islands twenty years ago, and has here served when occasion arose, and held honorable offices and charges, wherein he has acquitted himself well.  He has three hundred pesos of common gold per year as a salary, for which he serves both offices.  I sent him the commission on the eleventh of January, one thousand six hundred and twenty-eight.

Alferez Pedro de Mora Salcedo I have appointed corregidor of the jurisdiction of Leyte, Zamare, and Babao, and captain and military commander there, as he has the qualifications and ability demanded by the office.  He came to these islands ten years ago in the service of your Majesty, and has served here and in Therrenate, having been a sergeant, and alferez, and a substitute.  In an encounter with the Dutch, at which he was present, the two lower bones of his right leg were both broken by a musket-ball, and he was present in other engagements.  He has a yearly salary of two hundred pesos of common gold.  I sent him his commission on the nineteenth of January of one thousand, six hundred and twenty-eight.

I appointed Captain Fernando Lopez de Perona alcalde-mayor of the province of Bulacan and military commander there, as he is possessed of the necessary qualifications and abilities for this office, and has served your Majesty for sixteen years, both in the fleet of the Ocean Sea and in these islands, and acquitted himself well of what has been entrusted to him.  He has a yearly salary of three hundred pesos of common gold, for which he serves both offices.  I sent him his commission on the fifteenth of March, one thousand six hundred and twenty-eight.

Alferez Martin Larios, deputy warden of Fort Santiago of this city of Manila, I have promoted to be captain of Spanish infantry, of the company which served under Captain and Sargento-mayor Don Antonio de Vera in the garrison of San Salvador in Hermosa Island; for he has the necessary qualifications and abilities, and has served your Majesty thirteen years past in military habit and profession in the states of Flandez, having been a soldier, commander of a squadron, and a sergeant, being present on the occasions and at the places where his services were needed, where he performed distinguished services.  He came over to these islands with the reenforcements which he brought here.  He was alferez in Nueva Espana of a company which was raised in Zacatecas; and in that position he came to this city, where he was appointed lieutenant of the said Fort Santiago.  He has a salary of six hundred pesos of common gold per year, as do the rest in this camp.  I sent him his commission on the sixteenth of March, one thousand six hundred and twenty-eight.