 These titles were acquired by inheritance, but more frequently by individual merit, based on personal influence, wealth, energy or high moral virtues, according to Fathers San Antonio and Colin.According to Morga (1961), these privileges were inherited only in the male line, from the father to son and the latter’s descendants; and in the absence of these, the brothers and collateral relatives were also inherited.Meanwhile, the plebeians were what the Bisayans called "timawa" and the Tagalogs "maharlika".