 Ayllón, Villalobos and Ortiz were apparently the objects of a "juicio de residencia" (grievance) proceeding in 1516, which exposed extraordinary corruption within the oligarchy that ruled the island.After the conquest of New Spain by Hernán Cortés, the colony had been governed by a military government, often violent, arbitrary and exploitative of the Indigenous.Hoping to establish a more orderly and just government (and perhaps also to reduce the authority of Cortés), on December 13, 1527 the metropolitan government of Charles V in Burgos named a "Real Audiencia" to take over the government of New Spain.