Juan Suárez de Peralta

He is considered a historian for dealing with the subject of the Conquest, and one of the first scholars of albeytería, later known as veterinary medicine in the New World, for his extensive knowledge of horses.

The Suárez de Peraltas were owners of large plots of land in the indigenous neighborhood of Tacubaya, west of the city of Mexico-Tecnochtitlán.

On his extensive estate he cultivated olive trees and wheat fields, and dedicated himself to breeding fine horses, learning the arts of equine medicine.

[3] Suárez de Peralta always recognized the viceregal authority and was a loyal subject of the Spanish Crown at the same time that he was related to the Marquises of the Valley of Oaxaca through the marriage of his aunt Catalina to Hernán Cortés.

He devotes extensive pages to the dispute between Martín Cortés and the Royal Court, which he governed as regent after the death of Viceroy Luis de Velasco I.

I felt the need to stop my horse, passing through the square where the gallows were and where the heads of these gentlemen were, and I had to look at them with so many tears in my eyes that I don't know if I had ever cried so much in my life...” but never with opinions against the authority of the Spanish Crown and its representatives in the viceroyalty.

Furthermore, the viceroy Gastón de Peralta, Marquess of Falces, is described as having arrived in New Spain during the dispute between the Royal Court and the Marquisate of the Valley.

Furthermore, it was discovered that his son Lorenzo obtained permission from King Philip III to travel to the Indies on June 7, 1619 to claim the inheritance of his grandfather, uncle and father for the amount of 500 pesos.

He dedicated himself to breeding fine horses in Tacubaya (Mexico City), where he acquired practical knowledge of equine medicine and zootechnics.