On 20 November 1542, King Phlip II of Spain ordered that the "Real Audiencia de los Confines reside in Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala", but the Council of the Indies ordered on 13 September 1543 to install its headquarters in the town of the Concepción de Comayagua. In the same provision it is given the name of ""Villa de la Nueva Valladolid de Comayagua"" in honor of Valladolid of Spain, where at the time of signing the founding letter of the hearing, the Court resided.