Blasco Núñez Vela was the first viceroy of Peru. He was born in Ávila around 1495 . He was the son of Luis Núñez Vela, lord of the estate of Tabladillo, and Doña Isabel de Villalva. When he was appointed to the viceregal government of Lima, in April 1543, he was an elderly man. From an ancient and noble family, he was a knight of the order of Santiago and had held the positions of captain of the lances of Oran (1530), general overseer of the galleys and of the military men of Castile, corregidor of Malaga and general inspector of the Navarre border. He was married to Doña Brianda de Acuña, by whom he had three children.
He had previously come to America as a captain general in the navy, but on short trips. As viceroy of Peru he was assigned a salary of 5 thousand ducats. He left for his destination, from San Lúcar de Barrameda, with great apparatus and grandeur, on November 3, 1543, in an army whose command was entrusted to him, accompanied by the hearers of the new audience of Lima and several other illustrious gentlemen. He arrived in Nombre de Dios on January 10, 1544 and went from there to Panama, where he began to put the New Laws into practice (ordinances of 1542 of Carlos V), although the hearers were of contrary opinion.
Leaving the isthmus of Tierra Firme, he embarked for Peru and arrived in Tumbes in March, went on to Piura and from there to Trujillo. In this city he did the same thing he had done in San Miguel:he removed the Indians they had from the monasteries, as well as many of the individuals who had intervened in the dispute between Pizarristas and Almagristas. Later he went to the Barranca. In Lima there were attempts to overshadow his arrival but he was given a great reception. He initiated the application of the New Laws, dismissing any complaint or claim in an authoritarian and violent manner. His intolerance and the suspicion of those around him reached such an extreme that he did not hesitate to imprison his predecessor, Governor Vaca de Castro, and personally killed the factor Illán Suárez de Carbajal, for his alleged participation in the escape of several conquerors, who feared the violent excesses of the viceroy (September 13, 1544).
All this gave rise to the armed uprising of the settlers from Peru, who anointed Gonzalo Pizarro as their chief, for being the brother of the conqueror of the land. The audience of Lima arrested Núñez Vela on September 18, 1544 and immediately embarked him to the island of San Lorenzo. On the 24th he set sail for Panama but, freed by the oidor in charge of his custody, the deposed viceroy went to Tumbes to gather people, defeat the rebel Pizarro and restore his authority. Meanwhile, Gonzalo made his triumphal entry into Lima, at the head of 1,200 well-armed soldiers, on October 28, 1544. After several campaigns on the north coast, on January 18, 1546, at the battle of Añaquito between the viceroy's forces and those commanded by Gonzalo Pizarro, Núñez Vela was wounded and taken prisoner . Mr. Carbajal had his head cut off and Gonzalo ordered that he be buried in the main church of Quito. Later his remains were transferred to the parish church of Santo Domingo, in the city of Ávila.
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