These men, who were called Patones chose a wise person from a family of integrity to govern and decide their disputes, so were keeping from century to century an hereditary government, calling their chief the "King of the Patones".
The subjects of this tiny kingdom thus lost many significant and ancient privileges, which is no small consideration when the Royal Council of Spain issues decrees and orders to the captain-generals, governors and justices, and wrote separately that ancient village, addressing its governor as: "The King of Patones."