In 1599, the King Philip III of Spain attended a session at the Catalan Courts.
Terès, still archbishop, presided the ecclesiastical arm.
After every session, the agreements achieved were usually printed, but that time there were five articles with which the deputies could not come to an agreement.
Among them, the right of the viceroy to make proclamations and the deprivation for nobles and their servants of carrying petronels, in order to suppress banditry in Catalonia.

The then viceroy of Catalonia, Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, duke of Feria, interpreted the protest as an act of disobedience and replied ordering the imprisonment of a deputy and the Courts comptroller.
This event was the reason why the duke was thrown out of charge.
On 16 April 1602, he was replaced by Terès.

The highly delicate circumstances drove Philip III to assign Terès as a mean of appeasement.
He was well known by the king from his assistantship at the Courts in 1599.
Moreover, that same year, the king and his wife Margaret of Austria stayed at the Archbishop's Palace of Tarragona for three days.

At the end of 1602, one of the murderers of Terès's nephew, Pere Voltor, was captured in a raid.
Later that year he was sentenced to death and chopped into pieces.

Terès decreed the release of the deputies imprisoned by the duke of Feria and published the Constitutions without the conflictive articles.
He was strongly opposed to the manufacture of petronels, especially in a country where in just one year more than 300 people were killed by this firearm.
Finally he decided to face the nobles.

In 1603, Terès prohibited the production of petronels to the blacksmiths.
This move did not prove satisfactory to the deputies and bothered the aristocracy.
When another protest came up, Terès offered to study this matter again.

As viceroy, Terès, who was openly a nyerro, actively took part in the disputes between nyerros and cadells, thus disregarding the obligations of his position.

The viceroy, without political ambitions and impatient to return to his ecclesiastical tasks, asked for a replacement.
King Philip III accepted his petition and on 19 May 1603 he designated the duke of Monteleone, Ettore Pignatelli e Colonna, as the new viceroy.
In 1599, the King Philip III of Spain attended a session at the Catalan Courts. Terès, still archbishop, presided the ecclesiastical arm. After every session, the agreements achieved were usually printed, but that time there were five articles with which the deputies could not come to an agreement. Among them, the right of the viceroy to make proclamations and the deprivation for nobles and their servants of carrying petronels, in order to suppress banditry in Catalonia.
The then viceroy of Catalonia, Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, duke of Feria, interpreted the protest as an act of disobedience and replied ordering the imprisonment of a deputy and the Courts comptroller. This event was the reason why the duke was thrown out of charge. On 16 April 1602, he was replaced by Terès.
The highly delicate circumstances drove Philip III to assign Terès as a mean of appeasement. He was well known by the king from his assistantship at the Courts in 1599. Moreover, that same year, the king and his wife Margaret of Austria stayed at the Archbishop's Palace of Tarragona for three days.
At the end of 1602, one of the murderers of Terès's nephew, Pere Voltor, was captured in a raid. Later that year he was sentenced to death and chopped into pieces.
Terès decreed the release of the deputies imprisoned by the duke of Feria and published the Constitutions without the conflictive articles. He was strongly opposed to the manufacture of petronels, especially in a country where in just one year more than 300 people were killed by this firearm. Finally he decided to face the nobles.
In 1603, Terès prohibited the production of petronels to the blacksmiths. This move did not prove satisfactory to the deputies and bothered the aristocracy. When another protest came up, Terès offered to study this matter again.
As viceroy, Terès, who was openly a nyerro, actively took part in the disputes between nyerros and cadells, thus disregarding the obligations of his position.
The viceroy, without political ambitions and impatient to return to his ecclesiastical tasks, asked for a replacement. King Philip III accepted his petition and on 19 May 1603 he designated the duke of Monteleone, Ettore Pignatelli e Colonna, as the new viceroy.
Joan Terès i Borrull