Eduardo Herrera the Lettres Patentes of Henri IV of 1550 concerned "les marchands et autres portugais appelés Nouveaux Chrétiens." i.e. allowed the conversos to settle as 'New Christians.' They were not recognised as Jews until the Lettres Patentes of 1723: " les Juifs desdites généralités [Bordeaux] connus et établis en notre royaume sous les titres de Portugais, autrement Nouveaux Chrétiens" - 'the Jews of the said regions known and established in our kingdom as Portuguese, otherwise New Christians'