Chronicler, lord of the Tower of Larrea, belonging to the lineage of the Lazarraga family of Oñati (Gipuzkoa), where he was born around 1550. It seems that he expanded and embellished a Relación Genealógica de los Lazarraga (Genealogical Account of the Lazarraga family (1601), about whose original author there are different opinions. Ref. Zumalde, Ignacio: Juan López de Lazarraga, cronista?, "Boletín de la Real Sociedad Vascongada de Amigos del País", 1965, pp. 244-246; Vidaurrazaga, J. L.: Sobre Juan López de Lazárraga, secretario de los RR. CC. ¿cronista?, "Boletín de la Real Sociedad Vascongada de Amigos del País", 1966, pp. 10 -109.
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