[[3]]The counts of San Lucar were hereditary alcaldes of
Triana, and in return for surrendering the castle, they were
granted the dignity of Alguazil Mayor of the Inquisition. It
was worth 150,000 maravedis a year and the holder of the
office provided a deputy. The maravedi, once a gold coin of
some value, latterly represented only 3/8 of a cent.
[[4]] Langlois, L'Inquisition d'après des tableaux recénts (1902),
quoted by Vancandard (Conway's translation, 1908).
[[5]] Lea. History of the Inquisition in Spain. Vol. II. p. 526.
[[6]] Lea. History of the Inquisition in Spain. Vol. III.
[[7]] Trampazo means, exactly, an "extreme tightening of
cords": La ultima de las vueltas que se dan en el tormento de
las cuerdas.
[[8]] Lea. History of the Inquisition in Spain. Vol. IV.
[[9]] "Vida Penal en Espana," by Rafael Salillas, Madrid, 1888.
[[13]] Irons are not carried by the convicts, not even by those
sentenced to imprisonment "in chains," con la cadena. They
were considered an interference with the efforts and strength
of the labourer.
[[15]] I have seen a precisely similar weapon in an English convict
prison, the product of an evil-minded prisoner who used
it in an assault upon his officer.
[[16]] An official report dated 1888 gives a total of 221 prisoners
in the whole of the establishments admitted into hospital suffering
from wounds, fractures and contusions received in the
gaols.
[[23]] This town of Ecija is renowned in the history of Spanish
brigandage as the home of the "Seven Sons of Ecija," a
very daring and dangerous band whose achievements have
been told by the Spanish novelist, Fernandez y Gonzalez.
[[24]] "Bandolerismo estudo social y memorias historicas," by
Don Julian de Zugasti. Madrid, 1876.
[[25]] La Spagna; Da Irun a Malaga, by Adolfo de Foresta,
Bologna, 1879.