A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1

by Henry Charles Lea

TRIBUNALS

Valladolid. A tribunal was assigned to Valladolid in 1485, but did not get into working order until 1488. After this it was suspended to be revived in 1499, as appears from a letter of Isabella, Dec. 24, 1498. The northern provinces of Spain were comparatively free from heresy and Ximenes, in his reorganization of 1509, assigned to Valladolid the enormous district comprising the sees of Burgos, Osma, Palencia, Segovia, Avila, Salamanca, Zamora, Leon, Oviedo and Astorga and the abbeys of Valladolid, Medina del Campo and Sahagun. In 1516 the enumeration is the same except the omission of Zamora and the addition of Ciudad Rodrigo and Calahorra. Roughly speaking, it may be assumed to comprise the whole of the provinces of Old Castile, Leon and Asturias. Valdés, August 8, 1560, repeated April 12, 1562 made over the whole of this to Toledo, but the grant can only have been temporary for, in 1565 the Toledan inquisitors described themselves as of the city and archbishoprics of Toledo, the city and bishopric of Sigüenza, with the bishoprics of Avila and Segovia, and in 1579 we find the inquisitors of Valladolid styling themselves inquisitors of the kingdoms of Castile and Leon and the principality of Asturias. This enormous district it continued to retain, subject to the easternmost portion detached to Calahorra or Logroño and to its translation in 1601 to Medina del Campo and thence to Burgos, from which it returned to Valladolid, probably about 1630.[1332]

Xeres. In 1495, Rodrigo Lucero is described as Inquisitor of Xeres. In 1499 the sovereigns appointed Alonso de Guevara Inquisitor of Cadiz and Xeres. The tribunal continued there for some time. In 1515 Ferdinand alludes to Luis de Riba Martin “our late receiver in the Inquisition of Xeres,” who in dying had left to the treasury a legacy of 30,000 mrs. for the relief of his conscience.[1333] I have met no later reference to it and probably it was soon afterwards merged into the tribunal of Seville.

II.
LIST OF INQUISITORS-GENERAL.

1483.	Thomás de Torquemada. Appointed in 1483. Died Sept. 16, 1498.
1491.	Miguel de Morillo is also inquisitor-general in 1491.
Additional Inquisitors-general, Appointed in 1494.
1494.	Martin Ponce de Leon, Archbishop of Messina. Died in 1500.
	Iñigo Manrique, Bishop of Córdova. Died March 4, 1496.
	Francisco Sánchez de la Fuente, Bishop of Avila. Died Sept., 1498.
	Alonso Suárez de Fuentelsaz, Bishop of Jaen. Resigned in 1504. DiedNov. 5, 1520.
1498.	Diego Deza, Archbishop of Seville. Commissioned Nov. 24,1498, for Castile, Leon and Granada, and Sept. 1, 1499, for allSpain. Resigned in 1507. Died July 9, 1523.

Separation of Inquisitions of Castile and Aragon.

Castile.		Aragon.
1507.	Francisco Ximenes de Cisneros, Cardinal and Archbishop ofToledo. Commissioned June 5, 1507. Died Nov. 8, 1517.	1507.	Juan Enguera, Bishop of Vich (of Lérida in 1511).Commissioned June 6, 1507. Died Feb. 14, 1513.
		1513.	Luis Mercader, Bishop of Tortosa. Commissioned July 15, 1513.Died June 1, 1516.
			Fray Juan Pedro de Poul, Dominican Provincial of Aragon, alsocommissioned by Leo X. Died in 1516.
		1516.	Adrian of Utrecht, Cardinal and Bishop of Tortosa.Commissioned Nov. 14, 1516.

Reunion of Inquisitions of Castile and Aragon.
1518.	Cardinal Adrian of Utrecht. Commissioned March 14, 1518.Elected to papacy Jan. 9, 1522. Continued to act until hisdeparture for Rome from Tarragona Aug. 4, 1522.
1523.	Alfonso Manrique, Cardinal and Archbishop of Seville.Commissioned Sept. 10, 1523. Died Sept. 28, 1538.
1539.	Juan Pardo de Tavera, Cardinal and Archbishop of Toledo.Appointed June 10, 1539. Commissioned Nov. 7, 1539. Took possessionDec. 7, 1539. Died Aug. 1, 1545.
1546.	Francisco García de Loaysa, Archbishop of Seville.Commissioned Feb. 18, 1546. Took possession March 29, 1546. DiedApril 22, 1546.
1547.	Fernando Valdés, Archbishop of Seville. Commissioned Jan. 20,1547. Took possession Feb. 19, 1547. Resigned in 1566. Died Dec. 9,1568.
1566.	Diego Espinosa, Cardinal and Bishop of Sigüenza. CommissionedSept. 8, 1566. Took possession Dec. 4, 1566. Died Sept. 15, 1572.
1572.	Pedro Ponce de Leon y Córdova, Bishop of Plasencia.Commissioned Dec. 7, 1572. Did not take possession; his briefarrived four hours after his death, Jan. 17, 1573.
1573.	Gaspar de Quiroga, Cardinal and Archbishop of Toledo.Commissioned April 20, 1573. Took possession May 28, 1573. DiedNov. 12, 1594.
1595.	Gerónimo Manrique de Lara, Bishop of Avila. Commissioned Aug.1, 1595. Died Nov. 1, 1595.
1596.	Pedro de Portocarrero, Bishop of Cuenca. Commissioned Jan. 1,1596. Resigned in 1599. Died Sept. 20, 1600.
1599.	Fernando Niño de Guevara, Cardinal and Archbishop of Seville.Commissioned Aug. 11, 1599. Took possession Dec. 23, 1599.
	Resigned in 1602. Died Jan. 1, 1609.
1602.	Juan de Zuñiga, Bishop of Cartagena. Commissioned July 29,1602. Died Dec. 20, 1602.
1603.	Juan Bautista Acevedo, Royal Confessor and Patriarch of theIndies. Commissioned Jan. 20, 1603. Died July 8, 1608.
1608.	Bernardo de Sandoval y Roxas, Cardinal and Archbishop ofToledo. Commissioned Sept. 12, 1608. Died Dec. 7, 1618.
1619.	Luis de Aliaga, Royal Confessor. Commissioned Jan. 4, 1619.Resigned in 1621. Died Dec. 3, 1626.
1622.	Andrés Pacheco, Bishop of Cuenca. Commissioned Feb. 12, 1622.Died April 7, 1626.
1627.	Antonio de Zapata, Cardinal and Archbishop of Burgos,1600-1605. Commissioned Jan. 30, 1627. Resigned in 1632. Died April23, 1635.
1632.	Antonio de Sotomayor, Royal Confessor and Archbishop ofDamascus. Commissioned July 17, 1632. Resigned June 21, 1643. Diedin 1648.
1643.	Diego de Arce y Reynoso, Bishop of Plasencia. CommissionedSept. 18, 1643. Took possession Nov. 14, 1643. Died June 20, 1665.
1665.	Pascual de Aragon, Archbishop of Toledo. A document of Oct.26, 1665, is drafted in his name. Resigned soon afterwards.
1666.	Juan Everardo Nithardo, Royal Confessor and Cardinal.Commissioned Oct. 15, 1666. Banished Feb. 25, 1669, as ambassadorto Rome. Died in 1681.
1669.	Diego Sarmiento de Valladares, Bishop of Plasencia.Commissioned Sept. 15, 1669. Died Jan. 29, 1695.
1695.	Juan Thomás de Rocaberti, Archbishop of Valencia.Commissioned Aug. 2, 1695. Died June 13, 1699.
1699.	Alfonso Fernández de Córdova y Aguilar. Died Sept. 19, 1699,before the arrival of his brief.
1699.	Balthasar de Mendoza y Sandoval, Bishop of Segovia.Commissioned Oct. 31, 1699. Resigned in 1705. Died Nov. 4, 1727.
1705.	Vidal Marin, Bishop of Ceuta. Commissioned March 24, 1705.Died March 10, 1709.
1709.	Antonio Ybañez de la Riva-Herrera, Archbishop of Saragossa.Commissioned April 5, 1709. Died Sept. 3, 1710.
1711.	Francesco Giudice, Cardinal. Commissioned June 11, 1711.Resigned in 1716. Died Oct. 10, 1725.
1715.	Felipe Antonio Gil de Taboada. Commissioned Feb. 28, 1715.Did not serve.
1717.	Josef de Molines. Proclaimed Jan. 9, 1717, while in Rome.Detained in Milan by the Austrians and died there.
	Juan de Arzamendi. Died without serving.
1720.	Diego de Astorga y Cespedes, Bishop of Barcelona.Commissioned March 26, 1720. Resigned in 1720. Died Feb. 9, 1724.
1720.	Juan de Camargo, Bishop of Pampeluna. Commissioned July 18,1720. Died May 24, 1733.
1733.	Andrés de Orbe y Larreategui, Archbishop of Valencia.Commissioned July 28, 1733. Died Aug. 4, 1740.
1742.	Manuel Isidro Manrique de Lara, Archbishop of Santiago.Commissioned Jan. 1, 1742. Died Jan. 10, 1746.
1746.	Francisco Pérez de Prado y Cuesta, Bishop of Teruel.Appointed July 26, 1746. Commissioned Aug. 22, 1746. Died in July,1755.
1755.	Manuel Quintano Bonifaz, Archbishop of Pharsalia.Commissioned Aug. 11, 1755. Resigned in 1774. Died Dec. 18, 1775.
1775.	Felipe Beltran, Bishop of Salamanca. Appointed Dec. 27, 1774.Commissioned Feb. 27, 1775. Took possession May 5, 1775. Died Nov.30, 1783.
1784.	Agustin Rubin de Cevallos, Bishop of Jaen. Appointed Jan. 23,1784. Commissioned Feb. 17, 1784. Took possession June 7, 1784.Died Feb. 8, 1793.
1793.	Manuel Abad y la Sierra, Archbishop of Selimbria. Tookpossession May 11, 1793. Resigned in 1794. Died Jan. 12, 1806.
1794.	Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana, Archbishop of Toledo. Tookpossession Sept. 12, 1794. Resigned in 1797. Died April 17, 1804.
1798.	Ramon Josef de Arce y Reynoso, Archbishop of Saragossa.Resigned March 22, 1808. Died in Paris, Feb. 16, 1814.
1814.	Xavier Mier y Campillo, Bishop of Almería. Took possession inAugust, 1814. In a series of documents he ceases to appear aboutJune, 1818, and for some months the Suprema acts as in a vacancy.
1818.	Gerónimo Castellon y Salas, Bishop of Tarazona. The earliestdocument in which I have met his signature is dated Oct. 21, 1818.He had no successor and died April 20, 1835.
1755.	Manuel Quintano Bonifaz, Archbishop of Pharsalia.Commissioned Aug. 11, 1755. Resigned in 1774. Died Dec. 18, 1775.
1775.	Felipe Beltran, Bishop of Salamanca. Appointed Dec. 27, 1774.Commissioned Feb. 27, 1775. Took possession May 5, 1775. Died Nov.30, 1783.
1784.	Agustin Rubin de Cevallos, Bishop of Jaen. Appointed Jan. 23,1784. Commissioned Feb. 17, 1784. Took possession June 7, 1784.Died Feb. 8, 1793.
1793.	Manuel Abad y la Sierra, Archbishop of Selimbria. Tookpossession May 11, 1793. Resigned in 1794. Died Jan. 12, 1806.
1794.	Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana, Archbishop of Toledo. Tookpossession Sept. 12, 1794. Resigned in 1797. Died April 17, 1804.
1798.	Ramon Josef de Arce y Reynoso, Archbishop of Saragossa.Resigned March 22, 1808. Died in Paris, Feb. 16, 1814.
1814.	Xavier Mier y Campillo, Bishop of Almería. Took possession inAugust, 1814. In a series of documents he ceases to appear aboutJune, 1818, and for some months the Suprema acts as in a vacancy.
1818.	Gerónimo Castellon y Salas, Bishop of Tarazona. The earliestdocument in which I have met his signature is dated Oct. 21, 1818.He had no successor and died April 20, 1835.

Signature of the Last Inquisitor-general.