[1079] Cartas de Jesuitas (Mem. hist. español, XIII, 86).

[1080] Autos Acordados, Lib. IV, Tit. i, Auto 4.

[1081] Llorente, Coleccion diplomática, p. 44.

[1082] Autos Acordados, Lib. V, Tit. x, Auto 3.

[1083] C. Trident. Sess. XXI, De Reform. cap. 2; Sess. XXIII, De Reform. cap. 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; Sess. XXV, De Reg. et Mon. cap. 3.

[1084] Innocent. PP. XIII, Constit. Apostolici ministerii, 13 Maii, 1723. Confirmed by Benedict XIII, September 23, 1724 (Bullar. Roman. XIII, 60).

[1085] Semanário erúdito, X, 149-58.

[1086] Ibidem, VII, 172, 182-4; VIII, 231-33.

[1087] Novís. Recop., Lib. 1, Tit. v, leyes 14, 15, 17, 18. Under Carlos III the numbers of the clergy were:

1768.1787.
Parish priests15,63916,689
Beneficed clergy, vicars etc.51,40842,707
Regular clergy, males55,45347,515
Do. Do. females27,66524,559
Servants, sacristans, acolytes, etc.25,24816,376
Treasurers of religious houses8,5524,127
183,965151,973