A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4

by Henry Charles Lea

The falling off in 1787 is probably due to greater rigor in scrutinizing claims to exemption.

[1088] Relazioni Venete, Serie I, T. V, p. 19.

[1089] Ricordi sulla Spagna nell’anno 1853 (Ibidem, III, 469).

[1090] Conservacion de Monarquías, Discurso XLV.

[1091] Bibl. nacional, MSS., D, 118, fol. 146, n 49.

[1092] Relazioni Venete, Serie I, T. V, p. 450.

[1093] Ibidem, T. VI, p. 378.—Zanetornato, p. 88.

The subsidio was a grant from Paul IV to arm sixty galleys, a purpose which was speedily forgotten. The excusado was a grant from Paul V empowering the king to claim in each parish the tithe of the largest tithe-payer, but it led to difficulties in collecting and was commuted.

[1094] Archivo de Simancas, Inquisicion de Granada, Expedientes varios, Leg. 2.

[1095] Jovellanos, Informe, p. 88.