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Deputies and prosecutors of the Inquisition of Lisbon

Each tribunal of the Portuguese Inquisition had one prosecutor (called “promotor”) and few counselors called deputies (“deputados”).

The institution of deputy was peculiar only to the Portuguese Inquisition. Initially the title of deputado was assigned to the members of the only single tribunal in Portugal, called Council of Inquisition and seated initially in Evora (1536), but quickly (in summer of 1537) moved to Lisbon. The ordinary business of the tribunal was ascribed to the President of the Council Joao de Mello (who styled himself quite early as “Inquisitor of Lisbon”), while the Council of Inquisition with all deputies acted as court of appeal. When additional tribunals were created in 1541, deputies of the Lisbon Council became appeal judges also for them. However, this did not eventually lead to complete separation of this Council as court of appeal (mesa maior) from the Lisbon Tribunal (as district court, mesa minor), because Inquisitors of Lisbon seated in the Council along with other deputies and auxiliary personnel served both to mesa maior and mesa minor. Moreover, all the other district courts, except Evora, were closed c. 1547, and since Inquisitor General Henrique was himself archbishop of Evora, the need for separate court of appeal greatly diminished. However, deputies continued to act as members of the inquisitorial court at Lisbon. The Regimento of 1552 issued by Cardinal Henrique confirmed that these deputies should vote on the sentences together with inquisitors, and in the early 1560s at the latest the figure of deputy was introduced also in the other tribunals.

Deputies of the district courts were legal counselors who voted on the sentences together with inquisitors. They can be compared to consultores in the tribunals of the Spanish Inquisition but their status was much higher, equal to prosecutors and inferior only to the inquisitors. The post of deputy was often considered a “training post” for future inquisitors. Virtually all inquisitors appointed from the end of 16th century onwards had started their careers in Inquisition as deputies. Sometimes it was also a retirement post for experienced inquisitors, who for various reasons (age, health, appointment to other posts) were no longer able to be fully committed to the inquisitorial business.

It is very difficult to compile a complete and precise list of the deputies of the Lisbon Tribunal, for various reasons. Books of oaths of this Tribunal (livros de provisões de nomeação e termos de juramento) begin only with the year 1571, and even then there are several omissions and a huge gap for the period between 1621-1640. Moreover, in the first few dozen years several jurists or theologians acted as deputados without any formal appointment, probably having been invited ad hoc to assist only by one or few particular cases. Representatives of archbishops of Lisbon (provisors or vicars-general) also occasionally participated in trials, signing documents along with inquisitors and deputies in spite of being neither of them. One should note also that it may be considered a little bit anachronistic to designate deputados of the Council of Inquisition in 1530s and 1540s as deputies of Lisbon Tribunal, because the structure of the Lisbon court at that time had not yet been clearly defined.

The following is the list of prosecutors (promotores) and deputies (deputados) of the Tribunal of Lisbon (for deputies only dates of appointment are given). Only those deputies of the Lisbon Tribunal are included, whose formal and stable appointment can be assured.

Prosecutors (Promotores)

• Filippe Henriques (1537-1540)
• Francisco Coelho (1540)
• Estevao Pinto (1540-1544)
• Gaspar de Figueiredo (1544-1545)
• Christovao Leitao (1545-1560)
• Jeronimo de Pedrosa (1560-1573)
• Marcos Teixeira (1573-1575)
• Antonio Dias Cardoso (1575-1584)
• Pedro de Olivença (1584-1589)
• Salvador de Mesquita (1590-1595)
• Marcos Gil Frazao (1595-1596)
• Joao Alvares Brandao (1596-1598)
• Manuel Pereira (1598-1600)
• Pedro Gomes (1600-1603)
• Joao Teixeira (1603-1614)
• Pedro da Silva de Sampaio (1614-1617)
• Joao Mascarenhas Henriques (1617-1621)
• Luis Alvares da Rocha (1621-1626)
• Bartholomeu de Monte Agudo (1626-1634)
• Joao Estaco (1635-1636)
• Duarte Pedro (1636-1639)
• Bartholomeu Cardoso de Gouvea (1639-1644)
• Juliao Monteiro da Silva (1644-1646)
• Alexandre da Silva (1646-1650)
• Pedro Borges Tavares (1650-1656)
• Pedro Mexia de Magalhaes (1658-1661)
• Joao de Andrade (1661-1665)
• Estevao de Brito Foios (1665-1669)
• Sebastiao Diniz Velho (1669-1671)
• Goncalo Borges Pinto (1673-1674)
• Jose de Barros de Alarcao (1674-1682)
• Joao Duarte Ribeiro (1682-1683)
• Pedro Hasse de Belem (1683-1689)
• Jose de Sousa Castello Branco (1689-1693)
• Joao de Brito Pereira (1693-1697)
• Paulo Affonso de Albuquerque (1697-1698)
• Affonso Cabral Botelho (1698-1700)
• Joao de Sousa de Castello Branco (1700-1704)
• Manuel da Cunha Pinheiro (1704-1710)
• Jose de Almeida de Amaral (1711-1712)
• Antonio Ribeiro de Abreu (1712-1718)
• Joao Paes de Amaral (1718-1720)
• Felipe Maciel (1720-1724)
• Agostinho Gomes Guimaraes (1724-1731)
• Teodosio Nunes de Sousa (1731)
• Bartolomeu da Cunha Brochado (1731-1739)
• Manuel Varejão e Távora (1739-1741)
• Francisco Tomas da Gama Pinto (1741-1744)
• Luis Barata de Lima (1744-1747/8)
• Joaquim Jansen Moller (1747/8-1752)
• Joao Machado d’Eca (1753-1758)
• Luis Pedro de Brito Caldeira (1758-1760)
• Manuel de Vasconcelos Pereira (1760-1761/68)
• Antonio Verissimo de Larre (1768-1775)
• Alexandre Jansen Moller (1775-1780)
• Antonio Homem Trigoso de Magelhaes Pereira (1780)
• Joaquim Salter de Mendonca (1780-1783)
• Alvaro Xavier Botelho (1783-1790)
• Joaquim Jose Abreu Guiao (1790-1791)
• Francisco Xavier de Oliveira da Matta (1791-1797)
• Antonio Velho da Costa (1797-1801/2)
• Francisco Freire de Mello (1801/2-1803)
• Bernardo Figueiredo de Barbuda e Seixas (1803-1814)
• Bento Paes do Amaral e Meneses (1814-1816)
• Joao Maria Soares Castelo Branco (1816-1819)
• Joao Pinto de Mendonca Arraes (1819-1821)

Deputies (Deputados)

Deputies of the Council of Inquisition in Lisbon (1537-1544):

• Rodrigo Lopes de Carvalho (1537)
• Antonio Rodrigues de Monsanto (1537)
• Antonio Machucho (1537)
• Antonio da Mota (1538)
• João Soares O.E.S.A. (1539)
• Rodrigo Gomes Pinheiro (1539), bp of Angra from 1540
• Jerónimo de Padilha O.P. (1540)
• Mem de Sa (1541)
• Antonio de Leao (1541)
• Manuel Falcao (1542)
• Antonio de Azevedo (1542)

Deputies of the Tribunal of the Inquisition in Lisbon (appointed after 1544):

• Gaspar de Figueiredo (1545)
• Ambrosio Campelo (1545)
• Jorge Goncalves Ribeiro (1546)
• Jeronimo de Azambuja (1549)
• Martim Lopes Lobo (1550)
• Manuel de Almada (c. 1550?)
• Gaspar dos Reis O.P. (c. 1555)
• Simao de Sa Pereira (1559)
• Manuel da Veiga O.P. (1559)
• Francisco Pinheiro (1562)
• Luis de Albuquerque (1563)
• Duarte da Cunha (1564)
• Martim Pinheiro (1565)
• Diogo Affonso (1565)
• Antonio Toscano (1565)
• Antonio Muniz (1565)
• Francisco de Mello (1565?)
• Balthasar Limpo (1568)
• Luis Alvares de Oliveira (1568)
• Jeronimo de Pedrosa (1573)
• Miguel de Castro (1573)
• Antonio Pires Bulhao (1573)
• Pedro Nunes da Costa (1574)
• Rodrigo Aires Monteiro (1576)
• Luis Goncalves Ribafria (1576)
• Bartholomeu Ferreira O.P. (1576)
• Marcos Teixeira (1577)
• João Ribeiro Gaio, bp of Malacca (1578)
• Antonio Dias Cardoso (1579)
• Alonso Colona (1583)
• Rui Sobrinho de Mesquita (1583)
• Pedro de Olivença (1584)
• Sebastiao Mendez de Fonseca, bp of Targa (1585)
• Antonio de Barros (1587)
• Joao Teixeira Cabral (1589)
• Lopo Soares de Albergaria (1589)
• Marcos Gil Frazao (1595)
• Diogo Vaz Pereira (1596)
• Heitor Furtado de Mendoca (1598)
• Antonio Pereira de Menezes (1598)
• Francisco de Braganca (1599)
• Domingos Riscado (1600)
• Luis de Beja O.E.S.A. (1604)
• Pedro de Castilho (1605)
• Rodrigo da Cunha (1608)
• Rodrigo Fernandes de Saldanha (1608)
• Francisco de Brito de Menezes (1610)
• Manuel Pereira (1610)
• Gaspar Pereira (1611)
• Joao da Silva (1617)
• Antonio Correa (1617)
• Manuel de Lucena (1617)
• Pedro da Silva de Faria (1617)
• Antonio Freire O.E.S.A. (1617)
• Joao de Valladares O.E.S.A. (c. 1617)
• Luis dos Anjos O.P. (c. 1618)
• Antonio de Sousa O.P. (1618)
• Pedro da Costa (c. 1618)
• Mattheus Peixoto (1619)
• Francisco Pinto Pereira (1620)
• Diogo Osorio de Castro (1620)
• Diogo Lobo (1620)
• Joao Pereira (1620)
• Pedro Cardoso (c. 1621)
• Manuel da Cunha (1622)
• Luis Alvares da Rocha (1622)
• Bernardo de Ataide (1623)
• Francisco da Silva (1624)
• Diogo de Brito (1625)
• Luis Pereira de Castro (1626)
• Antonio de Mendoca (1626)
• Jorge do Rego da Fonseca (1626)
• Bartholomeu de Monteagudo (1627)
• Manuel de Lemos O.Ss.T. (1627)
• Manuel de Saldanha (1627)
• Felippe de Mesquita (1628)
• Thomas de S. Domingos O.P. (1628)
• Simao Torrezao Coelho (1633)
• Diogo de Sousa (1635)
• Joao Troncoso Pereira (1635)
• Luis de Mello (1635)
• Alvaro de Ataide (1636)
• Estevao da Cunha (1636)
• Duarte Pedro (1638)
• Bartholomeu Cardoso de Gouvea (1639)
• Leao de Noronha (1639)
• Pedro de Castilho (1640)
• Joanne Mendes de Tavora (1640)
• Rodrigo de Mello (1641)
• Alvaro Soares de Castro (1641)
• Martim Affonso de Mello (1641)
• Manuel Corte Real de Abranches (1643)
• Belchior Dias Preto (1643)
• Francisco de Sotomaior Can.Reg., bp of Targa (1643)
• Joao Delgado Figueira (1643)
• Francisco de Miranda Henriques (1644)
• Alexandre da Silva (1648)
• Pedro Borges Tavares (1651)
• Antao de Faria (1653)
• Marcal Cazado Jacome (1653)
• Francisco Barreto (1654)
• Christovao de Andrade Freire (1656)
• Rodrigo de Miranda Henriques (1657)
• Joao de Castilho (1660)
• Rodrigo da Cunha Saldanha (1660)
• Antonio de Encarnacao O.P. (1661)
• Pedro de Ataide de Castro (1664)
• Valerio de S. Raimundo O.P. (1667)
• Luis Vieira da Silva (1668)
• Jeronimo Soares (1669)
• Estevao de Brito Foios (1667)
• Antonio de Saldanha (1674)
• Jose de Menezes (1674)
• Lorge de Castro O.P. (1675)
• Ignacio Pereira de Sousa (1675)
• Lopo Alvares de Moura (1677)
• Joao de Sousa (1678)
• Jorge da Magdalena O.F.M. (1679)
• Domingos Barreiros Leitao (1681)
• Joao Duarte Ribeiro (1682)
• Jeronimo Vaz Vieira (1682)
• Joao de Azevedo (1683)
• Luis Alvares da Rocha (1684)
• Alvaro de Abranches e Noronha (1686)
• Antonio Monteiro Paim (1686)
• Joao de Vasconcelos e Sousa (1689)
• Estevao de Foios Pereira (1690)
• Nuno da Silva Telles (1691)
• Fernando de Almeida (1693)
• Nuno da Cunha de Ataide (1693)
• Nuno Alvares de Portugal (1693)
• Nuno Alvares Pereira de Mello (1693)
• Goncalo do Crato O.P. (1693)
• Joao de Sousa (1694)
• Thome da Conceicao O.Carm. (1695)
• Thomas de Almeida (1695)
• Affonso Cabral Botelho (1698)
• Manuel da Costa de Almeida (1698)
• Filippe Barbosa (1701)
• Antonio Pacheco O.P. (1702)
• Jose de Vasconcelos e Sousa (1702)
• Manuel da Cunha Pinheiro (1703)
• Alvaro Pires de Castro (c. 1703)
• Miguel Barbosa Carneiro (1703)
• Affonso Manuel de Menezes (1704)
• Francisco de Sousa (1705)
• Francisco Carneiro de Figueiroa (1705)
• Martim Monteiro de Azevedo (1707)
• Luis de Almada (1708)
• Gaspar de Moscoso e Silva (1709)
• Nuno da Silva Telles (1709)
• Lazaro Leitao Aranha (1710)
• Jose de Almeida de Amaral (1711)
• Antonio Ribeiro de Abreu (1712)
• Manuel de S. Agostinho O.P. (1713)
• Pedro Sanches Farinha de Baena (1715)
• Filippe Neri de Sousa (1715)
• Domingos de S. Thomas O.P. (1716)
• Manuel da Silva Frances, bp of Tagaste (1717)
• Joao Paes de Amaral (1717)
• Manuel de Matos (1718)
• Felipe Maciel (1719)
• Manuel de Almeida de Carvalho (1720)
• Agostinho Gomes Guimaraes (1723)
• Bartholomeu da Cunha Brochado (1723)
• Antonio da Silva de Araujo (1723)
• Diogo Fernandes de Almeida (1724)
• Francisco Pereira da Cruz (1726)
• Sebastiao Pereira de Castro (1728)
• Teodosio Nunes de Sousa (1730)
• Antonio da Cunha de Tovar e Lemos (1733)
• Tomas de Almeida (1734)
• Jose de Vasconcelos (1736)
• Fernando de Souza da Silva e Menezes (1737)
• Francisco Lourenco de Lobo (1739)
• Manuel Varejao e Tavora (1739)
• Nicolau Joaquim Torel (1739)
• Francisco Tomas da Gama Pinto (1739)
• Diogo Lopes Pereira (1741)
• Joaquim Jansen Moller (1741)
• Bernardo de Castro Gomes (1742)
• Felipe de Abranches de Castelo Branco (1743)
• Joao Machado D’Eca (1743)
• Manuel Coelho O.P. (1744)
• Nuno Alvares Pereira de Mello (1744)
• Francisco Antonio Marques Geraldes de Andrade (1745)
• Crispim de Oliveira O.P. (1746)
• Joao de Azevedo (1746)
• Jaime da Silva Telles (1747)
• Jose Ricalde Pereira de Castro (1748)
• Alexandre Cabral Godolfim de La Roca (1749)
• Luis Pedro de Brito Caldeira (1749)
• Francisco de S. Thomas (1749)
• Antonio de Andrade Rego (1751)
• Affonso Manuel de Menezes (1752)
• João de Oliveira Leite de Barros (1753)
• Pedro de Mendonca da Corte Real (1755)
• Jose de Faro (1755)
• Manuel de Vasconcelos Pereira (1759)
• Miguel António Barreto de Meneses (1760)
• António Veríssimo de Larre (1760)
• Joao de Mansilha O.P. (1761)
• Agostinho Velho da Costa (1761)
• Alexandre Jansen Moller (1762)
• Domingos Luis Ribeiro Vieira (1765)
• Manuel Gomes Fereira (1765)
• Francisco da Cunha Torel (1766)
• Antonio Homem Trigoso de Magelhaes Pereira (1766)
• Francisco de Lemos de Faria Pereira Coutinho (1768)
• Antonio Bonifacio Coelho, abp of Lacedamon (1768)
• Pedro de Melo e Brito da Silveira (1772)
• Mendo de Vasconcelos O.P. (1773)
• Joaquim Salter de Mendonca (1775)
• Alvaro Xavier Botelho (1777)
• Vicente Ferrer da Rocha O.P. (1778)
• Diogo de Castro e Lemos (1780)
• Francisco Jose Ribeiro dos Guimaraes (c. 1781)
• Joaquim Jose Abreu Guiao (1783)
• Francisco Xavier de Lemos O.P. (1783)
• Pascoal José de Melo Freire dos Reis (1783)
• José da Cunha de Azevedo Coutinho (1785)
• Francisco de Abreu Pereira e Menezes (1785)
• Francisco Xavier de Oliveira da Matta (1785)
• Antonio Velho da Costa (1785)
• Francisco Pires de Carvalho Albuquerque (1787)
• Francisco Freire da Silva e Mello (1788)
• Jose do Rosario Garcia O.P. (1789)
• Bernardo Figueiredo de Barbuda e Seixas (1790)
• Manuel Pedrozo de Lima (1791)
• Antonio Caetano do Amaral (1791)
• Luis Antonio Carlos Furtado de Mendoca (1791)
• Francisco Xavier de Vasconcelos Coutinho (c. 1792)
• Rafael de Lorena (1793)
• Antonio Ribeiro dos Santos (1793)
• Antonio Jose Guião (c. 1797)
• Agostinho da Silva O.P. (1799)
• Jose Ferreira Cardoso Castello (1801?)
• Joao Maria Soares Castello Branco (1802)
• Ricardo Raimundo Nogueira (1802?)
• Bento Paes do Amaral e Meneses (1803?)
• Diogo do Rosario O.P. (1806)
• Joao Pinto de Mendonca Arraes (1814)
• Francisco Jose Barreto Catalao O.P. (1814)
• Eusebio Prospero Henriques O.P. (1815)
• Joao Pedro Ribeiro (1819)

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