Deputies and Prosecutors of the Inquisition of Évora

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. Deputies 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.

The following is the list of prosecutors (promotores) and deputies (deputados) of the Tribunal of Évora (for deputies only dates of appointment are given):

Prosecutors (Promotores)

Filippe Henriques (1537)
Antonio de Castro (1541-1546)
Miguel Toscano (1546-1554)
Antonio Toscano (1554-1555)
Sebastiao Goncalves (1555-1558)
Jeronimo de Pedrosa (1558-1560)
Jeronimo de Sousa (c. 1560?-1571)
Antonio Dias Cardoso (1571-1575)
Luis de Campos (1577-1583)
Jeronimo Teixeira Cabral (1583-1589)
Diogo Vaz Pereira (1589-1592)
Marcos Gil Frazao (1592-1595)
Domingos Riscado (1595-1596)
Gaspar Goncalves Leitao (1596-1603)
Pedro da Silva de Sampaio (1603-1608)
Balthasar Fagundes (1608-1611)
Thome Machado de Figueiredo (1611-1614)
Lopo Soares de Castro (1615-1617)
Joao de Borba Fragoso (1617-1623)
Antonio Rodrigues da Silveira (1623-1626)
Joao Trancoso (1626-1627)
Duarte Pedro (1627-1636)
Alvaro Soares de Castro (1637-1641)
Juliao Monteiro da Silva (1641-1644)
Domingos Rebello Lobo (1644-1649)
Joao Garcez de Azevedo (1649-1659)
Joao da Costa Pimenta (1659-1665)
Jorge Rebello de Vasconcelos (1665-1669)
Nuno de Pina Pereira (1669-1672)
Joao Feliz de Agorreta (1672-1674)
Joao Ferreira Barreto (1674-1682)
Pedro Hasse de Belem (1682-1683)
Joao Carneiro de Moraes (1683-1687)
Jose Pereira de Lacerda (1691-1694)
Affonso Cabral Botelho (1694-1698)
Jose da Gama Lobo (1698-1706)
Sebastiao d’Andrade Pessanha (1706-1716)
Bernardino Cabral da Silva (1718-1720)
Rodrigo de Mendoca e Vasconcelos (1720-1723)
Francisco Mendo Trigoso (1723?-1730)
Antonio da Silva de Araujo (1730-1739)
Luis Antonio Fragoso de Barros (1739)
Cristovao Salema Correa (1739-1741)
Nicolau Joaquim Torel (1741-1748)
Bernardino de Mira Vidigal (1748-1752)
Jeronimo Ferreira Magro (1752-1755)
Jerónimo Rogado de Carvalhal e Silva (1755-1760)
Sebastiao Leite de Faria (1760)
Jose Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castelo Branco (1760-1765)
Pedro Alvares Garrido (1765-1766)
Custódio da Silva Laboreiro (1766-1775)
Antonio Manuel Fragoso de Barros (1775-1778)
João de Aguillar e Meneses (1778-1780)
Manuel Estanislau Fragoso (1780-1783)
Miguel Leal da Gama Jacome (1783-1791)
João Baptista de Ataide Mascarenhas Cordovil (1792-1797)
Bento Paes do Amaral e Meneses (1797-1803)
Sebastião José Barbosa Cordovil da Gama (c. 1809?-1814)
Joao Limpo Pimentel Pereira de Lacerda (1814-1821)

Deputies (Deputados)

Deputies of the Council of Inquisition in Évora (1536-1537):

Rodrigo Lopes de Carvalho
Goncalo Pinheiro
Antonio Rodrigues de Monsanto

Deputies of the Tribunal of the Inquisition in Évora:

Antonio Toscano (1563)
Joao Pereira (1563)
Luis Alvares de Oliveira (1563)
Jeronimo de Sousa (1571)
Antonio Telles (1572)
Marcos Teixeira (1572)
Antonio de Mendoca (1573)
Antonio de Castro (1575)
Francisco de Lima (1575)
Diogo Nunes Figueira (1578)
Rui Pires da Veiga (1585)
Antonio Mascarenhas (1585)
Goncalo Mendes de Vasconcelos (1590)
Joao de Braganca (1590)
Martim Affonso de Mello (1590)
Salvador de Mesquita (1595)
Domingos Riscado (1596)
Heitor Furtado de Mendoca (1596)
Joao Alvares Brandao (1598)
Jorge de Mello (1600)
Miguel Pereira (1600)
Manuel Pereira (1600)
Manuel do Valle (1603)
Antonio Tarrique (1604)
Manuel Pereira (1609)
Marcos Teixeira (1612)
Pedro da Silva de Sampaio (1614)
Lopo Soares de Castro (1617)
Francisco Barreto (1617)
Fernando de Castro (1617)
Francisco Alvares Pimentel (1617)
Thomas de Brito O.P. (1617)
Amaro Fagundes (1618)
Manuel dos Anjos O.F.M. (1620), bishop of Fes from 1621
Gomes de Brito da Silva (1620)
Francisco Correa Baharem (1620)
Joao de Borba Fragoso (1620)
Pedro Correa O.F.M. (1622)
Sebastiao Tinoco (1623)
Christovao de Andrade Freire (1623)
Duarte de Vasconcelos (1623)
Vicente da Resureicao Can.Reg. (1624)
Sebastiao d’Afonseca Homem (1624)
Antonio Rodrigues da Silveira (1625)
Joao Baptista O.E.S.A. (1625)
Manuel de Saldanha (1625)
Miguel de Portugal (1626)
Alvaro de Castro O.P. (1626)
Antonio de Vasconcelos (1627)
Duarte Pedro (1635)
Diogo de Sousa (1634)
Rodrigo da Silveira (1634)
Bartholomeu de Monte Agudo (1634)
Jose d’Affonseca (1636)
Alvaro Soares de Castro (1637)
Francisco de Miranda Henriques (1637)
Joao Estaco (1638)
Manuel de Magalhaes de Menezes (1639)
Rodrigo de Mello (1642)
Domingos Rebello Lobo (1644)
Verissimo de Lencastre (1644)
Francisco Barreto (1648)
Joao de Mello (1650)
Pedro de Magalhães O.P. (1650)
Joao Garcez de Azevedo (1651)
Fernando de Menezes O.P. (1654)
Manuel Ferreira O.P. (1654)
Pedro Borges Tavares (1656)
Rodrigo da Cunha de Saldanha (1657)
Fernao Correa de Lacerda (1658)
Antonio de Encarnacao O.P. (1659)
Bento de Beja de Noronha (1661)
Andre de Mello Freire (1664)
Valerio de S. Raimundo O.P. (1665)
Jorge Rebello de Vasconcelos (1667)
Bartholomeu Ferreira O.P. (1667)
Nuno da Pina Pereira (1671)
Estevao de Brito Foios (1669)
Sebastiao Dinis Velho (1671)
Joao Felix de Agorreta (1674)
Joao Ferreira Barreto (1675)
Jorge de Castro O.P. (1674)
Simao da Gama (1674)
Garcia de Sousa de Menezes (1675)
Bernardino de S. Antonio O.F.M., bishop of Targa (1675)
Bento de S. Tomas O.P. (1676)
Andre Bernardes Aires (1676)
Joao de Sousa (1677)
Jorge da Magdalena O.F.M. (1677)
Vicente de S. Thomas O.P. (1677)
Joao Carneiro de Moraes (1681)
Joao Soares Moniz da Silva (1681)
Pedro Hasse de Belem (1682)
Manuel Guerreiro (1684)
Antonio Pereira da Silva (1684)
Joao de Brito Pereira (1687)
Bento de Sousa de Almeida (1689)
Nuno Mascarenhas de Brito (1690)
Vicente Salema Castello (1690)
Jose Pereira de Lacerda (1691)
Antonio Pereira O.P. (1693)
Affonso Cabral Botelho (1694)
Jose da Gama Lobo (1695)
Domingos de Encarnacao O.P. (1697)
Domingos Barata O.SS.T., bishop of Missene (1700)
Manuel da Cunha Pinheiro (1701)
Sebastiao d’Andrade Pessanha (1703)
Antonio Metella de Tavora (1704)
Ignacio de Cabedo de Vasconcelos (1707)
Joao Paulo Vidigal (1707)
Joao Bautista O.P (1707)
Jose de Jesus Maria Fonseca O.P., bishop of Patara (1716)
Bernardino Cabral da Silva (1717)
Teotonio da Fonseca Sotomaior (1717)
Rodrigo de Mendoca e Vasconcelos (1719)
Thome Chichorro da Gama Lobo (1720)
Simao Jose Silveiro Lobo (1720)
Francisco Mendo Trigoso (1720)
Luis Antonio Fragoso de Barros (1729)
Domingos de Amorim O.P. (1730)
Antonio de Aguilar Sequeira (1739)
Christovao Salema Correa (1739)
José Cardoso Guião (1739)
Bernardino de Mira Vidigal (1742)
Jeronimo Ferreira Magro (1742)
Andre de Oliveira (1744)
Inácio de Amaral O.P. (1752)
Manuel de Vasconcelos Pereira (1753)
Sebastiao Leite de Faria (1753)
Antonio Lopes de Sequeira (1756)
Jose Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castelo Branco (1760)
Custodio da Silva Laboreiro (1760)
Antonio Manuel Fragoso de Barros (1762)
Joao de Aguilar Menezes (1765)
João Justiniano Farinha (1777)
Manuel Estanislau Fragoso (1778)
Jose Malaquias O.P. (1779)
Francisco Xavier de Oliveira da Matta (1783)
Carlos de Almeida Bitencur O.P. (1783)
Francisco Goncalves (1785)
Joao Baptista Ataide de Cordovil (1787)
Bento Paes do Amaral e Meneses (1790)
João de Santa Ines O.P. (1793)
Gervasio Hipolito de Vasconcelos Salema (1795)
Francisco Nicolao Correa de Lacerda de Mello (1797)
Sebastião José Barbosa Cordovil da Gama (1803)
Joao Limpo Pimentel Pereira de Lacerda (1803)
Francisco Jose Barreto Catalao O.P. (1804)
Jose do Rosario e Silva O.P. (1814)
Joaquim de Santo Tomás Garcia OP (1815)
António Luis de Macedo e Brito (1815)

Bibliography

Collecciao dos Documentos, Estatutos, e Memorias da Academia Real da Historia Portugueza, Lisboa Occidental 1723
Almanach para o anno de 1805, Lisboa 1805
Almanach para o anno de 1807, Lisboa 1807
Arquivo Nacional Torre do Tombo. Tribunal do Santo Ofício. Inquisição de Lisboa. Maço 31

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invidia inter dum contemptim in Tartara taetra
invidia quoniam ceu fulmine summa vaporant
plerumque et quae sunt aliis magis edita cumque
[Lucretius, "De rerum natura", lib. V]

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