Chapter XXXII: Appendix: Statistics of Offences and Penalties

(See p. 93).

It is manifestly impossible to compile the statistics of inquisitorial activity during the centuries of its existence and amid its numerous tribunals, but some fragmentary figures may serve to illustrate the comparative frequency of the offences with which it had to deal and the character of the punishments which it inflicted. As regards the latter it will be remembered that the sentences usually comprised several penalties.

OFFENCES.

The following summary of cases acted upon by the tribunal of Toledo is condensed from the "Catálogo de los causas contra la fe seguidas ante el Tribunal del Santo Oficio de Toledo" (Madrid, 1903) prepared by Padre Fresca, S. J., and Don Miguel Gómez del Campillo, from the original records. As the earliest case is of 1483 (p. 192) and the latest of 1819 (p. 81) it would appear to cover the whole activity of the tribunal, but it is manifestly imperfect, in view of the masses of Judaizers reconciled and the effigies burnt of the dead and fugitives, in the early years of the organization (Vol. I, pp. 165-72, 183). In a minor degree this is also shown by comparison with tables below of portions of the period from other sources. These latter also have interest as indicating changes in the character of offences at successive periods.

The classification of Señor Gómez del Campillo is as follows:

Bigamy 188| Insults to officials 186
Blasphemy 755| Personating priesthood 33
Fornication not a sin 259| Judaizers 977
Personating officials and | Prohibited books 34
forged licences 48| Moriscos 219
Fautorship of heretics 60| Irreverence and scandalous
Sorcery 296| speeches 551
Heresy--Illuminism 39| False witness 34
Anglicanism 14| Propositions, erroneous 60
Calvinism 18| scandalous 63
Lutheranism 79| heretical 46
Freemasonry 3| Marriage in Orders 16
General 72| Sacrilege 74
Deluded and deluders 25| Solicitation in confession 105
Impeding the Inquisition 62| Various 43
Violation of disabilities 91|

A MS. volume in the Library of the University of Halle (Yc, 20, Tom. I) contains the reports to the Suprema by the tribunal of Toledo of its operations, from the auto de fe of September 4, 1575, to that of February 7, 1610. The auto of 1595 is however missing and the report of the last one is incomplete, breaking off at the tenth case. So far as it goes, the record for these 35 years embraces 1172 cases, an analysis of which yields the following results:

Bigamy 53| Propositions--
Blasphemy 46| On Offerings for the Dead 3
Fornication not a sin 264| On the Eucharist 3
Personating officials 13| On the Sacraments 1
Sorcery 18| On Canonization and Saints 3
Heresy, Illuminism 12| On the Authority
Protestant sects 47| of Scripture 1
Greek Christians 3| On the Miracle of the
Offences against the | Loaves and Fishes 1
Inquisition 22| On the Stigmata of
Personating Priesthood 25| St. Francis 1
Judaizers 174| On Excommunication 1
Moriscos 190| On Marriage and Adultery 9
Irreverence 5| On Oaths 1
False witness 8| On Holy Orders 1
Do in cases of Limpieza 57| On Moors 1
Solicitation in Confession 52| On Self-Damnation 1
Propositions, Marriage | On Infidelity 1
better than priesthood 30| On Impeccability 1
Scholastic discussion | On Sin inevitable 1
at Alcalá 7| On the Papal Power 2
Ridicule of pious | On Women 1
observances 3| On Homicide 1
Story about St. Peter 4| On the Inquisition 3
Excuse for blasphemy 1| On the Royal Power 3
On God 9| On Incest 1
On Christ 5| On the Defeat of
On the Virgin 4| the Armada 1
On Magdalen 4| Various 8
On Belief in Virgin | Offences of Officials 22
and Saints 1| Slander 1
On the Grace of God 1| Hermaphrodite 1
On Salvation 12| Quarrel over an Irish Benefice 1
On the Resurrection 6| Imposture 1
On the Future Life 4| Smuggling of Horses 1
On Indulgences 9| Apostate Frailes 2
On Images 6| Favoring Vandoma (Henry IV) 1
On the Necessity of Mass 6| Irregularities 1
On Confession 5|
On Intercessory Prayer 1|

In Legajo I of the Archivo histórico Nacional, Inquisicion de Toledo, there is a volume of which the introductory lines state that on February 8, 1648, Gonzalo Bravo Graxera, then inspecting the tribunal, reminded the inquisitors that a _carta acordada_ of May 22, 1570, required a register to be kept of all penitents appearing in the autos, with their punishments. Thereupon a book was procured for the purpose and the record commenced. It extends from 1648 to 1794 and is doubtless complete. An analysis of this yields the following results:

[Sidenote: _STATISTICS OF OFFENCES AND PENALTIES_]

Bigamy 62| Marriage in Orders 10
Blasphemy 37| Solicitation in Confessional 68
Fornication not a sin 3| _Mala doctrina_ in Do 9
Personating officials 4| Rebaptism (Greek) 1
Fautorship 16| Errors 1
Sorcery 100| _Hipocrita_ 1
Illuminism (Molinism etc.) 17| Fray Berrocosa 2
Protestantism 11| Gypsy 1
Heresy 3| Greek 1
Suspicion of Heresy 2| Atheism 1
Deluded and Deluders 16| Burlesque Sermon 1
Impeding the Inquisition 13| Threatening a witness 1
Insulting officials 3| Hiding confiscated property 1
Disrespect to Inquisition 5| Offence of a Notary 1
Speaking ill of Do 1| Blackmailing 1
Personating Priesthood 12| Breaking prison 2
Judaism 659| Do exile and presidio 4
Mahometanism 5| Non-performance of sentence 1
Apostasy 2| _Cofradia execrable_ 1
Irreverence and Sacrilege 3| Improper rules for a Congregation 1
Propositions 74| Printing without licence 1

In the Royal Library of Berlin Qt. 9548 is a volume containing relations of sixty-four autos held in various tribunals, between 1721 and 1727. During this period inquisitorial energy was mainly directed against Judaism, as will be seen from the following summary of the cases:

Bigamy 35| Personating officials 1
Blasphemy 4| Judaism 824
Fautorship 2| Apostasy 6
Sorcery etc. 57| Mahometanism 1
Protestantism 3| Marriage in Orders 1
Heresy 4| False witness 17
Deluders 2| Rebaptism 2
Personating Priesthood 1| Breaking prison 3

PUNISHMENTS.

In the Toledo record of 1575-1610 the sentences include

Relaxation in Person 15| To be last in Choir and Refectory 26
in Effigy 18| The Discipline 11
Confiscation 185| Spiritual Penances 17
Fines (aggregating | Hearing Mass as Penitent in
2,586,625 mrs.) 141| Church 66
Reconciliation 207| Do in Audience-Chamber 150
in Effigy 1| Abjuration _de vehementi_ 21
Sanbenito 186| _de levi_ 49
Imprisonment 175| Reprimand or warning 56
Reclusion in convent or hospital 87| To write no more books 1
Galleys 91| Temporary suspension from
Scourging 133| priestly functions 1
Vergüenza 26| Public recantation 1
Exile 167| Cases dismissed 30
Prohibition to leave Spain 6| suspended 98
Gagging 20| Acquittals 51
Deprivation of Confessing 42|
Disability for Orders 10|

The Toledo Record from 1648 to 1794 yields the following summary:

Relaxation in Person 8| Vergüenza 10
in Effigy 63| Exile 566
Confiscation 417| Deprivation of confessing 68
Fines (aggregating 30,600 ducats) 50| Disability for Orders 3
Do of half property of | Suspension from Orders 4
culprits 14| Do from confessing 1
Reconciliation 445| Do from preaching 11
Prison and sanbenito, short | Deprivation of priestly
terms 183| functions 5
Do Do perpetual 161| Degradation from priesthood 1
Do Do irremissible 82| Abjuration _de vehementi_ 51
Reclusion in convents etc. 91| Do _de levi_ 314
Galleys, Presidios and Arsenals 98| Reprimand 467
Scourging 92| Cases suspended 104
| Acquittals 6

The sentences in the sixty-four autos de fe between 1721 and 1727 include:

Relaxation in Person 77| Prison etc. irremissible 275
Do in Effigy 74| Galleys and Presidio 99
Confiscation 776| Scourging 297
Fine of one-half of property 12| Vergüenza 13
Reconciliation 630| Exile 189
Prison and sanbenito, | Abjuration _de vehementi_ 31
short terms 252| Do _de levi_ 125
Do perpetual 113|

DOCUMENTS.

I.