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A14621	The present estate of Spayne, or A true relation of some remarkable things touching the court, and gouernment of Spayne with a catalogue of all the nobility, with their reuenues. Composed by Iames Wadsworth, Gent. late pensioner to his Maiesty of Spayne, and nominated his captaine in Flanders.	Wadsworth, James, 1604-1656?	1630 (1630)	STC 24929A; ESTC S119416	34,892	98

Ilands in the Ocean and Mediterranean Sea and other Frontiers in Barbarie Gouernours of the strong Castles of the Spaniards in Flaunders viz. Antwerp Gaunt and Cambray with diuers other petty gouernments throughout the King of Spayne his Dominions Embassadours THe King of Spayne his Embassadour at Rome The Embassadour in Germany The Embassadour in England The Embassadour in Fraunce The Embassadour in Flaunders The Embassadour in Venice The Embassadour in Genoua The Embassadour in Sauoy The Embassadour in Florence Besides these Embassadours hee hath diuers others Agents in Germany and elsewhere Also the Councell haue the choosing of Spia Maior or grand Spie which is a place of Dignitie in Spayne All these places and offices of worth Dignity and eminence are by the Kings permission in the power and donation vpon Consultation of the Councell of State but the rest which doe not principally concerne the State they are referred to the Councell of Warre to the Councell of Italy the Councell of the Indies the Councel of Portugall the Councell of Nauarre the Councell of Arragon the Councell of Galicia which are all depending on the Councell of State There are certaine other Councels which are not subordinate to the Councell of State but are absolutely subsisting of themselues by vertue of their owne authority as First the Councell of Inquisition The President of which is called the grand Inquisitor and most commonly is the Kings Confessor and by his order a Dominican Friar This Councell is rather superior then inferiour to the Councell of State for they determine matters of themselues Concerning matters of Religion without imploring the assistance of the Kings prerogatiue only acknowledging the Popes supremacie as Christs Vicar-generall Next vnto this is the Councell royall of Castilla on Court Royall of Iustice The President of which Court in many respects as the equity of Causes requires is equall with the King He hath continuall insight into the gouernment of Spayne and hath full power and authority in himselfe to rectifie and reforme by Iustitiary correction any delinquent that shall transgresse against the lawes of the Kingdome Moreouer if any Magistrate or any others that beare office in the Kingdome vpon Complaint made vnto him and sent for by vertue of his warrant bee found faulty in the administration of Iustice it is in his power to punish the Magistrate or Officer according to his delict and offence in that behalfe There are subordinate to this Counsell the Chaunceries of Valladolid and Granada and the Audi●ncia or Court of Iustice in Seuill and moreouer it hath the ordination of threescore and odde Corrigidores or gouernours of Prouinces Cities and Townes in Spayne In a word it is a Councell of the greatest priuiledge and authority in Spayne and therefore the King preferres none to bee President of that Councell but such a one as he is well assured of his Loyall allegiance to himselfe and his fidelity and vprightnesse of Conscience in the Administration of Iustice for the good and tranquillity of his Common weale The next is the Councell of Camera or the Kings Priuie-Chamber which Councell by the Kings speciall direction and licence withall haue the priuiledge to dispose of and bestow all Church-liuings which are in the Kings gift as Arch-Bishopricks Bishopricks Denaries Rectories c. The King himselfe hauing the same authority from the Pope of Rome Also the Councell of Orders which doe onely treate of the seuerall orders of Knighthood and their Priuiledges and likewise haue power and authority to question and decide Controuersies if there bee any such occurrences betweene the said Knights of Orders Next is the Councell of Hacienda commonly called the Kings Exchequer Next the Councell of accompts which doe onely meddle with the Kings R●uenues Rents and Subsidies Also the Councell of Crusada commonly called the Popes Bull by vertue of authority whereof in the Popes name the King of Spayne do●h yearely send out a priuiledge throughout his kingdome of Spayne that the inhabitants therein from the age of seauen yeares to threescore shall haue free leaue and liberty to eate grossura that is grosse meates viz. liuers lights necks and such like partes of any kinde of flesh on Saterdayes all the yeare long and likewise Whitemeates in Lent as butter Cheese Milke Egges and the like and vpon all fasting dayes throughout the yeare Also by vertue of the said Bull they obteine diuerse Pardons Indulgences ●nd grace● from the Pope for one whole yeare and so from yeare to yeare paying for the same dispensation yearely to the King one shilling in siluer all this the Pope giues to the King as an extraordinary token of his louing fauour to him the summe in all amounting to aboue two Millions of Duckats a yeare All this the aforesaid Councell doth order and receiue the sayd Moneys from the Collectors thereof to the Kings vse Lastly the Councell of Descargos called the Councell of discharge doth at the death of any King of Spayne treate of the Kings debts if hee oweth any and likewise they doe take care to see the last Will and Testament of the said deceased King performed Priuiledges of some of the Nobility of Spayne THe Duke of Igar doth euery New-yeares day dine with the King by vertue of his priuiledge graunted to that Posterity by the former Kings of Castilla as a requitall of their good seruice done in the Warres against the Moores and likewise hee is to haue the same sute of apparrell that the King weares the same day The Duke of Arcos is to haue the same sute the King weares vpon our Lady day in September although he be not that day at the Court. The Marques of Villena is to haue the Cup the King drinkes in euery twelfe day if he be then at Court The Countesse of Cabra as customary and by right of priuiledge due vnto her is to haue yearely the same apparell that the Queene weares vpon Easter day or else fifty thousand Marauedis in lue of it The Countesse of Palma hath the same priuiledge vpon our Lady day in September The Earle of Oropesa by his place is to beare the Kings naked sword before him throughout all the Kingdome of Castilla vpon occasion of Parllaments publique actes or meetings and in the Kingdome of Arragon the Earle of Sastago enioyes the same priuiledge but in their absence the Master of the Kings Horse is to performe the same office Amongst the Grandes of Spayne there is no precedency of place in publique actes but only the Constable of Spayne is to haue the first place and next vnto him the Admirall and the rest according to our English Prouerbe first come first serued The Admirall of Castilla when he hath any occasion to goe to the Councell Royall hath his sword by his side which is not lawfull for any of the Grandes to doe besides himselfe and the President of the said Councell placeth him on his left hand The Duke of Medina-Coeli his priuiledge

Galicia his reuenues by office are sixe thousand Duckats a yeare The Prince of Asculi Adelantado of Canuria his place by office is valued at foure thousand Duckats a yeare Vicountes of Spayne and the value of their Lordships of which they are Vicounts OF Toriza at foure thousand Duckats a yeare Of Peralta at foure thousand Duckats a yeare Of Rosa and Earle of Aranda at sixe thousand Duckats a yeare Of Sol Vicount of Castros at eight thousand Duckats a yeare Of Disnajar and Duke of Sesar at eight thousand Duckats a yeare Archbishops and Bishops of Spayne and their yearely Demeanes FIrst the Infanto Don Ferdinando third brother to the King of Spayne is Cardinall of Toledo Primate and Metropolitane of all Spayne and next vnto the Pope thought to bee the greatest Prelate in all Christendome for wealth and Dignities insomuch that his Reuenues are thought to bee worth not so little as foure hundred thousand Duckets a yeere Don Alphonso in his time of reigning did Conquer Toledo with the sword from the Moores in the yeare 1083 and was the first King that established this A●ch-Bishoprick in this great state and estate and since his time it hath beene much inriched by the large bounty of Kings and many Noble men of Spayne insomuch that now besides the Primacie and Chauncery of Castilla it hath beene in great Credite and authority throughout all Europe and is serued with foureteene Dignities and Channons with Prebends Fifty Portionists and other extraordinary Channons besides Chaplaines Priests Clearks Chaunters and other Officers that haue stipends or fees at the least sixe hundred Besides it is exceeding rich in Plate The Archbishop of Seuill his estate is valued at a hundred thousand Duckats a yeare Of Sant-Iago at fourescore thousand Duckats a yeare Of Valentia at fifty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Granada at seuen and twenty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Burgos at forty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Saragosa at thirty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Taragona at fiue and thirty thousand Duckats a yeare Bishops within the Precincts and Iurisdiction of Toledo Their yearely Reuenues THE Bishop of Guenca is worth in estate fifty thousand Duckats a yea●e Of Siguenta at fifty thousand Duckets a yeare Of Osma at thirty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Cordoba at fourty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Iaen at twenty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Segou●a at sixe and twenty thousand Duckets a yeare Of Auila at foure and twenty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Seuill THe Bishop of Malaga his estate is worth thirty thousand Duckats a yeere Of Cadiz at fifteene thousand Duckats a yeare Of Canar●a at twelue thousand Duckats a yeare Of Granada THE Bishop of Almeria is worth sixe thousand Duckats a yeare Of Guadix at eight thousand Duckats a yeare Of Valentia THe Bishop of Cartagena is worth tenne thousand Duckets a yeare Of Origuela at eight thousand Duckats a yeare Of Segorbe at tenne thousand Duckats a yeare Of Balbastro at sixe thousand Duckats a yeare Of Burgos THe Bishop of Caloborra is worth twenty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Palentia at sixeteene thousand Duckats a yeare Of Pamplona at thirty thousand Duckats a yeare Bishops within the Precincts and Iurisdiction of San-Diago Their yearely Reuenues THE Bishop of Coria is worth foure and twenty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Astorga at twelue thousand Duckets a yeare Of Samora at twenty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Salamanca at twenty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Oriense at eight thousand Duckats a yeare Of Tuy at foure thousand Duckets a yeare Of Vadajoz at sixe thousand Duckats a yeare Of Lugo at eight thousand Duckats a yeare Of Ciudad-Rodrigo at twelue thousand Duckats a yeare Of Taragona THe Bishop of Lerida is worth tenne thousand Duckats a yeere Of Tortosa at foureteene thousand Duckats a yeare Of Barcelona at eight thousand Duckats a yeare Of Girona at twelue thousand Duckats a yeare Of Vrgel at seuen thousand Duckats a yeare Of Viqui at fiue thousand Duckats a yeare Of Caragosa THe Bishop of Taragona is worth sixe thousand Duckats a yeare Of Iaca at eight thousand Duckats a yeare Of Guesca at ten thousand Duckats a yeare Of Valuastro at nine thousand Duckets a yeare Of Albacarin at sixe thousand Duckats a yeare These following are exempted and free of themselues THe Bishop of Leon is worth fourteene thousand Duckets a yeare Of Obiedo foure and twenty thousand Duckats a yeare Of Vallodelid at foureteene thousand Duckets a yeare The Bishoppricke of Placentia although it fall vacant in the Popes moneth of Election yet not withstanding it is at the Kings disposure where yee are to note that the King of Spayne and the Pope doe diuide the yeare b●tweene them by Monethly course for the donation of Bishoppricks and other Spirituall liuings but yet this of all the rest is excepted to bee only in the Kings gift although it happen to fall voyd in the Popes moneth Now vpon the election of any Bishop either by the King or the Pope the sayd Bishop must enter into bond to pay such yeerely pensions as hee shall be appointed by the King or the Pope which of themsoeuer giue his Bishoppricke These Pensions doe most commonly amount vnto a third part of the Bishops yerely reuenues and must bee payd to such persons as they shall thinke fitting to receiue the same These Pensioners must be apparrelled in blacke and vnmarried and so must continue some of them are of Gentle birth and education and must ●e well disposed to Pie●y and Religion vpon which approbation they are admitted Knights of the Noble Order of the Golden-Fleece PHilip Duke of Burgundie and Earle of Flaunders was the first Institutor of this order in the tenth yeare of his Dukedome vpon an oath which he had taken to wage war with the Infidells of Siria and to conquer Iury. This said order had for Patron and Protectour Saint Andrew and the remembrance of this Order was and is to bee solemnized for the space of three dayes together once euery yeare The first day of which solemnity the Knights of that order were to be apparelled with Scarlet or red coloured Robes in token that Heauen is purchased by effusion of blood and Martyrdome The second day they were to bee clothed in blacke representing mourning for the defunct which haue dyed in the warres The third day they were to be clad with White Vestures in honour of the purity of the Virgine Mary These Knights to shew that they are distinguished from other orders of Knighthood doe weare a Chayne of Gold made after the fashion of Fuzells with a Fleece Ramme hanging at it The King of Spayne is chiefe of this Order as he is head of the house of Burgundie There are foure and twenty Knights in number of the said order which are Princes of the most Noble families in Burgundie Spaine Flaunders and Netherlands In Spaine Charles the Kings Brother and the Duke of Alba The Duke of Osuna the Duke of Arcos The Duke of

Escalona The Duke of Medina Sidonia The Duke of B●jar the Duke of Cardona and the Marques of Pescara and Bastos In Italy Marques Spinola and other noble Princes In Germanie Diuerse of the house of Austria and other Princes as the Duke of Bauaria and the Duke of Nubourke In Flaunders the Duke of Ascott and some others Knights of the Order of Saine Iames. THe Master and chiefe of this Order is the King of Spayne as annexed to his Crowne and hee is the onely perpetuall Gouernour and administrator of the same order The originall cause of the institution of this Order was to secure those which went in Pilgrimage to Santiago in Galicia who in former times had beene much oppressed and molested by the Moores Also the Nobility of Spayne did ioyne with the Monkes of Saint Augustine for the establishing of that Order and they did get it Confirmed by Pope Alexander Anno. 1175. The principall agent for the obteining of this Confirmation was Pedro Fernandes de Puente O Fuente Calada who afterwards was Master of the said Order This order hath ninety foure Lord-ships or Dignities belonging to it of different reueneues but in all they are worth three hundred thousand Duckets a yeare These Dignities are bestowed vpon certaine Knights of the said Order by the King according to his fauour and their desertes The Patron of this Order is Santiago and they are gouerned by the rule of Saint Augustine The badge by which the Knights of this Order are knowne is a Crosse made of red Veluet in the fashion of a sword When any Knight of this Order is Enstalled it is performed with great solemnity the Master of the Order inuesting him with a white Robe or his deputy in his absence and giuing vnto him a Sword the rest of the Knights alwayes giuing their attendance at the performance of such actes This is done at some Church or religious House belonging to the Patron of the same Order These Knights in case of necessity are bound to serue their King in the Warres seuen yeares vpon his Maiesties commaund and so are the Knights of all other Orders Knights of the Order of Calatraua OF this Order his Maiesty of Spayne is head as he is of the Order aforesaid To this Order doe belong fifty Lordships or dignities but in regard some of them are but of small alowance two of them are ioyned together so that now they are bestowed but vpon fiue and thirty persons the yearely reuenewes of all doe amount vnto a hundred and twenty thousand Duckets a yeare and they obserue the rule of Saint Benedict as their Patron This order had its beginning Anno 1158 in the time of the King Don Sancho the desired The badge whereby these Knights are knowen is a red Crosse with a wauing or cheuerne circle about it Knights of the Order of Alcantara THE King is likewise Master of this Order and vnto it are belonging eight and fifty Lordshippes and Dignities but because some of them are vnited two in one there are but one and fourty of them they are worth a hundred thousand Duckats a yeere and they doe also obserue the Order of Saint Benedict as their Patron This Order had its beginning in the yeare 1212. When the King of Leon did win the City of Alcantara from the Moores he gaue it to the Knights of this Order to defend the same This Order had its adoption or filiation from that of Calatraua but since they were exempt from it by a Bull from Po●e Iulio the second The badge whereby these Knights are distinguished from them of Calatraua is in that these weare a greene Crosse in fashion but not in colour like to that of Calatraua because that is red His Maiesty of Spayne is perpetuall administratour of these three aforesaid Orders Now the benefit of these three Mastershipps of the aforesaid Orders the King often lets them to the Fucares the great Marchants of Spayne for three hundred thousand Duckats a yeare which goes into his owne purse Moreouer these said Fucares are to pay vnto those which are professed Knights of these Orders and haue no dignity to each of them twelue thousand Marauedis yearely to buy them bread and water This authority is confirmed to the King by the Popes Apostolicall Bull. Knights of the Order of Christ THe King himselfe and the Duke of Beragansa are the Chiefe heads of this Order vnto which belong fourteene Lordships or Dignities by estimation worth foure and twenty thousand Duckats a yeare and more This order had its beginning in the yeare 1320. and was both approoued of and established by the authority of Pope Iohns Bull and in the yeare 1323. the demeanes and reuenues thereof were increased and bettered by the King Don Manuel The Knights of this Order doe acknowledge onely Christ to be their supreame Patron and Protector but vnder him the Pope and the King as his Vicegerent The Badge these Knights weare is a red Crosse with a white line drawne through the middle of both parts of it Knights of the Order of Montesa in Valentia THE Chiefe of this Order is the Marques of Nauarres and vnto this Order belong thirteene Lordships or Dignities which are estimated to be worth twenty thousand Duckats a yeare This Order is much decayed in respect of what it hath beene thy follow the rule of Saint Benedict and it was confirmed by Pope Benedict the thirteenth Knights of the Order of Saint Iohn THe Chiefe of this Order is the great Master of the Iland of Malta and the Knights of this Order haue for their Reuenues with the Priorates eight hundred thousand Duckats a yeare in demeanes vnto them apperteining their Lordshipps are 134. A Scedule of the Offices of which the King of Spayne allowes his Priuie Counsell to dispose of as in their owne Donation THE Viceroy of Naples The Viceroy of Sicilia The Viceroy of Arragon The Viceroy of Valentia The Viceroy of Portugall The Viceroy of Nauarra The Viceroy of Sardinia The Viceroy of Peru. The Viceroy of Mexico The Viceroy of the East Indies The viceroy of Catalunia Generalissimo of the Sea Generall of the Gallies of Naples Generall of the Gallies of Genoua Generall of the Horse of Spayne Generall of the Artillery of Spayne Generall of the Horse of Flaunders Generall of the Artillery of Flaunders Generall of the Horse of Millan Generall of the Hombres or Men at Armes of Millan Generall of the plate Galleones Generall of the Fleetes Admirall of the Fleets Generall of the gallies of Sicilie Generall of the gallies of Portugall Generall of the gallies of Catalunia Campmaster generall of Spayne Campmaster generall of Flaunders Campmaster generall of Portugall Gouernour of Millain with the title of Generalissimo Gouernour of Galicia with the title of Generall Generall of the forces of the lower Palatinate Gouernour of Oran in Affrick Gouernour of Alarache Gouernour of Mammora Gouernour of Brasi●l Gouernours of diuers places in the East and West Indies and