Winning a tax exemption made a Morisco a target for later Inquisition prosecution

Evidence

The outcome of his trial is surprising. All those burnt at the stake had their property confiscated by the Inquisition, but the leader of the Morisco community, Diego Monge el Cuervo already mentioned above, instituted proceedings, not directly on behalf of Hernando but on behalf of the poor of his neighborhood. Diego Monge was able to produce a royal rescript (c´edula) stating that all property confiscated from the Moriscos should be applied to help toward the situado payments due from the poor of the locality. And so, it would seem, the Moriscos won their case (although Hernando de Barahona and his family still lost their possessions). — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1130 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Inquisition’s budget needs made it economically dependent on imposing vexatious cases; The Inquisition’s bureaucracy-created financial needs drove it to persecute Moriscos — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1120; Paying the special Morisco tax was twisted into evidence of criminal intent (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Moriscos could win legal cases against the Inquisition using royal rescripts #complicates (0.72) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1130