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West Lisbon Inquisition Tribunal Confirms 1720 Sentences
The document lists 43 prisoners drawn from the Inquisition’s prison in the Convent of the Dominicans. It records their names, ages, occupations, alleged crimes such as bigamy sorcery apostasy blasphemy and suspected Satanic covenants, and the sentences issued by the Inquisition in West Lisbon on June 16 1720 including ten year terms exile imprisonment and spiritual penance.
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the Dominicans
Inquisition
St. Domingo
Perforghat
Fephen de Wonseca
Yea
West-Lisson
Ocober
Gallies
Ies
Fohn Cortez
Anthony de Torres Gama
Castro Marina
Anthony Francisco
Castro Marim
Joseph daCosa
Miller
Brazil