Intento de incorporación al Patrimonio Real de los derechos reales existentes en el señorío de Vizcaya. El Memorial de 1714

Abstract

Central to his efforts was the presentation of a document, which we believe was clandestine. This gave great insight into the attempts of the Minister of Finance Jean Orry, and Melchor Rafael de Macanaz, the Public Prosecutor for the Council of Castile, which was at war with Catalonia (1714), to gain back the Royal Privileges that were enjoyed firstly by the Lords of Biscay and later by the Kings of Castile (They were Lords in their own right) in the Lordship, and which they had been using as payment to hired mercenaries over the centuries. They were subsidising the mercenaries for their spears and crossbowmen; of lesser importance were the privileges held in Gipuzkoa and Álava.