Tribunal in castle of Triana near Seville, the object of fear and terror for nearly 300 years, began its work; and on Feb. 6, 1481, the first auto da fé at Seville was held with a solemn procession on the Tablada. Six men and women were burned at the stake, probably the same persons whom Alfonso de Hojeda had accused of desecrating an image of Jesus.

A few days later three of the wealthiest and most prominent men of Seville,

• Diego de Susán (a "gran rabi," with a fortune of 10,000,000 maravedis),
• Manuel Sauli, and
• Bartolome de Torralba, mounted the "quemadero," as the stake was called.

Many other members of the conspiracy mentioned above were burned soon after:

• Pedro Fernandez Benadeva;
• Pedro Fernandez Cansino
• Gabriel de Zamora,

the two last-named being municipal councilors of Seville;

• Abolafia "el Perfumado," reputed to be a scholar;
• Medina el Barbudo, meat commissary at Seville;
• the municipal councilor Pedro de Jaen and
• his son Juan del Monte;
• Aleman Poca Sangre,
• progenitor of the Alemanes;
• the wealthybrothers Aldafes, who had been living in the castle of Triana;
• Alvaro de Sepulveda the Elder and
• his son Juan de Xerez; and others from Utrera and Carmona.

The immense wealth of all the condemned was seized by the royal treasury.

At Seville there was at least one auto da fé every month;

• 17 Maranos were burned on March 26, 1481;
• many more, a few weeks later;
• and by the following November nearly 300 had perished at the stake,

while 79 were condemned to imprisonment for life. The Inquisition held office also at Cordova and in the archbishopric of Cadiz, where many Jewish heretics, mostly wealthy persons, were burned during the same year.