5th. That the nobles who should receive fugitives in their estates, should be compelled to deliver up to government the property committed to their care; and if they claimed the fulfilments of contracts signed by the accused for their profit, that the attorney should commence an action to reclaim the property at belonging to the revenue. 6th. That the notaries of the Inquisition should keep an account of the property of the condemned persons. 7th. That the stewards of the holy office could sell the confiscated property, and receive the rents of the estates which might be let. 8th. That each steward should inspect the property belonging to his tribunal. 9th. That a steward could not sequestrate the property of a condemned person, without an order from the Inquisition; and even in that case, that he should be accompanied by an alguazil, and place the effects and an inventory of them in the hands of a third person. 10th. That the steward should pay the salaries of the inquisitors quarterly, that they might not be obliged to receive presents. 11th. That in all circumstances not foreseen in the new regulations, the inquisitors should conduct themselves with prudence, and apply to the government in all difficult cases. The nature of these articles proves that the number of confiscations had been considerable. Ferdinand and Isabella often gave the property of the condemned persons to their wives and children, granted them pensions on the property, or a certain sum to be paid by the receiver-general.