1540. Carta de Lopes para Francisco de Moura, capelão do Infante Dom Henrique.

Private letter from Lopes to the chaplain Francisco de Moura.

The author asks the addressee to give some attention to a previous promissory he sent him. He restates that he does need some money.

Most of the letters that were included as instrumental evidence in the Inquisition proceedings against Simão Franco were written by the defendant's attorney, Fernão Mendes, and were addressed to the Inquisitor in charge, João de Melo. They contain some pressure in favor of the defendant. Simão Franco started by denying that he practiced Judaism, stating that the witnesses who were accusing him were his capital enemies, but ended by admitting his guilt.