Jerónimo Manrique de Lara
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Jerónimo Manrique de Lara ( before 1538 – d. 1 September 1595) was a church leader in Spain, a General Inquisitor.

Grand son of famous Rodrigo Manrique, (1406 – Ocaña, 1476), first count of Paredes de Nava
Paredes de Nava
Paredes de Nava is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain.It is the birthplace of Renaissance painter Pedro Berruguete. Some paintings by him can be seen in the predella of the local church of Santa Eulalia. Other sights include the church of St. Martin ....

, one of the pretenders to be recognized as "Maestre" of the military Order of Santiago
Order of Santiago
The Order of Santiago was founded in the 12th century, and owes its name to the national patron of Galicia and Spain, Santiago , under whose banner the Christians of Galicia and Asturias began in the 9th century to combat and drive back the Muslims of the Iberian Peninsula.-History:Santiago de...

, a nephew – grand son also of Bishop and Archbishop Iñigo Manrique de Lara, (deceased 1585).

He was an illegitimate offspring, "barragán
Barragan
Barragan may refer to:*Antonio Barragán , Spanish-Galician footballer*Claudio Barragán , Spanish footballer*Cuno Barragan , American baseball player*Eduardo Barragan , Colombian boxer...

" in Spanish for a father being a priest, of Bishop, Archbishop, Cardinal and General Inquisitor  Alfonso Manrique de Lara, ( ???? – Bishop of Badajoz, circa 1499 – Bishop of Córdoba 1516 – Archbishop of Seville 1523 – Cardinal 1531 – September 1538), becoming a Bishop of Cartagena, (1583–1591), and later Bishop of Ávila, (1591–1595).

There is not much to be said of his time as a General Inquisitor because of his death barely 10 months later.

It is known however that Flemish – German born Johannes Bartholomeus Avontroot, (nacido 1556), resident in the Spanish Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...

 was some sort of administrator of a sugar manufacturer in Tazacorte
Tazacorte
Tazacorte is a municipality situated on the western coast of the island of La Palma. La Palma forms part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which is in the Canary Islands...

 and Argual also Flemish, Paulus Vandale. One of Paulus daughters, María Vandale, had been married to a Melchor de Monteverde. She married Avontroot as a widower from Don Melchor but the step children of Avontroot declared to the local inquisitors their new step father ate meat on certain days fast on meat dishes was compulsory for Catholics and suggested laziness about the step father attending Sunday masses. Just before 1595 the Canary Islands Inquisition had already, apparently, a thick dossier on neglectful Avontroot. Whether these documents were sent to the General Inquisitor in Toledo is not known but could be possible.
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