Note 1301 — Chapter V · FINANCES.
Reading edition
Bibl. nacional, MSS., Mm, 130.
The writer states that there were in Spain 1193 cathedral canonries, averaging 11,000 reales per annum, aggregating11,930,000
also 3500 in collegiate churches, worth 25008,750,000
20,680,000
As these were largely derived from tithes it shows how heavy a burden was laid on agriculture by this single feature of the church establishment.