The deal is not completed due to mutual suspicion. The administration of Francisco's fortune is divided between Gracia, who is to act in the name of her daughter, and Diogo Papal brief on May 23 opens the Inquisition in Portugal, on the Spanish model. New Christians cannot easily emigrate to non-Christian countries, but can go to Northern Europe. They stop for a while in England. In Antwerp, Brianda marries Diogo.
Inquisition begins in Lisbon.
Massive arrests in Italy of New Christians on their way to Ancona or Salonica. Suspicions that their finds were provided by Diogo. Three leading merchants of Antwerp hold a meeting send 2,000 ducats to Milan to provide for the prisoners and bribe the commissioners. An employee of the firm who is at this meeting is later arrested in Italy and informs on the secret meeting and colony. All suspect New Christians in England are arrested, although later released.