Previously, and with some exceptions, they had been artisans, shopkeepers, and retail distributors, but starting from this time, and for reasons not well explained, some began to focus strongly on economic activity: they created complex mercantile companies, participated in foreign trade, coming to control, at the time of the end of the inquisitorial trials, 36% of the total, they dominated the market for insurance and retail commerce of imported products.
Con anterioridade, e con algunha excepción, foran artesáns, tendeiros e distribuidores polo miúdo, pero a partir deste momento, e por causas pouco explicadas, algúns empezan destacar noutras actividades económicas: crean compañías mercantís complexas, participan do comercio exterior (chegando a controlar, nas vésperas dos procesos inquisitoriais, o 36% do total), dominan o mercado asegurador e a distribución minorista de produtos de importación.