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The article discusses the roles of high court judges in the preservation of the Catholic monarchy in Spain from the 15th to the 17th centuries. Based on an examination of the biographies of judges who served in the administration of the Kingdom of Aragón, Spain, it notes that judges played a key role in upholding the monarchy. The article describes the Spanish monarchy as a composite monarchy with an extensively developed internal structure based on the British system. It describes the contributions of various judges to the preservation of the monarchy, including Pedro Belluga, Antonio de Bardaxí, and Francisco Malet.