[1] At the Courts session celebrated in 1599 in Barcelona, Olives was knighted and received nobility privileges by King Philip III.
[2] In 1602, Olives was in Valls, a city reigned by the terror caused by the confrontations between the factions of the voltors and the morells.
The jurors of Valls and many prominent authorities of the city were declared accomplices by the Royal Audience of Catalonia.
This made the relations between the authorities of Valls and the archdiocese of Tarragona, ruled by his uncle, very tense.
[1] Later that year, when his uncle was appointed viceroy of Catalonia, Pere Voltor was captured, sentenced and executed by being cut into pieces.