Salgado was of a good Spanish family, became a Romish priest of the order of the Dominicans.
Becoming converted to Protestantism, he suffered much by the inquisition of Spain, and after visiting France, Italy, and the United Netherlands, came to England shortly before 1678.
On 26 December 1678 Andrew Sall signed a certificate, dated from Christ Church, Oxford, testifying to his civil behaviour in the university; Sall recommended him for employment in tuition.
In his dedication of the ‘Description of the Plaza’ to Charles II Salgado speaks of his pinching poverty.
Salgado wrote: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Shaw, William Arthur (1897).