Guide to the Mexican Inquisition Original Documents Organized by Collection and Bancroft Manuscript Classification

BANC MSS M-M 144:8

folder Folder 8

1599-1601 Mexico City

Juan Peraza

# of Leaves/pages: 24 p.

Accusation/Subject:

Denying the sinfulness of paid fornication

BANC MSS M-M 147:4

folder Folder 4

1635-1639 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 23 p.

Accusation/Subject:

Genealogy of Francisco Salbag petitioner for a post As Familiar of the Inquisition in New Spain

BANC MSS M-M 147:5

folder Folder 5

1595-1597 Tlaxcala

Francisco Torres del Palacio

# of Leaves/pages: 61 p.

Accusation/Subject:

Blasphemy

BANC MSS M-M 148:3

folder Folder 3

1769-1785 Mexico City

Gregorio Hernandez

# of Leaves/pages: 152 p.

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy and concubinage

BANC MSS M-M 175

folder 4 pages

1707-1810 Unknown

# of Leaves/pages: 165

Accusation/Subject:

Royal decrees on New Spain and the Philippines, including rulings of the Inquisition

BANC MSS M-M 398

box Fldr 1-9

1608-1609 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 44

Accusation/Subject:

Documents relating to the appointment of Fray Luis De Solorzano as Qualificator of the Inquisition

1611-1617 Sevilla, Spain

# of Leaves/pages: 22

Accusation/Subject:

Collection of documents relating to the genealogy of Bartolomé Escoto

1613-1620 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 85

Accusation/Subject:

Collection of documents relating to the appointment Of Jerónimo Gutiérrez Montealegre

1617-1621 Mexico City

Alonso de Torres

# of Leaves/pages: 172

Accusation/Subject:

Superstition

1713 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 1

Accusation/Subject:

Copy of an edict of the Inquisition prohibiting possession, perusal, or abuse of certain memoirs, narratives, and religious tokens to which false symbolism was attached.

1713 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 4

Accusation/Subject:

Four certified copies of an edict issued by the Inquistion, confirming and amplifying earlier provisions for preventing abuse of the Confessional.

0c. 1715 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 2

Accusation/Subject:

Two certified copies of an undated edict issued by Inquisition listing various forms of heresy and sacrilege.

1720 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 1

Accusation/Subject:

Copy of an edict issued by the Inquisition describing a manuscript of April 20, 1713, and prohibiting the possession or perusal thereof.

1771 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 1

Accusation/Subject:

Certified copy of an index issued by the Inquisition which proscribes the possession or perusal of certain works, calls for the expurgation of others, and requires the faithful to report violations.

BANC MSS M-M 511

oversize Oversize fldr

1634-1638 Tegucigalpa

# of Leaves/pages: 58

Accusation/Subject:

Documents relating to Bartolome de Escoto career as Honduran Inquisition chief constable and civil official, and to that of his son, Juan Bautista de Escoto. Genealogical information included.

BANC MSS M-M 1714

volume Vol 1

1537-1777 Guadalajara

# of Leaves/pages: 360 p.

Accusation/Subject:

Genealogies of the Flores, de la Torre, and Gonzalez families of Nueva Galicia compiled by the Inquisition

BANC MSS M-M 1826

volume vol 1

1571-1583 Guadalajara

Joan Vizcayno, known as Joannes de Galarraga

# of Leaves/pages: 108

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

BANC MSS M-M 1827

volume vol 1

1772-1773 Antequera, Oaxaca

# of Leaves/pages: 60 p.

Accusation/Subject:

Fray Nicolas Montero for misconduct with women and failure to make a confession

BANC MSS Z-P 1

volume Vol 1-2

1646 Iloilo, Philippines

Ysalbeltia e Ysabel Ylag

# of Leaves/pages: 204 p.

Accusation/Subject:

For being priestesses

1646 Iloilo, Philippines

Sargento Antonio Rojas

# of Leaves/pages: 128 p.

Accusation/Subject:

For being accomplices to the Ylang sisters

BANC MSS 67/140 m

volume vol 1

1617 Michoacán

Juan Hernández

# of Leaves/pages: 100

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

BANC MSS 72/57m

box 1, item 1

1600-1602 Mexico City

Juan de Guevara

# of Leaves/pages: 28

Accusation/Subject:

Apostasy

item 2

1604-1606 Michoacán

Francisco Hernández

# of Leaves/pages: 141

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

item 3

1609 Mexico City

Anton de Vivanco

# of Leaves/pages: 10

Accusation/Subject:

Blasphemy

item 4

1612-1613 Puebla

Fray Antonio Gutierrez

# of Leaves/pages: 45

Accusation/Subject:

Blasphemy

item 5

1613 Zacatecas

El pobre de Dios/Juan Bautista

# of Leaves/pages: 110

Accusation/Subject:

Heresy

item 6

1614-1616 Guadalcanal

Fray Juan Lopez

# of Leaves/pages: 80

Accusation/Subject:

Genealogy

item 7

1619 Tlaxala

Diego Mendez

# of Leaves/pages: 54

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

item 8

1612-1632 Puebla

Domingo de Yrreguí

# of Leaves/pages: 75

Accusation/Subject:

Blasphemy

item 9

1642-1649 Mexico City

Ana Enríquez

# of Leaves/pages: 64

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

item 10

1642 Mexico City

Gaspar de Robles

# of Leaves/pages: 70

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

box 2, item 11

1642-1646 Mexico City

María Rodríguez del

# of Leaves/pages: 81

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism Bosque

item 12

1648 Mexico City (?)

# of Leaves/pages: 88

Accusation/Subject:

Account of special heavenly favors granted to Josepha de San Luis Beltran

item 13

1642-1649 Mexico City

Alvaro de Acuña

# of Leaves/pages: 32

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

item 14

1654-1659 Talnepantla

Martín de Roxas

# of Leaves/pages: 120

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

item 15

1657-1659 Mexico City

Mariana de Espinosa

# of Leaves/pages: 86

Accusation/Subject:

Apostasy

item 16

1657-1660 Tlaxcala

Manuel Mendez

# of Leaves/pages: 166

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

item 17

1657-1662 Mexico City

Francisco Lopez del Castillo

# of Leaves/pages: 108

Accusation/Subject:

Blasphemy

box 3, item 18

1760 Mexico City

Juana Muñiz

# of Leaves/pages: 123

Accusation/Subject:

Polygamy

item 19

1762 Mexico City

María Bernarde

# of Leaves/pages: 104

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

item 20

1767 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 112

Accusation/Subject:

Publication of an edict prohibiting the abuse of religious images

item 21

1770 Mexico City

Joseph George Lazcares

# of Leaves/pages: 169

Accusation/Subject:

Blasphemy

item 22

1777 Puebla de los Angeles

Alexandro Figueroa Español Havanero

# of Leaves/pages: 166

Accusation/Subject:

polygamy

box 4

1693 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 11

Accusation/Subject:

Request by Francisco Antonio Flores for position of notary with the Inquisition

1699 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 27

Accusation/Subject:

Information about the life and customs of Francisco

1704 Guatemala

Magdalena Durango various other women

# of Leaves/pages: 101

Accusation/Subject:

Witchcraft

1711 Guichipan Del Rio

Josepha de Balcazar

# of Leaves/pages: 104

Accusation/Subject:

Witchcraft

1718 Merida de Yucatán

Miguel Niño Ladron de Guevara

# of Leaves/pages: 108

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

1718 Guichiapa

Petra de García María de Sánchez

# of Leaves/pages: 73

Accusation/Subject:

Witchcraft

1747 Oaxaca

Bartolome de Ojeda

# of Leaves/pages: 107

Accusation/Subject:

Blasphemy

box 5, item 18

1650-1667 Valladolid

Cathalina de Miranda

# of Leaves/pages: 40

Accusation/Subject:

Witchcraft

item 19

1666-1669 Guatemala

Juan Estevez Mercader

# of Leaves/pages: 135

Accusation/Subject:

Heresy

item 20

1672 Nicaragua

# of Leaves/pages: 9

Accusation/Subject:

Deposition against Juan de Espinosa y Pedruja, alcalde de Granada, Nicaragua

item 21

1678 Nicaragua

# of Leaves/pages: 4

Accusation/Subject:

Statement of Miguel Cunchillos de Luna

item 22

1661 Manila

Manuel Suarez de Olivera

# of Leaves/pages: 152

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

item 23

1659-1683 Zacatecas

Salvador de Torres

# of Leaves/pages: 144

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

item 24

1693-1694 Mexico City

Manuel de Santiago

# of Leaves/pages: 110

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

item 25

1642-1731 Mexico City (?)

# of Leaves/pages: 139

Accusation/Subject:

Títulos y Remite del Molino y de seis Caballeros de Tierra

box 6, item 1

1781 Mexico City

Miguel Sobradier

# of Leaves/pages: 150

Accusation/Subject:

Blasphemy

item 2

1782 Salamanca

José Mariano Ladron de Guevara

# of Leaves/pages: 126

Accusation/Subject:

Heresy

item 3

1786 Arroyozarco

Don Manuel Flon

# of Leaves/pages: 81

Accusation/Subject:

Blasphemy ?

item 4

1789 Canary Islands

Juan Bacharely

# of Leaves/pages: 81

Accusation/Subject:

Polygamy

item 5

1789 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 1

Accusation/Subject:

Declaration

item 6

1790 Sayula

María Anastasia Gonzalez

# of Leaves/pages: 171

Accusation/Subject:

Visionary

item 7

1792 Campeche

Joseph Infante

# of Leaves/pages: 50

Accusation/Subject:

Impostor

item 8

1793 Santa María Tezuitlan

# of Leaves/pages: 4

Accusation/Subject:

Facultad que pidió Narciso Gonzalez para absolver Un penitente

item 9

1793 Huaguapa

# of Leaves/pages: 8

Accusation/Subject:

Facultad que pidió para absolver a un penitente José Miguel Baltasares

item 10

1795 Huichiapan

# of Leaves/pages: 84

Accusation/Subject:

Don Manuel Foral

BANC MSS 96/95 m

volume 1

1593 Guadalajara

Miguel Redelic, alias Miguel Aleman

# of Leaves/pages: 131

Accusation/Subject:

Suspicion of being a Lutheran

volume 2

1594 Mexico City

Manuel de Lucena

# of Leaves/pages: 698

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

volume 3

1595 Mexico City

Leonor de Carvajal

# of Leaves/pages: 332

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

volume 4

1595 Mexico City

Isabel de Carvajal

# of Leaves/pages: 400

Accusation/Subject:

Heresy and practicing Judaism

volume 5:1

1597 Mexico City

Blas de Magallares

# of Leaves/pages: 31

Accusation/Subject:

Not believing in the Holy Virgin

volume 5:2

1606 Guatemala

Francisco Monterros Negro

# of Leaves/pages: 26

Accusation/Subject:

Asserting that sexual intercourse with him was not a sin

volume 5:3

1617 Mexico City

Lucas del Castillo

# of Leaves/pages: 14

Accusation/Subject:

Denounced himself for breaking an image of St. Joseph

volume 5:4

1621 Querétaro

Agustina Ruíz

# of Leaves/pages: 69

Accusation/Subject:

Claiming sexual intercourse with saints

volume 6:1

1623 Mexico City

Ana de San Ambrosio

# of Leaves/pages: 36

Accusation/Subject:

Having revelations and clairvoyance

volume 6:2

1646 Mexico City

Margarita Moreira

# of Leaves/pages: 18

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

volume 6:3

1647 Mexico City

Antonia Nuñez

# of Leaves/pages: 6

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

volume 6:4

1651 Mexico City

Isavelde de la Cruz Mexia

# of Leaves/pages: 82

Accusation/Subject:

Fraud, clairvoyance and pact with the devil

volume 7

1652 Puebla

Maria de Rivera

# of Leaves/pages: 133

Accusation/Subject:

Witchcraft

volume 8:1

1685 Mexico City

Ana Maria de Morales del Rio alias del Costado de Christo

# of Leaves/pages: 100

Accusation/Subject:

Fraud, false sanctity, revelations, and aparitions

volume 8:2

1694 Mexico City

Br. Miguel Alvarez

# of Leaves/pages: 10

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 8:3

1706 Mexico City

Fray Francisco Rodriguez alias Martin de Bescanza

# of Leaves/pages: 76

Accusation/Subject:

Taking the habit of a lay brother in Guatemala while married

volume 8:4

1712 Mexico City

María Ortíz Espejo

# of Leaves/pages: 20

Accusation/Subject:

Superstitious

volume 8:5

1713 Sinaloa

Ignacio de Soto

# of Leaves/pages: 6

Accusation/Subject:

Seeking sexual intercourse with a woman by telling her God had ordered it

volume 9:1

1728 Mexico City

Fray Thomas de Molina

# of Leaves/pages: 28

Accusation/Subject:

Saying mass and giving penance without being a priest

volume 9:2

1728 Mexico City

Dr. Juan de Palafox (?)

# of Leaves/pages: 20

Accusation/Subject:

Disobedience of nuns in the convent of Balnavera

volume 9:3

1733 Mexico City

Fray Miguel Saijas

# of Leaves/pages: 24

Accusation/Subject:

Being married and a cleric

volume 9:4

1743/1756 Mexico City

Vicente de Olasagastegui

# of Leaves/pages: 14

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

volume 9:5

1750 Mexico City

Thomas de Sandoval

# of Leaves/pages: 20

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 9:6

1757 Mexico City

Valentín Martinez de Arizaga

# of Leaves/pages: 31

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

volume 9:7

1758 Mexico City

Vizente Urtado alias Joseph Vizente Candelaria

# of Leaves/pages: 10

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

volume 9:8

1767 Mexico City

Thomas Peña

# of Leaves/pages: 6

Accusation/Subject:

Fraud, superstition, curing

volume 9:9

1770 Mexico City

Ignacia Gerundio de Ochoa

# of Leaves/pages: 70

Accusation/Subject:

Witchcraft, abuse of sacraments, and superstition

volume 10

1771 Mexico City

Thoribio Bastarrachea

# of Leaves/pages: 128

Accusation/Subject:

Officiating in the marriage of two dogs

volume 11:1

1771 Mexico City

Padre Fray Domingo Mauriño

# of Leaves/pages: 19

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation in the confessional

volume 11:2

1774 Mexico City

Fray Pedro Rebuelta

# of Leaves/pages: 12

Accusation/Subject:

Soliciation

volume 12

1774 Cosamaluapan

Bernardo Ortega

# of Leaves/pages: 62

Accusation/Subject:

Superstitious

volume 13:1

1775 Pachuca

Manuel Arroyo

# of Leaves/pages: 96

Accusation/Subject:

Counseling that sucking semen from men was not a sin

volume 13:2

1775 Mexico City

Vicente Avita y Roxas alias Enríquez del Castillo Gallardo

# of Leaves/pages: 8

Accusation/Subject:

Bigamy

volume 13:3

1778 Veracruz

# of Leaves/pages: 72

Accusation/Subject:

file titled "Entretenimiento de Espana," a satirical paper critical of crown and religious authority

volume 13:4

1779 Mexico City

Manuel de la Presentación

# of Leaves/pages: 14

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 14

1781 Mexico City

Luis Francisco Valdivieso

# of Leaves/pages: 10

Accusation/Subject:

Superstition

volume 15:1

1783 Oaxaca

Jose Brabo

# of Leaves/pages: 68

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 15:2

1785 Mexico City

Fray Ygnacio Carbajal

# of Leaves/pages: 10

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 15:3

1785 Mexico City

Pablo Francisco Raymondi

# of Leaves/pages: 26

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 16

1789 Antigua Guatemala

Rafael Crijanto Gil Rodríguez

# of Leaves/pages: 54 (missing front pages)

Accusation/Subject:

Practicing Judaism

volume 17:1

1789 Mexico City

Fray Antonio Gamboa

# of Leaves/pages: 31

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 17:2

1791 Puebla

Br. Miguel Sánchez

# of Leaves/pages: 42

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 17:3

1792 Queretaro

Fray Juan de Ortega

# of Leaves/pages: 23

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation in the confessional

volume 17:4

1793 Puebla

Josef Manjarres

# of Leaves/pages: 130 ?

Accusation/Subject:

Superstition

volume 17:5

1793 Mexico City

Fray Antonio Gamboa

# of Leaves/pages: 48

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 17:6

1793 Mexico City

Fray Joaquin Garcia

# of Leaves/pages: 23

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation in the confessional

volume 17:7

1793 Puebla

Padre Diego Gregorio Alerci y Chávez alias José el niño Jesus

# of Leaves/pages: 30

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 18:1

1793 Tlalmanalco

Fernando Fernández alias José Polanco

# of Leaves/pages: 35

Accusation/Subject:

Superstition

volume 18:2

1795 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 20

Accusation/Subject:

Request for contributions from wealthy classes to pay for the cost of the war with the French

volume 19:1

1795 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 20 (bound together with next item)

Accusation/Subject:

Dossier created to defray costs in the war against the French

volume 19:1

1803 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 35 (bound together with previous item)

Accusation/Subject:

Dossier created to defray costs in the war against the French

volume 19:2

1797 Mexico City

Madre Maria Micaela

# of Leaves/pages: 9

Accusation/Subject:

Hypocrisy, false visions, revelations, and miracles

volume 19:3

1797 Zacatecas

Fray Venancio Silva y Noroña

# of Leaves/pages: 105

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 19:4

1798 Tlalmanalco

Ygnacio Guiriñola

# of Leaves/pages: 12

Accusation/Subject:

Superstition

volume 19:5

1799 Zacatecas

Fray Manuel Pedrajo

# of Leaves/pages: 33

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation in the confessional

volume 20:1

1802 S.l.

José María de Lanza

# of Leaves/pages: 131

Accusation/Subject:

Fraudulent marriage (?)

volume 20:2

1802 Mexico City

Fray Nicolas de Lara

# of Leaves/pages: 155 (in 2 pieces)

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 21:1

1803 Mexico City

Jose Maria Estevez y Ravanillo

# of Leaves/pages: 46

Accusation/Subject:

Revelations and visions

volume 21:2

1805 Mexico City

Fray Francisco Pasadilla

# of Leaves/pages: 40

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 21:3

1808 Mérida de Yucatan

Fray José Almeida

# of Leaves/pages: 14

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

volume 21:4

1810 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 20

Accusation/Subject:

File of evidence regarding a Proclamation of Jose Bonaparte

volume 22

1811 Mexico City

# of Leaves/pages: 84

Accusation/Subject:

File of evidence of proclamations and manifestos of insurrection

volume 23:1

1811 Mexico City

Br. José Ygnacio Romero

# of Leaves/pages: 10

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation in the confessional

volume 23:2

1815 Mexico City

Juan Atondo Sánchez

# of Leaves/pages: 58

Accusation/Subject:

Abandonment of vows, married, and aided insurgents

volume 23:3

1817 Mexico City

Manuel Velez de las Cuevas

# of Leaves/pages: 22

Accusation/Subject:

Solicitation

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