Guide to the Mexican Inquisition Original Documents Organized by Collection and Bancroft Manuscript Classification
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Guide to the Mexican Inquisition Original Documents Organized by Collection and Bancroft Manuscript Classification
Collection number: BANC MSS M-M 144, 147, 148, 175, 511, 1744, 1826, 1827
BANC MSS Z-P 1
BANC MSS 67/140 m, 72/57 m, 96/95 m
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Collection Title: Mexican Inquisition Original Documents Organized by Collection and Bancroft Manuscript Classification
Collection Number: BANC MSS M-M 144, 147, 148, 175, 511, 1744, 1826, 1827
BANC MSS Z-P 1
BANC MSS 67/140 m, 72/57 m, 96/95 m
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Catholic Church Mexico
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folder Folder 8
1599-1601
Mexico City
Juan Peraza
# of Leaves/pages: 24 p.
Accusation/Subject:
Denying the sinfulness of paid fornication
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
folder Folder 5
1595-1597
Tlaxcala
Francisco Torres del Palacio
# of Leaves/pages: 61 p.
Accusation/Subject:
Blasphemy
folder Folder 3
1769-1785
Mexico City
Gregorio Hernandez
# of Leaves/pages: 152 p.
Accusation/Subject:
Bigamy and concubinage
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
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.
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.
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
volume vol 1
1571-1583
Guadalajara
Joan Vizcayno, known as Joannes de Galarraga
# of Leaves/pages: 108
Accusation/Subject:
Bigamy
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
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
volume vol 1
1617
Michoacán
Juan Hernández
# of Leaves/pages: 100
Accusation/Subject:
Bigamy
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
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