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Trial of Baltasar Quintero de Villalta for having sold papers belonging to the Archives of the Inquisition

Description: The collection consists of the original records of 93 trials from the archives of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Mexico. The testimony of these trials (for heresy, blasphemy, violation of ecclesiastical vows, witchcraft, Judaism, and other charges) reveals much information about ethnic groups and manners and customs in colonial Mexico. Also included are facsimiles of portions of the Libro Primero de Votos. There is also a booklet done by José Guadalupe Posada, "Biblioteca del Nino Mexicano: La Victoria de Tampico y el Martir de Cuilapa," 1900.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1702-1705.
Call number: HM 35170.
Provenance: Acquired from G.R.G. Conway, February 1927.; Gift of W.F. Stuart-Menteth, 1932.; Gift of Walter Douglas, 1944.

Trial of Joseph Pérez de Ugarte [or Huarte] for representing himself as an officer of the Inquisition

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the original records of 93 trials from the archives of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Mexico. The testimony of these trials (for heresy, blasphemy, violation of ecclesiastical vows, witchcraft, Judaism, and other charges) reveals much information about ethnic groups and manners and customs in colonial Mexico. Also included are facsimiles of portions of the Libro Primero de Votos. There is also a booklet done by José Guadalupe Posada, "Biblioteca del Nino Mexicano: La Victoria de Tampico y el Martir de Cuilapa," 1900.

HM 35107.

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Inventario de los Expedientes del Extinguido Tribunal de la Inquisicion ... [Chronological list of Inquisition trials, 1525-1817]

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HM 35095.

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Part I. Trial of Baltasar del Valle, alias Baltasar Díaz, for Judaizing, 1622- 1626. [Case is continued in HM 35117] Part II. Genealogical investigations of Frutus Gómez Casillas de Solorzano and his brother Melchior de Solorzano, 1621-1624

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HM 35111.

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Part I. Trial of Baltasar del Valle, alias Baltasar Díaz for Judaizing, 1634- 1644.[Case is continued form HM 35111] Part II. Genealogy of Francisco de Vidaurre and his wife, of Manila in the Philippine Islands, 1620-1634

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HM 35117.

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Trial of Pedro de Mendoza for having said mass without being ordained. [Also partial English translation]

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HM 35153.

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Part I. Trial of Lorenzo de Torquemada for making himself a minister of the Inquisition, 1641-1646. Part II. Trial of Francisco [Ruiz or] Razin, Frenchman accused of heresy, 1643-1653 [Case is a continuation of HM 35120, Part I]

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HM 35124.

Trial of Baltasar Quintero de Villalta for having sold papers belonging to the Archives of the Inquisition

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Trial of Joseph Pérez de Ugarte [or Huarte] for representing himself as an officer of the Inquisition

Inventario de los Expedientes del Extinguido Tribunal de la Inquisicion ... [Chronological list of Inquisition trials, 1525-1817]

Part I. Trial of Baltasar del Valle, alias Baltasar Díaz, for Judaizing, 1622- 1626. [Case is continued in HM 35117] Part II. Genealogical investigations of Frutus Gómez Casillas de Solorzano and his brother Melchior de Solorzano, 1621-1624

Part I. Trial of Baltasar del Valle, alias Baltasar Díaz for Judaizing, 1634- 1644.[Case is continued form HM 35111] Part II. Genealogy of Francisco de Vidaurre and his wife, of Manila in the Philippine Islands, 1620-1634

Trial of Pedro de Mendoza for having said mass without being ordained. [Also partial English translation]

Part I. Trial of Lorenzo de Torquemada for making himself a minister of the Inquisition, 1641-1646. Part II. Trial of Francisco [Ruiz or] Razin, Frenchman accused of heresy, 1643-1653 [Case is a continuation of HM 35120, Part I]