Manuscripts

Copies of letters to the commissioners and other officials 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: 1635-1639.
Call number: HM 35166.
Provenance: Acquired from G.R.G. Conway, February 1927.; Gift of W.F. Stuart-Menteth, 1932.; Gift of Walter Douglas, 1944.

Letter from Martín Angel Michaus and others to José Vicente Valdés and Pedro Garibay regarding the property of the defunct Inquisition and the Pious Fund of California

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 35143.

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

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HM 35107.

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

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HM 35170.

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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 Leonor Rodríguez [de Alvarez] for judaizing, 1597-1601. Part II. Investigation of Manuel Hidalgo y Costilla for position of lawyer with the Inquisition, 1790-1791

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HM 35101.

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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]

Manuscripts

HM 35124.

Copies of letters to the commissioners and other officials of the Inquisition

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Letter from Martín Angel Michaus and others to José Vicente Valdés and Pedro Garibay regarding the property of the defunct Inquisition and the Pious Fund of California

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

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

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

Part I. Trial of Leonor Rodríguez [de Alvarez] for judaizing, 1597-1601. Part II. Investigation of Manuel Hidalgo y Costilla for position of lawyer with the Inquisition, 1790-1791

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]