Part 8

+-----------+-------------------------------------+------------------ DATE. | PLACE. | DOCUMENTS. | First | | | Publisher. ------------+-----------+-------------------------------------+------------------ 1547, | Alcala de | Baptismal certificate of Miguel | October 9 | Henares | de Cervantes | Montiano | | | 1569 | Madrid | “Stanzas on the death of H.M.” | | | (Account of ... funeral of | Juan Lopez | | Queen Isabella of Valois) | de Hoyos | | | 1572, | Sicily | Delivery of three escudos to | Navarrete April 29 | | Cervantes, in the Third | | | Figueroa | | | | 1573 and | Naples | Deliveries to Cervantes, soldier | 1574 | | in the company of Ponce de | | | Léon | Navarrete | | | 1576, | Madrid | Amplification of the information | Nov. 9 | | relating to the captivity of | | | Rodrigo and Miguel de | | | Cervantes, requested by their | | | father (No. 12) | Perez Pastor | | | 1576, | Madrid | Royal letters patent granting to | Dec. 6 | | Dona Leonor sixty escudos to | Spanish | | assist in ransoming her son | Academy | | | 1577 | Algiers | Letter, in triplets, from Cervantes | | | to Mateo Vazquez | Moran | | | 1578, | Madrid | Inquiry requested by Rodrigo | March 17 | | de Cervantes, concerning the | | | services of his son Miguel | Navarrete | | | 1578, | Madrid | Undertaking of Rodrigo de | June 9 | | Cervantes, Dona Leonor de | | | Cortinas and Dona Magdalena | | | P. de S., their daughter, to | | | pay to Hernandode Torres all | | | that the ransom of Miguel de | | | Cervantes might cost above | | | the 200 ducats that Dona | | | Andrea de Cervantes had | | | undertaken, and 1,077 reals | | | which the authorisers had | | | already paid (No. 15) | Perez Pastor | | | 1578, | Madrid | Certification by the Duke of Sesa | July 25 | | of the services of Cervantes | Navarrete | | | 1579, | Madrid | Memorial of Dona Leonor to the | March 29 | | Council of Cruzada, relating | Spanish | | to her son’s ransom | Academy | | | 1579, | Madrid | Receipt for 300 ducats handed | July 31 | | by Dona Leonor and Dona | | | Andrea to Fr. Juan Gil and | | | Fr. Anton de la Bella to aid | | | in the ransom of Cervantes | Pellicer | | | 1579, | Madrid | Royal letters patent postponing | August 19 | | the permission given to Dona | Review | | Leonor to take out goods | Archives | | | 1580, | Madrid | Royal letters patent allowing | Jan. 17 | | Dona Leonor to take goods | | | from Valencia to Algiers to | | | assist the rescue of her son | | | Miguel | | | | 1580, | Algiers | Certificate of ransom of Miguel | Sept. 19 | | de Cervantes, native of Alcala | | | de Henares ... son of | | | Rodrigo de Cervantes and | | | Dona Leonor de Cortinas, and | | | a resident of Madrid | Flores | | | 1580, | Algiers | Judicial inquiry in Algiers before | Oct. 10 | | Fr. Juan Gil, with witnesses | | | testifying to the noble and | | | heroic behaviour of Cervantes | | | during his captivity | Navarrete | | | 1580, | Madrid | Inquiry into the captivity of | Dec. 1 | | Miguel de Cervantes, requested | | | by his father, Rodrigo | | | de Cervantes | Perez Pastor | | | 1580, | Madrid | Inquiry into the captivity of | Dec. 18 | | Cervantes, at his own request, | | | autograph | Perez Pastor | | | 1580, | Madrid | Declaration of Cervantes given | Dec. 19 | | at the judicial inquiry into | | | the captivity of Rodrigo de | | | Chabes | Perez Pastor | | | 1581, | Algiers | Attestation of the steps taken | March 5 | | for the ransom of the captives | Perez Pastor | | | 1581, | Fomar | Delivery of 100 escudos to | May 21 | | Cervantes by Philip II. for | | | his military services | Moran | | | 1582 | Paris | Mention of the ransom of 186 | | | captives, among them | Spanish | | Cervantes | Academy | | | 1584, | | Letters of Sanctoyo to Mateo | April | | Vazquiez, recommending the | | Lic. Cervantes | Gayangos | | | 1584, | Esquívias | Certificate of marriage of | Dec. 12 | | Cervantes with Dona Catalina | Vicente de | | de Palacios | los Rios | | | 1585, | Esquívias | Certificate of baptism of Isabella | March 30 | | Chiticalla | Foronda | | | 1585, | Madrid | Arrangement of Rodrigo de | Sept. 10 | | Cervantes and his sister, Dona | | | Magdalena de Cervantes, with | | | Napoleon Lomelin, in regard | | | to some taffeta stuff pledged | | | by M. de Cervantes, her | | | brother (No. 25) | Perez Pastor | | | 1585, | Madrid | Receipt of Miguel de Cervantes | Dec. 30 | | to Diego de Alburquerque and | | | Miguel Angel Lombrias (No. 26) | Perez Pastor | | | 1586, | Esquívias | Deed of settlement granted by | August 9 | | Cervantes to his wife | Pellicer | | | 1586, | Esquívias | Power of attorney granted to | August 9 | | Cervantes by his mother-in-law | Foronda | | | 1587 | Seville | Receipt from paymaster, which | | | shows that Cervantes was | | | collecting wheat commissioned | | | by Valdivia | Moran | | | 1588, | Seville | First commission conferred on | Jan. 22 | | Cervantes by Antonio de | | | Guevara | Moran | | | 1588, | Seville | Power of attorney authorised | Feb. 24 | | by Cervantes to Francisco de | | | Silva to petition for the | | | absolution of the excommunication | | | of Ecija | Asensio | | | 1588, | Seville | Security authorised by J. | June 12 | | Cabeza de Vaca in favour | | | of Cervantes, commissary of | | | Guevara | Navarrete | | | 1588, | Seville | Second commission conferred by | June 15 | | Guevara on Cervantes | Moran | | | 1588, | Seville | Various accounts of Cervantes, | June and | | and payments made to him | December | | for his collecting in Ecija, | | | Marchena, &c. | Navarrete | | | 1588, | Seville | Commission warrant issued by | July 9 | | Guevara in favour of Cervantes | | | for collecting in Ecija | Mainez | | | 1588, | Seville | Commission given by Guevara | Sept. 5 | | to Cervantes to take oil from | | | Marchena | Moran | | | 1588, | Seville | Fresh commissions from | Oct. 17 | | Guevara to Cervantes, to take | and 20 | | corn and 2,500 arrobas more | | | of oil from Ecija | Moran | | | 1589, | Seville | Sworn account given by Cervantes | Feb. 6 | | of the expenses for | | | grinding in Ecija | Guardia | | | 1589, | Seville | Liquidation of accounts presented | April 2 | | by Cervantes, and | | | signed receipt | Navarrete | | | 1589, | Seville | Power of attorney authorised | June 26 | | by Cervantes in favour of | | | M. Sta. Maria for suits and | | | payments | Asensio | | | 1589, | Seville | Close of account of Cervantes | June 26 | | with Tomas Gutierrez | Asensio | | | 1590, | Carmona | Petition of Cervantes to the | Feb. 12 | | Council of Carmona for permission | | | to take away oil | P. Fita | | | 1590, | Seville | Commission conferred by | March 23 | | Miguel de Oviedo on Cervantes | | | for collections in | | | Carmona | Moran | | | 1590, | Seville | Receipt | March 27 | | authorised by Cervantes | | | to Diego de Zufre | Asensio | | | 1590, | Madrid | Memorial presented by Cervantes | May 21 | | to the King, enumerating | | | services rendered, and | | | asking for a post in the Indies. | | | The decree respecting this | | | memorial, given on June 6, | | | says: “Let him look for | | | something in which the | | | favour may be made.” | Navarrete | | | 1590, | Seville | Sworn account, presented by | August 27 | | Cervantes, of the wheat, &c., | | | he received in 1587-88-89, by | | | commission from Valdivia and | | | Guevara | Moran | | | 1591, | Seville | Sworn accounts, presented by | April 2 & | | Cervantes, of the oil collected | Oct. 20 | | by order of Guevara | Moran | | | 1591, | Estepa | Decree of the Council of Estepa, | Oct. 15 | | agreeing to hand to Cervantes | | | wheat and barley for his | Asensio to | | collections | Apraiz | | | 1592, | Pto. Sta. | Letter of Isunza to the King, | Jan. 7 | Maria | assuring him that Cervantes | | | was a man of honour, and | | | worthy of confidence | Apraiz | | | | | | 1592, | Estepa | Session of the Council of Estepa | Jan. 9 | | to hand wheat to Benito, | Asensio to | | assistant to Cervantes | Apraiz | | | 1592, | Seville | Power of attorney from Cervantes | June 27 | | to the Ruy Saez for | Asensio to | | receiving wages from Isunza | Apraiz | | | 1592, | Seville | Receipt authorised by Cervantes | July 14 | | to Ruy Saez. | Asensio | | | | | | 1592, | Seville | Security of Cervantes, by J. | August 5 | | Fortuni | Asensio | | | 1592, | Seville | Document in which Cervantes | August 5 | | acquired the wheat and barley | | | previously in the hands of | | | Salvador Foro, removed from | | | Feba in 1591 by his assistant, | | | Benito | Asensio | | | 1592, | Seville | Certificate of Cervantes _re_ | August 8 | | same | Apraiz | | | 1592, | Seville | Contract with Osorio for composing | Sept. 19 | | six comedies | Asensio | | | 1592, | Ecija | Francisco Mascoso, Mayor of | Sept. 19 | | Ecija, Judge of Commissaries, | | | commands Cervantes to | | | restore 300 fanegas of wheat, | | | which he was supposed to | | | have sold without being ordered | | | to do so | Moran | | | 1592, | Madrid | Memorial of Cervantes to prevent | Dec. 1 | | Isunza from being | | | molested, Fora having asked | | | for the seizure of his goods | Moran | | | 1593, | Seville | The Auditors order Cervantes | Jan. 4 | | to give an account of what | | | Benito had collected | Moran | | | 1593, | Seville | Sworn statement of oil collected | Moran Jan. 17 | | | 1593, | Seville | Commission conferred by Oviedo, | July 7 | | the Purveyor, on Cervantes, | | | which he executed in | | | Seville, Llerena, Villagarcia, | | | and other places | | | | 1593, | Seville | Receipt authorised by Cervantes | July 8 | | to Andrés Cerio | Asensio | | | 1593, | Seville | Power of Attorney authorised | July 12 | | by Cervantes in favour of | | | Juan de Salinas | Asensio | | | 1593, | Seville | Another commission conferred | August 19 | | by Oviedo on Cervantes | Moran | | | 1594, | Madrid | Appearance of Cervantes presenting | July 1 | | Francisco de Gasco | | | as security for his commission | | | of storehouses and excise in | | | the kingdom of Granada | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Madrid | Security authorised by Gasco | Navarrete August 1 | | | | | | 1594, | Madrid | Cervantes asks that Gasco’s | August 20 | | security be taken as sufficient | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Madrid | Undertaking authorised by Cervantes | Navarrete August 21 | | and his wife that their | | | persons and effects shall be | | | responsible for his payments | | | of excise | | | | 1594, | Madrid | Royal letters patent commissioning | August 23 | | Cervantes to collect | | | the thirds and excise | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Baza | Execution put in by Cervantes | Sept. 9 | | in Baza | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Malaga | Letter of Cervantes to the King | Nov. 17 | | giving an account of receipts in | | | Baza, Guadix, &c., and asking for | | | twenty days’ extension in which | | | to collect the remainder | | | autograph | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Madrid | Royal decree in reply to a letter | Nov. 29 | | of Cervantes on 8th Oct., in | | | which he gave his reasons for not | | | collecting excise at Almunecar, | | | Motril, and Solobrena | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Ronda | Attestation by the notary, | Dec. 9 | | Sebastian de Montalban, of | | | payments received by Cervantes | Navarrete | | | 1594, | Seville | Receipt authorised by Cervantes to | Dec. 15 | | J. Leclercque | Navarrete | | | 1595, | Madrid | Royal decree to the judge at | August 7 | | Olmedillas de Sevilla for him to | | | take goods in lieu of payment by | | | the bankrupt Simon Freire of the | | | 7,400 reals which Cervantes had | | | handed him | Navarrete | | | 1597, | Madrid | Royal decree, addressed to Seville, | Sept. 6 | | ordering Cervantes to give | | | securities for his appearance in | | | Madrid within twenty days | Navarrete | | | 1597, | Madrid | Royal decree to Judge Vallejo, of | Dec. 1 | | Seville, ordering that “on | | | Cervantes giving legal securities | | | ... he be set free from the | | | prison where he lies,” in order | | | to go to court and submit | | | accounts of what he owed | Navarrete | | | 1598, | Madrid | Anastro is charged by the Auditors | March 31 | | to give information of | | | monies received by Cervantes | | | in 1591 and ’92, when he was | | | Isunza’s commissary | Navarrete | | | 1598, | Seville | Sworn statement of collections | April 28 | | in Feba, Foro being in charge | Navarrete | | | 1599, | Madrid | Guardianship of Isabel de | August 9 | | Saavedra given to Bartolomé | | | de Forres (No. 36) | Perez Pastor | | | 1599, | | Contract of Isabel de Saavedra | August 11 | | to serve in the house of Dona | | | Magdalena de Sotomayor | | | (No. 37) | Perez Pastor | | | 1600, | Seville | Document of which Cervantes | May 2 | | was a witness | Asensio | | | 1601, | Valladolid | Statement made by auditors of | Sept. 13 | | accounts relating to the receipt | | | of the 7,400 reals which | | | Cervantes had handed to | | | Simon Freire | Navarrete | | | 1603, | Valladolid | Statement of auditors regarding | Jan. 24 | | the sum owing by Cervantes | Navarrete | | | 1603, | Valladolid | Receipt written (?) by Cervantes, | Feb. 8 | | signed by his sister, Dona | | | Andrea, for import of work | | | she had done for the Marquis | | | of Villafranca | Navarrete | | | 1604, | Madrid | Settlement of the book of the | May 26 | | Hermandad de Impresores, | | | Printers’ Brotherhood, which | | | shows that on that date two | | | “Quixotes” had been received | Perez Pastor | | | 1605, | Valladolid | Power of attorney from Cervantes | April 2 | | to Francisco de Robles | | | and two residents of Lisbon | | | that they may take action | | | “against any persons in | | | Lisbon who may have printed, | | | or desire to print Quixote.” | Perez Pastor | | | 1605, | | Proceedings in Valladolid in | June 27 | | connection with the death of | | | Don Caspar de Ezpeleta | Pellicer | | | 1607, | Madrid | Inventory of effects of Francisco | Nov. 23 | | de Robles, in which is | | | included a slip relating to a | | | loan of 450 reals to Miguel | | | de Cervantes (No. 40) | Perez Pastor | | | | | | 1608, | Madrid | Marriage contract between | August 28 | | Isabel de Cervantes and Luis | Archives | | de Molina | Review | | | 1608, | Madrid | Action against Cervantes and | Nov. 6 | | Gasco to extort accounts | Navarrete | | | 1608, | Madrid | Receipt for part of the dowry of | Dec. 8 | | Isabel de Cervantes, authorised | | | by Luis de Molina | | | (No. 42) | Perez Pastor | | | 1609, | Madrid | Nuptial benediction of Isabel | March 1 | | de Cervantes (No. 43) | Perez Pastor | | | 1609, | Madrid | Reception of Cervantes as “a | April 17 | | slave of the Holy Sacrament” | | | in the brotherhood of that | | | name | Navarrete | | | 1609, | Madrid | Dona Andrea de Cervantes and | June 8 | | Dona Catalina de Salazar | | | take the veil in the Third | | | Order of S. Francisco | Pellicer | | | 1609, | Madrid | Death certificate of Dona | October 9 | | Andreadde Cervantes in the | | | parish of S. Sebastian, Madrid | Pellicer | | | 1610, | Madrid | Dona Catalina takes the vow in | June 16 | | the Third Order of S. Francisco | Pellicer | | | 1610, | Madrid | Will of Dona Catalina de | June 16 | | Salazar Vozmediano, wife of | | | Cervantes (No. 44) | Perez Pastor | | | 1611, | Madrid | Death certificate of Dona Magdalena | Jan. 28 | | de Jésus, sister of | Francisco | | Cervantes, in the parish of | Asenjo | | S. Sebastian | Barbieri | | | 1611, | Madrid | Receipt authorised by Luis de | Nov. 29 | | Molina for 36,753 reals received | | | from Cervantes and | | | J. de Urbina as part of the | | | dowry of his wife, Isabel de | | | Saavedra (No. 45) | Perez Pastor | | | 1613, | Madrid | Rights of the “Original | Sept. 9 | | Novels” ceded by the author | | | to Francisco de Robles | | | (No. 47) | Perez Pastor | | | 1613, | Madrid | Power of attorney from Francisco | Sept. 28 | | de Robles to Geraldo ... | | | to take action against any | | | who in Zaragoza had printed, | | | or desired to print, the | | | “Original Novels” (No. 48) | Perez Pastor | | | 1615, | Madrid | Annotation in the Printers’ | Nov. 1 | | Brotherhood book of two | | | copies of chapters(?) of the | | | “Comedies of Cervantes,” | | | received from Alonso Martin | | | (No. 52) | Perez Pastor | | | 1616, | Madrid | Letter of Cervantes to the Archbishop | March 26 | | of Toledo, Autograph | La Barrera | | | 1616, | Madrid | Vow of Cervantes in the Third | April 2 | | Order of S. Francisco | Pellicer | | | 1616, | Madrid | Death certificate of Cervantes, | April 23 | | in the parish of S. Sebastian, | | | Madrid | Nasarre | | | 1617, | Madrid | Annotation in the Printers’ | April 2 | | Brotherhood book of two | | | copies of chapters (?) of “The | | | Works of Persiles,” received | | | from Juan de la Cuesta | | | (No. 53) | Perez Pastor | | | ------------+------------+---------------------------------------+------------------