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Description of the public Auto de Fe celebrated in Valladolid on May 21 1559. Fourteen heretics were condemned to death, including a Dr. Cazalla, el Marqués de Poza, three women, and others. This Auto de Fe is significant as it brought about the end of the Erasmistas group in Spain. Contemporary account, apparently taken from a larger register or compilation as evident from pagination. Copy may be in a later hand.

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Document notes receipt of orders from inquisitor general (dated Madrid 1700) appointing Luis Maldonado, Order of Santiago, notary for the Valladolid inquisition. Contains signature of inquisitorial secretary Cana and wax seal.

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Certificate naming Luis Maldonado a Notario del Secreto of the inquisition. Contains signatures and wax seal.

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Denunciation of Fr. Josef, with testimony of colleagues concerning various improprieties at mass, as well as illicit use of chocolate, women, and pornographic images. Single document with signatures of Ramón Pérez and Isidorio Carranza as well as notary Francisco Uraga.

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Representation of a famous 1559 auto-de-fe in Valladolid, showing stages and audience, procession, and burning of convicted heretics. Includes numbered explanatory legend indicating details such as the degradation of Augustin Cazalla.

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Printed parchment certificate with ornate printed borders, filled in by hand, naming Juan Lopez a familiar of the inquisition. His blood purity (limpieza) and that of his wife Maria de Castro is noted on the form. Bottom section is missing, perhaps with signatures, seal, and certification.

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Translation of papal indulgences issued to confraternity of St. Peter Martyr and other familiars and officials in 1611 by Paul V. Scipio Cobellutius's name is printed at the end of the document, which is then signed by Juan Martines de la Vega. Formerly bound in a collection with INQ-315.

Scope and Contents Translation of a 1571 collection of bulls and indulgences granted to crusaders and familiars of the inquisition by popes from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, confirmed by Pius V (1570). Text gives incipits and dates of the original documents, with minimal summary. Last folio contains Spanish summary of Pius V's 1569, "Institucion de la Cofradia de San Pedro Martyr, de Oficiales, y Ministros del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion." Contains signature at end. Formerly bound in a...

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Printed certificate with decorative border and image of St. Peter Martyr, naming Juan Alonso de Salamanca a familiar of the inquisition. Contains signautres, and a later family tree on verso showing Salamanca's linear descendants to the 1670s.

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Testimony of Valladolid inquisition secretary Martinez de Zuñiga, supporting Francisco Sanz Maldonado's candidacy for the office of inquisitorial calificador. Sanz Maldonado was a Jesuit and catedratico of Salamanca.

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Printed parchment certificate filled in by hand, naming Santiago de Linares a familiar of the inquisition. His blood purity (limpieza) and that of his wife Maria Ruiz is noted on the form. Contains signatures. Part of bottom left corner is missing, perhaps with seal and certification. Contains signatures.

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Certificate confirming the retirement of Luis Maldonado as secretary of the Valladolid inquisition with full pension and perquisites. Contains signatures, inquisitorial wax seal. Certified four months later (1717) before Antonio Llanes Campomanes (on verso). Contains signatures and inquisitorial wax seal.

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Prepared certificate filled in by a second hand, naming Miguel de Salamanca a familiar of the inquisition. Contains later family tree on verso, showing Salamanca's linear descendants through 1670s. Contains signature of inquisitor Doctor Gonzalez. Contains signatures.

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Document naming Juan de Torizes a familiar of the inquisition. Contains text of earlier royal documents conerning appointment and privileges of familiares. Contains signatures.

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Certification of Orbaneja's professional qualifications by Xarava de Castillo, in his capacity as secretary of the university and of the Valladolid inquisition. Contains signature of Xarava de Castillo.