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Registered copy (paginated 153) of a letter to the Lima inquisition from the Suprema, urging establishment of a tribunal in Buenos Aires. Receipt acknowledged in Los Reyes [Lima] 31 May 1637, six months after it was sent.

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Letter from Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, discussing property with his vassal Horatio Silvesco.

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Letter from Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, expressing thanks for the loyal service of the Conte Santus

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Collection of approximately 60 letters from inquisitorial agents to the Suprema at Madrid, reporting on political and religious developments in Rome. Most are signed by Juan de Hoces, but Francisco Peña's and other signatures also appear.

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Liccense to study law at the Academy in Torino, given to D. Conte Giuseppe Ignazio Valperga by Giovanni Battista Rotarius(?), chancellor of the Academy

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Instructions to an inquisitorial commissioner at Pisco, Peru, regarding former prisoner Alvaro Mendez's demand for compensation in the matter of his seized books. Verso has followup document, noting lack of receipts. Contains signatures.

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Instructions to assign funds for the food and tobacco expenses of Manuel de Fonseca, held prisoner at the inquisition prison at Lima. Receipt on verso. Contains signatures.

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Trial of Gaspar de los Reyes, a Portuguese muleteer resident at San Luis de Potosí in Mexico, along with his mestiza companion Catelina de Parraga (de la Parra) for iconoclasm. Very extensive, with many witnesses and signatures of officials, including inquisition commissary fr. Lope Izquierdo; Gaspar de los Reyes' signature also appears. His punishment included banishment to Castile, she received two hundred lashes, and both were tortured.

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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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A diploma of magister liberalium artium et philosophiae to Count Caesar Valperga di Cuorgné from the Academy in Torino.

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A diploma of magister liberalium artium et philosophiae to Count Caesar Valperga di Cuorgné from the Academy in Torino.

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Collection of policy documents, some fragmentary, compiled under Inquisitor General Andrés Pacheco (1622-1626). Formerly part of a larger volume.

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Mortgage by conveyance of lands in Ruardean (Gloucestershire) by William Jeffes to Charles Hopkins which were formerly granted to William Jeffes by Richard Gwinnett, forever, in exchange for £123 and 12 shillings. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Mortgage by Demise of lands and buildings in All Saints, Canterbury, to Jane Geoge by James Wallis, in exchange for £150.

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Mortgage by demise of lands in Calne (Wiltshire) to Thomas Hill by Mary Sheppard, in exchange for £200. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Mortgage by demise of lands in Blo'Norton (Norfolk) to Robert Pocklington by Robert Brown, in exchange for £200. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Mortgage by demise of lands in East Harling (Norfolk) to Edward Sutliffe by Robert Johnson, in exchange for £25. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Mortgage by demise of lands in Weeting (Norfolk) to Roger Hawys by Robert Johnson, in exchange for £60. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Mortgage by demise of lands in Lambourn (Berkshire) to Thomas Spicer by William Deacon, in exchange for £100 and interest. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

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Mortgage by demise of lands in Blo'Norton (Norfolk) to James Cole by William Hubbard, in exchange for £30. Includes seal, impressed duty stamp, and tax stamp.

Scope and Contents Documents relating to Inquisition and law in the New world, ranging from 1717-1797; some apparently copied in the Secretaría de la Cámara de Gobierno, Mexico, for the benefit of an archbishop by Licenciado antonio Dies de Medina, Secretary. 1. Thirty-four articles on Inquisition procedure (Madrid 1747). 2. Royal order to respect the Inquisition (1763). 3. Royal brief for Viceroys (Aranjuez 1744). 4. Royal brief on legal procedure (Aranjuez 1740). 5. Royal brief (Aranjuez 1763). 6. Royal...

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Note describing various members of the Valperga and Savoy families and the various legal documents which demonstrate their relationships. (None of the documents mentioned are included in the rest of the Martelli collection.)

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Notes concerning the family tree of the Valperga family. NB: Folder includes modern note on orange paper, unrelated to document, which reads: "June 20, 1827. To Conte di Cesare Vittorio Valperga di Cuorgné - granting of honor of admission to Cavalieri di giustizia, to the military Order of Sts. Maurizio + Lazzaro - with the added"

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First documnt is a description of an auto in Lisbon; the other is a copy of a royal decree against the Marquis de Pombal. The second document only is dated 3 September, 1779 at the royal Palacio de Queluz, near Lisbon.

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Copy of a 1706 decree from the Zaragoza inquisition commanding clerical obedience to the new Bourbon king Philip V, recognized as legitimate by pope Clement XI. The document has been copied into a larger cartulary in a contemporary hand, foliated 351.

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Papal Bull of Leo X commending bishop elect Aleria, Franceso Palavicini, to the favor of the Casa San Giorgio.

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Document of Pope Uban VIII.

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Passport from Louis de Vendome to the Count Sanctus, given at Vercelli.

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Case brought against Joseph López, of the Order of St. Francis, by Pedro Alexandro Texeda, agent of the Holy Office, for a sermon given by the accused in 1766. Contains the complaint and accusation of Pedro Alexandro, with his signature. Various other related signed letters and documents in several hands, including some by fr. Joseph López. The Franciscan was vigorously defended by his Order, and the accusor was relieved of his duties.