Ynformaçion de la Limpieza de Gregorio Romano, Vezo [vecino] de la çiudad de Los Angeles y doña margarita de loyola su mugr [er] famar[familiar] deste Sto Offiçio, 16 May 1585-22 Dec 1632

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 40.10001

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Description

Limpieza de Sange, Inquisition offices, and a multigenerational trial. Investigation concerning the purity of faith of Gregorio Romano and his wife, Doña MArgarita de Loyola (of the City of Los Angeles, today Puebla), for work as a familiar of the Inquisition. Geneaologies, printed questionairres, letters from the Bishop of Tlaxcala and various people who knew them. He was approved in 1585. New information received on her genealogy in 1600 and they were imprisoned. Criminal trial for lying about her genealogy. 1632 questioning of their daughter and her husband for the same reason, includes letters to the inquisition in Valladolid and Toledo, Spain. 1624 questioning of a relative in Valladolid for having high offices while sharing possibly false genealogy.

Title transcribed by Clevy Lloyd Strout, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Tulsa, 1962. Description provided by Amanda Summers, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Helmerich Center for American Research, 2024-2025.

Dates

16 May 1585-22 Dec 1632

Language of Materials

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Materials in Spanish, Nahautl, and English.

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