dealing merely with the Simancas materials relating to the Inquisition, would give about 35,000 individuals as coming within the clutches of the Holy Office between the years 1492 and 1819, which seems the latest date mentioned in the papers at Simancas. I may perhaps add that I was apparently the first professing Jew who had visited Simancas since the expulsion of 1492, and was regarded with some curiosity by the officials on that account. One of them mentioned with an air of mingled pride and secrecy that he was himself descended from Jewish ancestors. TOLEDO. I was hoping that the Cathedral Archives at Toledo would have added considerably to my store: but after making arrangements for investigating them on the spot, I was prevented from doing so on my arrival at the ecclesiastical Metropolis of Spain, by the unfortunate, but as I had reason to imagine, not altogether undesigned, absence of the librarian of the cathedral. Fortunately, however, the majority of the deeds I had calendared in Madrid were derived from the cathedral library by the great archivist Burriel, so the little plan of the librarian was not so successful as he may have wished. My journey was not however altogether fruitless, and I should have indeed been sorry to have missed the chance of visiting the Synagogue, now known as Santa Maria La Blanca, in which Jehudah Halevi probably worshipped. Of the later and more elaborate synagogue, the finest building of its kind in existence, I was fortunate enough to obtain a sketch made for me on the spot by an American artist, Mr. Edgar Josslyn. This gave a view of the exterior of El Transito, as it is now called, which has never hitherto been figured, and I have had it reproduced as a frontispiece to this work. In a local museum of antiquities at Toledo, there are several tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions, which it would be interesting to compare further with those given in Rapoport's book 17. Not having taken the precaution to bring a copy with me I was unable to do this. The inscriptions however are, I believe, to be published by that indefatigable antiquary Don Fidel Fita, to whom Jewish History owes so much. Throughout £ has been used to represent the Spanish "libras," and the dates have been given with the English form of the months. In the absence of accents and the unnecessary presence of capitals, the original entries of the archivists have been followed. "Judio " or "Judios" have been represented throughout by J. [(A.) Selection from a list of 806 causes contained in the descriptive slips of 891 papers contained in "Legajos 130—189."] 1 Acosta, Alejandro de, Contador del Duque de Benavente, natural de Oporto y vecino de Benavente; su causa 1661 á 1669. Leg. 130, No. 2. 2 Almeida, D.a Maria de, portuguesa, vecina de Madrid, viuda de Antonio Lopez Ferro y suegra de Manuel Cortizos. Sus causas y genealogía. Tormento, 1651-1661. En el segundo proceso se comprende á D. Luisa Ferro. Leg. 132, No. 37. 3 Alonso Tudillos, Diego, zapatero, vecino de Belalcazar, difunto, 1486. Leg. 132, No. 40. 4 Anónima, Delacion de Frai Pedro de S.a Teresa contra una mujer de Toledo, 1801. Leg. 134, No. 79. 5 Aubies de la Cassa, Pedro, natural de Goarasa (Francia), 1691— 1701. Leg. 135, No. 85, 6 Baez de Payba, Gonzalo, alias D. Gonzalo Pacheco de Luna, alias D. Gonzalo Perez de Villagarcia, 1., 1654-7; 2.a, 1659-61; 3., 1664 72. Leg. 136, No. 95. 7 Beatriz, criada del secretario Luis de Toledo, 1500-1. Leg. 137, No. 102. X 8 Beatriz, hija de Luis Alfonso, zapatero, ausente 1500-2. Leg. 137, No. 104. Nota: La sentencia comprende además Catalina, hija de Lope Gonzalez; Fernando, hijo de Juan Alfonso, zapatero; Ines, hija de Rodrigo de Villanueva; Martin, hijo de Ruy Gonzalez; Peña, Fernando de la, hijo de Alvar Gonzalez ; Sanchez Martin, carnicero, todos ausentes. 9 Brandon, Fernando Esteban, portugués, 1613-16. Leg. 137, No. 114. 10 Cáceres, Isabel, mujer de Luis Baez, testificacion contra, 1625. Leg. 189, No. 858. 11 Cardoso de Fonseca, Diego, Delacion contra, 1655. Leg. 138, No. 131. 12 Castro, Alonso de, borceguinero, 1498-9. Leg. 139, No. 138. 13 Cristo de la Paciencia-causas conocidas con dicho nombre contra varios J. que maltrataron y ultrajaron un Santo Cristo en una casa de la calle de las Infantas de Madrid á saber: Baez Fernan, portugués. Tormento y relajado [1630— Mendez, Victoria, portuguesa y mujer de Enrique Mendez, Violante, portuguesa, hija de Domingo Luis y Nuñez Alvarez, Isabel, portuguesa, mujer de Miguel Rodriguez, Beatriz, hija de Fernan Baez, portuguesa, Rodriguez, Miguel, portugués. Relajado [1630-1632]. 14 Diaz (Ant.) Caldera, llamado tambien Diaz Caldeira, su causa y genealogía [1653-6]. Leg. 141, No. 172. 15 Diaz-Mendez-Brito, Francisco, hijo de Jorge Rodriguez de Acosta, canciller de la Santa Cruzada y vecino de Madrid, 1653-7. Leg. 142, No. 184. 16 Diaz Francisco, natural y vecino de Granatula, de 14 años, 1770-2. Su causa y genealogía. Leg. 142. No. 185. 17 Diaz Mendez, Francisco Franco, Fernan Mendez de Castro (Manuel), Sanchez Serrano (Luis), portugueses. Leg. 142, No. 182. 18 Doliz, Lic.do D. Miguel, clérigo presbítero, 1665-74. Leg. 143, No. 205. 19 Enriquez Pereira, Diego, natural de Portugal, sus causas, 1., 1662-4; 2.a, 1665-7. Leg. 144, No. 214. 20 Espinosa, D.a Ana de, alias Ana Gomez de Espinosa, portuguesa, su causa, 1666-7. Leg. 145, No. 233. |