The Life of Cervantes

Chronological Repertoire of Documents Relating to the Life of Cervantes

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