| 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 |