February 22, 1698. The murderers are executed.
Spring of 1698. The Franceschini bring suit to recover Pompilia's property.
May 17. The criminal court decides in favour of Pompilia's executor.
September 1-9, 1698. Final decree of court, utterly clearing Pompilia's reputation.
Browning uses all the above chronology with scrupulous accuracy, save when, for good artistic reasons, he changes the flight from April 29 to the 23rd, St. George's day.
Minute of the Personal Names found in the Book and Pamphlet
and used by Browning in His Poem
| Franceschini, Signor Guido. ([Note 36]). | ||
| Franceschini, Abate Paolo. ([Note 37]). | ||
| Franceschini, Canon Girolamo, b. August 5, 1654, brother of Guido. | ||
| Franceschini, Donna Beatrice, 1631-1701, mother of Guido. | ||
| Franceschini, Count Tommaso, father of Guido. | ||
| Comparini, Signor Pietro, father of Pompilia. | ||
| Comparini, Violante, mother of Pompilia. | ||
| Comparini, Pompilia. ([Note 33]). | ||
| Canon Conti. ([Note 35]). | ||
| Canon Giuseppe Caponsacchi. ([Note 34]). | ||
| Signor Guillichini, helper in the flight. | ||
| Borsi, the driver. | ||
| Signor Marzi-Medici, Governor of Arezzo. | ||
| Bishop of Arezzo, Giovanni Matteo Marchetti, 1691-1704. | ||
| The Confessor Romano. | ||
| Maria Margherita Contenti, servant in the Franceschini home. | ||
| Monna Baldi (Albergotti). | ||
| Cardinal Panciatichi | } | Guido's confessors on the eve of execution. |
| Cardinal Acciajuoli | ||
| Signor Tighetti, trustee of Pompilia's estate. | ||
| The babe, Gaetano. | ||
| Fra Celestino, confessor of the dying Pompilia. | ||
| Signor Giacinto Arcangeli. ([Note 5]). | ||
| Signor Bottini. ([Note 7]). | ||
| Signor Spreti. ([Note 6]). | ||
| Signor Cencini, a Florentine lawyer interested in the murder trials. | ||
| Alessandro Baldeschi | } | The assassins. |
| Domenico Gambassini | ||
| Francesco Pasquini | ||
| Biagio Agostinelli | ||
| Curate Ottoboni, Curate at San Lorenzo, in Lucina. | ||
| Judge Tommati, Auditor Curiae. | ||
| Judge Molines, of the Ruota. | ||
| Marco Antonio Venturini, Vice-Governor, presiding in the murder case. | ||