Inquisition Case, Lisbon - 1555

Below is an example of an inquisition record from Lisbon, Portugal.

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P[ro]ceʃo et confiʃão de Fr[ancisco]^co car	The process and confession of Francisco
valho ~~negro de guine~~ mourisco preto forro	Carvalho a ~~black from guine~~ a free black moor
preʃo no carcerer[o] da s[an]^taImquisyção	Imprisoned in the jail of the Holy Inquisition

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foy entregue abryriu e a mello alcayde	It was delivered and opened to Mayor Mello
Do carcere da s[an]^ta Inquysição este Fr[ancis]^co	of the jail of the Holy Inquisition about this Francisco
Carvalho mourisco preto forro co[n]theudo em	Carvalho a black Moor contained in
estes autos a por q se vuve dele	these acts because he made them
por emtregue aʃinou aquy em lysboa	for delivery signed in Lisbon
As quynze Dias do mes da bril De	on day fifteen of the month of abril
Myl ba s[inquenta]^ta v anos m[anue]^l cordeyro o es[cre]vey	of 1555, I, Manuel Cordeiro, wrote this

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Culpas co[n]tras Fr[ancis]^co Carvalho	Accusations against Francisco Carvalho
Mourisco preto do processo	a black Moor from the record
De P[edr]^o de Sousa Mourisco	of Pedro de Sousa, a Moor

Aos vinte e quatro dias do mes dabril	On the 24th day of the month of Aprl
De mil s[inquenta]^ta b{v} anos em Liʃ[bo]^a na casa do	Of 1555 in Lisbon in the Casa do
Despacho da sancta Inquisição / Estando	Despacho of the Holy Inquisition / being
hy o s{enh}or l[icencia]^do P[edr]^o alvarez de paredes Jnquysidor	Here the Licensed Mr. Pedro Alvares de Paredes, inquisitor
p[er]ante elle pareceo pero de sousa mourisco	There appeared before him Pedro de Sousa a Moor
q no Colegio da doutryna da fee estaa se	Who in the College of the doctrine of the faith is
Co[n]cilyado / a diʃse por descarrego de sua co[n]ʃcien	Imprisoned / and said to aleviate his concience
cia q ele vynha diante de sua s[ecretar]^ria diʃser	That he came before his secretary to say
cousas q lhe ma alembraua / E logo lhe	Things that he had remembered / and soon
foy dado Juram{en}^to dos s[an]^tos evamgelhos a que	He gave the oath of the holy gospels and that
elle pos sua mão p[ar]^a em todo dizer v[er]dade	He put his hand forth to say the truth in everything
e lhe asy o prometeo De dizer / Antre	And in that way he promised to speak, among
outros cousas / diʃse mays q no tempo	Other things, to say more in the time
q elle querya fogir p{ar}^a terra de mouros cô	That he wanted to flee to the land of the Moors
Amryque luis turco e com Joam de mello /	With Henrique Luís, a Turk, and with João de Melo,
tambem se querya com estes huu fr[ancis]^co que	Also wanted to go with these one Francisco who
amdava na estrebarya delRei nosso s[enh]or o q[ua]l	Used to work in the stables of the King our lord, who
he huu mourisco preto e tem no Rosto	Is a black moor and has on his face
Synays de foge do naris p[ar]^a os orelhos	The signs of flight from the nose to the ears
Gome[s] Ma[n]cebo comprydor /a despois diʃse	Gomes Mancebo, a steward. And after said
q na[o] querya hir por q avya medo q	That he did not want to go because he was afraid that
o tomasse no mar / e do custume diʃse	They would throw him in the ocean, and of custome said
nada a q todos sã[o] seus amigos / e o diz	Nothing because all were his friends. And he said this
Por honrra de d[eu]s e por pasar asy na v[er]dade	With the honor of God and to pass on this way the truth
E lhe foi ma[n]dado ter segredo sobcarrego	And he was sent to carry this secret

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do juram[en]^to, elhe assy o prometeu e asynou a	Of the oath and this way he promised and signed
quy Ju[n]tam[ente] cõ s[enh]or Inquysidor m[anue]^l codeyro	Here together with the Inquisitor Manuel Cordeiro
Not[ei]^ro o escreuy	I the notary wrote this

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Aos t[r]imta dias do mes de Abril de	On the 30th of April of
sobetodeto Annos em Lix[bo]^a na caʃa do despacho	the aforementioned year in Lisbon in Casa do Despacho
da s[an]^ta Inquisycao estamdo hy o s[enh]or	of the Holy Inquisition being here the
L[icencia]^do p[edr]^o A[lvar]ez deparedes Jmquisudor de ma[n]dou	licenced Mr. Pedro Alvarez de Paredes, inquisidor, who sent
vyr p[er]amte sy a Fr[ancis]^conegro de	to come before him Francisco, a black from
guyne q foy catiuo de mouros / E	Guinea who was captured by the Moors / and
Asy ora he foro e fogio de mouros	being he free and fled from the Moors
P[ar]^a este Reyno / o q{ua}l esta preto	to this kingdom / who is here
No s[an]^to o Rey{n}o / e dise q elle	in this holy kingdom / and said that he
esteue catiuo em tera de mouros	Was imprisoned in the land of the Moors
doze Annos e fogio de marocos	For twelve years and fled from Moroccos
e veyo tres annos ayao E dahy	And came three years ago and from there
Aeste Reyno e p^a quatro Annos	To this kingdom and for four years
E pe[re]z mazagao o fiz não xpão	And Pirez Mazagão and was made chrsitian
na greja eteue padrinhos nã[o] ʃabe como	In the church there were godparents he does not know
se chamão elhe poserão nome	And there put on him the name of
Fr[ancis]^co Carvalho et logo fez p	Francisco Carvalho and soon
Y emtado se deafots de xpao hy	Did the things of a Christian
ouuer miʃa e pregacão Aos dise q sy	To attend mass and preach to what he said and
q sempre em esta cydade hy	Always in this city to
ouuir miʃa e pregação Aos domingos	Attend mass and the preching on sundays
Etestas / pryuntade se se comfe	He was asked if he confessed
ʃou e com magaua Cadano dise q	And with Magava Cadano said that
se comfeʃou q em cada justa huu	He confessed in rightly every
Anno e out^ro Anno se comfeʃarem	Year and the other year confessed
Castre F^o p[ar]a la hyr ter com	Castre Filho that he was going to flee with

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Huu homim com q vyuja eq hos	A man with which he lived and another
outos dous Annos se comfeʃou	another two years confessed
em beja e p le estar com huu	in Beja and there with a man
homem com q vyvya e huu Anno	with which he lived and one year
se comfeʃou em ʃantarem / foy	confessed in Santarem / he was
P{er}guntado se sabya benzer e fazer	asked if he knew how to pray and do
o synal decruz e se sabyr As oraçoes	the sign of the cross and if he knew the Christian
de xpao e p elle foy dito q	prayers and it was said by him that
Se n{a}o ʃabya bemzer nem ʃabya nhuua	he did not know any
oraçao de xpao po q andava sempre	Christian prayer because he always walked
de tras de cavalo e q tede q lhe	behind a horse and that he didn’t
msy nem As oracoes de xpao p[ar]a	even know the Christian prayers so
q nunca vyvy nem e has emsyno et	that he never lived and hasn’t been taught
elle ser Jnqsyde ma[n]dou Ao Alcayde	and the inquisitor ordered the mayor
breycio cemelo q lhe emsynase As oracoes	Brecio Camelo that he should teach him the Christian
de xpao / et logo elle s[enh]or Jnquisydor	prayers / and soon the Senhor Inquisitor
lhe dise q o qlhe cumprya pa ʃua	said to him that he would fulfill for his
ʃaluação era dizer a v[er]dade- delana do	salvation to say the truth and do
todas as cyrimonyas daxpao de	all the Christian cerimonies and not of
mafamede q fz daroiz de ser xpão	Muhamed that did
eReryal m[ui]^to se jejuou e Jejum do Fernedão	and did much fasting and fasting of Femedão
e se fz cota / se JJ Juror Juram[en]tos	and did such / if he swore by the oaths
de mouros se fazer as oraçoes dos	of the Moors and do the prayers of the
Mouros se {crossed out} Aoração de bezmida	Moors {crossed out} the prayer of blessing
e out^ra damzacula / E se dise leyla ma	or another prayer / and said that mohamet
homet racecala / eneome tamte se A mafamede	Racecala / and in the name of Mohamed
temdo pa ʃanto e o metageyto de d[eu]s	Having for holy and the {unknown} of God
e se com testa tencao da lxpto de	And with this tension of Christ over
mafamte se amorya hyr p[ar]a ter[a]	Mohamed he wanted to go to the land

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de mouros pa la ser mouro e mais	Of the Moors to there be a Moor and more
A sua vontade vyuer na cepta de	According to his will live in Cepta of
mafamedes / dise q nô fez nhuua couʃa	Mohamed / said that he did not do anything
das comt[en]^das na[o] py inze / et q	Acording to the contentions / and that
ho Alcayde Amryqui Luys Antes q ho	The mayor Henrique Luiz before he
premdesem lhe dise se querya elle hyr	Captured them said that he wanted to go
com elle p^a tera de mouros e q	With him to the land of the Moors and that
elle declare lhe dise q não querya	He declared to him and said that he did not want
E q elle he xpão e que ʃaber	And that he is Christian and he knows
As orações de xpão e as não dise	The prayers of Christians and he did not say
E elle s[enh]or Jmqursydor lhe dise q se	And he, the lord Inquisitor daid that he
Fose embora Aser carcem E q	Went away to be imprisoned and that
Cuy de melhor no q foy pgutado	Cuyxxxxxx que was asked
Ant[oni]^oRoyz Apoy com hos	António Ruiz apoy with those
riscados q se fizerao po v[er]dades	At risk that they did do by truth
E antelynho omde diz E foy eu mouros	Xxxx where he said and I was a Moor
Et declar q semdo mouro se chamaua / frajelaa /	And declared that as a moor his name was Frajelá
ll[icencia]do Pedr[o]aluares Fr[ancis]^co carvalho	The Lisenced Pedro Alvares Francisco Carvalho

Aos sete dias do mes de mayo de sbedito	On the seventh day of the month of may on the aformentioned
Annos em Lix[bo]^a na caʃa do despacho da	Year in Lisbon in the dispatch outs of the
S[an]^ta Jnquisyção estamdo hy o s[enh]or l[icencia]do	Holy Inquistition behing her the Lisenced Lord
P[ed]^r[o] al[are]z de paredes Inquisedor P[adre] fr[ancis]^co	Pedro ALvares de Paredes, Inquistodr, Father Francisco
Carvalho contedo em este autos	Carvalho in these papers
foy pedido Audro e elle s[enh]or Inquisidor	It was asked and he the Lord Inquisidor

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otra ouvyr p[er]ante sy e se lhe foy	to hear before himself and it was
dito q elle querya comfeʃam ha	said that he wanted to confess the
v[er]dade e pedir misa et logo dise	truth and asked for mass and soon said
q em v[er]dade q elle com jh^o bareto mouriʃco	that in truth that he, with João Barreto, a moor,
e joam mouriʃco de do Luys ja defunto	and João Mourisco and Luís defunto
e com m{anu}el outrosy mouriʃco foro que	and with Manuel, also a moor, that
se foy pa castela quando prenderao	was going to Castella when they captured
Joam bareto v q elle todos quat^ro	João Barreto and that all four of them
comentarao p[ar]a se jrem p[ar]a tera	commented to be going to the land
de mouros em huua barca Agl dise	of the moors in a boat to which it was said
q tinha buʃcada o dito m[anu]^el e q	that Manuel had searched for
Jsto avi dous Annos q paʃou - q	and this had been two years ago, and it
foy pguntado amaota tempo Ante	was asked at this time
com este p[ro]posyto de se hyr P[ar]a	with this purpose of him going to
tera de mouros p[ar]a la ser mouro	the land of the Moors to be a Moor
dise q Amdarya lmsto dez ou dose	and said that he went in this ten or twelve
dias pouco mais ou menos / E q ʃua	days, more or less / and that his
Semcao era hyrse p[ar]a tera de mouros	intention was to go the land of the Moors
p[ar]a la ser mouro e dahy hyrse	to there be a Moor and from there to go to
pa [illegible] p[er]guntado q cerymonyas	[illegible] and was asked which cerimonies
fz da cupa de mafamede na qle	he did of Mohamed in that
temos q Amdar Apartado da Rel	we ahve to walk apart from him
e se querya hyr pa tera de mouros	and that he wanted to go to the land of the Moors
p[ar]a la ser mouro como tem comfeʃado	to there be a Moor and has confessed
e se fizera o cela e jejuara jejum do	and that in his cell and fasted the fast of
femeda E fzanca orações de mouro	Mohamed and did the Moorish prayers
e jurara Juram{en}tos dameʃma cepto	and swore oaths of the same form of
demafamede dise q he v[er]dade	Mohamed and said that it was try
q aq[ue]le tempo q asy imdo apartado	and in that time was going apart
da fee de noso sôr J huu xpo	from the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ

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elle se emcomedava A mafamede / e dezya	And he pledged himself to Mohamed / and said
Aoração / de bizmola aramam araym / Aentrada	A prayer /de bizmola aramam aryim / aentrada
do come / e depois de como dezya	Do come/ and afterwhich he said
duas palauras daoração / chandacula / a vila /	two words of Prayer / Chandacula / avila /
Amem / et quao[n]do se deitaua na cama dezya	amen / and when he lay on his bed said
out^ra oraçao de mouro / q comeca / odbavila	another Moorish prayer / that starts / Obdavila
mixa traʃer / et asy dezya out^ra oração	mixa trazer / and in that ways said another prayer
q comeca lejla lahala mahomes lacuzalas et	that starts Leila Lahala Maomes Lacuzalas and
q nunca jejuou nhuu jejum do Femedao	that never did a fast of Femedão
nem fz cauatore nem jurou nhuu juram[en]^to	and did not swear any oath
onde dezya/ hala/ pq não ʃabe se o se	Where he said / Alah / because he does not know if
seus companh[eir]^ros rezauao as ditas	His companions prayed the said
orações p q elle comfeʃa seu pecado	Prayers so that he confessed his sin
e seus companh[ei]ros comfeʃarao se	And his companions confessed
p q elle não ʃabe delles se as fzauao	So that he did not know if they had done
maes fora Jsto et junto Aos ʃatos	More outside of that and together with the holy
avamgelhos em q pos sua mão q Jsto	Gospels and that he placed his hand that
se tudo v[er]dade e q ho não diz pa	Everything was tro and he did not say out of
o dio nem mal omerna q lhe tenha	Hatred neither bad honor and that
P qlho notem e Asynou Aquy	And he signed here
Trintamte com elle s[enh]or Jnquisidor	With him the lord Inquisitor
Ant^o Rois A	António Ruiz

ollndo pedraluarez Fr[ancis]^co Carvalho	The lisenced Pedro Alvares Francisco Carvalho

“Processo de Francisco Carvalho.” Tribunal do Santo Ofício, Inquisição de Lisboa, proc. 2254. Arquivo Nacional Torre do Tombo. Lisbon, Portugal.

Inquisition Case, Lisbon - 1555

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