Edited and transcribed by Vanessa Johnson, PhD, from the manuscript 2.246 found in the Biblioteca Nacional of Madrid.

  • January 1646
    Letters 1-9. Deal with: death of Cardinal Borja and problems surrounding pensions he bequeathed in his will; appointment of Cardinal Sandoval to Archbishop of Toledo; bad weather; appointments to royal councils; payments to Aguirre and Sebastian Vicente; Haro's visit to Seville
  • February 1646
    Letters 10-17. Deal with: Arrival of treasure fleets; relations between Medinaceli, Infantado and Castrillo; payments; King's Jornada; Rain; provisions for the army; power balance between Castrillo and Catalina Fernandez de Cordoba; birth of daughter to Duchess of Lerma
  • March 1646
    Letters 18-29. Deal with: Leganes appointment to army; aid from Naples; price of bread; moral reform at Court; Medina-Sidonia; Jornada; what Tapia should give the King as a present; Haro's return to Court; Easter greetings; Infantado's appointment in the war; arrival of Duchess of San Lucar to Court; state of Church reform
  • April 1646
    Letters 30-35. Deal with: expulsion of Monterrey from Court; arrival of Haro; Jornada; influence of Confessor Royal; Infantado leaving for the front; sculpture; moral reform; what Tapia gave the King; illness of Prince; meeting with King; Tapia starts visitation
  • May 1646
    Letters 36-44. Deal with: Illness of Prince; payments; rain; multiple office holding; position of enemy; Leganes at front; receipt of code from Medinaceli; moral reform; sculpture; Prince's diet; Haro in Zaragoza
  • June 1646
    Letters 45-53. Deal with: news from Medinaceli; habit for Luis; payments; visitation; Infantado in the war; illnesses; affair of Antonia de Mendoza; sculpture; assistance of Pedro Pacheco; heat
  • July 1646
    Letters 54-58. Deal with: Antonia de Mendoza; position of enemy; who is to fetch Mariana of Austria; letters to Medinaceli; visitation
  • August 1646
    Letters 59-68. Deal with: Antonia de Mendoza; Oviedo to go to Zaragoza; Prince; Castrillo vs Haro; things sent to Medinaceli; habit/exam of Luis; Infantado news; deaths; inquisitorial cases - Chirivoga and Protonotary; sculpture
  • September 1646
    Letters 69-77. Deal with: Harvest; Antonia de Mendoza; habit of Luis; marriages; war effort; death of Count of Saldana; letters to Castrillo, Haro, Catalina, etc; Tapia to go to Zaragoza
  • October 1646
    Letters 78-86. Deal with: death of Prince; Jornada; war effort; audiences with King; Corts of Aragon; prices in Zaragoza; illness of Medinaceli; habit of Luis; payments; Prince's funeral arrangements
  • November 1646
    Letters 87-88. Deal with: condolence letters; Council of War; habit of Luis; rain; Medinaceli and Juan de Austria; Antonia de Mendoza
  • December 1646
    Letters 89- 95. Deal with: Tapia at Medinaceli; Castrillo; letters to Haro and Confessor; habit of Luis; payments; sculpture; marriage of Liche and Antonia de la Cerda; Antonia de Mendoza; factions/armies; Protonotary
  • January 1647
    Letters 96-104. Deal with: post; Medinaceli and Juan de Austria; sculpture; Castrillo going to Andalucia; Haro's influence; uprising in Andalucia; Catalina's illness after giving birth; retirements; King's marriage; Liche and Antonia; rain; illness of Admiral.
  • February 1647
    Letters 105-114. Deal with: snow and rain; Aytona appointed to Catalonia; Castrillo's problems on journey; peace with Holland; sculpture; wheat; improvement of Catalina; letters from Medinaceli; Antonia de Mendoza; reform of clerics; problems with soldiers from Catalonia; news from Andalucia; death of Admiral; Antonia and Liche
  • March 1647
    Letters 115-122. Deal with: payments; marriage rumours; Antonia de Mendoza; sculpture; Castrillo in San Lucar with Medinaceli; Marchioness of Ladrada gossip; Andalucia uprising; Antonia and Liche
  • April 1647
    Letters 123-130. Deal with: payments; Protonotary; sculpture; rain; Catalina ill; letters to Nuncio; Antonia and Liche; duel Sessa and Leganes; donativos
  • May 1647
    Letters 131-138. Deal with: accounts; snow; treasure fleets; visitation; state of army; armada; news from Paris; Catalina ill; Antonia and Liche; lots of illnesses; letters from Medinaceli; donativos and wheat
  • June 1647
    Letters 139-143. Deal with: visitation; letters; Antonia and Liche; habit of Luis; Haro to go to Zaragoza; war; whear; Catalina ill; donativos
  • July 1647
    Letters 144-147. Deal with: return of Haro; Medinaceli wanting to leave Andalucia; illnesses; Catalina a bit better; habit of Luis; news from England; Antonia de Mendoza
  • August 1647
    Letters 148-157. Deal with: habit for Luis; Antonia and Liche; Medinaceli's licence; payments; riots in Naples; Catalina illness; Protonotary; King's accident; war; illnesses; lawsuit Medinaceli and Priego
  • September 1647
    Letters 158-162. Deal with: Tapia illness; Protonotary; death of Duchess of San Lucar
  • October 1647
    Letters 163-166. Deal with: Tapia illness; illness of Duke of Alcala; illness of Duchess of Infantado; Castrillo's letters to Tapia
  • November 1647
    Letters 167-175. Deal with: Tapia illness; Antonia and Liche; operation and death of Catalina; lawsuit Medinaceli and Priego; Naples; horse sent to Luis; Castrillo; Haro and Leganes influence; Alarcon died - Gonzalez to get job; execution of Antonia de la Torre; Medinaceli illness
  • December 1647
    Letters 176-180. Deal with: Naples; habit for Luis; payments; problems with vice-regal appointments; Medinaceli trying to come to Madrid