Rodrigo Sarmiento de la Cerda y Villandrando, IV Conde de Salinas, Inventory.

Rodrigo Sarmiento de la Cerda Villandrando, IV Conde de Salinas, and Conde de Ribadeo, Inventory. Music instruments include 5 vihuelas.

• Primeramente una dulzaina con sus fuelles y sus pesas de plomo
• Iten. Un laúd de marfil con sus varas de ébano en su caja
• Iten. Una arpa de dos órdenes
• Iten. Una vihuela de ébano con sus taraceas y su lazo en la misma tapa y arriba un letrero que dice Diego del Castillo sin puente. [Castillo era violero]
• Iten. Otra vihuela de costillas de ébano con su lazo hondo sin puente
• Iten. Otra vihuela de costillas de ébano con el lazo de talla con un letrero que dice Diego de Portillo [=regidor de Valladolid, marido de María de Aranda/ or the vioero from Toledo whos father Juan had been in Valladolid]
• Mas una vihuela grande con las costillas de nogal y unas armas de los sarmientos y una taracea en las espaldas
• Iten. una guitarra de ébano con el lazo hondo con un letrero en la cabeza que dice Juan Rodriguez con su caja [violero de Madrid]
• Iten un laudico con un caracol de nogal en la cabeza y un letrero que dice Juan de Villalpando [violero]
• Iten. Una vihuela de ébano alaudada con su lazo hondo y un letrero en la cabeza que dice Sebastian Rodriguez con su caja aforrada de fustán
• Iten una caja de vihuela vacia

Musical instruments: 5 vihuelas
, 2 lutes, 1 harp.
See dadson2006, for more details. Another copy of this document is in Zaragoza AHPZ, Híjar, 5ª-65, 28-IX-1580. Dadson cites the Valladolid source as Valladolid, Pérez de Arce. protocolo 388, fol. 1274ss 31-V-1580. It is probably a companion document to the one located by John Griffiths listed here.
This is an inventory of a fine collection of musical instruments and accessories. See the complete document for all details. The original text is in Document D0363. This English translation is abbreviated. The instruments of relevance here are:
• An ivory lute with ebony spacers [200 r]
• An ebony vihuela with inlays and carved rose with an inscription at the top that says “Diego del Castillo”. [violero] [3 ducats]
• A vihuela with ebony ribs and its deep rosette “lazo hondo”, [3 ducats]
• A vihuela with ebony ribs with a carved rosette, with an inscription that says Diego Portillo [= regidor of Valladolid, husband of María de Aranda] [3 ducats]
• A large vihuela with walnut ribs and the coat of arms of the Sarmientos and a inlay on the back [34 reais witheld from sale]
• An ebony guitar with deep rosette with an inscription on its head “Juan Rodriguez” [violero from Madrid] with its case [3 ducats, withheld from sale]
• A small walnut lute with a scroll on the pegbox and an inscription that says Juan de Villalpando [violero] [ducat and a half out from witheld]
• An ebony vihuela with a vaulted back with a deep rosette by Sebastian Rodriguez with a cloth-lined case [16 ducats]
• An empty vihuela case