Rodrigo Simón

interpreter

Warren, Conquest of Michoacán [1528, a servant of Gonzalo de Salazar, royal official, interpreter with Cazonci, p.108, AGI, Justicia, 225, "Ortega vs Salazar y Chirinos"];

Leal, Fundadores, p.101 [soldados de Nuño de Guzmán, 1529, listed as interprete Nahoatlato];

AGI, Justicia, 337A [1537, witness says Rodrigo Simón brought indios to the mines, fol. 60r; vecino of Compostela, 34 years old (b.1503), interpreter, participated in slaving raids, could signed (no signature on copy), fol. 74r, 84r];

AGI, Justicia, 337B [1537, witness says Rodrigo Simón is pobre e mentiroso, fol. 825r];

AGI, Justicia, 338A [interpreter; Guzmán charges that that Rodrigo Simón era y es persona pobre vil e rahez (vil) debaxa suerte muy hablador e mentitoso loco e alunado que habla e dize desvarios publicao amançebado mal cristiano que cree en hechizos e adevinancas es hombre que se suele e a costumbra perjurar e mal diziente e que de ninguna persona dize bien e por tal persona ? aqui se dize es avido e tenido el dicho Rodrigo Simón];

AGI, Mexico, 96, R.4 [a 1558? list of persons: Rodrigo Ximón, ay dos el uno es un naguatato mançebo honbre de poca calidad ay otro que fue conquistador; Juan Pérez es a conquistador and married and is a espadero, his wife is from Spain; Pero Hernández is a conquistador, married, honbre de poco arte; Bartolomé Sánchez, is a conquistador, married to an Indian, servio al marques del valle de llevar le los bastimentos a las minas; Francisco López is a conqueror, married and a miner for the marqués; Hernandarias de Sayavedra is a cavallero and uncle to the viceroy; Alonso López, is a conquistador, not married and criado of Alonso de Ávila; Lorenzo Ginovés is a conqueror, married with a woman from Spain, honbre de bien; Gonzalo Hernández is a conquistador and not married; Francisco Caravajal, don't know who he is; Juan Gómez, don't know who he is; Pedro Sánchez, don't know who he is; Domingo Martín, is a conquistador, not married, primo to Bernaldino Vázquez de Tapia; Alonso López, it is not known who he is];

López-Portillo y Weber, La Conquista de La Nueva Galicia  [interpeter Nahoatlato: Rodrigo Ximón (ref.-4th relacion, p.469)];

Boyd-Bowman, Indice geobiográfico, II:4340

Surname
Simón