July 17, 1680. Pompilia born. (Note 27).
December (?) 1693. Pompilia married to Guido Franceschini.
December 1693. The Comparini accompany the bride to Arezzo.
Four months residence together in Arezzo.
Domestic broils in Arezzo, January and February, 1694.
March 1694. The Comparini return to Rome.
April or May 1694. Violante reveals base parentage of Pompilia.
June 14, 1694. Pompilia's letter to Abate Paolo. (Note 16).
June 24, 1694. Affidavit of Angelica. (Note 13).
Summer of 1694. Pietro Comparini prosecutes suit to recover
dowry.
August 2, 1694. Letter of the Governor to Abate Paolo.
September 15, 1694. Letter of the Bishop of Arezzo to Abate
Paolo.
March 1697. Pompilia seeks aid of Confessor Romano.
April, 1697. Seeks aid of Guillichini, Conti, and Caponsacchi.
April 29 (1 a.m.). Pompilia flees.
April 30 (in the evening). Fugitives arrive at Castelnuovo.
May 1 (early in the morning). Guido overtakes fugitives and has
them arrested.
May 3. Pompilia writes from the prison of Castelnuovo.
May 13. Pompilia makes her deposition. (Note 19).
May 21. Pompilia is further cross-examined.
June 17, 1697. Certain persons in Arezzo make affidavit in
Pompilia's behalf. (Note 14).
Summer of 1697. The Process of Flight. (Note 18).
September 24, 1697. Caponsacchi sentenced to relegation. (Note
22).
October 12. Pompilia permitted to return home under bond. (Note
25).
Fall of 1697. Pompilia institutes suit for divorce.
Fall of 1697. The Franceschini push a criminal suit against
Pompilia in the criminal courts of Arezzo. (Note 3).
Fall of 1697. Abate Paolo loses his secretaryship of the Order
of St. John.
December 18, 1697. Pompilia gives birth to a son.
December 24, 1697. Guido and his cut-throats arrive in Rome.
January 2, 1698. Guido murders his wife and the Comparini.
January 3. Guido and his associates arrested and imprisoned.
January 6. Pompilia dies.
January 19. Fra Celestino makes affidavit. (Note 17).
January 1698. The murder trial begins.
January 1698. Conti dies in Arezzo.
January 1698. Sta. Maria Maddalena delle Convertite institutes
suit to gain Pompilia's estate. (Note 10).
End of January. The torture of the Vigil. (Note 43).
February 1698. The second stage of the murder trial.
February 9. Certificate of the baptismal record of Pompilia
obtained. (Note 27).
February 15. Certificate of the Tuscan criminal prosecution of
Pompilia obtained. (Note 3).
February 18. Guido declared guilty, but a stay of sentence
granted.
February 21. Execution set for following day. The Pope overrules
delay.
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 }
Cardinal Acciajuoli } Guido's confessors on the eve of execution.
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 }
Domenico Gambassini } The assassins.
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.