Consulta do Conselho Ultramarino a [D. João IV], rei de Portugal, sobre o pedido do procurador-geral da Companhia de Jesus no Japão, Pe. António Francisco Cardim, da restituição de mil cruzados ao Colégio de Macau, da concessão que foi feita pelo rei D. Sebastião. Parecer do Conselho para que o vice-rei do Estado da Índia que suspendeu o pagamento informe sobre o assunto
This 17th-century administrative document, dated 14 July 1648, originates from the Portuguese Overseas Council (Conselho Ultramarino) in Lisbon and concerns a petition submitted by Father António Francisco Cardim, General Procurator of the Jesuit Province of Japan. The petition requests the restorat...
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1648-07-14
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| Subjects: |
Aljofar Pearl Fisheries
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College of Macau
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Council Recommendation
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Father António Francisco Cardim
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Filipe II
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Financial Hardship
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Historical Documents
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Jesuit General Procurator
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Jesuit Mission in Asia
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Jesuit Province of Japan
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King Dom Sebastião
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Macau Educational Institution
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Malacca Customs Revenue
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Payment Suspension
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Perpetual Funding
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Portuguese Colonial Administration
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Portuguese Overseas Council
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Religious Missionary Funding
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Revenue Allocation
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Viceroyalty of Aveiras
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/AC9BALIX/viewer_AC9BALIX.html |
| Summary: | This 17th-century administrative document, dated 14 July 1648, originates from the Portuguese Overseas Council (Conselho Ultramarino) in Lisbon and concerns a petition submitted by Father António Francisco Cardim, General Procurator of the Jesuit Province of Japan. The petition requests the restoration of an annual endowment of one thousand cruzados to the College of Macau, originally granted by King Dom Sebastião in 1574 from the customs revenues of Malacca, and later confirmed and extended by subsequent monarchs, including King Filipe II in perpetuity from 1614. Following the Dutch capture of Malacca, the funding was reassigned to revenues from the Aljofar pearl fisheries in Goa, but payment was suspended during the viceroyalty of the Count of Aveiras. The document records the Council’s deliberation on this matter, citing testimony regarding the continued missionary activity of the Jesuits across Japan, Cochin China, Tonkin, Cambodia, and Laos, despite persecution and financial hardship. It notes the province’s growing spiritual successes—including mass baptisms—and its severe economic distress, with current revenues insufficient to sustain operations. The Council recommends reinstating the grant from Aljofar revenues and formally recognising the monarch as founder of the College of Macau, following the precedent of royal patronage in Goa and Cochin. Accompanying royal charters from 1579, 1607, 1614, and 1618 are referenced as legal substantiation. A marginal royal dispatch dated 26 March 1649 approves the Council’s recommendation. The document is part of the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (AHU) collections, specifically the India/Macau series, and reflects key aspects of Iberian colonial administration, ecclesiastical finance, and Jesuit missionary policy in East Asia during the early modern period. Obs.: Resolução favorável do rei Anexo: 1649-03-26 - Consulta do Conselho Ultramarino a [D. João IV], rei de Portugal, sobre a restituição de mil cruzados ao Colégio de Macau, concessão que fora feita pelo rei D. Sebastião e cujo pagamento o vice-rei do Estado da Índia, (conde de Aveiras), suspendera. |
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