Consulta do Conselho da Fazenda a D. João IV, rei de Portugal, sobre a petição de Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho para regressar da China em nau própria, gozando dos privilégios dos capitães das naus da Índia e que na falta do capitão-mor, António Fialho Ferreira, possa vir como capitão-mor da armada
This archival document comprises a formal petition and accompanying administrative recommendation, dated 15 February 1641 and annotated with a later entry dated 1700, originating from the Portuguese Council of Finance in Lisbon. It concerns Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho, a long-serving colonial official...
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| Format: | Manuscripts |
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1641-02-01
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| Subjects: |
António de Faria
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Armada da queda Sinauer
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Arquivo Histórico Colonial
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Bordiguês do Rei
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Capitão-Mor of the India Armada
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Ceremonial ecclesiastical relic
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Colonial military petition
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Diplomatic Transcription
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Goa
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Historical Colonial Archive No 045 C
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Macau provenance
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Pearl River Delta
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Portuguese Colonial Administration
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Portuguese Colonial Archival Document
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Portuguese Overseas Council
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Royal Minutes
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Royal entitlement confirmation
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Scholarly Translation
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Sultan Naqual
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/FU7B35WI/viewer_FU7B35WI.html |
| Summary: | This archival document comprises a formal petition and accompanying administrative recommendation, dated 15 February 1641 and annotated with a later entry dated 1700, originating from the Portuguese Council of Finance in Lisbon. It concerns Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho, a long-serving colonial official resident in China, who petitions King Philip IV of Portugal (as monarch of the Iberian Union) for appointment as Captain of a royal vessel dispatched directly from Lisbon to China, authorisation to refit and sail that vessel—accompanied by his household and family—directly to Lisbon rather than Goa, and confirmation of all rights, privileges, and prerogatives accorded to Captains of the *Carreira da Índia*, including fiscal and commercial entitlements such as independent control over his cargo share. The document records his prior service as Captain of the *mes* in India, judicial and military duties performed therein, and royal permission granted on 15 February 1641 to depart India or China without Viceroy’s consent. It further recommends his appointment as Captain-Major (*capitão-mor da armada*) of the China-bound fleet, with succession provisions naming his two qualified sons should he or António Fialho Fernandes—already appointed Captain-Major—be unavailable. A supplementary 1700 notation reiterates his request for the office of *muito guarda da galé* and associated naval-administrative authority. The document is a primary source for studying Portuguese imperial administration, maritime governance, patronage networks, and cross-regional mobility within the Estado da Índia during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Obs.: Resolução favorável, excepto na concessão dos privilégios de capitão das naus da Índia. |
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