Requerimento do piloto-mor das embarcações da China, Marcos Peres Jácome, a [D. João IV], rei de Portugal, em que pede o Hábito de uma Ordem Militar com tença e ofício de Justiça ou Fazenda para casamento da filha
This archival document comprises a composite set of seventeenth-century Portuguese colonial administrative and ecclesiastical petitions and deliberations, dated between March 1643 and 17 December (year unspecified), originating from Macau and concerning service in the Estado da Índia. It includes: (...
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| Summary: | This archival document comprises a composite set of seventeenth-century Portuguese colonial administrative and ecclesiastical petitions and deliberations, dated between March 1643 and 17 December (year unspecified), originating from Macau and concerning service in the Estado da Índia. It includes: (i) a petition by Marcos Peres Jacomo, designated Chief Pilot (*Piloto-Mor*) for a voyage to Achin (modern-day Aceh, Sumatra), requesting admission to one of the three Military Orders—Christ, Aviz, or Santiago—with its associated annuity (*tença*), and an office (*ofício de justiça* or *ofício de fazenda*) for his daughter’s future husband; (ii) an ecclesiastical judgment against André Cardoso relating to misconduct on a fatal voyage to Timor, including unlawful compulsion of service and irregular preaching, with conditions for absolution involving a *desantrigo* oath and penitential Masses under papal and canonical authority; and (iii) a later Overseas Council deliberation—endorsed by Álvaro de Albuquerque, Captain-Major of the Indies, and Marcos Piceira, Procurador-Mor—recommending Marcos Peres Jacomo’s formal vow to join the Order of Santiago and granting him a 1,000-réis annual pension upon successful completion of a direct voyage to China. The material reflects institutional mechanisms of patronage, military-religious honour, colonial administration, and ecclesiastical discipline within the Iberian imperial framework. Obs.: No mesmo documento tem parecer favorável do Conselho Ultramarino Anexo: 1643-12-17 - Consulta do Conselho Ultramarino a D. João IV, rei de Portugal sobre a concessão do Hábito de uma Ordem Militar a Marcos Peres Jácome e de alvará de lembrança de ofício de Justiça ou Fazenda para casamento de sua filha. Parecer do Conselho: concessão do Hábito de Santiago com 12.000 réis de pensão. Obs.: Resolução favorável do rei. |
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