Consulta do Conselho Ultramarino a D. João IV, rei de Portugal sobre o descontentamento provocado pela nomeação feita pelo vice-rei do Estado da Índia de um estudante sem qualificação para o cargo de feitor e administrador da Fazenda de Macau. O Conselho propõe várias pessoas para aquele cargo
This archival document, dated 2nd January 1644 and held in the Arquivo Histórico do Estado (reference H35, Macau Series 1, Document 35), is an official Portuguese administrative communication originating from the Overseas Council in Lisbon and addressed to the Viceroy of India, Dom António de Noronh...
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| Format: | Manuscripts |
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1644-01-02
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| Subjects: |
Archbishop of Goa
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Consolado Marinho
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Estado da Índia
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Feitor of Macau
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Macau Fiscal Administration
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Macau Senado
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Macau administrative tensions
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Overseas Council of Portugal
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Portuguese Colonial Appointments
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Portuguese Estado da Índia
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Portuguese Maritime Bureaucracy
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Royal Decree
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Royal Fazenda
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Royal Treasury of Macau
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Viceroy of India
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carta régia
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feitor appointment
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fiscal administration
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municipal autonomy
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/M9SG579U/viewer_M9SG579U.html |
| Summary: | This archival document, dated 2nd January 1644 and held in the Arquivo Histórico do Estado (reference H35, Macau Series 1, Document 35), is an official Portuguese administrative communication originating from the Overseas Council in Lisbon and addressed to the Viceroy of India, Dom António de Noronha, 1st Count of Linhares (serving 1640–1642). It concerns the royal appointment of a *feitor* (fiscal agent) to the royal treasury (*fazenda*) of the Municipal Council (*Senado*) of Macau, then part of the Portuguese Estado da Índia but situated within the Kingdom of China. The document records the King’s directive—conveyed via royal letter patent (*carta régia*)—that the Archbishop of Goa appoint a suitable candidate for this post, prompted by the failure of a prior provision (*provisão*) issued in Goa to yield an acceptable appointee from Portuguese India. In response, the *Senado* of Macau recommended three local residents: João de Abreu (confirmed candidate), Francisco Carvalho of Canda, and António Roiz. The text further references a separate petition before the Overseas Council regarding the potential appointment of Dr Ruy Fêz, a stipendiary student under the Archbishopric of Goa, to the same office. Signed by João da Silva, Inspector of Appeals and Inspector of Accounts, the document reflects institutional tensions between metropolitan authority, viceregal administration, and municipal autonomy in the governance of Macau’s royal finances during the mid-seventeenth century. Obs.: Resolução do rei para que sejam nomeadas pessoas qualificadas para cargos oficiais. |
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