Consulta do Conselho Ultramarino a D. João IV, rei de Portugal sobre os pedidos do capitão do navio "Santo António", Gonçalo Ferraz de Lima, de Paulo Ferraz de Lima e de Francisco da Silva Sampaio, moradores em Macau, para regressarem com suas famílias ao Reino, e que por morte do capitão lhe suceda no comando do navio, Francisco da Silva Sampaio. Tem parecer favorável do Conselho
This archival document, transcribed from the Portuguese Colonial Archives and dated 24 December 1643 (with supplementary entries extending to 14 January 1644), comprises a formal petition and administrative record concerning the regulated mobility of colonial subjects within the *Estado da Índia*. I...
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1643-12-24
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Colégio de São Paulo (Macau)
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Estado da Índia
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Francisco da Silva de São Paulo
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Gonçalo Ferraz de Lima
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Macau Council
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Portuguese Colonial Administration
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Portuguese archival transcription
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Santo António (ship)
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Viceroy of India
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colonial licensing procedure
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colonial mobility regulation
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familial migration authorisation
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fiduciary authority
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royal provisão
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viceregal licence
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/TR22JCHZ/viewer_TR22JCHZ.html |
| Summary: | This archival document, transcribed from the Portuguese Colonial Archives and dated 24 December 1643 (with supplementary entries extending to 14 January 1644), comprises a formal petition and administrative record concerning the regulated mobility of colonial subjects within the *Estado da Índia*. It records licences granted by the Viceroy—upon recommendation of the Council in Macau—to Gonçalo Ferraz de Lima (also recorded as Ferraz de Lemão or Ferraz de Lemos), his wife and family, and Francisco da Silva de São Paulo (affiliated with the Colégio de São Paulo in Macau, not Brazil or Angola), permitting their travel from Macau to the Kingdom of Portugal aboard a royal vessel. The document specifies conditions: Francisco da Silva is appointed captain of the ship *Santo António* and authorised to transport both his own effects and those of his kinsmen; a royal *provisão* is stipulated whereby he assumes fiduciary authority over Ferraz’s estate and merchandise should Ferraz die en route. Additional petitions reference Gaspar Ferraz de Lima, Agostinho Ferraz de Lemos, João Carvalho, and Pedro Velho, highlighting familial, mercantile, and ecclesiastical networks across Macau, Lisbon, and the wider imperial administration. The text exemplifies bureaucratic procedure in the early modern Portuguese empire, centring on mobility, inheritance, naval command, and commercial privilege under viceregal and royal authority. Obs.: Resolução régia favorável apenas ao pedido de regresso do capitão do navio. No mesmo documento outra consulta de 1644-01-14, sobre o pedido de Francisco da Silva Sampaio para regressar ao Reino. Resolução favorável do rei Anexos: cópias dos quatro requerimentos. |
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