Consulta do Conselho Ultramarino a [D. João IV], rei de Portugal sobre o pedido do capitão Pedro Rodrigues Teixeira, morador em Macau, da mercê do Hábito de Cristo para dotar uma filha. Parecer favorável do Conselho.
This document is a petition submitted by Captain D. Pedro Rodrigues Teixeira, a prominent figure in the governance of Macau, requesting royal favours in recognition of his long-standing service to the Crown in Asian territories. The text records the granting of the habit of Christ—denoting membershi...
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1655-03-08
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Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino
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Asian Territories Service
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Captain D. Pedro Rodrigues Teixeira
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Chivalric Patronage
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Colonial Administration
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Deferred Captaincy Mombasa
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Dowry Grant
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Financial Provision for Daughter
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Folio Designation 4º
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Grants and Instruments
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Habit of Christ Honour
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Illegible Manuscript
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Long-Standing Loyalty Recognition
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Loss of Fortress Pancelllos
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Macau Governance
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Marital Provision Context
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Military Order of Christ
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Portuguese Overseas Council
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Prominent Historical Figure
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Proportional Value Assessment
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Seals Indecipherable
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Shipwreck Reference
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Stamp Provenance
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Text Deterioration
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/Y94BP5QH/viewer_Y94BP5QH.html |
| Summary: | This document is a petition submitted by Captain D. Pedro Rodrigues Teixeira, a prominent figure in the governance of Macau, requesting royal favours in recognition of his long-standing service to the Crown in Asian territories. The text records the granting of the habit of Christ—denoting membership in the Military Order of Christ—as an honour previously bestowed in acknowledgment of his loyalty, alongside financial provisions amounting to four thousand réis for the dowry of his daughter. The petitioner further requests the deferred captaincy of Mombasa for one of his daughters and equitable compensation for the loss of the fortress of Pancelllos due to shipwreck, seeking recompense proportional to the value of the habit. Marginal annotations indicate review by the Overseas Council, referencing Teixeira’s residence in Macau and the purpose of the request as securing marital provision for his daughters. Archival markings include references to “Macau, Cx. 1, doc. 67” and a possible folio designation “4º”, with a blue “AHU” stamp confirming provenance from the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino. Significant portions of the main text are illegible due to deterioration, and several signatures and seals remain indecipherable. The document reflects seventeenth-century Portuguese imperial administrative practices, particularly the use of chivalric honours and territorial grants as instruments of patronage and colonial governance. AHU-Arquivo Historico Ultramarino Volume 1- 066 |
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