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This archival fragment comprises a late 16th- to early 17th-century Portuguese colonial administrative memorandum, originating likely from the viceregal chancery in Goa and addressed to the Viceroy (*Vossa Mercê*), concerning governance, ecclesiastical authority, and inter-imperial tensions in the contested region of Mazaua—identified contextually as a newly elevated episcopal see under Portuguese jurisdiction. Key figures include Dom Frei de Castello, Bishop of Beja; Dom Roão Cláudio, Governor-General of the Castilians; Dom Felipe de Mascarenhas (Governor of Portuguese India, 1591–1597); Dom Sebastião Loubo, implicated in civic unrest; and Dom João, tasked with conducting a formal inquiry (*cauta*) into Mazaua’s diplomatic overtures to Manila. The document details the city’s subdued *Aclamação* of the monarch, its forcible repossession of Castilian flags and artillery from Manila-based agents, the appointment and subsequent expulsion of twenty-one *ispastalos*, and the contentious status of religious personnel and Castilian vassals within Mazaua. It further addresses jurisdictional disputes between the Bishop and the Commissioner of the Holy Office, the proposed episcopal appointment, the irregular composition of local garrisons, and prohibitions on travel between Manila and Mazaua. Toponymic variants—including *Uia Gem*, *Utorgda*, and *Fellissa Clara*—reflect contemporary orthographic practices in Portuguese India. The text concludes with directives on official communication protocols and the preservation of Mazaua’s municipal title (*título de cidade*), grounded in its historical possession and geopolitical vulnerability.
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Fragmentary administrative document dated 28 November 1643, originating from the Municipal Council of the City of Macao (referred to as Nome de Deus), addressed to a high-ranking Portuguese colonial authority, likely the Viceroy or Crown representative in Asia. The text records a formal petition requesting permission to conduct three trading voyages to Japan should the Japan trade be reopened, with the expressed purpose of alleviating the city’s substantial debts owed to Japanese creditors. The Council requests that the first voyage be granted to the local Company as a privilege, and that the remaining two be purchased at the standard rate established in Stillo, with proceeds allocated toward settling civic obligations and funding the presídio (garrison) salaries, including regular and double-pay allowances. Jorge de Albuquerque supports the petition, affirming the residents’ merit for royal favour due to eight years of commercial hardship. A supplementary note outlines conditions for royal voyages: reimbursement of Crown expenses from voyage revenues, and a proposal that if additional voyages are granted to other parties, the Macao petitioners should receive one-quarter of the profits from an extra voyage over four years as an act of grace. Marginal and interlinear annotations indicate archival routing, including a reference to Belém and archival code No. 31 A 1. Seals bear inscriptions identifying the Arquivo Histórico Colonial and AHU. The document reflects late Habsburg-period Portuguese colonial fiscal policy, intra-Asian trade dynamics, and the socio-economic pressures on Macao following Japan’s closure of foreign trade.
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D. João Pereira relata, de forma sumária, os eventos que levaram à abertura das vias de sucessão do capitão-geral, ocorrida após a morte do titular, D. Diogo Coutinho, às mãos do "povo" de Macau. Nesta carta elogia a acção de D. frei Manuel dos Anjos, OESA, governador do bispado da China. De acordo com o seu relato, o governador teria sido notificado dos acontecimentos relativos à sucessão do capitão-geral estando no coro do seu convento, tendo-se dirigido imediatamente à Câmara da cidade. Refere, mais, que frei Manuel dos Anjos ter-se-ia "portado com grande zelo e feruor, ofereçendo ate os castisaes, e a<s> lampadas de sua igreja com uontade mui prompta, e acodindo com efeito com emprestimo considerauel" nestes tempos difíceis de Macau. Deste modo, considerava D. João Pereira, era merecedor dos agradecimentos e mercês do monarca.
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Livro das Monções.
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Livro das Monções.
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Livro das Monções.
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Livro das Monções.
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Livro das Monções
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