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[MANUSCRITO - PROVISÃO RÉGIA]. PROVISÃO Régia de D. João V. Lisboa. 1718. - [MANUSCRITO - PROVISÃO RÉGIA] PROVISÃO Régia de D. João V . Provisão régia de D. João V concedendo o hábito da Ordem de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, com tença de doze mil réis anuais efectivos, a Diego de Gouvea Coutinho e Castro, filho de Gabriel de Freitas Malheiro, natural da vila de Viana, Capitão de Infantaria. Lisboa, 1718. Lisboa, 1718. manuscrito sobre pergaminho; 2 ff. (bi-fólio); 340 mm. Royal decree of King John V, issued in Lisbon in 1718, granting the habit of the Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ, with an annual pension of twelve thousand réis payable for the lifetime of His Majesty, to Diego de Gouvea Coutinho e Castro, son of Gabriel de Freitas Malheiro, a native of the town of Viana. The document opens with the complete royal title formula: ”Dom João, by the grace of God, King of Portugal and the Algarves on this side and beyond the sea in Africa, Lord of Guinea and of the Conquest, Navigation, Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and India, etc. As Governor and perpetual Administrator and Master of the Masterships of the Orders of Militia of Our Lord Jesus Christ...”. The provision justifies the grant based on the military services rendered by the beneficiary, with reference to his participation in campaigns in the Provinces of Minho, Beira, and Catalonia, in the service of the Infantry, and to his valorous conduct. The annual pension of twelve thousand réis is deducted from the forty thousand réis deposited with the said habit, with the remaining twenty-eight thousand réis to be recorded in the books of the Royal Treasury. The document was registered in the royal chancellery on October 19, 1718, with marginal notes from various officials, and was signed ”El Rey” (The King). A document of interest for the Portuguese military and institutional history of the reign of King John V, and for the genealogy of the Gouvea Coutinho and Freitas Malheiro families. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate