Article Nº 3085 Law, charter or decree Vol. III · p. 303

Quintos e Oitavos

Law, charter or decree

Pointer to the Porto Santo articles for the decree of 13 October 1770 known as 'Quintos e Oitavos'.

In the articles on the island of Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’) we have already given a brief account of the famous decree of 13 October 1770, known as ‘Quintos e Oitavos’ – fifths and eighths (quintos e oitavos: rent of a fifth or an eighth of the produce) – and we refer the reader to them.

Places mentioned

Porto Santo

Chronology

13 October 1770 The royal charter known as the Law of Quintos e Oitavos reformed land tenure on Porto Santo, letting lands pay fifths and eighths instead of half the produce, to address the island's decline.

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