Person settler landowner priest
João Escórcio Drumond
settler · landowner · priest · noble
Noble foreign settler of Santa Cruz and founder of a Madeiran family, described as an early vicar of Santa Cruz. In the early sixteenth century he built the chapel of São Pedro on the Lombada de São Pedro, west of the town. He was the father of D. Brites Escórcio, founder of the São Gil entail.
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- São Pedro (lombada, stream and chapel) — Founder, in the early 16th century, of the chapel of São Pedro on the Lombada de São Pedro in Santa Cruz.
- St Peter (chapel) — Founder of the Saint Peter chapel west of the town of Santa Cruz.
- Lombada — Built the chapel of São Pedro at Lombada in the early sixteenth century.
- Entailed foundations — Father of D. Brites Escórcio, founder of the São Gil entail.
- Santa Cruz (parish) — Early vicar of Santa Cruz.
- Santa Cruz (parish) — Noble early settler of Santa Cruz.
- Foreigners — Foreign settler and founder of a Madeiran family.
