Person noble settler landowner
Lançarote Teixeira
noble · settler · landowner · horseman
Fourth son of Tristão Vaz, an early settler who held large land grants in Faial. A famed horseman and trainer of horses, he organised knightly games at Machico where sixty knights gathered for festivities, and founded the entail headed by the Porto da Cruz chapel.
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- Nunes — Fourth son of Tristão Vaz and father of Helena de Góis.
- Faial (parish) — Fourth son of Tristão Vaz, an early settler and famed horseman who held large land grants in Faial.
- Corpus Christi procession — Son of Tristão Vaz, in whose time sixty knights gathered at Machico for Corpus Christi and St John festivities.
- Teixeira — Son of Tristão Vaz, famed horseman and trainer of horses who gathered sixty knights at Machico.
- Teixeira (António) — Father of António Teixeira and founder of the entail headed by the chapel at Porto da Cruz.
- Fernandes Vieira (João) — Grandfather of Vieira's father, called the great horseman.
- Old customs — Nobleman known for cavalcades, cane games and showy skirmishes.
- Gaula (parish) — Son of Captain Tristão, famed horseman who organised knightly games at Machico.
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