Person accountant customs official settler
Luiz Afonso de Atouguia
accountant · customs official · settler
Early settler of Madeira from Beja, treasurer there to D. Manuel as Duke of Beja, sent by D. Beatriz to organise the new Funchal customs house for sugar duties. He held sesmaria lands in Calheta and was perhaps the first to bear the Atouguia surname on the island.
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- Customs houses — Accountant sent by D. Beatriz to organise the new Funchal customs.
- Order of Christ — Official sent to establish the Funchal customs house for sugar duties.
- Calheta (parish) — Early settler with sesmaria lands on the ridge later called Lombo do Atouguia.
- Atouguia — Early settler of Madeira from Beja, treasurer there to D. Manuel as Duke of Beja, and perhaps the first to bear the Atouguia surname on the island.
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Abroad