Person master gunner military officer
Manuel da Ceia
master gunner · military officer
Man who narrowly escaped a mob during the 1641 popular riot for speaking of the new tax. A man of this name is recorded as the first master gunner of the Forte da Penha de França in 1712.
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- Popular riots — Man who narrowly escaped the 1641 mob for speaking of the new tax.
- Our Lady of the Peña de Francia (fort) — First master gunner of the fort (1712).
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