Year1644
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1644–1655
Royal letters of 1644 and 1655 granted loans for improving springs and aqueducts (levadas) in Madeira.
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1644
An order was given to build a redoubt, a salient in the walls of the Funchal Customs House covering the beach, and it was built.
Customs housesSt Anthony da Alfândega (fort) Reduto da AlfândegaFunchal customs house
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1644
Jorge da Costa Osório investigated the murder of the corregedor Gaspar Mousinho.
Alçadas (special tribunals) Jorge da Costa OsórioGaspar Mousinho
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26 May 1644
Luís Telo de Meneses was killed at the battle of Montijo.
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11 August 1644
The customs judge of Santa Cruz was made deputy for the Funchal provedor.
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13 September 1644
A royal charter on irrigation water was issued.