Two outcasts, seven days
Vive Cabeceiras · História documentada · 1514

October 1514 left two marks on the territory.

D. Manuel I granted the foral of Cabeceiras in 5 October 1514 and that of Vadym, today Abadim, in 12 October. Seven days separate the documents: the administrative history of the territory goes through more than one place. But what was the point of seeing the outsiders again? The Tombo Tower exhibition explains the general context: there were complaints about outdated charges, coins and weights and old texts difficult to interpret. The Manueline reform sought to review these documents. The local dates of 1514 belong to this broader movement; they do not mean that the settlements began to exist that year. The work also required registration and preservation. The same exhibition describes the elaboration in triplicate: one copy for the chamber, one for the landlord of the rights and one for the Tower of the Tombo. This general explanation helps to understand why an administrative document could have several copies. It does not identify here the whereabouts of each copy of the two local forals. On 5 October 2024, Casa do Tempo received a tertulia over the 510 years of the foral, with José Viriato Chapel and Porphyrio Correia. The municipal news recalls both documents and their importance for administrative organisation. The celebration is a gateway to history; it does not replace reading the forals themselves.

Sources and context
Municipality — celebration of fora, published in 07/10/2024
https://cabeceirasdebasto.pt/38561
Accessed: 2026-11-07
DGLAB / Torre do Tombo and Casa de Bragança Foundation — O Foral Novo: records that tell stories, pp. 2 and 4 PDF
https://arquivos.dglab.gov.pt/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2013/11/Folha-sala-Expo-O-Foral-Novo-registos-que-contam-historias.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-07

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