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Confirmation, by King Dom João II, of the commitment or statutes of the Brotherhood of the Flemings, which King Dom Afonso V had officially approved in 1472

“In 1483, King Dom João II confirms the commitment that King Dom Afonso V, by royal letter of 11^th  July 1472, had officially approved, regarding the confirmation of the clauses of the commitment or statutes of the Brotherhood of the Flemings, which established an own Exchange in the city of Lisbon.”

Source
“Os Seguros em Portugal, da Fundação à Modernidade”, Exposição Documental da Actividade Seguradora dos Séculos XIII a XIX, Galeria do Instituto de Seguros de Portugal (set. 2010)-pág. 20
https://www.asf.com.pt/isp/catalogo_digital/files/catalogo_exposicao.pdf 

Image caption
Image extracted from Cadernos do Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa-Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
Vol.ser2 no.3 Lisboa jun. 2015
“Sinel de Cordes: from businessmen to secretaries of the Royal Chamber” by Jorge Miguel Lobo Janeiro
“…the Sinel de Cordes are descendants of Flemish knights who came to Portugal…”
http://www.scielo.mec.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2183-31762015000100005