Alonso Pita da Veiga

He was granted land and property in Ferrolterra, his birthplace, and a new coat of arms for having captured, on the battlefield, of the king of France, Francis I.

In regards to the Battle of Pavia, the decree states that Alonso Pita da Veiga recaptured the standard " ... of His Most Serene Infante Don Fernando, who is now King of Hungary, Our most dear and loved son and brother, which bore the insignia of Our Duchy of Burgundy, which the French had taken when the standard-bearer was killed”.

For that action, Alonso Pita da Veiga was awarded the sum of 30,0000 maravedís per year, for life, "above and beyond your pay as an hombre de arma".

"Hombre de arma" was a term used in that era to signify a mounted warrior as opposed to a foot soldier.

The decree states that Alonso Pita da Veiga took from Francis I of France the following: "and you took from him his left gauntlet and a brocade decorated with four crosses of silver cloth and a crucifix made of the True Cross, of which events the same King of France gave testimony in a document signed by his own hand."