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." The decree then awards Alonso Pita da Veiga a coat of arms, described in the decree, that incorporates the different elements of his deeds at the Battle of Pavia: “A coat of arms, quartered, the first quarter colored the color of blood and in it a gauntlet as a symbol that you took said King of France, and a royal Crown of gold above of said gauntlet; and in the lower quarter, a blue field with three gold fleur-de-lis which are the true arms of the Kings of France; and in the right quarter with the field colored as the superior quarter and in it the brocade decorated with its crosses; and the left quarter, likewise colored, and in it the said standard of the Most Serene King of Hungary with the arms of Our Duchy of Burgundy.” See also Habsburg Spain First Habsburg of Spain i.e.: Charles I of Spain who was also Emperor Charles V References External links Genealogy of Captain Alonso Pita da Veiga, Xenealogías do Ortegal, archived 21 July 2011 Battle of PaviaItaly (1525), Diario de Ferrol, 6 September 2002 15th-century births Date of death missing Spanish military personnel People from Ferrol, Spain People from Galicia (Spain)