Just as the people of Lisbon caused a commotion when the Queen of Castile’s banner was raised there, so did another disturbance break out in Santarém. It happened as follows. One morning, a squire by the name of Vasco Rodrigues Leitão, who was the governor of the town of Santarém at the time, acting on behalf of Gonçalo Vasques de Azevedo, sent a message, asking all the most important men of the town to ride and assemble, after they had eaten, in the churchyard of Santa Maria de Marvila, to bear the banner through the town, and proclaim their loyalty to Queen Beatriz, the heiress to the throne, now that her father was dead. When his message was sent and made known throughout the town, everyone else immediately became agitated, saying that there was a plan to raise the town in favour of the King of Castile, and that it would be an evil hour if that were to happen and something they would never tolerate. They assembled in groups, talking of this matter, as they waited for the people carrying the banner to arrive.

Evening came, and as many as sixty men on horseback gathered in the aforesaid churchyard, but there was no one on foot, except those people watching. Vasco Rodrigues was on a handsome, large horse, and when he saw that there was a sufficient number of people to accompany him, he took over the banner at the door of the church. As soon as he held it in his hand, he shouted: ‘Long live our sovereign lady, Queen Beatriz of Portugal.’ Everybody else, who ought to have responded loud and clear, repeating these same words, as is customary, all remained silent. Not a single person spoke. Vasco Rodrigues started to ride on slowly, with everyone following behind. After riding about a stone's throw, he said to the people accompanying him, ‘Why aren't you saying anything? Come on, say long live Queen Beatriz!’ He shouted again, ‘Long live the queen! Long live the queen!’ as he had done before, but they did not take kindly to his proclamation and did not respond to it any more than they had done the first time.