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Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by Manuel Rodrigues, appointing two lines and 'genders' of administrators: one following the line of his mother, represented by his niece Benta Rodrigues, followed by her son Manuel; and the other should follow his father's line, represented by his brother Álvaro Rodrigues, followed by his daughter Maria. Both administrators should also support the pious obligations of the entail, notably a weekly mass celebrated every friday, along with 900 reis to the 'fábrica' of the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição.

Rodrigues, Manuel (flor.1697)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which Lopo Rodrigues and his wife Maior Pires ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year. After the death of the first of them the chapel would be divided in two, although the administration of both was kept in the same person. They appointed their grandson Lopo Rodrigues to be the first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he shall be succeeded by his oldest and legitimate son.

Patalim, Lopo Rodrigues (flor.1319)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which Vicente Rodrigues Castelão and Joana de Almeida, his wife, establish an entail, incorporating in it lands in Golegã and houses in Lisboa, and determining that its future administrators must support the celebration of annual masses for their souls in the church of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Lisboa. After the death of one of the institutors, the surviving one should administer the entail during his/her lifetime and transmit it to António Lagarto Ferreira, Cristóvão Lagarto and Luísa de Almeida's son. His eldest daughter should inherit the entail. This chapel shall also incorporate masses for the soul of Catarina Esteves, first wife of Vicente Rodrigues Castelão, according to her will.

Castelão, Vicente Rodrigues (flor.1632-1633)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by Luís Álvares de Madureira, acting as the executor of Senhorinha Dias' testament, and fulfilling her will. Senhorinha had previously been named as the heir of her late husband, Rui Gomes de Azevedo. Senhorinha wished to establish a chapel in the convent of S. Domingos do Porto, where her husband was buried, and where perpetual masses would be celebrated for the benefit of the couple's souls. The first administrator would be a nephew of Senhorinha's late husband. Rui Gomes de Azevedo, who is not named in the document. Until he came of age, Bartolomeu Lopes, squire and "criado" to the Bishop of Porto, would administer the entail. After that, the succession would go to the first-born sons, excluding clerics.

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed of the chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, in Aldeia de Cima, Armamar, by Domingos Cardoso da Fonseca, who wished to be buried there. He entails most of his movable and immovable property to fulfill charges, reserving only a few, worth 1 500 cruzados, for the fulfilment of his will. He declares he would appoint the first administrator in his will, but if he did not, the administration would pass to Manuel Cardoso Madeira, his legitimate son, and then to his eldest son.

Fonseca, Domingos Cardoso da (flor.1679-1681)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which Jerónimo de Araújo Peixoto, abbot of the Castelo de Penalva's church, instituted a chapel, invoking Nossa Senhora da Guia, in Quinta do Salgueiral. He entailed the aforementioned farm to fulfill the charges. It was up to the administrator to appoint the successor. If he didn't nominate anyone, the administration should be left to Catarina de Araújo Peixoto, his sister. In lack of an administrator, the administration would be left to the Misericórdia de Penalva.

Peixoto, Jerónimo de Araújo (flor.1650)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by António João da Rocha and João Rodrigues da Rocha. The founders declared that they had built a chapel in the church of São Julião de Parada do Bouro, dedicated to São João Baptista, where they would be buried. The chapel had an obligation of three masses a week, entangled to the estates. The administrator was to be the same person who owned the "Casa do Serolhal", where both António and João were born. The owner of the chapel had the right to appoint the chaplain, preferring a clergyman from the family.

Rocha, João Rodrigues da (flor.1670)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by António Porto Carneiro, cavaleiro fidalgo, together with his wife Filipa Dias. The couple declares that they have no forced heirs and are therefore free to dispose of their property. They decided to found a chapel with the perpetual obligation to celebrate 100 mases for their souls every year. The first administrator would be António Pinto, cavaleiro fidalgo, nephew of António Porto Carneiro, whom they had raised since early childhood, marrying him to their niece Filipa Dias. Succession in the chapel was primarily through first-born sons, and clerics were excluded from this role. The administrators had to live in Braga. If If they had to leave the city in the service of the king, they had to return and ensure that all the masses were properly celebrated.

Carneiro, António Porto (flor.1559)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by António Baltasar. His estates were entailed to a chapel previously built in Cortegaça, in Santa Maria do Pinheiro, dedicated to Bom Jesus. As administrator, António appointed his nephew João Ribeiro, with the obligation of celebrating a weekly mass and other three masses in Christmas for the souls of the institutor and his wife's.

Baltasar, António (flor.1679)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed of Maria Martins, with assets worth 500 000 réis, taken from those she had received as an inheritance from João Dias, her husband. The institutor named Domingos Pires, her nephew, as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he would be succeeded by António Martins, his brother, and from there on the succession should continue, preferably, on the male heir.

Martins, Maria (flor.1572)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which António Vaz de Parada, beneficiado da igreja matriz do Sardoal, Gil Vaz Temudo's son, established a chapel in the hermitage of Espírito Santo of Sardoal or in its main church, designating his nephew, the priest António Vaz Parada, to administrate it and to celebrate 52 annual masses for his soul. He entailed lands (tapada e olival) and rents (foros) in Telheiro to it. The institutor determined that, after his nephew's death, his son, Diogo Vaz Parada, and his successors in the administration of his entail would have the right to appoint a chaplain to celebrate the masses and to administrate the properties. António Vaz de Parada left 1 000 cruzados for the construction of the chapel.

Parada, António Vaz de (d.1600)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which Capitão Miguel Luís Peleja and his wife, Domingas Nunes, established a chapel in the church of S. Miguel of Alfama, entailing to it mills and houses in Lisboa. Its future administrators were obligated to sustain a chaplain, who would be responsible for celebrating a daily perpetual mass for the institutor's souls in the altar of Almas of that church. They designated their grandnephew, António Luís Peleja, to become its first chaplain and determined that his father, José Luís Peleja, would administrate it. From then on, the chapel's administrator would always be the father or grandfather of its chaplain. It is referred that the institutors had previously signed a contract with the priests of that church in 1666-03-26.

Peleja, Miguel Luís (flor.1667-1670)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed in which Nuno Martins da Silveira and his wife Leonor Gonçalves de Abreu ordered the foundation of a chapel, of the invocation of the Salvador, with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the monastery of São Domingos of Évora. They appointed Gonçalo da Silveira to be the first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he shall be succeeded by his eldest male son by legitimate marriage.

Silveira, Nuno Martins da (flor.1431-1453)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which D. Gonçalo Vaz de Castelo Branco, Regedor da Casa do Cível, and D. Beatriz Valente, his wife, established a chapel in the church of S. Martinho of Lisboa, entailing to it the third part of their assets, which included salterns (marinhas) in Póvoa, lands (casal) in Arruda and houses in Rua de Cata-que-farás, Lisboa. The revenues of those assets would support the celebration of annual masses for their souls and for the souls of the past administrators of the entail of Póvoa ("morgado da Póvoa"). After their deaths, the chapel would be administrated by whomever succeeded in the administration of that entail. The institutors determined that their bodies had to be buried in that chapel. To fulfil the will of Beatriz Eanes, Beatriz Valente's grandmother, who asked her granddaughter to support the celebration of annual masses for her soul in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, and to honour D. Violante's soul, the institutors determined that the future administrators had to give, each year, 50 réis, wheat and wine to that convent.

Castelo Branco, Gonçalo Vaz de (flor.1485)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which Margarida de Alcáçova, João da Fonseca's widow, added clauses to the institution she and her late husband had previously made. She designated her son, Antão da Fonseca, to succeed her in the administration of the entail, determining that he should pass it to his descendants, and appointed Jorge Afonso, her compadre, to become a chaplain. She ordered the entail's future administrator to support the celebration of a sung mass every All Saint's day in her chapel and entailed to it a pension of 10 000 réis.

Alcáçova, Margarida de (flor.1515-1528)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by Doctor João de Coimbra, provisor in the Archbishopric of Braga. The founder declares that he had previously received permission from the King to acquire property to be incorporated into a chapel he had built in honour of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, next to the church of São João do Souto in Braga. His nephew, Cristóvão de Coimbra, would be the first owner and administrator of the chapel, to be succeeded by his first-born son, with the exception of clerics, illegitimate children and those who had committed lese-majeste crimes. The estates could not be leased to "fidalgos", "cavaleiros" or "oficiais do rei", but only to farmers and labourers. Every year, during the mass of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, the chaplain would read the deed of foundation to keep the memory of the founder alive.

Coimbra, João de (flor.1527-1530)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed of Manuel Gonçalves Moreira, which he had done in the church of the monastery of Santo António of Viana [do Castelo] and where he wanted to be buried. He entails his houses, located in Viana do Castelo, on Rua de Santa Catarina, for the celebration of the charges. The administrator must be the eldest, legitimate son. In case of non-fulfillment of the charges, the administration would transfer to Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Viana.

Moreira, Manuel Gonçalves (flor.1616)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed of the chapel of Santo Espírito, in the monastery of São Domingos of Évora, founded by Gonçalo Boto. He entailed assets to ensure the celebration of the previously contracted charges. He appointed Pedro Boto to be the first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he shall be succeeded by his eldest male son.

Boto, Gonçalo (flor.1470-1477)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed, by which Isabel Rodrigues Zarco, widow of Francisco de Freitas da Cunha, establishes a chapel, dedicated to the Santíssimo Sacramento, in the mother church of Portimão, entailing various assets, to fulfill the charges and transferring the charges that her husband to it had ordered in the monastery of São Francisco.

Zarco, Isabel Rodrigues (flor.1605)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by Manuel Simões, fulfilling his brothers wills while their absent in America ("Índias de Castela"). The first chaplain would be the son of the founder. His successor would be his closest clerical relative.

Simões, Manuel (flor.1680-1681)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which Frei José de Lencastre and D. Luís de Lencastre, executors of D. Veríssimo de Lencastre's will, committed themselves to fulfil the legacies left by their deceased relative and established a chapel in the convent of S. Pedro of Alcântara in his honour, determining that their friars had to celebrate 4 daily perpetual masses. The chapel would be administrated by D. Luís, Conde de Vila Nova de Portimão, and by his descendants. They entailed to it a public debt instrument of 480 000 réis in Casa do Infantado. It is referred that D. Veríssimo died on 1692-12-12.

Lencastre, José de (flor.1696-1698)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which Gaspar de Figueiredo, Fidalgo da Casa do Rei, and Beatriz de Carvalho, changed the foundation deed they had made on 1569-09-14, entailing the majority of their properties to the chapel of S. João Batista in the church of S. Tiago of Besteiros, namely their farmstead ("quinta de Casal Dasco"). After the death of one of the institutors, the other one would have the responsibility of administrating the chapel and appointing a successor, who had to be one of their relatives. The future administrators had the obligation of supporting the celebration of 41 annual masses for the institutors' souls, to maintain a lamp alight during those celebrations and to add half of the third part of their assets to the chapel. If one of the administrators died without appointing a successor, he would be succeeded by his eldest son.

Figueiredo, Gaspar de (flor.1570)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which Henrique Homem established an entail, incorporating several properties located in Vila Meã and Oliveira do Conde, and donated them to his nephew Henrique Simões Homem, son of his niece Bárbara Botelho and her husband Pedro Simões, reserving the usufruct during his lifetime.

Homem, Henrique (flor.1637)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by Pedro da Grã. The founder explains that the reason he decided to found the chapel was because of the benefits that masses bring to souls. For this reason, he established a chapel in the church of Santiago da Cividade, where perpetual masses would be celebrated. The first administrator was to be his brother Manuel da Grã, who had the power to appoint one of his relatives as his successor, preferring a man but accepting a woman. The founder bequeathed property to the chapel, but also left 1,000 cruzados to be used for the purchase of other properties. Two-thirds of the income was to be spent on pious obligations, such as masses and the marriage of orphans. The documents relating to the chapel were to be recorded in the "Livro das Capelas" of the Juízo dos Resíduos de Braga, to whom the institutior also demanded constant vigilance in the fulfilment of the pious duties. The administrator had to live in Braga and keep a key to the chapel. Two "tombos" of the chapel were made.

Grã, Pedro da (flor.1554-1601)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by Gonçalo Barbosa. The institutor had previously built a chapel dedicated to São Gonçlo, which was located in Santa Maria de Ardegão, next to the house where he was born. Gonçalo Barbosa entailed all his possessions and established the rules of the institution: the succession would be by legitimate descent, appointing the son or daughter who was considered the most obedient and capable of managing the estates. The appointment of the second administrator and successor was postponed to the time when the founder was to make his will. In the absence of relatives, the administration was to go to the S. Marcos Hospital in Braga. In the same document, his nephew, Domingos Barbosa, priest of São Julião dos Passos, also entailed to the chapel the property he had inherited from his cousin, João Barbosa, of the church of São Salvador das Almas de Vilar.

Barbosa, Gonçalo (flor.1682)

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed in the monastery of São Domingos do Porto by D. Afonso, duque de Bragança, fullfiling the wills of Fernando Eanes and Maria Afonso. The couple had previously established a chapel, but against the laws of the kingdom. The count had granted the king's authorization to fulfill the couple's will for the purpose of caring for the good of their souls. The first appointed administrator was Aires Gonçalves Taborda.

Eanes, Fernando

Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by which Francisco de Gouveia and Bertolesa da Veiga, his wife, established the chapel of Chagas, in the church of Nossa Senhora de Fonte Arcada. They entail assets to the chapel, taken of third part of they assets, to fulfill the charges. They appoint António de Gouveia, their eldest son, administrator. In case of extinction of the lineage, the municipality of Fonte Arcada should elect an administrator.

Veiga, Bertolesa da (flor.1542-1554)

Chapel and entail foundation and declaration deed

Chapel and entail foundation and declaration deed by licenciado António de Oliveira, changing some clauses from the foundation of his and his uncle's, Domingos Gomes, entail and chapel, located in the monastery of Santa Cruz of Coimbra. Among them, he changes the entail's head to their graves, located in the chapel of Santo André, in the same monastery. In the end, it describes all the entailed assets.

Oliveira, António de (d.1625)

Bond

Bond by which Manuel Taveira and Domingas de Araújo entailed estates to the chapel instituted by the local community in São Salvador de Sabadim. The institutors and their successors had the right to use the two graves under the altar. As administrator, the couple appointed their daughter Pascoa Pereira, granting her the power to appoint one of her relatives as successor.

Taveira, Manuel (flor.1676-1677)

Approval and addition deed

Approval and addition deed by which Diogo de Paiva Brandão entailed his estate of Feijó, by which his son and heir Francisco de Paiva Brandão should ensure the celebration of more 12 annual masses besides the other 12 masses mentioned in his will.

Brandão, Diogo de Paiva (flor.1617-1621)

Appointment letter

Appointment letter by which Marcos Fernandes appoints Francisco Dias, his brother, to succeed him in the assets that had been donated to him by Luís Fernandes Goulão, their uncle. The charges associated with the assets, celebrated in the church of Nossa Senhora do Bispo, in Montemor-o-Novo, are established. Francisco Dias could appoint the children he wanted to succeed him.

Fernandes, Marcos (flor.1594)

Annexation deed

Annexation deed by Miguel Pinheiro Figueira of all his estates to the entail instituted by Luís de Carvalho and Beatriz de Almeida, currently administrated by Baltasar Pinheiro Lobo, with pious obligations in the chapel of São Domingos, in Braga's cathedral, and summaryzing the rules that should guide the existence of the entail.

Figueira, Miguel Pinheiro (flor.1617-1635)

Annexation deed

Annexation deed by Maria de Moura, widow, entailing all her assets to a chapel previously institued, dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Natividade and to the souls of the Purgatory, in the church of S. João de Luzim. Maria appointed her nephew, Manuel de Sousa Camps, as the first administrator. The successors should primarly be the first-born sons, excluding clerics and those who commited lese-majeste crimes.

Moura, Maria de (flor.1662)

Agreement deed

Agreement deed by which Estêvão Eanes Bretão, mercador, entails lands (herdades) in the outskirts of Lisboa to the chapel of Santa Maria and Santo Estêvão of the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, which he founded. The administrators of the entail are obligated to give 164 libras to that convent each year with the purpose of supporting the celebration of masses for the institutor's soul.

Bretão, Estêvão Eanes (flor.1325-1359)

Agreement deed

Agreement deed by which Estevão Eanes Bretão and Domingas Pires, his wife, commit themselves to donate part of the revenues of their properties in Pé de Mu, Lisboa, to the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa in exchange for the celebration of annual masses for their souls. After their deaths, those properties should be inherited by one of their relatives, who would be responsible to fund those pious charges.

Bretão, Estêvão Eanes (flor.1325-1359)

Adoption deed

Adoption deed by which Pedro Vacão and Catarina Pires, his wife, adopt Diogo Barbuda and Beatriz Morais, his wife. They donate a third of their property, after their deaths, to fulfill the charges for their souls, celebrated in the church of Santa Maria do Porto, where they wished to be buried. After the death of first administrators, it was to be left to their eldest son, whether male or female.

Vacão, Pedro (flor.1489)

Administration letter

Administration letter to Gaspar Fernandes, for his lifetime only, of the chapel of Vasco Salvado, in the church of Alter do Chão, by his request. Gaspar Fernandes was appointed by the bishop D. Afonso, around 30 years ago, after the death of his father, Afonso Fernandes, but the corregedor da comarca de Portalegre hindered the administration and sequestered the assets' income because they were secular assets and Gaspar Fernandes wasn't relative to the institutor.

Fernandes, Gaspar (flor.1544-1545)

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