Will by which Diogo Luís de Oliveira, husband of D. Leonor de Távora, expresses his wish to be buried in the monastery of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos da Arrábida, of which his nephew, Luís Francisco de Oliveira, morgado de Oliveira, is the patron, with the obligation of a daily mass for his soul. He entails all of his properties, which include public debt instruments, houses in Belém, and the revenue he intends to gain from debts owed to him, and appoints his wife as his universal heir. After her death, the entail shall pass to the padre António Luís de Oliveira, natural son of Diogo Luís de Oliveira and afterwards to Luís Francisco de Oliveira and his successors. This entail shall always be in the hands of the administrators of the entail of Oliveira. If their lineage is extinguished, the entail shall pass to the lineage of Diogo's niece, D. Beatriz. If her lineage is also extinguished, it shall pass to a second son of the house of Mogadouro. If all of these lineages are extinguished it shall be given to the Misericórdia of Lisboa. Followed by an approval deed dated 1640-01-02 and an exemplification of a will dated 1645-01-1645.

Will by which Gaspar Pacheco established an entail with the third part of his assets, which was composed of houses in S. Paulo, Lisboa, houses in Sassoeiros, Cascais, lands in Santiago dos Velhos, a farmstead (quinta) in Algés, houses in Boavista, houses in Rua dos Esteiros, houses in Beco do Jardim and in Rua da Tanoaria, rents (foros) in Porto, a rent (foro) in Sintra, a public debt instrument of 1 000 cruzados in Almoxarifado de Torres Novas and a property (engenho) in Pernambuco. He designated his son, António Rodrigues Pacheco, to administrate it, obligating him and his descendants to support the celebration of 2 perpetual daily masses in the chapel, devoted to Nossa Senhora das Angústias, founded by the institutor in the monastery of S. Bento of Lisboa. As long as Frei Jacinto Pacheco was alive, he would be responsible for celebrating them. Each year, the administrators had to give 75 000 réis to the monastery to provide for the maintenance of the chapel and to pay for the masses. The institutor had already ordered the painting of an altarpiece.

Will by which the licenciado Afonso Pires Loureiro expresses his wish to be buried in the church of Nossa Senhora de Freixianda of Ourém, where he had been vigário. He establishes a chapel of the invocation of Nossa Senhora da Natividade, in the place of Suimo, to which he entails his properties. He designates Maria Leite, daughter of his nephew André de Loureiro, and his legitimized son, Sebastião, who was to marry her, as his universal heirs and first administrators of his entail. André de Loureiro would administer the chapel until they reached majority. He revokes a previous will he had made in 1612-08-18.

Will by which D. Cristóvão de Moura Côrte-Real and his wife, D. Margarida de Côrte-Real, marqueses de Castelo Rodrigo, express their will to be buried in the chapel of the Côrte-Reais, in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, which belongs to the entail administered by D. Margarida, if, by the time of their deaths, they haven't appointed another place. They establish a daily mass for their souls in that chapel, entailing to it the casal do Garajal, which is already entailed to another perpetual daily mass in the same chapel, and ask that Cristóvão's parents, who are buried in the monastery of Carmo and in the convent of S. Francisco, be transfered to the same chapel. They also establish an obligation of 20 000 masses, 10 000 for each one of them, 200 to be prayed in the convent of Calatrava, 400 in the convent of Alcántara, and the remaining ones in churches of Franciscan orders and others of their executor's choosing.

They then ask the king to confirm the entail they have established, consisting of the third part of their assets, which shall incorporate 40 000 cruzados from the lands of Cabeceiras de Basto, and houses in Lisboa. This entail shall be inherited by their eldest son, and his successors thereafter, together with the entail of the Côrte-Reais. If they have no sucession, however, the entail of the Côrte-Reais shall be separated from the entail of the Mouras, and the Moura entail shall be bequeathed either to D. Francisca de Távora, or to D. Isabel de Moura, D. Cristóvão's sisters, and to their descendants afterwards.

Followed by approval deed dated 1609-02-14, opening deed dated 1614-01-02 and instrumento de justificação dated 1614-02-18.

Will made by André de Sousa Tavares in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail with the perpetual obligation of four masses celebrated every week on his chapel in the church of S. Francisco's monastery, in Portalegre. He named his eldest son as first administrator of the entail and after his death the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. If this son had no male heirs, the administration should be handled to the second born son with the same condition, in ways that the male uncle should be preferred on the administration over the female niece. If none of his male or female daughters had children, then the entail should be transmitted to his brother Francisco de Sousa Tavares. All administrators were henceforth obliged to annex half of their own reserved portions to the entail by the time of their deaths. They should also bear the surname "Sousa Tavares" and use the coat of arms of Sousa and Tavares family, or, otherwise lose the administration. He ordered that all administrators should give five alqueires of oil in order to maintain a lamp permanently lit on the chapel of Espírito Santo, in Portalegre. Finally, he also left detailed instructions for the construction of a manor house on the estate of Abrunheira.

Will of Branca Álvares, ordering her grave in the monastery of São Francisco of Montemor-o-Novo, in the grave of António Leão, her father-in-law. She instituted a chapel in the monastery of São Francisco of Montemor-o-Novo, for which she left 100 000 réis in cash and to which she entailed various incomes. Her slave, named António, if she didn't do it in life, should also be sold, reverting the money to the chapel. She appoints Maria Quaresma as her executor and administrator of the chapel. If she did not accept the executor must be Tomé Álvares. If the chapel administrator failed to comply with the institution's determinations, the guardião of the São Francisco's monastery had to ensure it.

Will of D. Francisco de Sande founding an entail with all his assets and choosing his houses in Punhete (Constância) and Quinta da Moreira as the entail's head. He appoints D. Luísa de Faro, daughter of his cousin, D. Margarida de Noronha, as the entail's successor.
Will approved in 1623-05-27.

Will by which Martinho Afonso de Sousa and his wife, D. Ana Pimentel, establish an entail with the third part of their assets, including their houses in Lisboa. They appoint their eldest son, Pedro Lopes de Sousa, as administrator, and his male descendants after him. They also express their wish to be buried in their chapel of the Nome de Jesus, in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. If by the time of their deaths, their son has already died or has no descendants, the administration of the entail shall pass to D. Inês Pimentel, his sister, wife of D. António de Castro, senhor da Casa de Monsanto, or to her second son, since her eldest son will inherit the entail of Monsanto.

Will of father Miguel Oliveira da Cunha, by which he decided to institute an entail with a chapel under the invocation of S. Miguel Arcanjo. The chapel was to be built and a retable was to be placed in it, with the image of S. Miguel in the centre and S. António and S. Brites on the right and left, in memory of his parents, António Rodrigues de Olvieira and Brites Figueira. The founder appointed his great-nephew, Francisco Pereira Pinto de Oliveira, as administrator. The administrators of the entail were to be male and to be called Miguel Oliveira da Cunha, as the founder, and to use his coat of arms.

Followed by the approval deed (1695-12-23, fls. 97v-98).

Will by which Jorge de Albuquerque, do Conselho Ultramarino, cavaleiro professo da Ordem de Cristo, son of Fernando de Albuquerque, governador do Estado da Índia, expresses his wish to be buried in the chapel he and his second wife, D. Ana de Noronha, bought in the antechorus of the church of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa.
He designates his only grandson, D. António da Silveira de Albuquerque, son of his deceased daughter, Beatriz de Albuquerque, and of Jerónimo da Silveira, as his universal heir. He bequeaths him all of his properties in Lisboa, Paio Pires and Torres Vedras as an entail. This entail shall be joined to and have the same clauses of succession as the entail of Afonso Mexia, established in 1550-10-03, which António da Silveira de Albuquerque had inherited from his grandmother, Beatriz Mexia. The administrator shall take a part of his entail's properties to order a daily mass for his soul in the monastery of Santíssima Trindade, rescue captives, marry orphans and establish two mercieiros in his chapel. His wife, D. Ana de Noronha, shall have the usufruct of a third part of the properties of the entail during her lifetime. If his grandson refuses these conditions, or dies without succession, the administration of the entail shall pass to the priests of Santíssima Trindade, who shall appoint a layman as the next administrator.
Jorge Albuquerque appoints his grandson as administrator of the chapel of his grandparents in the mother church of Beja. He also orders that the obligation of masses for the soul of his father, Fernando de Albuquerque, should continue to be prayed in the church of Nossa Senhora da Serra of Goa. This obligation was entailed to an orchard in that city, which he had received as a dowry upon his marriage to his first wife, Isabel de Sousa, and had given to his daughter, Beatriz de Albuquerque, at the time of her own marriage.
Contains corrections by corrections. Followed by two approval deeds of the will.
The author mentions this will was started in 1648-10-06.

Will of João Gramacho ordering his burial in the churchyard of the cathedral of Silves. He entails the assets of his third part, composed of the Ferragudos' farm, entrusting Isabel Gramacho, his daughter, and the one with whom she marries, to make a chapel in the churchyard of the Cathedral of Silves, of the invocation of Nossa Senhora dos Mártires. The administrator should alsofinish building the church of São Brás, which the institutor had built, and should celebrate some of the charges in that temple. If Isabel Gramacho did not accept, the entail would pass to Jerónimo Gramacho, her brother. If Jerónimo Gramacho also did not accept, it would pass to Tomé Gramacho, his brother. If none of his children wanted to accept it, it would be given up for auction.
Copied from an exemplification written by Baltasar Dias, tabelião, at the request of Jerónimo Gramacho.

Will of João Pais do Amaral and Maria de Loureiro, his wife, ordering their grave in their chapel of Chapter of the monastery of São Francisco de Orgens. They instituted an entail, on the Quinta de Caria, entailing the assets of their third parts to fulfill the charges, celebrated in the Cathedral of Viseu. They appoints the surviving one of them as first administrator, and after their death Simeão, their youngest son. If he died, the entail would pass to Manuel Coelho, their second son, and only if he could not administer him, to João Pais, their first-born.

Will of Manuel Pinheiro da Fonseca, o velho. He established a chapel and entail, invoking Nossa Senhora do Pilar, next to his dwelling houses, in Arneirós, on the outskirts of Lamego. He entails all his assets, with the consent of Manuel Pinheiro da Fonseca and cónego João Pinheiro da Fonseca, his children, to fulfill the charges and appoints Manuel Pinheiro da Fonseca, administrator of the entail.

Will by which Miguel Leitão de Andrade, Cavaleiro da Ordem de Cristo, establishes an entail with two public debt instruments of 16 865 réis and 8 437 réis in Alfândega Grande de Lisboa, houses in that city, lands (casal) in Sobral de Monte Agraço, a farmstead (quinta) in the outskirts of Alenquer and lands in the outskirts of Óbidos, instituting the obligation of celebrating 30 annual masses in the Church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa and in the church of the convent of Nossa Senhora da Luz of Pedrógão Grande. He appoints his nephew, Doutor Francisco de Andrade Leitão, Desembargador dos Agravos, and D. Ana Leitão, his wife, to be its first administrators. The testator demands that his body should be buried inside the cloister of the convent of S. Domingos.

Will by which Gaspar Gil Severim expresses his wish to be buried in the chapterhouse of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa and establishes two entails.
He establishes an entail with the third part of the properties of his first wife, Antónia de Faria, and a part of his own third, and appoints his only remaining son from this first marriage, Francisco de Faria Severim, as its heir and administrator. He also bequeaths him the houses which he inherited from his third-grandmother, Constança Pires, with the obligation of 30 masses in the convent of Santíssima Trindade; the houses which he had inherited from his parents, [António Gil Severim and Catarina Lopes Morim], who had entailed it with the obligation of 35 masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa; a farmstead in Benfica and other houses in Lisboa which he received as dowry from Catarina Mateus Galvão, aunt of his first wife, with an obligation of masses. He mentions an obligation of keeping a lamp lit in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Madre de Deus in his Quinta de Subserra, and seven masses for the soul of Fernando Cordeiro, provedor do arcebispado de Lisboa. He also establishes an obligation of a daily mass in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Humildade which he built in his quinta de Subserra, which shall be the head of this entail.
He establishes another entail with the remaining part of his third part, and the third part of his second wife, Juliana de Faria, also deceased, and bequeaths it to his eldest son from this second marriage, Manuel de Faria Severim. He establishes an obligation of an annual mass in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, which belongs to a farmstead he started to build near his quinta de Subserra, which is part of this entail.
If the lineage of any of his sons is extinguished, their respective entail shall be inherited by the other or by their successors.

Will by which Gaspar Gil Severim expresses his wish to be buried in the chapterhouse of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa and establishes two entails.
He establishes an entail with the third part of the properties of his first wife, Antónia de Faria, and a part of his own third, and appoints his only remaining son from this first marriage, Francisco de Faria Severim, as its heir and administrator. He also establishes an obligation of a daily mass in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Humildade which he built in his quinta de Subserra, which shall be the head of this entail.
He establishes another entail with the remaining part of his third part, and the third part of his second wife, Juliana de Faria, also deceased, and bequeaths it to his eldest son from this second marriage, Manuel de Faria Severim. He establishes an obligation of an annual mass in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, which belongs to another farmstead he started to build near his quinta de Subserra, and which is part of this entail.
If the lineage of any of his sons is extinguished, their respective entail shall be inherited by the other or by their successors.

Will by which Manuel Frade de Almada, resident in the farm of Lamarosa, prior of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção, in Tentúgal, wanted to be buried in the main chapel of this church. He left all his immovable goods, namely a farm with its belongings, olive groves, vineyards, houses and lands, to his nephew Manuel Mendes Mexia. He was due to order the celebration of a daily masse for his and his parents' soul in the same church, and to pay for chaplain 20 000 réis. After his nephew's death, it should succeed his eldest son Francisco Mexia or other kin from the Mexias' succession line. The remaining part of his assets should be enjoyed by his nephew and nieces Manuel Mendes Mexia, D. Leonor Mexia, D. Leonor and D. Catarina. He also mentioned that he inherited the chapel of his mother Maria Mexia and his uncle Afonso de Almada Frade located in Olivença, and he nominated Fernando Mexia de Figueiredo to succeed in this entail. Followed by an approval deed dated 1680-11-25.

Will by which António Vaz de Parada, beneficiado da igreja matriz do Sardoal, determined that the executor of his will, António Carvalho, had 3 years to build his chapel. If it was erected in the main church of Sardoal, his body would be buried there. He declared that 1 000 cruzados had to be taken from the revenues of his entail to support the chapel's construction and the acquisition of its ornaments. The testator left his son in António Carvalho's care, indicating that he should only administrate his entail after reaching the age of 25.

Will by which Gaspar Rebelo de Abreu declares he had acquired the chapel of Santo Onofre from the priests of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, where he and his wife wished to be buried, and that they had established a daily mass for their souls, entailed to a public debt instrument in the Alfândega of Lisboa. He and his wife bequeath part of their third parts to their eldest son, Pedro Gomes de Abreu, to buy another public debt instrument which shall be applied to the chapel. Gaspar Rebelo de Abreu declares he is claimant in a conflict over the possession of the entail of Cata-que-Farás, which he hopes his eldest son will win. If he inherits this entail, the public debt instrument shall be annexed to it, and the masses of that entail, which were prayed in the church of Conceição, must be changed to the chapel of Santo Onofre. If he doesn't inherit the entail, the chapel and public debt instrument shall pass to his successors regardless. Helena Bota is present and signs the will, authorizing its clauses.
Followed by approval deed and opening deed of the will, dated 1580-10-06.

Sale, quittance, and obligation deed by which the priests of the convent of S. Bento de Xabregas sell to D. Francisco de Almeida, fidalgo da Casa do Rei and comendador da Ordem de Cristo, widower of D. Ângela de Melo, and to his heirs and successors, the chapel of Santo Espinho of their church, to use as his family's burial place. He promises to ornament the chapel and to give a public debt instrument for the fulfilment of a daily mass for his and his relatives' souls. The priests accept and promise to fulfil the obligations and to never take the chapel's relics from their place.

Letter of attorney by Violante Aranha de Távora, appointing Bento Nunes do Couto, granting him the necessary powers to establish the chapel, and leaving some instructions regarding the functioning of the institution.

Grace warrant to Duarte da Gama giving a tutor to his son, António da Gama, to concert with Duarte da Gama the annexation of António da Gama's reserved portion, inherited from his mother, to the entail that Duarte da Gama wants to found. The king also gives licence to António da Gama to swear to the Holy Scriptures the contract and its fulfilment.

Exemplification of the will and codicil of Lopo Fernandes, required by the monastery of São Francisco do Porto, where his chapel was located, in the presence of João Miz, "vassalo do rei", nephew of Lopo Fernandes and currently administrator of the chapel, who consentend to the delivery of the aforementioned certified copies to be kept in the monastery's archives. The administrator also agreed to paint an image of S. Jorge in the chapel.

Entail foundation deed by which Vasco Fernandes César and his wife, Inês Gonçalves Batavias, establish and entail with their third parts. They designate their eldest son, Luís César, as first administrator, and his descendants afterwards. They establish an obligation of two weekly masses and other annual masses in the chapel of Cinco Chagas de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade, where they wish to be buried, to which they entail their houses in Lisboa. All the administrators of the entail must also succeed on the administration of the chapel established by Catarina Vaz, wife of Paio Lourenço, in the church of São Nicolau of Santarém, which they currently administered.

Entail foundation deed by which Manuel da Câmara, capitão da ilha de São Miguel, and D. Joana de Mendonça, his wife, establish an entail composed of their remaining properties.

Entail foundation deed by Diogo de Teives, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, entailing all his available portion, his wife's available portion, the third part of the reserved portions of his sons, Baltasar de Teives and António de Teives, and all the reserved portion of his other son, Gaspar de Teives, which consist of properties in Ribeira Brava. Gaspar de Teives, appointed as successor, gave his approval to the entail foundation. He would also have to order daily masses in the church of the convent of S. Francisco of Funchal.

Entail foundation deed by which Álvaro Pires de Távora, fidalgo da Casa do Rei and cavaleiro da Ordem de Cristo, and his wife, D. Isabel de Castro, establish an entail with the properties they have received from Álvaro's father, Luís Álvares de Távora, bailio de Leça e cavaleiro de Malta, as a dowry, fulfiling the conditions of this donation. The properties were: houses in Lisboa, an estate in Panóias, estates in Beja and Almada, and farmsteads in Almada, one of them named Vale de Torres, a public debt instrument in the Casa dos Azeites de Lisboa, stores in Lisboa and three tapestries. The entail will pass to the eldest child of the couple, with the obligation of 100 annual masses for the souls of the institutors.

Entail foundation deed by D. Madalena de Almada, widow of Luís de Saldanha, with her available portion and reserved portion, which belongs to João de Saldanha, her son, and D. Leonor de Meneses, his wife and her daughter-in-law, who agree with it. The institutor appoints her son as her successor and the entail's administrator. João de Saldanha was present and accepted this foundation.

Entail foundation deed by Manuel de Melo and D. Guiomar Henriques, entailing their estate and the available portions of Jorge de Melo and D. Margarida de Mendonça, parents of Manuel de Melo, who ordered their son to found an entail.

Entail foundation deed by Francisco de Sousa Tavares, Fidalgo da Casa do Rei, with the public debt instrument of 200.000 réis that he will buy to the king. The institutor, who is single, appoints his future firstborn son, from a legitimate marriage, as his first successor in his entail.

Entail foundation deed by Manuel da Silveira Frade and his son Martinho da Silveira Frade.

Entail foundation deed by Lopo de Brito, fidalgo da casa do rei and member of the king's council, and his wife Iria Freire de Brito. They both reserved their "terças" for the establishment of a "morgado", including in this part of the inheritance the farmstead of Valbom, in Alchochete. The surviving member of the couple had the right to choose which of their children would be the administrator of the entail. It was also stipulated that the income from the estates was to be used for the perpetual celebration of masses in the church where they were to be buried. An inventory of the assets of the entail was to be drawn up, with two certified copies: one for the administrator and the other to be kept at the Hospital de Todos-os-Santos in Lisbon. The succession would pass first to the first-born sons, excluding clerics and illegitimate children. In addition, the administrator had to be physically and mentally fit, loyal to the Crown, obliged to include other estates in the entail, and forced to use the name and coat of arms of the Britos.

Entail foundation deed by which Miguel do Vale, fidalgo da Casa do Rei and his wife, Catarina de Magalhães, establish an entail with their third parts consisting of their farmstead of Santa Ana, in Asseiceira, the land of Guerreira, the casal da Beselga, the land of Barreira Salgada, and other houses and farmlands in Tomar, Tancos and Golegã. They designate their eldest son, doutor António do Vale, as first administrator of their entail, and his children afterwards. They declare they had donated him these properties as a dowry when he married Guiomar de Sequeira and renovate this donation. They also express their wish to be buried in the chapel of Jesus of the church of Santa Iria of Tomar, their family's chapel, and establish five annual masses in the hermitage of their farmstead of Santa Ana.

Entail foundation deed by which Joana da Cunha, widow of António de Castro, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, revokes a previous will she had made with her husband, in which they had annexed their third parts to the entail of the estate of Carvalhal, which António de Castro had inherited from his grandmother. She declares she has annexed only the third part of her husband to that entail, and has given it to their eldest son, Cristóvão de Castro, as had been accorded. She establishes a new entail with her third part, consisting of the estates of Vidigal and Cuncos, in Montemor-o-Novo, and gives it to her other son, Nicolau de Castro, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, to always be in his lineage. She also annexes to it the legitimes of her two surviving daughters, Isabel and Jerónima do Presépio, nuns in the monastery of S. Salvador of Lisboa. The administrators of the entail shall have the obligation of ordering a daily mass and an annual one either in the church of Santa Maria of Montemor-o-Novo or in the monastery of S. Salvador of Lisboa. She donates the entail to her son, reserving for herself the usufruct of its properties during her lifetime.

Entail foundation deed by which D. Álvaro da Costa da Silva, clérigo, 76 years old, establishes an entail with all his properties, which shall be annexed to a chapel with an obligation of a daily mass in a church of his heir's choice. He designates his legitimized son, D. António da Costa, as his universal heir, administrator of his entail, and of another one entailed to a public debt instrument in Santarém, which he had inherited from his parents D. Gil Eanes da Costa and D. Joana da Silva. If D. António doesn't have any successors, the entail shall pass to his other son, D. Álvaro da Costa, or, if he also has no successors, to his eldest daughter, D. Filipa da Silva, wife of D. Jorge de Almeida.

Entail foundation deed by Nuno Afonso de Sequeira, in Moura, appointing Rui Fernandes de Sequeira, his nephew, as his successor, if he doesn't have children.

Entail foundation deed made by Pedro Mascarenhas, membro do Conselho do Rei, and D. Helena Mascarenhas, his wife, before the former embarked for Índia to become Vice-Rei. They entailed the third part of their assets, which included their farmstead in Alcácer do Sal ("torre e quinta da Palma"), and designated D. João Mascarenhas, their nephew, who was married to D. Helena Mascarenhas, their niece, to administrate that entail. The institutors also declared that they had erected a chapel in the convent of Santo António of Alcácer do Sal, to whose maintenance the administrator had to contribute with 20 000 réis.

Entail foundation deed by Paula da Costa with all her assets for her son, Gonçalo Pimenta do Avelar, who was present and accepted this entail and committed himself to fulfil all its conditions and clauses.

Entail foundation deed by Pedro de Melo.

Entail foundation deed of the entail of S. Jacinto, in Idanha-a-Nova, instituted by Pedro de Sousa de Refoios and Beatriz Branca, his wife. The entail will be administered by António de Sousa Refoios.

Entail foundation deed by which D. Filipa Coutinho, wife of Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, capitão of the island of S. Miguel, establishes an entail with her third part. She establishes a chapel in the convent of Nossa Senhora da Esperança of Ponta Delgada and designates her eldest son, Manuel da Câmara, as first administrator.

Entail foundation deed by which Francisco Figueira de Azevedo, fidalgo da Casa do Rei e do seu Conselho, and D. Isabel de Abreu, his wife, establish an entail with their third parts, consisting of a farmstead in Telheiras and houses in Rossio, Lisboa. They designate their son, António de Azevedo Coutinho, as first administrator, and his successors afterwards. If he dies before his parents, or without successors, the entail shall pass to their grandson, Francisco Figueira de Azevedo, son of their deceased son, Agostinho Figueira, or to D. Margarida de Azevedo, their daughter, married to Jerónimo de Corte-Real. The administrators shall order two weekly masses, nine annual masses and one annual divine office in the monastery of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Lisboa, where they wish to be buried. If their direct lineage is extinguished, and there are no close relatives until the fourth degree, the next administrators shall be chosen by appointment.

Entail foundation deed by Francisco Pereira de Miranda and his wife Guiomar Pereira. The couple decided to use their "terças" to create a "morgado". The first administrator would be their son, Jorge Pereira de Miranda. The document contains extensive prescriptions on the construction of the profile of the administrator: it should preferably be the first-born son, excluding illegitimate children and clerics. They should be loyal subjects of the Crown, physically and mentally fit, and must use the name and coat of arms of the lineage. An inventory of the entail should be drawn up, with three copies: one for the administrator, one for the monastery in which the institutors are to be buried, and one for the Misericórdia of Porto.

Entail foundation deed by Diogo de Castro do Rio and Beatriz Vaz, his wife, in Lisbon, appointing their eldest son, Martinho de Castro do Rio, as their successor and mentioning that they also found a chapel.

Entail foundation deed by which D. Fernando Mascarenhas, do Conselho do Rei, and his wife, D. Filipa da Silva, establish the entail of Torre das Várzeas, headed by their farmstead in Ponte de Sor, and composed of another farmstead and houses in Santarém. They bequeath it to their eldest son, D. Manuel Mascarenhas, and to his descendants afterwards. The entail shall be annexed to their chapel in the chancel of the church of the convent of Nossa Senhora da Serra of Santarém, where they wish to be buried, with the obligation of a daily mass and other annual masses.

Entail foundation deed by which Luís Ribeiro and D. Isabel Pacheco, his wife, establish an entail with the third part of their assets, which includes a farmstead (quinta) in Samouco, Alcochete, houses in Lisboa, lands (casal) in Benfica and in Carnaxide, lands (casal) in Linda-a-Velha, Oeiras, and a public debt instrument of 50 000 réis in Casa e sisa das herdades. They designate their eldest son to become its first administrator, determining that him and his descendants should support the celebration of annual masses for their souls in the church of Santa Maria Madalena of that city, in whose sacristy their chapel would be erected.

Entail foundation deed by which Rui Lopes de Évora, fidalgo de geração, and his wife, Leonor Rodrigues da Veiga, establish an entail for their eldest son, Manuel da Veiga, and his wife, Isabel Gomes Angel, who should afterwards be succeeded by their eldest son, Rui Lopes da Veiga. They include in the entail their farmstead of Montijos, in Lisboa, with its lands, and other properties and public debt instruments which should total 54 000 cruzados. The entail will always be united to the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Palma e S. Guilherme which they founded in the monastery of Nossa Senhora da Graça of Lisboa, with the obligation of a daily mass. All of the named parties are present and accept these conditions, promising to fulfil them.

Entail foundation deed by which Gaspar de Torres, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, and D. Leonor de Alarcão, his wife, establish an entail with five public debt instruments bought with the revenue donated to them by Afonso de Torres, their father and father-in-law, on the ocasion of their marriage. This donation had been made under the condition that they should establish an entail. They also establish an obligation of a daily mass in the chapel of Todos os Santos of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, which shall have five merceeiras who will pray for their souls. If the lineages of Gaspar de Torres and his siblings are extinguished, the entail shall pass to the Câmara de Lisboa, who shall build a hospital with a chapel of the invocation of S. Paulo with its rents.

Entail foundation deed by which Isabel de Avelar, wife of Henrique Nunes de Leão, establishes an entail with all of her properties. She appoints her grandson, Jorge Nunes de Leão, legitimized son of her deceased son, Martinho Gonçalves, as her universal heir. He shall order a daily mass in the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, to be paid with revenue from her houses in Lisboa. His sucessors shall have the surname and coat of arms of the Leão family. If his lineage is extinguished, the entail shall pass to the lineage of Isabel do Avelar's nephew, João de Avelar or to the lineage of João Taveira, her great-nephew, who shall keep the Avelar surname.

Entail foundation deed by Cristóvão de Brito, member of the king's council. Cristóvão justifies the institution of the "morgado" as a way to prevent the scattering of the estates and to preserve his memory, allowing for better service to God and the kingdom and greater honour to the noble houses. The instituor decided to entail interest in the "alfândega" of Lisbon, his houses in Lisbon, located in the parish of S. Lourenço, and a farmstead in Ribatejo, leaving instructions for the acquisition of other properties to be included in the entail. The income from the properties would also support two daily and perpetual masses to be celebrated in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Assunção, to be located in the church of the convent of Madre de Deus de Lisboa, which was under construction, and for which he had already purchased liturgical furnishings, such as a retable of "Nossa Senhora". The first administrator would be his nephew João de Brito, son of Lopo de Brito. An inventory of the assets was to be drawn up, with three copies: one for the administrator and the other two to be kept at the S. Elói Monastery in Lisbon and at the Hospital of Todos-os-Santos. His successors were also obliged to entail more property. The succession would pass through the first-born sons, excluding illegitimate children and clerics. The presumptive heir was not allowed to marry without the consent of his parents, under the penalty of being removed from the succession. In addition, each administrator had to be physically and mentally fit, to be loyal to the Church and to the Crown, and to use the name and the coat of arms of the Britos.

Entail foundation deed by D. Gil Eanes da Costa and D. Joana da Silva, his wife. They entail their third parts and appoint D. António, their eldest male son, first administrator, to be succeded by his brothers in order of birth, and only afterwards by D. António's children. The institutors and successors would be buried in the chancel of the convent of Almoster, as stated in a contract signed with the abbess and convent. They appoint the administrator of the entail patron of that chapel. The obligation of the institution of the entail was included in the marriage contract of the institutors.

Entail foundation deed by which D. Margarida de Meneses established an entail with properties she owned in Aveiras de Baixo and Faro, an estate in Monforte ("herdade dos Grações"), houses in Santarém and Lisboa, 2 public debt instruments and 4 000 cruzados which the King owed her. After the institutor's death, the entail would be transmitted to her eldest son. The administrators of the entail were obligated to support the celebration of annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. The entail was founded with the consent of Diogo da Silva, the institutor's husband.

Entail foundation deed by which Manuel de Miranda entailed his estate, namely houses in Midões, a public debt instrument of 200 000 réis and 8 000 cruzados, and ordered the construction of a chapel devoted to Nossa Senhora da Assunção. After his death, he would be succeeded by his eldest son.

Entail foundation deed by Luís do Amaral Castelo Branco and his wife D. Leonor de Paiva. They appoint the one who survives as the other's heir, and a future child of their marriage, afterwards. If they have no children, the entail shall be inherited by Luís Rodrigues de Paiva, brother of D. Leonor de Paiva, or one of his brothers, if he doesn't have any descendants. They appoint their houses in Lisboa as head of the entail.

Entail foundation deed by Luís Álvares de Madureira, fidalgo da casa do rei, his wife and first-cousin Joana de Madureira, and his aunt Isabel de Madureira. Together they decided to establish an entail, using their farmstead of Freixo, in Guilhabreu, as the head of the entail. They decided to create the entail in order to avoid the division of the estates and the dilution of the memory of the lineage, arguing that the concentration of the inheritance in one institution, managed by the first-born, was also a way of supporting the other relatives. At that time, the couple had no children and decided that in the absence of descendants, the surviving member of the couple had the power to appoint the successor. However, the administrator of the entail should primarly be the first-born son, excluding clerics and those who commited lese-majeste crimes. The administrators were also required to entail other lands and to use the Madureira name and coat of arms. An inventory of the entail was to be made, with three copies: one to be kept by the administrator, and the others to be kept in the Municipality of Porto and in the Cathedral.

Entail foundation deed by which Tomé Salema established an entail, stipulating the payment of the studies of his nephews Diogo and António de Salema at the University of Coimbra. The institutor also established the obligation to celebrate masses in the Church of Alcácer do Sal, using all his assets located in the same place and in Brasil, where he had some slaves.

Entail foundation deed by which Brás Teles de Meneses, membro do Conselho do Rei and coronel da gente da guerra, and his wife, D. Catarina Maria de Faro Henriques, established an entail, incorporating in it the third part of their assets, which comprised a farmstead in Lamarosa, Coruche, houses in Pampulha, Lisboa, and rents (foros) in the farmstead of Cotovia. They also entailed to it 8 tapestries depicting the life of S. João Batista and the weapons used by Brás Teles de Meneses. The institutors designated Fernando Teles de Meneses, their firstborn son, to succeed them in the entail's administration. All its future administrators were allowed to deposit their remains in the tomb erected by the founders.
Paulo da Rocha, curator of their eldest son, gave his approval to this deed.

Entail foundation deed by which Rui de Melo, do Conselho do Rei, and Helena de Mesquita, promise to marry their children, respectively D. Joana da Silva and D. António de Melo, and establish an entail for them with the marriage's dowry, which shall be employed in acquiring immovable properties. The entail shall pass to the successors of this marriage and will have its chapel in the convent of S. Domingos of Évora.

Entail foundation deed made by Afonso Mexia. He entails a third of his assets, consisting of several estates, located in Alentejo, in the outskirts of Campo Maior, Arronches and Ouguela, up to a maximum value of 1 000 cruzados. He appoints Jerónimo Mexia, his son, as first administrator, to whom his eldest son should succeed.

Entail foundation deed made by Duarte Gomes da Silveira in which he ordered, among several dispositions, the foundation of an entail and chapel of the invocation of Salvador do Mundo in the church of the Misericórdia of Paraíba's captaincy, with a perpetual pious obligation of four masses celebrated every week as long as the world lasted and one sung mass on the day of Nossa Senhora das Neves. He named his son in law António Barbalho Bezerra and his wife Joana Gomes da Silveira, daughter of the institutor, as first administrators of the entail during their lifetimes, and, after their deaths, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. No administrator could ever marry with a another person of the so-called 'infected races', under the penalty of loosing the administration. He recomended that no administrator should ever rise his own children with wine, as a root of sin. All administrators should annex one third of their own reserved portions to the entail. The institutor also disposed that all administrators should bear the surname Silveira and the coat of arms of the Gomes and Bezerras, adding a motto beneath it with the words Verdade e Felicidade (truth and happiness) that should be present in all their seals, chairs, curtains.

Entail foundation deed by Luís de Figueiredo Falcão, instituting as heir is only child, António Heitor de Figueiredo.

Entail foundation deed by Bernardo do Amaral Castelo Branco, his second wife D. Paula de Vasconcelos da Silva and his son António do Amaral Castelo Branco entailing a public debt instrument, houses in Lisboa, houses and properties in Elvas and a country estate ("herdade") in Olivença.

Entail foundation deed by which Manuel Mendes Ferreira established an entail, incorporating several assets composed of houses, vegetable garden and olive groves in Sardoal and Abrantes in order to fulfill the pious charges. He designated his son André Mendes Ferreira to be its first administrator. The administrator should appoint the successor of this entail among his children.

Entail foundation deed of D. Pedro da Costa of his properties, including quinta de Pancas, in Ribatejo, near Alcochete and Samora Correia, appointing João da Costa, his brother, as perpetual administrator, with the pious obligation of three weekly prayed masses of requiem, one for the soul of D. Jorge, cardinal of Portugal, another for the soul of D. Jorge da Costa, archbishop of Braga, both his uncles, and another one for his own soul. The notary accepted this donation on behalf of João da Costa and his successors, absents.

Entail foundation deed by Luís Teixeira Cabral and his wife in their farmstead of Lourenço Domingues, in Pinhel, annexed to their chapel of S. Sebastião, located in that farmstead.

Entail foundation deed by Rui Brandão, fidalgo da casa do rei. The founder reserves his "terça" and includes in it several urban and rural estates, the head of which is the "Torre de Pedro do Sem", located in the parish of S. Martinho de Cedofeira, outside the walls of Porto, to which the patronage of the church of S. Paio de Guimarei was attached. Rui Brandão appointed his son Luís Brandão, or alternatively Diogo Brandão, as the first administrator. The heirs of the entail would be the first-born sons, or daughters in the absence of male heirs. The heir had to be physically and mentally fit, excluding people of illegitimate descent, clerics, monks, friars and nuns. The administratores had to live in Porto, marry with their parents' consent, entail half of their "terças", use the Brandão's name and coat of arms, and pay an annual rent to Rui's daughters, who were nuns in the convents of S. Bento de Avé-Maria and S. Clara in Porto. Perpetual masses were to be celebrated in the convent of S. Francisco do Porto for the soul of the founder and his wife, Maria de Madureira. Three inventories were to be drawn up, containing the deed of foundation and the property, with the coat of arms of the instituter: one copy was to remain in the hands of the administrators, while the other two were to be kept in the Convent of S. Francisco, where the founder was to be buried, and in the Misericórdia of Porto.

Entail foundation deed by which António de Sousa de Macedo and D. Mariana de Lemercier, his wife, change clauses of a previous entail foundation deed issued on 1673-11-08. They establish an entail with houses in Lisboa, a farmstead in that city ("quinta de Nossa Senhora da Luz"), lands in Carnide, a rent (foro) in Azambuja, properties in Benavente and the captaincy of Ilha Grande de Joanes, Brasil, designating their son, D. Luís Gonçalo de Sousa de Macedo, Barão da Ilha Grande de Joanes, to administrate it. The institutors attach this entail to the chapel they had founded in the convent of Nossa Senhora de Jesus, where their bodies and those of their descendants would be buried and annual masses would be celebrated for their souls. D. Luís Gonçalo de Sousa de Macedo and his wife, D. Mariana de Távora, approved this deed.

Entail foundation deed by D. João de Sousa de Castro and D. Catarina de Nóvoa Henriques, in Melgaço, with all their properties, both inherited from his late parents, Lopo de Castro and Francisca de Cavedo, and bought by them, annexing this new entail to his parents' entail, founded in 1601. They also order the building of a chapel in Melgaço, united to the town's mother church, with some pious obligations. One of the masses will be celebrated in the chapel of the entail of Fecho, in Roussas, in the outskirts of Melgaço, founded by Lopo de Castro and Francisca de Cavedo.

Entail foundation deed by Álvaro Afonso and Grimaneza Pereira, his wife, in Quinta do Paço, in couto de Barbeita, in the outskirts of Monção, to their nephew, Rodrigo Afonso Pereira, son of Pedro Vaz Pereira and Genebra Fernandes, their nephew and niece. They also order the mass celebration in the chapel they ordered to build in the church of S. Salvador of Barbeita.

Entail foundation deed by Isabel Cabral, widow of João Álvares de Caminha, with the remaining part of the available portion of her husband and with her own available portion, composed of her houses in Rua Nova, in Lisbon, which will be the entail's head, and her farmstead (quinta) in Romeira, in the outskirts of Almada, to her son, Manuel de Caminha, appointed as her successor. The institutor also orders that the entail's administrators will administer the chapel she built in the monastery of S. Francisco of Lisbon, with the pious obligation of a perpetual daily mass for her and her husband's soul. Manuel de Caminha was present and accepted this institution, being mentioned also as institutor.

Entail foundation deed by which Rui de Pina, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, cronista-mor do reino and guardião da Torre do Tombo, and his wife, Catarina Vaz de Gouveia, establish an entail with the third part of their properties. They bequeath it to their son, Fernando de Pina, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, and his descendants. They also establish a chapel in the new cathedral of Guarda, with invocation of the Holy Spirit, where they shall be buried and to where the bodies of their parents shall be transfered, with the obligation of eight annual masses for their souls, the souls of their parents, and the souls of D. João II, his wife D. Leonor, their son D. Afonso, and D. Manuel I. If Fernando de Pina dies without descendants, the entail shall be bequeathed to one of his sisters, Leonor de Pina, or, if she also dies without descendants, to their other sister, Isabel de Pina, wife of Fernando Brandão. Fernando de Pina is present, and accepts the conditions.

Entail foundation deed by which Vasco Fernandes César and his wife, Inês Gonçalves Batavias, establish and entail with their third parts. They designate their eldest son, Luís César, as first administrator, and his descendants afterwards. They establish an obligation of two weekly masses and other annual masses in the chapel of Cinco Chagas de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade, where they wish to be buried, to which they entail their houses in Lisboa. All the administrators of the entail must also succeed on the administration of the chapel established by Catarina Vaz, wife of Paio Lourenço, in the church of São Nicolau of Santarém, which they currently administered.

Entail foundation deed by which Bento de Baena Sanches established an entail, designating his son Francisco to be its first administrator. This entail has the obligation to celebrate masses, using the rents of somes houses located in Lisboa; a public debt instrument of 135 000 réis in Senado and another of 40 000 réis in Casa das Carnes; and other rents from a farm called "Massaroca", located in Sacavém. The successors are obligated to incorporate their legítima into this entail. After the death of his son, it should succeed his daughter Luísa, and after her death the eldest son of his brother João Sanches de Baena. He had a natural son called Pedro, friar of the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, and established to the administrator the obligation to give him some rents from this entail.

Entail foundation and annexation deed by Simão da Cunha and D. Luísa de Almeida, his wife, with the remaining of their available portions, entailing it to the entail founded by Guiomar de Sequeira, D. Luísa's mother, in her will, dated from 1568, and mentioning the previous entail foundation and annexation deed, dated from 1596-03-31. They also declare that Francisco Botelho, uncle of D. Luísa, bequeathed, in his codicil, 2000 cruzados to this entail, with the pious obligation of ten prayed masses and five sung masses in Nossa Senhora de Triana, in the town of Alenquer. The institutors describe all the entail foundation clauses and mention that the entail founded by Guiomar de Sequeira included her available portion, a part of the available portion of Simão Ferreira, her husband, and the reserved portions of Ana da Madre de Deus, their daughter and sister of D. Luísa de Almeida. They also request to the king the confirmation of this entail foundation deed.
Followed by the consent deed of D. Luísa de Almeida, dated from 1623-10-16.

Entail foundation and annexation deed by Simão da Cunha and D. Luísa de Almeida, his wife, with the remaining of their available portions and entailing it to the entail founded by Guiomar de Sequeira, D. Luísa's mother, in her will, dated from 1578-05-13. The institutors describe all the entail foundation clauses and mention that the entail founded by Guiomar de Sequeira included her available portion, a part of the available portion of Simão Ferreira, her husband, and the reserved portions of Ana da Madre de Deus, their daughter and sister of D. Luísa de Almeida. They also request to the king the confirmation of this entail foundation deed.

Entail and chapel foundation deed by Gonçalo Lobo de Mesquita and Jerónima Correia. They entailed their farmsted of Vilarinho de São Romão, with a chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Salvação, in which a brotherhood was instituted, atributing to the entail's administrator the role of surveiling the brotherhood's activities. Clerics were excluded from the succession, and the administrators were to use the surname Lobo and the coat of arms of both the Lobos and the Barbosas. Presumptive heirs who married without their parents' consent, with people of lesser honor and wealth, were excluded from the succession.

Entail and chapel foundation deed confirming a contract between Francisco Pereira de Miranda and his wife Guiomar de Miranda and the convent of S. Domingos of Porto. Jorge Pereira de Miranda, fidalgo da casa do rei, acted as his parents' attorney. The convent gave the couple its granary to build a chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Assunção, with a direct door to the cloister; in return, the institutors had to build another granary. The administrators had the right to be buried and to place their coats of arms in the chapel.

Contract approved by Francisco Pereira de Miranda and Guiomar Pereira in 1580-11-26 (fls. 108v-110v).

Entail and chapel foundation deed by Simão de Medeiros and Isabel Gomes. The couple declares not having children, stating that their will was to entail their estates, formed by houses in Porto and rural assets in the outskirts of the city. The property was to be owned by a single person in the manner of a "morgado". A part of the income should be channelled to the monastery of Madre de Deus de Monchique, in Porto, where they have previously negotiated the institution of a chapel, a site of burial for themselves and their descendants, to be called the "Chapel of the Medeiros". Their son Teodoro de Medeiros was already buried there, and the institutor’s coat of arms was to be placed on the wall. If the chapel wasn't accepted by the provincial of the order, the administrator of the entail was to transfer the remains of the institutor to the convent of S. Bento de Avé Maria in Porto, where Simão's parents were buried. The surviving member of the couple would be the first administrator. After them, the administrator was to be recruited from among Simão's relatives, and was to be a male, excluding clerics, illegitimate children and those who had committed crimes against God and the King. The first administrator would be obliged to register the deed of foundation in the records of the Provedoria of Porto, and his successors would have to entail more property when they took possession of the entail.

Entail and chapel foundation deed by Brás Rodrigues Pita and Isabel Mendes Dantas, his wife, in Caminha, ordering the celebration of masses in the monastery of Santa Clara of Caminha and appointing the last one of them to die as the first administrator and, after his or her death, his legitimate daughter, Inês Vaz Pita. This deed should value as a will or codicil.
Deed approved in 1608-08-05.

Dowry deed by which D. Pedro de Meneses, Conde de Vila Real, promised to give 20 000 dobras mouriscas to his daughter, D. Beatriz de Meneses, and D. Fernando de Noronha, her groom, to enable their marriage. Since he had already given 5 000 dobras to D. Fernando, he committed himself to deliver the remaining part in the following years. A considerable portion of the dowry should be paid with lands located in Portugal, which would be incorporated in an entail. After the death of D. Beatriz de Meneses, it would be administrated by her eldest legitimate son and transmitted to his descendants.
As a guaranty that he would fulfil that promise, D. Pedro de Meneses gave the possession of the following properties to the couple: a farmstead in the Julgado de Palhais ("quinta do Chão de Couce"); all the rents and rights attached to the Julgado de Avelar; a property in Rapoula; lands in the Julgados de Aguda, Maçãs e Pousa Foles; assets in Torres Novas; the village of Alcoentre; a farmstead in Vila Franca ("quinta das Lameiras"); two farmsteads in Lisboa ("quinta da Charneca"; "quinta da Palma") and another in Cabeça de Alporche ("quinta de Alcouvar").
D. Fernando de Noronha gave 4 000 dobras mouriscas as a dower to his future wife.

Dowry deed between Maria Figueira de Gouveia and D. António da Silva and D. Ana Maria de Vilhegas, his wife, represented by licenciado Francisco de Figueiredo Cabral, their attorney-in-fact, to marry D. Isabel Queimada de Vilalobos, daughter of Maria Figueira de Gouveia, to D. Manuel da Silva Vilhegas, son of D. António da Silva and D. Ana Maria de Vilhegas, giving them their real estate and founding an entail. After the death of D. Isabel Queimada de Vilalobos and D. Manuel da Silva Vilhegas will succeed in this entail their eldest male son. D. Isabel Queimada de Vilalobos and Francisco de Figueiredo Cabral, on behalf of D. Manuel da Silva Vilhegas, accepted this dowry and entail.
Contains: two letters of attorney, dated from 1630-08-17, and two certificates of the notary's handwriting, dated from 1630-08-21.

Dowry deed by which Lopo Gomes de Abreu de Lima, fidalgo da Casa do Rei e comendador de Seixas e Lanhelas, da Ordem e Mestrado de Cristo, donates as a dowry to his daughter, D. Maria de Abreu e de Soutomaior, on the occasion of her marriage to D. Fernando Eanes de Soutomaior, senhor das fortalezas de Soutomaior and Fornelos, in Galiza, his properties in Regalados, in the condado of Valadares, in Fraião and in Monção, as an entail, to be incorporated to the house and entail of Soutomaior. He also bequeaths them his leases of quinta da Agra and casal de Gondolim, the revenue of his commendations, and his chapel in the chancel of the church of the monastery of Santa Maria of Mosteiró, where his successors shall be buried, and as patrons of his churches and chapels, which shall also be incorporated in his entail and in the entail of Soutomaior. If the couple dies without children, the entail will revert to its founder or to the person chosen by his daughter, if he is already deceased. D. Fernando Eanes de Soutomaior is present and accepts the conditions.
Followed by a letter of possession.

Dowry deed by which D. João de Meneses e Vasconcelos, Conde de Penela, and Lopo Soares, membro do Conselho do Rei, gave dowries to their son and daughter, D. Afonso and D. Guiomar, who were going to marry. Lopo Soares, who was about to embark for Índia, promised to give to D. Afonso, in the next 5 years, 1 conto de réis, pensions appraised at 100 000 réis and the position of Capitão dos Ginetes. He also left the entail he had established with his late wife to his daughter, D. Guiomar, entailing to it the third part of his assets. The entail was already composed of a farmstead ("quinta de Albufeira") and a public debt instrument of 200 000 réis. He revoked a clause of the entail's institution, exempting its administrators of the obligation of entailing the third part of his assets to it. However, they had to use the institutor's family name and coat of arms. If D. Afonso and D. Guiomar were not able to leave descendants, the entail's succession would be determined taking into account the foundation deed of the "morgadio de Soalhães", administrated by the Conde de Penela. D. João de Meneses e Vasconcelos committed himself to give 120 000 réis, each year, to the couple. Contains copies of 5 warrants and a letter of attorney.

Dowry deed between Jorge Pessanha and D. Maria de Góis, his wife, and João Rodrigues Pessanha, widower of Joana de Mancelos and brother of Jorge Pessanha, to marry their offspring, D. Beatriz de Sousa and Ambrósio Pessanha, respectively. João Rodrigues Pessanha founded an entail with his wife and her available portions, which include half of Quinta de Cabedal and some other properties bought by him and his brother, Jorge Pessanha, giving it as a dowry to his son. He also gives to his son all his entailed assets, namely in Moreira, in the outskirts of Olivença, which belongs to the entail of Afonso de Aboim, and in Valadas, in the outskirts of Campo Maior. Jorge Pessanha and D. Maria de Góis give to their daughter, as part of her dowry, the entail that he owns in Quinta da Moreira, founded by Afonso de Aboim, and other entailed assets, listed in this deed, belonging to the entails of Ambrósio Pessanha, Fernando Rodrigues Pessanha and Teresa Eanes.

Donation deed through which D. Pedro de Castilho, Bispo de Leiria, donates lands (casais) in Golegã to his nephew, Diogo de Castilho, with the obligation of celebrating masses for the souls of Pedro's parents in the altar of S. João Baptista of the Mosteiro de Santa Cruz of Coimbra. Diogo de Castilho gives his consent to this donation.

Donation deed of the chapel of Conceição, located in the monastery of São Francisco do Porto, to Duarte Carneiro Rangel, fidalgo da casa do rei. Duarte received the chapel, where his father Mateus Mendes de Carvalho, fidalgo da casas do rei, was buried, from the hands of the monastery. He had inherited properties and rents from his father that he, together with his mother Maria Rangel, wished to entail. The donation included the right for Duarte and his heirs to be buried in the chapel and to place their coat of arms within it. Duarte Carneiro Rangel also committed himself to giving a copy of the document in which he and his mother had instituted the entail to the São Francisco Monastery.

Declaration deed of D. Violante de Távora to clarify the family name clauses and adding a clause about the coat of arms.

Declaration deed of D. Violante de Távora to clarify the family name clauses and adding a clause about the coat of arms.

Declaration deed by which Leonor Rodrigues da Veiga, Rui Lopes de Évora's widow, her eldest son, Manuel da Veiga, his wife, Isabel Gomes Angel Coronel, and their son, Rui Lopes da Veiga, fidalgo da Casa do Rei and comendador da Ordem de Cristo, clarify certain clauses of the institution of the entail founded by Leonor Rodrigues da Veiga and Rui Lopes de Évora, as had been accorded in a codicil they had made in 1609. These clarifications regard the clauses related to the behaviour of the heirs, the use of the family's coat of arms and name and the use of the entailed properties. Manuel da Veiga and his wife confirm the conditions and promise to make an entail of 80 000 cruzados which shall be incorporated in this one, which was worth 54 000 cruzados, so the entail would always have properties totaling 134 000 cruzados. They request royal confirmation. Rui Lopes da Veiga is present and accepts these conditions.

Declaration deed, ordering that the administrators of the entail were obliged to bring Pedro Mascarenhas' coat of arms and to use that family name.

Declaration deed of D. Maria da Costa Noronha adding some clauses related to her chapel, founded by her will, and the entail of Costas, founded by her parents, D. Gil Eanes da Costa and D. Margarida de Noronha. The testator specifies that she wants that only the successors of D. João da Costa, conde de Soure, succeed in her chapel. Otherwise, if his lineage becomes extinct the administration of her chapel should be transferred to Misericórdia of Lisbon. D. Maria da Costa Noronha also entails to her parents' entail a golden ring with the coat of arms of Costas. Besides, she mentions that she owns the entail founded by D. Pedro de Sousa, in which she has a lawsuit with D. Lourenço de Sousa, informing that Nuno Gomes, seu criado, has to give account of the income taken from that entail.
Declaration deed approved in 1660-03-07 and opened in 1661-04-12.

Declaration deed by Rodrigo Pereira de Castro, written in Castilian, annexing some of his own properties to the entail founded by Álvaro Afonso and Grimaneza Pereira and appointing his son, D. Gonçalo Pereira de Araújo and his descendents as the entail successors. The testator also declares some clauses and conditions regarding the entail's succession and administration.

Contract and entail foundation deed by Duarte da Gama with António da Gama, his son, and licenciado Afonso Eanes, tutor of António da Gama, in which the first one founds an entail to his son with all his assets and the latter ones commit themselves to entail all the assets that António da Gama inherited from his late mother, in her reserved portion. Duarte da Gama appoints António da Gama as the first owner of this entail and, after his death, his firstborn male son, with the pious obligation of some masses in the monastery of Nossa Senhora da Piedade of Azeitão.

Contract and entail and chapel foundation deed signed between the institutors Domingos Gomes and his nephew António de Oliveira and the Prior and Religiosos of the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra.

Contract and entail and chapel foundation deed signed between the institutors Domingos Gomes and his nephew António de Oliveira and the Prior and Religiosos of the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra.

Contract and bond deed between Fernando Álvares da Cunha and Joana Vaz, his wife, and the officers of the brotherhood of Nossa Senhora da Vitória, in Lisboa. The former undertake to help the brotherhood in the construction of the new chapel, with alms of 300 cruzados, and the latter accept that the former, and their successors, could be buried in the chancel and in the chapel of the Evangelho, where they could also have their charges celebrated.

Contract and bond deed by which António da Rocha Barém, administrator of Catarina da Rocha's entail and Alcaide-mor de Noudar, buys the chapel of Santo António to the friars of the convent of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, where the remains of the institutor and of her successors would be buried, for 350 000 réis. The administrator and his descendants are obligated to pay 63 400 réis, each year, for the celebration of annual masses for the soul of Catarina da Rocha, the lighting of two lamps and the general maintenance of the chapel. António da Rocha Barém commits himself to end the construction of that chapel within 3 years.

Contract and bond deed by which D. Miguel de Castro, inquisidor, as attorney of his brother-in-law and sister, Duarte de Albuquerque Coelho, governador de Pernambuco, and D. Joana de Castro, receives the chancel of the church of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, for their chapel and burial place, together with its patronage. He promises, in their name and the name of their successors, to build its tribunes, ornament it and maintain it, and to give 100 000 réis of interest to the convent to have two daily masses and three annual divine offices for their souls.
Contains letter-of-attorney. Followed by letter of possession.

Contract and bond deed by which António Gomes da Mata, fidalgo da Casa do Rei e seu Correio-mor, executor of his father, Luís Gomes da Mata, who had been Correio-mor, and his brothers, João Gomes da Mata and Duarte Reimão da Mata, in their names, the name of their mother, D. Isabel, and the name of D. Filipa, João's wife, receive the chapel of the invocation of Nossa Senhora da Graça in the convent of the same name, in Lisboa, to serve as their entail's chapel and as burial place for its founders, relatives and future administrators. They establish the daily masses ordered in the wills of Luís Gomes da Mata and of their eldest brother, Pedro António da Mata, and promise to give the priests of the convent a public debt instrument worth 140 000 réis to fulfil them.
Contains acceptance deeds.

Contract and bond deed made between Margarida de Horta, widow of Francisco Gomes de Alcobaça, on her behalf and Mécia Nunes de Horta, her sister, and the officers of the Confraria do Espírito Santo da Pedreira. The confraternity authorizes the burial of the first ones, and their descendants, in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in the church of Espírito Santo da Pedreira. The former undertake to make an altarpiece for it, and provide it with everything else necessary for the cult, within a year. Margarida Nunes de Horta also gives the confraternity a public debt instrument, in the amount of 50.000 réis, under the agreement. The founders could appoint the next administrator, but in case of extinction of the lineage, the administration would pass to the confraternity.