Sentence by which the provedor das Capelas orders Luís de Brito do Rio to give an account of the properties which he inherited as successor to the entail and chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, to calculate the amount he should own, since, as a successor from a transversal line, he could only own half of the properties. Luís de Brito do Rio set embargos upon this sentence, claiming some of the properties had been taken without authorization, and as such he shouldn't be charged for them.
Followed by a royal sentence dated 1630-08-13, judging this sentence fair, sentences of liquidation, dated 1630-10-08, 1630-10-12, and 1630-11-16, and other procedural documentation.

Royal sentence (extract) issued by the king D. Manuel about the libel of accusation presented by the plaintiff doutor Diogo Lopes de Carvalho against the defendant Diogo Eanes. It condemns the defendant, that is administrating the chapel without a valid letter, to deliver the chapel to the plaintiff, who is grandson of Afonso Lourenço, brother of the institutor Vasco Lourenço.

Royal sentence confirming that Pedro da Silva de Meneses and D. Isabel, his wife, plaintiffs, are not aggravated by the corregedor sentence and condemning them in the proceedings expenses. The corregedor absolved Pedro de Abreu and D. Beatriz, his wife, defendants, from the requested by the plaintiffs, because the entailed farmstead (herdade) of Serra always belonged to the male ascendants of Pedro de Abreu and his grandfather, Pedro de Abreu, was older than D. Maior, his sister and mother of the plaintiff, against who he win a sentece in 1505.

Royal sentence finishing a court process between the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa, and Luís de Brito do Rio, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, husband of Joana de Lima Henriques and administrator of the entail and chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias. Luís de Brito do Rio had inherited the entail after the death, in 1619, of D. Guiomar da Silva, wife of Luís de Mendonça, who was the last successor of the institutors in direct line. As heir from a transversal line, Luís de Brito do Rio only had the right to administer half the possessions of the entail. The other half should, according to the will of the institutors, be divided in two parts: half to the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica and half for pious obligations, namely redemption of captives. There was a long process to establish which properties and what revenue was owed to each part.
Contains several documents regarding these proceedings, including royal sentences dated 1627-08-17, 1627-11-18, 1630-08-13, 1631-07-24, 1631-07-28 and 1631-07-30; sentences issued by the provedor das Capelas dated 1627-02-18, 1630-05-24, 1631-03-06 and 1631-07-24, and sentences of liquidation dated 1630-10-08, 1630-10-12 and 1630-11-16. Mentions dispatches and several embargos set upon the revenue by both parts.

Royal sentence concerning the conflict between Marta Pedroso, her husband Jerónimo de Abreu, and João Prego, regarding the portions entailed in Álvaro do Porto Pedroso and Margarida Eanes' chapel. The royal court declares the institution as valid.

Contains exemplifications of petitions and letters of attorneys.

Royal sentence issued by Casa da Suplicação, declining the appeal made on behalf of the minor Martinho Afonso de Melo, defendant and appellant, against a sentence issued by the Juiz dos Órfãos de Lisboa, Francisco Ferreira Encerrabodes on the cause that opposed him, defendand and D. Maria da Silva de Almeida, plaintiff, regarding the succession on the administration of the entail and chapel of Espírito Santo, in the church of the Misericórdia de Lisboa, founded by Luís de Almeida e Vasconcelos. The Casa de Suplicação condemned the minor Martinho Afonso de Melo and his tutors to pay for the costs of the process and deliver the administration of the entail and of the entailed properties with all of it's derived income to D. Maria da Silva.

[includes several documents, including sentences, statement of oath, termo de curador, extracts of the will and a termo de atempação].

Royal sentence judging the salt pans as belonging to the farmstead (quinta) of Amora and entail of D. Guiomar da Silveira and condemning the religious of the monastery of Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo of Lisbon to pay the autos expenses.

Royal sentence issued by D. Pedro II, judging a civil process between Manuel Martins Pereira and his wife, plaintiffs, against António Lopes Moutoso and Maria Álvares Veladas, his wife, defendants, over the administration of the chapel established by Diogo Barradas de Bem.
The sentence judges the plaintiffs as the legitimate administrators of the chapel and condemns the defendants to leave the administration and the possession of the entailed properties.
Contains inserted parts of the libel of accusation and of the contrariedade.

Royal sentence deliberating on a lawsuit opposing Cristóvão Mendes de Eça and D. Filipa de Lacerda, his wife, to Filipe Bandeira Pessoa and D. Maria de Castelo Branco, his wife, regarding the unlawful possession of entailed properties to the chapel of Santa Catarina de Vila de Rei. The court confirmed the decision of the Juiz de Fora.

Royal sentence giving to the plaintiff Lopo Godinho the administration of the chapel founded by João Afonso Barreiros and the right to appoint the successors. João Álvares, administrator appointed by the institutor in his will, didn't accepted the nomination, so the judge gave the administration of the chapel to Gil Fernandes and his descendants. The defendant Luís Vaz is now revoked from the administration.

Grace warrant of administration on behalf of João de Sousa Falcão appointing him to the administration of the chapel founded by Pedro de Sousa Falcão and his wife D. Catarina in the church of Santa Maria in the village of Alter do Chão, succeeding to his late father Cristóvão Falcão de Sousa.

Court sentence absolving Vasco Gomes and his wife, defendants, from the requested by Manuel Lopes Mena and his wife, plaintiffs, who accused them of having the possession of some houses belonging to the chapel of Martinho Vaz Grilheiro administrated by them. It is proven that the houses in Rua de Vasco Lopes, Castelo de Vide, belong to the chapel founded to the descendants of Rodrigo Álvares, brother of the institutor, administrated by the defendants, and not to the other chapel, administrated by the plaintiffs.

Court sentence condemning the defendant, D. João de Mascarenhas, to relinquish the improperly possessed properties of Luís Gonçalves da Câmara, the institutor's grandson, and their income to the plaintiff, D. João de Mascarenhas, administrator, to be annexed to the entail of D. Branca de Vilhena. The relinquished properties should value 4000 cruzados or 100.000 réis, corresponding to the amount of the entailed public debt instrument.

Court sentence judging a litigation between Jorge de Macedo Leite, as tutor of António Leite Pacheco, plaintiff and administrator of the entail of D. Filipa Soares, and D. Violante Soares, defendant, about the entailed or free nature of Casais dos Cruzetos, in the outskirts of Lavra, in Alentejo, and the validity or not of the institutor's will. This sentence is not granted until the main lawsuit is judged in a higher court.

Court sentence condemning the defendants to relinquish to João Dantas de Puga, plaintiff and administrator of the chapel and entail of Gaspar Lopes do Lago and Isabel Dantas, the movables and properties of the institutors, worth 10.000 cruzados, with their income, from their misappropriation until their return.

Court sentence condemning Manuel Cardoso, defendant, to relinquish to José Borges, plaintiff and administrator of the estate of António de Avelar, absent and administrator of the chapel of Inês Fernandes, some houses, in Lisboa, with their income since the undue occupation until their return, which he improperly seized to execute a debt of Domingos Gonçalves, father of António de Avelar. The plaintiff has to pay the repairs made by the defendent in the property. It is proved that Manuel Cardoso seized the houses during the administration of António de Avelar, who inherited the chapel from his mother, Margarida de Avelar, and is not his father's heir.

Court sentence (transcription) that judges a litigation between D. Fernando Forjaz Pimentel de Meneses e Silva and D. Vicência Henriques, condes da Feira and plaintiffs, and Inácia de Meneses and D. Henrique Henriques, defendants, about the ownership of the property of Silveirinhas, in Olivença, which the plaintiffs claim as belonging to the entail of João Meneses Soutomaior, because it is located in the middle of their farmstead of "Vallosevadal". It absolves the defendants from the requested by the plaintiffs and judges the property of Silveirinhas as belonging to the entail of D. Maria de Vilhena.

Court sentence absolving Maria Rodrigues, defendant, from relinquish to Cipriano de Sousa, plaintiff and administrator of the entail of Pedro Álvares, a house in the place of Mosteiros, because he did not proved his and his ancestors' ownership.

Court sentence condemning Manuel de Abreu de Sequeira and D. Maria de Abreu e Vasconcelos, defendants, to relinquish to António Batista da Silva and his brothers, plaintiffs, some houses, in Cordoaria Velha, claimed by the defendants as belonging to the entail of Sebastião de Abreu and D. Antónia de Vasconcelos, his wife. They should also pay the income generated since the undue occupation until their return. It is not proven that the houses belong to the entail and the defendants did not prove the entail's foundation. The houses were donated by Gaspar de Abreu, son of the institutors, first administrator and father of D. Maria de Abreu e Vasconcelos, to one of the sisters of the plaintiff for her wedding.

Court sentence ordering the fulfilment of the appealed sentence and its record in the chancery, because it is not proven by the appellants that the houses belong to the entail of Sebastião de Abreu and D. Antónia de Vasconcelos, of which they are the successors.

Court sentence judging the seizure of some houses, in Lisboa, belonging to the entail of Fernando Lopes, to execute a debt from Duarte Fernandes as void. It also condemns the heirs of António de Sousa and Domingos Gonçalves, defendants, to relinquish the houses, bought at auction by António de Sousa, and their income since the contested lawsuit until their return to Joana Maria Pimentel Soutomaior, tutor and administrator of her eldest son, D. Gaspar da Costa Soutomaior, administrator of the entail of Fernando Lopes.

Court sentence judging a litigation between José Gomes da Silva, plaintiff, and D. Isabel Barreto, defendant, about the ownership of the estate of André de Sousa Chichorro and his wife, D. Filipa de Sequeira. It condemns the defendant to relinquish the properties, which she claims that belong to the entail of André de Sousa Chichorro and his wife, to the author, because they are not entailed, but they are from an extincted temporal fideicomisso.

Court sentence judging that the farmstead (quinta) claimed by the defendant, not named, as belonging to the entail of D. Filipa de Sequeira is not entailed and is tributary to Ordem de Cristo. It condemns the defendants to relinquish to the plaintiffs, not named, the farmstead, with its income generated since the undue occupation.

Court sentence partially confirming and partially revoking the previous sentence from Juiz de Fora of Ponta Delgada. It judges that the institutor's movables were not entailed, so it condemns the defendant to relinquish to the plaintiffs the houses located next Nossa Senhora da Boa-Nova and the moios declared in the institutor's will, with their income generated since the contested lawsuit, and it absolves them from relinquishing the movables and properties not declared in the mentioned will. It also absolves the plaintiffs from the requested by the defendants in their counterclaim.

Court sentence absolving the defendant, Licenciado Frei Francisco Soares, prior of Benavente, from relinquishing the sixth part of the farmstead of Pretos to the plaintiffs, Luís, minor and administrator of the chapel of D. Joana de Vasconcelos, and D. Margarida Coutinho, his mother and tutor. It is proven that the farmstead is a free estate and was never entailed to the chapel.

Court sentence condemning João Salvago, defendant, to relinquish an olive grove, with its income generated since the contested lawsuit, to Francisco de Atouguia, plaintiff and rightful administrator of the chapel of Maria Pais, because he is the son of António de Atouguia, the second appointed administrator, and grandson of the institutor. The defendant and his ancestors owned the olive grove with ill will, so he can not use the expiration benefit.

Court sentence absolving D. Branca Manuel, defendant and daughter of Tomé Lopes, from paying a maintenance to the plaintiffs, Vicente de Aragão e Ataíde and his wife, allegedly son-in-law and daughter of the same Tomé Lopes, who claim to be poor, so they can carry on a lawsuit in court about the free and entailed assets of their father and father-in-law, administrator of the entail of João Manuel de Lisboa. The defendant took possession of the assets of her father, both free and entailed to the entail of João Manuel de Lisboa.

Court sentence absolving Bartolomeu Caeiro, his wife and Josefa Maria, his sister, defendants, from the requested by Cristóvão de Sousa Esteves Dalte, plaintiff and administrator, who accused him of possessing with ill will the farmstead (herdade) of Soverigo, in the outskirts of Viana do Alentejo, claimed as belonging to the entail of doutor Bernardim Dalte da Silva. It judges the farmstead as free and not entailed and orders that the defendants conserve its ownership.

Court sentence condemning Pedro João and his wife, defendants, to relinquish to João da Costa Travassos, plaintiff, the vegetable garden (horta) of Fonte do Agueiro, with its income generated since the contested lawsuit, which belongs to the chapel or entail of Leonis da Costa Travassos and Leonor da Costa, his wife.

Court sentence absolving José Freire de Vasconcelos, defendant and administrator of entail and chapel of João de Pina Freire, chantre of the cathedral of Guarda, from the requested by António das Póvoas de Brito, plaintiff, regarding the property of Tentúgal, because it belongs to the entail, and condemning him to relinquish the mentioned leases to the plaintiff, to whom they belong as heir of his son, Luís Carlos, the last administrator, with their income generated since the undue occupation until their return.

Court sentence condemning D. Luísa de Miranda, defendant, to relinquish to the plaintiffs, António de Barros de Sampaio and D. Antónia de Melo, his wife, some houses belonging to the entail of D. Inês de Gouveia. It is proven that the houses are entailed and that the entail belongs to the plaintiffs, because D. Antónia de Melo is the niece and closest relative of Fernando Figueira de Moura, the last administrator, and from the institutor's bloodline.

Court sentence judging João da Costa Ferreira, plaintiff, as the rightful successor of the chapel of Maria da Silveira, widow of Álvaro Penteado, founded in 1595, because he is the grandson of Maria de Alquevim and João Rodrigues, endowed by the institutor and first administrators. It condemns licenciado Nuno Rodrigues de Azevedo and his wife, Maria de Alquevim, defendants, to relinquish to the plaintiff the chapel's assets, improperly owned by them, with their income generated since the contested lawsuit.

Court sentence condemning the defendant, an unnamed woman, administrator of the entail of Diogo Afonso, to relinquish to the plaintiff, not named, the farmstead (quinta) of Ribeira, in Almada, with its income generated since the undue occupation until its return, because it is a free and not entailed property.

Court sentence ordering António Gomes, defendant, to return to Manuel Simões Perdigão, plaintiff, the properties belonging to the entail of Diogo Dias Perdigão that he improperly owns. He is condemned to relinquish the income of all assets generated since the undue occupation until its return, except the income generated by a vineyard he bought to the plaintiff's father, which he should only pay since the contested lawsuit.

Court sentence condemning capitão Jordão Jácome Raposo, defendant and widow of D. Maria Margarida, last administrator, to relinquish to D. Antónia Borges de Medeiros, plaintiff with her husband, António Soares de Sousa, and current administrator, all the assets belonging to the entail of padre Filipe Borges de Medeiros, with their income generated since the undue occupation until their return. It also absolves the plaintiff from paying to the defendant a debt he claimed, in his counterclaim, the institutor owed to his wife, D. Maria Margarida.

Court sentence condemning marquesa of Alenquer, defendant, to relinquish to condessa do Vimioso, plaintiff and administrator, the farmstead (quinta) of Junqueiro, in Carcavelos, which was bought by the plaintiff's father, Duarte de Albuquerque, during the absence of his brother, Matias de Albuquerque, first administrator, and annexed to the entail of Matias de Albuquerque.

Court sentence absolving D. Isabel Henriques, defendant, from the request of D. Lopo Rodrigues de Évora e Veiga, plaintiff and administrator of the entail of Nicolau Veiga, to return him some houses, in Lisbon, which he claims that belong to the entail. It was proven that the houses were bought by Padre Nicolau da Veiga Ximenes, executor of Nicolau Veiga, with his own money and not with the institutor’s money.

Court sentence judging that the estate and public debt instrument of 12.000 réis of António Madeira, nephew of António Madeira, the entail's institutor, belong to Miguel Madeira, defendant, as the entail's administrator. The plaintiff, Manuel Viegas, took possession of the estate of António Madeira (nephew), presenting his and his wife's fake will. Miguel Madeira is the rightful heir of António Madeira (nephew) and his wife, Isabel Botelha, who didn't have children, so their public debt instrument of 12.000 réis belongs to the entail, according to a donation from António Madeira (uncle).

Court sentence proving the foundation of the chapel of Francisco Faleiro and declaring D. Luísa de Meneses, plaintiff with her husband, Manuel de Almeida, as its rightful successor, because she is a natural and legitimated daughter of Jorge da Fonseca de Meneses, last administrator. It judges that the income of one moio of wheat imposed in the farmstead (herdade) of Aldeia das Três, in the outskirts of Beja, belongs to the chapel and condemns João de Aboim Pessanha, defendant, to relinquish it to the plaintiff, with its income since the death of Jorge da Fonseca de Meneses.

Court sentence absolving the defendants, not named, from relinquishing some properties requested by the plaintiffs, not named, and claimed as belonging to the chapel and entail of João Martins, abbot of Perre, located in the farmstead (quinta) of Olheire, in Perre, because they are free and not entailed. Besides, the plaintiffs can not bring an action against the defendants because the current administrator is his father and father-in-law, Manuel Antunes, absent and presumably alive.

Court sentence condemning D. Maria Josefa da Cunha, defendant, to waive the properties of the entail of Nisa, in the outskirts of Grândola, founded by D. Pedro de Lima, to the plaintiffs, D. João de Lima and D. Martinho Ribeiro, on behalf of his wife, D. Mariana de Lima, cousin of D. João de Lima, because they are descendants of the instituitor. The defendant took possession of the properties for being married to Estêvão Brandão de Lima, last administrator, of whom she was heir, since they didn't have children. Altought, it was proved that D. Maria Josefa da Cunha only received, by donation, his husband's free properties.

Court sentence, issued by the conservador of the Universidade of Évora, in a lawsuit between Miguel Pacheco Pimentel and D. Luísa Mesquita Pimentel, his wife, plaintiffs, against Jorge de Melo Coutinho, and his wife, and D. João Casco de Melo, and his wife, defendants, relating to the administration of the entail instituted by Gil Rodrigues de Vasconcelos. The judgment does not prove the plaintiff's allegations and recognizes the defendants as the legitimate owners of the entailed properties. Furthermore, both defendants have to determine which one of them should be responsible for the administration of the entail.

Court sentence accepting a motion by Francisco Ferreira de Góis who proved certain houses he possessed weren't part of the entail established by Sebastião de Abreu and D. Antónia de Vasconcelos, since they had been subrogated for a public debt instrument set in the Alfândega of Lisboa.

Court sentence delivered from Padre João Alves Nordelo condemning the defendant to relinquish to the plaintiff the litigated properties with their income generated since the contested lawsuit until their return, because it is proven that they belong to the entail and, according to its institution, they can not be alienated.

Court sentence issued by the Juiz dos Órfãos de Lisboa, Francisco Ferreira Encerrabodes, condemning the defendant Martinho Afonso de Melo to relinquish and give the administration of the entail and chapel founded by Luís de Almeida de Vasconcelos to the plaintiff, D. Maria da Silva de Almeida, alongside with all the entailed properties and the revenue derived from them, from the time he unlawfully entered on the administration to the present, he was also sentenced to pay for the costs of the process. The sentence was issued based on the papers presented by both parties involved, but specially on the fact that Martinho Afonso de Melo was a natural and legitimized son of Martinho Afonso de Melo, who died while the last administrator, D. Luísa da Silva, was still alive. Therefore, D. Maria da Silva, aunt of the defendant, as legitimate daughter, should have the preference on the succession.

Court sentence delivered from Doutor Jorge Cardoso judging the expiration (prescrição) exception as unproven, because it is proven that the litigatied property belongs to the available portion and entail of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas.

Court sentence given by the Provedor ordering that the chapel founded by António Domingues belongs to the crown, because it's vacant. The defendant Gil Fernandes doesn't have the foundation deed and doesn't fulfill the pious obligations for six years. Orders that Gonçalo Rodrigues administrate temporarily the chapel until the king appoints another person and the tenants to pay the rents.

Court sentence issued by Aires Gomes da Silva, regedor na Comarca and Correição de Entre Douro e Minho, judging a civil suit between João Gonçalves, plaintiff, against Lopo de Basto, his wife Maria Domingues and Gonçalo Eanes, defendants, concerning the limits and confrontations of the Quinta de Guilhamelo. The sentence states that the chapel had been instituted by Nuno Ribeiro, in 1435. The sentence condemns the defendants to deliver the property to the plaintiff, who is recognised as the closest descendant of the institutor and legitimate administrator of the chapel.

Court sentence confirming the partitions made after the death of Simão de Quadros, son and heir of André de Quadros and Joana Pereira. It was requested by Miguel de Quadros, grandson of Simão de Quadros and son of his eldest son, also called André de Quadros, heir of the entail of Ventosa. They were made to clarify which properties belonged to the entail, and if the nuns of the monastery of Santa Clara de Santarém had a right to them, since there were members of the family who had professed in it.
Contains documentation regarding the partitions, namely the inventory and evaluation deeds, motions, appeals and sentences, letters-of-attorney, letters of possession, a dowry deed to Miguel de Quadros' aunts, a renunciation deed by Miguel de Quadros and his wife, D. Catarina de Portugal e Castro, to André de Quadros' inheritance, an extract of Simão de Quadros' will and a royal warrant.

Court sentence condemning Manuel Fernandes Camacho and his wife, defendants, to relinquish to D. Afonso Henriques and D. Joana Castro, his wife, plaintiffs, the contested assets, with their income generated since the contested lawsuit, because they were annexed by Pedro de Brito to his available portion.

Court sentence condemning Cristóvão de Araújo de Santarém, defendant, to relinquish the entailed lands and woods to Lourenço Pires Carvalho, plaintiff and administrator of the entail of Azambujeira, and pay their income since the undue occupation until their return.

Court sentence delivered from Doutor João Francisco Capelli with Doutor João de Sequeira Queirós, assessor judge, revoking the previous sentence, which confirmed the sentence from vigário geral of Angra, and confirming the sentence delivered from ouvidor juiz comissário, because it is proven that the litigated properties belong to the entail of João Afonso das Grotas.

Court sentence by which the petition submitted by the religious of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa and the motions presented by the count of Faro, executor of his mother D. Luísa Cabral’s will, are judged. The priests asked for the amounts spent in his mother’s funeral and for the public debt instrument of 40 000 réis to ensure the pious obligations at the convent for her soul, for her husband’s, D. Dinis de Faro, and for her late son’s, D. João de Faro. It mentions Luísa Cabral’s will, approved on 1604-07-20, a contract she established with the priests in 1614 and the payment she made, and a codicil where she made some amends to her will. The charges and payment established and to accomplish after her death should have been approved by her son since she gave him all her properties in his lifetime to form an entail, according to a contract of dowry and institution. Thus, the count of Faro is not obliged to give a public debt instrument of 40 000 réis to the convent, but he must pay the funeral and other charges' expenses, which are detailed.

Court sentence judging a civil process between padre António Pires, plaintiff, against defendants, on the possession of land belonging to the chapel established by Diogo Afonso, in Vale do Peso.
The sentence judges the chapel, in the absence of the institution, as a regular entail and the plaintiff as its legitimate administrator, condemning the defendants to surrender the entail.

Court sentence judging a lawsuit between Lourenço Pires Carvalho and João Ferreira and Jerónimo Pestana and judging the litigated property as belonging to Lourenço Pires Carvalho, according to the old tombo. It orders the incorporation of this property in the new entail's tombo.

Court sentenced by Doutor João Carvalho de Almeida, ordering that Pedro de Vilas Boas, Pedro de Fragoso's son and heir, should deliver to his cousin Isabel Dias the estates left by his father to institute a chapel, on which he appointed Isabel Dias as administrator. According to the sentence, Pedro de Vilas Bolas retained the estates and the pious deeds were never performed.

Court sentence ordering that the estates entailed to the chapel instituted by Afonso Luís and Ana Afonso should be delivered to their daughter and administrator Apolónia. According to the sentence, some estates were in possession of Manuel Afonso, another of the couple's children, and for that reason the pious obligations were not fulfiled.

Court sentence condemning the defendant to give up the possession of lands incorporated in Rui Grego and Valentina de Almeida's entail, which should belong to its administrator, António de Araújo, plaintiff. It is mentioned that the latter is Pedro Álvares' son, who was the entail's first administrator and servant (criado) of its institutors.

Court sentence issued by the corregedor cível da corte adjudicating a civil process between Manuel Martins Pereira and his wife, plaintiffs, against António Lopes Moutoso and Maria Álvares Veladas, his wife, defendants, on the administration of the chapel established by Diogo Barradas de Bem.
The sentence judges the plaintiffs as the legitimate administrator of the chapel, condemns the defendants to leave the administration and possession of the entailed properties.

Court sentence by which the Juiz de Fora condemned the defendants to give up the properties entailed to the chapel administrated by Cristóvão Mendes de Eça and Filipa de Lacerda, his wife, and all the documents related to them. The defendant was also obligated to pay the court fees.

Confirmation letter and royal sentence on behalf of João Álvares, administrator of the chapel founded by VIcentes Simões in the church of São Julião of the village of Punhete.

Apostolic sentence delivered by Doutor António de Basto Pereira, apostolic notary, condemning vicar Belchior Manuel de Sampaio to relinquish the litigated property to Paulo Pacheco da Mota and Francisca Raposo, his wife, because it belongs to the entail or chapel of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas and they are its administrators.
Contains: undated tenções from Doutor António de Basto Pereira and his assessor judge in the lawsuit decision.

Acórdão from the Desembargo partially confirming the previous sentence and partially revoking it. It judges that the defendants should pay the income of the reserved portion of Gaspar Lopes since the properties’ misappropriation and the income of the reserved portion of Isabel Dantas since the impugnment.

Acórdão from Desembargo that confirms the previous sentence from Desembargador Juiz Comissário, clarifying how the income that the defendants should pay and the improvements that the plaintiff should pay to them will be estimated.

Acórdão do Desembargo ordering the fulfilment of the appealed sentence and its record in the chancery.

Acórdão do Desembargo ordering that the appealed sentence goes to chancery and reserving to the appellant the right to demand the maintenance.

Acórdão from Desembargo which revoke the previous sentence, condemning the defendant, D. Maria Josefa da Cunha, to return the income of the properties of the entail of D. Pedro de Lima since the death of her husband onwards and absolving her from the return of the two properties of Casa Branca and Ervedal, once she received them, by donation, from her old husband, as a reward for her youth.

Acórdão from Desembargo partially confirming and partially revoking the previous sentence. It absolves the plaintiff, Manuel Viegas, from relinquish the estate of António Madeira (nephew) to the defendant, declaring his will as valid, but condemns him to relinquish the public debt instrument of 12.000 réis (in the meantime reduced to 9600 réis, by a king's order) to the defendant, Miguel Madeira, the entail's administrator. It refers that António Madeira (nephew) entailed his estate to a chapel, founded in his will.

Acórdão do Desembargo partially confirming and partially revoking the previous sentence from Juiz de Fora. It changes the decision about the counterclaim and condemns the plaintiff to pay all the value of the vegetable garden (horta) of Fonte do Agueiro to the defendants, because the assets of D. Joana de Almeida, the plaintiff's mother, are not yet divided.

Acórdão do Desembargo partially confirming and partially revoking the previous sentence. It absolves António Gomes, defendant, from relinquish the income since the undue occupation until its return and condemns him to only relinquish to Manuel Simões Perdigão, plaintiff, the income generated at the time he is the entail's administrator, after his father's death.

Acórdão do Desembargo that confirms the previous sentence, reserving the defendant's right against the plaintiff if the assets to entail are not enough.

Acórdão do Desembargo that revokes a previous sentence from Juiz do Cível, absolving the defendant from relinquishing to the plaintiff the farmstead (quinta) of Ribeira, in Almada, because it is proven that it is entailed and belongs to the entail of Diogo Afonso.

Acórdão do Desembargo partially confirming and partially revoking the previous sentence from Corregedor das Ilhas. It condemns the defendant to also relinquish to the plaintiffs the intitutor's movables or their fair value to annex to the entail, because it is proven that they were entailed.

Acórdão do Desembargo confirming the previous sentence from Juiz de Fora da Guarda.

Acórdão em Relação that orders the fulfilment of the sentence from Corregedor do Cível da Corte, declaring that the defendants only should pay the income generated since the contested lawsuit.

Ácórdão em Relação from Desembargo partially confirming and partially revoking the previous sentence. It states that the will of António Madeira (nephew) is false and Miguel Madeira is his closest relative and his estate heir, condemning Manuel Viegas to relinquish the properties and their income, from the contested lawsuit until their return.

Acórdão em Relação from Desembargo that confirms the previous sentence from Provedor das Capelas, declaring that Manuel Cardoso, defendant, only should pay the income of the seized houses since the contested lawsuit.

Acórdão em Relação from Desembargo partially confirming the previous sentence and partially revoking it. It judges that the estate from the litigation belong to the entail founded by D. Filipa de Sequeira in her will, in which she appointed doutor Luís Mendes Barreto, father of D. Isabel Barreto, as her successor, so the plaintiffs, strange to the founder and first administrator, are not the properties' rightful owners.

Acórdão em Relação ordering that the acórdão of 1678-08-27 pass through the chancellery, be handed over to the parties and that the author pay the expenses.

Acórdão em Relação ordering that the acórdão of 1678-08-27 pass through the chancellery, be handed over to the parties and that the author pay the expenses.

Acórdão em Relação condemning capitão Manuel Duarte Sobreiro, defendant, to relinquish the farmhouse (casal) of Securio, with his income, to Domingos Soares Barbosa, plaintiff and administrator of the entail founded by doutor Pedro Barbosa, doutor Gaspar Barbosa, his brother, and D. Leonor Soares, his wife. The farmhouse was entailed by D. Leonor Soares.

Acórdão em Relação judging the civil process between Teobaldo de Lemos de Campos, author, against Francisco de Lemos e Nápoles, defendant, about the assets of chapel instituted by António Rodrigues de Figueiredo and Maria Rodrigues de Figueiredo, his sister. The sentence orders the execution of the previous one, forcing the defendant to return the assets of the chapel.

Acórdão em relação ordering that the chapel founded by Grácia Afonso and the chapel founded by Maria Vicente are vacant and both belongs to the crown. The defendant Simão Leitão and his father took possession of the two chapels without a valid letter, so they are condemned to pay 6.000 réis each year since the intrusion and until the sequestration imposed in 1626. The two chapels must have a ledger and the two churches must have an inscription of each chapel.

Acórdão em relação condemning the defendants Baltasar Pires and others to deliver the chapel to the plaintiff Procurador da Coroa as well as the chapel's income since the start of the legal action. The defendants doesn't have a valid administration letter and the assets are splitted between them.

Acórdão em relação not accepting the motion presented by the defendant D. Joana de Castro ordering her to comply with the previous sentence; and accepting the motion presented by the defendant João de Sousa Falcão, but not granting his request because he received the chapel's income between 1611 and 1614 without an administration letter. Therefore the chapel must be registered in the Capelas da Coroa, put an inscription in the church, and three copies of the tombo, one for the administrator, one for the Provedoria and another one for Torre do Tombo.
who received a grace warrant of administration, to remake the tombo before taking possession of the chapel.

Acórdão em relação declaring that the defendant Bernardo Rodrigues is an illegal administrator as it was requested by the Procurador da Coroa, plaintiff. Therefore, the chapel belongs to the crown. The court sentence issued by the Provedor da Fazenda of Madeira Island is revoked; an inscription must be placed in the grave of João Preto and Pedro Álvares do Trato, and it is necessary to make the chapel's tombo.

Acórdão em Relação confirming the previous sentence issued by desembargador, who served as a corregedor, and condemning the appellants in the autos expenses.

Acórdão em relação not accepting the motion presented by the appellants and ordering to comply the previous sentence. The crown must take possession of the chapel. The motion is notoriously fraudulent. The defendants are condemned to pay 4.000 réis per year since 1605, the chapel's tombo must be remade, an inscription will be placed in the church, and if there's any assets missing the defendants will have to substitute them with their own assets.

Acórdão em relação accepting the accusation presented by the Procurador da Coroa, plaintiff, condemning the defendant D. Joana de Castro to drop the chapel's administration, because she is descendant of Francisco de Almada, son-in-law of the institutors, and his second wife, and besides that she hasn't a valid letter to administrate the chapel; it orders the defendant João de Sousa Falcão, who received a grace warrant of administration, to remake the tombo before taking possession of the chapel.

Acórdão em Relação declaring that the chapel founded by Gil Martins becomes vacant in favour of the Crown and that its administration belongs for lifetime to D. Maria Berarda de Lima who has judicially denounced its vacancy. This acórdão should by transcript in the Capelas da Coroa book and in the Torre do Tombo books; and D. Maria Berarda Lima should have to require the administration letter to the Desembargo do Paço and make the tombo.

Acórdão em Relação judging the civil process between Francisco de Lemos e Nápoles, author, against Teobaldo de Lemos de Campos, defendant, about the chapel instituted by António Rodrigues de Figueiredo and Maria Rodrigues de Figueiredo, his sister. The sentence reaffirms that the chapel was vacant for the Crown and its legitimate administration belonged to the defendant. He orders that the Crown take possession of the chapel and that it be registered in the books of Torre do Tombo and in the Capelas da Coroa, as well as that the provedor da comarca make the assets' tombo, making them hand over to the administrator.

Acórdão em Relação declaring that the chapel founded by Inês Fernandes becomes vacant to the crown and that its administration belongs for lifetime to padre Crispim Luís Soeiro who has judicially denounced its vacancy. The defendant padre Semião Dias Ribeiro must drop the houses, because they belong to the chapel, and is condemned to pay back the incomes since the begining of the legal action.

Acórdão em Relação declaring that the chapel founded by Aldonça Eanes becomes vacant to the crown and that its administration belongs for lifetime to licenciado António de Azevedo Cotrim who has judicially denounced its vacancy. He must require the administration letter to Desembargo do Paço and make the tombo. The defendants Brás da Fonseca and his wife are condemned to drop the chapel and to pay the incomes obtained since the legal action has started.

Acórdão em relação which opposed the plaintiff Procurador da Coroa against several defendants, in which is included Diogo de Sampaio de Melo and other ones that are not nominated, ordering them to deliver to the Procurador da Coroa the chapel's administration since that they don't show the administration letter. The chapel belongs from now on to the crown. This chapel is attached to the chapel of Maria Eanes.

Acórdão em relação which opposed the plaintiff Procurador da Coroa against several defendants, in which is included Diogo de Melo de Sampaio and other ones that are not nominated, ordering them to deliver to the Procurador da Coroa the chapel's administration since that they don't show the administration letter. The chapel belongs from now on to the crown.

Acórdão em Relação revoking the previous sentence, delivered from juiz de fora, because it is proven that the plaintiff, unnamed, is the ligitimate successor of the entail of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas. It orders to the defendants to relinquish the properties of Faial and Maia to the plaintiff.

Acórdão em relação, judging a civil process between José de Oliveira, plaintiff, against Isabel Henriques, defendant, about the possession of some houses in Lisbon, located in front of the church of São Nicolau, entailed by António Sanches.
The sentence acquits the defendant, since, although the plaintiff had denounced the chapel as vacant, and the houses were, in effect, of the chapel, he was not yet its administrator.

Acórdão em relação, judging a civil process between José de Oliveira, plaintiff, assisted by the procurador da Coroa, against Estêvão de Frias da Frota, defendant, on the possession of a salt pan, located in Silveira, on the outskirts of Alcácer, property of the chapel instituted by António Sanches, in the convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça of Lisbon.
The sentence condemns the defendant, for not having a document that legitimizes the possession of the salt pan, ordering that it be attached to the chapel's assets.

Acórdão em relação, judging a civil process of motion between Estêvão de Frias da Frota, appellant, against José de Oliveira, appellee, about the possession of a salt pan, located in Silveira, on the outskirts of Alcácer, property of the chapel instituted by António Sanches, in the convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça of Lisbon.
The sentence judges the motions as invalid, ordering the fulfillment of the previous sentence.

Acórdão em relação, judging a process between José de Oliveira e Silva, plaintiff, against Joana Siaviliger, defendant, about the possession of an income (foro), in the amount of 30.000 réis, belonging to the chapel instituted by António Sanches.
The sentence acquits the defendant, condemning the plaintiff for the costs of the process.