Approval deed of the will made by Catarina Franca in which she founded an entail.

Documents produced by the entail.

Will of Catarina Franca ordering, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail with a pepetual obligation of two masses celebrated every week, naming her son João Cardoso to be the first administrator. Her body should be buried in the chapel of N. Sra. da Conceição, in the convent of São Francisco, in Angra, Terceira island, side by side with her deceased husband. She also named João Cardoso as administrator of the entail founded by Pedro Cardoso, her deceased son, that should be annexed to her own entail. After the death of João, the eldest male heir should inherit the administration, or the female in the absence of male heir. If João had no heirs, the administration should be transmitted to Joana or Catarina Cardosa, her daughters.