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Manuel Gonçalves Carvão, Maria da Fonseca entail archive
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Court sentence

Court sentence issued by the Provedor das Capelas of Angra on behalf of D. Maria da Fonseca, approving the nuncupative will of her deceased husband, Manuel Gonçalves Carvão, who had dictated it verbally on his deathbed in front a group of witnesses, which were later inquired and confirmed the dispositions left by him.

Fonseca, Maria da (d.1682)

Dispatch

Dispatch issued by the Provedor das Capelas of Angra, deferring the petition signed by Maria da Fonseca, widow of Manuel Gonçalves Carvão, in which she asked to validate the nuncupative will, dictated orally by her deceased husband, and therefore ordering the present witnesses to be inquired in a due diligence and inquiry deed.

Fonseca, Maria da (d.1682)

Due diligence and inquiry deed

Due diligence and inquiry deed made by order of the Provedor das Capelas of Angra, at the request of D. Maria da Fonseca, in order to inquire the witnesses that were present in the house of Manuel Gonçalves Carvão and witnessed the moment when he verbally dictated his own will.

Fonseca, Maria da (d.1682)

Petition

Petition signed by Maria da Fonseca, widow of Manuel Gonçalves Carvão, asking the Provedor das Capelas de Angra to validate the nuncupative will, dictated orally by her deceased husband had made to a group of witnesses, in which he ordered the foundation of an entail, composed of his available portion, with a perpetual obligation of one mass celebrated in every week of the year and the explicit clause of indivisibility of the entailed assets. He named Maria da Fonseca and their son António after her to administrate the entail, running the administration in the first born male son after him.

Fonseca, Maria da (d.1682)

Will

Will made by Maria da Fonseca in which she annexed and entailed her reserved portion to the entail founded by her deceased husband, Manuel Gonçalves Carvão, with a perpetual obligation of 25 masses celebrated every year in the chapel of N. Sra. da Conceição e São Tomás, where she should be buried, side by side with her husband. She named her son to administrate both the chapels.

Fonseca, Maria da (d.1682)

Will

Will made by Luzia dos Querubins ordering, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail, composed of properties in Terceira island, with a perpetual obligation of five masses celebrated every year. She named her mother, D. Maria da Fonseca as first administrator of the entail and her brother António da Fonseca after her, and after his death he should be succeeded by the eldest male heir. She ordered that the entail should be annexed to the entail of her father, Manuel Gonçalves Carvão.