Approval deed of the will made by João Franco Calvo in which he ordered the foundation of an entail.

Documents produced by the entail.

Opening deed of the will made by João Franco Calvo in which he ordered the foundation of an entail.

Will made by João Franco Calvo in which he ordered, among other dispositions, that his reserved portion should be annexed to the reserved portion left by his deceased wife, Maria Cardoso, and from both reserved portions he founded an entail with a perpetual obligation of 20 masses celebrated in every year in the cathedral of Angra, where their bodies should be buried. He named his four children to administrate the entail in the following order: Matias Franco should administrate it for four years and Bárbara, Catarina and Maria should administrate it for three years each, and each of them could appoint their own eldest son or grandson to alternate with the sons of the others on the administration.