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Will of Geraldo Moreira de Meireles, priest in S. Miguel de Bairros, instituting an entail with all his possessions. The founder requests that his body be buried in the church of S. Miguel de Bairros, in a tomb located in the main chapel. If he died elsewhere, he requests that his body be taken to the grave located under the arch of the main chapel of the church of Misericórdia of Arrifana de Sousa, funded by Amaro Moreira, who had reserved the right of burial in that space to his relatives. To the entail, Geraldo appoints as first administrators his brother Manuel Moreira de Meireles and his father Cosme Moreira. Afterwards, the estate would pass to the descendants of his brother Manuel Moreira de Meireles, or alternatively to his sister Maria de Moreira and her descendants. The possessors of the entail must always be Old Christians, excluding Jews, Moors or other people of "infeta nação". The founder also requested that a chapel dedicated to S. Geraldo, the saint of his name, be built in the house where he was born, currently owned by his brother Manuel Moreira de Meireles, or alternatively in the lands of another brother, Cosme Moreira.

Meireles, Geraldo Moreira (flor.1694)