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Chapel foundation deed

Chapel foundation deed by Luís Álvares de Madureira, acting as the executor of Senhorinha Dias' testament, and fulfilling her will. Senhorinha had previously been named as the heir of her late husband, Rui Gomes de Azevedo. Senhorinha wished to establish a chapel in the convent of S. Domingos do Porto, where her husband was buried, and where perpetual masses would be celebrated for the benefit of the couple's souls. The first administrator would be a nephew of Senhorinha's late husband. Rui Gomes de Azevedo, who is not named in the document. Until he came of age, Bartolomeu Lopes, squire and "criado" to the Bishop of Porto, would administer the entail. After that, the succession would go to the first-born sons, excluding clerics.

Licence letter

Licence letter to Senhorinha Dias, widow of Rui Gomes de Azevedo, allowing her to establish a chapel for her husband's soul in the monastery of São Domingos of Porto. It is referred that a few days before her husband died, he made his will, appointing her as his universal heir.

Dias, Senhorinha (flor.1476)

Registry book record

Registry book record concerning the tombo of the chapel instituted by Rui Gomes de Azevedo and Senhorinha Dias in the monastery of S. Domingos, in Porto.

Senhorinha Dias entail

Tombo

Tombo of the chapel instituted by Rui Gomes de Azevedo and Senhorinha Dias, ordered by Diogo Borges, juiz dos resíduos.

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Senhorinha Dias, granting permission to her cousin Luís Álvares de Madureira to institute a chapel in her name and in the name of her late husband Rui Gomes de Azevedo, if she failed to do so in her life. The chapel was to follow the rules of the chapel founded by the knight Fernando Eanes in the convent of S. Domingos do Porto. The first administrator would be a nephew of Rui Gomes, son of Pedro Esteves and Mécia Álvares Aranha, sister of her husband. He would also have to be a person capable of managing the chapel properly, and he would have to live in Porto.

Dias, Senhorinha (flor.1476)