Approval deed of the will made by Francisco Vaz da Fonseca in which he ordered the foundation of an entail.

Exemplification of the will made by Francisco Vaz da Fonseca in which he ordered the foundation of an entail.

Documents produced by the entail.

Will made by Francisco Vaz da Fonseca in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail with a perpetual mass obligation of five masses celebrated every year in the mother church of Angra, Terceira island, where his body should be buried. He named his father as first administrator of the entail during his lifetime, but with no obligation of ordering the celebration of the masses. After his death, the entail should be administrated by his sister Ana who could appoint one or her daughters to succeed her or give the entail as part of a dowry to one of her daughters, if any of them wished to get married. From there on the succession should always continue in any female daughter, always appointed by the last female administrator, and, in the absence of female heirs, the male could administrate the entail, but only until a new female was born. If Ana had no children, the entail's administration should be given to one of the daughters of André Fernandes.