Entail and chapel foundation deed by Simão de Medeiros and Isabel Gomes. The couple declares not having children, stating that their will was to entail their estates, formed by houses in Porto and rural assets in the outskirts of the city. The property was to be owned by a single person in the manner of a "morgado". A part of the income should be channelled to the monastery of Madre de Deus de Monchique, in Porto, where they have previously negotiated the institution of a chapel, a site of burial for themselves and their descendants, to be called the "Chapel of the Medeiros". Their son Teodoro de Medeiros was already buried there, and the institutor’s coat of arms was to be placed on the wall. If the chapel wasn't accepted by the provincial of the order, the administrator of the entail was to transfer the remains of the institutor to the convent of S. Bento de Avé Maria in Porto, where Simão's parents were buried. The surviving member of the couple would be the first administrator. After them, the administrator was to be recruited from among Simão's relatives, and was to be a male, excluding clerics, illegitimate children and those who had committed crimes against God and the King. The first administrator would be obliged to register the deed of foundation in the records of the Provedoria of Porto, and his successors would have to entail more property when they took possession of the entail.

Exemplification of an entail and chapel foundation deed made by Simão de Medeiros.

Exemplification of an exemplification of an exemplification of an opening deed of a will made by Simão de Medeiros requested by the convent of Madre de Deus de Monchique.

Exemplification of an exemplification of an opening deed of a will made by Simão de Medeiros, requested by Simão de Medeiros, grandson of the institutor.

Exemplification of an opening deed of a will made by Simão de Medeiros, requested by his nephew Pedro Homem, one of its executors and provisional administrator of the entail.

Opening deed of a will of Simão de Medeiros, issued by Miguel Rebelo de Castelo Branco, Juiz dos Órfãos do Porto.

Royal sentence granting the possession of the chapel to Simão de Medeiros and his son Paulo da Fonseca.

Documents produced by the entail.

Will of Simão de Medeiros, ordering his body to be buried in the chapel previously instituted in the monastery of Madre de Deus de Monchique, in Porto. The entail was to be administrated by his nephew and executor of the will Pedro Homem for a period of six years, until Simão de Medeiros, presumed grandson of the institutor and son of the deceased Teodoro da Fonseca, comes of age and becomes legitimized by the king and the pope. Simão entails more estates, and states that, if his grandson dies without descent, the entail should be passed to the institutor’s closest kin, preferring a male heir. The administrator of the entail should always be an old-Christian.

Followed by the approval deed, mistakenly dated 1590-05-28 (fls. 64v-65v).