Acceptance deed of the composition between Simão de Andrade and the monastery of São Bento da Vitória by Luísa Ferreira, Simão’s wife.

Composition deed between the monastery of S. Bento da Vitória do Porto and Simão de Andrade, citizen of Porto. The monastery ceded to Simão de Andrade, his wife and heirs, a chapel to be built in the new church of the monastery. It should be the first chapel immediately after the bars and next to the church crossing, on the side of the cloister. The chapel would have a retable in which the couple would place an image of S. Simão. Simão de Andrade, his wife and subsequent administrators of the chapel had the right to bury themselves there, on the floor or on the walls, and to place their coat of arms there. The monks had the right to use the chapel to celebrate mass, as well as a daily and perpetual mass for the souls of the institutors. In return, the couple entailed houses in Porto and cereal rents, and left 200.000 réis to the construction of the chapel.

Composition deed between the monastery of São Bento da Vitória and Filipe da Silva Vasconcelos, son and attorney of Maria de Pinha Pinta, administrator of Simão de Andrade's chapel, regarding a conflict about the revenues of the entailed properties.

Composition deed between the monastery of Santo Tirso and Margarida Ferreira, heir and administrator of the chapel instituted by Simão de Andrade and Luísa Ferreira, by which the monastery promises to pay a sum to the chapel by the lease of one property that belonged to the deceased couple.

Exemplification of Simão de Andrade’s will, required by his widow Luísa Ferreira.

Letter of attorney by Maria de Pinha Pinta, appointing his son Filipe da Silva de Vasconcelos.

Documents produced by the entail.

Will of Simão de Andrade and Luísa Ferreira. They declared that their bodies should be buried in the chapel they had founded in the convent of S. Bento da Vitória do Porto, to be built in the new church. If the work had not been completed at the time of their death, their bodies would be transferred to the new church as soon as it was built. The couple referred to the contract they had previously concluded with the monks regarding the chapel and mentioned that they had left the additional sum of 107,600 réis for the maintenance of the chapel.

Followed by the approval deed (1620-03-18).