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Letter of attorney

Letter of attorney by Gabriel de Araújo Vasconcelos and Ângela da Fonseca, granting Manuel de Bastos Moura the necessary powers to fulfill the will of Miguel da Fonseca.

Vasconcelos, Gabriel de Araújo de (flor.1679)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of father Miguel da Fonseca, by which he declared that he wished to institute a chapel in the hermitage of Santa Ana, with the perpetual obligation of a daily mass. The testator left "um conto de réis" to be entailed. He appointed his niece Ângela da Fonseca, married to Gabriel de Araújo de Vasconcelos, as the first administrator, followed by her descendants, with the right to appoint one of her children as her successor. If she failed to do so, preference would be given to first-born sons. If they had no descendants, the entail would go to another of the founder's nieces, Mariana da Fonseca, or finally to his natural daughter, Marta da Fonseca. The administrators were obliged to use the family name and had to report to the Juízo dos Resíduos every three years on the correct celebration of the prescribed masses.

Fonseca, Miguel da (flor.1676)