Approval deed of the will made by Maria Dias.

Documents produced by the entail.

Opening deed of the will made by the deceased Maria Dias, wife of João Vaz Madeira, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail.

Will made by Maria Dias, wife of João Vaz Madeira, in which she ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail with a perpetual mass obligation of ten masses celebrated every year in the church of the convent of S. Francisco of Portalegre, where her body should be buried. She named her sister Joana Dias as first administrator, and her nephew João, son of Joana, to succeed her if he become a clergyman. After the death of João, the administration should be transmitted to the institutor's grandson, also named João, son of Manuel Fernandes da Tapada, with the condition that he would also become a clergyman. If João did not become a clergyman, the administration should be handle, in this order, to her sister Ana Dias, and her niece, also named Ana Dias, or her goddaughter Maria Nogueira, with the condition that in every generation a male son who embraced priesthood should be preferred on the administration, and if there were no clergyman, the entail should be handled immediately to a female successor, because her will stated that no man could inherit the entail, unless he was a clergyman.