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André Gonçalves; Catarina Duarte entail archive
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Will of André Gonçalves instituting an entail with pious obligations in the chapel of Santo António, in Braga cathedral's cloister. The first administrator should be his sister Catarina Duarte, followed by his niece, also named Catarina Duarte. His niece should marry according his sister's will, under the penalty of losing her right to the administration. In the event of kin lines extinction, the brotherhood of Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia was charged to choose a poor and virtuous female orphan to enjoy the entail's revenues and ensure its pious obligations during her life, after which the brotherhood should appointing another orphan.

Followed by the approval deed (1554-08-10, fls. 138-138v).

Gonçalves, André (flor.1554)