Approval deed of the will made by the deceased Mécia Álvares, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail and chapel devoted to the Santíssimo Sacramento.

Court sentence issued by the Juiz de Fora of Alter do Chão, judging the will made by the deceased Mécia Álvares as firm and well made, ordering it to be fullfilled.

Exemplification of the will made by Mécia Álvares, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail.

Documents produced by the entail.

Opening deed of the will made by the deceased Mécia Álvares, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail.

Will made by Mécia Álvares, in which she ordered the foundation of a chapel devoted to the Santíssimo Sacramento in the main church of Alter do Chão, where a perpetual daily mass had to be celebrated. The testator entailed to it her houses and properties in Alter do Chão. She expected that her husband, Francisco Cardoso, o Velho, decided to entail the third part of his assets in order to build this chapel. Francisco Cardoso would be its first administrator and, after his death, he would be succeeded by his daughter Inês Cardoso.