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Maria Vaz do Crato entail archive
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Will

Will made by Maria Vaz do Crato, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail and chapel with a perpetual obligation of twenty six masses, that being hald anal of masses, celebrated every year on the mother church of Arronches, where her body should be buried. She named her brother Manuel Rodrigues do Crato as first administrator during his lifetime, and after his death the succession should always continue on the eldest heir. During the first six years of Manuel's adminstration, he would be obliged to celebrate barely 10 masses, instead of the ordinary 26. Any relative who wished to became a clergyman could receive the administration to ordain himself, and after his death the succession should continue on the closest relative. All administrators who administrated the chapel for more than ten years would be obliged to apply 4.000 réis to the chapel, and when the summ reached 20.000 réis, then more properties should be bought and three more masses would be added to the perpetual masses obligation.

Crato, Maria Vaz do (d.1685)

Court sentence

Court sentence issued by the Juiz de Fora of Arronches judging the will made by the deceased Maria Vaz do Crato as firm and well made, ordering it to be fullfilled.