Exemplification of the will of capitão Gaspar Lourenço Machado, written by Mateus Nunes de Andrade, notary of provedoria e contadoria da comarca e correição das ilhas de baixo, in Azores.
Contains: opening deed of a will, dated from 1692-07-03, and approval deed, dated from 1692-02-24.

Documents produced by the entail.

Will of capitão Gaspar Lourenço Machado bequeathing two "serrados" of land, in Lajes do Pico, to his niece and goddaughter, Maria de Santiago, with the obligation to pay 2000 réis, per year, perpetually, to the confraternity of Senhor, from Lajes do Pico, with the pious obligation of 12 annual prayed masses, in the third sunday of each month, in the ceremony of the Holy Sacrament. The testator also bequeaths a "creação" he owns to João Silveira, a servant he freed, with the obligation to pay 10 tostões, per year, perpetually, to the confraternity of Senhora do Rosário, from Lajes do Pico, with the pious obligation of five annual prayed masses for his soul.
Will opened in 1692-07-03 and approved in 1692-02-24.