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Contract and bond deed

Contract and bond deed by which Brás Rodrigues Pita, cavaleiro da Ordem de Cristo, receives from the nuns of the convent of Santa Clara de Caminha the main chapel of their church to use as his family's burial place, to which he and his wife will entail their third parts with obligations of masses. He declares he has made a contract with Domingos Gonçalves, pedreiro, to build the chapel. Both parts agree to this contract and promise to fulfil it.

Pita, Brás Rodrigues (flor.1591-1608)

Entail and chapel foundation deed

Entail and chapel foundation deed by Brás Rodrigues Pita and Isabel Mendes Dantas, his wife, in Caminha, ordering the celebration of masses in the monastery of Santa Clara of Caminha and appointing the last one of them to die as the first administrator and, after his or her death, his legitimate daughter, Inês Vaz Pita. This deed should value as a will or codicil.
Deed approved in 1608-08-05.

Pita, Brás Rodrigues (flor.1591-1608)

Ratification deed

Ratification deed by which Brás Rodrigues Pita, cavaleiro da Ordem de Cristo, his wife, Isabel Mendes, and the nuns of the convent of Santa Clara de Caminha confirm the contract and bond deed made in 1591-08-31 by which the nuns gave to Brás Rodrigues Pita the the main chapel of their church to use as his family's burial place and chapel, according to what was stipulated in their will.
Contains a licence from the provincial of the order.

Pita, Brás Rodrigues (flor.1591-1608)

Will

Will by which António de Magalhães e Meneses expresses his wish to be buried in the church of Concieiro, near his first wife, D. Inês, until he is brought to his chapel in Monção. He designates his wife, D. Joana, as his universal heir. He designates his eldest son, Alexandre de Magalhães, as heir of his two entails, established by Álvaro Soares de Castro and by Cristóvão de Castro and Joana Marinho, and of the entail of Caminha, in the convent of Santa Clara of Caminha, which belongs to his wife, D. Joana, who received it as a dowry.
Followed by the approval deed of the will.

Brás Rodrigues Pita, Isabel Mendes Dantas entail

Will

Will by which Leonel de Abreu de Magalhães, Fidalgo da Casa do Rei and Mestre de Campo, appointed his nephew, António de Magalhães de Meneses, to become his universal heir and to administrate all his entails, namely his entail of Caminha, his entail of Moreira and his farmstead of Juste. He declared that his body would be buried in the chapel of S. João Batista, inside the grave where his mother lied, Joana de Abreu de Lima. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1700-12-13 and an opening deed dated 1705-03-24.

Magalhães, Leonel de Abreu de (d.1705)