Exemplification of the will of Jerónimo Côrte-Real, copied from the original, presented by Tristão de Proença.
Contains: approval deed, dated from 1542-06-06, and opening deed of a will, dated from 1542-07-14.

Exemplification of the will of Jerónimo Côrte-Real.

Documents produced by the entail.

Will chart of Jerónimo Côrte-Real founding an entail with all their properties located in Évora and in the islands of Terceira and S. Jorge (Azores) and chosing the farmstead (herdade) of Vale de Palma, in Évora, as the entail's head. He appoints his future male son as his heir and the entail's successor or, if he dies without offspring, his brother, Manuel Côrte-Real. The testator also orders the celebration of a daily mass in the mostery where he will be buried, choosing the monastery of S. Francisco of Lisbon, in his father's chapel.
Will approved in 1542-06-06 and opened in 1542-07-14.