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Dowry deed

Dowry deed through which D. Helena de Almada, Doutor Vicente Caldeira de Brito's widow, Desembargador do Paço, donates her farmstead (quinta) of Boca da Lapa, in Via Longa, with the pious obligation of celebrating masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos, to her cousin, D. Beatriz de Freitas, for her marriage to Jerónimo de Brito Caldeira, Helena's stepson. The couple was equally obligated to pay an annual pension to the donator's sisters, Madre Tomásia da Ressurreição, Madre Brígida da Cruz and Madre Bárbara Baptista, nuns in the convent of Chelas, as long as they lived. During Helena's lifetime, the revenues extracted from the farmstead belonged exclusively to her.
D. Mécia Couto, Gaspar Leitão da Fonseca's widow, donates a public debt instrument of 37 000 réis to D. Beatriz de Freitas, whose revenues would belong to her and her niece, D. Maria de Melo, during their lifetimes. After the death of the last one, D. Beatriz de Freitas was obligated to pay an annual pension to Madre Catarina da Piedade, nun in the convent of S. Ana, during her lifetime. Following Catarina's death, D. Beatriz had the obligation of supporting the celebration of annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. The public debt instrument should be inherited by D. Beatriz and Jerónimo's descendants.
Jerónimo de Brito Caldeira accepted this donation and its clauses and promised he would give up any legal action he had prepared against Helena, regarding the partition of his father's patrimony.

Almada, Helena de (flor.1633)

Exemplification of an exemplification of a dowry deed

Exemplification of an exemplification of a dowry deed issued by Diogo Antunes Sampaio, notary, at the request of Jerónimo de Brito Caldeira. This document copied an exemplification which was inside the court proceedings relating to the conflict between Helena de Almada's sisters, nuns in the convent of Chelas, and Jerónimo de Brito Caldeira.

Caldeira, Jerónimo de Brito (flor.1633-1636)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which D. Helena de Almada establishes an entail with her farmstead (quinta) of Boca da Lapa, in Via Longa, instituting the pious obligation of celebrating annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. She appoints her cousin, D. Beatriz de Freitas, as the entail's first administrator, with the purpose of enabling her wedding with Jerónimo de Brito Caldeira, Helena's stepson. If their marriage left no issue, the entail should be inherited by the close relatives of Helena, from her mother's side. D. Beatriz was also obligated to support the institutor's three sisters, who were nuns in the convent of Chelas, during their lifetime. She chooses to be buried in the church of the convent of S. Domingos.

Almada, Helena de (flor.1633)