Documents produced by the entail.

Approval deed of a will made in Ribeira Grande, Cabo Verde, by capitão Afonso Vicente da Fonseca.

Will made in Ribeira Grande, Cabo Verde, by capitão Afonso Vicente da Fonseca in which he ordered the foundation of an entail, composed of his farms and plantation lands in Órgãos, with a perpetual pious obligation of one half of a divine office and one sung mass, and six masses celebrated every year. He named his second son, Nicolau, to administrate it during his lifetime and, after his death, the succession should always continue on the eldest heir, male or female. If Nicolau had no children, the administration would be handled to his eldest brother Jorge de Araújo, with the same conditions. If none of them had children, the administration would be transmitted to João, grandson of the institutor, and son of his daughter Lourença de Almada. If none of them had children, the administration would be given to the Confraria de Nossa Senhora do Rosário. The institutor stated that the chapel of Boaventura, administrated by his wife Catarina Barradas had merely a cauldron and a old candles, and all the remaining copper items were added by him.