Dowry deed by which José da Costa and his wife, Maria de Lemos, donate their houses in Lisboa to their daughter, Ana da Costa de Lemos, on the occasion of her marriage to João de Fuentes Biscarreta, escrivão do Rei, e da Audiência e Julgado Geral da Gente de Guerra e Soldo deste Reino pela Coroa de Castela. José da Costa also donates them his third part, under the condition that Maria de Lemos can have their usufruct while she lives, and reserving a part of it to use in pious obligations. This reserved part shall, after their deaths, be given to whomever inherits his quinta de Benfica, who shall order two daily masses for his and his wife's souls in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa.
Ana da Costa de Lemos and her husband are present and accept these conditions.

Documents produced by the entail.

Pagamento à terça (extract) of José da Costa, by which João de Fuentes Biscarreta and his wife, Ana da Costa, inherit from the deceased the part of his third part, which he gave them as dowry, and his quinta de Benfica. His wife, Maria de Lemos, shall have their usufruct while she is alive, fulfilling the obligation of masses established by her husband.

Sentence considering Manuel Soares de Brito, current administrator of the chapel established by José da Costa and Maria de Lemos, free of any charges, as he had proven he had been paying the obligations entailed to his quinta de Benfica for the past 41 years, in a total of 82 masses.
Preceded by court proceedings to establish who owned this property and if they had paid its obligations, dated from 1684-02-25 to 1684-04-21.

Will (extract) by which José da Costa and his wife, Maria de Lemos, entail their houses in Correaria, Lisboa. They bequeath them to their daughter-in-law, Eva da Costa, married to their son, António da Costa, with an obligation of four annual masses in the chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa: two for their souls and two for the souls of Gaspar Gonçalves and Leonor Lopes, his wife. If Eva da Costa has already died, then it shall be given to her husband. If both of them die without descendants, it shall be given to the institutors' granddaughters, daughters of Luísa de Lemos.
José da Costa also bequeaths his third part to his wife, during her lifetime, and afterwards to their daughter, Ana da Costa, to whom he had given it, as part of her dowry, with an obligation of two annual masses in the chapel of Almas of the same convent of S. Francisco.