Will (extract) by which Catarina do Carvalhal appoints D. João Heranço de Carcomo as her universal heir. She mentions the donation deed by which she gave to his parents, Cristóvão Heranço and D. Catarina de Carcomo, a set of properties with the obligation of giving to the priests of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo de Lisboa a public debt instrument of 35 000 réis to fulfil masses in the chapel she had in their church. After her death, her heir shouldn’t take more than a year or one year and a half to purchase and deliver it to the religious of the abovementioned convent.

Exemplification of a donation deed, made by Catarina do Carvalhal to Cristóvão Heranço and his wife D. Catarina de Carcomo, issued by Sebastião Machado, tabelião público de notas in Lisboa, with Tomé de Sousa, tabelião.

Donation deed by which Catarina do Carvalhal, Fernando Dias de la Torre’s widow, appoints her husband’s brother, Cristóvão Heranço, his wife D. Catarina Carcomo and their heirs to succeed in leases (prazos) and properties after her death. This couple accepts the donation and the obligation of purchasing a public debt instrument of 35 000 réis or more to fulfil charges with masses and with the donor’s chapel in the church of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa, according to the wishes she expressed in her will, mortgaging some houses next to the church of S. Luís in Lisbon to secure the payment. The assets donated, as well as all the payments and obligations are described in detail.

Court sentence in which the motions presented by António de Oliveira de Azevedo are not accepted for lack of proof. The complainant had received some houses that belonged to his father-in-law, D. João de Heranço de Carcomo, as a promised dowry debt. These properties were obligated to pay for the pious charges of two chapels, namely the one founded by D. Catarina do Carvalhal de Carcomo. António de Oliveira de Azevedo is obliged to pay them, and if he wants a discharge from D. Catarina’s chapel obligation, he should acquire a public debt instrument of 35 000 réis and give it to the priests.

Certificate in which Frei António do Espírito Santo, sacristão-mor of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo de Lisboa, declares that the religious have fulfilled in their church the celebrations established by Isabel Henriques in the chapel of S. José and by D. Catarina do Carvalhal in her chapel of Santa Catarina. Their payment was missing and should be provided by the owner of the houses in the Pátio das Comédias (Lisboa), who didn’t give to the priests a public debt instrument for satisfaction of D. Catarina’s chapel charges. It details the periods and amounts in debt.

Documents produced by the entail.