Will (extract) in which Francisca Serrão bequeaths 300 000 réis to her master Mariana Mesurada, ordering the purchase of a rent or a public debt instrument to fulfil a perpetual mass for her soul and for the souls of her deceased family members. This amount had been donated to Francisca Serrão by Mariana Mesurada’s mother.

Documents produced by the entail.

Court sentence confirming the execution of Francisca Serrão’s will. It mentions the entailment of a rent of 40 alqueires of wheat to her chapel.

Bond in which Mariana Mesurada, Miguel Tostado Malafaia’s widow, entails a rent of 40 alqueires of wheat from a property in Salvaterra to the chapel of Francisca Serrão. Francisca, who was buried in the church of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa, bequeathed 300 000 réis to Mariana Mesurada so that she could purchase a rent or public debt instrument to ensure the fulfilment of a perpetual mass in the convent for her soul and for the souls of her deceased family members. Mariana declares that she and her heirs will accomplish this charge. This rent cannot be divided, but, if it is sold, it must always retain this obligation. It inserts an extract from Francisca Serrão’s will and a dispatch from the provedor dos resíduos.