Documents produced by the entail.

Codicil by which António Fernandes de Elvas declares that he and his deceased wife wrote a will by which they established an entail for their eldest sons, Jorge Fernandes de Elvas and Diogo Fernandes de Elvas, which should be first administered by the former, and which consisted of houses in Lisboa and Elvas. He makes some changes to the donations made to his sons, lists his debts and declares that he has already given a public debt instrument and a lease to the priests of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade for the obligations of the chapel of Santo António, where he wishes to be buried.
Contains extract of the will by which António Fernandes de Elvas declares that all the writings signed by him after his will should be considered valid.

Codicil by which António Fernandes de Elvas orders the acquisition of 20 000 réis of properties each year to use for the redemption of one captive, and orders his son, Jorge Fernandes de Elvas, heir of his entail and chapel, and his descendants, to fulfill this obligation.

Contract and bond deed by which António Fernandes de Elvas, cavaleiro fidalgo da Casa do Rei, and Maior Fernandes, his wife, establish a chapel of the invocation of Santo António in the convent of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, where they wish to be buried with their descendants. They promise to entail a public debt instrument and a rent to an obligation of a daily mass in that convent and masses in the days of Santo António and of Todos os Santos. The chapel will be administered by the administrators of the entail they will institute. The priests of the convent promise to fulfill the obligations and give them a place for the chapel.

Court sentence condemning the nephew of Jorge Fernandes de Elvas, administrator, since 1648, of the chapel of Santo António, established by António Fernandes de Elvas and his wife, to pay the 30 years of obligations of redeeming a captive annually, which he and his uncle hadn't fulfilled. António Fernandes de Elvas is said to have died in 1589-12-19.
Contains extract of the codicil VINC007834 AFEMF EA/004.

Sale and bond deed by which António Fernandes de Elvas buys from Miguel Ribeiro, tabelião de notas, and his wife, Jerónima Caldeira, a lease of 2 000 réis set on an orchard in Unhos to entail to his chapel of Santo António in the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa.
Contains dowry deed by which Miguel Ribeiro and his wife received the leased properties.

Will chart by which António Fernandes de Elvas expresses his wish to be buried in the chapel of Rei Salvador of the monastery of S. Salvador, Lisboa, of which he is the administrator, as heir of his brother, Jorge Fernandes de Elvas. He orders the acquisition of a rent or of a public debt instrument to entail to an obligation of weekly masses to be ordered in this chapel. He declares he won't fulfil the instructions his brother left him in a memory written after his will, dated 1618, regarding the annexation of certain properties to the entail founded by his father and grandfather, since those instructions would disinherit him. He orders the annexation of the improvements he made in the houses of this entail to be considered as the third part of his third which, according to the institution, should be annexed to it. He also orders the annexation of more properties in case there are still debts left by his brother or himself to the entail.
He establishes an entail with the remaining part of his third part, which he bequeaths to his minor daughter, Mariana. He appoints his wife, D. Maria de Lima, as tutor of their daughter during her minority. This entail shall be joined to the ones he already possessed. He annexes to it his houses and a public debt instrument in Elvas and orders the sale of other properties to acquire more assets.
Followed by the approval deed of the will.