Certificate listing the properties to be employed in the construction of the monastery and chapel founded by Garcia Rodrigues de Távora, which was currently administered by Rui Lourenço de Távora.
Preceded by the petition and dispatch requesting this certificate.

Certificate by which Lopo Soares, secretário, confirms that Rui Lourenço de Távora had requested the king to free 400 000 réis of interest in the Casa da Índia which had been left by Garcia Rodrigues de Távora to be employed in the foundation of a monastery. He declares he is already in posession of the documentation needed to authorize the construction.

Codicil by which Garcia Rodrigues de Távora changes certain dispositions of his will, namely, is burial place. He declares he will be buried instead in the monastery of S. Vicente de Fora, where the brothers of the Misericórdia prefer, with an obligation of two dailly masses for his soul, to which they can employ the properties of their choice.
Followed by an approval deed of the codicil.

Codicil by which Garcia Rodrigues de Távora revokes his previous will and codicil. He orders the employment of the remaining part of his properties in the foundation of a female monastery of the order of S. Bernardo, under the regular observance of the order of Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo. This monastery should receive nuns belonging to his family and to other noble families in need who should pray two daily masses for his soul. He asks his brother, Lourenço Pires de Távora, to fulfil his will and to build this monastery, of which he shall be the patron, and after his death, his eldest son and their successors.
Followed by an approval deed of the codicil and the opening deed, dated 1572-02-12.

Codicil by which Garcia Rodrigues de Távora orders the reservation of 400 000 réis of interest for the establishment of a chapel with two daily masses for his soul in the place his brother, Lourenço Pires de Távora, thought best. He designates as administrator of this chapel his nephew, Cristóvão de Távora, and after his death the heir of his house. He reiterates his wish to build the monastery ordered in his previous codicil.
Followed by an approval deed of the codicil and the opening deed, dated 1572-02-12; and by a contract and bond deed in which António de Castilho, executor of Garcia Rodrigues de Távora, buys the lands where the monastery will be built, in the place of Cardais, Lisboa.

Court sentence refusing a motion by Rui Lourenço de Távora, administrator of the chapel established by Garcia Rodrigues de Távora, and ordering that the masses of the institutor's chapel start to be prayed in a convenient place, while the monastery he founded in his will is being built, since, even though the place for the construction had already been acquired, there was still need of obtaining authorization from the king. After the construction is finished, the masses shall be prayed in the new convent. An order is also given to write a tombo of the properties belonging to the institutor.
Followed by an acordão em relação confirming the sentence.

Documents produced by the entail.

Will by which Garcia Rodrigues de Távora expresses his wish to be buried in the church of the Misericórdia of Lisboa, near the altar of Nossa Senhora. He establishes several masses in this church and in other churches of Lisboa, an bequeaths the remaining part of his properties to the Misericórdia, which he designates as his heir and executor.
Followed by an approval deed of the will.