Exemplification of a will of Jerónima de Parada.

Documents produced by the entail.

Will by which Jerónima de Parada designated her cousin Francisco de Parada Temudo and her "comadre" D. Leonor de Sande Freire to be her heirs. The institutor wanted to be buried in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Caridade, where her husband Gaspar de Sousa de Lacerda was buried. She left a "casal" located in Rio Torto to D. Leonor de Sande Freire with the obligation to give to the priests of the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Caridade 8 000 réis for the chapels' work and ornaments of the altar of Nossa Senhora da Esperança. By the death of D. Leonor it should succeed her daughter D. Antónia and her heirs. If she died without heirs, it should succeed her brother Bento de Moura. The institutor used the remaining assets to found another chapel of Nossa senhora da Esperança, designating her cousin Francisco de Parada to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses for her husband, parents and brother's soul, and to contract a chaplain. By his death, it should succeed his son Martim de Parada and his heirs or, in their absence, their closest kin.This entail is composed of half of a "casal" in Mouriscos, a "casal do Ervedeiro" in Alcaravela, a "tapada" with olive groves in Fonte Velha, vineyards, lands and olive groves in "Chão da Gracia", houses in Sardoal, a "casal da Gonça", on the outskirts of Sintra, and vineyards and lands in Bucelas. Followed by an approval deed dated 1677-11-03 and an opening deed dated 1678-03-20.