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Will by which Pedro de Cascais de Abreu, do Desembargo do Rei and promotor fiscal do Santo Ofício da Inquisição de Coimbra, expresses his wish to be buried in the church of Santa Maria do Castelo de Olivença, with a tomb similar to the one of his cousin, Lopo Soares, whose chapel he administers. He bequeaths 100 000 réis to the priests of the church of Santa Maria do Castelo to employ in masses for himself, the 8 masses set in the estate of Alparragena by Leonor de Cascais, and the two masses set on an olive grove in Pentieira. If they don't fulfill the obligations, it will pass to the priests of the church of Santa Maria Madalena de Olivença. If they refuse, this obligation will pass to his heirs. He designates his natural daughter, D. Catarina de Abreu, who is being raised to become a nun, as first administrator of his entail, if the monastery she professes in allows her to have properties.
He entails his third part as a chapel with a daily mass over his tomb, which shall be given to his heirs. He includes in this entail the chapels he possesses, but the masses of those chapels will be administered by the priests, as mentioned. He entails to it his free and entailed houses in Olivença, the estate of Alparragena, with its leases, and the olive grove of Pentieira. If he doesn't have descendants, some of the houses he possesses shall pass to the children of António de Sousa and Maria del Rio, descendants of his uncle, Manuel de Cascais, and the others will pass to the heirs of his nephew, Francisco Martins Mexia, since they are also entailed. In the same situation, the olive grove will pass to the descendants of Diogo Álvares Restolho.
If he doesn't have successors, the part of his entail which doesn't belong to any other heirs will pass to his nephew, Manuel de Sousa Cascais, son of António de Sousa and Maria del Rio. If he dies without successors, it will pass to his sister, Maria de Sambrana, and to her descendants, or to the descendants of Francisco Martins Mexia.

Abreu, Pedro de Cascais de (flor.1637)

Will

Will by which Leonor de Cascais, widow of capitão José de Sequeira Fajardo, expresses her wish to be buried in the church of Santa Justa. She bequeaths her nephew, Pedro de Cascais de Abreu, 40 000 réis, the estate of Cascais and an olive grove in Olivença, and the farmstead of Madalena and a mill in Leiria, as a chapel, with an obligation of 60 masses for her and her husband's souls. The chapel shall pass to his descendents. If he doesn't have successors, it will pass to João, son of her other nephew, Bento Mendes de Mexia, who lives in Olivença.

Cascais, Leonor de (flor.1632)