Documents produced by the entail.

Exemplification of an opening deed of a will issued by António Pegado Pereira, tabelião de notas em Elvas.

Opening deed of a will made by Catarina Alves.

Will by which Catarina Alves, António Lopes' wife, bequeathed an olive grove in the outskirts of Elvas to Ana Fernandes, Domingos Lopes' wife, with the obligation of supporting, every Lent, the celebration of masses for her soul in the church of Salvador of Elvas. Ana Fernandes would also inherit another olive grove, being obligated to give, each year, olive oil to the brotherhood of Jesus of that church to guarantee the celebration of an annual mass. After Ana's death, the entail would be transmitted to her son, Domingos. The testator left an olive grove in Vale Melhorado to her nephews, Domingos Fernandes and Beatriz, obligating them and its future owners to give olive oil to the brotherhoods of Nossa Senhora do Rosário and Jesus of the convent of S. Domingos to support the celebration of 4 annual masses for her soul. She also bequeathed properties to the Santa Casa de Misericórdia and to the brotherhood of Almas of the church of S. Lourenço, attaching to them perpetual pious obligations. Catarina Alves declared that her body had to be buried in that convent, inside the grave where her first husband, Domingos Nunes, lied. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1619-03-04.