Documents produced by the entail.

Codicil by which Álvaro Soares de Castro, arcediago de Barroso, declares that, instead of being buried in the main chapel of the convent of S. Bento of Monção, he prefers to be buried in the chapel of São João Baptista, founded by his brother, Cristóvão de Castro, in the main church of Monção, where he has ordered five chaplains. He declares that the properties in Ponte da Barca which he allocated to the rebuilding of the convent of S. Bento of Monção shall instead pass to his heir, who will give 100 000 réis to the convent in their place.

Exemplification of a codicil made by Álvaro Soares de Castro, issued at his own request.

Exemplification of a will made by Álvaro Soares de Castro, issued by Lourenço Pires, tabelião in Monção.

Will by which António de Magalhães e Meneses expresses his wish to be buried in the church of Concieiro, near his first wife, D. Inês, until he is brought to his chapel in Monção. He designates his wife, D. Joana, as his universal heir. He designates his eldest son, Alexandre de Magalhães, as heir of his two entails, established by Álvaro Soares de Castro and by Cristóvão de Castro and Joana Marinho, and of the entail of Caminha, in the convent of Santa Clara of Caminha, which belongs to his wife, D. Joana, who received it as a dowry.
Followed by the approval deed of the will.

Will by which Álvaro Soares, arcediago de Barroso, expresses his wish to be buried in the main chapel of the church of the convent of S. Bento of Monção, which he wishes to rebuild with revenue from his properties in Ponte da Barca. He bequeaths his farmstead of Juste, in Monção, to his great-nephew, António de Magalhães de Meneses, son of Alexandre de Magalhães de Meneses and of D. Isabel de Castro, his niece, as an entail. It shall be annexed to the entail established by Álvaro's brother, Cristóvão de Castro, and his wife, Joana Marinho, of which António is also the successor, and will always be in the lineage of its administrators or in the lineage of Álvaro's father, Paio Gomes Pereira. He orders five chaplains to pray daily masses in the chapel of S. João Baptista of the main church of Monção, founded by his brother, and in the convent of S. Bento. If the obligations aren't fulfiled the entail will pass to the Misericórdia de Monção. Alexandre de Magalhães e Meneses shall have the usufruct of the entail during his lifetime, since he is a widower and hasn't remarried.

Will by which Leonel de Abreu de Magalhães, Fidalgo da Casa do Rei and Mestre de Campo, appointed his nephew, António de Magalhães de Meneses, to become his universal heir and to administrate all his entails, namely his entail of Caminha, his entail of Moreira and his farmstead of Juste. He declared that his body would be buried in the chapel of S. João Batista, inside the grave where his mother lied, Joana de Abreu de Lima. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1700-12-13 and an opening deed dated 1705-03-24.