Exemplification of an opening deed of a will issued by António Pegado Pereira, tabelião de notas em Elvas, at the request of Rui Vaz de Sequeira.

Documents produced by the entail.

Opening deed of a will made by D. Maria do Quintal issued at the request of João Nunes Tagarro, D. Rodrigo Henriques' servant.

Will by which D. Maria do Quintal, Aires de Mendonça's widow, established an entail with all her remaining moveable assets, including gold and silver objects, and properties, such as lands and rents (foros) in Elvas ("herdade da Caiola", "herdade dos Passos"). She designated her great-niece, D. Teresa, to administrate it, obligating her and her descendants to support the celebration of an annual mass in honour of Nossa Senhora do Rosário. The entail would be transmitted to the first administrator's eldest daughter or, if D. Teresa left no offspring, to Ascenso de Sequeira, her father. The institutor's great-niece would also become the patron of the chapel of Santíssimo Sacramento of the cathedral of Elvas, which D. Maria do Quintal had bought and turned into a family mausoleum. The testator declared that her body had to be buried inside her chapel. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1634-02-11.