Consulta signed by Conselho Ultramarino regarding the petition of Estêvão Pais Barreto, administrator of the entail founded by João Pais and Inês Guardes, who asked for a royal provision to make the tombo of the entail.

Court proceedings regarding a dispute between João Pais de Melo and Estêvão Pais Barreto over the succession of the entail founded by João Pais Barreto and Inês Guardes.

Court sentence issued by the Ouvidor-Geral de Pernambuco absolving, Estêvão Pais Barreto, administrator and defendant, from the charges made by the plaintiff, João Pais de Melo, regarding the right of the defendant to remain on the administration of the entail founded by João Pais Barreto and Inês Guardes, once his deceased father and last administrator, João Pais de Castro, did not fulfilled the masses obligations disposed by the institutors nor annexed his own available portions to the entail. The Ouvidor-Geral absolved the defendant based on the very high expenses made by his father on the reconstruction of the chapel and of the entailed sugar-mills who died so poor that he had no sum on his available portion capable of being annexed to the entail, as he proved through a sentença de justificação.

Documents produced by the entail.

Provision on behalf of Estêvão Paes Barreto, administrator of the entail founded by João Paes Barreto and his wife Inês Guardes, in Pernambuco, ordering the Ouvidor-Geral of Pernambuco and a notary to make the tombo of the estate belonged to the entail, because some of those properties had been unlawfully usurped.

Royal provision on behalf of João Pais de Castro, administrator of the entail founded by João Pais and Inês Guardes, ordering the licenciado Simão Álvares de la Penha [Ouvidor da Capitania de Pernambuco] to call the closest notary to assist him and make the tombo of the estate belonged to the entail in a book where this provision should be registered.

Provision record of a royal provision on behalf of Estêvão Paes Barreto, administrator of the entail founded by João Paes Barreto and his wife Inês Guardes, in Pernambuco, ordering the Ouvidor-Geral of Pernambuco and a notary to make the tombo of the estate belonged to the entail, because some of those properties had been unlawfully usurped.