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Pedro Eanes do Canto; Pedro Álvares do Canto entail archive
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Acórdão em relação

Acórdão em relação issued by the Casa da Suplicação on the appeal made by Inácio do Canto da Silveira against the sentence issued by the Corregedor da Comarca de Angra, acquitting him of the charges made by the appealed Manuel do Canto Teixeira. The desembargadores decided that Inácio do Canto da Silveira should remain on the administration of the entail and Manuel do Canto Teixeira should pay for the costs of the process.

Silveira, Inácio do Canto da (flor.1663-1665)

Acquisition letter

Acquisition letter through which Bartolomeu Machado Neto sold lands in Telhal, Terceira island, to D. Serafina da Silveira, on behalf of her minor son, Inácio do Canto da Silveira, administrator of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto.

Silveira, Inácio do Canto da (flor.1663-1665)

Addition deed

Addition deed made by Pedro Eanes do Canto entailing properties purchased in recent years to both entails he founded. He also added another clause that if one of the administrators succeeded on the administration with less than 20 years, he should be advised by three of the closest relatives until reaching the age of 25 years. He also added a clause expressly forbidding the marriage between administrators of both entails unless the marriage was made between one of the heirs of the entail and another son or daughter deprived of the administration. Finally, he revoked the clause that allowed António Pires to choose one of the two entails and declared him administrator of the first entail, and João da Silva administrator of the second.

Canto, Pedro Eanes do (flor.1513-1553)

Addition deed

Addition deed rectifying one of the clauses of Pedro Eanes do Canto's will regarding the marriage of the administrators, in which he established, in addition, that if the one of the administrator's married without his parents consent he would immediately lose the administration.

Canto, Pedro Eanes do (flor.1513-1553)

Court proceedings

Court proceedings presented by Manuel do Canto Teixeira, plaintiff, in order to claim the administration of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto against the current administrator Inácio do Canto da Silveira, defendant.

Silveira, Inácio do Canto da (flor.1663-1665)

Court proceedings (partial)

Court proceedings regarding the payment of a maintenance by Manuel do Canto de Castro, administrator of the entail of Pedro Eanes do Castro and other entails, incluging the entail of Vale and those which became vacant after the death of D. Juliana de Melo.

Castro, Manuel do Canto de (flor.1685-1687)

Court sentence

Court sentence issued by the Corregedor da Comarca de Angra over the court proceedings, condemning the defendant, Inácio do Canto da Silveira, to handover the administration of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto, with all entailed assets and income derived from the years of his administration, to the plaintiff, Manuel do Canto Teixeira.

Silveira, Inácio do Canto da (flor.1663-1665)

Court sentence (transcription)

Court sentence condemning Manuel do Canto de Castro, defendant and administrator of the entail of Pedro Eanes do Castro and other entails, incluging the entail of Vale and those which became vacant after the death of D. Juliana de Melo, to pay a maintenance of 150.000 réis or 30 moios of wheat to Inácio do Canto de Vasconcelos, plaintiff, becuase he is married to D. Inês de Castro, sister of Manuel do Canto de Castro, and very poor. It is mentioned that the rich brother is forced to feed the poor brother.

Castro, Manuel do Canto de (flor.1685-1687)

Petition

Petition to the Provedor das Capelas e Resíduos, through which D. Serafina da Silveira required, on behalf of her minor son, Inácio do Canto da Silveira, administrator of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto, to dispose of a sum left from her deceased husband's partition deed to purchase 21 alqueires of land and add them to the entail he administrated.

Silveira, Inácio do Canto da (flor.1663-1665)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence issued on behalf of Inácio do Canto da Silveira, defendant, conserving him on the administration of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto, and absolving him of the charges made by Manuel do Canto Teixeira, plaintiff, which was convicted to pay for the costs of the process.

Silveira, Inácio do Canto da (flor.1663-1665)

Sentence and partition deed

Sentence and partition deed of the inheritance of the deceased Francisco do Canto, made by his wife, D. Luísa and their six minor children, in which the administration of the second entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto (whith properties in Lajes and Praia) was transmitted to their eldest son, Pedro Álvares do Canto.

Canto, Pedro Álvares do (flor.1574)

Will chart

Will chart of Pedro Eanes do Canto founding, among other dispositions, two entails, one for his son António Pires, born of his first marriage with Joana da Barca, and the other for his son João da Silva, born of his second marriage with Violante da Silva. For the first entail he entailed several properties in the islands of São Jorge, Pico and Faial, and a estate named Quinta de São Pedro, with a perpetual mass obligation of a weekly mass in the church of N. Sra. de Nazaré built on the same state, where a monument in his homenage should be built declaring that he participated on the battles of Arzila, Azamor, Afnul, Benegisna, in Persia and Almedina. For the second entail he entailed several properties in Terceira island, in Cabo da Praia, mount Brasil and a state in Lajes, also with a perpetual mass obligation with a weekly mass preached on the chapel of Jesus, that he was building in the main church of Angra. Both the entails had identical obligations, and António Pires should choose which one he would have, and João da Silva should have the other one. Both should be succeeded by their eldest sons, preferably male, and each administrator should annex 2/3 of his own reserved portion (terça) to the entail. The administrators should also use the surname "do Canto" or lose the administration. He also appoints Francisco da Silva, his illegitimate son, to succeed him on the administration of the chapel founded by Vasco Afonso, vicar of Machico, island of Madeira.

Canto, Pedro Eanes do (flor.1513-1553)