Will (extract) by which Vicente Afonso Valente, cónego de Lisboa e prior da igreja de Côja, ordered the executors of his will to give 100 libras taken from the revenues of his properties in Póvoa to an unidentified church. He left all those properties and houses in Lisboa to his brother, Lourenço Afonso, determining that they had to be transmitted to his eldest legitimate son and subsequently passed to his descendants. His brother was asked to give, each year, 100 libras to an unidentified church for the souls of D. Sancha and D. Goutinha, their aunts.

Will by which Martinho Afonso Valente, Cavaleiro, bequeathed the third part of his assets, which was appraised at 800 dobras, to his son, Aires Afonso Valente. He ordered his heirs to spend 40 000 dobras to fulfil the pious obligations of the entail of Póvoa ("morgado da Póvoa"), which he administrated. He appointed Afonso Gomes da Ribeira de Dona Grácia, his criado, to become the executor of his will. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1408-11-07.

Will by which D. Lopo de Castelo Branco, D. Gonçalo de Castelo Branco's son, established a chapel on the church of S. Martinho of Lisboa, entailing to it all his assets, including the farmstead (quinta) of Sarzedas, lands in Sintra ("casal do Penedo") and in Santiago dos Velhos ("casais de Fernão Aires"). He appointed his brother, D. Martinho de Castelo Branco, administrator of Vicente Afonso Valente's entail, to administrate it, determining that him and his descendants had henceforth to support the celebration of annual masses for his soul.

Will by which D. Martinho de Castelo Branco, Conde de Vila Nova de Portimão, bequeathed the third part of his assets to his wife, asking her to use a portion of its value to give a dowry to their daughter, D. Maria. If the latter died before marrying, it would be divided among his sons, D. João, D. António and D. Afonso. He declared that the next heir of Vicente Afonso Valente's entail, which he administrated, would be obligated to give 2 arrobas of sugar, every year, to the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, as it was determined by the testator's father, D. Gonçalo Vaz de Castelo Branco. He also indicates that during the time he had administrated the entail, he had paid more for its pious obligations than all of his predecessors. The testator had made a list with all of those obligations for his successors to know which they had to fulfil. He asked the King tho confirm the title of Conde de Vila Nova to his son, D. Francisco de Castelo Branco. His body would be buried in the church of S. Martinho of Lisboa, where his father's remains lied.
Followed by an approval deed issued on 1526-11-26.

Will by which D. Martinho de Castelo Branco Valente, Senhor de Vila Nova de Portimão, ordered the renovation of his chapel in the church of S. Martinho of Lisboa, where his heir would guarantee that a perpetual daily mass for his soul would be celebrated. If the testator did not leave an heir, his brother, D. Diogo, would inherit his patrimony, administrate his noble house and would be responsible for the appointment of a chaplain.

Warrant ordering Gomes Eanes de Freitas, Escrivão da Câmara do Rei, to make a tombo of properties incorporated in Vicente Afonso Valente's entail, where it should be declared who were its institutor and administrators and which were the pious obligations they had to fulfil. Francisco de Castelo Branco Valente, Camareiro-mor do Rei, had requested for this document to be drawn up.

Documents produced by the entail.

Tombo of Vicente Afonso Valente's entail issued by Gomes Eanes de Freitas, Escrivão da Câmara do Rei. It contains copies of foundation deeds, a list of the entailed properties and of the entail's pious obligations.

Opening deed of a will made by Martinho Afonso Valente, issued by Afonso Guterres, tabelião do Rei, at the request of Aires Afonso Valente and Diogo Botelho.

Donation deed to Diogo Botelho and Leonor Afonso, his wife, of the entail of Vicente Afonso Valente, which was administrated by her father, Martinho Afonso Valente, as promised in a letter dated from 1401. D. João I donated the entail to this couple, instead of Isabel Afonso, sister of Leonor Afonso, because she and her husband, Lopo Fernandes Pacheco, had gone to Castille.

Donation deed by which Gomes Vaz, vicar of the church of S. Martinho of Lisboa, donated the main chapel of that church to D. Francisco de Castelo Branco, giving him permission and to his successors to erect their mausoleum there. It is referred that D. Francisco had paid for the chapel's reconstruction and that an altarpiece and ornaments should be placed in it.

Chapel foundation deed by which D. Gonçalo Vaz de Castelo Branco, Regedor da Casa do Cível, and D. Beatriz Valente, his wife, established a chapel in the church of S. Martinho of Lisboa, entailing to it the third part of their assets, which included salterns (marinhas) in Póvoa, lands (casal) in Arruda and houses in Rua de Cata-que-farás, Lisboa. The revenues of those assets would support the celebration of annual masses for their souls and for the souls of the past administrators of the entail of Póvoa ("morgado da Póvoa"). After their deaths, the chapel would be administrated by whomever succeeded in the administration of that entail. The institutors determined that their bodies had to be buried in that chapel. To fulfil the will of Beatriz Eanes, Beatriz Valente's grandmother, who asked her granddaughter to support the celebration of annual masses for her soul in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, and to honour D. Violante's soul, the institutors determined that the future administrators had to give, each year, 50 réis, wheat and wine to that convent.

Chancery record of a donation deed to Diogo Botelho and Leonor Afonso, his wife.

Certificate of a will (extract) made by Vicente Afonso Valente, issued at the request of Domingos Martins, executor of the will and priest in the church of Santa Maria Nogueira, Coimbra. The latter ordered Lourenço Afonso Valente, Cavaleiro, to sustain a chaplain in the church of S. Jorge of Lisboa, who would celebrate annual masses for his brother's soul and to give money, each year, to the convents of Chelas and Santa Clara in his honour. Lourenço Afonso Valente committed himself to fulfil these pious obligations.

Carta testemunhável issued by Doutor Gaspar Ferraz, Provedor das Capelas e Resíduos em Lisboa, at the request of D. Martinho de Castelo Branco, administrator of Vicente Afonso Valente's entail. It contains the copy of a certificate of an extract of Vicente Afonso Valente's will, issued on 1348-01-10, which was already described in VINC000015 VAV EA/004b.