Documents produced by the entail.

Certificate confirming that the farmstead of Fortaleza and its annexed properties are not listed in the inventory of Jorge Pessanha because they are entailed.

Certificate of a precatory letter and a probate inventory, written by request of Padre Pedro de Faria.

Certificate of Álvaro Gomes, notary, confirming that he made an inventory and partitions of the assets of Jorge Pessanha, in 1595-11-20, and that D. Maria de Góis, his widow, and Ambrósio Pessanha and D. Beatriz, his son-in-law and daughter, did not accepted to inherit his assets, apart from those of their dowries.
Contains: two documents, undated, in which D. Maria de Góis and Ambrósio Pessanha and D. Beatriz answer that they do not want to inherit Jorge de Pessanha's assets.

Certificate of António Gonçalves Monteiro, the orphans' notary, with the exemplification of a dowry deed, copied in the proceedings of the inventory and partitions of the assets of the late Ambrósio Pessanha, father of Jorge Pessanha.

Certificate of Álvaro Gomes assuring that he saw the will of Ambrósio Pessanha, dated from 1538-09-22.

Dowry deed between Jorge Pessanha and D. Maria de Góis, his wife, and João Rodrigues Pessanha, widower of Joana de Mancelos and brother of Jorge Pessanha, to marry their offspring, D. Beatriz de Sousa and Ambrósio Pessanha, respectively. João Rodrigues Pessanha founded an entail with his and his wife's available portions, which include half of Quinta de Cabedal and some other properties bought by him and his brother, Jorge Pessanha, giving it as a dowry to his son. He also gives to his son all his entailed assets, namely in Moreira, in the outskirts of Olivença, which belongs to the entail of Afonso de Aboim, and in Valadas, in the outskirts of Campo Maior. Jorge Pessanha and D. Maria de Góis give to their daughter, as part of her dowry, the entail that he owns in Quinta da Moreira, founded by Afonso de Aboim, and other entailed assets, listed in this deed, belonging to the entails of Ambrósio Pessanha, Fernando Rodrigues Pessanha and Teresa Eanes.

Evaluation deed delivered by the judge charging Rodrigo da Fonseca and Simão de Castilho with the evaluation of the assets described in the probate inventory.

Exemplification of a dowry deed written by Manuel Sardinha, tabelião.

Exemplification of a dowry deed presented by Jorge Pessanha, from Conselho do Rei.

Motion presented by Ambrósio Pessanha, owner of the farmstead (herdade) of Fortaleza, and D. Maria, widow of Jorge Pessanha, proving that Ambrósio Pessanha, son-in-law of Jorge Pessanha, neither D. Maria should not pay the debt of Álvaro Mendes to Manuel Fragoso, in which Jorge Pessanha standed surety for Álvaro Mendes, because they are not heirs of Jorge Pessanha. Besides, Ambrósio Pessanha defends that the farmstead of Fortaleza should not be seized because it was entailed by Ambrósio Pessanha, great-grandfather of Ambrósio Pessanha, appellant.

Petition of Jorge Pessanha requiring an exemplification of a dowry deed included in the partitions of his late father, Ambrósio Pessanha.
It received a favourable dispatch in 1625-12-06.

Precatory letter of licenciado Manuel Soares de Almeida, juiz dos órfãos of Lisbon, addressed to juiz dos órfãos of Elvas, charging Padre Pedro de Faria with the inventory of all the assets of the late Jorge Pessanha, some of them entailed, which are his responsability.

Probate inventory of the estate of the late Jorge Pessanha made by Padre Pedro de Faria. The described estate includes assets entailed by Afonso de Aboim, Teresa Alves, Fernando Rodrigues Pessanha, Ambrósio Pessanha e Teresa Eanes.

Will (extract) of Ambrósio Pessanha founding an entail in his farmstead of Fortaleza and appointing João Rodrigues, his son, as his successor.