Certificate of composition deed regarding pious obligations owed by the administrators of the entail established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias.

Chancery record of a provision in favour of Luís de Brito do Rio.

Chancery record of a tenure warrant to D. Joana de Lima as tutor of her son Rui de Brito do Rio.

Tenure warrant to D. Joana de Lima as tutor of her minor son Rui de Brito do Rio, who is the chapel's administrator, allowing her to lease an entailed property in S. Domingos of Benfica to Doutor Duarte Madeira.

Chancery record of a warrant to pledge assets on behalf of Luís de Brito do Rio.

Codicil of Leonor Dias, widow of Lopo Mendes do Rio, ordering the celebration of half of a chapel with her available portion, since she and her husband, Lopo Mendes do Rio, in their common will, did not restrict an income for that purpose.

Codicil of Leonor Dias, widow of Lopo Mendes do Rio, ordering the celebration of half of a chapel with her available portion, since she and her husband, Lopo Mendes do Rio, in their common will, did not restrict an income for that purpose.

Composition deed by which D. Joana de Lima Henriques, widow of Luís de Brito do Rio, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, and Rui de Brito do Rio, minor, their eldest son and administrator of the entail founded by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, establish the amount of money they should take from their properties to pay for the redemption of captives. It is also established that this money shouldn't be taken from the amount which they had to give to the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, according to the the institutors' will.
Contains sentence dated 1637-09-09; petition by D. Joana and its answer; justification; dispatches dated 1637-06-14 to 1637-07-22; affidavit dated, 1637-09-23; exemplification of a letter-of-attorney, dated 1635-12-12; sentence; chancery record of a provision; petition by Luís de Brito do Rio, and extract of resignation and composition deed (VINC000288 LMRLD EA/006). Followed by acceptance deed dated 1638-03-10.

Exemplification of a codicil by Leonor Dias, widow of Lopo Mendes do Rio, issued by Manuel Antunes at the request of Luís de Brito do Rio, administrator of their chapel.

Exemplification of the will of Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, his wife, founding an entail, copied by Manuel Ribeiro Botelho from another exemplification included in a lawsuit between the Hospital against Luís de Mendanha, administrator of the chapel of Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias.
Contains: approval deed, dated from 1501-04-06.

Exemplification of the will of Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, his wife, founding an entail, copied by Diogo da Silva, notary of capelas, from the exemplar presented by the religious of S. Domingos of Benfica's attorney.

Documents produced by the entail.

Petition by which Luís de Brito do Rio, administrator of the chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, asks the king to use the money paid to the captives according to the institutors' will, for maintenance of the chapel, if needed. Followed by dispatch dated 1636-10-02, information dated 1636-10-06 and two other dispatches dated 1636-10-07 and 1636-10-11.

Provision in favour of Luís de Brito do Rio, administrator of the entail established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, ordering him to pay every year 35 000 reis to the tesoureiro dos Cativos, to fulfill the obligations of the entail.
Followed by acknowledgment record of the payment, dated 1636-01-07.

Resignation and composition deed between the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa, and Luís de Brito do Rio, fidalgo da Casa do Rei and administrator of the entail and chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, by which they give up their previous demands. The priests accept to give up part of what they were owed from the revenue of the entail, since it had been proven that several improvements had been made in the properties of the chapel and the obligations of masses were paid. Luís de Brito do Rio gives up part of the properties that had been taken by the convent and pays the remaining part of what he owes. Both parts agree on the amount of money that must be paid each year to fullfill the obligations established in the institutors' will.
Contains licence dated 1634-09-02. Followed by letter of possession dated 1634-11-06.

Resignation and composition deed (extract) between the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa, and Luís de Brito do Rio, fidalgo da Casa do Rei and administrator of the entail and chapel established by Lopo Medes do Rio and Leonor Dias, by which they give up their previous demands. Both parts agree on the amount of money Luís de Brito do Rio must now pay each year to fullfill the obligations established in the institutors' will.

Royal sentence finishing a court process between the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa, and Luís de Brito do Rio, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, husband of Joana de Lima Henriques and administrator of the entail and chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias. Luís de Brito do Rio had inherited the entail after the death, in 1619, of D. Guiomar da Silva, wife of Luís de Mendonça, who was the last successor of the institutors in direct line. As heir from a transversal line, Luís de Brito do Rio only had the right to administer half the possessions of the entail. The other half should, according to the will of the institutors, be divided in two parts: half to the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica and half for pious obligations, namely redemption of captives. There was a long process to establish which properties and what revenue was owed to each part.
Contains several documents regarding these proceedings, including royal sentences dated 1627-08-17, 1627-11-18, 1630-08-13, 1631-07-24, 1631-07-28 and 1631-07-30; sentences issued by the provedor das Capelas dated 1627-02-18, 1630-05-24, 1631-03-06 and 1631-07-24, and sentences of liquidation dated 1630-10-08, 1630-10-12 and 1630-11-16. Mentions dispatches and several embargos set upon the revenue by both parts.

Royal sentence ordering the execution of a sentence by which the provedor das Capelas condemned Luís de Brito do Rio, administrator of the chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, to pay to the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica the obligations he owed to the chapel. Followed by another sentence, dated 1627-11-18, refusing the embargos set upon this sentence by Luís de Brito do Rio.

Sale, quittance and obligation deed between D. Joana da Ponte, widow of capitão João de Brito do Rio, as tutor of Luís de Brito do Rio, minor, her son and administrator of the entail and chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, and Catarina de Góis, widow of Jorge Esteves. Catarina de Góis sells to D. Joana da Ponte a lease of 30 000 reis on quinta da Burça, in Alenquer, which D. Joana entails to the chapel administered by her son in place of houses in Lisboa she had detached from the entail and sold to buy new and better properties, with authorization of the king.
Contains certificate of depósito do pagamento da sisa, dated 1666-10-21; letters-of-attorney dated 1666-[--]-25, 1666-07-[--], 1666-09-20, 1666-10-04 and 1666-10-30; instrumento de justificação de 1666-10-05, inventory of the properties, dated 1666-10-30, and documentation related to the ownership of quinta da Burça, in Alenquer, by Catarina de Góis, not related to the entail.
D. Joana da Ponte is represented by her sister-in-law, Madre D. Francisca de Melo Henriques, nun in the monastery of Santa Maria da Rosa of Lisboa, who is said to be administrator of another entail.

Sentence by which the provedor das Capelas orders Luís de Brito do Rio to give an account of the properties which he inherited as successor to the entail and chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, to calculate the amount he should own, since, as a successor from a transversal line, he could only own half of the properties. Luís de Brito do Rio set embargos upon this sentence, claiming some of the properties had been taken without authorization, and as such he shouldn't be charged for them.
Followed by a royal sentence dated 1630-08-13, judging this sentence fair, sentences of liquidation, dated 1630-10-08, 1630-10-12, and 1630-11-16, and other procedural documentation.

Sentence issued by the mamposteiro-mor by which it is proven that the administrator of the entail established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias can only administer half its properties, since he succeded through a transversal line. The other half must be divided in two parts: the first to use in pious obligations, especially the redemption of captives, and the second to be given to the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, for maintenance of the chapel. The administrator is ordered to make an inventory of the properties entailed, so they can be divided.
Followed by acórdão em Relação dated 1626-08-3, confirming the sentence and declaring that the properties of the entail shall not be diminished. Instead, the administrator shall make these payments annually.

Sentence by which the provedor das Capelas condemns Luís de Brito do Rio, administrator of the chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, to pay what he owed to the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, and to spend 20 cruzados of gold in ornamentation of the chapel, which he was obliged to do as successor from a transversal line. He also orders the priests of the convent to release the properties of the entail they had taken without authorization, so that the administrator can have them repaired.

Warrant authorizing Luís de Brito do Rio, minor, administrator of the chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, to sell the houses in rua do Outeiro, Lisboa, which were entailed to the chapel, under the condition that the money from the sale shall be deposited in the Juízo das Capelas to be employed in new properties to subrogate. Contains petition by Luís de Brito do Rio, represented by his tutor, in which it is mentioned that his father, João de Brito do Rio, had already obtained an authorization for this transaction, but had died before fulfilling it.

Warrant on behalf of Luís de Brito do Rio allowing him to pledge entailed assets in order to receive a loan worth 4.000 cruzados. With his sum he would renovate some entailed properties in Lisboa and Cascais.

Will chart of Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, his wife, founding an entail and a chapel in the monastery of S. Domingos of Benfica with their available portions and appointing their son, António Mendes do Rio, as their successor.
Will approved in 1501-04-06.