Provision record of a royal provision issued on behalf of António Barbalho Bezerra, against Duarte Gomes da Silveira, grandson of the institutor and administrator of the entail.

Provision record of a royal provision issued on behalf of Baltasar da Rocha Bezerra and his wife Maria Barbalha Bezerra, against Duarte Gomes da Silveira, grandson of the institutor and administrator of the entail.

Royal provision issued on behalf of Baltasar da Rocha Bezerra and his wife Maria Barbalha Bezerra, against Duarte Gomes da Silveira, grandson of the institutor and administrator of the entail, ordering the Ouvidor of Paraíba to summon up the accusations that justify their claim to the administration of the entail. They accused the administrator of dispersing all the entailed assets, selling two of the most important sugar mills, contradicting the clauses of the entail foundation deed that stated that any administrator who disperse or sold the entailed assets should immediately lose the administration of the entail.

Royal provision issued on behalf of António Barbalho Bezerra, against his brother Duarte Gomes da Silveira, grandson of the institutor and administrator of the entail, ordering the Ouvidor of Paraíba to summon up the accusations that justify his claim to the administration of the entail. He accused the administrator of dispersing all the entailed assets, contradicting the clauses of the entail foundation deed that stated that any administrator who dispersed or sold the entailed assets should immediately lose the administration. He accused Duarte Gomes da Silveira of selling two of the most important entailed sugar mills to João Fernandes Vieira and André Vidal de Negreiros, who purchased them in bad faith, knowing they were entailed.

Entail foundation deed made by Duarte Gomes da Silveira in which he ordered, among several dispositions, the foundation of an entail and chapel of the invocation of Salvador do Mundo in the church of the Misericórdia of Paraíba's captaincy, with a perpetual pious obligation of four masses celebrated every week as long as the world lasted and one sung mass on the day of Nossa Senhora das Neves. He named his son in law António Barbalho Bezerra and his wife Joana Gomes da Silveira, daughter of the institutor, as first administrators of the entail during their lifetimes, and, after their deaths, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. No administrator could ever marry with a another person of the so-called 'infected races', under the penalty of loosing the administration. He recomended that no administrator should ever rise his own children with wine, as a root of sin. All administrators should annex one third of their own reserved portions to the entail. The institutor also disposed that all administrators should bear the surname Silveira and the coat of arms of the Gomes and Bezerras, adding a motto beneath it with the words Verdade e Felicidade (truth and happiness) that should be present in all their seals, chairs, curtains.

Documents produced by the entail.

Court sentence issued by the Ouvidor and Provedor das Capelas e Resíduos da Paraíba absolving Salvador Duarte Gomes da Silveira, son of the defendant António Barbalho Bezerra, administrator of the entail founded by his grandfather Duarte Gomes da Silveira, of the charges made against them by Maria Barbalho Bezerra, their aunt and sister respectively, and her husband Baltazar Bezerra, plaintiffs, regarding his right to succeed on the administration of the entail. The magistrate did not absolved the defendant of the accusations made by the plaintiffs that stated that he was connivent with the dispersion of the entailed assets made by his predecessor, Duarte Gomes da Silveira, when he gave up of several charges made against Duarte through a composition deed, but recognized the right of Salvador Duarte Gomes da Silveira to inherit the administration as a true born male heir over the claims of his aunt. He also absolved the defendant and his son of the accusation made by the plaintiffs against Salvador's mother of having of jewish ancestry, allowing him to take on the administration of the entail.

Acórdão issued by the Relação da Baía confirming the sentence issued by the Ouvidor and Provedor das Capelas e Resíduos da Paraíba in which he absolved Salvador Duarte Gomes da Silveira, son of António Barbalho Bezerra, of the charges made against them by Maria Barbalho Bezerra, their aunt and sister respectively, and her husband Baltazar Bezerra, appellants, regarding his right to succeed on the administration of the entail. The magistrate condemned the appellants to pay for the process fees.