Documents produced by the entail.

Chancery record of a confirmation warrant to Álvaro Pires de Távora and his wife D. Isabel de Castro.

Confirmation warrant confirming the foundation of an entail by Álvaro Pires de Távora and his wife D. Isabel de Castro. They had founded this entail with the properties which had belonged to Luís Álvares de Távora, Álvaro's father, bailio de Leça and cavaleiro da Ordem de Malta, who had bequeathed them to his son as a dowry, under the condition that he would establish an entail for his successors.

Entail foundation deed by which Álvaro Pires de Távora, fidalgo da Casa do Rei and cavaleiro da Ordem de Cristo, and his wife, D. Isabel de Castro, establish an entail with the properties they have received from Álvaro's father, Luís Álvares de Távora, bailio de Leça e cavaleiro de Malta, as a dowry, fulfiling the conditions of this donation. The properties were: houses in Lisboa, an estate in Panóias, estates in Beja and Almada, and farmsteads in Almada, one of them named Vale de Torres, a public debt instrument in the Casa dos Azeites de Lisboa, stores in Lisboa and three tapestries. The entail will pass to the eldest child of the couple, with the obligation of 100 annual masses for the souls of the institutors.

Exemplification of an entail foundation deed by Álvaro Pires de Távora and his wife, D. Isabel de Castro.