Acceptance deed by Doutor António de Basto Pereira of the commission mandate to judge the lawsuit between Paulo Pacheco da Mota and vicar Belchior Manuel de Sampaio, about the ownership of some properties of the entail of João Afonso das Grotas.

Acórdão em Relação delivered from Desembargadores of Relação Eclesiástica of Lisbon, confirming the previous sentence delivered from vigário geral and condemning the appellants in the proceedings expenses.

Acórdão em Relação revoking the previous sentence, delivered from juiz de fora, because it is proven that the plaintiff, unnamed, is the ligitimate successor of the entail of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas. It orders to the defendants to relinquish the properties of Faial and Maia to the plaintiff.

Apostolic sentence delivered by Doutor António de Basto Pereira, apostolic notary, condemning vicar Belchior Manuel de Sampaio to relinquish the litigated property to Paulo Pacheco da Mota and Francisca Raposo, his wife, because it belongs to the entail or chapel of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas and they are its administrators.
Contains: undated tenções from Doutor António de Basto Pereira and his assessor judge in the lawsuit decision.

Auto de arrematação describing and copying the court records of execution and judicial sale at public auction (arrematação) of a lawsuit between capitão António Pacheco da Mota, plaintiff, and vicar Belchior Manuel de Sampaio, defendant. The assets sold in auction belonged to the defendant, who was condemned to relinquish the litigated property to the plaintiff, since it belongs to the chapel or entail of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas, and to pay all the expenses.
Contains: several dispatches; a certificate of accounts, dated from 1678-07-11; a statement of notification, dated from 1678-08-30; a certificate, dated from 1678-10-13; an undated certificate; a depósito e termo, dated from 1679-02-11; a termo de remissão e citação, dated from 1680-09-03; a termo de lançamento, dated from 1683-08-09; six autos de arrematação, one dated from 1683-07-16 and the five dated from 1683-07-18; and a termo de remissão e citação, dated from 1683-07-21.

Certificate written by Gregório da Ponte de Melo, notary, with the exemplification of the will of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas and other certificates, by request of António Pereira Ouros.

Certificate written by Gaspar Furtado da Costa, notary of Provedoria dos Resíduos, with the exemplification of a certificate of the assets belonging to the available portion of the late João Afonso das Grotas Fundas, by request of António Pereira Ouros.

Certificate of the assets belonging to the available portion of the late João Afonso das Grotas Fundas, copied from the inventory, written by Fernando Camacho, notary of Órfãos, by request of João Afonso, son of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas and his will's executor.

Certificate of a will by João Afonso das Grotas Fundas, issued by Gaspar Furtado da Costa, notary of Provedoria dos Resíduos, copied from the account of the administration of the entail.
Contains: approval deed, dated from 1511-11-26, and opening deed of a will, dated from 1512-09-02.

Court sentence delivered from Padre João Alves Nordelo condemning the defendant to relinquish to the plaintiff the litigated properties with their income generated since the contested lawsuit until their return, because it is proven that they belong to the entail and, according to its institution, they can not be alienated.

Court sentence delivered from António de Basto Pereira confirming the previous sentence delivered from the judges "a quibus" and judging that it was incorrectly appealed by the appellant.

Court sentence delivered from Doutor Jorge Cardoso judging the expiration (prescrição) exception as unproven, because it is proven that the litigatied property belongs to the available portion and entail of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas.

Court sentence condemning the appellant, vicar Belchior Manuel de Sampaio, to pay two moios of wheat, per year, as determined in the apostolic sentence, and the corresponding money, as determined in the annexed certificate.

Court sentence delivered by juiz de fora absolving the defendant from the requested by the plaintiff, administrator of the entail or chapel of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas, because it is allowed to lease properties which belonged to João Afonso das Grotas Fundas.

Court sentence delivered from Doutor João Francisco Capelli with Doutor João de Sequeira Queirós, assessor judge, revoking the previous sentence, which confirmed the sentence from vigário geral of Angra, and confirming the sentence delivered from ouvidor juiz comissário, because it is proven that the litigated properties belong to the entail of João Afonso das Grotas.

Court sentence delivered from João Rodrigues de Carvalho, vigário geral of Angra and its diocese, absolving the defendant from the requested by the plaintiff, because the decision is dubious.

Instrumento de justificação e habilitação proving that Paulo Pacheco da Mota is the heir of the available portions and estate of António Pereira Ouros and Maria Raposo, because he is married to Francisca Raposo, their daughter.

Instrumento de justificação e habilitação proving that Paulo Pacheco da Mota is the heir of the available portions and estate of António Pereira Ouros and Maria Raposo, because he is married to Francisca Raposo, their daughter.

Inventory by Padre Belchior Manuel de Sampaio of all his assets, which will be executed to pay his debt. The execution is made by Paulo Pacheco da Mota.

Documents produced by the entail.

Letter of possession giving to capitão Paulo Pacheco da Mota the ownership of the litigated properties.

Letter of possession giving to capitão Paulo Pacheco da Mota the ownership of the assets of Padre Belchior Manuel de Sampaio, described in the previous título de arrematação.

Letter of possession giving to Paulo Pacheco da Mota, plaintiff, the ownership of the properties belonging to the entail of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas.

Letter of quittance of Padre Jácome Gonçalves certifying that he celebrated a chapel and a half, in the church of Arcanjo S. Miguel, by order of Gaspar Manuel, administrator of the chapel of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas, his grandfather. He also certifies that he received his payment refered to the year of 1576.

Mandate to meirinho give possession of the litigated property to he plaintiff, Paulo Pacheco da Mota.

Petition of Paulo Pacheco da Mota requesting the habilitation and justification as heir of António Pereira Ouros and Maria Raposo, because he is married to Francisca Raposo, their daughter.

Petition of Paulo Pacheco da Mota requesting to the judge to ratify the previous letter of possession, because he took possession of the properties on a sunday.

Petition of António Pereira Ouros requesting the exemplifation of the will of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas, a partition deed and acórdão da Relação.

Petition of Paulo Pacheco da Mota requesting to his attorney, Manuel da Costa, to pursue the lawsuit in Lisbon court.

Precatory letter of licenciado Jerónimo Tavares Homem requesting to the judges to fulfil his letter and to put on trading (pôr em pregão) the defendant's properties.

Ratification deed of the possession of some properties belonging to the entail of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas by Paulo Pacheco da Mota.

Will of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas founding a chapel with masses in the altar of Nossa Senhora, in the church of Arcanjo S. Miguel of Vila Franca do Campo, and appointing as its administrator João Afonso, his son, and Catarina Manuel, his daughter-in-law, wife of João Afonso.
Will approved in 1511-11-26 and opened in 1512-09-02.