Court proceedings regarding the succession of the entail of João de Lemos.

Court sentence absolving Gaspar de Lemos, defendant, replacing his father, Gaspar da Mota, from the request of Baltasar de Lemos, plaintiff, replaced by his son, António de Lemos, to relinquish to him the entail of João de Lemos, because he is a great-grandson of the eldest son of Gaspar de Lemos, first administrator. In his case, the marriage clause, which forbids the marriage of the administrator with women from the lineages of Margarida de Sande and Sebastião de Valejo, does not apply, once his ancestor married to a collateral relative of Margarida de Sande and not a descendant.

Documents produced by the entail.

Opening deed and exemplification of the will of João de Lemos, by request of Francisco Nunes, meirinho of Estremoz.
Contains: approval deed, dated from 1565-03-24.

Will chart of João de Lemos founding a chapel in the church of Santiago of Estremoz and appointing Gaspar de Lemos, his nephew, as its first administrator. He forbids any administrator to marry to a woman from the lineages of Margarida de Sande and Sebastião Valejo.
Will approved in 1565-03-24 and opened in 1565-03-26.