Will by which Fernando Velho, Cavaleiro Fidalgo da Casa do Rei, ask the executors of his will to establish a chapel devoted to the Madre de Deus on his behalf, appointing his father-in-law, Diogo de Palma, to be its first administrator. He determines that after the arrival of the carracks returning from Índia, his father-in-law should receive 14 quintaladas of ginger, 2 000 cruzados and 60 000 réis of wage, which were owed to him, and apply them in the acquisition of properties to be entailed to the chapel. Since he has no heirs, all of his patrimony will be used to help hospitals, misericórdias, orphans and to save captives. Followed by a list of the entailed assets.

Will of Diogo de Palma and Elvira de Salazar, his wife, ordering their grave in the chapel of Madre de Deus, in the church of São Nicolau of Lisboa. They allocate the majority of a third of their assets, after their daughters' marriage dowries have been fulfilled. From a third of the assets, they entail some houses, in Lisboa, on Rua das Mudas, to fulfill the charges celebrated in that chapel and appoint Fernando Dias de Palma, their son and executor, as first administrator. He was to name the next administrator from among his sons and daughters. An exemplification of the will had to be given to the beneficiados of São Nicolau, who would keep the houses in the event of non-fulfillment of the charges.
Diogo de Palma was administrator of the chapel of Fernando Velho, appointing Fernando Dias de Palma, his son and executor, to administer it. If he died childless, he would nominate Beatriz Teixeira, his sister, to succeed him, or his children if she had already died.

Tombo of the chapel established by Fernando Velho in the church of S. Nicolau of Lisboa, which was administrated at the time by Diogo de Palma, Fidalgo da Casa do Rei. It was issued at the order of the Provedor-mor dos Hospitais, Capelas, Albergarias e Confrarias de Lisboa.

Land measurement deed of properties located in Benfica which belong to Fernando Velho's chapel.

Documents produced by the entail.

Exemplification of a land measurement deed issued at the request of Francisco Teixeira Tibão.

Declaration attesting that José Pereira Tibão, administrator of Fernando Velho's chapel, fulfilled its pious obligations until 1685.

Court sentence ordering the revision of the chapel's account of administration.

Court sentence confirming the content of a papal bull presented by Diogo de Palma. It allows the administrators of Fernando Velho's chapel to keep the revenues of the entail's assets which are not destined to fulfil the pious obligations, to lease the entailed properties and it frees them of presenting the chapel's account of administration. It is mentioned that Diogo de Palma had entailed two properties in Estremoz and Sousel to the chapel. Contains a copy of the papal bull.

Court sentence ordering the administrator of Fernando Velho's chapel to pay to the priests of the church of S. Nicolau of Lisboa with the revenues of the entailed lands in Benfica.

Contract and bond deed between the beneficiados of the church of S. Nicolau of Lisboa and the executors of Fernando Velho's will, Diogo de Palma and Álvaro Barradas, by which the latter found a chapel in that church. The beneficiados give them the space where it should be erected the chapel of Madre Deus and the family mausoleum, committing themselves to celebrate weekly masses for the institutor's soul. In turn, the chapel's administrators are obligated to give, each year, 6 000 réis to that church. Followed by a carta de autoridade issued on 1533-12-13.

Acquisition letter by which Diogo de Palma acquires lands (casal) in Benfica from Vasco Machado and Margarida de Almada for 140 000 réis. The buyer declares that those lands would be entailed to Fernando Velho's chapel, which he administrates.

Acórdão em relação declaring that the administrator of the chapel founded by Fernando Velho fulfilled its pious obligations and demanding the preparation of a tombo of the entail's assets.