Chancery record of a confirmation letter to D. Teodósio II, duque de Bragança e de Barcelos.

Confirmation letter to an entail founded by D. Teodósio II, duque de Bragança e de Barcelos.

Entail foundation deed by which D. Teodósio II, Duque de Bragança e de Barcelos, established an entail ("morgado da Cruz"), incorporating in it two relics, a public debt instrument of 5 contos de réis and houses and properties in Vila Viçosa, determining that its revenues had to support the celebration of 2 perpetual annual masses in his chapel. The entail would be transmitted to whoever inherited his house. The institutor describes his journey to Alcácer Quibir with D. Sebastião. He declares he established this entail with the same conditions as the ones founded by his father, D. João, and by his grandfather, D. Teodósio, previous possessors of his title, and to compensate the expenses his family incurred to save him from captivity in Africa.

Documents produced by the entail.