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Will (extract) by which Maria Soares establishes a chapel with a weekly mass in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. She entails to it her houses in Correaria. She appoints her daughter, D. Mariana, as administrator of her chapel.

Soares, Maria (flor.1599)

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Will (extract) through which Isabel Nogueira bequeaths all her patrimony, including houses in Lisboa, to her brother, Gregório de Morais de Távora, her only heir and executor of her will. She orders him to sell those houses and use the sale's profit to buy properties or a public debt instrument, obligating him to celebrate annual masses for her soul and those of her late husband, Francisco da Costa, her parents and late son in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. She declares that her mortal remains should be buried inside that church and that her husband's bones must be transferred to her grave.

Nogueira, Isabel (flor.1637)

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Will (extract) by which Pedro de Gouveia establishes a chapel of three annual masses and one divine office for his soul in the chapter house of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, or, if possible, in the hermitage of his farmstead. He entails to this obligation his properties of Padrão and houses in Lisboa.

Gouveia, Pedro de ([before 1610])

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Will (extract) by which Leonor Rodrigues bequeaths houses in Lisboa to Diogo de Oliveira, the executor of her will, with the obligation of celebrating annual masses for her soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of that city. She declares that those houses could never be sold and should be transmitted to the descendants of Diogo and his wife.

Rodrigues, Leonor (flor.1542)

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Will (extract) made by António de Lila de Fernão Pó in which he bequeathed his own reserved portion to his daughter Isabel Pravasso to help on the costs of her marriage, and if she died unmarried or without children, it would be transmitted to her brother Pedro Pravasso, with a perpetual pious obligation of one sung mass in All Souls Day in every year.

Pó, António de Lila de Fernão (flor.1575)

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Will (extract) by which doutor Bartolomeu Bernardes bequeaths his daughter, Lucrécia Bernardes, the third part of his properties, consisting of houses in Lisboa, with an obligation of four annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where he wishes to be buried. If his daughter dies without descendants, they shall be given to his son, Bernardo de Aguiar. If he also has no descendants, it shall be given to the Confraria do Santíssimo Sacramento of the church of Mártires.

Bernardes, Bartolomeu (flor.1558)

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Will (extract) made by João Trigo in which he ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the church of Santa Maria of Viana. He appointed Catarina Soajo to be the first administrator during her lifetime and, after her death, she shall be succeeded by closest male heir of the institutor.

Trigo, João (flor.1516)

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Will (extract) made in Ilha do Fogo by Margarida da Rosa, in which she ordered the foundation of two chapels. The first chapel would be composed of half of a farm and three enslaved persons, with a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated in every year, and to administrate it she named her nephew António Pires and his descendants after him. The second chapel would be composed of the other half of that farm and three enslaved persons, with a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated in every year, and to administrate it she named her godson Lopo de Barros and his descendants after him.

Rosa, Margarida da (flor.[1637]-[1697])

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Will (extract) made by Francisco Carrasco and his wife Isabel Dias, in which they bequeathed a farm they possessed in Fragoso with all the enslaved persons that could be found in it to Jerónimo Gonçalves, thereby establishing a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of nine masses celebrated in every year.

Carrasco, Francisco (flor. [15--]-[1627])

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Will (extract) by which Pedro de Carnide bequeaths the third part of his assets, including houses in Lisboa, to his wife, Maria Seabra, with the obligation of celebrating 9 annual masses dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Rosário. After Maria's death, the entail should be inherited by Pedro's son, Francisco de Carnide.

Carnide, Pedro de (flor.1619)

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Will (extract) by which Amador Fernandes, carpinteiro, bequeaths the third part of his assets, including rents of houses and lands in Godigana, Sintra, to his son, Domingos Fernandes, Maria Luís' husband, with the obligation of celebrating 5 annual masses for his soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa.

Fernandes, Amador ([before 1593])

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Will (extract) by which Isabel Lourenço expresses her wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, near the chapel of Madre de Deus. She bequeaths José Franco, carpinteiro, her houses, with the condition that he leaves them to her son, frei Manuel, religioso franciscano, after his death, with an obligation of three annual masses in her burial place. She also establishes a chapel with a daily mass, which shall be administered by the confraria das Chagas of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa.

Lourenço, Isabel (d.1616)

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Will (extract) by which Margarida Machado, widow of João da Vitória Pacheco, expresses her wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. She bequeaths Diogo Machado da Silva, pintor a óleo, her executor, her houses in Lisboa with an obligation of 24 annual masses, 12 for her husband, according to his will, and 12 for herself.

Machado, Margarida (d.1632)

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Will (extract) by which Francisco Cirne da Silva, administrator of the chapel established by D. Isabel de Sá, declares that he exchanged a farmstead in Merceana, which belonged to the entail of D. Maria, deceased, with another one of equivalent worth entailed to the chapel of D. Isabel de Sá, first wife of João Rodrigues Pessanha, D. Maria's grandfather. D. Isabel had bequeathed it to D. Maria with an obligation of 30 annual masses, which he was now fulfilling. He orders his son, Manuel Cirne, to also fulfill this obligation, as well as the successors of D. Maria's entail.

Silva, Francisco Cirne da ([before 1659])

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Will (extract) by which Joana Figueira expresses her wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. She orders the selling of her houses in Lisboa to buy one moio of wheat to entail to an obligation of a mass on the days of the Virgin. She appoints her niece, Isabel Jorge, daughter of her sister Antónia Rodrigues and of Diogo Gomes, as her successor, and her descendants afterwards.

Figueira, Joana (d.1605)

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Will (extract) by which Isabel Afonso entails her houses in Lisboa with an obligation of four annual masses. She bequeaths them to her granddaughter, Isabel, daughter of her daughter, Maria Pereira.

Afonso, Isabel (flor.1559)

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Will (extract) by which Bartolomeu Velho e Sousa appoints his sister-in-law, Antónia Pedroso, as his universal heir, with the obligation of a weekly mass for his and his wife's soul and the keeping of a torch lit every thursday in a church of her choice. He authorizes her to use his properties to buy assets to entail to this obligation.

Sousa, Bartolomeu Velho e (flor.1651)

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Will (extract) by which Adrião Dias Pereira appoints his daughter, Maria Bernardes, married to Pedro Fernandes Castelo, as heir of part of his properties in Loures, which she must entail to an annual mass in a place of her husband's choosing.

Pereira, Adrião Dias (flor.1600)

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Will (extract) by which João Lopes Figueira bequeaths to his son, Vicente Figueira, lands (casal) in Caneças, whose revenues already supported the celebration of annual masses in the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa.

Figueira, João Lopes (flor.1610)

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Will (extract) made by Gil Gonçalves Magro in which he appointed Rui Gilo be the administrator of the chapel of Trindade, in the monastery of São Domingos of Évora. After his death, he shall be succeeded by his oldest male son.

Magro, Gil Gonçalves (flor.1496)

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Will (extract) made by Constança Salvado in which she ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the monastery of São Domingos of Évora. She appointed Cristóvão Vasques to be the first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he shall be succeeded by his eldest male son.

Salvado, Constança (flor.1522)

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Will (extract) made by João Lopes Coelho in which he ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the church of Santa Maria da Vila, in Montemor-o-Novo. He appointed Isabel Coelho to be the first administrator during her lifetime.

Coelho, João Lopes ([before 1505])

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Will (extract) by which António Teixeira and Francisca Botelho, his wife, bequeath to their niece, Luísa Baptista, a "casal" in Torres Vedras, with an obligation of an annual donation of flour to the sachristy of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa.

Teixeira, António (flor.1648)

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Will (extract) by which Sebastião Franco, in agreement with his wife, Maria de Araújo, orders a public debt instrument of 30 000 reis to be bought to entail to a daily mass for his soul in the altar of Nossa Senhora do Rosário of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. If he and his wife have children, the public debt instrument shall be bought with properties belonging to both of them, and entailed to two daily masses for their souls, which shall be prayed by a chaplain belonging to their families.

Franco, Sebastião (flor.1621)

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Capela instituída por Beatriz Gomes com encargo de uma missa anual, imposto numa latada ao longo do caminho do concelho no Estreito de Câmara de Lobos. A verba do testamento, trasladada na folha 19, refere seu filho Gonçalo Carvalho.
Primeiro e último administrador: seu genro Manuel de Ornelas e Vasconcelos e José Caetano Moniz.

Gomes, Beatriz (flor.1692)

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Will (extract) by which Maria de Paiva, Salvador Francisco's wife, bequeaths the third part of her assets, including a vineyard in Torre do Fato, to an unidentified heir, with the obligation of celebrating 6 annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa.

Paiva, Maria de (flor.1627)

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Will (extract) by which Manuel Borges and Ana de Brito, his wife, establish an entail with the third part of their assets, instituting the obligation of celebrating annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. The surviving member of the couple would inherit it and should be succeeded by Baltasar Pimenta de Brito, their son. They declare that their remains should be buried in that convent.

Borges, Manuel (flor.1621-1642)

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Will (extract) through which Manuel Borges, Ana de Brito's widower, declares that the entail he and his late wife established with the third part of their assets, in their will, should be administered by the Confraria do Santíssimo Sacramento. It was obligated to ensure the fulfilment of pious obligations in the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa.

Borges, Manuel (flor.1621-1642)

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Will (extract) by which Mariana de Vargas establishes a chapel of 100 annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa: 40 for the soul of D. Maria Carrilho, and 60 for herself and her husband. She entails to it her casal of S. Clemente o Velho, in Alverca, which she received as dowry from D. Maria Carrilho, with the obligation of 40 masses. She bequeaths it to her sister, Inês dos Anjos. After her sister's death, the entail shall be bequeathed to D. Ana da Maia, wife of António de Figueiroa, and to their descendants.

Vargas, Mariana de (flor.1659)

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Will (extract) by which Maria Nunes entails her houses in Lisboa with an obligation of 200 masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, in the chapel of Cristos of the Ordem Terceira, where she shall be buried. She bequeaths them to her sister, Catarina Nunes, and to her son, Francisco Nunes Brandão, after her death. Followed by documentation from the 18th century.

Nunes, Maria (flor.1658)

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Will (extract) by which Miguel da Moita entails a land in Vermoeira, Reguengo de Gradil, with an obligation of five annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco de Lisboa. He appoints his wife as administrator of the chapel and, after her death, their eldest son or daughter who isn't a cleric.

Moita, Miguel da (flor.1602)

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Will (extract) by which Gaspar Fernandes, ourives da prata, bequeaths to Isabel, daughter of Margarida Godinho and Pedro Botelho, and her descendants, some houses in the parish of Mártires, Lisboa, with the obligation of 33 masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, for his, his wife's and his mother-in-law's souls. If Isabel doesn't have any children, the entail shall be bequeathed to Gaspar Fernandes's daughter, Jerónima da Maia, wife of Fernando Duarte, and to their descendants.

Fernandes, Gaspar (d.1568)

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Will (extract) by which Gaspar Pais establishes a chapel of 40 annual masses with the revenue of 6 000 reis from a foro in S. Bento dos Lóios. He bequeaths it to his wife, Auta Rodrigues, who, at the time of her death, can appoint whomever she wishes as administrator.

Pais, Gaspar (flor.1586)

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Will (extract) by which Francisco Cardoso Leite bequeaths a rent (foro) of 2 600 réis he had in the farmstead (quinta) of Cruz da Pedra to Marcos de Barreira de Carvalho, Lidoro Bonchel de Carvalho's son, or to any administrators of his entail, with the pious obligation of celebrating an annual mass for the soul of Francisco's grandmother, Antónia Cardoso, in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Benfica.

Leite, Francisco Cardoso (flor.1659)

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Will (extract) by which Gaspar Mendes Borges expresses his wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. He establishes a chapel of two annual masses, entailing to it the quinta do Lumiar, which he had received from his wife's dowry. As his wife, Paula da Silva, is pregnant, he appoints the future child as his universal heir. If the pregnancy doesn't come to full term, he appoints his brother, Francisco Borges, as his heir, and his successors afterwards.
Followed by the information that the properties were given by Álvaro Lopes, boticário, to his niece, Paula da Silva, by a dowry deed dated 1593-05-10, with the obligation of one mass in Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.

Borges, Gaspar Mendes (flor.1596)

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Will (extract) by which Guiomar Fernandes bequeaths João Gonçalves and his heirs the houses where she lives, and other assets. She establishes an obligation of an annual requiem mass and other thirty masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where she shall be buried.

Fernandes, Guiomar (d.1532)

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Will (extract) by which Gonçalo Carvalho and his wife, Francisca Pires, appoint each other, when the other dies, as universal heir and administrator of the chapel they have both established in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. They entail to it their houses in Lisboa with the obligation of two daily masses. The last one of them to die shall appoint the next administrator.

Carvalho, Gonçalo (d.1608)

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Will (extract) by which Manuel Veloso de Almeida, appoints his eldest son, Francisco de Almeida, as administrator of the chapel established by Gonçalo Carvalho, first husband of his wife, Francisca Pires. He explains that Francisca Pires, who is deceased, had appointed him administrator at the time of their marriage. He had taken from the obligations half an annual of masses. After a while, however, he had re-established that obligation, and he now requests another half of an annual to be prayed.

Almeida, Manuel Veloso de (d.1624)

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Will (extract) made by Vasco Gonçalves Teixeira in which he ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the church of Santo Estêvão of Santarém. He appointed his executors to be the first administrators during their lifetime.

Teixeira, Vasco Gonçalves

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Will (extract) by which André da Costa invokes Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem and entails 2 000 reis and his properties with the obligation of two weekly masses and an annual divine office in the church of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa.

Costa, André da (d.1583)

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Will (extract) by which Joana Gomes bequeaths her houses in Lisboa to her husband, Pedro de Alcáçova, entailing to them an obligation of 20 annual masses in the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of that city. After her husband's death, the houses shall pass to his son, Joana's stepson, Luís de Alcáçova, and to his descendants.

Gomes, Joana (flor.1595)

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Will (extract) by which D. Isabel de Eça bequeaths her granddaughter, D. Maria Manuel, her casal in Almeirim, with an obligation of two annual masses, one in the chapel of her grandfather in Santa Cruz, and the other in the chapel of Chagas of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa. The obligation shall pass to her granddaughter's heirs.

Eça, Isabel de (flor.1592)

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Will (extract) by which doutor João Bravo Chamisso, cirurgião-mor do Reino, and D. Ana de Abreu, his wife, appoint one another as each other's universal heirs. They order the one of them who survives the other to buy properties to entail to an obligation of a daily mass in the church where they are buried.

Chamisso, João Bravo (flor.1627)

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Will (extract) by which D. Luísa da Silva established an entail, designating her sister to be its first administrator and, after her death, her nephew Rodrigo de Miranda. The institutor also ordered her sister to buy a public debt instrument in some Monastery in order to celebrate masses for her and her husband's soul. This entail is composed of a "marinha" located in Alcácer do Sal and a "herdade do Álimo", on the outskirts of Beja.

Silva, Luísa da (flor.1618)

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Will (extract) by which Luísa de Noronha established an entail with the obligation to celebrate masses wherever the administrator wanted. She designated her husband's son-in-law, João Cisnel, to be its first administrator and, after his death, whomever he chose. After her husband's death it should be given to an orphan a dowry of 10 000 réis and bread to the poor. This entail is composed of the rents from land called "galinheiro", located in Terceira island.

Noronha, Luísa de (flor.1622)

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Will (extract) by which Maria de Abreu Faria ordered her eldest son, José Correia de Abreu, to buy a public debt instrument or properties with the third part of her assets and to use its revenues to support the celebration of a perpetual daily mass for her soul and for the soul of her husband, Filipe Correia, in the church of Santa Maria Madalena of Lisboa, where her body would be buried. The chapel should be administrated by him during his lifetime and, at the time of his death, inherited by his eldest son.

Faria, Maria de Abreu (flor.1680)

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Will (extract) by which Maria das Neves bequeaths and olive grove in Santa Iria, on the outskirts of Lisboa, to her nephew, Domingos Jorge, determining that him and his descendants must support the celebration of 20 annual masses for her soul in the church of Santa Maria Madalena of that city. At the time of his death, Domingos Jorge should transmit it to his eldest son, who would pass it to his successors. If the former dies childless, the entail has to be inherited by Manuel Antunes, the institutor's nephew and Vicência Antunes' son. The olive grove could never be sold.

Neves, Maria das (flor.1668)

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Will (extract) by which Luísa Chamosa expresses her wish to be buried with her husband, Cristóvão Alcoforado, in the chancel of the church of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, with an obligation of half an annual of masses for each of them, to which two public debt instruments of 10 000 réis shall be entailed. She establishes an entail with her properties, and designates as heir, after her husband's death, D. Jorge, son of D. António de Noronha and of D. Briolanja, and his successors and relatives from his mother's line. If her heirs don't fulfill the obligations of her will in two years, the entail and obligations shall pass to the priests of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade.

Chamosa, Luísa (flor.1589)

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Will (extract) by which Paulo João and Margarida Esteves, his wife, left a vineyard in Carnide to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisboa, asking their members to lease it and to use the rent to support the celebration of 7 annual masses for their souls. If the institution refused that donation, the entail should be transmitted to the closest living relative of Margarida Esteves and administrated by his/her descendants. The entailed property could never be sold.

João, Paulo ([flor.1650])

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Will (extract) by which Margarida Alves de Quintanilha expresses her wish to be buried in the monastery of Santíssima Trindade de Lisboa, in the tomb of her father, João de Quintanilha. She requests her heir, Cristóvão Ferreira, to buy properties to entail to an obligation of 8 000 réis of masses for her soul, the soul of her parents, and the soul of her sister, Cosma Rodrigues. He shall appoint the next administrator.

Quintanilha, Margarida Alves de (flor.1616)

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Will (extract) by which Simão Nunes established a chapel in the church of Santa Maria Madalena of Lisboa, entailing to it the third part of his assets, including houses in Rua Ver-o-Peso, Lisboa. He designated his wife, Joana Nunes, to become its first administrator, determining that she and her successors must celebrate annual masses for her soul during Christmas and on the day of S. Simão. She was also obligated to give a pension of 20 000 réis each year to Teresa de Jesus, his daughter, as long as the latter lived. After the death of the first administrator, the chapel had to be inherited by Simão, the institutor's son, and passed to his descendants.

Nunes, Simão (flor.1684)

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Will (extract) by which the administrator Francisco Rodrigues de Elvas designated his nephew António Gomes de Elvas to be his heir, giving him some houses in Lisboa and a public debt instrument of 91 750 réis in Almoxarifado do Campo de Ourique. He was due to order the celebration of masses for the soul of his aunt Francisca Lopes and his sister Maior Ângela.

Elvas, Francisco Rodrigues de (flor.1650-1665)

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Will (extract) by which Jorge Barreiros bequeaths the third part of his assets to Isabel Lopes, his wife, determining that it should be employed in the acquisition of a property, which must be united to the entail left to him by his first wife, Isabel de Soveral. After Isabel Lopes' death, the entail should be inherited by Diogo Barreiros, the testator's grandson, and subsequently passed to his eldest son. Each administrator of the entail are obligated to add to it the third part of their assets and masses to the ones celebrated for the souls of the institutors. They should also help to erect a chapel in the church of S. João da Praça of Lisboa.

Barreiros, Jorge (flor.1581)

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Will (extract) by which Isabel Lopes, Jorge Barreiros' widow, bequeaths the third part of her assets to Jorge Barreiros, her son. She forgives Diogo Barreiros a debt of 52 000 réis on the condition that he must buy a property to entail to the chapel established by his grandparents, Isabel de Soveral and Jorge Barreiros, and use its revenues to support the celebration of 3 annual masses for the testator's soul in the church of S. João da Praça. She declares that her body must be buried inside the chapel of Fiéis de Deus, next to her husband. If her remains could not be deposited there, the request made to Diogo Barreiros becomes void and her son is obligated to establish an entail with a property and to use its revenues to celebrate annual masses in the chapel of Nossa Senhora-a-Franca of the church of S. Tiago for her soul.

Lopes, Isabel (flor.1614)

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Will (extract) by which Diogo Barreiros bequeaths the third part of his assets to Maria Nunes, his wife, obligating her to celebrate annual masses for her soul in the church of S. João da Praça of Lisboa, only during her lifetime. After her death, those assets must be entailed to the chapel established by Isabel de Soveral and Jorge Barreiros, his grandparents, which shall be administrated by Jorge Barreiros, son of the institutor and of Isabel Lopes. He declares that, when his grandmother established the entail, she did so without defining which way it should be administrated and who should inherit it. Subsequently, the King D. Henrique allowed Jorge Barreiros, her widower, to establish how the entail's succession should proceed from then on.

Barreiros, Diogo (flor.1629)

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Will (extract) by which Simão Fernandes established an entail, designating his goddaughter Bárbara Gomes to be its first administrator. She was due to order the celebration of masses for his and his wife's soul. This entail is composed of houses located in Lisboa.

Fernandes, Simão (flor.1627)

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Will (extract) by which Rui Gomes Pais establishes that the administrators of his entail must order weekly and annual masses for his soul in the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, where he wishes to be buried.

Pais, Rui Gomes (flor.1559)

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Will (extract) by which Pedro Paulo de Azevedo established an entail, designating his slave Violante to be its first administrator. She was due to order the celebration of masses wherever he will be buried. This entail is composed of houses called "Terrerinho das Gralhas" located in Lisboa.

Azevedo, Pedro Paulo de (flor.1690)

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Will (extract) by which Catarina Pereira established an entail, using the rents of some houses located in Lisboa. She designated her husband to be its first administrator and, after his death, it should succeed her nephew Manuel Pereira. The administrator was due to order the celebration of masses wherever he wanted.

Pereira, Catarina (flor.1697)

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Will (extract) by which Águeda da Silva established an entail, designating Domingos Gonçalves to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses using the rents of some houses located in "Campo do Curral", in Lisboa.

Silva, Águeda da (flor.1647)

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Will (extract) by which Filipa Rodrigues established an entail, designating her niece Maria to be its first administrator. She was due to order the celebration of masses, using the rents of some houses located in Lisboa. It should succeed her children and, if she died childless, the closest kin of the institutor.

Rodrigues, Filipa (flor.1669)

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Will (extract) by which Domingas Gomes established an entail, designating Manuel da Anhaia to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses wherever he wanted and after his death he could nominate his children. This entail is composed of a farm of "Carvalhal", on the outskirts of Cheleiros.

Gomes, Domingas (flor.1667)

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Will (extract) by which António de Castro and his wife Bernarda da Cunha established an entail, designating their eldest son Manuel da Cunha Soutomaior to be its first administrator. If he died childless, it should succeed their second son Diogo da Cunha. The administrator was due to order the celebration of masses wherever they wanted. This entail is composed of houses and a farm in Loures, and a vegetable garden in Vila Viçosa.

Castro, António de (flor.1673)

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Will (extract) by which Francisco Tinoco establishes two entails: one with houses in Portimão, which he bequeaths to his nephew, Francisco Tinoco, son of his brother Fernando Tinoco, with an obligation of a an annual mass in the church of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa; the other with the third part of other houses in the same town, which he bequeaths Luís Fernandes Gramacho with an obligation of two annual masses in the same church.

Tinoco, Francisco ([before 1593])

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Will (extract) by which António Gonçalves established an entail, with the obligation to celebrate masses anywhere. He also declared that his last will executor should use the remaining part of his inheritance in order to fulfil the chapel's obligations.

Gonçalves, António ([before 1674])

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Will (extract) by which António Luís de Barros established an entail, designating the nun D. Genebra to be its first administrator. After her death, it should succeed his natural daughter Francisca Maria and, after her death, his niece Maria Madalena and her heirs. This entail is composed of land and a "casal" in Óbidos, a public debt instrument of 40 000 réis in Casa do Cadaval, and houses and orchards in Colares.

Barros, António Luís de (flor.1686)

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Will (extract) by which Maria Fernandes bequeathed the third part of her assets, including properties in Alão and Corredouro, to her son, Manuel João, obligating him and his descendants to support the celebration of 30 annual masses for her soul and for the souls of her late husband, Santos João, and late son, João dos Santos. Those properties could never be sold or exchanged for other ones. If Manuel João died before his mother, the entail would be inherited by his wife, Simoa Rodrigues. One or the other had to appoint the entail's next administrator.

Fernandes, Maria (flor.1624)

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Will (extract) by which Francisco de Cerveira, his son Pedro Mendes de Matos and his daughter-in-law Joana de Carvalho established an entail, designating their niece D. Mariana de Sande to be its first administrator if the couple died childless. The administrator was due to order the celebration of masses with the rents of an estate in Monsaraz, houses and vineyards in Borba, a "ferregial" no Outeiro do Fiscal and an olive grove in Vila Viçosa.

Cerveira, Francisco de (flor.1669)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Catarina Vaz bequeaths houses in Lumiar to Gonçalo Pires, her great-nephew, obligating him and his descendants to celebrate 2 annual masses for her soul in the church of that place. Those properties could never be sold or exchanged for other ones, since they were intended to be transmitted only to Gonçalo Pires' relatives.

Vaz, Catarina (flor.1535)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which António Viegas Gentil established an entail, designating his daughter D. Maria Chichorra de Sousa to be its first administrator. She should incorporate her "legítima" and other assets into this entail, under penalty of loosing this succession. In this case, this entail should be succeeded by his nephew Francisco de Lucena. If his daughter accepted his condition, and if she died without heirs, this entail should be succeeded by D. Leonor and her heirs from the second marriage, but she just could marry after her daughter's. The institutor also established that his assets should be used to buy public debt instrument or immovable goods in order to incorporate them into the entail. The administrator was due to order the celebration of masses wherever he would be buried. This entail is composed of houses located in Lisboa.

Gentil, António Viegas (flor.1623)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Antónia de Almada established an entail, with the obligation to order the celebration of two masses in the Convent of São Romão de Alverca for her mother's soul. She also established the celebration of two more masses in the Monastery of Amparo, where she would be buried. The administrator was also obligated to give some wine and oil to the friars of this last Monastery. The successors were obligated to incorporate into this entail 100 000 réis. This entail is composed of a farm of Alfarrrobeira and houses in Lisboa.

Almada, Antónia de (flor.1637)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Catarina Eanes bequeaths houses next to the Hospital dos Palmeiros to her husband, Álvaro Rodrigues, obligating him to leave them, at the time of his death, to Rodrigo, Doutor João Rodrigues' son, or, if he dies before that event, to his brother, Simão. She determines that one of them and his descendants must support the celebration of 30 annual masses for her soul in the church of S. Julião of Lisboa, where her body would be buried. Those houses could not be sold or exchanged for others.

Eanes, Catarina (flor.1510)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which João Tomé appointed his son, Manuel Tomé, to administrate the chapel established by his sister, Catarina Tomé, in the church of S. Julião of Lisboa. If he died before inheriting it, the entail would be administrated by Maria de Sousa.

Tomé, João (flor.1604)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which João Alves established an entail, with the obligation to celebrate masses wherever the administrator wanted. The institutor designated his wife Catarina Mendes and his daughters Ana and Isabel da Granja to be its first administrators and, after their deaths, the eldest son of Sebastião Carvalho.

Alves, João (flor.1596)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which João Antunes established an entail, with the obligation to celebrate masses for his and his wife's soul. He designated his wife Leonor Pereira to be its first administrator and, after her death, it should succeed his niece Maria Eufrásia. This entail is composed of lands, houses, "currais" and "palheiros" in Lisboa.

Antunes, João (flor.1678)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which João Alves da Fonseca, mestre de campo, established an entail, designating his nephew Jorge de Sousa da Costa to be its first administrator. He left to João, son of João Alves Coutinho and his wife Dona Catarina de Vilhena, his farm called "Soutos" and other rents on the outskirts of Santarém, with the condition to return to Jorge de Sousa da Costa's successors after his death. The administrator was due to order the celebration of masses in a privileged altar wherever he wanted and to give some legacies to the nuns of the family. If Jorge de Sousa da Costa died without heirs, it should succeed the heirs of his brother João da Costa.

Fonseca, João Alves da (flor.1651)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which João Pereira established the obligation to celebrate masses for his and his parents and grandparents' soul. He designated his brother Domingos Pereira to be the first administrator of this chapel.

Pereira, João (flor.1679)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) in which Ana de Abreu bequeaths all her remaining assets to her brother, Miguel de Abreu, on the condition that they form an entail. She provides further details about her assets and what should be entailed, including her houses in Poço de Borratém, Lisboa, and a sum of money that must be invested in properties or a public debt instrument. The testator appoints her brother, Frei Bartolomeu de Santo Agostinho, as her will executor, and instructs him and Miguel de Abreu to prepare the deed for the institution of this entail. She establishes three conditions that Miguel de Abreu and the successors of this entail must fulfil in perpetuity. Firstly, they must fulfil pious obligations for her soul at the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa. Secondly, they must provide financial support to her brother, Frei Bartolomeu de Santo Agostinho, during his lifetime by giving him a specified sum of money. Lastly, they must also adopt the surname “Abreu”. Miguel de Abreu and his successors are expected to add more assets and enrich the entail after her death. She also instructs the executors to include a copy of this will extract in the foundation deed to make known her wishes.
Ana de Abreu orders her will executor to arrange for a daily mass and other perpetuals pious charges at the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa. As payment, the priests will receive 25 000 réis annually.

Abreu, Ana de (flor. 1603)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Joana da Fonseca established an entail using her parents assets and appointing her cousin João de Pina da Fonseca to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa. This entail is composed of unspecified assets.

Fonseca, Joana da (flor.1598)

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Will (extract) by which Fernando Afonso, hortelão, bequeaths his properties in Lisboa to his wife, Margarida Afonso, during her lifetime. After her death, his houses and an olive grove in Chelas shall be given to his sister, Isabel Afonso, wife of Pedro Afonso, and to her descendants, with an obligation of an annual mass in the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, Lisboa. His casal in Lousa, Loures, shall be given to his brother, Jorge Afonso, and to his descendants, with the obligation of another annual mass in the same convent.

Afonso, Fernando (flor.1529)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Filipa Fernandes, wife of Manuel Lopes, bequeaths her houses in Lisboa to her nephew, Bento Jorge, with an obligation of four annual masses.

Fernandes, Filipa (flor.1613)

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Will (extract) by which Lázaro Lopes and his wife, Francisca Dias, appoint the one of them who survives the other as their heir, with the obligation that they shall annex all of their remaining properties to the chapel of Francisco Lopes, administered by Lázaro Lopes, and establish a new obligation of masses for both their souls.

Lopes, Lázaro (flor.1634-1643)

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Will (extract) by which Pedro Fernandes Rombo established an entail, appointing his brother João Rombo to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa. This entail is composed of a vineyard and houses located in Lisboa. These properties belonged to his "Morgado de Évora".

Rombo, Pedro Fernandes (flor.1536)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which D. Filipa da Silva confirms she has bought the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, previously called "das Ciganas", in the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, Lisboa, and had established a daily mass for her soul. This chapel was to be entailed to her properties, headed by her quinta do Vale. She appoints her niece, D. Filipa da Silva, and her niece's husband, Diogo Vaz de Castelo Branco, as her heirs. After their deaths, the entail shall be inherited by their eldest son, Martinho de Sousa, and by his descendants. If their lineage is extinguished, it shall be inherited by the Misericórdia de Lisboa.

Silva, Filipa da ([flor.1665])

Will (extract)

Will (extract) in which Pedro Varela entails his houses and properties in Setúbal and bequeaths them to his nephew Miguel Leite Ferreira as dowry for his marriage to D. Leonor de Távora. Miguel Leite is obliged to give 5 000 réis annually to the priests of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa for the fulfilment of perpetual pious charges for his uncle’s soul and other family members. If the testator is buried in another place before being transferred to this convent, in the meantime, the amount paid and the celebrations established should take place at that location.
Pedro Varela also requires that his nephew assures the fulfilment of pious charges for the soul of his first wife Isabel de Paiva Estocha Serrão, who is buried in the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa, and for her family members.
After Miguel Leite’s death, his second son Pedro Varela should succeed in the administration of the entail and then it should pass consecutively to the eldest sons. The testator details the conditions and alternatives for succession.

Varela, Pedro (flor. 1615)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Maria do Rego established an entail, appointing her son João da Costa to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa. This entail is composed of houses and an orchard located in Lisboa.

Rego, Maria do (flor.1680)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) in which Pedro Fernandes entails pious obligations for his soul and for the soul of his late wife Maria de Oliveira to his houses in Lisboa. If the obligations could not be entailed to these rented houses, he orders his will executor and heir to sell them and purchase another property whose income can be entailed to the pious charges.

Fernandes, Pedro ([before 1641])

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which João Jorge and his wife, Joana Gonçalves, entail their properties in Loures with an obligation of 80 annual masses in the altar of Nossa Senhora da Coroa of S. Francisco de Xabregas, Lisboa, where they wish to be buried. They appoint their son, Manuel Jorge, as first administrator of their entail. They mention that they also possess the properties of the entails established by Inês Gomes and Bernardo Gomes, which have obligations of masses in the same church.

Gonçalves, Joana (flor.1659)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Simão Gonçalves Preto and his wife Branca founded a chapel, appointing their son Agostinho Preto Falcão to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa. This entail is composed of a farm called "Machuqueira" located in Évora.

Preto, Simão Gonçalves (flor.1591)

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Will (extract) by which Antónia Duarte designated her husband, António de Oliveira, as her universal heir. She declared that she owned the following properties: a land in Espinheira ("a compridinha"), a property in Perdigueira, a field with a mill in Vale do Casal and houses in Asseiceira. She asked her husband to handle the partition of her mother's estate.

Duarte, Antónia (flor.1683-1684)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) in which Isabel Gavinha bequeaths her houses in Louriceira, which constitute a third of her assets, to her son Francisco Pires. This is subject to the condition that he pays the priests of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa, where the testator wishes to be buried, to say a mass for her soul and for the soul of her husband. These houses must be entailed to this charge and passed down to her direct descendants.

Gavinha, Isabel (flor. 1578)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Isabel Porcel entails her houses in Lisboa and other properties in Torres Vedras with an obligation of three weekly masses and an annual one in the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, Lisboa, and an annual mass in the convent of Santo António do Varatojo, Torres Vedras, where her father is buried. She bequeaths them to her nephew, Álvaro Vaz Porcel, son of her deceased sister, Guiomar Porcel, and to his successors, excluding the ones from his marriage to his current wife, Filipa Luís.

Porcel, Isabel ([before 1694])

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Will (extract) in which Justa Vaz’s brother establishes entails for his children: Duarte, Martinho and Isabel de Castro do Rio, some of which are funded by money left by his sister. He declares that Justa Vaz appointed him as her universal heir, giving him the usufruct of her assets, during his lifetime, and ordering him to transmit them to one of his children or to divide them among them, forming entails. From the money she left, he thus bequeaths 12 000 cruzados to his son Duarte de Castro do Rio and 8 000 cruzados to this daughter Isabel, to found two entails. If their lineages are extinguished these entails shall be annexed to the entail he founded for his eldest son, Martinho de Castro do Rio, with the same conditions. He also bequeaths 40 000 cruzados to Martinho de Castro do Rio, which shall be annexed to the entail he founded for him. Martinho de Castro do Rio must also buy properties to entail to the obligation of masses established in Justa Vaz's codicil, which shall be administered by the successors of his entail.

Rio, Diogo de Castro do (flor.1575)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Diogo Fernandes, Leonor Fernandes' widower, bequeaths houses in Lisboa to Baltasar Fernandes, his late wife's nephew, obligating him and his descendants to celebrate an annual mass in the church of S. Nicolau of Lisboa, where his body would be buried next to his wife's remains. After the firs administrator's death, the entail should be inherited by one of his children.

Fernandes, Diogo ([before 1691])

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Will (extract) in which Francisca Serrão bequeaths 300 000 réis to her master Mariana Mesurada, ordering the purchase of a rent or a public debt instrument to fulfil a perpetual mass for her soul and for the souls of her deceased family members. This amount had been donated to Francisca Serrão by Mariana Mesurada’s mother.

Serrão, Francisca (flor. 1627)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Antónia Martins, wife of Francisco Brás, orders the acquisition of houses to entail to an obligation of five annual masses for her soul. She wants these houses to be given to João Bernardes and his wife, Isabel Dias. Their revenue shall be used to sustain their daughter, Ana de Santa Maria, nun in the convent of Santa Clara of Lisboa, during her lifetime. After her death, the entail shall pass to the couple's other heirs.

Martins, Antónia (flor.1632)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Mécia Nunes bequeaths her houses in Lisboa to her former slave, Maria Nunes, with an obligation of 20 annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, Lisboa. After Maria Nunes' death, the entail shall pass to Mécia's sister, Maria Henriques, with the same obligations. She can annex her own properties to it.

Nunes, Mécia (flor.1590)

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