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Royal warrant

Royal warrant to Elvas’ provedor regarding the estates of Lopo Fernandes’ chapel, currently administrated by Catarina de Matos.

Matos, Catarina (flor.1590-1591)

Royal warrant

Royal warrant authorising the declaration of the aforementioned donation by her uncle.

Henriques, Mécia (flor.1550)

Royal warrant

Royal warrant granting António de Melo the administration of the entail instituted by Gonçalo Rodrigues and Leonor Afonso, after the death of the last administrator João Camelo.

Melo, António de (flor.1606-1622)

Royal warrant

Royal warrant authorizing the exchange of estates in the entail of Bárbara de França.

Silva, Francisco Cirne da (flor.1622)

Royal warrant

Royal warrant granting Catarina de Matos the necessary permission to sell the house entailed to the chapel instituted by Lopo Fernandes, under the condition of acquiring another estate to replace it.

Matos, Catarina (flor.1590-1591)

Royal warrant

Royal warrant authorizing Fernando da Silva to proceed to the exchange of the estates entailed to Henrique de Leme's chapel.

Silva, Fernando da (flor.1595-1622)

Royal warrant

Royal warrant by which the king João III grants to Pedro da Grã, son of João do Souto and moço de câmara, the statute of escudeiro fidalgo and morador of his household, by intercession of the bishop D. Bernardo.

Grã, Pedro da (flor.1554-1601)

Royal sentence (extract)

Royal sentence (extract) issued by the king D. Manuel about the libel of accusation presented by the plaintiff doutor Diogo Lopes de Carvalho against the defendant Diogo Eanes. It condemns the defendant, that is administrating the chapel without a valid letter, to deliver the chapel to the plaintiff, who is grandson of Afonso Lourenço, brother of the institutor Vasco Lourenço.

Carvalho, Diogo Lopes de (flor.1499)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence about the administration of the shelter of D. Gaião, judgind that the administrator should be the nearest relative, by legitimate lineage, of the founder, D. Gaião, to avoid conflicts between the patrons, heirs and "naturais" of the shelter. D. Dinis deliver the letter to Mestre Gonçalo and to the lineage of D. Gaião.

Gonçalo (flor.1313)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence about the possession of Tagus river beach, in favor of the Crown against the shelter of D. Gaião, in Santarém, represented by Rui Velho, its administrator.

Velho, Rui (flor.1410)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence issued on behalf of Inácio do Canto da Silveira, defendant, conserving him on the administration of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto, and absolving him of the charges made by Manuel do Canto Teixeira, plaintiff, which was convicted to pay for the costs of the process.

Silveira, Inácio do Canto da (flor.1663-1665)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence confirming that Pedro da Silva de Meneses and D. Isabel, his wife, plaintiffs, are not aggravated by the corregedor sentence and condemning them in the proceedings expenses. The corregedor absolved Pedro de Abreu and D. Beatriz, his wife, defendants, from the requested by the plaintiffs, because the entailed farmstead (herdade) of Serra always belonged to the male ascendants of Pedro de Abreu and his grandfather, Pedro de Abreu, was older than D. Maior, his sister and mother of the plaintiff, against who he win a sentece in 1505.

Abreu, Pedro de (flor.1541)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence in favor of the Crown against Afonso Martins, clérigo, who sang the masses and administered Amador Eanes' chapel, located in Setúbal. The sentence recognizes that the chapel belongs to the Crown, and the king can nominate the administrator he wants, because Afonso Martins is not the closest familiar of the institutor, so he can not administer the chapel.

Martins, Afonso (flor.1430)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence finishing a court process between the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa, and Luís de Brito do Rio, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, husband of Joana de Lima Henriques and administrator of the entail and chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias. Luís de Brito do Rio had inherited the entail after the death, in 1619, of D. Guiomar da Silva, wife of Luís de Mendonça, who was the last successor of the institutors in direct line. As heir from a transversal line, Luís de Brito do Rio only had the right to administer half the possessions of the entail. The other half should, according to the will of the institutors, be divided in two parts: half to the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica and half for pious obligations, namely redemption of captives. There was a long process to establish which properties and what revenue was owed to each part.
Contains several documents regarding these proceedings, including royal sentences dated 1627-08-17, 1627-11-18, 1630-08-13, 1631-07-24, 1631-07-28 and 1631-07-30; sentences issued by the provedor das Capelas dated 1627-02-18, 1630-05-24, 1631-03-06 and 1631-07-24, and sentences of liquidation dated 1630-10-08, 1630-10-12 and 1630-11-16. Mentions dispatches and several embargos set upon the revenue by both parts.

Rio, Luís de Brito do (flor.1620-1636)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence ordering the execution of a sentence by which the provedor das Capelas condemned Luís de Brito do Rio, administrator of the chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias, to pay to the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica the obligations he owed to the chapel. Followed by another sentence, dated 1627-11-18, refusing the embargos set upon this sentence by Luís de Brito do Rio.

Rio, Luís de Brito do (flor.1620-1636)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence, on behalf of João IV, judging the sharing made between the procurador do Fisco and Manuel Lopes Conqueiro, tutor of António, minor, son of Brás Casco de Farelões, which took place in Fisco of Évora.
The sentence orders that the previous sentence, issued by the Fisco of Évora, be carried out, giving to António, orphan of Brás Casco de Farelões, the part that belonged to him in his father's assets and in the entail established by his grandparents.

António (flor.1645-1646)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence, on behalf of D. Henrique, judging a process between Álvaro Lucas, substituted by Rodrigo Lucas, plaintiff, against António Quaresma, defendant, on the administration of the entail instituted by João de Pontes. The Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Benavente and the municipality of Benavente were opponents.
The sentence confirms an earlier one, handed down by the corregedor da comarca and dated 1577-05-13, in which it recognizes that, according to the institution, the administration was the responsibility of the municipality of Benavente.

Quaresma, António (flor.1579)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence issued by Casa da Suplicação on the cause that opposed Domingos Homem and António Martins Homem, son of Isabel de Ornelas, recognizing the right of António Martins Homen to inherited to the chapel founded by Pedro Álvares da Câmara and Catarina de Ornelas, once João de Ornelas died without heirs.

Homem, António Martins (flor.1547-1598)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence executing a citation order issued on behalf of the abbot and monks of the monastery of São Bento da Baía condemning Manuel Lopes, administrator of the chapel of São Pedro, founded by António Cordeiro, to restitute a land near Vila Velha's district that was unlawfully entailed by the institutor. The judicial dispute over this land lasted from 1656 to 1684, opposing the monastery, as plaintiff, against the institutor and the administrators of the entail.

Costa, Manuel Lopes da (flor.1664-1684)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence concerning the conflict between Marta Pedroso, her husband Jerónimo de Abreu, and João Prego, regarding the portions entailed in Álvaro do Porto Pedroso and Margarida Eanes' chapel. The royal court declares the institution as valid.

Contains exemplifications of petitions and letters of attorneys.

Pedroso, Marta (flor.1636)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence judging the "brejo" and pine forest as part of the farmstead (quinta) of Marinha das Vacas, which belong to the Crown and was perpetually leased to conde de Portalegre, in 1499, altought they can not be considered as entailed, and condemning Francisco Rodrigues, o Merca Tudo, to relinquish them to D. Guiomar da Silveira.

Silveira, Guiomar da (d.1687)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence, on behalf of Filipe, judging a civil process between Manuel do Vale, plaintiff, against Francisco Barreto, defendant, regarding the administration of the chapel established by Catarina Cabreira.

Vale, Manuel do (flor.1630-1633)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence regarding a legal action moved by João Alves, Luís Álvares, Pedro Alves, Margarida Gomes and Catarina Álvares against Fernando Gonçalves, lavrador, and his wife, Maria Alves. The appellants, which were Maria Alves' brothers and sisters, argued that, after their parents' death, Álvaro Eanes and Catarina Eanes, the defendants had unlawfully seized a vineyard in Panasqueira, Lisboa, which should had been partitioned among them. In turn, Fernando Gonçalves and his wife declared that the vineyard had been bequeathed by Inês Eanes Forjaz to Maria Eanes "a Calva", Maria Alves' grandmother, with the obligation of celebrating one annual mass for her soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Benfica. Subsequently, the entail's first administrator donated it to her son, Álvaro Eanes, who, before his own death, appointed his daughter, Maria Alves, to administer it.
In view of the facts presented, the judges absolved the defendants and condemned the appellants to pay the court fees.

Gonçalves, Fernando (flor.1500-1503)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence confirming a court sentence that finished a court process started by the licenciado Francisco de Barros, deceased, against the priests of the convent of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, and continued by his grandson, Francisco Pereira de Azevedo. Francisco de Barros had bequeathed 600 000 réis to the priests of the convent of Santíssima Trindade, who should acquire with it a public debt instrument to entail to his chapel. The priests hadn't fulfilled this obligation. After obtaining a royal sentence in his favour, Francisco de Barros had agreed that the priests could consignate the 600 000 réis in a lease in S. Jordão, Lisboa, which they possessed. The king confirmed this decision and ordered the consignation of the money on the leases.
Contains other copies of the royal sentence VINC007846 FBCC EA/002a and of the consent deed VINC007846 FBCC EA/002b; testemonies regarding the possession of the leases by the convent and documentation related to the habilitation of Francisco Pereira de Azevedo as heir and administrator of the chapel, after the death of his grandfather.

Azevedo, Francisco Pereira de (flor.1663)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence regarding the partition of the patrimony left by D. Guiomar Novais and her husband, Pedro Correia da Silva, after their deaths. It decided that, since the Santa Casa da Misericórdia relinquished part of the inheritance of Pedro Correia da Silva, it lawfully belonged Jorge Nogueira de Novais, represented by his guardian, Rodrigo de Resende Nogueira. Contains copies of a warrant (VINC007815 GN EA/001a), court sentences (VINC007815 GN EA/001ba, VINC007815 GN EA/001bb, VINC007815 GN EA/001bc) and an extract of a pagamento à terça (VINC007815 GN EA/001da). Followed by a petition and letters of possession.

Nogueira, Rodrigo de Resende (flor.1633-1651)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence judging a legal action which opposed Catarina Fernandes, wife of Mateus Domingues, plaintiff, against Pedro Eanes, Escrivão do Tesouro do Infante, and Isabel Martins, wife of João Esteves, concerning the administration of the chapel instituted by Sancha Eanes Palhavã in the church of Santa Justa of Lisboa. Its former administrator, Lourenço, son of Catarina Fernandes and brother of Isabel Martins, had been missing for 20 years.
A previous sentence recognized the degree of kinship of Isabel Martins with the institutor and the last administrator, declaring that she was the legitimate administrator of the chapel, since the institution did not prohibited women of administering it. The defendants made an appeal against that decision, but the royal sentence confirmed it.
Contains detailed informations regarding the institution of the entail and its first administrators.

Martins, Isabel (flor.1423)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence absolving João Pires, defendant, from the requested by the prior and clergymen of the church of Santa Justa de Coimbra, plaintiffs, and judging him as the rightful administrator of the chapel of André Vicente, in the church of Santa Justa of Coimbra, because he is married to Maria Álvares, cousin of Catarina, the last administrator.

Pires, João (flor.1503)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence confirming the contract and bond deed made by D. Manuel de Ataíde, on behalf of his minor sons D. João de Ataíde e Sousa and Ângela de Vilhena, and by Francisco Correia, his wife Ana da Silva, on behalf of their minor sons António Correia and Maria da Silva, that included those minors on the composition deed that settled a judicial dispute they had over 27 years regarding the administration of the entail founded by Rodrigo Afonso de Atouguia. The sentence also confirmed that all the clauses of the composition contract and bond deed would remain valid regardless of the death of any of the parts involved.

Ataíde, Manuel de (flor.1599-1601)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence issued on behalf of Inácio do Canto da Silveira, defendant, conserving him on the administration of the entail founded by Pedro Eanes do Canto, and absolving him of the charges made by Manuel do Canto Teixeira, plaintiff, which was convicted to pay for the costs of the process.

Silveira, Inácio do Canto da (flor.1663-1665)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence of D. João II, judging a civil process between Leonor Afonso, plaintiff, administrator of the entail instituted by Rui Soares, against João Dias and Catarina Gonçalves, his wife, defendants, on the possession of some mills belonging to the entail.

Afonso, Leonor (flor.1480)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence confirming the donation of Bernardo Eanes' entail made by Graça Fernandes, its administrator, to Bernardo Eanes Tinoco, her grandson, which the latter accepted. Followed by a detailed list of the chapel's assets.

Tinoco, Bernardo Eanes (flor.1507)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence, on behalf of Afonso VI, judging a civil process between Domingos do Amaral Valente, replaced by Manuel Lampreia de Vargas, plaintiff, against the prior and beneficiados of the church of Santa Maria de Serpa, defendants, on the administration of the chapel instituted by Ana de Oliveira.
The sentence confirms a judgment by the Juízo das Capelas da Coroa declaring the chapel vacant for the Crown, condemning the defendants as illegitimate administrators, and handing the administration over to the plaintiff.

Vargas, Manuel Lampreia de (flor.1659-1684)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence, passed in the name of D. Pedro, as Prince Regent, judging a petition filed by Francisco de Sousa Lobato, against the procurador da Coroa, on the administration of the chapel established by João Domingues, abbot of Sabadim.
The sentence orders compliance with previous judgments.

Lobato, Francisco de Sousa (flor.1681-1699)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence ordering the fulfilment of a previous sentence and ordering the defendants, João da Fonseca Botelho and Catarina de Lira, his wife, to relinquish to the plaintiffs, Miguel Ferreira Escórcio and his son, Manuel da Fonseca, the ownership of the proporty and chapel of Guiomar de Teive.

Cardoso, Miguel Ferreira (flor.1651-1663)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence issued by Relação de Lisboa on behalf of João Dias do Carvalhal naming him administrator of the entail founded by his parents Francisco Dias do Carvalhal and Catarina Neta.

Carvalhal, João Dias do (flor.1575)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence by which Manuel Côrte-Real and D. Beatriz de Mendonça, his wife, administrators of the chapel established by Vasco Eanes Côrte-Real and D. Joana da Silva in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, are ordered to pay the obligations they owe to the chapel with the revenue of the casal de Grajal, in Belas, entailed to it, even though the administrator, in his will, says he will forgive the administrators if they don't order the masses.
Contains undated sentences and dispatches explaining that the payments had ceased from 1544 onwards, because there wasn't enough revenue, due to the sterility of the land entailed to the chapel. Because of this, Manuel Côrte-Real was ordered to show proof of the revenue, so that the debt corresponding to those years should be discounted, and that he should make payments with the current revenue.

Côrte-Real, Manuel (flor.1517-1545)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence, passed by the queen's authority, judging a civil process between Vasco Eanes, plaintiff, against Pedro Mendes, defendant, administrator of the chapel established by priest Simão Gonçalves, vigário of the parish of São Pedro de Sintra. The sentence proves that Cubelo's place, on the outskirts of Sintra, was not included in the assets linked to the chapel, so he condemns the defendant to leave it to the plaintiff and to pay the costs of the process.

Mendes, Pedro (flor.1513)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence in favor of the Crown against Gonçalo Fernandes, administrator of Lourenço Martins do Avelar's chapel, who had brought the accusation. The sentence recognizes that Quinta de Trazouval, Casal de Pombal (near Azinhaga) and Casal do Cavaleiro (near Alviela bridge) are property of the Crown, so do not belong to the chapel instituted by Lourenço Martins do Avelar.

Fernandes, Gonçalo (flor.1438-1442)

Royal sentence

Royal sentece concerning the charges of the chapel founded by Lourenço Martins do Avelar, following a petition presented by Pedro Lourenço de Almeida, who claimed lack of assets to fulfil all the charges. It lists the chapel's properties.

Almeida, Pedro Lourenço de (flor.1448-1457)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence published by request of Bernardo de Faria, defendant, who was judged, with his wife, D. Beatriz de Melo, as the rightful successor and administrator of the entail founded by Garcia de Melo, Heitor de Melo and D. Maria de Castro. By this sentence, king Pedro II orders the fulfilment of a previous sentence regarding the administration of the entail of Garcia de Melo, Heitor de Melo and D. Maria de Castro, claimed by D. Francisco Castelo Branco Coutinho Castro e Meneses, conde do Redondo, and D. Madalena de Castro, his wife, plaintiffs, againts the defendants.

Faria, Bernardo de (flor.1674)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence published by request of Bernardo de Faria, defendant, who was judged, with his wife, D. Beatriz de Melo, as the rightful successor and administrator of the entail founded by Garcia de Melo, Heitor de Melo and D. Maria de Castro. By this sentence, king Pedro II orders the fulfilment of a previous sentence regarding the administration of the entail of Garcia de Melo, Heitor de Melo and D. Maria de Castro, claimed by D. Francisco Castelo Branco Coutinho Castro e Meneses, conde do Redondo, and D. Madalena de Castro, his wife, plaintiffs, againts the defendants.
Followed by a dispatch orderting its fulfilment, dated from 1674-07-03.

Faria, Bernardo de (flor.1674)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence by which Diogo Taveira presented Beatriz Soares' will, declaring that she founded a chapel in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa. He was named to be its administrator, with the obligation to celebrate masses. This entail incorporates the chapel founded by her mother, Maria Vaz Soares, located in the same church, and is composed of a farm and "campo", in Santarém, and a "casal", in Torres Vedras.

Taveira, Diogo (flor.1531)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence against D. Inês de Meneses, widow of Bernardo de Carvalho and tutor of her minor son, Rui de Carvalho de Albuquerque, administrator of the entail established by his grandfather, Rui de Carvalho. D. Inês de Meneses had started a conflict against D. Joana de Távora, declaring that her husband had improperly sold her a rent in an estate in Grândola which belonged to the entail of her son. It was proven, however, that this rent wasn't part of the entail, as it hadn't been included in the partitions made after the institutor's death, nor in the legitime of his son, Bernardo de Carvalho. Thus, the sale had been valid and D. Inês de Meneses was ordered to pay the charges.
Followed by deed of sale by which Bernardo de Carvalho sold the rent to D. Joana de Távora, declaring it free of any obligations or entail.

Albuquerque, Rui de Carvalho de (flor.1590)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence about the administration of D. Gaião hospital, in Santarém, in favor of the Crown against Beatriz Velha and Rodrigo Eanes Vilela, her husband, who had start the judicial process.

Velha, Beatriz (flor.1421)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence concerning the legal action moved by Licenciado Álvaro Eanes, Procurador das Capelas, Hospitais, Albergarias e Confrarias de Lisboa, against Branca Rodrigues, Simão Nunes' widow. After the ordering of the partition of Simão Nunes' patrimony, Branca Rodrigues refused to administer the chapel established by Catarina Eanes and her husband. Thus, the judges determine that the entail should be administered by Simão, Simão Nunes' son, and that he and his successors must guarantee the celebration of annual masses for the institutors' souls, which should be supported with the revenues of houses in Lisboa. They also demanded the making of a tombo of the chapel's properties.

Simão (flor.1500-1503)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence ordering the fulfilment of another royal sentence, by request of capitão Francisco Soares de Melo, appellant. It mentions that capitão Francisco Soares de Melo was appointed as administrator of the chapel of Guiomar de Teive in 1649, following the death of Manuel da Mota da Fonseca, because he already administrated the chapel for many years and he is related to the institutor.

Melo, Francisco Soares de (flor.1649-1662)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence issued by Casa da Suplicação, declining the appeal made on behalf of the minor Martinho Afonso de Melo, defendant and appellant, against a sentence issued by the Juiz dos Órfãos de Lisboa, Francisco Ferreira Encerrabodes on the cause that opposed him, defendand and D. Maria da Silva de Almeida, plaintiff, regarding the succession on the administration of the entail and chapel of Espírito Santo, in the church of the Misericórdia de Lisboa, founded by Luís de Almeida e Vasconcelos. The Casa de Suplicação condemned the minor Martinho Afonso de Melo and his tutors to pay for the costs of the process and deliver the administration of the entail and of the entailed properties with all of it's derived income to D. Maria da Silva.

[includes several documents, including sentences, statement of oath, termo de curador, extracts of the will and a termo de atempação].

Almeida, Maria da Silva de (flor.1652-1656)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence issued by the Desembargo do Paço on behalf of Frei Álvaro [Fernandes], Prior da Igreja de Coruche, administrator of the chapel founded by Maria Eanes Garavinha, determining that a quarter of the income derived from the entailed properties should belong to him and to all administrators after him, once the institutor did not determined it on her will.

Fernandes, Álvaro (flor.1496)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence, on behalf of Filipe III, judging a civil process between the procurador da Coroa, plaintiff, against Luís de Góis de Mendonça, defendant, on the administration of the Minguelhos' chapel, instituted by Lourenço Martins Minguelhos and Vasco Martins Minguelhos, in church of Santa Maria da Lagoa de Monsaraz.
The sentence reiterates the last judgment, recognizing that the chapel was, since time immemorial, legitimately administered by the defendant's grandparents and parents, descendants of the institutors, recognizing him as a legitimate administrator. It orders that this sentence be put on the tombo and serve as an institution. Orders that the chapel be removed of the list of Capelas da Coroa and a declaration added in the Torre do Tombo and in the Provedoria.

Mendonça, Luís de Góis de (flor.1623-1625)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence in favor of Guiomar de Montarroio against the officers of the municipality of Lisbon and master Pedro, administrator of Estêvão da Guarda's chapel, who brought the accusation. The sentence recognizes that the houses located on Rua Nova dos Mercadores, in Lisboa, were leased by the Crown to Guiomar Montarroio, which means they did not belong to the chapel instituted by Estêvão da Guarda in the monastery of S. Vicente de Fora, in Lisboa.

Pedro (flor.1517)

Royal sentence

Royal sentence judging the salt pans as belonging to the farmstead (quinta) of Amora and entail of D. Guiomar da Silveira and condemning the religious of the monastery of Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo of Lisbon to pay the autos expenses.

Silveira, Guiomar da (d.1687)

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