Acórdão em relação, judging a civil process between José Coelho Varela, plaintiff, assisted by the procurador da Coroa, against José Teixeira da Fonseca and his wife, defendants, on the administration of the chapel instituted by Paulo Arrais de Mendonça, in the church of Misericórdia of Almada. The opponents were Estêvão Cordeiro Soares and D. Francisca Machone, his wife.
The defendants did not present any opposition to the libel of accusation, acknowledging that they were illegitimate administrators of the chapel. The sentence gives the opponents' allegations as unproven, as it was not possible to prove that D. Francisca Machone was a family member of the last administrator of the chapel. It judges the chapel as a vacant for the Crown, and must be registered in the Coroa and Torre do Tombo books. It orders that the administration be delivered to the plaintiff, in the form of the warrant he had, and, with the sentence, within two months, he must request the administration letter at the Desembargo do Paço.

Administration letter on behalf of Isabel Varela giving her the administration of the chapel for his lifetime due to the death of her husband, Pedro Paulo de Sousa, last administrator. [Includes a scribe’s note referring to the previous register of the grace warrant of administration in the same chancery book, fl. 240v-241].

Certificate of court record, already sentenced, between José Coelho Varela, plaintiff, assisted by the procurador da Coroa, against José Teixeira da Fonseca and his wife, defendants, about the administration of the chapel of Paulo Arrais de Mendonça. The opponents were Estêvão Cordeiro Tavares and D. Francisca Machone, his wife.
Certificate issued by Domingos de Araújo, escrivão dos Feitos da Coroa Real e das Capelas da Coroa de todo o Reino nesta Corte e Casa da Suplicação, at the request of José Coelho Varela.

Chancery record of a denunciation warrant of administration on behalf of José Coelho Varela enabling him to denounce the chapel's vacancy at his own expenses.

Chancery record of a grace warrant of administration on behalf of Isabel Varela giving her the administration of the chapels founded by Paulo Arrais de Mendonça, in Almada, and Vicente Simões, in Punhete.

Chancery record of an administration letter on behalf of Isabel Varela.

Denunciation warrant of administration on behalf of José Coelho Varela allowing him to judicially demand, at his own expenses, the administration of the chapel founded by Paulo Arrais de Mendonça, after denouncing it vacant and during his lifetime only. The desembargadores do Paço should issue the respective administration letter, after presentation of this warrant and the sentence proving its vacancy to the Crown.

Grace warrant of administration on behalf of Isabel Varela giving her the administration of the chapels founded by Paulo Arrais de Mendonça, in Almada, and Vicente Simões, in Punhete, in satisfaction of a privilege granted on behalf of Pedro Paulo de Sousa, her deceased husband, that allowed him to appoint his wife to succeed him on the administration of a chapel worth 40.000 réis.

Documents produced by the entail.

Torre do Tombo registry book record.