Approval and addition deed made by Francisco de Arruda da Cunha in which he confirmed the foundation of an entail and the appointments he made for the administration of the entails founded by his father and grandfather.

Approval deed of the will made by Francisco de Arruda da Cunha.

Documents produced by the entail.

Will made by Francisco de Arruda da Cunha in which he ordered, among several other dispositions, the foundation of an entail with a perpetual mass obligation of a chapel of masses celebrated every week in the convent of S. Francisco, where his body should be buried. He named Manuel Fernandes, priest, as first administrator of the entail with the condition that he would appoint a relative of good manners to succeed him, continuing the succession by appointment. He disposed that the administrator should give 2 arrobas of oil to keep a candle always lit in the altar of the Santíssimo Sacramento. Finally, he appointed his cousin Sebastião de Arruda da Costa to succeed him on the administration of the entail founded by his grandfather Pedro da Costa, and also appointed his cousin Pedro da Costa de Arruda as administrator of the entail founded by his father João de Arruda da Costa, as closest relative.