Annexation deed by Maria de Moura, widow, entailing all her assets to a chapel previously institued, dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Natividade and to the souls of the Purgatory, in the church of S. João de Luzim. Maria appointed her nephew, Manuel de Sousa Camps, as the first administrator. The successors should primarly be the first-born sons, excluding clerics and those who commited lese-majeste crimes.
Annexation deed by which Cristóvão Mendes de Eça and his wife, D. Filipa de Gouveia, entailed lands in Carvalhal and in Tondela to the entail established by Francisco Mendes Cardoso and Isabel Pais de Barros in substitution of houses and vineyards in Guarda which had belonged to it. Isabel Pais de Barros confirmed the entail foundation deed's clauses and declared that if any administrator of the entail committed a crime of lèse-majesté, he would loose the right to administrate it 3 days before doing so.
Annexation deed by which Gonçalo Coelho, attaches several assets to the entail of which he was administrator. Manuel Luís Paiva and Antónia Alves, his wife, appointed successors to the administration, also entail, for their part, some assets to the entail, committing themselves to the fulfillment of the institution.
Approval and declaration deed by Bernardo do Amaral Castelo Branco, his second wife D. Paula de Vasconcelos da Silva and his son António do Amaral Castelo Branco changing some clauses of the entail foundation deed.
Castelo Branco, Bernardo do Amaral de (flor.1606-1610)
Approval and declaration deed of the will by padre Manuel Dias Maninho in which he confirmed his will and the foundation of the entail, and disposed that any administrator convicted in crimes of lese-majesty crimes should be deprived from the administration 24 hours before the crime was commited, when the administration would be transmitted to the next successor in line.
Chapel and entail foundation and declaration deed by licenciado António de Oliveira, changing some clauses from the foundation of his and his uncle's, Domingos Gomes, entail and chapel, located in the monastery of Santa Cruz of Coimbra. Among them, he changes the entail's head to their graves, located in the chapel of Santo André, in the same monastery. In the end, it describes all the entailed assets.
Chapel foundation deed by Genoveva Pereira da Cunha, António Ribeiro Pereira, Vicente Pereira de Castro and D. Leonor Soutomaior. Fulfilling the will of Doutor Nicolau Pereira de Castro, son of Genoveva Pereira da Cunha, she established a chapel with a third of his assets and of his son, to fulfill the charges, celebrated in the church of Nossa Senhora da Salvação in Arruda dos Vinhos. It also encloses the assets left by priest Manuel Pereira, her son, before his profession. According to the same will, he appoints Vicente Pereira de Castro, first administrator. The succession was to be that set forth in the Kingdom Ordinances. Priest António Ribeiro Pereira would also entail, on his death, his property to the aforementioned chapel. Vicente Pereira de Castro and D. Leonor Soutomaior, his wife, also attach a third of their property, namely the Nossa Senhora da Luz' farm, in Vinha, on the outskirts of Arruda dos Vinhos, to the chapel.
Chapel foundation deed by which Diogo Saraiva and his wife Isabel Mendes incorporated several properties and rents of cereal, wine, chestnuts and olive oil, in order to fulfill the chapel's obligations. They wanted to build, at their own expense, the chancel of the hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Penelas, on the outskirts of Lamego. The administrators would be obligated to maintain the hermitage and to ensure the cult. They designated their son, Doutor Domingos Saraiva, to be its first administrator and to be responsible for choosing between one of his brothers, or between one of his nephews, the sucessor of this entail.
Chapel foundation deed by António de São Dionísio, bishop of the island of Santiago, in Cape Verde. The bishop declares that he has built a chapel under the invocation of Nossa Senhora da Piedade in the farmstead of Santo André de Marecos, in the Bishopric of Porto, leaving a retable with the image of the Virgin to be placed in the said chapel, where perpetual daily Masses would be celebrated for the soul of the founder. António de São Dionísio leaves 4.000 cruzados to be used to buy estates or interest rates to be entailed to the chapel. The first administrator would be his nephew, Manuel de Sousa Loureiro, to whom the institutor leaves the power to appoint one of his children as successor. After that, the succession would go primarily to the first-born sons. The successor should always be an Old Christian. The institutor also requestes that the bishops of Porto and the "provedores das capelas" to register the institution in their records and to surveil the fulfilment of his wishes.
Chapel foundation deed by Manuel Rodrigues, appointing two lines and 'genders' of administrators: one following the line of his mother, represented by his niece Benta Rodrigues, followed by her son Manuel; and the other should follow his father's line, represented by his brother Álvaro Rodrigues, followed by his daughter Maria. Both administrators should also support the pious obligations of the entail, notably a weekly mass celebrated every friday, along with 900 reis to the 'fábrica' of the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição.
Chapel foundation deed by Manuel Ribeiro ordering the celebration of masses in the chapel he previously founded with his late wife, Maria Antunes, in Misericórdia of Viana do Castelo and annexing more assets, bought by him after his wife's death, to the first chapel they founded. He appoints as first administrators of his chapel his nephew and niece, licenciado Baltasar Barbosa de Araújo and Catarina Ribeiro Maciel, his wife. If they do not have offspring when Catarina Ribeiro dies, Baltasar Barbosa de Araújo will enjoy the chapel's income in his life and, after his death, this chapel will be annexed to the chapel founded by Manuel Ribeiro and Maria Antunes, currently administrated by licenciado Gaspar Portes Ribeiro and Isabel Barbosa de Aguilar, his wife. Chapel foundation deed approved in 1642-06-15 and opened in 1651-07-05.
Chapel foundation deed by which Manuel Garcia de Bívar established an entail, appointing his eldest son Duarte Garcia Bívar to be its first administrator. He has due to order the celebration of masses in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa. The successors are obligated to incorporate the third part of their third to this chapel. This entail is composed of a public debt instrument of 55 187 réis in Tábula Real da Vila de Setúbal and houses located in Lisboa.
Chapel foundation deed by which the priest Luís Ferreira established an entail, designating his third-degree niece Catarina dos Santos, daughter of João Tomé and Maria Esteves, to be its first administrator. She was due to order the celebration of masses wherever she wanted and she, and the future administrators, were obligated to incorporate their third into this entail. If she died without heirs, it should succeed her sister Mariana de Jesus and her heirs. This entail is composed of land, vineyards, olive groves, olive press and mill in the parish of São Pedro de Dois Portos, on the outskirts of Torres Vedras, and also two houses located in Lisboa. The successors could not sell the houses but they could subrogate it, and this provision was also confirmed in this document by João Tomé and Maria Esteves, the houses' possessors.
Chapel foundation deed by António de Almeida and Francisca das Neves, in Condeixa-a-Nova. They entailed assets to fulfill charges, celebrated at the altar of the chapel of the brotherhood of Nossa Senhora da Lapa and appoint António de Moura Coutinho, their nephew, as administrator of the chapel, to whom his eldest son should succeed. If the lineage was extinguished, the last administrator had to nominate the successor he considered suitable.
Chapel foundation deed in which Gonçalo Rodrigues Marques declares that he has bought the chapel of "Cabeça Santa", in the convent of S. Elói, in Porto, with the intention of establishing his own chapel. To achieve this, he changed the chapel's invocation to St. Gonçalo, the Saint he was named after, and ordered his remains buried there. The institutor entailed 110,000 reis of interest in the Almoxarifado of Porto. He appointed his son António Rodrigues Marques, almoxarife of the comarca of Porto, as the first administrator. The entail was to be inherited by the first-born male son.
Chapel foundation deed of the chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, in Aldeia de Cima, Armamar, by Domingos Cardoso da Fonseca, who wished to be buried there. He entails most of his movable and immovable property to fulfill charges, reserving only a few, worth 1 500 cruzados, for the fulfilment of his will. He declares he would appoint the first administrator in his will, but if he did not, the administration would pass to Manuel Cardoso Madeira, his legitimate son, and then to his eldest son.
Chapel foundation deed by which Belchior Correia and Violante Gonçalves, his wife, entail an orchard with the obligation of 12 000 reis of masses in the convent of of São Francisco of Lisboa and appoint Pedro Correia, their son, as its first administrator.
Chapel foundation deed by which Jerónimo de Araújo Peixoto, abbot of the Castelo de Penalva's church, instituted a chapel, invoking Nossa Senhora da Guia, in Quinta do Salgueiral. He entailed the aforementioned farm to fulfill the charges. It was up to the administrator to appoint the successor. If he didn't nominate anyone, the administration should be left to Catarina de Araújo Peixoto, his sister. In lack of an administrator, the administration would be left to the Misericórdia de Penalva.
Chapel foundation deed by Manuel Ribeiro ordering the celebration of masses in the chapel he previously founded with his late wife, Maria Antunes, in Misericórdia of Viana do Castelo and annexing more assets, bought by him after his wife's death, to the first chapel they founded. He appoints as first administrators of his chapel his nephew and niece, licenciado Baltasar Barbosa de Araújo and Catarina Ribeiro Maciel, his wife. If they do not have offspring when Catarina Ribeiro dies, Baltasar Barbosa de Araújo will enjoy the chapel's income in his life and, after his death, this chapel will be annexed to the chapel founded by Manuel Ribeiro and Maria Antunes, currently administrated by licenciado Gaspar Portes Ribeiro and Isabel Barbosa de Aguilar, his wife. Chapel foundation deed approved in 1642-06-15 and opened in 1651-07-05.
Chapel foundation deed by António Baltasar. His estates were entailed to a chapel previously built in Cortegaça, in Santa Maria do Pinheiro, dedicated to Bom Jesus. As administrator, António appointed his nephew João Ribeiro, with the obligation of celebrating a weekly mass and other three masses in Christmas for the souls of the institutor and his wife's.
Chapel foundation deed of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, established by Luís Dias Manuel. He entails assets for the fulfillment of charges, celebrated at the altar of the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, in the mother church of Sarzedas. Appoints the Condes of Sarzedas as administrators of the chapel.
Chapel foundation deed by which Salvador Gonçalves, moedeiro, and his wife, Inês Alves, establish a chapel with the invocation of Nossa Senhora do Rosário in the church of Santo Adrião da Póvoa, where they wish to be buried. They entail their properties, namely houses and farmlands in Póvoa de Santo Adrião, with an obligation of an annual mass on the day of Nossa Senhora do Rosário and other holidays of the Virgin. They appoint their niece, Inês Rodrigues, daughter of António Rodrigues and Beatriz Alves, sister of Inês Alves, as first administrator, and her successors afterwards. They also bequeath to their nephew, Bernardo Vaz, and to his successors, a vineyard which Salvador Gonçalves had inherited from his father, Gonçalo Pires, with an obligation of an annual mass in their chapel.
Chapel foundation deed by Doctor João de Coimbra, provisor in the Archbishopric of Braga. The founder declares that he had previously received permission from the King to acquire property to be incorporated into a chapel he had built in honour of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, next to the church of São João do Souto in Braga. His nephew, Cristóvão de Coimbra, would be the first owner and administrator of the chapel, to be succeeded by his first-born son, with the exception of clerics, illegitimate children and those who had committed lese-majeste crimes. The estates could not be leased to "fidalgos", "cavaleiros" or "oficiais do rei", but only to farmers and labourers. Every year, during the mass of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, the chaplain would read the deed of foundation to keep the memory of the founder alive.
Chapel foundation deed by which Estêvão Ferreira da Gama, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, and D. Mécia Pereira, his wife, entail their properties in Lisboa, Sintra, Cascais, Torres Vedras, Lourinhã, Atouguia and Óbidos. They establish an obligation of a daily mass in the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Egito of the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, Lisboa. They appoint their daughter, Violante Pereira, as administrator, and her successors afterwards.
Chapel foundation deed of Manuel Gonçalves Moreira, which he had done in the church of the monastery of Santo António of Viana [do Castelo] and where he wanted to be buried. He entails his houses, located in Viana do Castelo, on Rua de Santa Catarina, for the celebration of the charges. The administrator must be the eldest, legitimate son. In case of non-fulfillment of the charges, the administration would transfer to Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Viana.
Chapel foundation deed, by which Isabel Rodrigues Zarco, widow of Francisco de Freitas da Cunha, establishes a chapel, dedicated to the Santíssimo Sacramento, in the mother church of Portimão, entailing various assets, to fulfill the charges and transferring the charges that her husband to it had ordered in the monastery of São Francisco.
Chapel foundation deed of Belchior Correia and Violante Gonçalves, his wife, in which they entail assets for the fulfillment of charges, celebrated in the monastery of São Francisco of Lisboa and appoint Pedro Correia, their son, as its first administrator.
Chapel foundation deed of Feliciana Ribeiro and Maria do Avelar, her sister. They entail several houses, located in Évora, opposite the convent of São Francisco, to fulfill the charges, celebrated in the church of that monastery. The administration belonged to Feliciana Ribeiro, after her death to Maria do Avelar, and then to her children, namely her eldest daughter.
Chapel foundation deed by which Henrique Homem established an entail, incorporating several properties located in Vila Meã and Oliveira do Conde, and donated them to his nephew Henrique Simões Homem, son of his niece Bárbara Botelho and her husband Pedro Simões, reserving the usufruct during his lifetime.
Chapel foundation deed of António Pires and Beatriz Gonçalves, his wife. Beatriz Gonçalves entails several assets, including her farmstead in Lisboa, with an obligation of annual masses in the altar of Nossa Senhora da Piedade of the monastery of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Lisbon. António Pires undertakes to also entail a third of his assets. They appoint Pedro Rebelo, son of António Pires, as first administrator, and his descendants afterwards.
Chapel foundation deed by Gonçalo Barbosa. The institutor had previously built a chapel dedicated to São Gonçlo, which was located in Santa Maria de Ardegão, next to the house where he was born. Gonçalo Barbosa entailed all his possessions and established the rules of the institution: the succession would be by legitimate descent, appointing the son or daughter who was considered the most obedient and capable of managing the estates. The appointment of the second administrator and successor was postponed to the time when the founder was to make his will. In the absence of relatives, the administration was to go to the S. Marcos Hospital in Braga. In the same document, his nephew, Domingos Barbosa, priest of São Julião dos Passos, also entailed to the chapel the property he had inherited from his cousin, João Barbosa, of the church of São Salvador das Almas de Vilar.
Chapel foundation deed by which D. Isabel de Castilho, widow of João Bernardes, escrivão dos Armazéns dos mantimentos de Lisboa, instituted a chapel, entailing to it the third part of his assets, which included a farmstead located near the Chafariz do Andaluz. The revenues of the entailed assets would support the celebration of a perpetual daily mass and another one prayed, every year, in All Saints' Day in the convent of S. Bento da Saúde of Lisboa, where her body would be buried. She appointed her brother, João Batista Santa Cruz, to administrate the chapel, allowing him to designate one of his children to succeed him. If he died without leaving descendants, the entail would be transmitted to the closest living relative or to a benefactor. The institutor declared that she had chosen her brother to administrate it because her only son had married against her will. Contains a copy of a petition and a licence.
Chapel foundation deed of the chapel of Santo Alberto, instituted by Manuel Rodrigues de Abreu, in the church of the College of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Coimbra. The chapel was purchased for 80 000 réis and destined for the institutor's tomb. He entails assets to fulfill the charges and decides to bind it in the form of a entail, to be administered by an administrator who fulfills the charges. He also undertook to decorate the chapel and appointed the licenciado Manuel de Aguiar da Fonseca as the first administrator to be succeeded by D. Luísa Pereira Pantoja, his wife, and after his death, Manuel de Aguiar Pereira, their grandson. If the descendants were missing, the administration would transfer to the College. It contains the license granted by Frei Luís de Miranda, provincial of the Order of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, to institution the chapel (dated 1664-12-17).
Chapel foundation deed by João Dias Leite, by which he decided to institute a chapel in the newly built church of Santa Cruz. He appointed his nephew Teodoro Leite as administrator. He and all the administrators had several obligations, namely to be members of the Brotherhood of Santa Cruz and to use the family coat of arms. Succession would pass primarily through first-born sons, excluding illegitimate children. A copy of the deed of foundation was to be inserted in the Livro das Capelas and another in the archives of the Brotherhood of Santa Cruz.
Chapel foundation deed by which Domingos Nunes and Ana Maria Rodarte, his wife, entail the third part of their assets, including houses in Lisboa and 30 silver vases, with the purpose of supporting the celebration of a daily perpetual mass for their souls in the church of Santa Maria Madalena of Lisboa, where their bodies and those of their successors would be buried. They designate their grandson, Doutor João Coelho Rodarte, Catarina Rodarte's son, to become the chapel's first administrator, determining that he should transmit it to his eldest son at the time of his death.
Chapel foundation deed by which capitão Miguel Luís Peleja and his wife, Domingas Nunes, revoke the previous contracts they had made with the Irmandade do Espírito Santo of the hermitage of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios de Alfama, dated 1667-04-14, 1669-03-14 and 1669-10-26. They establish a daily mass for their souls in the altar of Jesus of that hermitage, to which they entail their properties, including houses in Alfama which already had other obligations of masses to the church of S. Miguel de Alfama. They designate capitão Rafael Nunes da Silveira, nephew of Domingas Nunes, as first administrator, with capacity of appointing the next one. If he doesn't appoint a successor, he shall be succeded by his bastard daughter, D. Mariana, and her descendants. If her lineage is extinguished, the entail shall pass to the Irmandade do Espírito Santo. They designate António Borges, son of Francisco Borges, as their first chaplain.
Chapel foundation deed by which João Lopes Figueira and João de Gusmão, fidalgos da Casa do Rei, as executors of André da Silva's will, appoint Vicente Figueira d'Altero, João Lopes Figueira's son, as administrator and heir of the chapel established by André da Silva and his wife, Joana de Sequeira, in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. The document mentions André da Silva's will, by which he ordered that his properties should be bequeathed to his wife, during her lifetime, and that after her death they would be entailed and bequeathed to a person chosen by João Lopes Figueira and João de Gusmão, and to this person's successors thereafter, with the obligation of one annual mass for their souls.
Codicil by which Cristóvão de Brito, D. Beatriz de Ataíde's husband, member of the Conselho do Rei, establishes an entail with public debt instruments and a farmstead (quinta) in Ribatejo, appointing João de Brito, his nephew, to be its first administrator. The latter and his descendants are obligated to support the celebration of annual masses for the soul of the institutor in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Assunção of the church of the monastery of Madre de Deus of Lisboa and to maintain alight a lamp inside it. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1560-03-25 and an opening deed issued on 1561-08-09.
Codicil of D. Maria Rebelo, adding and changing clauses to her previous codicil. She appoints Aires de Miranda Henriques, her nephew, as first administrator of her entail, and his successors afterwards. If he dies before her, the entail shall be inherited by his brother, Fernando de Miranda Henriques. She also lists the pieces she donates to her chapel.
Codicil made by Ana de Almeida in which she confirmed her will but made clear that their relatives could only succeed in the case that her son and daughters had no descendants of their own. She also included a clause regarding the immediate exclusion of any administrator who committed crimes of lese-majeste.
Codicil by which João de Resende, expresses his wish to be transported after his death to his chapel in the chapterhouse of the convent of Santo António dos Olivais, Coimbra. He confirms the dispositions of the will made before his departure to Madrid, in which he had designated his niece, D. Joana de Sá de Miranda Resende, daughter of his sister D. Jerónima Corte Real, as her universal heir and administrator of his entail. He lists the clauses of succession of the entail founded by his brother, Pedro Homem de Resende, and orders a copy of its institution to be given to the priests of Santo António dos Olivais. He declares his niece heir of his brother's entail as well as of his own. Followed by an addition dated 1643-10-31, by the approval deed of the codicil, and by a note referring it was translated from the Portuguese by D. Francisco Gracian Berruguete, secretário da interpretação de línguas.
Codicil by which Rodrigo Homem, changes the invocation of the chapel ordered in his will from S. Gens to S. José, and adds four more masses to its obligations, in a total of eight. He revokes the clause which established that, if his brother and heir had no successors, the administration would pass to the Misericórdia of Ourém, declaring that it will pass instead to their closest relative. He declares that Vidal Homem, João Pereira's eldest son, will inherit the entail after his father's death. If he has no successors, it will pass to one of his siblings, with the exception of Nuno Rodrigues, who will not inherit it in spite of being older.
Codicil by which João de Resende, expresses his wish to be transported after his death to his chapel in the chapterhouse of the convent of Santo António dos Olivais, Coimbra. He confirms the dispositions of the will made before his departure to Madrid, in which he had designated his niece, D. Joana de Sá de Miranda Resende, daughter of his sister D. Jerónima Corte Real, as her universal heir and administrator of his entail. He lists the clauses of succession of the entail founded by his brother, Pedro Homem de Resende, and orders a copy of its institution to be given to the priests of Santo António dos Olivais. He declares his niece heir of his brother's entail as well as of his own. Followed by an addition dated 1643-10-31, by the approval deed of the codicil, and by a note referring it was translated from the Portuguese by D. Francisco Gracian Berruguete, secretário da interpretação de línguas.
Codicil (extract) by which António Gomes Pessoa confirms the clauses of his previous will and codicil and forbids anyone who commits crimes of lese-majeste to possess his entail. Followed by undated list of the properties of the entail, which consist of a public debt instrument and properties in Lisboa and Sacavém, made at the time when the administrator was D. Luísa Antónia Corte-Real, as tutor of her husband, Francisco de Melo de Carvalho.
Codicil (extract) by which Maria Pereira, António Gonçalves' widow, bequeathed houses in Lisboa to her daughter, Francisca Maria Pereira, Manuel Gomes da Fonseca's wife, obligating her and her successors to support the celebration of 60 annual masses for her soul in the church of S. Pedro of Alfama. After her daughter's death, the entailed houses would be transmitted to a son or daughter of her choice. If she failed to appoint a successor before dying, the entail would be inherited by her eldest son.
Confirmation letter to Pedro Álvares de Abreu de Sousa confirming the entail founded by his parents António de Abreu de Sousa and D. Isabel and the entail's conditions presented by him. The king granted the confirmation letter after Provedor of comarca made the ordered inquiries to confirm Pedro Álvares de Abreu de Sousa's declarations.
Confirmation letter by Mem da Costa Saraiva of the entail founded by his parents, Pedro Saraiva da Costa and Ana Frajoa da Costa, and clauses' declaration. Her mother was present and consented in this confirmation and presented clauses. This is a second document, since the first one was forged by Manuel da Costa Saraiva, brother of Pedro Saraiva da Costa, changing the clause which excluded him and his descendants from the entail's succession.
Contract and bond deed by which Francisco da Fonseca and his wife Maria Salvado, the institutor's daughter, contracted with the priests of the Church of São Tomé to build a chapel following the institutor's will. They should be its first administrators and their heirs should succeed in this entail. If they did not nominate one of the children, it should succeed the eldest son, or daughter. This entail is composed of a farm in Vale Escuro, with its houses, and fruit trees located on the outskirts of Lisboa.
Contract and entail and chapel foundation deed signed between the institutors Domingos Gomes and his nephew António de Oliveira and the Prior and Religiosos of the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra.
Contract and entail and chapel foundation deed signed between the institutors Domingos Gomes and his nephew António de Oliveira and the Prior and Religiosos of the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra.
Declaration deed by which Cosme de Castro changed some clauses of the entail foundation deed, because it was necessary to detach from the entail the assets of Capitão Domingos Sarilho, Francisca da Cruz's first husband. Cosme de Castro also asked his grandson to build a chapel devoted to S. António in the church of São Salvador of Ladário, determining that the chapel that was supposed to be build in Povolide should not be constructed. Belchior de Castro and Maria da Cunha Cerqueira gave their approval to this deed and attached to the entail their farmstead in Ladário.
Declaration deed made by Jorge Caldeira Tavares in which he disposed and ordered the foundation of two more entails composed of rural properties and estates in Portalegre's outskirts. To administrate the second entail he named his son Pedro Tavares de Mesquita and to administrate the third entail he named his son Miguel de Tavares. Both entails would have the exactly the same conditions and succession clauses of the first entail he founded in his will, which was administrated by his son Diogo Caldeira, except for the perpetual pious obligations, that he withdrew from those new entails.
Declaration deed by Luís Álvares de Madureira and Joana de Madureira, adding some clauses to regulate the entail previously instituted. They established that the properties of the entail could not be given as dowry, nor used to ransom captives. The parents had the right to disinherit the presumptive heir of the entail if he married without their consent, unless the marriage was with a person of honorable lineage. Furthermore, the administrators of the entail were compelled to live in the city of Porto or in its 'termo', unless their service to the king obliged them to live elsewhere. They also required the heir to entail his reserved portion, his inheritance and that of his siters who became nuns, arguing that the monasteries where they lived should abdicate from the estates, since they belonged to the institutors' grandparents and ancestors, and should therefore be included in the entail.
Declaration deed made by Jorge Caldeira Tavares in which he disposed and ordered the foundation of two more entails composed of rural properties and estates in Portalegre's outskirts. To administrate the second entail he named his son Pedro Tavares de Mesquita and to administrate the third entail he named his son Miguel de Tavares. Both entails would have the exactly the same conditions and succession clauses of the first entail he founded in his will, which was administrated by his son Diogo Caldeira, except for the perpetual pious obligations, that he withdrew from those new entails.
Declaration deed by Rodrigo Pereira de Castro, written in Castilian, annexing some of his own properties to the entail founded by Álvaro Afonso and Grimaneza Pereira and appointing his son, D. Gonçalo Pereira de Araújo and his descendents as the entail successors. The testator also declares some clauses and conditions regarding the entail's succession and administration.
Declaration deed through which Alexandre Barroso Pereira and Catarina Palau de Cardenes stated that they had previously issued a chapel foundation deed, having decided subsequently to name it an entail instead of chapel and adding more succession clauses. They demanded that all the future administrators should incorporate half of a third of their assets in the entail.
Donation and entail foundation deed by licenciado Fernando Velho de Azevedo, founding a chapel and entail, with masses in the church of S. Julião of Setúbal, to his legitimated son, André Velho Freire.
Donation and entail foundation deed by João Nunes da Costa and Constança Rodrigues, his wife, with a set of properties (assento) in Ribeira de Nisa, in the outskirts of Portalegre, donating it to Manuel da Costa, their son, with some pious obligations in Casa da Misericórdia of Portalegre or where they decide in their wills. Manuel da Costa will receive this entail when the last of his parents dies, since they will enjoy these properties in their lives.
Donation deed by Pedro Eanes Campelo to Lourenço Campelo for his marriage with Filipa Guimarães. With this donation, Pedro Eanes Campelo established an entail that was to remain in the possession of Lourenço and his descendants, to be transmitted through the first-born sons, excluding clerics, illegitimate children and people who had committed lese-majeste crimes. The head of the entail was to be the estate of Barca, in São Romão da Ucha, Prado. A perpetual obligation was imposed to celebrate 10 annual masses in the church where Pedro Eanes Cameplo decided to be buried.
Donation deed by João Freire de Andrade, abbot of S. Miguel de Fontoura, in the outskirts of Valença, entailing some described assets to the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in the parish of Santa Maria da Silva, founded by João Rodrigues da Silva and Maria Ramos, his wife, and built by him. He appoints as his successor and the chapel's administrator Gaspar Mendes de Caldas, his nephew, and describes some of the chapel's administration and succession clauses.
Donation deed by which Ana Correia da Costa, widow of Sebastião Rodrigues Lajes, donates all of her properties to Luísa or Luzia de Almeida, her step-daughter. She entails her houses in Lisboa with an obligation of a daily mass in her burial place, which will either be in the church of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França or in the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas. She also appoints her stepdaughter as administrator of the chapel established by her brother, António Correia, in the church of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França. Contains letter-of-attorney dated 1627-03-07.
Donation deed through which D. Pedro de Castilho, Bispo de Leiria, donates lands (casais) in Golegã to his nephew, Diogo de Castilho, with the obligation of celebrating masses for the souls of Pedro's parents in the altar of S. João Baptista of the Mosteiro de Santa Cruz of Coimbra. Diogo de Castilho gives his consent to this donation.
Donation deed by which Domingos Ribeiro Cirne, Deputado da Mesa da Consciência e Concelho das Ordens, donated to his brother Lourenço Peixoto Cirne, cavaleiro professo na Ordem de Cristo, all his movable and immovable goods in order to establish an entail. His brother should succeed in this entail with the obligation to order the celebration of masses in the Church of São Cristóvão, in Lisboa. After his death, he should be succeed by his eldest son Cristóvão Peixoto and his heirs. If his brother died before his wife D. Maria de Sequeira, his widow should succeed in this entail, until the marriage of their eldest son. The successors were also obligated to incorporate the half of their "legítimas" if they were single, or their thirds if they were married. This entail is composed of some houses located in the parish of São Cristóvão, and a farm of Caparica, located in Murfacém, on the outskirts of Almada. The institutor's brother Lourenço Peixoto Cirne accepted these obligations.
Donation deed by which Maria Teresa de Leiria, Filipe de Araújo Pacheco's widow, donated a farmstead (quinta) in Olivais, Lisboa, houses in that city and a vineyard in Caparica to D. Francisca Antónia de Brito, D. Francisca Maria de Brito's daughter, niece of the donor, thus instituting an entail. The entail's first administrator had the obligation to give, each year, 3 000 réis to one of the daughters of Doutor Manuel Freire de Ocanha; the same amount of money to Maria Ana de Miranda, Dinis de Barros' wife, if she became a widow and 2 000 réis to Manuel de Padilha de Miranda's daughter, who was a nun in the convent of Santa Ana. The entail's future administrators had to support the celebration of annual masses for the institutor's soul in the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Lisboa. The donor also declared that any assets which could be obtained at the end of the legal dispute opposing her to João da Fonseca, Maria da Conceição and Gaspar Abreu de Freitas, concerning the patrimony of her late brother, Simão Monteiro de Leiria, should be incorporated in the entail. D. Francisca Antónia de Brito gave her consent to this deed.
Donation deed made by Beatriz Rodrigues in which she donated several properties in Portalegre's district to Rodrigo de Reboredo with the condition that he would study and became a clergyman. Those properties should compose an entail that would have a perpetual pious obligation of twenty masses celebrated every year by Rodrigo himself during his lifetime. After the death of Rodrigo, the administration would be transmitted to his mother Francisca de Reboredo or some of her daughters, preferably Maria de Matos in first place, or Luísa de Reboredo, in second. And from there on the succession should always continue on their children, preferably the eldest male heir. However, if none of them had children, the administration would be handled to the Tesoureiro-Mor of the mother church of Portalegre with the same pious obligation of twenty masses and two more privileged masses celebrated every year.
Dowry deed by Isabel Gomes, widow of António Álvares Estaço, to her daughter, Jerónima Madeira, on the ocasion of her marriage to Simão de Seixas, son of Simão de Seixas and Madalena Fernandes. Part of the dowry is made up of a public debt instrument, which she entails with an obligation of masses in the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, Lisboa, to be administered by Jerónima Madeira and her husband, and by the successors of her marriage. Contains a will chart (extract) of António Álvares Estaço and the respective approval deed, dated 1560-03-29; and a grace warrant issued to Simão de Seixas, escrivão of the Alfândega of Lisbon, allowing him to leave the office to one of the sons, dated 1559-07-01.
Dowry deed by which João de Meira Carrilho, canon of Braga Cathedral and commissioner of the Inquisition, son of Gonçalo de Meira and Beatriz Mendes, decided to endow his great-niece Isabel de Meira Carrilho, daughter of Gonçalo Carrilho and Ana da Costa, by her marriage to Estêvão Falcão, fidalgo da casa do rei and son of Manuel Falcão Costa and Ana Maria Teixeira. João de Meira Carrilho left a farmstead in São Miguel do Couto, along with 10,000 cruzados to be used for the purchase of a house and land, declaring that all this property would be entailed. The couple would be the first owners, followed by their descendants, with preference given to first-born sons. The administrators were obliged to use the family name of Meira and to pay for the celebration of 50 annual masses in the Church of Espírito Santo, located in the São Marcos Hospital in Braga, where João de Meira Carrilho would be buried. João de Meira Carrilho also declares that he was the administrator of an entail, located in Castelo de Vide, which had been founded by his father João de Meira, chaplain to the late Infante and Cardinal D. Henrique, and to which he appointed his niece as administrator, since she was of "his blood and generation". João de Meira Carrilho acquired more lands and imposed more masses to be celebrated. He also instructed his heirs to place an image of Christ in the chapel of the mother church of Castelo de Vide. The image was engraved with the relics of several saints. It had belonged to the Emperor Charles V and was given to Manuel Álvares Cardoso when he was secretary to the Marquis of Arronches in Madrid, who bequeathed it to João de Meira Carrilho. In view of its importance, the image and the relics engraved in it were considered to be the head of the entail.
Dowry deed by which Catarina de Sá, her brother Luís Pereira de Sá and his wife D. Catarina, wanted to give a dowry to their nephew and son José de Sousa Pereira to marry with D. Isabel de Távora Coutinho, daughter of Pedro Lopes de Quadros and his wife D. Maria Francisca Teles. The donators wanted to incorporate their thirds into the entail founded by Catarina de Sá, which would include some lands, "casais" and olive groves near to the fam of Chafariz das Pipas. It should succeed in the entail the eldest son of his nephew José de Sousa Pereira. The institutor's brother also endowed his son with a farm located in the place of "Meca" and other "prazos" in Lisboa and Guarda. The successors were obligated to order the celebration of masses in the chapel of São Francisco Xavier, in the Church of São Pedro de Alenquer, and were also obligated to deliver the masses certificates to the Misericórdia of Alenquer. D. Luísa Antónia de Távora endowed the bride with a farm located on the outskirts of Lisboa, and 60 000 réis of a "tença" she possessed in Alfândega de Lisboa. Preceded by a power of attorney of D. Luísa Antónia de Sousa dated 1673-05-24.
Dowry deed by which João de Valadares Carneiro and his wife Catarina Pereira donated their assets to their son Luís de Valadares in order to get married with Ana do Amaral. They established an entail using their thirds, with the obligation to celebrate masses in the Misericórdia do Porto and Church of S. Bento, S. Geraldo and Chagas. This entail should be succeeded by his eldest son and the future successors should also incorporate half of their thirds into this entail. The institutor's son was donated with the farm of Veiga de Poucos and the "prazo" of São João da Foz. If the grooms did not live in the institutors' house, they should receive the rents of a public debt instrument of 100 000 réis in Imposição dos Vinhos, 12 000 réis in the houses of "Abelheiro" belonging to the chapel of Maria Carneiro, the prazo of "Meixeira" and Quebrantões, a "herdade" on the outskirts of Barcelos and a vineyard located in Mosteiro.
Dowry deed and institution of chapel made by Cristóvão Barradas de Farelães in favor of Agostinho de Matos Leitão, his brother, to marry Maria de Sousa de Vasconcelos, his niece. The dowry is made in the form of a chapel, with the assets entailed to the fulfillment of charges, celebrated in the church of Farelães.
Dowry deed by which D. Luísa Inês de Távora, former lady of the queen, daughter of D. Inês Antónia de Távora and of João de Saldanha de Sousa, makes an agreement with her fiancé, Aires de Saldanha de Meneses e Sousa, do Conselho do Rei, to establish an entail with the dowry they have just agreed on. The entail shall be headed by the noble houses they have near the convent of Nossa Senhora de Jesus of Lisboa and shall be inherited by the eldest son of this marriage. If they have no descendants the entail shall be dissolved. If their descendants' line is extinguished, the entail shall pass to the Misericórdia of Lisboa with an obligation of two daily masses for the institutors' souls. Contains letters of attorney.
Sousa, Aires de Saldanha Meneses e (flor.1684-1687)
Dowry deed for the marriage of Luís Borralho Godinho, son of João Domingues Borralho, to Margarida Freire da Vide, daughter of Maria Freire da Vide. Maria Freire is represented by Afonso Martins da Vide, her son. The dowry assets include a third of the assets of João Domingues Borralho and Inês Alcoforado, his now deceased wife, given in the form of an entail. The bride and groom would be the first administrators, and after their deaths, they would be left to their eldest son.
Dowry deed that priest Baltasar Rodrigues Cortês, in his name and that of Fernando Mendes de Souto, his brother, absent from the Kingdom, made to D. Sebastiana Mendes de Moura, their sister, for her marriage to Martinho Afonso da Silva. The dowry includes assets inherited from their parents, namely houses, located in Estremoz, and several rural properties, valued at more than 3.000 cruzados. Donors reserve the usufruct of the proceeds during their lives, the donation being made in the form of chapel and entail.
Dowry deed for the marriage of Vicente Gomes Ribeiro with D. Mécia Coutinho, given by António Gomes and Guiomar Ribeiro, his wife, through Martinho Vaz Vilas Boas, their attorney. The dowry is given in the form of an entail, consisting of several properties in Évora. If the couple dies without descendants, the entail shall pass to D. Violante Ribeiro, Vicente's sister.
Dowry deed by which D. Violante Ribeiro donates as a dowry to her son, António Ribeiro de Barros, on his marriage to D. Francisca Borges de Meneses, the entail established by her parents, which she inherited after her brother's death. She annexes to it her farmstead of Pêra-Manca, in Évora. She also establishes its pious obligations, which her parents had left to their heirs' choice, to be prayed in its chapel in the convent of Salvador of Évora. António Ribeiro de Barros and D. Francisca Borges de Meneses, represented by Gabriel de Almeida de Vasconcelos, accept the dowry conditions. Followed by a letter of attorney by D. Francisca de Borja de Meneses, dated 1645-03-15.
Dowry deed in which padre Manuel Fernandes Vitória ordered the foundation of an entail and simultaneously endowed Francisco de Machado Faria with several properties in Rabo do Peixe and Sete Cidades, in S. Miguel Island, donated to him on the occasion of his marriage with Mariana de Faria Vitória, his niece. He named them to be the first administrators of the entail and, preferably, their eldest male descendants after them, who would have the perpetual obligation of a daily mass in the chapel of N. Sra. da Vitória, in Relva, S. Miguel island, always celebrated by a relative. The administrators would also be obliged to support the costs of the festivities in honour of N. Sra. da Vitória during 21 years. Every administrator should bare the surname "Vitória" or, otherwise, lose the administration. No clergyman or convict on the crime of lese-majeste could inherit the administration. If the bloodline of the first administrators was ever extinguished, the entail should be transmitted and annexed to the entail founded by António Lopes de Faria.
Dowry deed made by Manuel Bernardes de Seixas and Mariana Pereira Pimentel, his wife, to Martinho Pereira de Seixas, his son, for his priestly ordination. Donated assets are entailed in the form of a chapel, with associated charges. It contains inserted a letter of attorney of Martinho Pereira de Seixas to Doutor Fernando Luís da Silva (dated 1690-11-14).
Dowry deed by which Manuel Carrilho de Matos donates as an entail several rural properties in the outskirts of Castelo de Vide, Fronteira and Avis, to Nicolau de Matos Leitão and D. Antónia de Sequeira, his wife. After the death of Nicolau de Matos Leitão, the administration should pass to a son of his choice, and the same would happen in the following generations. If descendants were lacking, a recolhimento should be founded, invoking Senhora da Piedade, in the place of Mealhada, on the outskirts of Castelo de Vide.
Entail and chapel foundation deed and contract by Maria de Carvalho appointing her husband Manuel Rodrigues Ricardo for its administration. If he has already died at the time of Maria de Carvalho's death, the entail shall be bequeathed to their eldest son, João Carvalho Sequeira, and his descendants. If João has also died, it shall be bequeathed to Francisco Carvalho, their next son, or to António Carvalho.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by Reverendo doutor Dionísio de Figueiredo de Gouveia, deão of cathedral of Viseu, with masses in the church of Mouronho. His brothers, licenciado Manuel da Fonseca de Gouveia, António da Fonseca de Gouveia and Baltasar da Fonseca de Gouveia, also entail some properties concerning their parents' reserved portion. Dionísio de Figueiredo de Gouveia appoints as first administrator, after his and his brother's death, one of the sons of Baltasar da Fonseca de Gouveia.
Entail and chapel foundation deed deed by António das Póvoas e Brito, D. Isabel de Sousa, his wife, and Doutor Manuel de Sousa Oliva, his brother-in-law and her brother, in Guarda, with the pious obligation of twelve annual masses in the cathedral of Guarda. Doutor Manuel de Sousa Oliva annexes his houses to this entail and, if he dies without write a will, all his assets. They appoint as first administrator, after the death of António das Póvoas e Brito and D. Isabel de Sousa, their eldest male son.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by priest Fernando Rodrigues de Carvalho, under the invocation of Santo António of Arguedeira, in the parish of São Pedro de Tarouca. The institutor entails assets to the chapel, which he had already ordered built and where he wants to be buried, for their maintenance and fulfillment of charges. He appoints priests Domingos da Silva and Ambrósio de Carvalho, as first chaplains and Lucrécia Lopes de Carvalho, daughter of Baltazar Rodrigues, his cousin, as first administrator. Licenciado Domingos de Carvalho, canon of the cathedral of Lamego, uncle of Lucrécia Lopes de Carvalho, undertakes to attach to the entail all the property inherited from his parents.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by Gonçalo Lobo de Mesquita and Jerónima Correia. They entailed their farmsted of Vilarinho de São Romão, with a chapel dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Salvação, in which a brotherhood was instituted, atributing to the entail's administrator the role of surveiling the brotherhood's activities. Clerics were excluded from the succession, and the administrators were to use the surname Lobo and the coat of arms of both the Lobos and the Barbosas. Presumptive heirs who married without their parents' consent, with people of lesser honor and wealth, were excluded from the succession.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by Pantaleão Ferreira, fidalgo da casa do rei and knight of the Order of Christ. Pantaleão appoints his son João Martins Ferreira as the first administrator, who will also possess the entail established by Pantaleão's father, João Martins Ferreira, with a chapel in the monastery of S. Domingos, in Porto. The founder spituales that the successor to the entail should be primarily the first-born son, forced to use his family name in public and private documents.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by Gonçalo de Araújo da Silva and his wife Maria de Caldas Bacelar. The couple declared that they had founded a chapel in their farmstead of Eiras, in São Salvador de Pedralva, the construction of which had not yet been completed but was to be finished, with the images of São Gonçalo and Santa Maria inside. They entailed properties and rents to the chapel, with the perpetual obligation to celebrate masses every sunday for the souls of the founders. The first administrator would be their son-in-law, Sebastião Machado de Azevedo, who had the power to appoint a relative to succeed him, excluding clerics and forbidding marriages with people of Jewish, Moorish, black or mulatto descent. The administrators were obliged to use the family name and to entail properties. The deed of foundation had to be registered in the "Livro das Capelas do Registo Geral" of Braga.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by which Pedro Carreiro, cavaleiro da Ordem de Cristo, and Leonor Nunes de Macedo, his wife, establish a chapel in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where they wish to be buried. They entail 20 000 reis of interest and Pedro Carreiro's properties to an obligation of a daily mass, an annual divine office and the obligation of marrying an orphan every year. Pedro Carreiro appoints his wife, Leonor Nunes de Macedo, as his universal heir. After their deaths, the entail shall be given to Paulo Carreiro, Pedro Carreiro's cousin and to his children, afterwards.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by which Manuel Soares de Vilas Boas e Vilhegas, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, widower of D. Guiomar Nunes Angel, establishes an entail, according to a previous will he had made with his wife. He entails both their third parts, consisting of houses in Lisboa and properties in Beja, and establishes a daily mass in the church of Madre de Deus de Xabregas, Lisboa, where he wishes to be buried. He appoints their eldest son, Jerónimo Soares de Vilhegas, as first administrator. Jerónimo Soares de Vilhegas and his wife, D. Madalena de Távora, are both present and accept to annex their third parts to the entail. Manuel Soares Vilas Boas, minor, grandson of the institutors and son of Jerónimo Soares de Vilhegas and his previous wife, D. Arcângela de Noronha, is also present, and promises to annex his legitime to the entail, as future administrator.
Vilhegas, Manuel Soares de Vilas Boas e (flor.1628)
Entail and chapel foundation deed by Simão de Medeiros and Isabel Gomes. The couple declares not having children, stating that their will was to entail their estates, formed by houses in Porto and rural assets in the outskirts of the city. The property was to be owned by a single person in the manner of a "morgado". A part of the income should be channelled to the monastery of Madre de Deus de Monchique, in Porto, where they have previously negotiated the institution of a chapel, a site of burial for themselves and their descendants, to be called the "Chapel of the Medeiros". Their son Teodoro de Medeiros was already buried there, and the institutor’s coat of arms was to be placed on the wall. If the chapel wasn't accepted by the provincial of the order, the administrator of the entail was to transfer the remains of the institutor to the convent of S. Bento de Avé Maria in Porto, where Simão's parents were buried. The surviving member of the couple would be the first administrator. After them, the administrator was to be recruited from among Simão's relatives, and was to be a male, excluding clerics, illegitimate children and those who had committed crimes against God and the King. The first administrator would be obliged to register the deed of foundation in the records of the Provedoria of Porto, and his successors would have to entail more property when they took possession of the entail.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by André Ribeiro Beltrão and Maria Osório de Almeida, his wife. They entail a third of their assets, in an amount greater than 12 000 cruzados, to fulfill the charges, celebrated in the chapel they would have built in Cassurrães. They appoint Miguel Osório Beltrão de Almeida, his eldest son, administrator. In case of extinction of the lineage, the administration of the link would be the responsibility of Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Aguiar da Beira. The founders were administrators of the entail instituted by António de Almeida, his grandfather, to which they entailed a property, in order to fulfill their institution. They also order that the same register in the respective tombo.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by Brás Rodrigues Pita and Isabel Mendes Dantas, his wife, in Caminha, ordering the celebration of masses in the monastery of Santa Clara of Caminha and appointing the last one of them to die as the first administrator and, after his or her death, his legitimate daughter, Inês Vaz Pita. This deed should value as a will or codicil. Deed approved in 1608-08-05.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by Pedro Machado and his wife Isabel Francisca. The couple decided to entail properties "em capela e morgado". They were both to own the properties during their lifetimes. After their death, the entail was to be held by their son, Francisco Machado. The entail was linked to the obligation to celebrate perpetual masses in different places, such as the burial place of the institutors, which was yet to be decided, and the chapel of São Pedro, in Braga Cathedral. Succession to the entail was to be by appointment, as the founders argued that this mechanism would make children more obedient to their parents. If Francisco Machado or another administrator failed to appoint a successor, the entail was to go to the first-born son. Illegitimate children and those who had committed lese-majeste crimes were excluded from the administration.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by Álvaro Vaz Mogueimas, in farmstead (quinta) of S. Bento, in S. Mamede de Arca, in Ponte de Lima, with his available portion and his wife's, D. Catarina de Couros Carneiro, available portion, wich she bequeathed to him in her nuncupative will to unite to his to found an entail and chapel. The institutor appoints as first successor his eldest son, António de Couros Carneiro. If he does not built the chapel, dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Monte da Piedade, during his lifetime his son should do it, leaving him the imagem of Nossa Senhora.
Entail and chapel foundation deed by Gonçalo Jacome. Gonçalo decided to entail his lands in Aldeia da Torre in a "capela e vínculo de morgado". The first administrator was to be his daughter Catarina Jacome, married to Gonçalo Ferreira, or alternatively the descendants of Gonçalo Jacome's brothers, Domingos, Catarina Francisca or Paulo Jacome. The administrators had the right to appoint one of their children as their successor. However, people of illegitimate descent were excluded. The administrators were obliged to use the surname Jacome and to celebrate masses at the Espírito Santo altar in Santa Maria da Aveleda church.
Entail foundation and annexation deed by Simão da Cunha and D. Luísa de Almeida, his wife, with the remaining of their available portions, entailing it to the entail founded by Guiomar de Sequeira, D. Luísa's mother, in her will, dated from 1568, and mentioning the previous entail foundation and annexation deed, dated from 1596-03-31. They also declare that Francisco Botelho, uncle of D. Luísa, bequeathed, in his codicil, 2000 cruzados to this entail, with the pious obligation of ten prayed masses and five sung masses in Nossa Senhora de Triana, in the town of Alenquer. The institutors describe all the entail foundation clauses and mention that the entail founded by Guiomar de Sequeira included her available portion, a part of the available portion of Simão Ferreira, her husband, and the reserved portions of Ana da Madre de Deus, their daughter and sister of D. Luísa de Almeida. They also request to the king the confirmation of this entail foundation deed. Followed by the consent deed of D. Luísa de Almeida, dated from 1623-10-16.
Entail foundation and annexation deed by Simão da Cunha and D. Luísa de Almeida, his wife, with the remaining of their available portions and entailing it to the entail founded by Guiomar de Sequeira, D. Luísa's mother, in her will, dated from 1578-05-13. The institutors describe all the entail foundation clauses and mention that the entail founded by Guiomar de Sequeira included her available portion, a part of the available portion of Simão Ferreira, her husband, and the reserved portions of Ana da Madre de Deus, their daughter and sister of D. Luísa de Almeida. They also request to the king the confirmation of this entail foundation deed.
