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Will (summary)

Will (summary) by which Bartolomeu Cristóvão bequeaths lands (casal) in Linda-a-Velha to his brother, João Cristóvão, obligating him and his successors to spend annually 15 libras on the purchase of linen and burel, which should be used in the making of clothes for poor people. After his brother's death, the properties should be inherited by Catarina Bacias and her descendants. The institutor establishes another entail with houses and lands in Lisboa, instituting the obligation of spending 5 libras each year on the acquisition of fabrics destined to be used in the making of clothes for poor people. He appoints João Martins, executor of his will, to be its first administrator, who would be succeeded by his eldest son. João Cristóvão, João Martins and their successors are also obligated to support the celebration of annual masses for the soul of the testator in the church of the convent of Santíssima Trindade, where his remains would be buried.

Cristóvão, Bartolomeu (flor.1378)

Will (summary)

Will (summary) by which Nicolau da Costa de Sola expresses his wish to be buried in the cloister of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, where his aunt and uncle, Beatriz and Francisco Mendes, are buried, with an obligation of five annual masses for his soul, entailed to his houses in Alcácer do Sal. He designates his siblings, Diogo Mendes de Sola and Feliciana da Costa, as his heirs.

Sola, Nicolau da Costa de (d.1643)

Will (summary)

Will (summary) by which Bartolomeu Cristóvão establishes an entail with houses and lands in Lisboa, instituting the obligation of spending 5 libras each year on the acquisition of fabrics destined to be used in the making of clothes for poor people. He appoints João Martins, executor of his will, to be its first administrator, who would be succeeded by his eldest son. The institutor also bequeaths lands (casal) in Linda-a-Velha to his brother, João Cristóvão, obligating him and his successors to spend annually 15 libras on the purchase of linen and burel, which should be used in the making of clothes for poor people. After his brother's death, the properties should be inherited by Catarina Bacias and her descendants. João Martins, João Cristóvão and their successors are also obligated to support the celebration of annual masses for the soul of the testator in the church of the convent of Santíssima Trindade, where his remains would be buried.

Cristóvão, Bartolomeu (flor.1378)

Will (sumary)

Will (sumary) by which João da Fonseca Coutinho required to be buried in his father's grave in the parish of Melres and ordered to buy the grave for all his family be buried there. He declared that he, his wife and his sister established an entail, and that he wanted to order the celebration of masses for their souls and his mother's souls in the altar of Nossa Senhora in the Church of Melres. The institutor also designated António Homem de Magalhães, his wife's nephew, to be its first administrator.

Coutinho, João da Fonseca (flor.1685-1690)

Will (partial)

Will (partial) by which Vasco Pereira, cavaleiro da casa dos duques de Bragança, bacharel em Leis e em Artes , designates his wife, Berengária Eanes, as his universal heir and executor and disinherits all of his other heirs, revoking his previous wills. He declares that he and his wife have established to bequeath their nephew, Álvaro Pereira, their farmstead of Roças, as an entail, with the obligation of ordering five annual masses for their souls over their burial places.
Followed by an approval deed of the will, dated 1504-09-26.

Pereira, Vasco (flor.1504)

Will (partial)

Will (partial) by which João Vaz annexes his third part to the entail founded by his father and bequeaths it to his eldest son, and to his successors, according to the dispositions of his father's codicil. He orders the administrators of the entail to always annex their third parts to it.
The document is only partially transcribed.

Vaz, João (flor.1410)

Will (fragment)

Will made by Beatriz Lopes, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail, composed of properties in Porto Martins, Terceira island, with a perpetual mass obligation of a weekly mass and an yearly mass in All Soul's day, celebrated in the church of Santa Cruz, in Vila da Praia. She named her husband Manuel de Barcelos as first administrator, with the condition that he should marry their daughter Catarina. If Catarina ever married, she should inherit the entail, and, if not, the administration should be given to their son Luís. The administrator should appoint one of his children to administrate the entail, and if none of them had children, the administration should be transmitted to one of her nephews, sons of Maria Lopes, except the eldest, who was entitled to the entail founded by her grandparents.

Lopes, Beatriz (d.1557)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Bento Moreno established an entail, incorporating some olive groves, a "ferregial" and vineyards in order to fulfill the pious obligations. He designated his cousin João Galego to be its first administrator and, after his death, his children.

Moreno, Bento (flor.1514)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Nicolau da Veiga entails his properties and those of his deceased brother, Belchior da Veiga, with an obligation of one daily mass in the convent of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Lisboa, in the chapel where he and his successors shall be buried. These properties shall be given to the priests of the convent, or to whomever his executors choose.
Followed by two declarations of assets presented by the executors of the deceased, dated 1647-03-15 and 1648-09-10.

Veiga, Nicolau da (flor.1637)

Will (extract)

Extract of the will of João de Oliveira, father of Rui de Oliveira, ordering the executors of his will to pay for the masses of the chapel founded by Afonso Domingues de Brião since the time of the death of his father-in-law, Rodrigo Eanes, who administrated it, to the present.

Oliveira, João de (flor.1434)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) made by Francisco Dias Delgado and his wife Catarina Moreira, in which they have ordered the foundation of an entail and chapel in the convent of Santo António of Ipojuca, devoted to Nossa Senhora da Conceição, with a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated in every week as long as the world lasted. The entail would be composed of a grange that they possessed in Porto de Galinhas, with some fishing sites, houses and also thirty calving cows, that should be perpetually maintained in this quantity. They left detailed instructions for the ornates of the chapel that should have an altarpiece in stone and an image of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, being ornate with the liturgical colors: white, red, purple and green. The administrators would be henceforth obliged to deliver 10.000 réis to the convent in every year in order to sustain the masses and keep the chapel's ornates. To administrate it, they named their son Francisco Dias Delgado during his lifetime and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. If Francisco had no descendants or died before any of the institutors, the administration would be handled to their granddaughter Joana, daughter of their daughter Ana Mendes and António Freire. If she also had no descendants, the administration would be transmitted to their grandson Manuel, son of Maria Barbosa, their daughter. All administrators would be obliged to live in Pernambuco's captaincy or otherwise lose the administration of the entail. They have also appealed to the authorities the Crown and the Church to surveil the fulfillment of the conditions imposed on this will.

Delgado, Francisco Dias (flor.1632)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) made by Maria Dias in which she ordered her grave in the chapel she had in the church of São Pedro of Évora. She entails all her possessions, located in the outskirts of Évora, for the maintenance of the chapel and the celebration of charges. She appointed Gonçalo, Beatriz Esteves' son, to be the first administrator during his lifetime. In case he was still a minor, the administration would belong, until he came of age, to João Eanes. After Gonçalo's death, he shall be succeeded by Maria Esteves. After her death, her shall be succeeded by her oldest son, male or female.

Dias, Maria (flor.1377)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Afonso de Albuquerque established an entail, appointing his son Brás 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 two farms located in Alhandra and Atouguia, and a vineyard located in Alhos Vedros.

Albuquerque, Afonso de (flor.1506)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Álvaro Fernandes establishes an entail with all his assets, appointing his grandson, Pedro, Isabel Fernandes' son, as its first administrator. He obligates him and his successors to celebrate annual masses for his soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, where he chooses to be buried, next to his father, mother, brothers and wife, Catarina Pires. If his offspring becomes extinct, he declares that he prefers that the entail's administrator should be a scholar. Followed by an extract of a list of Álvaro Fernandes' assets, which was issued after his death.

Fernandes, Álvaro (flor.1494)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Beatriz Fernandes designates Maria, her criada, as her heir. She bequeaths her her houses in the parish of Santo André, Lisboa, with an obligation of 10 annual masses in the church of that parish for her soul, the soul of her son Bento Eanes, and the soul of João Martins, quartenário da Sé de Lisboa, who shall have their usufruct during his lifetime. After his death, the houses shall pass to Maria and then to her successors, with that obligation.

Fernandes, Beatriz (flor.1511)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Lourenço Eanes and Leonor Fernandes, his wife, establish an entail with houses they have in Lisboa, instituting the pious obligation of celebrating masses for their souls in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa and in the church of S. Mamede of that city.

Eanes, Lourenço (flor.1455)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Isabel Vaz established an entail, appointing her nephew Lourenço Afonso 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 land and a vineyard located in Lisboa.

Vaz, Isabel (flor.1488)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Bento Martins and his wife Beatriz Martins established an entail in the Church of Santa Cruz do Castelo, in Lisboa, with the obligation to celebrate masses for Bento Martins' soul, to donate to Albergaria do Espírito Santo do Lumiar some clothes and to maintain two "merceeiros".

Martins, Bento (flor.1422)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Vasco Eanes de Côrte-Real expresses his wish to be buried next to his wife, D. Joana da Silva, in the chapel of Henrique da Silveira, their brother-in-law, in the convent of S. Francisco of Xabregas, while the chapel he is building isn't finished. He orders that his son, Manuel de Côrte-Real, builds a chapel for him and his wife in either the convent of S. Francisco of Xabregas or in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, to which he entails his casal of Grajal, in Belas, with the same obligations as established in his wife's will.

Côrte-Real, Vasco Eanes (flor.1517-1535)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Ascêncio Gonçalves, priest of Ribeira Seca, bequeathing a vineyard and houses in Ribeira Grande to Maria Gonçalves, wife of António Gonçalves, for her good services. She was due to order the celebration of masses, four for the testator's soul, two for his father's soul and two for her mother's soul. After her death, the vineyard should be transmitted to her eldest son.

Gonçalves, Ascêncio

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Lopo Afonso Cardim establishes a chapel in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, entailing to it his houses in Rua das Esteiras. He appoints his daughter, Isabel Cardim, as his successor and first administrator, with the obligation of three masses in the chapel of Sta. Isabel, where he and his wife are buried. At the time of Isabel's death, the entail shall be bequeathed to her brothers, and after their deaths to Lopo's eldest grandchild, and their successors thereafter. If their lineage is extinguished, the houses shall be bequeathed to the confraria dos mercadores of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, of which Lopo Afonso is a member.

Cardim, Lopo Afonso (flor.1475)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which António de Paiva Giralte establishes that António de Paiva must always order twelve annual masses over the tomb of his parents, for his and their souls.

Giralte, António de Paiva ([before 1644])

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which D. Leonor de Meneses, who was about to marry D. Fernando, Duque de Bragança, determined that if she died without leaving descendants, her previous will would be executed, since she confirmed its validity. However, if she left offspring, the third part of her assets would be delivered to the convent of S. Agostinho of Santarém, whose friars would support the celebration of 3 daily perpetual masses. If the convent renounced the chapel's administration, the entail would be transmitted to her eldest son and administrated, during his minority, by the Conde de Arraiolos.

Meneses, Leonor de (flor.1446-1452)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Vicente Pinto, mercador, ordered the executor of his will to buy a property and to use its revenues to support, every year, the celebration of 2 weekly masses for his soul in the church of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where his body would be buried.

Pinto, Vicente ([before 1567])

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Belchior da Costa and Joana de Melo founding a chapel with the pious obligation of five masses celebrated in the church of Nossa Senhora of Covilhã.

Costa, Belchior da

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Manuel Sardinha established an entail, incorporating in it the third part of his assets, namely lands (casal) in Carcavelos and houses in Lisboa. He designated his eldest son, Luís Sardinha, to administrate it, determining that him and his descendants had to support the celebration of annual masses for his soul in the chapels of Nossa Senhora da Conceição and S. João of the church of S. João da Praça of that city. After the death of the first administrator, the entail would be transmitted to his closest relative.

César, Manuel Sardinha (flor.1591)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Maior Esteves founding a chapel in the church of Santa Maria in Viana do Alvito, appointing her son Pedro Lopes for the administration, and after him his first legitimate son or daughter. He must order four masses for the late Domingas Eanes.

Esteves, Maior (flor.1501)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Pedro Lobo and his wife Leonor Cardoso established an entail, incorporating the third part of their property, which included the farm of Telhada. They determined the celebration of masses in the chapel of Santo António, in the convent of São Francisco de Alenquer, and they designated the surviving spouse to be its first administrator. It should succeed their eldest son António Lobo and then his son.

Lobo, Pedro (flor.[1492])

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of padre Mateus Lourenço founding a chapel in Golegã with all of his property. He appoints his slave Isabel Lourenço to the administration of the chapel but if she doesn't accomplish the pious obligations the chapel must be administrated by the Confraria das Almas.

Lourenço, Mateus (flor.16--)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Guiomar Cabea, widow of Simão Correia Lomelino, expresses her wish to be buried in the chapel she established with her husband in the main church of Oeiras. She designates her niece, D. Maria, daughter of Jorge Carreiro de Almada and of D. Luísa da Gama, Guiomar's sister, as her heir, executor and administrator of her chapel and entail. She bequeaths her the third part of her husband and her own third part, entailing them to their chapel, with an obligation of 100 masses for their souls. The entail shall pass to D. Maria's descendants, with a preference for daughters. If she dies without successors, it shall pass to one of her siblings in this order: D. Helena, D. Jerónima, D. Francisco de Almada or D. António Carreiro.

Cabea, Guiomar (flor.1594-1602)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Domingos Delgado de Alvelos designates his nephew, António Pereira Ribeiro, as his universal heir. He bequeaths him all of his properties and services as an entail, with the obligation of a daily mass in the church of Santo Estêvão de Alfama, Lisboa, where he had been baptized. After António's death, the properties shall pass to his successors.

Alvelos, Domingos Delgado de (flor.1647)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Cristóvão Preto bequeaths houses and lands in the outskirts of Alenquer to his daughter, Maria de Miranda, with the obligation of celebrating, each year, one weekly mass for his soul. The entail should be passed to the descendant of the institutor's daughter, who is free to choose which of her children should inherit it.

Preto, Cristóvão (flor.1603)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) made by Catarina Mendes Pereira in which she founded an entail composed of an estate named Quinta dos Poços with the perpetual obligation of one mass celebrated on the days of the Virgin Mary. She named her daughter Águeda da Costa as first administrator and the succession should preferably continue on the eldest male heir, or female in the absence of male heir. The administrator should give account of the administration by easter.

Pereira, Catarina Mendes ([before 1646])

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Jorge Fernandes de Évora establishes an entail with all his assets, appointing his nephew, João Pinto, as its first administrator. He orders his heir to support, each year, the celebration of 15 masses for his soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa and 5 masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Évora; and the marriage of orphan or poor persons.

Évora, Jorge Fernandes de (flor.1610)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Valentina de Almeida established an entail, with the obligation to celebrate masses in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça in Lisboa. This entail is composed lands located in the outskirts of Lisboa.

Almeida, Valentina de (flor.1536)

Will (extract)

Exemplification of an extract of the will of Diogo de Aragão Pereira ordering the foundation of two chapels in the capitania of Baía, each with a weekly mass obligation, for which he entails a farm near his sugar-mill named Engenho de Cima. He named his older son António de Aragão Pereira to be the first administrator of both chapels, and his male heirs after him, and in the absence of heirs, the administration should be given, in order, to his sons Pedro Camelo de Aragão or Diogo de Aragão Pereira.

Pereira, Diogo de Aragão

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Rodrigo Esteves. He entails a farmhouse (casal) and other lands, on the outskirts of Lisbon with an obligation of two anniversaries for his soul, celebrated in the church of Santo André of Lisboa. He designates João Rodrigues Afonso and Martinho Couraça, his children, and Maria Eanes, their mother, as administrators. His grandchildren and descendants were to succeed them.

Esteves, Rodrigo (flor.1475)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) made by padre Jorge Eanes founding an entail, ordering to pray the masses in the monastery of Penha Longa and offering annualy 1000 réis to the hospital of Sintra. He appoints his niece Maria Leal and her descendants for its administration.

Eanes, Jorge (flor.1508)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Helena Carvalho entails her houses in Lisboa as a chapel, with an obligation of weekly and annual masses for her soul, and designates her nephew, Amador Leal, as first administrator, and his successors afterwards.

Carvalho, Helena (flor.1568)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which cónego João Lourenço, son of Lourenço Eanes and Maria Pires, entails his properties in Lisboa and expresses his wish to be buried in the chapel of Bartolomeu Eanes, in the cathedral of Lisboa. He appoints a chaplain who must pray daily for his soul and the souls of his relatives, D. Teobaldo, bishop of Lisboa, Bartolomeu Eanes and the benefactors and beneficiados of several churches where he had been raçoeiro and beneficiado, as well as 12 anniversaries on the day of his death, every month, and masses on the holidays of the Virgin. He appoints his brother, Vasco Lourenço, as first administrator of his entail, which shall always be in his family by appointment. If there are no adequate successors to his entail, it shall go to Vicente, criado of João Lourenço, and to his children. If his lineage is extinguished, the Cabido of the cathedral of Lisboa shall appoint a new administrator.

Lourenço, João (flor.1407)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Fernando Lopes São Tomé established an entail with the obligation to celebrate masses wherever the administrators chose. He obligated some houses located in Calçada de São Crispim.

São Tomé, Fernando Lopes (flor.1620)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) made by Marcos Rodrigues de Luna, in which he ordered the foundation of an entail and chapel composed of his farm of Monte Negro, with all the cattle and enslaved people that belonged to it, imposing a perpetual pious obligation of four masses celebrated every week as long as the world lasted, and thirty more on Christmas, Easter and São Roque's day. The administrator would have also the obligation of ordering the celebration of the feasts on those days.

Luna, Marcos Rodrigues de (d.1577)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Isabel Leitão established a chapel in the Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, entailing assets located in Figueiró dos Vinhos in order to fulfill the pious charges. She designated her sister Francisca Evangelho to be its first administrator and, after her death, Manuel Nunes and his daughters.

Leitão, Isabel (flor.1664)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which João de Nogueira and his wife Francisca Vieira appointed each other to be the heir of the third part of their assets, which includes their house, with its mill, oil press and a stable, and other rural properties. They wanted to found a chapel in the church where they would be buried and determined that, by the death of the surving spouse, this chapel should be administered by their daughter Isabel Lopes and, after her death, by her legitimate son.

Nogueira, João de ([before 1609])

Will (extract)

Will (extract) made by Lourenço Martins do Avelar in which he ordered his burial in the monastery of Santa Clara of Santarém. His grandfather and great-grandfather were buried in the same monastery and the institutor orders that all of them be gathered in the same chapel. He ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of a mass celebrated every day in in that monastery. He appointed his executors to be the first administrators during their lifetime.

Avelar, Lourenço Martins do ([before 1378])

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Rui Godinho wanted to be buried in the convent of São Francisco of Beja, incorporating the third of his assets. He designated his wife Catarina Rodrigues to be its first administrator and, after her death, his son António Godinho, if he was a cleric. If he would not became a cleric, Catarina Rodrigues could choose the child to succeed in this entail.

Godinho, Rui ([before 1593])

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which António Lopes and Domingas Jorge, his wife establish a chapel in the church of Santo Adrião da Póvoa, with an obligation of four weekly masses and other annual masses. They entail to it 20 000 reis of leases and properties in Lisboa and Póvoa de Santo Adrião. They appoint António Lopes, their nephew, as first administrator, and his descendants afterwards.

Lopes, António (flor.1623)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) in which Maior Pacheco bequeaths a third of her assets to her son Francisco das Póvoas with the obligation to fulfil pious charges for her soul at the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa. She specifies that her third should be composed of the houses near the sea, that she had already donated to Francisco during his lifetime, and her share of the Quinta da Marinha on the outskirts of Alenquer. However, if the value of the Quinta da Marinha exceeds that of the remaining part of her third, she proposes an alternative solution for dividing the shares after her death. The testator states that her son may pass these properties on to his descendants in any manner he wishes, eventually as an entail to his heir. In any case, the perpetual masses she establishes for her soul must always be fulfilled.

Pacheco, Maior (flor. 1559)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) made by Gil Lourenço de Sabadim founding a chapel in the monastery of Sabadim, in Arcos de Valdevez, where he will be buried. He entails the casais de Paços to support five masses each year and appoints his nephew Afonso for the chapel's administration. He entails his casal do Reguengo de Sabadim to another obligation of five annual masses, and bequeaths it to Gonçalo, son of Domingas, criada of Domingos Martins de Carvalho de Alva. He bequeaths other properties to Álvaro, João, Maria, Constança and Graça, his criados, with the obligation of five masses each. He designates Lourenço Martins, his cousin, as his universal heir and executor, and orders him to fulfil other obligations in the monastery of Sabadim.

Sabadim, Gil Lourenço de (flor.1375)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Domingos Fernandes and Maria Dias, his wife, bequeathing some houses and other assets in Alhos Vedros to Luís Álvares Temudo, nephew and godson of Maria Dias, as a chapel with the pious obligation of six prayed masses, three of them celebrated in the monastery of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, in Lisboa, and the other three celebrated in the church of S. Lourenço of Alhos Vedros.

Fernandes, Domingos (flor.1610-1612)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which João Moniz bequeaths all his assets, including a public debt instrument of 50 000 réis, to his brother, Febo Moniz, ordering him to support the celebration of a daily mass in the chapel of Piedade of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Lisboa. After his death, the chapel should be inherited by his eldest male child or, if Febo Moniz has no children, by his closest relative.

Moniz, João (flor.1544)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of D. Helena da Silva confirming the entail foundation deed she and her husband, D. Tomás de Noronha, did, in which they founded an entail with their available portions, consisting of their properties in Caparica, and a chapel of one daily mass, and ordering its fulfilment.
Will approved in 1599-02-26.

Silva, Helena da (flor.1593)

Will (extract)

Extract of Inês Pires' will, instituting a chapel with 2 annual masses in the church of São Martinho de Ventosa, and appointing Jorge Martins and Gonçalo Fernandes, and their offspring, as administrators.

Pires, Inês (flor.16--)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Gonçalo Dantas, parish priest in Santo André de Gondomar. The testator bequeaths several properties he owned that were to be incorporated into a chapel. The chapel had the perpetual obligation of celebrating a weekly mass every Monday for the benefit of the founder and his descendants. The first administrator would be his brother, Simão Dantas, followed by his descendants, with the exception of illegitimate children. The chaplain would preferably be a relative of the institutor, especially the poorest and least busy cleric of his lineage. Furthermore, Simão Dantas was obliged to register the documents in the "livro dos registos das capelas" in Braga, in order to preserve the information about the property and the pious duties.

Dantas, Gonçalo (flor.16--)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of António de Morais. The testator decides to reserve all his real estate and movable property, incorporating them into a chapel, which would be entailed in perpetuity in a "capela" or "morgado". The entail was accompanied by the obligation to celebrate perpetual masses, namely a weekly mass every Friday in honour of the Five Wounds of Christ. The first holder of the entail would be Paula, a young and single girl, the daughter of Leonor de Morais. The entail would be used as a dowry for her marriage, provided she married according to her mother's wishes. The entail would go primarily to the first-born sons, with the exception of the administrators who married Jews, Moors or artisans. The administrators were obliged to live in Barcelos or on its outskirts, unless their service to the King or the Duke of Bragança took them elsewhere.

Morais, António (flor.1623)

Will (extract)

Extract of Jacome Belo's will, instituting an entail with 12 annual masses in the monastery of Palme, and appointing as administrators his son Francisco de Vilas Boas and his offspring.

Belo, Jácome (flor.1621)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Rui Peres instituting a chapel in the church of Santiago, and appointing his legitimized sons, Pedro and Gonçalo, as administrators, followed by their offspring "secula seculorum".

Peres, Rui (flor.1604)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Rui Mendes, by which he left to his nephew, son of his sister, estates to be entailed in a chapel, with the perpetual obligation to celebrate 12 anual masses. Succession was to pass to the first-born sons. The administrators had the obligation to entail assets, and were compelled to registrer the institution in the "Livro das Capelas do Provedor da Comarca".

Mendes, Rui (flor.1572)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Rui Lopes entailing several properties in Olivença, forming an entail with pious obligations, and appointing his daughters Maria and Catarina as administrators, succeeded by his nephew Manuel Marecos and his offspring.

Lopes, Rui (flor.1558)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) of Manuel Abreu de Sousa instituting an entail with the third part of his assets, including a property in Elvas ("herdade da Alcarapinha"). After his death, the estates should remain in D. Filipa's hands, his wife, who would be succeeded by his son Sebastião de Sousa as administrator. The administrators of the entail were obligated to support the celebration of an annual mass, each All Saints' day.

Sousa, Manuel Abreu de (flor.1564)

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Will (extract) by which frei Martinho da Silva instituted an entail with a property he owned in Arronches ("herdade da Contenda e dos Degolados"), designating his brother, Rui Teles de Meneses, to administrate it. He would be succeeded by his eldest son or daughter. If his brother died without leaving descendants, the entail would be transmitted to the Misericórdias of Elvas and Campo Maior. The institutions would be obligated to support the marriage of 2 orphan girls, each year.

Silva, Martinho da (flor.1538)

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Will (extract) of Leonor Pegada instituting an entail with pious obligations in the church of São Pedro de Elvas, and appointing her brother Pedro Garro and his offspring as administrators.

Pegado, Leonor (flor.1560)

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Will (extract) of João Álvares de Lemos instituting an entail with an herdade in Monforte, with the obligation of a daily mass, and appointing his daughter Joana de Lemos as administrator.

Lemos, João Álvares de ([before 1605])

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Will (extract) by which Beatriz Rodrigues Landeiro established an entail with unspecified assets, determining that its revenues had to support the celebration of 10 annual masses. She designated her nephew, Diogo Rodrigues, almocreve, to administrate it. He had to be succeeded by his eldest son or, if he died without leaving descendants, by the institutor's niece, Constança Lopes.

Landeiro, Beatriz Rodrigues ([before 1621])

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Will (extract) by which Maria Gomes established an entail with the third part of her assets, determining that its revenues would support the celebration of 2 annual masses for her soul. She designated her husband, Sebastião do Canto, to administrate it and Afonso Fraústo, her nephew, to succeed him.

Gomes, Maria ([before 1622])

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Will (extract) through which Rui Mendes and his wife, Constança do Couto, instituted an entail with the third part of their assets. After their deaths, it would be transmitted to their daughter, Constança, and her descendants with the obligation of supporting the celebration of annual masses for their souls.

Couto, Constança do (flor.1568)

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Will (extract) by which Juliana de Olivares appointed his second husband António Gomes de Deus to be the administrator of Diogo Fernandes Henriques' chapel. This entail is composed of unspecified assets.

Olivares, Juliana de (flor.1652-1665)

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Will (extract) by which Inês Rodrigues established an entail, incorporating some immovable goods, which included part of a "casal" located in Currais and part of another located in Brabo, for the fulfillment of charges. She designated her husband João Lopes to be its first administrator. After his death, it should succeed Matias Fernandes and his wife, and then a son or daughter of their choice.

Rodrigues, Inês (flor.1549)

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Will (extract) made by Gil Lourenço de Sabadim founding a chapel in the monastery of Sabadim, in Arcos de Valdevez, where he will be buried. He entails the casais de Paços to support five masses each year and appoints his nephew Afonso for the chapel's administration. He entails his casal do Reguengo de Sabadim to another obligation of five annual masses, and bequeaths it to Gonçalo, son of Domingas, criada of Domingos Martins de Carvalho de Alva. He bequeaths other properties to Álvaro, João, Maria, Constança and Graça, his criados, with the obligation of five masses each. He designates Lourenço Martins, his cousin, as his universal heir and executor, and orders him to fulfil other obligations in the monastery of Sabadim.

Sabadim, Gil Lourenço de (flor.1375)

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Will (extract) of Geraldo Vicente, entailing assets to fulfill the charges of the chapel he instituted. He appoints João de Minhão, his nephew, to administer it, and then he must be left to his most suitable children. He entails certain assets to an albergaria, instituted in his house, appointing Domingos Razão to administer it.

Vicente, Geraldo ([before 1406])

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Will (extract) by which doutor Francisco Gentil and his wife, Beatriz Caldeira establish an entail and chapel with an obligation of a daily mass and four annual masses in the church of Santo Estêvão de Alfama, Lisboa, where they wish to be buried, with an yearly payment of 12 000 réis of alms. They entail to this obligation their houses in Lisboa and farmlands in Azambuja. They designate as administrator, after their deaths, doutor António Gentil, son of Francisco Gentil, who is a widower, and his children afterwards.

Caldeira, Beatriz (flor.1544)

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Will (extract) of Catarina de Magalhães. She entails several movable and immovable assets, leaving them to Manuel Nogueira, her nephew, to fulfill charges, celebrated in the church of Santa Maria dos Olivais in Tomar. The first administrator could choose the successor from among his legitimately married children.

Magalhães, Catarina de (flor.[15--])

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Will (extract) by which the priest Gaspar da Costa established a chapel, appointing the priest Luís Aires to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses and should appoint another priest to be the successor of the chapel. This entail is composed of olive groves located in Lisboa.

Costa, Gaspar da ([before 1612])

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Extract of the will of Paulo Nunes in which he entailed houses and ordered the foundation of a chapel in Salvador da Baía, with masses prayed in the monastery of São Bento. The chapel should be administrated by his nephew Amaro, son of his niece Mariana Nunes, and his eldest male heirs after him. He also disposed that the Provedor-Mor das Capelas should take account of the chapel.

Nunes, Paulo

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Will (extract) by which Catarina Brás established an entail, incorporating some houses and a vineyard in order to fulfill the pious obligations in the Hermitage of Espírito Santo, in Carnide. She designated her niece Luísa to be its first administrator.

Brás, Catarina

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Will (extract) of Diogo do Rego. Establishes a chapel, entailing assets for the fulfillment of charges, celebrated in the church of Olivais and in the Cathedral of Lisbon or in the monastery of São Vicente de Fora. He appoints Isabel do Rego, first administrator, to succeed her son, Jorge.

Rego, Diogo do ([before 1682])

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Will (extract) by which Diogo Carneiro and his wife Beatriz de Castro founded a chapel, using the third of their assets for the celebration of masses in the Convent of São Francisco de Évora. They designated his son Francisco Carneiro de Brito to be its first administrator. Beatriz de Castro was the administrator of a chapel founded by her aunt Helena de Brito, and also designated her son Francisco Carneiro de Brito to be its administrator, ordering him to unit these two chapels. Followed by an approval deed dated 1574-04-15.

Castro, Beatriz de (flor.1574)

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Will (extract) of Francisco Velasco de Gouveia, by which he establishes Baltasar Pereira do Lago, son of Gaspar Pereira do Lago, his nephew, as his heir. The testator entails all his real estate, including houses in Lisboa, lands (casal) in Mafra and the Fonte Boa's estate (herdade), in Ferreira do Alentejo. The entail's administrator was obligated to administer it with the chapel established by Beatriz de Gouveia, his mother, in the convent of São Domingos of Lisboa, and with the one established by Duarte de Almeida, in the same convent. Francisco added annual masses to the pious obligation his mother had already instituted. He chooses to be buried in the chapel, located in the cloister of the referred convent, where his parents lied.

Gouveia, Francisco Velasco de (flor.1651-1654)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Francisco Velasco de Gouveia adds annual masses to the ones his mother had already instituted for her soul in the chapel of the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, where Francisco's parents are buried. These pious obligations should be sustained with the revenues of a public debt instrument.

Gouveia, Francisco Velasco de (flor.1651-1654)

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Will (extract) by which Lopo Duarte Ximenes and his wife Joana da Veiga established an entail using their third part, appointing their eldest son Manuel Ximenes to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa. The successors are obligated to use half of their third to be incorporated in the entail.

Ximenes, Lopo Duarte (flor.1597)

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Will (extract) by which Inês de Abreu established the foundation of an entail, using her and her husband's third part of the assets. She appointed her son Francisco Álvares to be its first administrator.

Abreu, Inês de (flor.1567-1570)

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Will (extract) made by Isabel Lobato in which she ordered her grave in the chapel of Santo António, in the monastery of São Francisco of Santarém. She also ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the in that chapel. She appointed Nuno Gonçalves to be the first administrator during his lifetime. The charges and the administrators must be the same as those set out in João de Sousa's will.
Inserted in a court sentence (?), incomplete (dated 1500-02-27).

Lobato, Isabel (flor.1489)

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Will (extract) of Antónia Raposo, copied of the tombo of the chapels of the mother church of Panóias. She asks her executor to buy land worth 30.000 réis to be entailed, for the fulfillment of charges. She appoints Antónia, her youngest daughter, first administrator. After her death, she was to be with her eldest son.

Raposa, Antónia ([before 1612])

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Will (extract) by which Heitor Mendes de Brito expresses his wish to be buried near his deceased son, Diogo Mendes, in the convent of S. Bento de Xabregas of Lisboa, to where his deceased wife should also be transfered. This chapel had been given to him by the priests through a contract issued in 1601-11-04. He designates his two sons, Francisco Dias Mendes and Nuno Dias Mendes, as his executors, and orders them to entail a public debt instrument to his chapel with the obligation of a daily mass for all of their souls. They shall also be buried there, as well as all the successors of the entails he established for them.

Brito, Heitor Mendes de (flor.1593-1621)

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Will (extract) by which Isabel de Mendanha requests to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, next to her daughter, Margarida de Mendanha. She appoints her niece, Maria Álvares, as her universal heir, and entails her properties with an obligation of three annual masses.

Mendanha, Isabel de (d.1593)

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Will (extract) of Madalena da Maia. She confirms that, in an earlier deed, dated 1611-10-18, she had left a third of her property to Ana de Macedo, her daughter, and Estêvão Soares de Albergaria, her son-in-law. She determined the celebration of masses, in the hermitage of São Sebastião do Lumiar.

Maia, Madalena da (flor.1612)

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Will (extract) by which Afonso Martins Vaqueiro founded a chapel, incorporating into the entail a plot of land located in the "herdade" of Paredes, and a vineyard in Reguengo, on the outskirts of Viana do Alentejo. He designated his nephew Diogo Pires, son of Pedro Martins, to be its first administrator and declared that he should be succeeded by his eldest son.

Vaqueiro, Afonso Martins (flor.1532)

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Will (extract) by which Garcia de Resende established an entail, incorporating assets for the fulfillment of the pious charges. He designated his son Francisco de Resende to be its first administrator and his eldest son should succeed him.

Resende, Garcia de (flor.1533)

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Will (extract) by which Duarte Mendes declared that he founded a chapel for his daughter D. Madalena Botelha in her marriage contract, and that his grandchildren should be his heirs and successors. He established that it should be bought a public debt instrument of 25 000 réis for the celebration of masses for his soul in the Monastery of Trindade, in Lisboa.

Mendes, Duarte (flor.1604-1622)

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Will (extract) by which Isabel Pais expresses her wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. She appoints her niece, Maria Pais, married to Francisco Velho, as her universal heir, bequeathing her all of her properties with an obligation of twenty annual masses for her soul in that convent.

Pais, Isabel (d.1576)

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Will (extract) by which João Afonso de Alenquer, Cavaleiro e Vedor do Rei D. João I, entails his houses in rua das Esteiras to the hospital he established in the parish of Mártires, with an obligation of keeping a lamp lit in his chapel. He declares that his successors must administrate his chapel and hospital. If they refuse, both should be administrated by the mordomos of the confraria de Santo António of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa.

Alenquer, João Afonso de (flor.1437)

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Will (extract) of Maria de Aboim, wife of Gaspar de Lemos de Faria, bequeathing her available portion to Maria da Boa Viagem, her granddaughter, daughter of her daughter, Isabel da Silveira, and founding an entail, with the pious obligation of two perpetual masses, per year, one in honour of Virgem do Rosário and the other in honour of Virgem da Conceição, for her and her husband's souls, with a responsory over their graves. The testator determines the succession clauses if her daughter has more daughters or if there is no female to inherit the available portion.

Aboim, Maria de ([before 1632])

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Will (extract) Maria Pais established an entail, designating her husband Francisco de Atouguia de Góis to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses using the rents of a olive grove called "Bombarda". After the administrator's death, it should succeed their son António but, if he was a priest, it should succeed their son Manuel.

Pais, Maria (flor.1619)

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Will (extract) by which Francisco de Barros and Cecília Luís bequeath houses in Lisboa to the monastery of Santíssima Trindade with the obligation of a daily mass for their souls in that monastery.

Luís, Cecília (d.1659)

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Will (extract) by which D. Filipa de Abreu establishes an obligation of 21 annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, Lisboa, to be entailed to the remaining part of her properties. She appoints her granddaughter, D. Filipa, daughter of António da Cunha, as administrator of her chapel, and her successors afterwards. If she dies without successors, the entail shall be inherited by one of her granddaughter's siblings, D. Violante or D. Luís da Cunha.

Abreu, Filipa de (flor.1532)

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Will (extract) by which Francisco Rodrigues de Elvas orders the acquisition of 40 000 réis of interest to be used for a daily mass for his soul in his chapel of S. Francisco Xavier in the church of S. Roque of Lisboa. He designates his nephew, João Rodrigues, as first administrator, with the capacity of appointing the next one. The first chaplain of his chapel will be António Galvão, and while he doesn't take orders, it will be his uncle, Bartolomeu Rodrigues.

Elvas, Francisco Rodrigues de (flor.1636)

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Will (extract) of João Correia Cerveira, appointing his brother as administrator of the chapel of S. João Batista of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Porto, asking him to acquire estates to be entailed.

Carneiro, Feliciano Guedes (flor.1657-1666)

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