Will (extract) by which Vicente Afonso Valente, cónego de Lisboa e prior da igreja de Côja, ordered the executors of his will to give 100 libras taken from the revenues of his properties in Póvoa to an unidentified church. He left all those properties and houses in Lisboa to his brother, Lourenço Afonso, determining that they had to be transmitted to his eldest legitimate son and subsequently passed to his descendants. His brother was asked to give, each year, 100 libras to an unidentified church for the souls of D. Sancha and D. Goutinha, their aunts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Will (extract) of Beatriz Rodrigues, founding the chapel of Santa Maria in the church of São Pedro de Terena, appointing as administrator her nephew Rui Palha and his offspring, or alternatively the descendants of Rui’s brother, João Palha. The succession would be by first-born sons, excluding illegitimate children. An image of Nossa Senhora da Conceição was to be painted in the chapel.

Will (extract) of Beatriz Pereira, instituting an entail and appointing her nephew Francisco de Azevedo as administrator, and his son Rui Gomes de Azevedo after his death. The entail was composed of the estates of Guadiana, Zambujeiro, Murtais, the orchard of Paraíso and houses in Elvas.

Will (extract) of Diogo Carneiro and Beatriz de Castro, his wife. They instituted a chapel, entailing a third of their assets for the celebration of charges, upon finalising the payment of legacies. Francisco Carneiro de Brito, his son, is appointed first administrator. Beatriz de Castro administered a chapel instituted by Helena de Brito, her aunt, for which she also appoints Francisco Carneiro de Brito, her son, ordering him to annex it to the chapel she instituted with her husband.

Will (extract) by which Henrique Jacques establishes an entail with the third part of his revenue. He bequeaths it to his eldest son, and his descendants thereafter, who shall also annex to the entail their third parts and use the surname Jacques. He asks his wife to also annex her third part to the entail, in the quinta do Vale de Mourelos. He establishes a chapel of three annual masses in the convent or church where he shall be buried. If his descendants die before his wife, the entail shall go to her, until she marries again. If his wife has already died, it shall go to his nephew, also called Henrique Jacques, and to his descendants, with an obligation of 100 annual masses. If these two lineages are extinguished, the entail shall pass to the Misericórdias of Lisboa and of Lagos.

Will (extract) by which Miguel Fernandes and Francisca Fernandes, his wife, establish an entail with the third part of their assets, including houses in Lisboa, whose revenues would support the pious obligation of celebrating annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. The surviving spouse should be the entail's first administrator. After his/her death, it would be inherited by their son, António.

Will (extract) made by Manuel Lobo Reimão in which he ordered the foundation of a chapel composed of a cotton plantation named Fazenda do Fragoso and twelve enslaved persons, over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of certain number of masses. He named his daughter Maria de Deus as first administrator during her lifetime and, after her death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest legitimate male heir. If she had none, the administration would be handled to her brother António, and if he also died without children, then his brothers Domingos or André da Veiga Reimão, in this order, would enter on the administration. If none of them had children, the chapel would be administrated by the brotherhood of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. The institutor also disposed that if any of the slaves entailed to this chapel died, they should be replaced, in order to maintain the original number, and any administrator who freed any enslaved persons would immediatly lose the administration, passing it to the next administrator in line.

Will (extract) by which António da Costa establishes a daily mass for his soul in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Pombinha of the cathedral of Lisboa. He sends Luís Álvares de Vilalobos, husband of his niece, Maria da Costa, 100 000 reis to buy foros to entail to the chapel. Maria da Costa shall have its administration, and her descendants afterwards. If her lineage is extinguished, the administration of the chapel shall be given to the Irmandade e Confraria de Nossa Senhora da Pombinha. If they don't accept it, it shall be given to the Misericórdia de Lisboa.

Will (extract) by which Gil Vaz de Pina established a chapel, entailing to it all his remaining assets. He designated his son, Martinho Vaz de Pina, to administrate it, obligating him and his descendants to support the celebration of 10 annual masses for his soul and to give, every year, 10 000 réis to Madre Beatriz Maria da Trindade, during her lifetime. The testator also appointed his son to succeed him in the administration of the chapel founded by Jorge de Pina do Lago, his uncle. He determined that, if his daughter, Sebastiana de Parada, and her husband, António de Azevedo, left no descendants, the farmstead (quinta) of Pousão and other properties which he had given them as dowry had to be entailed to his chapel.

Will (extract) by which Padre Gaspar Godinho bequeaths all his assets to D. Violante Godinho, his niece, Custódio de Figueiredo's wife, obligating her and her descendants to support the celebration of 10 annual masses for his soul in the church of S. Julião de Lisboa. After his niece's death, the chapel should be administrated by her eldest son. The testator leaves rents (foros) of wheat in Herdade dos Gregos and Herdade da Aldeia dos Barbudos, Portel, to his sister, D. Isabel Godinho, declaring that, after her death, they should be entailed to his chapel.

Will (extract) by which Simão Gonçalves Preto and his wife Branca founded a chapel, appointing their son Filipe Godinho Falcão 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 a farm called "Aravia" located in the outskirts of Avis.

Will (extract) by which Cosme Feio, Fernando Feio and Isabel Dias' son, bequeaths the third part of his assets, including lands (casal) in Galés, Mafra, to his daughter, Isabel, obligating her and her descendants to celebrate a mass, each year, on the day of Santa Eulália in the hermitage of Santa Eulália for the souls of his parents. Those properties could never be sold or exchanged for others. The entail must be inherited by the eldest son of Isabel or, if she does not have any children, by the closest male relative of the institutor.

Will (extract) of Vasco Esteves. He leaves the Quinta da Figueira to Vicente Esteves, his brother, with charges, celebrated in the monastery of São Domingos of Lisbon, where he wanted to be buried. After his death, it should be left to his eldest, legitimate son.

Will (extract) by which Manuel Malheiro expresses his wish to be buried next to his first wife, D. Isabel Fernandes, and to his second wife, D. Maria Malheiro de Melo, his niece, in the chapels of Santo António and Nossa Senhora da Conceição of the cathedral of Lisboa. He confirms the institution of an entail which he had established with his first wife in a previous will, entailing to it all his properties in Azambuja, Lisboa and Corroios. He appoints as his heir António Malheiro, his second son from his second marriage, since his first born son from this marriage, José Malheiro de Melo, had died during the writing of the will. His son shall marry one of his cousins, daughter of Gaspar Malheiro, Manuel Malheiro's brother. He establishes an obligation of two daily masses for his own soul and the souls of his two wives. He also explains that he received the two chapels he now possesses from the deão António or Afonso Furtado de Mendonça, who had donated them under the condition that he should build him a tomb in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição and order a weekly mass for his soul.

Will (extract) in which Justa Vaz’s brother establishes entails for his children: Duarte, Martinho and Isabel de Castro do Rio, some of which are funded by money left by his sister. He declares that Justa Vaz appointed him as her universal heir, giving him the usufruct of her assets, during his lifetime, and ordering him to transmit them to one of his children or to divide them among them, forming entails. From the money she left, he thus bequeaths 12 000 cruzados to his son Duarte de Castro do Rio and 8 000 cruzados to this daughter Isabel, to found two entails. If their lineages are extinguished these entails shall be annexed to the entail he founded for his eldest son, Martinho de Castro do Rio, with the same conditions. He also bequeaths 40 000 cruzados to Martinho de Castro do Rio, which shall be annexed to the entail he founded for him. Martinho de Castro do Rio must also buy properties to entail to the obligation of masses established in Justa Vaz's codicil, which shall be administered by the successors of his entail.

Will (extract) by which Diogo Mendes Guterres establishes an entail, incorporating in it houses in Rua das Pedras Negras, Lisboa, lands (casal) in Oeiras and the legitimates which he had inherited from his father, Gomes Dias Guterres, and grandfather, Heitor Mendes de Brito. He appoints his son, Luís Mendes, to be its first administrator and asks the executors of his will to buy a chapel in the convent of S. Bento de Xabregas, where he should be buried and there must be celebrated annual masses for his soul. If the convent does not allow that, the executors are free to make a contract with any available church.

Will (extract) made by Pedro Lopes in which he ordered the foundation of an entail and chapel that would be composed of some lands, houses, two bulls, fourty cows and also twenty enslaved persons, over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of one mass celebrated every week as long as the world lasted, in the church of Santiago of Ribeira Seca, and also two masses, one of them sung, in All Souls Day. To administrate it, he named Miguel, an illegitimate son, during his lifetime, and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on his eldest legitimate heirs. Henceforth, all adulters and illegitimate children would be excluded from the administration. He disposed explicitly that if one of the tewnty slaves he entailed perished, run away or was "bad" at service, the administrator would be obliged to replace him or her immediatly, and also ordered that all children, male or female, born from the entailed slaves would become immediatly entailed to the chapel.

Will (extract) by which Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho established an entail using his and his late wife Dona Maria de Sequeira's third part, appointing his son Inácio Sarmento de Carvalho 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 a "reguengo" called "Cravoeira", a farm and an orchard located in Lisboa, and public debt instrument of 100 000 réis in Almoxarifado de Torres Novas.

Will (extract) by which Tomé Rodrigues bequeathed the third part of his assets to his daughter, Leonor Rodrigues, Brás Mendes' wife, obligating her and her descendants to celebrate, each Lent, masses for his soul. She would be succeeded in the entail's administration by one of her children.

Will (extract) by which Francisca Veloso bequeaths her grandson, António da Silveira, and his descendants afterwards, the third part of her assets, composed of houses and a vineyard in Lisboa and 4 000 reis of foro, with the obligation of three sung masses and five masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where she shall be buried.

Will (extract) by which Gaspar Lopes de Murga declares his intention of being buried in the chapel he was building in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where his parents and siblings were also buried. He establishes that properties should be bought for the maintenance of the chapel, with total a revenue of 100 000 reis, and that 12 divine offices and 36 masses should be prayed annually for his, his parents, his siblings and his successors' souls. He appoints his brother, Doutor Francisco Lopes, as the entail's first administrator or, if he is already dead, his other brother, António Lopes de Murga. They shall pay 400 000 reis to another of their brothers, Rui Lopes de Murga.

Will (extract) by which Dinis Gonçalves and his wife, Mécia Dias, unite the third parts of their inheritances, establishing an entail and a chapel in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, with the obligation of two weekly masses and three annual masses. At the time of their death, the administration shall be bequeathed to Brás Soares, Mécia Dias's son and Dinis Gonçalves's stepson, and to his successors.

Will (extract) by which Maria das Neves bequeaths and olive grove in Santa Iria, on the outskirts of Lisboa, to her nephew, Domingos Jorge, determining that him and his descendants must support the celebration of 20 annual masses for her soul in the church of Santa Maria Madalena of that city. At the time of his death, Domingos Jorge should transmit it to his eldest son, who would pass it to his successors. If the former dies childless, the entail has to be inherited by Manuel Antunes, the institutor's nephew and Vicência Antunes' son. The olive grove could never be sold.

Will (extract) by which António Viegas Gentil established an entail, designating his daughter D. Maria Chichorra de Sousa to be its first administrator. She should incorporate her "legítima" and other assets into this entail, under penalty of loosing this succession. In this case, this entail should be succeeded by his nephew Francisco de Lucena. If his daughter accepted his condition, and if she died without heirs, this entail should be succeeded by D. Leonor and her heirs from the second marriage, but she just could marry after her daughter's. The institutor also established that his assets should be used to buy public debt instrument or immovable goods in order to incorporate them into the entail. The administrator was due to order the celebration of masses wherever he would be buried. This entail is composed of houses located in Lisboa.

Will (extract) by which Antónia de Almada established an entail, with the obligation to order the celebration of two masses in the Convent of São Romão de Alverca for her mother's soul. She also established the celebration of two more masses in the Monastery of Amparo, where she would be buried. The administrator was also obligated to give some wine and oil to the friars of this last Monastery. The successors were obligated to incorporate into this entail 100 000 réis. This entail is composed of a farm of Alfarrrobeira and houses in Lisboa.

Will (extract) in which Pedro Varela entails his houses and properties in Setúbal and bequeaths them to his nephew Miguel Leite Ferreira as dowry for his marriage to D. Leonor de Távora. Miguel Leite is obliged to give 5 000 réis annually to the priests of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa for the fulfilment of perpetual pious charges for his uncle’s soul and other family members. If the testator is buried in another place before being transferred to this convent, in the meantime, the amount paid and the celebrations established should take place at that location.
Pedro Varela also requires that his nephew assures the fulfilment of pious charges for the soul of his first wife Isabel de Paiva Estocha Serrão, who is buried in the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa, and for her family members.
After Miguel Leite’s death, his second son Pedro Varela should succeed in the administration of the entail and then it should pass consecutively to the eldest sons. The testator details the conditions and alternatives for succession.

Will (extract) by which Simão Gonçalves Preto and his wife Branca founded a chapel, appointing their son Agostinho Preto Falcão 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 a farm called "Machuqueira" located in Évora.

Will (extract) in which Justa Vaz’s brother establishes entails for his children: Duarte, Martinho and Isabel de Castro do Rio, some of which are funded by money left by his sister. He declares that Justa Vaz appointed him as her universal heir, giving him the usufruct of her assets, during his lifetime, and ordering him to transmit them to one of his children or to divide them among them, forming entails. From the money she left, he thus bequeaths 12 000 cruzados to his son Duarte de Castro do Rio and 8 000 cruzados to this daughter Isabel, to found two entails. If their lineages are extinguished these entails shall be annexed to the entail he founded for his eldest son, Martinho de Castro do Rio, with the same conditions. He also bequeaths 40 000 cruzados to Martinho de Castro do Rio, which shall be annexed to the entail he founded for him. Martinho de Castro do Rio must also buy properties to entail to the obligation of masses established in Justa Vaz's codicil, which shall be administered by the successors of his entail.

Will (extract) by which Manuel de Sande and his wife, Beatriz de Vasconcelos, appoint their granddaughter, D. Beatriz, daughter of their daughter D. Maria, as their universal heir. They bequeath her their third parts, consisting of houses in Santos-o-Velho, Lisboa, with an obligation of 75 annual masses and three nocturnes in the church of the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas, over their tombs. If D. Beatriz dies without successors, the entail shall pass to the Misericórdia de Lisboa.

Will (extract) by which Margarida Esteves established an entail using the third part of her immovable goods, designating his son Diogo Martins to be its administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa. The successors are obligated to add the third part of their immovable goods to the entail.

Will (extract) by which Catarina Álvares, João Fernandes' widow, asked the executor to buy a property in Lisboa, which must be delivered to Joana Henriques, her niece, Bernardo Rodrigues' eldest daughter. She and her successors were obligated to support the celebration of annual masses for her soul in the church of S. Miguel of Alfama, where the testator's body would be buried. After Joana Henriques' death, the entail would be inherited by the eldest son of Duarte Gonçalves, the testator's nephew, and transmitted to his descendants.

Will (extract) by which Florência de Albuquerque established an entail with a farmstead (quinta) in Alfeite, lands in Almada, properties (casal) in Trajouce, Cascais and houses in bairro dos Escolares and Portas do Sol, Lisboa, thus fulfilling the will she and her late husband, Jorge Cotão, had previously made. She designated her niece, Andresa de Albuquerque, and her husband, Jerónimo Pires, to administrate it, obligating them and their descendants to support the celebration of annual masses in the church of S. Brás and to maintain a lamp lit in their chapel. After their deaths, the entail would be inherited by their eldest son or daughter.