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.
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) 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Will (extract) by which Maria Forjaz, Rui Mendes de Brito's wife, bequeaths the third part of her assets, including lands (herdade) in the outskirts of Évora Monte, to her mother, Grimaneza Forjaz, with the obligation of celebrating masses for her soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. After her mother's death, the entail should be inherited by the eldest son of the institutor. The testator declares that her remains and her father's bones should be buried in that church.
Will (extract) of D. Beatriz de Brito. She instituted an entail, entailing the remainder of her assets, after the legacies had been fulfilled. The entail's clauses would be the same as those expressed in the institution of the entail of Tomás Tavares, her uncle. She appoints Gonçalo Rodrigues de Sousa, her nephew, first administrator. The charges were to be celebrated in the convent of São Francisco of Portalegre.
Will (extract) by which Francisco Dias de Amaral, fidalgo da Casa do Rei e do seu Conselho, and his wife, Filipa de Carvalho, establish a chapel of seven annual masses in the chapel of Chagas of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where they wish to be buried. They entail to it their casal and properties in Pereiro, Alenquer. They appoint their eldest son, Belchior de Amaral, as their heir and administrator of the chapel, and his successors thereafter.
Will (extract) by which D. Diogo de Sousa orders his burial in the Chapter house of the convent of S. Francisco de Lisboa, in his grandparents' burial place. He establishes an obligation of one daily mass with a chaplain, and bequeaths his heirs money to buy a public debt instrument or properties to entail. If there is a positive sentence for him, or his daughter and heir, D. Maria, in the "Belas case", then his body shall be transfered to the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição of Idanha, where another of his daughters, D. Branca, is buried, with the same obligation of masses, and two merceeiras. If they lose the case, he will be buried in the chapel of his grandparents.
Will (extract) by which D. Helena de Almada establishes an entail with her farmstead (quinta) of Boca da Lapa, in Via Longa, instituting the pious obligation of celebrating annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. She appoints her cousin, D. Beatriz de Freitas, as the entail's first administrator, with the purpose of enabling her wedding with Jerónimo de Brito Caldeira, Helena's stepson. If their marriage left no issue, the entail should be inherited by the close relatives of Helena, from her mother's side. D. Beatriz was also obligated to support the institutor's three sisters, who were nuns in the convent of Chelas, during their lifetime. She chooses to be buried in the church of the convent of S. Domingos.
Will (extract) made by Catarina Monteiro Queiroz, in which she ordered the foundation of a chapel, composed of three farms named Boaventura, Boaentrada dos Pretos and Rebelo, as well as of twenty black slaves, fifty cows, four bulls, six pairs of oxes and 800 goats, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every week, being one for the salvation of her soul and another for the salvation of her husband Nicolau Rodrigues, and also one sung mass in All Saints Day with bread and wine offer. To administrate it she named André Álvares, son of capitão Jorge Araújo de Maqueimas, with the condition that he would marry, or otherwise, the administration would be transmitted to his sister Isabel Barradas. If none of them have children, the administration would be handled to the Misericórdia of Santiago.
Will (extract) by which António de Noronha established an entail, obligating the executor each day to celebrate masses in Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa.
Will (extract) in which Catarina Brandão leaves to her daughter D. Valentina Henriques a property (quinta) in Arrentela and the Casal da Murteira, with the obligation to fulfil 100 masses for her soul at the chapel of Espírito Santo, at the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa, where her aunt Francisca Brandão is buried. Catarina Brandão also gives to her eldest daughter D. Ana Henriques the houses in Praia and the rents paid by Ambrósio Pereira de Berredo and D. Violante de Castro, Nuno Álvares Pereira’s wife, with the condition of not dividing the properties and fulfilling a set of perpetual masses, which are listed.
Will (extract) by which D. Ana Henriques wanted to be buried in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, where her mother D. Isabel Henriques and her maternal grandparents were buried. She was due to ordered the celebration of masses for the soul of her mother and her husband D. Julianes da Costa, using a public debt instrument of 51 200 réis in Alfândega de Lisboa.
Will (extract) by which D. Leonor Dias established an entail, designating her "criada" Madalena to be its first administrator. She was due to order the celebration of masses in the Church of São Cristóvão, using the rents of somes houses and vineyards located in Alvalade. The institutor also left some immovable goods for her "criada" get married.
Will (extract) by which Diogo Marchão Temudo declared that he wanted to celebrate each year the Santo António's day and all the entail's successors were due to fulfil this obligation. He designated his daughter Luísa Maria Ravasco and his wife D. Brites Teresa de Mendonça to be his heirs, and the successors were obligated to incorporate their thirds into this entail. Their parents were buried in the Church of São Vicente de Fora and he wanted to be buried in the same place.
Will (extract) by which Vicência de Campos established an entail, designating her niece D. Catarina de Sequeira to be its first administrator. She was due to order the celebration of masses wherever she wanted and to give oil to light a candle in the Church of São Julião, in Lisboa. This entail is composed of mills and an oil press located in Bucelas.
Will (extract) in which Vicente Fernandes expresses his desire to be buried at the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa. The testator bequeaths two properties and a house in Almoçageme, on the outskirts of Sintra, to his brother João Fernandes, on the condition that perpetual masses are held for his soul and the soul of his wife. Vicente Fernandes stipulates that this pious obligation should be forever entailed to these properties.
Will (extract) in which António Vaz Pereira expresses his wish of being buried in the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, in his parents’ grave. He also establishes perpetual pious obligations for his own soul as well as for the souls of his parents and other family members buried in there. To ensure the fulfilment of these obligations he entails them to his estate, Quinta da Horta, in Bucelas. The testator notes that his Casal do Carvalhal, located in S. Lourenço de Banho, was already entailed to the obligation of a mass for his father’s soul, as established by his father’s will and which António Vaz Pereira was required to fulfil. The testator states that these properties comprise a third of his assets and will be assigned to his heirs after his death, but always with the specified obligations attached. If the properties are sold, they must be sold with the obligations attached unless their owners reach an agreement with the priests of the convent to release them from these charges.
Will (extract) by which D. João Pimenta de Abreu, bispo de Angra, established an entail, designating his nieces D. Catarina and D. Inês to be his heirs. If one of them died without heirs, it should succeed the other, and if both died without children, this entail should be transmitted to his closest kin. They were due to order the celebration of masses wherever they wanted. Followed by an approval deed dated 1632-12-12. Preceded by some notes he left dated 1632-09-22 where the institutor declared that he wanted to give manumission of some slaves, to light a candle in Misericórdia de Lisboa and left everything he had to his nieces for them to get married.
Will (extract) by which Margarida Afonso, Rodrigo Afonso de Brito's wife, appoints Martinho Afonso, Arcebispo de Braga's son and her nephew, to be the administrator of her chapel, instituted in the church of S. Cristóvão of Lisboa. She bequeaths houses in that city to her niece, Branca Eanes, Afonso Geraldes' wife, obligating her and her successors to support the celebration of one annual mass for her soul and the soul of her first husband, Diogo Aires, in that church. She also leaves lands in Lisboa to her other niece, Leonor Rosa, with the obligation of celebrating annual masses in that church.
Will (extract) by which Francisco Lopes de Bolhão annexed an entail to his grandfather Lopo das Regras' chapel, appointing his mother Isabel Gramacho to continue to be its administrator. She 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 "Bulhaco".
Extract of the will made by Gomes Pamplona de Miranda in which he ordered the foundation of an entail, composed of assets in Terceira island, with a perpetual obligation of one mass celebrated every week for his soul and 12 more masses celebrated every year for the soul of his father António Pamplona de Miranda. He named his wife as first administrator of the entail with the condition that if she married a second time the administration should be given to their son João de Ornelas, who would in anyway inherit after her death, and his first born male sons after him. If João de Ornelas died without heirs, the administration should be transmitted to the closest relative of his mother's or aunts or cousins bloodline, and if there were relatives in equivalent condition to receive the administration, he decided that the poorest should administrate the entail. He disposed that every administrator should bare the surname "Borges" or lose the administration, and also give 10 alqueires of wheat to two poor woman, with the condition that each of them would pray a rosary in memory of his soul.
Will (extract) by Diogo Lourenço, copied from the tombo of the chapels of the mother church of Panóias. He leaves a third of his property, consisting of a few courelas, to Maria Barbas, his wife, with the obligation to keep a lamp burning in the church of São João, in Panóias. After the death of his wife, it would remain with Bárbara Lourenço, their daughter, and then with her eldest son.
Will (extract) by which Luís de Barbuda de Melo bequeaths all his assets to Francisco Vieira de Castro, his brother, ordering him to sell them and to buy properties with the purpose of establishing an entail. The testator asks Francisco and his successors to celebrate annual masses in the church of S. Domingos of Lisboa and to donate, each year, 100 000 réis for the dowry of two orphan girls and the same amount to support the ransom of two portuguese captives in Africa.
Extract of the will made by Jorge Dias de Andrade in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail, composed of his own reserved portion, with a perpetual obligation of three chapels of masses celebrated in every week in the see of Angra, Terceira island, one for his soul and the other for his first and second wifes. He named his niece Branca de Sá to administrate the entail, and one of her nephews, sons of Garcia de Andrade and Fernando Gomes de Tapia, to succeed her on the administration, with the same condition of appointing the next administrator by the time of his death. Every administrator of the entail had the obligation of marrying an orphan girl every year.
Will (extract) by which Luís Martins required to be buried in the Monastery of Santarém in a chapel that he ordered to be built, with the obligation to celebrate masses each year for his, his mother and his nanny's soul. He also left to his children some "prazos" located in Odivelas, Alenquer and Santarém and he ordered his heirs to buy some immovable goods to be incorporated into this entail.
Will (extract) by which Francisco Lopes de Bolhão annexed an entail to his grandfather Lopo das Regras' chapel, appointing his mother Isabel Gramacho to continue to be its administrator. She 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 "Bulhaco".
Will (extract) by which Margarida Afonso, Rodrigo Afonso de Brito's wife, bequeaths houses in Lisboa to her niece, Branca Eanes, Afonso Geraldes' wife, obligating her and her successors to support the celebration of one annual mass for her soul and the soul of her first husband, Diogo Aires, in the church of S. Cristóvão of that city. She also leaves lands in Lisboa to her other niece, Leonor Rosa, with the obligation of celebrating annual masses in that church. The testator appoints Martinho Afonso, Arcebispo de Braga's son and her nephew, to be the administrator of her chapel.
Will (extract) by which D. Leonor de Meneses established a chapel in the convent of S. Agostinho of Santarém, entailing to it all her properties in Santarém as well as her farmstead ("quinta do Paraíso") and determining that its revenues should support the celebration of 5 daily perpetual masses and sustain 5 poor people every year. She designated her nephew, D. Pedro, son of the Condessa de Vila Real, D. Beatriz de Meneses, to administrate it, obligating him to use her father's family name and coat of arms. During his minority, the entail would be administrated by his mother. D. Leonor de Meneses ordered the executors of her will to build two graves in that convent where her remains and those of her father, D. Pedro de Meneses, Conde de Viana, would be deposited. She also asked them to deliver to the heirs of her sister, D. Isabel, assets that were granted to her by the Regent, D. Pedro. If he did not authorize that, the executors had to wait for 2 years and then institute a chapel with those properties. It would be administrated by D. Afonso, D. Isabel and D. Fernando's son, who would have to support the celebration of 5 daily perpetual masses in that convent and provide for 5 poor people.
Will (extract) by which Fernando Pires de Andrade, administrator of Gonçalo Pacheco and Ana Dinis' entail, asks his son and successor, Lisuarte Pires, to give, each year, 8 000 réis to the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, in order to support the pious obligations linked to that entail and the celebration of a monthly mass for Fernando's soul. He also incorporates in that entail the third part of his assets, including the farmstead (quinta) of Cachoeiras, houses in Lisboa and a public debt instrument of 20 000 réis, which his sister gave to him. Part of the income extracted from that public debt instrument should sustain, each year and alternately, the marriage of orphan girls, the ransom of portuguese captives in Africa and the liberation of prisoners. He chooses to be buried in the chapel of S. João Evangelista, where their grandparents, parents and wife lied.
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) by which António Gomes Pessoa entails the remaining part of his properties with the obligation of a daily mass for his soul. He designates his brother, Luís Pinto, as first administrator, and his children afterwards. If his brother doesn't have successors he can appoint the next administrator among his relatives.
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 Francisco Machado expresses his wish of having a chapel and being buried in a convent in Lisboa. He charges his heirs of choosing, contracting with the religious and furnishing the chapel, leaving 2000 cruzados for it, and he gives details about its ornamentation. He leaves 3000 cruzados and orders the purchase of public debt instrument to ensure the fulfilment of a set of pious charges in his chapel, appointing his brother António Machado as administrator.
Will (extract) by which Luís do Amaral de Castelo Branco confirms that he established a daily mass in the chapel he founded with his wife in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where he and his successors shall be buried.
Will (extract) by which Maria Afonso appoints Álvaro Vasques as administrator of the entail she had inherited from her great-grandfather, Martinho Silvestre, her grandfather Gomes Martins and her cousin, also named Gomes Martins, composed of houses and farmlands in Mourão and Monsaraz. He was to be succeded by a son.
Will (extract) by which D. Maria da Guerra, widow of Francisco de Barros de Paiva, entails her quinta in ribeira de Loures, called Casal da Freira, which she inherited from her husband, entailing it. She bequeaths it to her son, João de Barros da Silva, and afterwards to her grandson, Francisco de Barros, and their successors, with the same conditions established in her husband's will. She adds to them another obligation of five masses for her soul in her burial place, in the Chapter house of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. She orders that this entail shall not be separated from the one established by her husband, and that both of them shall be inherited by the same person. She also orders that the remains of her third part shall be entailed with the casal da Freira.
Will (extract) by which padre Luís da Paz establishes a chapel of 50 annual masses in his memory, 25 in the church of S. Martinho of Sintra and 25 in the church of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. He entais to it his farmstead in Galamares, Sintra. He appoints Jerónima, his relative, daughter of Filipe Lopes and Maria Feia, as his universal heir and first administrator of the chapel, with the condition that the chapel shall only be inherited by her descendants or, if she has none, by descendants of Luís da Paz's father, Sebastião da Paz, or of his grandfather, Domingos Salter.
Will (extract) by which Pedro de Carnide bequeaths the third part of his assets, including houses in Lisboa, to his wife, Maria Seabra, with the obligation of celebrating 9 annual masses dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Rosário. After Maria's death, the entail should be inherited by Pedro's son, Francisco de Carnide.
Will (extract) made by João Lopes Coelho in which he ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the church of Santa Maria da Vila, in Montemor-o-Novo. He appointed Isabel Coelho to be the first administrator during her lifetime.
Will (extract) by which Luísa de Noronha established an entail with the obligation to celebrate masses wherever the administrator wanted. She designated her husband's son-in-law, João Cisnel, to be its first administrator and, after his death, whomever he chose. After her husband's death it should be given to an orphan a dowry of 10 000 réis and bread to the poor. This entail is composed of the rents from land called "galinheiro", located in Terceira island.
Will (extract) by which Pedro Paulo de Azevedo established an entail, designating his slave Violante to be its first administrator. She was due to order the celebration of masses wherever he will be buried. This entail is composed of houses called "Terrerinho das Gralhas" located 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 Aires do Quintal bequeaths an orchard, olive grove and vineyards in Albaçotim to his wife, with the obligation of using its revenues to celebrate annual masses for his soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. He demands to be given the chapel of S. Pedro Mártir of that church, where the masses must be celebrated and his remains should be interred. His wife should adorn it with ornaments and order the making of an altarpiece, if the members of the brotherhood of S. Pedro Mártir agree with that. After his wife's death, the chapel should be administrated by Gonçalo do Quintal, the testator's brother.
Will (extract) by which Álvaro Velho established an entail with unspecified assets, appointing his relative João Velho to be its first administrator. During the administrator's minority the entail should be administered by his father Nuno Álvares Pereira. He was due to order the celebration of masses in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in 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 Isabel Caldeira made a joint last will with her husband André Fernandes, by which she declared that she wanted to left to Antónia Veloso, daughter of her niece Catarina Figueira, some houses located in Lisboa with the obligation to celebrate masses in the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Luz e das Neves located in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Lisboa. The institutors founded this chapel and left all their remaining assets to the Confraria of Nossa Senhora da Luz e das Neves.
Will (extract) by which Clara Tomé ordered that a perpetual daily mass should be celebrated for his soul and for the soul of her late husband, Francisco de Lacrona, in the chapel of Santa Catarina of the church of Nossa Senhora do Loreto, as well as other annual masses in honour of its patron saint. Every day, the masses should be attended by two women ("merceeiras"), who would be responsible for praying over the graves of the couple, sprinkling holy water. A public debt instrument of 100 000 réis had to be bought to support the pious obligations and delivered to Jorge Unselt [?], administrator of her chapel. He would have the power to appoint a chaplain and to choose the two women who would pray for her soul. The chapel's administrator had also the obligation to maintain perpetually alight a candle in that space. The testators' husband had established another chapel, leaving its administration to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisboa.
Will (extract) made by Fernando Lopes Lobo in which he ordered the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the monastery of São Francisco of Évora. He appointed Nuno Fernandes Lobo to be the first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he shall be succeeded by his eldest male son.
Will (extract) by which D. Henrique de Noronha established an entail with all his available assets after the fulfilment of his legacies, indicating that he would appoint an heir later. He declared that that entail could never be annexed to the one established by his father, determining that it would always be transmitted to the second born son of its administrator. His successors were obligated to support the celebration of a daily perpetual mass in the convent of S. Francisco of Alenquer, another one in the church of Misericórdia of Lisboa and another in the church where the institutor's body would be buried. He asked the executors of his will, D. Marcos de Noronha, his brother, Jerónimo de Melo, his brother-in-law, and Luís de Miranda Henriques to buy a chapel on his behalf, preferably in a convent of capuchin friars or of discalced carmelites. He also demanded the elaboration of a tombo of the entailed properties.
Will (extract) through which Gonçalo Fernandes establishes an entail with his farmstead (quinta) of Fonte do Louro and his lands (casais) in Fanhões, appointing his brother to be its first administrator. He ordered him to support the celebration of annual masses for his soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. He chooses to be buried in the church of the referred convent, next to his parents.
Will (extract) by Estêvão de Brito Freire in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail composed of several assets in Lisboa, Beja and Salvador da Baía, with an obligation of a daily mass celebrated on his Chapel of S. Estêvão, located in the church of the convent of Nossa Senhora de Jesus, in Lisboa, where his body should be buried. He named his son Gaspar de Brito Freire as first administrator of the entail and chapel, and after his death the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. The administrator should keep a lamp permanently lit on the chapel, use the surname "Brito Freire" and the family coat of arms or lose the administration. Clerics and anyone who married a person of jewish or moorish ascendency should immediately lose the administrators, as well as anyone who committed lese-majeste crimes.
Will (extract) by which D. Pedro de Castilho confirms that he had established an entail and founded a chapel in the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. He appoints Diogo Castilho, his nephew, as his universal heir, ordering him to sell all his remaining assets and to use the sale's profit to buy a public debt instrument or a property. It should subsequently be incorporated in the entail.
Will (extract) by which Diogo da Costa Cabral founded an entail, incorporating in it a public debt instrument of 50 000 réis and leaving to his successors the decision about which one of other two assets, a public debt instrument of 20 500 réis, or houses that he owned in Lisboa, should also be entailed. The remaining asset had to be sold. He instituted the pious obligation of a daily mass celebrated in the chapel of Santiago, which was supposed to be erected by his successors. He appointed Fernando Dias da Palma and Beatriz, his sister, as his will's executors and first administrators of the said entail. He ordered that Beatriz should appoint the entail's next administrator, with the condition that she chose someone within their family.
Will (extract) by which Francisco da Fonseca declared that he wanted to incorporate some houses where he lived into António Lopes' entail after his wife Feliciana de Azevedo's death, and he ordered that this chapel should be administrated by his nephew Manuel da Fonseca. He also incorporated two more olive groves located in Vale Escuro into this entail.
Will (extract) by which Manuel Borges and Ana de Brito, his wife, establish an entail with the third part of their assets, instituting the obligation of celebrating annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. The surviving member of the couple would inherit it and should be succeeded by Baltasar Pimenta de Brito, their son. They declare that their remains should be buried in that convent.
Will (extract) by which Madalena da Cunha bequeaths the third part of her assets, including a public debt instrument of 60 000 réis in Estanco do Tabaco, to her son, padre Mateus da Cunha, with the obligation of celebrating annual masses in the altar of Jesus of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. Mateus should pass the entail to Madalena's grandchildren, Manuel and Madalena. After one of them dies, the surviving one must administer it and transmit it to his/her descendants.
Will (extract) by which Luísa Franca demands to be buried in the cloister of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, in the burial place of her father, João Franco. She establishes an entail with the revenue of her houses in Lisboa, which she bequeaths to her heiress, with the obligation of 80 annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. Her heiress will have the faculty of appointing the next administrator. If she doesn't appoint anyone, the entail shall pass to the eldest child of her niece, D. Ana Barbosa. Followed by a note expaining that the heiress of the entail was Maria Pinheiro de Miranda, Luísa Franca's niece.
Will (extract) by which Garcia de Melo, D. Margarida de Castro's husband, establishes an entail with the third part of the couple's assets, including a public debt instrument of 100 000 réis. He ordered his successors to use part of its income to support, each year, the marriage of an orphan girl, before which a mass should be celebrated for his soul. He appoints his eldest son, Francisco de Melo, as the entail's first administrator. He chooses to be buried in the grave he had in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, where the mortal remains of his descendants should thenceforth be interred. The entail's succession would be conditioned by the same clauses that his father and grandfather had formulated when they had established their entails.
Will (extract) by which Leonor Fernandes, Gonçalo Esteves Ferreira's wife, bequeaths lands (casal) in Panhais, Loures, to João Fernandes, obligating him and his successors to support the celebration of annual masses for the institutor's soul. She declares that her remains should be buried inside the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, next to her sister.
Will (extract) made by Manuel Fidalgo da Costa and his wife Beatriz da Veiga Spínola, in which they have ordered the foundation of an entail with their lands in Covada, with a perpetual pious obligation of two sung masses, as long as the world lasted, with bread and wine offer over their graves in All Souls Day. They named padre Florêncio da Veiga Escórcio to administrate the entail during his lifetime, and, after his death, the administration would be handled to Helena, his natural daughter. From there on, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest heir. They also asked the Cabido to surveil the fulfillment of this will.
Will (extract) by which Margarida da Veiga Gamboa established an entail, appointing her husband Gonçalo de Azevedo Palha 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 houses located in Lisboa.
Will (extract) in which Francisca Brandão expresses her wish of being buried in her chapel at the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa. The testator establishes a perpetual daily mass and other pious obligations, stating that she reached an agreement with the priests of the convent. She beaqueths a public debt instrument of 40 000 réis from the town of Torres Vedras and a property in Monção, on the outskirts of Santarém, to her chapel and for the pious charges for her soul.
Will (extract) by which Fernando da Silveira established an entail, appointing D. Guiomar da Cunha, his wife's relative, to be its first administrator. She was due to order the celebration of masses for his and his late wife's soul and to light a candle in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa.
Will (extract) in which João Álvares and Catarina Freire entail the third part of their assets, consisting of properties they have on the outskirts of Sintra: a property (casal), lands in Cortegaça, houses with orange groves, and an orchad in Várzea. When one of them dies, the other will have the entail with the obligation of fulfilling a set of pious charges. After their death, the entail should be administrated by João Freire, Catarina’s brother, and then passed to his eldest son. The pious charges should be accomplished in the church of Colares, where the testators had their burial place and in the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa, where Simão Freire, João Freire’s brother, had his. The testators order the inventory of the entail’s properties in a tombo, with a copy staying with the entail’s administrator and the other with the Confraria do Santíssimo Sacramento. They add that the masses in the church of Colares should be said by a son of Catarina’s uncle Manuel Brás if he becomes a clergyman.
Will (extract) in which Antónia Falcão orders a chapel to be built in the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa and expresses her wish to be buried next to her late husband, Garcia Homem. She bequeaths a set of properties to her chapel, which are listed and described, and appoints her nephew Martim Cota Falcão and the priests of the convent as administrators. Martim Cota, who is the eldest son of the testators’ brother, Gaspar Cota Falcão, would have part of the listed properties, subjected to a series of detailed conditions. He was required to fulfil pious obligations for the institutor’s soul and to pay an annual sum of 10 000 réis to the convent. The priests would receive properties near Beirolas and in Salvaterra, as well as the amount paid by Martim Cota and his descendants. These assets were to be entailed and the conditions and alternatives of their transmission are specified.
Will (extract) by which Baltasar Ferreira established an entail, appointing his brother-in-law Manuel Falagre to be its first administrator with the obligation to celebrate masses. This entail is composed of a vineyard located in a farm near to the place of Loureiro da Regueira, in Calhandriz. He also established the donation of a dowry of 30 000 réis to his "negro".
Will (extract) by which Catarina Soares donated to her nephew António Soares some houses located in Lisboa, with the obligation to order the celebration of masses in the Church of São Vicente de Fora, in Lisboa. If he died childless, it should succeed his brother Manuel Soares and his heirs. She also donated him some movable goods.
Will (extract) by which Tomé Fernandes established an entail, designating Madalena and her daughter Marta, slaves of Catarina Viossa, to be its first administrators. They were due to order the celebration of masses in the Church of São Tomé, using the rents of some houses located in Lisboa. The institutor also required that Catarina Viossa could give the manumission to these slaves and donate to Marta some assets in order to get married.
Will (extract) by which Apolónia Dias established an entail, with the obligation to celebrate masses. The institutor designated her brother Ascenso Dias to be its first administrator and he could nominate one of his children to succeed. This entail is composed of a farm with its houses, orchard and vineyards located in Lisboa. She also left to her nephew Manuel Dias Rangel a "censo" of some "atafonas" in Lisboa, with the obligation to order the celebration of masses for her soul.
Will (extract) by which António de Torres established an entail, with the obligation to celebrate masses for his, his parents and his grandparents' soul wherever the administrator wanted. He also declared that the administrator was obligated to give dowries for the marriage of some orphans, to free captives and to give some cloths to twelve honored widows.
Will (extract) by which Mariana de Lencastre, Luís da Silva's widow, asked the executors of her will, her sons, to institute a daily mass for her soul and the soul of her husband, as it was ordered in his will, in the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Lisboa, where their bodies would be buried. They should do so only if at the time of her death the partition of their father's patrimony was still unfinished and the widow was unable to employ the third part of her husband's assets to buy a rent. She ordered the executors to prevent that João Gomes da Silva, her eldest son, treated the property belonging to her dowry as an entail, since it should be used to fulfil the pious legacies and to support another daily mass for her soul in her chapel. She declared that her and her husband had previously established agreements with that convent and that him had also founded an entail. She asked the future administrator of her chapel to fulfil its pious obligations.
Will (extract) by which Gaspar Garcês established an entail with a farmstead in Caldas da Rainha ("quinta do Formigal"), rents (foros) and vineyards in Óbidos and Coutos de Alcobaça, incorporating in it the third part of his late wife's assets, Francisca do Carvalhal, and the legitimate part of his late son, Manuel Garcês. He designated his grandson, Manuel Garcês, to administrate it. If he died without leaving descendants, it would be transmitted to the granddaughter of the institutor, D. Maria. The administrators were obligated to maintain the hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, which the institutor erected in his farmstead, and to support the celebration of an annual mass every September 8. He also appointed his grandson to receive the office of Escrivão da Alfândega de Lisboa, as it was allowed by the King. The testator declared that he had made a previous will in which he had instituted an entail with his farmstead, appointing his son, Manuel Garcês, to administrate it. He was obligated to support the celebration of 13 annual masses in the altar of the crucifix of the church of Nossa Senhora do Loreto. His son and D. Madalena, his wife, agreed with the terms of the deed. However, Manuel Garcês had died without being able to inherit it.
Will (extract) by which Aires Teles de Meneses established an entail, appointing one of his sister's children 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 public debt instrument in Alfândega de Lisboa.
Will (extract) by which Diogo de Castro do Rio orders a daily mass for his soul and a yearly divine office in his chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. He entails to it his houses in Fangas da Farinha, which had belonged to his sister, Justa Vaz, to be administered by his heir and by the confraria de Nossa Senhora da Conceição of that convent. He also orders that a candle should always be lit in the chapel. If the confraria is extinguished, the obligation shall be passed to the Hospital de Todos os Santos, and if the Hospital is extinguished, it shall be passed to the Câmara of Lisboa. He establishes that this chapel shall be the burial place of his descendants. Followed by notes from 1859, referring two subrogation sentences from 1855 e 1857 related to Quinta do Rio, in Sacavém, part of the entail established by Diogo de Castro do Rio.
Will (extract) of Rui de Figueiredo and D. Maria, his wife, founding an entail and a chapel with their available portions, consisting of properties in Torres Vedras and Lisboa, and appointing Henrique de Figueiredo, their second son, to succeed them, with the pious obligation of a mass in the chapel of Nossa Senhora in the monastery of S. Bento of Xabregas, Lisboa.
Will (extract) by which Marcos de Almeida established an entail, designating his sister D. Antónia de Almeida, wife of Rui Gonçalves Maracote, to be its first administrator. The institutor ordered the purchase of a chapel, the payment of 30 000 réis to a chaplain and the celebration of masses for his soul in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Anunciada. The institutor also left some legacies for the remission of captives to the Misericórdia of Lisboa. This entail should be succeed by the eldest son or, in his absence, by the closest kin and its properties are composed of houses in Lisboa, and a "cardal" and a farm located in Azambujal.
Will (extract) by which Pedro da Silva, bispo do Brasil, established a chapel, designating his niece D. Micaela da Silva, daughter of his eldest brothers, to be its first administrator. The institutor wanted that all his movable goods and his houses in Bahia would be sold in order to buy others for this chapel. The administrator was due to order the celebration of masses, that should be said by a chaplain. After the administrator’s death, it should succeed her son Silvério and, in his absence, another daughter of Micaela. If there were no heirs of the family, it should succeed the eldest servant, or the eldest maid of his house.
Will (extract) by which Catarina de Pina established an entail, appointing Bartolomeu Gonçalves Castelo Branco to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses in the Ermida da Ascensão, in Calçada do Combro, Lisboa. She also established that its administrator should nominate five priests to celebrate the masses for her soul.
Will (extract) by which Manuel Mendes Lisboa, Cavaleiro da Casa do Rei, established an entail using all his assets, appointing her niece Quitéria Nunes to be its first administrator. She was due to order the celebration of masses in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa, and to marry an orphan daughter of a merchant. This entail is composed of houses located in Lisboa.
Will (extract) by which Fernando Álvares de Almeida and Isabel Brandão, his wife, established an entail, incorporating in it houses they owned in Rua Nova D'El-Rei, Lisboa. The entail's future administrators were obligated to support the celebration of a daily perpetual mass in the chapel of S. Miguel of the church of S. Miguel of Alfama, where the institutor's bodies would be buried; to maintain, every day, a lamp alight near the Santíssimo Sacramento of that church; to provide for the poor members of their family and to give, each year, 4 000 réis to the Hospital de Santa Ana dos Incuráveis, which was administrated by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.
Will (extract) by which Maria Forjaz bequeaths the third part of her assets, including lands (herdade) in the outskirts of Évora Monte, to her mother, Grimaneza Forjaz, with the obligation of celebrating masses for her soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. After her mother's death, the entail should be inherited by the eldest son of the institutor. The testator declares that her remains and her father's bones should be buried in that church.
Will (extract) by which Margarida Botelho expresses her wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. She appoints her husband and António Lopes Nunes as her executors. She gives them 20 000 reis of interest so they can buy properties to entail to a perpetual mass for her soul.
Will (extract) by which Maria da Rocha Viegas, daughter of Francisco Viegas, bequeaths to her niece, D. Maria da Fonseca, wife of Manuel Mendes de Abreu, houses in Lisboa. These houses were entailed to a chapel of ten masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, for the souls her parents. She adds to it 15 more masses for her own soul. Her niece will then be able to appoint the next administrator among her children.
Will (extract) António Ribeiro de Abreu founding and entail, in Seia, and chapel, in the main church of Seia, and appointing João Cabral de Abreu, his son, as first administrator. João Cabral de Abreu and Antónia Coelho de Sousa, his wife, consent in the entail's foundation, since it includes the first one's reserved portion.
