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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 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.

Amaral, Francisco Dias de (flor.1575)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which doutor Gabriel de Almeida demands that the sucessor of his entail, Gabriel, his nephew, orders a daily mass with responsory and an anniversary mass for his and his parent's souls in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa. He appoints his sister and brother-in-law as administrators of the entail during Gabriel's minority. He also establishes that the sucessors of his entail shall pay 30 000 reis to his sister, D. Joana de Vasconcelos, nun in the monastery of Odivelas, while she lives. If the lineage of his nephews is extinguished, the entail shall also be extinguished and the properties shall be given to the Ordem Terceira and to the Hospital of da Irmandade dos Clérigos da Caridade, with the same obligation of masses, or to the church of S. Lourenço, if the convent of S. Francisco doesn't accept it.

Almeida, Gabriel de (flor.1664)

Will (extract)

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.

Jacques, Henrique (d.1574)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Pedro Fernandes, pasteleiro, bequeaths his two houses to is daughters, Guiomar Mendes and Maria das Neves, with an obligation that each one of them shall order him an annual mass in the cathedral of Lisboa, where he shall be buried. Their mother will have the usufruct of the houses while they aren't married.

Fernandes, Pedro (flor.1608)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Jorge Vaz de Almeida bequeaths to his son, João do Sal, houses in Lisboa, with the pious obligation of celebrating annual masses for his soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. Before his son attained his majority, Jorge's wife, Isabel Fernandes, would administrate the entail and guarantee the fulfilment of the obligations linked to it.

Almeida, Jorge Vaz de (flor.1515)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which padre Baltasar Soares Magro entails a casal in Calhariz de Benfica, Lisboa, with an obligation of 150 masses for his soul in the convent of S. Bento de Xabregas. He designates his great-nephew, Sebastião Ferreira Magro, son of his nephew Manuel Ferreira Magro, as first administrator, and his descendants afterwards.

Magro, Baltasar Soares (flor.1662)

Will (extract)

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.

Meneses, Leonor de (flor.1446-1452)

Will (extract)

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.

Sande, Manuel de (flor.1575)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Afonso Fernandes de Montarroio entails his quinta das Ameias. He bequeaths it to his son, Cristóvão de Montarroio, and to his descendants afterwards, with the obligation of three annual masses in the chapel of S. Pedro of the cathedral of Lisboa, for his and his mother's soul. If his son dies before him, the entail shall be bequeathed to the child his pregnant wife gives birth to, if he is a son; if not, it shall be bequeathed to their daughter, Leonor de Montarroio.

Montarroio, Afonso Fernandes de (flor.1507)

Will (extract)

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.

Melo, Garcia de (flor.1624-1630)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Inês Maria da Silva appoints her nephew, António de Oliveira de Azevedo, minor son of her brother, Francisco de Almeida, as universal heir of her properties in Moura. She establishes an obligation of twenty masses for her soul and the soul of her husband, José de Matos da Veiga, in the church of Madre de Deus of Lisboa. Francisco de Almeida shall administer his son's properties during his minority. If António dies, his properties shall be inherited either by his brother, Luís Cid, or by their sister, D. Constança.
Followed by several cartas de arrematação, autos de arrematação and acquisition deeds dated from 1668-02-10 to 1694-11-30 by which Francisco de Almeida da Silva, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, and, afterwards, Luís Cid de Oliveira, acquire properties in Moura, which don't mention the entail.

Silva, Inês Maria da (flor.1685)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Manuel da Serra establishes an obligation of 40 annual masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where he wishes to be buried, for his soul, the soul of his wife, Maria Correia, and the soul of Domingos Pinheiro. He entails his third part to this obligation. He appoints his son, Manuel da Serra, as his heir and administrator, and Custódio Correia as his son's tutor.

Serra, Manuel da (flor.1636)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Fernando de Palma reserves 500 000 réis of his revenue to buy properties in Lisboa or Castille which will be entailed with an obligation of masses in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade of the monastery of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Lisboa, where he wishes to be buried. The revenue from this entail shall be divided by five of his poorest relatives, who shall be chosen by his son, Luís Ferreira, and his cousin Francisco de Lucena, and by the descendants of his son, afterwards. If Luís Ferreira or Francisco de Lucena die before the institutor, the choice shall fall to his nephew, Diogo de Ferreira, and to the surviving one. The administration of the properties and entail shall pass to the descendants of Luís Ferreira. If he doesn't have any, it shall pass to the doutor Gonçalo de Santa Cruz or to Diogo Martins, and to his descendants, who are appointed patrons of the entail, and shall help in its administration.

Palma, Fernando de (flor.1539)

Will (extract)

Will (extract) by which Bartolomeu Nogueira expresses his wish to be buried in the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, with an obligation of 100 masses for his soul, to which he entails his houses in Lisboa. He annexes this obligation to the entail of 60 000 réis of interest in the Almoxarifado do Pescado, which the bishop D. Frei Jerónimo de Gouveia had bequeathed him for the convertion of infidels to the catholic faith. He appoints as next administrator of this entail his wife, Luísa Soares. If she can't inherit it, because she is a woman, the administrator shall be their son, Francisco Soares.

Nogueira, Bartolomeu (flor.1631)

Will chart

Will chart by which Frei Jerónimo da Cunha ordered the construction of a chapel in the church of Santiago of Montemor-o-Novo, entailing immovable property to fulfill the charges. He designated Diogo Narciso to be its first administrator. If this administrator died without heirs, it should succeed the institutor's daughter Beatriz if she was not professed, with the obligation to marry a nobleman with the surname "Cunha". In case of extinction of the lineage, the eldest servant of the last administrator should succeed in the administration.

Cunha, Jerónimo da (flor.1578-1581)

Will chart

Will chart by which Manuel de Miranda orders his executors to buy properties with his assets to entail to a chapel with the obligation of three weekly masses in the church where his body will be buried. He appoints Simão, son of his slave Ana, whom he raised, as administrator of his chapel and heir of his properties, which shall pass, afterwards, to his descendants. As Simão is a minor, he shall live in the house of one of his executors, be educated by them and be married to a noble woman. If Simão doesn't have heirs, or dies, the administration of his properties shall be given to Diogo Rodrigues de Lisboa one of the executors, if he is still alive, but only during his lifetime. After Diogo's death, two thirds of those properties shall be given to Guiomar de Miranda, sister of the institutor, or to her descendants, and another third shall be given to one of Manuel's nieces, daughter of Catarina de Miranda, another of his sisters who is already deceased. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1576-12-01 and an opening deed issued on 1577-12-26.

Miranda, Manuel de (d.1577)

Will chart

Will chart by which D. Cecília Henriques, wife of D. Jerónimo de Castro, expresses her wish to be buried in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade of the monastery of Santo Elói of Lisboa. She entails her properties, including her farmstead in Turcifal, Torres Vedras, with the obligation of a daily mass for her soul in her burial place. She bequeaths them to the Condessa, who gave them to her, and after her death to her own daughter, D. Joana, and to her female successors. If her daughter doesn't have any children, the entail shall pass to her brother, D. Fernando, and to his female successors.

Henriques, Cecília (flor.1552)

Will chart

Will chart by which Catarina Lopes, widow of Diogo Lopes, o Galego, expresses her wish to be buried in the monastery of Santo Onofre of Golegã, where her uncle, Jerónimo Lourenço, is buried. She bequeaths her third part as an entail to her grandson, Diogo Lopes, son of her son Francisco Lopes de Barros, who will be his tutor during his minority. He will have the obligation of ordering a daily mass for her soul in her burial place. If her legacy isn't fulfiled, the entail shall pass to the Misericórdia of Golegã.
Followed by the approval deed and opening deed of the will chart, dated 1596-05-17.

Lopes, Catarina (d.1596)

Will chart

Will chart made by Gaspar de Chaves in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail with the perpetual obligation of half chapel of masses celebrated in the church of S. Sebastião, in Ponta Delgada, where his body should be buried, next to his parent's grave. He named his wife Beatriz Soares to administrate the entail until his son Manuel Chaves comes of age. After the death of Manuel Chaves, the succession should always continue on the eldest male heir. However, if Manuel had no children, the administration should be given to his nun daughter [whose name is not mentioned] during her life, and after her death his nephew Baltasar and his brother Gaspar. If none had descendants, the administration should be given to the closest relative of the generation of his mother, Madalena Fernandes.

Chaves, Gaspar de (flor.1593-1594)

Will chart

Will chart of Catarina de Sequeira, founding an entail and appointing Jerónimo Rangel Homem, her brother, as her successor.
Will approved in 1611-05-04 and opened in 1619-05-31.

Sequeira, Catarina de (d.1619)

Will chart

Will chart by which Francisco Rodrigues de Elvas, Brianda Nunes' husband, bequeaths houses in Lisboa to one of his children, with the obligation of celebrating 24 annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, where his remains should be buried. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1587-09-30 and an opening deed issued on 1587-10-25.

Brianda Nunes, Gonçalo Rodrigues de Elvas, Nicolau Nunes de Elvas entail

Will chart

Will chart of Tristão Vaz da Veiga, of the Conselho do Rei, son de Manuel Cabral da Veiga, and Geral das Causas da Guerra na ilha da Madeira. He establishes an entail with his properties in Lisboa and Graciosa, Açores, and appoints his eldest son, Jerónimo da Veiga, as his universal heir and administrator of the entail. He establishes an obligation of a daily mass and one annual mass in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa, where his successors can build a tomb for themselves, with 20 000 reis of alms. If Jerónimo da Veiga doesn't have children, the entail shall go to his brother, Luís da Veiga, if he doesn't become a cleric, or to the lineage of Tristão Vaz da Veiga's brother, Lourenço da Veiga.

Veiga, Tristão Vaz da (flor.1585)

Will chart

Will chart by which Álvaro Furtado, husband of Isabel de Oliveira, expresses his wish to be buried in the chapel of S. Pedro Mártir of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa, with the obligation of a daily mass for his soul. He entails his properties and bequeaths them to his grandsons, Álvaro and Duarte, and to their descendants. If one of them dies, the entail shall be given to the surviving one. If none of them has descendants, the entail shall be bequeathed to Duarte Furtado, Álvaro Furtado's brother, or to his descendants.
Followed by an addition, dated 1588-11-24, by which he appoints his brother as guardian of his grandsons and administrator of their properties, until they reach adulthood.

Furtado, Álvaro (flor.1588)

Will chart

Will chart by which Antónia Carneiro, wife of Álvaro de Valadares, established an entail with the third part of her assets, including houses in Praça da Ribeira. She determined that its revenues would support the celebration of 2 annual masses in the church where her body would be buried, which would be chosen by her husband. The testator appointed her son, Pantaleão Carneiro, to administrate it, obligating him to give 2 annual pensions of 2 500 réis to his sisters, nuns in the convent of Santa Clara, during their lifetime. If Pantaleão decided to become a priest or died without leaving offspring, the entail would be transmitted to his brother, Fernando Valadares.

Carneiro, Antónia (flor.1587-1592)

Will chart

Will chart by which Cristóvão Bocolli, cidadão cremonês, established an entail with a farmstead in Lisboa ("quinta da Palma"), houses on that city and 18 african civets ("gatos de algália"), which were kept in a wooden house in the farm and generated an annual profit of 100 000 réis. He designated his illegitimate son, João Bocle/ João Boche, husband of Maria Luís, to administrate it, obligating him to support the celebration of a daily perpetual mass in the church of Nossa Senhora do Loreto. The institutor ordered the making of 4 tombos containing copies of the entail's institution and other deeds, 3 of which would be delivered to the Hospital de Todos-os-Santos, the referred church and the Juízo dos Resíduos. The testator declared that he had made a will with his late wife, Graça Teixeira, in which they had demanded the celebration of a perpetual daily mass for their souls in Nossa Senhora do Loreto, where he had erected a chapel. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1560-10-28 and an opening deed issued on 1561-03-13.

Bocolli, Cristóvão (d.1561)

Will chart

Will chart of Padre Sebastião Feio Guerreiro founding an entail and a chapel in Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Santiago do Cacém and appointing as first administrator Manuel Feio de Carvalho, his nephew and son of Beatriz Valada de Carvalho, his niece.
Will approved in 1647-05-13 and with a dispatch to fullfil and open, dated from 1650-09-04.

Guerreiro, Sebastião Feio (d.1650)

Will chart

Will by which Diogo Gonçalves do Prado, Guiomar Machado's husband, founded an entail, with the pious obligation of one daily mass to be celebrated in the chapel of Trindade, in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. He incorporated various houses he had in Lisboa, a property (casal) in its outskirts, and the third of his and his wife's assets in the mentioned entail. He appointed his son, Diogo, as its first administrator, after whose death he ought to be succeeded by his male first born son. If Diogo died childless, the entail was bequeathed to Fernando de Braga, who then had the responsibility of appointing the next administrator. He chose to be buried in the aforementioned chapel, in the grave where lied his brother, João Gonçalves de Prado. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1472-06-01, and an opening deed issued on 1474-06-15.

Prado, Diogo Gonçalves do (d.1474)

Will chart

Will chart of Brás Afonso Correia bequeathing all his real estate to Jorge, son of Rui de Figueiredo, with the pious obligation of the described masses, celebrated in the church of S. Tomé, in Lisbon.
Will approved in 1520-09-06.

Correia, Brás Afonso (d.1520)

Will chart

Will chart by which Bárbara de Torres, wife of Pedro Homem, expresses her wish to be buried in the cathedral of Lisboa, in her grandfather's grave. She bequeaths a third of her properties, with charges, to her son or daughter, with whom she is pregnant. During his minority, it would be managed by André Fernandes, father of the institutor. If her child died childless, it would be given to the closest relative of the institutor, on her father's side.

Torres, Bárbara de (d.1560)

Will chart

Will chart by which Isabel de Avelar expresses her wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco de Xabregas with an obligation of a daily mass for her soul and the soul of her husband, Henrique Nunes de Leão. She confirms the foundation of her entail, which she bequeaths to her minor grandson Jorge Nunes de Leão. She also appoints him in several leases she possesses and establishes how he must be raised, appointing her daughters, nuns in the convent of Santa Clara de Santarém, as his tutors.

Avelar, Isabel de (flor.1566)

Will chart

Will chart made by Joana do Presépio widow of Gaspar Garção, professa da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco, in which she ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of masses celebrated every year in the her chapel, in the convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Castelo de Vide. The institutor named Joana Batista de Monroio, her niece, as first administrator during her lifetime and, after her death, she would be succeeded by her eldest male son. The first administrator would only receive the administration of the chapel if she married in accordance with the conditions expressed by the founder.

Presépio, Joana do (flor.1628-1630)

Will

Will by which Pedro de Cascais de Abreu, do Desembargo do Rei and promotor fiscal do Santo Ofício da Inquisição de Coimbra, expresses his wish to be buried in the church of Santa Maria do Castelo de Olivença, with a tomb similar to the one of his cousin, Lopo Soares, whose chapel he administers. He bequeaths 100 000 réis to the priests of the church of Santa Maria do Castelo to employ in masses for himself, the 8 masses set in the estate of Alparragena by Leonor de Cascais, and the two masses set on an olive grove in Pentieira. If they don't fulfill the obligations, it will pass to the priests of the church of Santa Maria Madalena de Olivença. If they refuse, this obligation will pass to his heirs. He designates his natural daughter, D. Catarina de Abreu, who is being raised to become a nun, as first administrator of his entail, if the monastery she professes in allows her to have properties.
He entails his third part as a chapel with a daily mass over his tomb, which shall be given to his heirs. He includes in this entail the chapels he possesses, but the masses of those chapels will be administered by the priests, as mentioned. He entails to it his free and entailed houses in Olivença, the estate of Alparragena, with its leases, and the olive grove of Pentieira. If he doesn't have descendants, some of the houses he possesses shall pass to the children of António de Sousa and Maria del Rio, descendants of his uncle, Manuel de Cascais, and the others will pass to the heirs of his nephew, Francisco Martins Mexia, since they are also entailed. In the same situation, the olive grove will pass to the descendants of Diogo Álvares Restolho.
If he doesn't have successors, the part of his entail which doesn't belong to any other heirs will pass to his nephew, Manuel de Sousa Cascais, son of António de Sousa and Maria del Rio. If he dies without successors, it will pass to his sister, Maria de Sambrana, and to her descendants, or to the descendants of Francisco Martins Mexia.

Abreu, Pedro de Cascais de (flor.1637)

Will

Will by which Mestre Pedro, cónego da Guarda e do Porto, reitor da igreja de Santiago de Óbidos, left all his assets to his brother, Lourenço Pedro, with the obligation of sustaining a chaplain, who would celebrate a daily perpetual mass for his soul in the church of S. Lourenço of Lisboa, and providing for 3 boys of his family, giving them food, clothes and education for 8 years. After 16 years, the entail had to be inherited by Lourenço Pedro's eldest legitimate son.

Leis, Pedro das (flor.1296)

Will

Will by which Margarida Pacheco de Sousa, widow of capitão André Dias de Araújo, wanted to be buried in the Church of São Sebastião, in the parish where she lived. She founded an entail with the obligation of five chapels of prayed masses and appointed João Pacheco de Sousa, her son, as administrator. The testator also appoints Manuel Pacheco de Sousa, her son, as her successor in the administration of the entail (terça) of Margarida Pacheco, in which she succeeded to her father, António Pacheco de Sousa, and entails to this entail a necklace. Margarida Pacheco de Sousa also describes the assets and income of the entail of Gaspar Dias, administrated by her son, Gaspar de Medeiros de Sousa, to distinguish them from her own income. This will also mentions that António Pacheco, the testator son, is the heir of his father's, capitão André Dias de Araújo, entail (terça). Will approved in 1638-11-26 and opened in 1638-11-30.

Sousa, Margarida Pacheco de (d.1638)

Will

Will of Maria da Silva, widow of Cristóvão de Brito. The testator decided to set up an entail, using the property she owned in Lisbon, and to be buried in the church of the convent of Madre de Deus de Lisboa, where her late husband had been buried and where perpetual masses were to be celebrated. She appointed her granddaughter Maria, daughter of Lopo de Brito, as administrator. Hereditary succession would go primarily to firstborn sons, excluding illegitimate children and clerics. The successor had to be physically and mentally fit and was forbidden to marry anyone of New-Christian descent. In addition, each administrator was forced to entail estates and to use the family name.

Followed by the approval deed (1631-06-01) and the opening deed (1631-06-03).

Silva, Maria da (d.1631)

Will

Will made in Nisa by Joana Vaz, in which she ordered her burial in the church of Santa Maria de Nisa and the foundation of an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of ten masses celebrated every year. She named her brother Diogo Vaz as first administrator during his lifetime, and, after his death, he would be succeeded by his eldest male heir, with the condition that instead of ten masses he would order the celebration of twelve masses every year, and from there on the administrators would celebrate not only twelve, but fifteen masses every year.

Vaz, Joana (flor.1528)

Will

Will by which D. Maria Nogueira, widow of Bento de Andrade Pimentel, expresses her wish to be buried in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Luz in Portalegre, which she founded with her husband. She annexes her reserved portion, consisting of four estates, to the entail founded by her father Estêvão Nogueira. She also establishes an entail with the remaining part of her properties, to be annexed to her father's with a perpetual obligation of five annual masses. She names her son Manuel de Andrade as first administrator of this new entail and also as successor on her father's entail, following all the succession clauses disposed by Estêvão Nogueira. She also disposed that all future administrators should henceforth use the surname Andrade Nogueira, and would be obliged to annex assets worth 20 000 réis to the entail, declaring expressly that she wished all administrators of the entail to be "very rich in order to make many services to God and to the poor people".

Nogueira, Maria (d.1631)

Will

Will made in Alpalhão by Afonso Ferrão, husband of Catarina Carrilha, in which he ordered the foundation of three entails. The first entail would be composed of houses, lands, vineyards and other properties dispersed between the outskirts of Alpalhão and Castelo de Vide, over which he imposed a perpetual obligation of thirty masses celebrated every year, and to administrate it he named his brother Afonso Dias Ferrão as first administrator during his lifetime, and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest heir, male or female, or, the confraria do Santíssimo Sacramento of Alpalhão, in case his lineage became extinguished. The second entail would be composed of houses, lands, vineyards and other properties on the outskirts of Alpalhão, over which he imposed a perpetual obligation of fifteen masses celebrated every year, and to administrate it he named his niece Maria de Siqueira as first administrator during her lifetime, and, after her death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest heir, male or female, or, the closest relative, in case her lineage was extinguished, or, in the absolute lack of close relatives, the Confraria das Chagas de Cristo of Alpalhão. The third entail would be composed of houses, lands, cattle farms, a vineyard and other properties on the outskirts of Alpalhão, over which he also imposed a perpetual obligation of fifteen masses celebrated every year, and to administrate it he named his Pedro, son of Manuel Alfaia Morgado, as first administrator during his lifetime, and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest heir, male or female, or, the closest relative, in case his lineage was extinguished, or, in the absolute lack of close relatives, the Confraria das Chagas de Cristo of Alpalhão. However, Pedro would only administrate this entail after he comes of age or marry, and, until then, his father Manuel Alfaia Morgado would administrate the entail.

Ferrão, Afonso (flor.1686-1699)

Will

Will by which Domingos Gonçalves establishes an entail, incorporating in it the third part of his assets, with the pious obligation of a daily mass celebrated in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. Since his wife, Isabel Correia de Mesquita, was pregnant, he appoints their unborn child as his heir. She would be the child's tutor during his/her childhood. If the heir died before birth, Domingos Gonçalves' parents would inherit his assets and assure that the pious charges were duly fulfilled. He chooses to be buried in the church of the said convent. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1661-08-11.

Gonçalves, Domingos (d.1661)

Will

Will by which Helena Antunes appoints her husband Gaspar Ferreira and her sister Maria Antunes as her will executors. The testator expresses the wish of being buried in the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa and she leaves to her daughter Joana the remaining amount of the third part of her assets with the obligation of a monthly mass in that convent. The assets, with the pious obligation, must be administrated by her son António until her daughter reaches 13 years old. If Joana dies without descendants, António should continue or succeed in the administration. If António dies, she gives alternatives for the succession in the assets’ administration within a circle of close relatives, namely her sisters Maria Antunes and Filipa Antunes.
It is followed by an approval deed (dated 1599-09-19) and a certificate of an opening deed of will (dated 1599-10-25).

Antunes, Helena (d. 1599)

Will

Will by which Gaspar Gil Severim expresses his wish to be buried in the chapterhouse of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa and establishes two entails, which he bequeaths to his two sons, Francisco de Faria Severim, and Manuel de Faria Severim.
He gives to his son Francisco, among other properties, the farm and houses in Lisboa which he had received through a dowry deed from Catarina Mateus Galvão, aunt of his first wife, Antónia de Faria, and which were entailed to an obligation of masses, which should pass to his eldest son.
If the lineage of any of his sons is extinguished, their respective entail shall be inherited by the other or by their successors.

Severim, Gaspar Gil (d.1598)

Will

Will by which Pedro de Cascais de Abreu, do Desembargo do Rei and promotor fiscal do Santo Ofício da Inquisição de Coimbra, expresses his wish to be buried in the church of Santa Maria do Castelo de Olivença, with a tomb similar to the one of his cousin, Lopo Soares, whose chapel he administers. He bequeaths 100 000 réis to the priests of the church of Santa Maria do Castelo to employ in masses for himself, the 8 masses set in the estate of Alparragena by Leonor de Cascais, and the two masses set on an olive grove in Pentieira. If they don't fulfill the obligations, it will pass to the priests of the church of Santa Maria Madalena de Olivença. If they refuse, this obligation will pass to his heirs. He designates his natural daughter, D. Catarina de Abreu, who is being raised to become a nun, as first administrator of his entail, if the monastery she professes in allows her to have properties.
He entails his third part as a chapel with a daily mass over his tomb, which shall be given to his heirs. He includes in this entail the chapels he possesses, but the masses of those chapels will be administered by the priests, as mentioned. He entails to it his free and entailed houses in Olivença, the estate of Alparragena, with its leases, and the olive grove of Pentieira. If he doesn't have descendants, some of the houses he possesses shall pass to the children of António de Sousa and Maria del Rio, descendants of his uncle, Manuel de Cascais, and the others will pass to the heirs of his nephew, Francisco Martins Mexia, since they are also entailed. In the same situation, the olive grove will pass to the descendants of Diogo Álvares Restolho.
If he doesn't have successors, the part of his entail which doesn't belong to any other heirs will pass to his nephew, Manuel de Sousa Cascais, son of António de Sousa and Maria del Rio. If he dies without successors, it will pass to his sister, Maria de Sambrana, and to her descendants, or to the descendants of Francisco Martins Mexia.

Abreu, Pedro de Cascais de (flor.1637)

Will

Will by which Rui de Castanheda, Fidalgo da Casa do Rei, establishes a chapel in the church of S. Cristóvão of Lisboa, incorporating in it a house, a backyard and vineyards in Aldeia Galega. He appoints Isabel de Proença, mother of his two daughters, Beatriz de Castanheda and Isabel de Castanheda, to be its first administrator, obligating her to celebrate annual masses for his soul in that chapel, where the institutor's body should be buried. After her death, the entail must be inherited by Beatriz de Castanheda and passed to her eldest son.

Castanheda, Rui de (flor.1529)

Will

Will by which Diogo Luís de Oliveira, husband of D. Leonor de Távora, expresses his wish to be buried in the monastery of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos da Arrábida, of which his nephew, Luís Francisco de Oliveira, morgado de Oliveira, is the patron, with the obligation of a daily mass for his soul. He entails all of his properties, which include public debt instruments, houses in Belém, and the revenue he intends to gain from debts owed to him, and appoints his wife as his universal heir. After her death, the entail shall pass to the padre António Luís de Oliveira, natural son of Diogo Luís de Oliveira and afterwards to Luís Francisco de Oliveira and his successors. This entail shall always be in the hands of the administrators of the entail of Oliveira. If their lineage is extinguished, the entail shall pass to the lineage of Diogo's niece, D. Beatriz. If her lineage is also extinguished, it shall pass to a second son of the house of Mogadouro. If all of these lineages are extinguished it shall be given to the Misericórdia of Lisboa.

Oliveira, Luís Francisco de (flor.1640)

Will

Will founding an entail by Gonçalo Esteves de Tavares and Leonor Rodrigues de Vasconcelos, his wife. The institutores appoint Pedro Esteves, their "criado" and nephew of Gonçalo Esteves de Tavares, as their successor.

Vasconcelos, Leonor Rodrigues de (flor.1349-1377)

Will

Will of Jerónimo de Albuquerque refering the foundation of an entail in Pernambuco and revoking part of a previous will made with his wife, D. Filipa de Melo.

Albuquerque, Jerónimo de (flor.1584)

Will

Will by which Catarina de Lemos, widow of Diogo de Figueiredo, expresses her wish to be buried in the church of S. Mamede of Lisboa, near the altar of Santa Ana, where her husband is buried. She entails her properties, consisting of houses and an olive grove in Lisboa and a farmstead in Oeiras, and bequeaths them to her nephew, Baltasar de Lemos, son of her brother João Vaz de Lemos, and to his descendants afterwards, with an obligation of ordering several annual masses for her soul.

Lemos, Catarina de (flor.1511)

Will

Will of Luís Rodrigues de Elvas founding an entail and annexing to it his chapel of S. Francisco Xavier, in the church of S. Roque. He appoints António Gomes de Elvas, his great-nephew, son of his nephew João Rodrigues de Elvas, as his successor in his entail and in the entail of Caspolima, founded to him by his parents in their will. He also orders him to buy 2 000 cruzados in properties or a public debt instrument to entail to the entail or chapel founded by Diogo Fernandes de Aguilar and his brother, Padre João Manuel de Aguilar.
Will approved in 1672-09-02 and opened in 1673-04-26.

Elvas, Luís Rodrigues de (d.1673)

Will

Will of Lopo Lourenço, revoking the clause that stated the appointment of an old man with more then 40 years by the concelho de Sintra if his son, Artur Lopes, already deceased, did not fulfil the dispositions. He appoints his daughter Violante, to administrate the chapel, and his second wife Inês Valadares during Violante’s minority. If Violante died, the administration should return to Inês Valadares, and, with her death should pass to Fernando, and if he also died, the administration should be given to the lineage of his brother Pedro Lourenço.

Will

Will made by Isabel Rodrigues in which she ordered the foundation of an entail, composed of a land and some houses in Terceira island, with a perpetual obligation of one mass in All Soul's day, three masses in Christmas eve, one in each friday between the lent and the Good Friday, celebrated every year. She named her son Afonso as first administrator of the entail, his brother Baltasar and his sister Maria after him, and the eldest son of the last of them should inherit and administrate the entail. However, António Rodrigues should administrate it until they reach the age of 25 years old.

Rodrigues, Isabel (d.1562)

Will

Will by which bacharel João Calaça, irmão terceiro da Ordem Dominicana, expresses his wish to be buried in the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa. He appoints his natural son, Manuel, who lives in Salamanca, as his universal heir, giving him all his properties. He bequeaths to João do Couto, cavaleiro da Casa do Rei, and his executor, his quinta de Bulhaco, which is in a demand against Isabel Martins, a Raboa, widow of António Pais. If it is sold, after the demand, the revenue shall be entailed to a chapel of a weekly mass in that convent. If it isn't sold, it shall be entailed to the chapel with the same obligation. João do Couto shall only have the quinta during his lifetime; after his death, it shall pass to Manuel and to his descendants. If he dies without descendants, António Calaça, João's brother, and his successors shall inherit it instead.
João Calaça also bequeaths to his son his parts of the herdade de Santa Catarina, one which was given to him by his aunt, Catarina Calaça, with an obligation of ten annual masses, and the other by Inês Fernandes, wife of his uncle, Álvaro Calaça, with the obligation of five masses.
Contains additions from the following day.

Calaça, João (flor.1503)

Will

Will by which Vasco Gonçalves and his wife, Isabel Vaz, express their wish to be buried in the church of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa. They entail both their third parts, including houses in Lisboa and estates in Campo de Ourique and Torrão, and bequeath them to their son António Vaz, with an obligation of six annual masses for their souls. If their lineage is extinguished, and the entail passes to a transversal family line, four more masses shall be added to the obligations. If there are no more living relatives of the institutors, the succession of the entail shall be made by appointment from the priests of Santíssima Trindade, with ten more annual masses of obligations.

Vaz, Isabel (flor.1507)

Will

Will by which Aleixo Dias Falcão, inquisidor, expresses his wish to be buried in the college of Madre de Deus de Cochim, if he dies in that city. He establishes an entail and chapel with the remaining part of the assets he is sending to Portugal, which shall be employed in the acquisition of landed properties or public debt instruments. He orders the construction of a chapel of the invocation of Santo Aleixo in the church of S. Martinho of Pinhel, and orders the transfer to it of the bones of his parents, licenciado Francisco Dias and Isabel de Sela. The administrator of the entail shall order daily masses for their souls. He designates a young man named Manuel as heir of his entail, and his children afterwards. If he dies without successors the entail shall pass to Aleixo's sister, Violante Falcão, and to her descendents. If she also doesn't have heirs, the entail will pass to their maternal uncle, António de Sela, and from then on, instead of being inherited by the eldest sons, shall be inherited by the closest relatives to his mother, starting with António's brothers.
Followed by the approval deed of the will.

Falcão, Aleixo Dias (flor.1573)

Will

Will made by Francisco Rodrigues, oleiro, and his wife Guiomar Vaz, in which they ordered their burial in the church of São Lourenço of Portalegre and the foundation of an entail composed of a vineyard with an olive grove in Ribeira da Seda, with the perpetual obligation of four annual masses. They named one another administrators of the entail, after the death of the first of them, and after both were deceased they named, in this order, their sons Manuel Rodrigues, Francisco Rodrigues and then their daughter Maria Vaz to administrate the entail during two years each, alternating one another. After they were all dead, the administration should be given to their grandson Manuel, but only when he turned 25. After his death, the entail should be transmitted tot their grandson João Freire, son of Maria Vaz, and another of their grandchildren after his death. And from there on the succession should always continue on the eldest male heir. Before assuming the administration, the sons of the institutors all agreed in abdicating of their own available portions, that should be otherwise entailed on the entail.

Vaz, Guiomar (flor.1670)

Will

Will made in Monforte by Afonso Cordeiro Franco in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail and chapel with a perpetual mass obligation of six masses celebrated every year on the church of Espírito Santo, in Monforte. He named his wife Ana Maria as first administrator during her lifetime, and their grandson, son of Manuel Barradas, after her death. From there on the succession should always continue on the descendants of this grandson, but if he had none, the administration would be handled to the descendants of Rodrigo do Vale. The administration would only be handled to the grandsons of the institutor after they came of age, and, until then, the entail's income should not be spended.

Franco, Afonso Cordeiro (d.1695)

Will

Will of Manuel Duarte Pinto bequeathing the remaining assets of his available portion to his son, Manuel Pinto, and founding a chapel or entail in S. Romão. If he does not build the chapel in his lifetime, the second owner of the entail should build it within two years and he orders to put an inscription in stone in the chapel.
Will approved in 1670-05-16.

Pinto, Manuel Duarte (d.1670)

Will

Will made by padre Manuel Delicado, in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail composed of lands, houses and a vineyard in Alpalhão's outskirts, over which he imposed a perpetual obligation of ten masses celebrated every year on the chapel of N. Sra. do Rosário, where his body should be buried. He named his minor nephew Manuel, son of João Dias, his brother, to administrate the entail during his lifetime and his descendants after his death. However, Manuel would only receive the administration after he reached the age of 25 years or in the case he married before that age, and, until then, Manuel Alfaia Morgado would administrate the entail.

Delicado, Manuel (d.1683)

Will

Will by which Francisco Botelho and his wife, D. Beatriz de Castanheda, establish an entail and a family pantheon in the main chapel of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, where Francisco Botelho's grandfather, Fernando Lourenço, was buried. They entail to their chapel 40 000 reis of interest: 10 000 for two annual masses, during their lifetime, and 30 000 for a daily mass after their deaths. They appoint their son, Diogo Botelho as their heir and administrator of the chapel and entail, and his successors, afterwards. They also appoint him administrator of the chapels established by Isabel de Proença, [Beatriz de Castanheda's mother], in the church of S. Nicolau de Lisboa, and by Rui de Castanheda [Beatriz de Castanheda's father].
Mentions a previous codicil.

Botelho, Francisco (flor.1563)

Will

Will by which Francisco de Melo, Marquês de Sande, husband of D. Leonor Henriques de Torres, established an entail with the third part of his assets, appointing his son, Garcia de Melo de Torres, to be its first administrator. The entail's succession would be conditioned by the same clauses that Garcia de Melo, Francisco's father, had formulated when he founded his own entail. Francisco obligates his heir to support the celebration of annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, adding to the ones Garcia de Melo had established. He integrates in his entail a public debt instrument of 100 000 réis that his sister, D. Maria Madalena de Meneses, had bequeathed him with that same purpose. D. Maria Madalena had also bequeathed him another public debt instrument of 30 000 réis, with the obligation of celebrating a daily mass, wherever he chose. At the moment, that obligation was being fulfilled by the priest Bartolomeu de Abreu, family chaplain. After his death, it would pass to the friars of the convent of S. Domingos. His son Garcia de Melo should also succeed in the Morgado dos Torres and the institutor also nominated him in the travels to Moçambique and in the Feitoria of Diu. If he died without heirs, it should succeed his daughter D. Madalena Josefa de Mendonça. Francisco appoints the Bispo da Targa, Martim Correia da Silva, his uncle, Manuel Barreto de Sampaio, Francisco Correia de Lacerda and António Monteiro de Mesquita, inquisidor, as his children's tutors.

Melo, Francisco de (flor.1665)

Will

Will by which Francisco Botelho and D. Beatriz de Castanheda, his wife, establish an entail with the third part of their assets, appointing their son, Diogo Botelho, to be its first administrator. They declare that their bodies should be buried inside the chapel they instituted in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Benfica, entailing to it a public debt instrument of 40 000 réis, which would support the celebration of annual masses for their souls. Their son shall also inherit the chapel founded by Rui de Castanheda, his grandfather, in the church of S. Cristóvão, and the chapel established by Isabel de Proença, his grandmother, in the church of S. Nicolau of that city. Followed by an approval deed issued on 1573-01-14 and an opening deed issued on 1574-12-05.
This document was already described in VINC006437 FBBC EA/001.

Botelho, Francisco (flor.1563)

Will

Will by which Rodrigo Eanes, mercador, establishes a chapel in the convent of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, entailing the third part of his assets. He appoints his daughter, Filipa, to be its first administrator, obligating her and her descendants to celebrate masses each Sunday for his soul in that chapel, where his body would be buried next to the remains of his late wife, Iria Martins. The testator also declares that his daughter should administrate the entail he founded with houses in Lisboa, thus annulling his previous wish of leaving it to Diogo Lopes, torneiro, and his heirs.

Eanes, Rodrigo (flor.1466)

Will

Will made by padre Bartolomeu Rodrigues in which he ordered the foundation of an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of thirty masses celebrated every year, with the prayers Inclina Domine, Deus veniat lergitor and Fidelium Deus. The institutor named an orphan boy named Marcos as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he would be succeeded by his descendants, or, if he had none, the two council would elect an administrator to succeed him. The Alcaide António Dias Aldonso would administrate the entail until Marcos reached the age of fourteen, as his tutor.

Rodrigues, Bartolomeu (flor.1569)

Will

Will of João de Ávila and Maria Borges Sanches, ordering, among several dispositions, the foundation of an entail, composed of all their real estate, money, gold, silver and jewellery, with a perpetual obligation of five masses celebrated in the convent of São Francisco, in Terceira island, for which they have obtained a royal provision. They named their minor son Francisco Borges de Ávila as first administrator, and his uncle padre João Álvares as his tutor and administrator during his minority. After the death of Francisco Borges de Ávila the administration should be transmitted to his eldest male son, or female on the absence of male, regulating the succession by this rule. The excluded clerks, illegitimate, mentally ill and offenders of lese-majesty from the administration of the entail. In case the bloodline was extinguished, the Misericórdia of Angra should have the administration with the condition of marrying an orphan girl every year.

Ávila, João de (d.1667)

Will

Will made by António Pires Mosqueiro in which he expressed his wish to be buried in the church of the convent of S. Francisco of Portalegre and ordered the foundation of an entail and chapel composed of his farmlands with a perpetual obligation of twenty annual masses. He named his aunt Maria Gonçalves Mosqueira as first administrator and her nephew José after her death, but not until he reached the age of 25. If Maria Gonçalves died before José's comming of age, the entail should be administrated by his aunts Clara Gonçalves and Guiomar Gonçalves.

Mosqueiro, António Pires (d.1672)

Will

Will of Bartolomeu da Fonseca defining the succession and administration clauses of his entail, founded by a previous entail foundation deed.
Will approved in 1595-01-05 and in 1620-04-14.

Fonseca, Bartolomeu da (flor.1595-1620)

Will

Will of mestre João das Leis, Lourenço Pires' son, founding an entail with his available portion composed of his properties and appointing as its administrator his second male son and, after him, his firstborn and legitimate male son, imposing the pious obligation of some masses in the church of S. Lourenço of Lisboa. The testator also appoints Gomes, his son, as the successor of Afonso Pires in the administration of the chapel of Santa Catarina, in the church of S. Lourenço of Lisboa, founded by Constança Eanes Palhavã. Besides, João das Leis orders the payment of some bequests and debts to the chapels of mestre Pedro and D. Afonso Dinis, bishop, to buy properties, and appoints as attorney-in-fact (procurador) of the latter chapel the same attorney-in-fact of the chapel of mestre Pedro, administrating its books and assets.

Leis, João das (flor.1383)

Will

Will of João Ribeiro de Vasconcelos. He appoints Francisco Carneiro e Vasconcelos, his nephew, to administer the chapel established by Ana de Sousa Pereira, his mother. He also instituted another chapel, entailing half of a third of his assets to the fulfillment of charges. He appoints his nephew to administer it, with the obligation of helping D. Maria de Vasconcelos, in the religious profession. He attached the other half of the third part of his assets to the entail he administered, in order to fulfill the institution.

Vasconcelos, João Ribeiro de (flor.1698)

Will

Will by which Padre António Pestana Durão established an entail with properties he owned in Crato, obligating its future administrators to support the perpetual celebration of one mass every sunday and holly day of the year. He designated his nephew, Francisco Caldeira Pestana, to become its first administrator, determining that, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest heir. If Francisco died without leaving descendants or with minor aged children, the administration would be delivered to his brother Rodrigo Caldeira. If the lineage of the institutor became extinct, the vicar of Crato and the local priest of the village would appoint someone to administrate the chapel. The first administrator would have the obligation of register in a book the institutor's will and the fulfilment of the pious obligations. The testator declared that his body would be buried in the church of S. Martinho of Aldeia da Mata.

Durão, António Pestana (d.1675)

Will

Will made by Luzia do Espírito Santo and her sister Guiomar da Vitória, in which they ordered to be buried in the Convent of Castelo de Vide, and founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of eight masses that should be celebrated every year. The institutors named one another as first administrator during their lifetimes and, after their deaths, the last one alive would be succeeded by their niece Maria Tarouca, daughter of their nephew António Mouzinho Galeano, who would administrate the entail until Maria reached the age of 25 years old. Before her death, Maria would appoint one her children or relatives to succeed her, and from there on the succession should continue by appointment, as long as the chosen administrator never married with a person of the so-called "infected races". This entail is composed of houses, vineyards and lands in Castelo de Vide.

Espírito Santo, Luzia do (d.1689)

Will

Will through which D. Leonor Soares, Bento da Costa de Barbuda's wife, establishes an entail with the third part of her assets, including houses in Lisboa and lands in Lumiar and Cotovia. She appoints her son, Diogo de Barbuda, to be its first administrator, obligating him to celebrate annual masses for her soul in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. She declares that her body should be buried in that church. Followed by an undated declaration by which Manuel Correia dos Santos indicates which assets were incorporated in Leonor Soares' chapel.

Soares, Leonor (flor.1618)

Will

Will by which Gaspar Gil Severim expresses his wish to be buried in the chapterhouse of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa and establishes two entails, which he bequeaths to his two sons, Francisco de Faria Severim, and Manuel de Faria Severim.
He gives to his son Francisco, among other properties, the houses in Lisboa which he had inherited from his parents, António Gil Severim and Catarina Lopes Morim. These houses had an obligation of thirty masses for the soul of António Gil Severim and a divine office and five masses for the soul of Catarina Lopes.
If the lineage of any of his sons is extinguished, their respective entail shall be inherited by the other or by their successors.

Severim, Gaspar Gil (d.1598)

Will

Will made in Santiago de Cabo Verde by Duarte Rodrigues in which he ordered the foundation of an entail and chapel that would be composed of his farm of São Domingos, with its cotton fields and stockyard, over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated every week as long as the world lasted. He named Sebastião, the eldest of his legitimate sons, as first administrator, during his lifetime, and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably on the eldest male heir, born from legitimate marriage. If Sebastião had no male heir, the administration would be handled to his brother Jorge, second son of Duarte Rodrigues, with the same conditions. If none of them had male heirs, then the administration would be handled to the eldest female daughter of Sebastião. If none of them had children, the admnistration would be handled, in this order, to Maria Duarte, legitimate daughter of Duarte Rodrigues, or her sister Isabel. If none of the legitimate heirs had children, the the illegitimate sons of Duarte Rodrigues would receive the administration, with the condition that only their legitimate children would succeed. He appointed his son in law Diogo de Avelar to administrate the entail during the minority of his sons Sebastião and Jorge. The administrator would also have the obligation to perpetually provide the sustenance of one bed on the Misericórdia of Santiago.

Rodrigues, Duarte (flor.1562-1573)

Will

Will by which Doutor Estêvão Leitão, Desembargador dos agravos da Casa da Suplicação, establishes an entail with the third part of his assets, including houses he had in Lisboa, instituting the pious obligation of celebrating annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa. He appoints his wife, Francisca de Avelar, as his heir and tutor of their infant son. She was also obligated to support the celebration of annual masses in the convent of Santo António do Varatojo, in Torres Vedras, as long as she lived. After Francisca's death, the entail would be inherited by their son. He chooses to be buried in the church of the referred convent. Followed by an approval deed, issued on 1562-06-08, and an opening deed issued on 1562-06-29.

Leitão, Estêvão (d.1562)

Will

Will by which Francisco de Melo, Marquês de Sande, husband of D. Leonor Henriques de Torres, established an entail with the third part of his assets, appointing his son, Garcia de Melo de Torres, to be its first administrator. The entail's succession would be conditioned by the same clauses that Garcia de Melo, Francisco's father, had formulated when he founded his own entail. Francisco obligates his heir to support the celebration of annual masses in the church of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, adding to the ones Garcia de Melo had established. He integrates in his entail a public debt instrument of 100 000 réis that his sister, D. Maria Madalena de Meneses, had bequeathed him with that same purpose. D. Maria Madalena had also bequeathed him another public debt instrument of 30 000 réis, with the obligation of celebrating a daily mass, wherever he chose. At the moment, that obligation was being fulfilled by the priest Bartolomeu de Abreu, family chaplain. After his death, it would pass to the friars of the convent of S. Domingos. His son Garcia de Melo should also succeed in the Morgado dos Torres and the institutor also nominated him in the travels to Moçambique and in the Feitoria of Diu. If he died without heirs, it should succeed his daughter D. Madalena Josefa de Mendonça. Francisco appoints the Bispo da Targa, Martim Correia da Silva, his uncle, Manuel Barreto de Sampaio, Francisco Correia de Lacerda and António Monteiro de Mesquita, inquisidor, as his children's tutors.

Melo, Francisco de (flor.1665)

Will

Will made by Jorge Botelho in which he ordered the foundation of an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of a mass celebrated every week in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, in the church of São Martinho of Pombal. He appointed António Botelho to be the first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he shall be succeeded by his eldest male son. During António Botelho's minority, the entail would be administered by his mother Isabel Machado.

Botelho, Jorge (flor.1551)

Will

Will by which doutor Gaspar de Figueiredo, do Conselho do Rei and desembargador do Paço, expresses his wish to be buried in the chapel he and his deceased wife, D. Isabel, started to build in the monastery of Santíssima Trindade of Lisboa, which he orders should be quickly finished. He entails to his chapel a public debt instrument of 30 000 réis which should be acquired with the remaining part of his and his wife's properties, and entails his other properties. He designates as heir and administrator of his entail his great-nephew, Gaspar de Figueiredo, second son of João Vaz Rebelo and Maria de Lemos Figueiredo, his nephew and niece, and his descendants. He requests João Vaz Rebelo to administer the entail during his son's minority, and to annex his and his wife's third parts to it.

Figueiredo, Gaspar de (d.1582)

Will

Will of capitão Simão Luís Carolo founding an annual of prayed masses and a chapel of sung masses for his and his parents' souls in the main chapel of the monastery of S. Francisco of Horta, in Faial Island, which he agreed with the friars of S. Francisco to build, receiving in exchange, for him and his successors, its right of patronage. He appoints as his chapel's first administrator Padre João Álvares de Medeiros, his cousin, and, after his death, Manuel Luís Carolo, his nephew.
Will opened in 1676-11-02 and approved in 1676-10-14.

Carolo, Simão Luís (d.1676)

Will

Will by which Diogo Luís de Oliveira, husband of D. Leonor de Távora, expresses his wish to be buried in the monastery of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos da Arrábida, of which his nephew, Luís Francisco de Oliveira, morgado de Oliveira, is the patron, with the obligation of a daily mass for his soul. He entails all of his properties, which include public debt instruments, houses in Belém, and the revenue he intends to gain from debts owed to him, and appoints his wife as his universal heir. After her death, the entail shall pass to the padre António Luís de Oliveira, natural son of Diogo Luís de Oliveira and afterwards to Luís Francisco de Oliveira and his successors. This entail shall always be in the hands of the administrators of the entail of Oliveira. If their lineage is extinguished, the entail shall pass to the lineage of Diogo's niece, D. Beatriz. If her lineage is also extinguished, it shall pass to a second son of the house of Mogadouro. If all of these lineages are extinguished it shall be given to the Misericórdia of Lisboa. Followed by an approval deed dated 1640-01-02 and an exemplification of a will dated 1645-01-1645.

Oliveira, Diogo Luís de (flor.1640)

Will

Will by which Isabel Henriques, Lopo do Vale's widow, establishes an entail with the third part of her assets, appointing Gonçalo do Vale, her son, to be its first administrator during the minority of Lopo do Vale, his son. He and his descendants are obligated to celebrate annual masses for her soul in the church of the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Lisboa, where the testator's remains would be buried, next to her parents' grave.

Henriques, Isabel (flor.1475)

Will

Will of Fernando Álvares da Cunha, ordering his grave in the chapel of Santo António of the church of Nossa Senhora da Vitória, in Lisboa, as determined in a contract previously signed with the officers of the brotherhood of that church. He establishes an entail with his houses and other properties in Lisboa and its outskirts, with obligations of masses for his and his wife's soul. He designates as first administrator Lourenço da Cunha, who was to marry Ana da Cunha, daughter of Jorge da Cunha. A legitimate male child was to succeed him. If the marriage did not take place, the successor would be D. Pedro da Cunha, presidente na alçada. Joana Vaz, wife of the institutor, would have the usufruct of the proceeds of the entail's assets during her lifetime.

Cunha, Fernando Álvares da (d.1570)

Will

Will by which Gaspar Gil Severim expresses his wish to be buried in the chapterhouse of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa and establishes two entails.
He establishes an entail with the third part of the properties of his first wife, Antónia de Faria, and a part of his own third, and appoints his only remaining son from this first marriage, Francisco de Faria Severim, as its heir and administrator. He also bequeaths him the houses which he inherited from his third-grandmother, Constança Pires, with the obligation of 30 masses in the convent of Santíssima Trindade; the houses which he had inherited from his parents, [António Gil Severim and Catarina Lopes Morim], who had entailed it with the obligation of 35 masses in the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa; a farmstead in Benfica and other houses in Lisboa which he received as dowry from Catarina Mateus Galvão, aunt of his first wife, with an obligation of masses. He mentions an obligation of keeping a lamp lit in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Madre de Deus in his Quinta de Subserra, and seven masses for the soul of Fernando Cordeiro, provedor do arcebispado de Lisboa. He also establishes an obligation of a daily mass in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Humildade which he built in his quinta de Subserra, which shall be the head of this entail.
He establishes another entail with the remaining part of his third part, and the third part of his second wife, Juliana de Faria, also deceased, and bequeaths it to his eldest son from this second marriage, Manuel de Faria Severim. He establishes an obligation of an annual mass in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, which belongs to a farmstead he started to build near his quinta de Subserra, which is part of this entail.
If the lineage of any of his sons is extinguished, their respective entail shall be inherited by the other or by their successors.

Severim, Gaspar Gil (d.1598)

Will

Will by which Gaspar Gil Severim expresses his wish to be buried in the chapterhouse of the convent of S. Francisco of Lisboa and establishes two entails.
He establishes an entail with the third part of the properties of his first wife, Antónia de Faria, and a part of his own third, and appoints his only remaining son from this first marriage, Francisco de Faria Severim, as its heir and administrator. He also establishes an obligation of a daily mass in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Humildade which he built in his quinta de Subserra, which shall be the head of this entail.
He establishes another entail with the remaining part of his third part, and the third part of his second wife, Juliana de Faria, also deceased, and bequeaths it to his eldest son from this second marriage, Manuel de Faria Severim. He establishes an obligation of an annual mass in the ermida de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, which belongs to another farmstead he started to build near his quinta de Subserra, and which is part of this entail.
If the lineage of any of his sons is extinguished, their respective entail shall be inherited by the other or by their successors.

Severim, Gaspar Gil (d.1598)

Will

Will by which António Vaz de Parada, beneficiado da igreja matriz do Sardoal, determined that the executor of his will, António Carvalho, had 3 years to build his chapel. If it was erected in the main church of Sardoal, his body would be buried there. He declared that 1 000 cruzados had to be taken from the revenues of his entail to support the chapel's construction and the acquisition of its ornaments. The testator left his son in António Carvalho's care, indicating that he should only administrate his entail after reaching the age of 25.

Parada, António Vaz de (d.1600)

Will

Will by which Francisco da Rocha expresses his wish to be buried in the monastery of Nossa Senhora do Carmo of Lisboa, in the burial place of his father-in-law, Manuel da Horta. He orders his executors to acquire properties to entail to an obligation of a monthly mass and an annual divine office in that convent. He appoints his son, Marcos, as his heir, and his wife, Maria da Horta, and brother, Diogo Fernandes da Rocha, as his son's tutors.
Followed by approval deed and opening deed of the will, dated 1631-06-30.

Rocha, Francisco da (d.1631)

Wil

Will made by João Aparício in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of a chapel with a perpetual obligation of ten masses celebrated every year on the church of S. António of Marvão, where his body should be buried. He named his nephew Manuel as first administrator of the entail during his lifetime, and his descendants after him. However, Manuel would only receive the possession of the entailed assets when he reached the age of eighteen years, and, until then, the assets would be deposited in the hands of padre Martinho de Andrade.

Aparício, João (d.1616)

Sale, quittance, and obligation deed

Sale, quittance, and obligation deed in which Jácome Gomes Galego sells the Quinta da Horta to Pedro João, cortidor. Jácome Gomes makes the sale as the tutor of António Vaz Pereira’s minor daughters, Eugénia de Jesus and Joana Paixão, who entered the convent of Santa Clara de Lisboa. The property was entailed to the pious charges established by their father and belonged in shares to Eugénia, who had to compensate her sister for it. Their tutor asked for permission to sell the Quinta da Horta to satisfy the dowries of these two sisters and received a provision from the Desembargo do Paço. All the clauses of the sale and the payment of the property, including the pious obligations, are detailed. It inserts an extract of the institutor's will and other documents related to this property’s possession and sale.

António Vaz Pereira entail

Grace warrant

Grace warrant to Duarte da Gama giving a tutor to his son, António da Gama, to concert with Duarte da Gama the annexation of António da Gama's reserved portion, inherited from his mother, to the entail that Duarte da Gama wants to found. The king also gives licence to António da Gama to swear to the Holy Scriptures the contract and its fulfilment.

Gama, Duarte da (flor.1529)

Entail foundation deed

Entail foundation deed by which Vasco Fernandes César and his wife, Inês Gonçalves Batavias, establish and entail with their third parts. They designate their eldest son, Luís César, as first administrator, and his descendants afterwards. They establish an obligation of two weekly masses and other annual masses in the chapel of Cinco Chagas de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo of the monastery of Santíssima Trindade, where they wish to be buried, to which they entail their houses in Lisboa. All the administrators of the entail must also succeed on the administration of the chapel established by Catarina Vaz, wife of Paio Lourenço, in the church of São Nicolau of Santarém, which they currently administered.

César, Vasco Fernandes (flor.1556-1558)

Entail foundation deed

Entail foundation deed by which Gines de Barona, his wife Beatriz Gomes and their son António Barona established an entail, designating the later to be its first administrator. He was due to order the celebration of masses in the Monastery of Carmo. After the administrator's death it should succeed their two daughters D. Mariana de Barona and D. Violante de Barona and their heirs. This entail is composed of a public debt instrument in 120 000 réis in Real d'Água da Carne and houses in Lisboa.

Barona, Gines de (flor.1627-1636)

Entail foundation deed

Entail foundation deed by which António de Carvalho and his wife Maria Antónia de Carvalho established an entail, incorporating the third part of their assets for the fulfillment of the pious charges. They designated their son António Mendes de Carvalho to be its first administrator and it should succeed is son. João de Carvalho, nephew of the institutors, and his wife Catarina Peixoto, had already incorporated assets into this entail.

Carvalho, António de (flor.1640)

Entail foundation deed

Entail foundation deed by D. Madalena de Almada, widow of Luís de Saldanha, with her available portion and reserved portion, which belongs to João de Saldanha, her son, and D. Leonor de Meneses, his wife and her daughter-in-law, who agree with it. The institutor appoints her son as her successor and the entail's administrator. João de Saldanha was present and accepted this foundation.

Almada, Madalena de (flor.1596)

Entail foundation deed

Entail foundation deed by which D. Álvaro da Costa da Silva, clérigo, 76 years old, establishes an entail with all his properties, which shall be annexed to a chapel with an obligation of a daily mass in a church of his heir's choice. He designates his legitimized son, D. António da Costa, as his universal heir, administrator of his entail, and of another one entailed to a public debt instrument in Santarém, which he had inherited from his parents D. Gil Eanes da Costa and D. Joana da Silva. If D. António doesn't have any successors, the entail shall pass to his other son, D. Álvaro da Costa, or, if he also has no successors, to his eldest daughter, D. Filipa da Silva, wife of D. Jorge de Almeida.

Silva, Álvaro da Costa da (flor.1603-1604)

Entail foundation deed

Entail foundation deed by Nuno Afonso de Sequeira, in Moura, appointing Rui Fernandes de Sequeira, his nephew, as his successor, if he doesn't have children.

Sequeira, Nuno Afonso de (flor.1436)

Entail foundation deed

Entail foundation deed made by Pedro Mascarenhas, membro do Conselho do Rei, and D. Helena Mascarenhas, his wife, before the former embarked for Índia to become Vice-Rei. They entailed the third part of their assets, which included their farmstead in Alcácer do Sal ("torre e quinta da Palma"), and designated D. João Mascarenhas, their nephew, who was married to D. Helena Mascarenhas, their niece, to administrate that entail. The institutors also declared that they had erected a chapel in the convent of Santo António of Alcácer do Sal, to whose maintenance the administrator had to contribute with 20 000 réis.

Mascarenhas, Helena (flor.1554-1586)

Entail foundation deed

Entail foundation deed of Doutor João Gomes Leitão, Conselho do rei, Chanceler da Casa da Suplicação, Fidalgo da Casa do rei, and D. Helena de Moura, his wife. They entail different properties and public debt instruments, some left by Ana de Moura, sister and sister-in-law of the institutors, as an entail. They appoint Baltasar Leitão da Silveira, their son, first administrator, and his sons and descendants should succeed him. Baltasar Leitão da Silveira is bound to fulfil the institution.

Leitão, João Gomes (flor.1629-1632)

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