Will of Maria do Rego, instituting an entail by all her estates with pious obligations in the church of São Mamede de Deocriste, appointing as administrator Francisco Jacome Bezerra, granting him and the remaining administrators the power to appoint their successors.

Followed by the approval deed (1692-11-06, fls. 92v-93v).

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento de mão comum (f. 2-9) aprovado em 1597-04-08, nas casas de morada dos testadores, cidade do Funchal, pelo tabelião público de notas por el-rei nesta cidade e seu termo, Salvador de Araújo; aberto em 1598-04-28, por falecimento da mulher. Traslado de 1796.
MOTIVAÇÃO DA FUNDAÇÃO: a mulher encontrava-se doente, numa cama; intercedem a Nosso Senhor "se queira alembrar de nossas almas quando deste mundo as levar" (f. 2 v.º).
ENCARGOS: dez missas anuais celebradas no convento de São Francisco, oito em honra das Chagas e duas a Nossa Senhora do Rosário.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: A informação do procurador do Resíduo (f. 22) esclarece que, pela redução de 1814-03-20, esta capela ficaria adstrita à capelania de Nossa Senhora da Vitória, devendo celebrar vinte missas pela alma deste instituidor e outros. Em 1819-01-28 (f. 26-29 v.º) o administrador João Carvalhal Esmeraldo Vasconcelos Bettencourt obtém indulto apostólico de componenda das pensões caídas das capelas que administra.
SUCESSÃO: designam o cônjuge sobrevivo, por falecimento de ambos nomeiam a filha Maria de Vasconcelos. Suceder-lhe-ia a filha que quisesse nomear, não a tendo passaria a um filho também à sua escolha; não tendo filho passaria ao outro filho dos instituidores, Luís, nas mesmas condições; não tendo filhos ficaria ao irmão Martinho e, sendo este clérigo, poderia nomear quem quisesse, mas os atrás designados só poderiam nomear pessoas legítimas.
BENS VINCULADOS: tomam suas terças nas seguintes propriedades: fazenda em Santa Luzia; um assentamento no Estreito (que confrontava pelo noroeste com o caminho que ia para a fazenda de Nicolau Mendes, nordeste com fazenda de João de Bettencourt Leitão e norte com assentamento dos herdeiros de António Fernandes de Faria); uma fazenda que houveram de Manuel Ribeiro.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: Conde de Carvalhal.
OUTRAS INFORMAÇÕES DO TESTAMENTO (f. 2 a 9):
CÔNJUGES: o instituidor foi casado em primeiras núpcias com D. Clara Mialheiro.
FILHOS: João Mendes de Vasconcelos (do primeiro casamento); Manuel de Vasconcelos; Luís; Martinho; Rui Mendes (casado em maio de 1596, f. 6); uma filha freira.
ENTERRAMENTO: falecendo no Estreito, seriam enterrados na capela de Nossa Senhora da Graça, em sepultura da mulher Clara Mialheiro, com pedra com as iniciais “L=I”. Caso faleçam no Funchal, determinam o enterramento no convento de São Francisco, defronte do cruzeiro e ao longo do altar de Santo António, na sepultura com o nome do instituidor.
ALFAIAS RELIGIOSAS: 9000 réis à Confraria de Nossa Senhora da Graça para umas "almaticas" brancas ou frontal branco, ou o que os mordomos quiserem.
OUTRAS PROPRIEDADES: terra no Vale Formoso aforada a Gaspar Gonçalves; terras de vinha no Estreito “a par de Nossa Senhora”; o instituidor nomeia no filho Luís a fazenda da Ribeira Brava da Serra d´Água, que lhe nomeara a sogra Brízida Gonçalves.
ESCRAVOS: negro António dado ao filho João Mendes de Vasconcelos, por partilhas de sua mãe.
TESTEMUNHAS (da aprovação): Manuel Favela, filho de Fernão Favela de Vasconcelos, o qual assina a rogo da testadora; Diogo Gonçalves, pedreiro; Francisco de Faria; padre João Gonçalves "cogitor" na igreja de Nossa Senhopra do Calhau; Bartolomeu Gonçalves, trabalhador; Domingos Fernandes, filho de Gonçalo Pires, lavrador; Melchior Lopes, purgador, todos moradores na cidade do Funchal.
LITERACIA: o marido assina, a mulher não.
OUTROS DOCUMENTOS:
F. 26 a 29 v.º - Traslado do indulto apostólico de componenda de pensões caídas, datado de 1819-01-28, e obtido pelo administrador João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento aprovado em 1694-11-10 pelo tabelião Manuel Rodrigues Pereira, nas casas de morada do testador na cidade do Funchal; aberto em 1694-11-13, na presença do juiz de fora corregedor Francisco Gomes de Góis.
MOTIVOS DA FUNDAÇÃO: encontrava-se doente, deitado em uma cama; pretende encaminhar bem as coisas de sua obrigação e consciências, por não saber o tempo em que o Senhor Deus iria chamá-lo; deseja firmemente e propõe-se acabar a vida na santa fé católica romana e "morrer dentro no regaso da sua igreja nossa madre com ajuda e favor divino" (f. 3); recomenda aos filhos que sejam sempre amigos e se conservem no amor e união que sempre tiveram, acrescentando que teriam a benção de Deus e sua se na partilha dos bens não houvesse dúvidas nem "couzas que escandalizem".
ENCARGOS PERPÉTUOS: anualmente, uma missa cantada com diáconos na sua capela de São João, convento de São Francisco, no seu dia, pela sua alma e de seus sucessores; consertar e enramar o mesmo templo, o qual era jazigo de seus avós e onde se manda enterrar, "asim como o costumei sempre fazer" (f. 5).
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: na conta prestada em 1796-03-12 (f. 1), menciona-se como encargos apenas a aludida missa por 1200 réis. A informação do procurador do Resíduo (f. 28 v.º), esclarece que pela redução de 1814-03-20 esta capela foi anexa à capelania de Nossa Senhora da Vitória da Ribeira dos Socorridos, com a obrigação de vinte missas por esta e outros instituidores. Em 1819-01-28 (f. 30-36), o administrador João Carvalhal Esmeraldo Vasconcelos Bettencourt obtém indulto apostólico de componenda das pensões caídas das capelas que administra.
SUCESSÃO: nomeia o seu filho Francisco de Vasconcelos Bettencourt, sucedendo-lhe o filho macho mais velho e assim irá continuando em seus descendentes. Na falta de geração da linha direita do instituidor "que direitamente de mim procedam ou descendam", a terça ficaria aos pobres do hospital da cidade do Funchal, com as obrigações seguintes: trezentas missas anuais, com esmola de 30.000 réis pagos aos quartéis aos dois capelães colocados pelo provedor e Mesa; 40.000 réis para ajuda de cada uma de duas moças pobres, honradas, de bom viver e as mais necessitadas, cuja eleição muito cuidada sujeitava ao conselho e parecer do bispo. O provedor não poderia alhear nem dividir os bens, antes deveria conserválos e aumentá-los, e obrando em contrário os mesmos passariam logo ao Colégio da Companhia de Jesus do Funchal.
BENS VINCULADOS: terça dos seus bens em capela e morgado, escolhendo o instituidor toda a fazenda no Arco da Calheta, comprada às freiras da Esperança de Lisboa; junta ainda os seus panos de raz para andarem em morgado (f. 7 v.º). A terça andaria sempre junta e unida, sem se poder partir, nem vender, nem alhear, nem trocar.
SUB-ROGAÇÃO DE BENS: as verbas declaratórias, datadas respetivamente de 1847-12-23 (f. 40/40 v.º) e 1851-11-12 (fl. 41/42), referem a sub-rogação de bens desta capela situados na cidade do Funchal e não no Arco da Calheta, como se segue: i) terreno na rua da Conceição, Sé, no valor de 683.361 réis e o capital de um foro no valor de 200.000 réis imposto num terreno na Calçada da Encarnação, Santa Luzia, os quais foram sub-rogados por benfeitorias livres, em idêntico valor, no Palheiro Ferreiro;
ii) casas n.º 21/23 e 29/31 sitas na rua das Pretas, São Pedro, avaliadas respetivamente em 476.000 e 432.000 réis, as quais foram sub-rogadas por parte de um terreno sito nas Angústias, São Pedro.
OUTROS BENS VINCULADOS: i) terça da mãe do instituidor: os bens totalizam 8.000 cruzados e ainda não haviam sido apartados. Agora nomeia a filha Leonor na sucessão e designa os seguintes bens: fazenda do Nateiro no lugar da Madalena; fazendas da Ponte e Bacelo; horta na rua do Pinheiro, Funchal, comprada a Francisco Fernandes Campos; outras propriedades até perfazer o valor atrás previsto. ii) terça de D. Branca: informa-se da sucessão deste vínculo, a saber, a filha D. Helena de Vasconcelos, seguindo-se D. Beatriz da Silva e Francisco de Vasconcelos Bettencourt “o Velho”. Este nomeia como sucessor o filho Francisco. iii) bens vinculados ao morgadio de D. Mecia de Vasconcelos: quinta em Sacavém (Loures, Lisboa); casais e terras no Ramirão e mata da Burra, nos termos de Torres Vedras e Sintra, terras estas aprazadas e nas quais nomeia o filho Francisco de Vasconcelos. iv) terça de sua falecida mulher D. Maria, que lha deixou com liberdade de nomear um dos filhos que melhor lhe parecesse, designa o filho Francisco de Vasconcelos. v) terça de Garcia de Mondragão: para descargo de consciência declara que ainda não se fizera plena partilha do que lhe tocava.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: Conde de Carvalhal.
OUTRAS INFORMAÇÕES DO TESTAMENTO (f. 2 a 15):
Era irmão da Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Funchal.
CÔNJUGE: D. Maria de Vasconcelos, falecida.
FILHOS: Francisco de Vasconcelos Bettencourt; D. Lourença de Mondragão, mulher de D. Bartolomeu de Sá.
TESTAMENTEIROS: os filhos e genro.
ENTERRAMENTO: capela de São João, no Convento de São Francisco do Funchal, jazigo dos seus avós.
TESTEMUNHAS: Pe. Gaspar Telo de Meneses; Dr. António Gonçalves Freitas; Manuel Ribeiro Matoso; Manuel de Azevedo Neto; Pe. Mateus Dias de Abreu; Francisco Ferreira Duarte; Francisco da Silva, todos moradores nesta cidade do Funchal.
LITERACIA: assina o testamento, que fora feito pelo cónego da Sé, Francisco de Sousa.
OUTROS DOCUMENTOS:
F. 30 a 36 - Traslado do indulto apostólico de componenda de pensões caídas, datado de 1819-01-28, e obtido pelo administrador João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo.

Will of capitão Gaspar Lourenço Machado bequeathing two "serrados" of land, in Lajes do Pico, to his niece and goddaughter, Maria de Santiago, with the obligation to pay 2000 réis, per year, perpetually, to the confraternity of Senhor, from Lajes do Pico, with the pious obligation of 12 annual prayed masses, in the third sunday of each month, in the ceremony of the Holy Sacrament. The testator also bequeaths a "creação" he ows to João Silveira, a servant he freed, with the obligation to pay 10 tostões, per year, perpetually, to the confraternity of Senhora do Rosário, from Lajes do Pico, with the pious obligation of five annual prayed masses for his soul.
Will opened in 1692-07-03 and approved in 1692-02-24.

Will of Manuel Álvares Machado, instituting an entail with pious obligations in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, and appointing as administrator his son Manuel Novais Machado.

Will by which Maria Curvo Barradas, António Zuzarte's wife, expresses her wish to be buried in the Misericórdia of Monforte, near her uncle and sister. She establishes an entail with a perpetual obligation of thirty masses celebrated every year. She names her sisters Inês dos Serafins and Catarina da Encarnação, both of them nuns, as first administrators during their lifetimes and, after their deaths, one of the institutor's children or grandchildren. If she had no children or grandchildren, then the administration would be handed, in this order, to her husband António Zuzarte, her sisters Inês dos Serafins and Catarina da Encarnação, her nephew Diogo Barradas and from there on the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. If Diogo had no children, the administration would be handed to his sister Leonor Barradas de Veiros, or their aunt Maria Curvo, or to other relatives. If her lineage became extinguished, the administration would be transmitted to the Misericórdia of Monforte. The institutor disposed that the will should be registered in the Tombo of the Misericórdia.

Will by which João Freire, lavrador, expresses his wish to be buried in the church of S. Lourenço of Portalegre, at the foot of the main chapel. He establishes an entail composed of his fazenda da Pena with a perpetual obligation of five masses celebrated every year. The institutor named his brother-in-law Francisco Álvares de Almeida as first administrator of the entail during his lifetime, and, after his death, he would be succeeded by his son Francisco Álvares, and from there on the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir.

Will made by padre Simão Rodrigues da Costa in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of ten masses celebrated every year on the Cathedral or on the Jesuit church of Portalegre, in the chapel that should be purchased for the burial of his body. The institutor named his nephew Francisco Reixa da Costa as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he would appoint a successor to succeed him with the same conditions, preferably one of his male children or strictly blood relatives. He also bequeathed some properties to João Marques to sustain and pay for his studies with the condition that he would became a clergyman, and, after his death, those properties should be annexed to the chapel. The institutor ordered the first administrator to register this will and the entailed properties on the Tombo record books of the Provedoria of Portalegre.

Will made by Pedro Fernandes de Almeida in which he ordered the foundation of an entail composed of a vineyard and some houses with a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every year on the church of Santiago of Portalegre, on the Altar of N. Sra. da Vitória, where his body should be buried. He named Catarina Martins, wife of his nephew Pedro de Almeida, as first administrator during her lifetime and her descendants after her.

Will by which Leonor Fernandes, Manuel Ceia's widow, expresses her wish to be buried in her chapel in the church of Santiago de Caiola, Portalegre. She divides her reserved portion, consisting of her part of the estate of Ceia and of the olive grove in Penedos Gordos, in two equal parts and orders the foundation of two entails, imposing a perpetual pious obligation of one mass annual celebrated on each of them. The first entail would be administered by her son Diogo Ceia, and the second entail would be administered by her son João Martins. They would be succeeded by their eldest heirs, male or female, or by their closest relative.

Will by which Leonor Fernandes, Manuel Ceia's widow, expresses her wish to be buried in her chapel in the church of Santiago de Caiola, Portalegre. She divides her reserved portion, consisting of her part of the estate of Ceia and of the olive grove in Penedos Gordos, in two equal parts and orders the foundation of two entails, imposing a perpetual pious obligation of one mass annual celebrated on each of them. The first entail would be administered by her son Diogo Ceia, and the second entail would be administered by her son João Martins. They would be succeeded by their eldest heirs, male or female, or by their closest relative.

Will by which Manuel de Miranda, lavrador, expresses his wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Portalegre. He establishes an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of ten masses celebrated every year. He names his wife Beatriz Gonçalves as first administrator, and afterwards their son padre João de Miranda, who would only administrate until their daughter Isabel de Miranda married and had children. From there on, the succession should always continue on the closest relative.

Will made by Pedro Carreiras and his wife Isabel Velez, in which they expressed their wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Portalegre. They established an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of seven masses celebrated every year. They named their nephew, Francisco, son of Ana Leitão, as first administrator of the entail and his descendants after him, or, if he had none, António Velez Durão.

Will made by Manuel Martins Rol, in which he bequeathed 70.000 réis, a vineyard and a land to his brother Francisco Rol de Velez and ordered the foundation of an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every year. He named Francisco as first administrator of the entail and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest heir, or, if he had none, the administration would be transmitted to his brother António Rol de Velez or his sister Margarida de Velez. The administrators were expressly forbiden to marry with new-christians and illegitimate children could never receive the administration. The institutor also ordered that half of a vineyard should be annexed to the reserved portion bequeathed by Joana Dias, nicknamed a Cereja, as long as it remained on the Reis family.

Will by which Catarina Lopes expresses her wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Portalegre. She establishes an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of twenty masses celebrated every year. She named her husband Manuel Mendes Tavares as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he would be succeeded by Manuel da Rosa, son of Pedro Rombo Tavares. After his death, Manuel would be succeeded by his brother Domingos Rombo Tavares, if he still lived, and from there on the succession should always continue on the closest and eldest male relative of the institutor's lineage.

Will made by Leonor Delicado in which she bequeathed all her assets to the Society of Jesus with the condition that they should establish a college in Castelo de Vide. However, if the Society did not accepted her conditions, she orders the foundation of two entails.
The first entail would be composed of a farm she owned in Alpalhão, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every year, and to administrate it she named her nephew padre Manuel Delicado during his lifetime. After the death of Manuel, he would be succeeded by Maria Gomes Delicada, niece of the institutor, and from there on the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest female daughter. All administrators of this first entail should bare the surname "Delicado", keep a record book for the registration of the masses that should be checked by the Misericórdia of Alpalhão, in every year, and they would be also obliged to annex one property worth 30.000 réis to the entail.
The second entail would be composed of all the root assets the institutor owned in Castelo de Vide, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated every year, and to administrate it, she named her nephew padre Diogo Afonso Tarouca during his lifetime. After the death of Diogo, the administration would be handled to Francisco Fernandes Tarouca, nephew of the institutor, and from there on the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest female heir. Just like the first entail, all administrators of this second entail should bare the surname "Tarouca", keep a record book for the registration of the masses that should be checked by the Misericórdia of Castelo de Vide, in every year, and they would be also obliged to annex one property worth 30.000 réis to the entail. The administrators of both entails should give 10.000 réis to the chaplain of N. Sra. da Vitória's hermitage, founded by the institutor and her husband António Mouzinho Galeano, with the perpetual pious obligation they imposed of two masses celebrated in every week, on Saturdays and Sundays.

Will made in Vale do Peso, Portalegre's district, by padre Manuel Dias Maninho in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail and chapel with a perpetual pious obligation of five masses celebrated every week on the chapel and altar of Almas, where his body should be buried. He named his compadre Salvador Martins as first administrator of the entail during his lifetime, and, after his death, he would be succeeded by Manuel Luís, son-in-law of Salvador, and his descendants after him, or other appointed administrators in case he died without heirs. The administrators should also give 30.000 réis every year to the chaplain's sustenance, providing him a house, choosing him among the local born clergyman, preferably learned in universities and old christians, who would be examined before taking on the administration. He also disposed that the administrators were obliged to provide the dowry and marry an orphan girl every year, chosed among his relatives. Predicting that the entailed patrimony could occasionaly dismantled in times of war, famine or plague, he allowed that the number of masses, the chaplains salary and the orphan girls dowry could be reduced in any of those circumstances.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento (f. 2-16 v.º) aprovado em 1640-02-06, nos aposentos onde vivia o testador, na Freguesia de São Pedro (Funchal), pelo tabelião de notas do Funchal e seu termo por el-rei, António Gonçalves Boim; aditamento de 1616-02-17 ao testamento, o qual ficara aberto a pedido do testador; aberto em 1640-03-10, na presença do juiz ordinário desta cidade, João da Fonseca de Vasconcelos.
MOTIVAÇÃO DA FUNDAÇÃO: estava enfermo de doença que Nosso Senhor lhe dera e não sabia a hora em que seria servido de o chamar; "descargo de minha consiensia e declarassam de minha ultima vontade" (f. 2 v.º). Mais à frente (f. 8), esclarece que "he a principal tensão porque fundo esta capela gozarmos [a sua alma e a daqueles de quem herdou os bens] destes sufragios e despender-se o rendimento dos ditos bens de rais em que fundo a dita capela para sempre".
ENCARGOS IMEDIATOS: i) ao dia do falecimento, todas as missas que forem possíveis por sua alma, no convento de São Francisco do Funchal e demais igrejas desta cidade, por esmola de 60 réis cada uma, as celebradas no altar da Sé por 70 réis; ii) nos primeiros dias após o seu falecimento, e no mesmo convento, três ofícios de nove lições por sua alma, com vésperas e oferta de dois sacos de trigo, dois barris de vinho e um carneiro por cada ofício; outros três idênticos ofícios e ofertas na Sé; iii) com a maior brevidade possível, e ainda por sua alma, 4000 missas nas igrejas desta cidade, sendo as celebradas na Sé pagas com esmola de 60 réis, as restantes com 50 réis. Todos estes e outros legados e gastos por sua alma seriam assegurados pelos seus bens móveis, alocados para esse efeito.
ENCARGOS PERPÉTUOS (ANUAL): i) um anal de missas por sua alma na capela do Santíssimo Sacramento da igreja de São Pedro (Funchal), que manda construir por sua devoção ("fundem e fasam de novo") e ornamentar com um painel de Nossa Senhora de Monserrate, mandado vir de Lisboa, cabendo ao senhor bispo a eleição do local mais conveniente para a sua ereção. Para a edificação de tal capela, reserva 400.000 réis e determina que se fixem as suas armas no arco da mesma "ou onde melhor cair", em memória da sua fundação; ii) outros dois anais de missas por sua alma e de seus defuntos, ditos por ordem dos priostres do cabido, com a esmola acostumada; iii) 4000 réis para reparo e ornato da aludida capela. Uma nota na folha de rosto dos autos refere que os encargos totalizam 19.500 réis (em 1796).
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: a informação do procurador do Resíduo (f. 29 v.º), esclarece que, pela redução de 1814-03-20, esta capela ficou limitada à pensão de vinte missas anuais e no mais anexa à capelania da Lombada. Em 1819-01-28 (f. 32 v.º-37 v.º), o administrador João Carvalhal Esmeraldo Vasconcelos Bettencourt obtém indulto apostólico de componenda das pensões caídas das capelas que administra.
SUCESSÃO: institui sua alma herdeira de todos os seus bens de raiz e como administrador da capela seu sobrinho José, filho de sua irmã D. Antónia de Moura, sucedendo-lhe o filho primogénito varão "e nessa conformidade se continuara para sempre"; não tendo filho macho passaria a fêmea, não tendo filha sucederia na administração seu irmão João e descendentes, mas já na linha direita do filho secundogénito, "porquanto hé minha vontade que nunca esta capela anexa ao morgado de seu pai Bartolomeu Machado de Miranda, salvo em cazo que desta linha haja hum só filho mas em avendo segundo logo quero que lhe passe a dita admenistrasam" (f. 9 v.º); caso o irmão João não tenha filhos passaria à outra irmã mais velha que fosse casada, sucedendo sua filha ou filho na forma acima declarada. Na falta de geração desta linha dos nomeados, a administração do vínculo ficaria à Confraria do Santíssimo Sacramento de São Pedro para cumprimento dos legados e o remanescente para os gastos da confraria.
INCUMPRIMENTO DE ENCARGOS(f. 10-10 v.º): o não cumprimento dos encargos "de hum ano para outro" acarretaria a perda da administração para a aludida confraria em vida do administrador remisso.
FISCALIZAÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: o instituidor deixa cinco tostões anuais ao juiz dos Resíduos que fiscalizar o cumprimento desta capela, isto se inteiramente a fizesse cumprir. Por outro lado, é peremptório ao determinar que em tempo algum não se pudesse baixar os respetivos encargos.
BENS VINCULADOS: todos os seus bens de raiz havidos e por haver "e nos de raiz instituo capela para sempre" (f. 7 v.º). O remanescente do rendimento de sua fazenda ficaria para os administradores nomeados pelo seu trabalho "e assim se cumprira tudo o que atras tenho dito" (f. 11 v.º).
SUB-ROGAÇÃO DE BENS: a verba sub-rogatória, datada de 1859-11-15 (f. 44/46) declara que fica sendo livre e alodial uma porção de terra na freguesia da Camacha, no valor de 618$380 réis, pertencente a esta capela, a qual foi sub-rogada por cinco porções de terra no Pico do Infante, São Gonçalo.
OUTROS VÍNCULOS: o testamento determina a doação de verbas para aquisição de três foros, cujos rendimentos seriam aplicados na celebração de missas perpétuas, como se segue: i) 50.000 réis à confraria de Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Sé, com pensão de uma missa anual; ii) 40.000 réis à confraria das Almas da igreja de São Pedro, com obrigação de uma missa mensal e um responso às segundas-feiras; iii) 10.000 réis à confraria de São Pedro com pensão de três missas anuais. Todavia, neste processo não se prestam contas destes vínculos.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: Conde de Carvalhal.
OUTRAS INFORMAÇÕES DO TESTAMENTO (f. 2 a 16 v.º):
IRMÃOS: D. Antónia de Moura e Cristóvão de Moura Rolim, ambos falecidos.
ENTERRAMENTO: convento de São Francisco, na cova dos pais, sita no capítulo novo. Pressupõe-se a trasladação posterior do corpo, pois manda fazer uma sepultura com o seu nome a colocar na capela que manda edificar "e não teram nela lugar para se enterrar outra pessoa algua" (f. 12).
TESTAMENTEIROS: reverendo padre Álvaro Vaz da Corte, seu primo; reverendo mestre escola Brás de Castro de Moura, seu primo, seus amigos e parentes, a quem recomenda cumpram o seu testamento e um rol que em segredo e de fora lhes deixara, legando a cada um deles 30.000 réis para umas peças.
ALFAIAS E PEÇAS RELIGIOSAS: a Nossa Senhora da Piedade da igreja de São Tiago deixa 10.000 réis para se fazer uma peça para o seu altar; a Nossa Senhora do Monte outros 10.000 réis para comprar uma peça para o seu altar; à Confraria de Nossa Senhora ad Nazaré 10.000 réis para uns castiçais de mesa.
OUTROS LEGADOS. às sobrinhas religiosas em Santa Clara, filhas de sua falecida irmã D. Antónia, deixa 20.000 réis a cada uma para um hábito; à tia Cecília de Moura deixa 20.000 réis.
TESTEMUNHAS: padre Álvaro Vaz da Corte; Manuel Antunes; José de Araújo; Francisco de Abreu;
Domingos Ferreira, estudante; Pedro Gonçalves, carpinteiro; Inácio Fernandes, sapateiro; Manuel Marques, todos moradores na cidade do Funchal.
LITERACIA: sabe ler e escrever, redige um capítulo do testamento e assina.
OUTROS DOCUMENTOS:
F. 32 v.º a 37 v.º - Indulto apostólico de componenda de pensões caídas, datado de 1819-01-28, e obtido pelo administrador João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo.

Will made by Pedro Rodrigues, o coxo, mercador, in which he ordered his burial in the church of S. Martinho of Portalegre. He established an entail composed of a watermill with the obligation of a weekly as long as the world lasted. To administrate it he named his nephew Inácio, son of Simão Rodrigues and Lucrécia Mendes, sister of the institutor, and his descendants after him. If Mécia Fernandes, sister os the institutor wished to entail her own reserved portion to this entail, then the perpetual masses obligation would be increased from one to three masses celebrated every week.

Will by which Maria Álvares, daughter of Pedro Fernandes Lameira, expresses her wish to be buried in the cathedral of Portalegre, near her father. She establishes an entail with her remaining properties with an obligation of twenty masses celebrated every year. She names her mother, Isabel Gonçalves, as first administrator, and, after her death, the administration would be transmitted to padre Manuel Fernandes Lameira, her brother. From there on the succession should always continue by appointment made by the last administrator.

Will by which Maria de Abreu, wife of António Mendes, lavrador, expresses her wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Portalegre. She establishes an entail with a perpetual obligation of three annual masses. She names her husband as first administrator and, after his death, he would be succeeded by his son, António Mendes, Maria's step-son, with the condition that he would only administrate the entail until his own son, also named António, comes of age. From there on the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. The institutor also appointed her granddaughter Maria de Abreu to succeed her on the chapel founded by her brother Manuel de Abreu, composed of a house and a vineyard in Portalegre, which had a perpetual obligation of six masses celebrated every year.

Will by which Joana Rodrigues Barbosa, Martinho Fernandes' widow, expresses her wish to be buried in the cathedral of Portalegre. She establishes an entail composed of her houses in Portalegre with a perpetual obligation of thirty masses celebrated every year. She named João Fernandes Terrenho, estudante, nephew of her husband, as first administrator of the entail and, after his death, the succession should continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir.

Will by which Tomé de Carvalho expresses his wish to be buried in the convent of Santo António of Portalegre. He establishes an entail composed of an estate named Teixinho with a perpetual obligation of ten masses celebrated every year. He named his brother António Martins as first administrator and after his death, his niece Branca, daughter of António, and from there on the succession should continue, preferably, on the eldest heir. The institutor disposed that all administrators should annex half of their own reserved portions and also distribute twenty alqueires of bread on the harvest years of the entailed properties, being ten alqueires to the Misericórdia and the other ten to poor woman.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento (f. 2-9) feito e validado em 1545-05-08, em Câmara de Lobos, nas suas casas de morada. Notário: João Gonçalves Escórcio, notário público por el-rei na cidade do Funchal e seu termo.
MOTIVOS DA FUNDAÇÃO: a testadora encontrava-se doente, jazendo numa cama; disse que temia o dia e a hora do seu falecimento e não sabia quando seria nem o que o Senhor Deus lhe tinha ordenado de fazer; descarrego de sua alma e de sua consciência.
ENCARGOS PERPÉTUOS: uma missa semanal ao sábado e outra cantada em dia de Finados, por sua alma, no convento de São Bernardino, na sua capela «que ela e o dito seu marido fizerão» (f. 3 v.º); ainda o «carrego de retelhar a dita capela que não chova nela» (f. 5 v.º).
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: a informação do procurador do Resíduo (f. 26), esclarece que, pela redução de 1814-03-20, esta capela ficou anexa à capelania da Lombada e limitada à pensão de oito missas anuais. Em 1819-01-28 (f. 28-33 v.º) o administrador João Carvalhal Esmeraldo Vasconcelos Bettencourt obtém indulto apostólico de componenda das pensões caídas das capelas que administra.
SUCESSÃO: a filha D. Helena de Vasconcelos, mulher de Henrique de Bettencourt. Suceder-lhe-ia o filho Rui Mendes (neto da instituidora), depois o filho varão mais velho deste, e daí em diante por seus descendentes para sempre, privilegiando-se a primogenitura de preferência masculina, só entrando uma filha no caso de não haver um filho macho. Na falta de descendência da instituidora ficaria ao parente mais chegado do neto Rui Mendes.
BENS VINCULADOS: todos os seus bens móveis e de raiz «por onde quer que fossem achados» (f,. 4 v.º), nos quais faz sua alma herdeira.
SUB-ROGAÇÃO DE BENS: a verba declaratória, datada de 1852-07-21 (f. 38/38 v.º), refere que se encontram livres e alodiais duas casas sobradadas e uma térrea com quintal e benfeitorias, sitas na vila de Câmara de Lobos, pertencentes a esta capela, as quais foram sub-rogadas por igual parte de terreno e benfeitorias na Quinta do Palheiro Ferreiro. As aludidas casas confrontavam com o Largo do Calhau e Largo do Poço, e foram respetivamente avaliadas em 477.000 réis, 476.000 réis e 305.813 réis.
OUTROS VÍNCULOS: determina a mesma sucessão para a terça do marido, imposta nos seguintes bens aprazados aos herdeiros: hortas com casa térrea junto ao assentamento de Henrique Moniz, na cidade do Funchal; casas na rua do Matoso; fajã na Ribeira dos Socorridos.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: Conde de Carvalhal.
OUTRAS INFORMAÇÕES DO TESTAMENTO (f. 2 a 9):
A testadora tinha feito uns apontamentos por mão e letra de seu sobrinho Lopo Rodrigues, falecido, manda que se cumpram.
ENTERRAMENTO: convento de São Bernardino, na sua capela.
TESTEMUNHAS: Francisco Caldeira, clérigo de missa, filho do falecido João Gonçalves Caldeira, o qual assinou a rogo da testadora que não sabia assinar; Manuel Caldeira, seu irmão; Francisco Rodrigues Cavaleiro; António Gomes; Domingos Lopes, clérigo de missa; Pedro Dias, ferreiro; Manuel Afonso, filho de Francisco Afonso.
LITERACIA: não sabia escrever.
OUTROS DOCUMENTOS:
F. 28 a 33 v.º - Traslado do indulto apostólico de componenda de pensões caídas, datado de 1819-01-28, e obtido pelo administrador João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo.

Will of João Marques, single, who wished to be buried in the church of Gavião, instituting an entail composed of his tapada of Fundo das Vinhas, with the obligation of five annual masses, and appointing as administrator his brother Matias Marques, followed by his offspring or by the closest relative.
Followed by the approval deed, dated 1688-02-12, and the opening deed.

Will made by padre Sebastião Dias, in which he ordered his burial in the church of the Misericórdia of Amieira do Tejo and the foundation of two entails. The first entail would be composed of his houses in Amieira, entailed to an obligation of four annual masses in the Misericórdia. To administer it he named his niece Maria, daughter of Diogo Soares and Beatriz Francisca, and her successors afterwards. The second entail would be composed of a tapada in São Pedro and would be administered by Catarina Francisca, Maria's sister. It would have a perpetual obligation of three annual masses in the Misericórdia. Catarina would be succeeded by her daughter Isabel and from there on the succession should always continue on the eldest heir.

Will made in Vila Flor by Isabel Martins in which she ordered her burial in the church of S. Bartolomeu of Vila Flor and established five chapels, with a perpetual obligation of three masses each, naming her nephews Manuel Ribeiro, Maria Pais, Manuel Marchão da Rosa, Pedro Dias de Albarrol and António Martins da Rosa Albarrol to administrate their respective entails during their lifetimes, and, after their deaths, each one would be succeeded by the eldest heir, except for the chapels of Manuel Ribeiro and Maria Pais, in which the succession should always continue on the closest relative. The properties given to Manuel Ribeiro should include the land of Beco and a tapada in Vila Flor. Whomever inherited her houses would also inherit her wine cellar.
Followed by a codicil disposing over non-entailed assets.

Will by which padre Manuel Gonçalves Mandeiro, beneficiado of the main church of Amieira do Tejo, Nisa, expresses his wish to be buried in the chapel founded in his church by his uncle, padre Baltasar Mandeiro. He institutes two entails favouring his nieces Ana de Góis and Beatriz Gonçalves. Each entail had the obligation of 30 annual masses, and should be transmited to their children or alternatively to the closest relative.
Followed by the approval deed, dated 1661-09-02, and the opening deed of the will.

Will of Branca de Jesus, beata da ordem terceira de S. Francisco, by which she expresses her wish to be buried in the main church of Amieira do Tejo. She institutes two entails. The first in favour of her great-niece Beatriz, daughter of her niece Maria Gonçalves, composed of her houses and farmlands in Amieira, with the obligation of 10 annual masses. The administrator had the power to appoint his successor, and female children would be preferred to male. The second entail was in favour of her niece Maria Gonçalves, it was composed of her farmlands and had the obligation of six annual masses. After her death, the properties should be transmitted to the closest relative.
Followed by the approval deed, dated 1649-09-03, and the opening deed of the will, dated 1651-03-04.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento aprovado em 1565-06-25. Tabelião: Gaspar Gonçalves.
ENCARGOS (anuais): quinze missas.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: em 1819-02-09 (f. 177 a 206), sentença de redução das capelas administradas por Henrique Correia de Vilhena à pensão de 45.000 réis aos pobres do Hospital. Uma nota inscrita na fl. de rosto, refere que esta capela foi abolida e os bens tornados alodiais por sentença do juiz de direito da Comarca Ocidental, em 20-09-1851, f. 237 destes autos.
BENS VINCULADOS: não constam.
HERDEIRO E TESTAMENTEIRO: o irmão Rui Calaça Neto.
ADMINISTRADOR/ PRESTADOR DE CONTAS em 1572 (data da primeira quitação): o irmão Rui Calaça Neto, que presta contas de missas respeitantes a 1569.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: herdeiros da casa de Henrique de Bettencourt Correia.
Outras informações do testamento (f. 3 a 6):
ENTERRAMENTO: Sé do Funchal, na sepultura do pai.
IRMÃOS DO TESTADOR: João Rodrigues Neto; Pedro Rodrigues Neto; Rui Calaça Neto; Miguel Rodrigues Neto.
TESTEMUNHAS: Jorge Pestana, sobrinho do testador; Miguel Rodrigues Neto, irmão do testador; Pêro Feio, cidadão; João Rodrigues, sobrinho; […] da Costa, criado.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: Testamento aprovado em 1643-02-17. Codicilo aprovado em 1647-03-13. Abertura em 1647-03-22.
ENCARGOS (ANUAIS): cinco missas. Uma sentença (f. 75 v.º/76) do ouvidor geral da capitania, António Simão Lobo de Matos, datada de 1762-02-13, confirma a pensão de cinco missas desta capela.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: em 1819-02-09 (f. não numeradas), sentença de redução das capelas administradas por Henrique Correia de Vilhena à pensão de 45.000 réis aos pobres do Hospital
BENS VINCULADOS: terça dos bens não especificados.
SUCESSSÃO: nomeia a mulher, depois a filha D. Ângela, sucedendo-lhe o filho mais velho, pela linha masculina.
PRIMEIRO ADMINISTRADOR: a mulher D. Catarina de Moura.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: herdeiros da casa de Henrique de Bettencourt Correia.
A primeira conta destes autos é tomada em 1643-05-02 (f. 31) e a primeira quitação é de 1647-03-05 (f. 34).
Outras informações do testamento e codicilo de Miguel Rodrigues Neto (f. 72 v.º a 80):
ENTERRAMENTO: Sé do Funchal.
ENTEADA: D. Luzia de Moura.
TESTAMENTEIROS: o irmão Manuel de Atouguia da Costa; João Rodrigues de Teives; Cristóvão de Atouguia da Corte; mestre escola da Sé, Brás de Castro de Moura.
TESTEMUNHAS: o juiz ordinário do Funchal, Francisco de Bettencourt Correia e seu filho André Bettencourt de Aguiar; Manuel Homem da Câmara; Inácio de Moura; capitão Manuel Pestana; padre Pedro Caldeira: Inácio Fernandes Pinto; António da Silva.
RECIBOS DE SATISFAÇÃO DE MISSAS (1650-1760) (fl. 32-62)
CERTIDÃO DE MISSAS (1765-1811, 1819-1834) (fl. 81-136, 168-184)

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento de mão comum aprovado em 1569-04-30. Tabelião: Gaspar Gonçalves.
ENCARGOS (ANUAIS): duas missas e meia rezadas e uma cantada no convento de São Francisco. Em 1803 (f. 56-60) breve de composição de encargos pios.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: de acordo com declaração do encarregado do cartório, José Maria Rodrigues, datada de 1841-09-07 (f. 96 v.º), as capelas desta casa foram reduzidas a 20.000 réis pagos ao Seminário desta província, constando a sentença de redução dos autos da capela de Francisco d'Arja Teixeira.
BENS VINCULADOS: não constam.
SUCESSÃO: Herdeiro de toda a fazenda: a sobrinha Beatriz, filha dos sobrinhos João Nunes e de Guiomar Ferreira, devendo os pais administrar a fazenda até a filha casar. Não tenho a sobrinha sucessão, herdaria a outra sobrinha Maria, filha do mesmo casal. O encargo de cinco missas rezadas e duas cantadas, fixado no testamento de mão comum, é dividido pela metade e as capelas dos instituidores seguem um diferente ramo de administração. Em 1624, a metade da propriedade relativa à capela de Domingos de Braga (que possui a cota atual Cx. 172-1) está arrendada a Francisco de Lima “o Velho”, e a outra metade de Beatriz Nunes a António Nunes de Azevedo. Aliás, no mesmo processo de Domingos de Braga, a f. 24, e em 1611, Pedro Nunes Furtado esclarece junto do Convento de São Francisco que ele era obrigado «a dar conta» da totalidade da capela até 1601, pois a «fazenda andou sempre junta» até esta data. Mas, por morte da sua mulher Beatriz, «está partida pelo meio entre ele e seu pai [João Nunes Cardoso] e sua irmã Maria Henriques, conforme era o testamento».
ADMINISTRADOR/PRESTADOR DE CONTAS em 1624 (data da primeira quitação e do primeiro auto de contas): António Nunes de Azevedo.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: Pedro Agostinho Teixeira de Vasconcelos.
Outras informações do testamento (f. 45 a 53):
Sem herdeiros forçosos. Moradores na freguesia de Santo António, na sua quinta.
IRMÃOS: António Teixeira de Vasconcelos; D. Antónia.
ENTERRAMENTO: mosteiro de São Francisco, Funchal, na sepultura de Nuno Gonçalves, seu pai e sogro.
TESTAMENTEIROS: Lopo Rodrigues e sua mulher Mecia Nunes.
LEGADOS: ao sobrinho João Nunes deixam a fazenda do Pico do Cardo; à moça Marquesa que os serve, deixam 20.000 réis para o seu casamento, na condição de «obediência do que vivo for» e de ser virtuosa.
ESCRAVOS: libertam os escravos Margarida, Luzia, Cecília, Ana, António, Matias e Sebastião, sendo que todos servirão o derradeiro testador com obediência e lealdade; esclarecem que a filha da escrava Luzia é da sobrinha Beatriz da Silva, e que as escravas Francisca e Joana foram deixadas forras por seus pais.
TESTEMUNHAS: padre Francisco Afonso, vigário de Santo António; Francisco Lopes, filho de Álvaro Lopes, falecido; João Nunes, sobrinho do testador; Francisco Anes, lavrador; Manuel Alves, trabalhador e criado dos testadores; Francisco Álvares, também trabalhador.
Outros documentos:
F. 28 - Em 1734, em conta tomada ao administrador capitão Pedro Agostinho de Vasconcelos, este afirma não possuir o testamento e carta de partilhas do testador, informando que os papéis que ficaram de seus pais passaram para o seu tio e tutor, padre Agostinho de Ornelas, e, por seu falecimento, ao segundo tutor, capitão Rodrigo da Costa de Almeida. Acrescenta também desconhecer qual a fazenda vinculada a esta capela.
F. 29 - Termo de juramento dado por Rodrigo da Costa em 1734-12-05, em que também afirma não possuir ou ter notícia dos mesmos papéis e da propriedade afeta à capela.

Will by which Maria Pegado, João Pais' widow, bequeathed all her remaining assets to her nephew, Martinho Pegado, determining that he and his descendants had to support the celebration of an annual mass for her soul in the church of Salvador of Elvas, where her body would be buried. After his death, the entail would be transmitted to his son, António. The latter would be succeeded by one of his children or, if he died without leaving offspring, by an elder brother.

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.

Will by which Ana Dias Copim, widow, establishes an entail with houses in Rua das Fangas da Farinha, Lisboa, instituting the pious obligation of celebrating two weekly masses for her soul in the chapel of Jesus of the church of the convent of S. Domingos of that city. She appoints her cousin, António Vogado, to be its first administrator, imposing him the obligation of buying another property destined to be incorporated in the entail. She declares that her remains should be buried in the Chapel of Santa Cruz of that convent, next to her mother, aunts and husband.

Will made by Catarina Mouzinho, in which she ordered to be buried in her father's grave in the Church of Santa Maria da Devesa, in Castelo de Vide. She founded four entails on behalf of her sister Beatriz Dias, her brother António Rodrigues, her nephew also named António Rodrigues, and her nephew António Mouzinho, each of them with a perpetual pious obligation of twelve masses celebrated every year as long as the world lasted. Each administrator would appoint a son or daughter to succeed on the administration with the same conditions, and the succession should always continue by appointment. She left to her sister Beatriz Dias a land on the outskirts of Niza and on the outskirts of Castelo de Vide; she left to her brother António Rodrigues lands and vineyards in Castelo de Vide and its outskirts; to her nephew António Rodrigues she left a mill and land in the place of Ribeira da Ameixoeira; and to António Mouzinho she left the "tapada da Ameixoeira" and lands on the outskirts of Castelo de Vide.

Will made by Catarina Mouzinho, in which she ordered to be buried in her father's grave in the Church of Santa Maria da Devesa, in Castelo de Vide. She founded four entails on behalf of her sister Beatriz Dias, her brother António Rodrigues, her nephew also named António Rodrigues, and her nephew António Mouzinho, each of them with a perpetual pious obligation of twelve masses celebrated every year as long as the world lasted. Each administrator would appoint a son or daughter to succeed on the administration with the same conditions, and the succession should always continue by appointment. She left to her sister Beatriz Dias a land on the outskirts of Niza and on the outskirts of Castelo de Vide; she left to her brother António Rodrigues lands and vineyards in Castelo de Vide and its outskirts; to her nephew António Rodrigues she left a mill and land in the place of Ribeira da Ameixoeira; and to António Mouzinho she left the "tapada da Ameixoeira" and lands on the outskirts of Castelo de Vide.

Will made by Martinho Dias Barrosinho, in which he ordered to be buried in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição and founded two entails. The first entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of four masses celebrated every year and would be administrated by Catarina Carrilho, and her descendants after her. The second entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every year, and to administrate it the institutor named Agostinho Carrilho, his brother-in-law, during his lifetime and his descendants after him. Both administrators would only receive the administration after the death of the institutor's wife. These entails are composed of houses located in Castelo de Vide.

Will made by Diogo Álvares Ferreiro, in which he ordered to be buried in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Montalvão. He founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated every year. The institutor named his brother-in-law Miguel Dias as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, the succession should continue, preferably, on the eldest heir. This entail is composed of a vineyard and land in Montalvão.

Will made by António Mouro in which he ordered to be buried in the Church of Espírito Santo, in Nisa, and founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every year. The institutor named Maria da Conceição, eldest granddaughter of Nuno Dias, as first administrator during her lifetime and, after her death, the succession should continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir.

Will made by Margarida Vaz in which she ordered to be buried in the Church of São João, in Castelo de Vide, and founded two entails. The first would have a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated every year and to administrate it she named her grandson Francisco Dias during his lifetime, and his descendants after him. This entail is composed of a vineyard on the outskirts of Castelo de Vide. The second entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of twenty masses celebrated every year and to share the administration she appointed her grandsons Francisco Dias and Sebastião Dias and their descendants. This entail is composed of a vineyard located in Alpalhão.

Will made by Maria Vidal, in which she ordered to be buried in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Castelo de Vide, and founded two entails. The first entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of one mass celebrated every year as long as the world lasted, and should be administrated by her niece Maria Vidal during her lifetime. After her death, she should appoint a son or daughter to succeed her with the same conditions, and the succession should continue by appointment. She left her niece somo houses and some "castanheiros" in Castelo de Vide and its outskirts. The second entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every year as long as the world lasted, and should be administrated by her niece Isabel Vidal during her lifetime. After her death, she should appoint a son or daughter to succeed her with the same conditions, and the succession should continue by appointment. She left her some movable goods from the houses she possessed in Castelo de Vide. She also disposed that all entailed properties of both entails should be registered on the record books of the Provedoria das Capelas.

Will made by Manuel Fernandes in which he ordered to be buried in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Castelo de Vide, and founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated every year. The institutor named his wife Luzia Manuel as first administrator during her lifetime and, after her death, she would apoint a son or daughter of the institutor's brother or a close relative and from there on the succession should continue on the closest relative of the institutor's lineage. This entail is composed of houses and vineyards in Castelo de Vide.

Will made by João Rodrigues Mouzinho in which he ordered to be buried in the Church of Santo António da Conceição, in Castelo de Vide, and founded three entails. The first entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of twenty masses celebrated every year and would be administrated by António Rodrigues, son of the institutor, during his lifetime. Before his death, he would appoint a son or daughter to succeed him with the same conditions. This entail is composed of some "tapadas" in Ribeira de Vide. The second entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of ten masses celebrated every year and would be administrated by Leonor Carrilho, daughter of the institutor, during her lifetime. Before her death, she would appoint a son or daughter to succeed her with the same conditions. The third entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of ten masses celebrated every year and would be administrated by Justa Rodrigues Mouzinho, daughter of the institutor, during her lifetime. Before her death, she would appoint a son or daughter to succeed her with the same conditions. These last two entails are composed of houses and olive groves located in Castelo de Vide. No administrator could ever marry with a person of the so-called "infected races" and was obliged to present an account of the administration to the Misericórdia of Castelo de Vide in every two years.

[includes a declaration deed disposing over non-entailed assets].

Will made by Bartolomeu Serrano, in which he ordered to be buried in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Estrela, in Marvão, and the foundation of three entails. The first entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of five masses celebrated every year and would be administrated by his wife during her lifetime and, after her death, the administration would be handled to a close relative. This entail is composed of houses in Marvão. The second entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of four masses celebrated every year and would be administrated by Mateus Pires, his brother, during his lifetime and, after his death, the administration would be handled to the closest relative of the institutor lineage. This entail is composed of land located in Vale de Figueiró. The third entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of five masses celebrated every year and would be administrated by his Leonor Pires, sister of the institutor, during her lifetime and, before her death, she would appoint one of her children or a close relative to succeed her on the administration. This entail is composed of a "souto" in the place of Arraial.

Will made by Maria Mouzinho in which she ordered to be buried in the Church of Santa Maria da Devesa, in Castelo de Vide. She founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of forty masses celebrated every year. The institutor named her husband João Mouzinho Barba as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he would appoint an administrator to succed him, preferably one of the relatives she instructed him to appoint in secret, and from there on the succession should continue, preferably, on the eldest heir and never on illegitimate sons. This entail is composed of half of an "azenha" located on the outskirts of Castelo de Vide.

Will made by Violante Gonçalves, in which she ordered to be buried in the Church of Santa Maria da Devesa, in Castelo de Vide, and founded two entails. The first one would have a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every year and would be administrated by Maria Gonçalves, sister of the institutor, during her lifetime. After her death, the administration would be handled by her daughter Leonor Dias and her descendants after her. This entail is composed of a "tapada" in Folha de Figueiró and vineyards in Castelo de Vide. The second entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every year and would be administrated by Nuno Afonso, nephew of the institutor, during his lifetime. After his death the administration would be handled by Manuel, son of Nuno, and his descendants after him. This entail is composed of some lands in Folha de Figueiró and some houses in Castelo de Vide. The administrators of both entails were obliged to give account of the administration to the Provedor da Misericórdia of Castelo de Vide in every three years, and never to the Provedor das Capelas.

Will made by Pedro Gil Sarzedas in which he ordered the foundation of two entails. The first entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of four masses celebrated every year and, to administrate it, the institutor named his brother António Gil during his lifetime, and his brother Manuel Vaz after him, and from there on the succession should continue on his descendants or, if he had none, on the closest relative of the institutor's lineage, either male or female. The second entail would have a perpetual pious obligation of also four masses celebrated every year and, to administrate it, during his lifetime the institutor named his brother Manuel Vaz Sarzedas, and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. The institutor disposed that the administrators of both entails were obliged to give account of the administration to the Provedor da Misericórdia of Castelo de Vide, and not to the Provedor das Capelas, in every two years, registering the entailed assets in the Provedoria's record books.

Will of Catarina Gonçalves, widow of Gil Vaz Curvo, bequeathing to Santa Misericórdia her half of a watermill and an income of 30 alqueires of olive oil, as a chapel, with the pious obligation of 30 perpetual masses for her soul. She also bequeaths to Maria Gonçalves da Cadeia de Ouro an income of 5 alqueires of olive oil in her watermill, with the pious obligation of two perpetual annual masses. After her death, Maria Gonçalves can bequeath this income to whoever she wants, with the same pious obligation.
Will approved in 1564-06-11.

Will of Brás Fernandes, instituting an entail by his farmsted of Atalaia, with pious obligations in the church of Nossa Senhora de Assumar. Brás appointed his son António as administrator, to be followed by his first-born son.

Will by which António Dias expresses his wish to be buried in the main church of Crato. He establishes a chapel composed of his remaining properties and designates his wife as first administrator.
Followed by the approval deed, dated 1612-10-17.

Will by which Diogo Freire, beneficiado em Nisa, expresses his wish to be buried in the church of Nossa Senhora da Graça of his town and establishes an entail composed of his farmlands, appointing his son Pedro Nunes as administrator.
Followed by the approval deed (1585-?-16, fl. 76-76v) and the opening deed (1680-11-03, fls. 74v-75).

Will by which padre Rodrigo Caldeira expresses his wish to be buried in the church of S. Martinho of Aldeia da Mata, or in the church of the place where he dies. He bequeaths Catarina, his goddaughter, and her brother Manuel a tapada in Vale de Carneiros, with the obligation of one perpetual annual mass for his soul. He bequeaths the son of capitão Francisco Gonçalves the tapada de Caia, which had belonged to João Aires, with the obligation of another annual mass. He bequeaths António Caldeira the tapada de Santo António, with the obligation of another annual mass. He makes a donation to Maria Mendes and Hipólito Dias, her brother, with the obligation of five annual masses. He also bequeaths Maria Mendes the property named chão de Bernardo and half of a forregial, with an obligation of 3 masses.
Followed by the approval deed (1644-04-17, fls. 97v-98).

Will by which padre Gaspar Fernandes Pinto, expresses his wish to be buried in his parish church in Castelo de Vide. He bequeaths his reserved portion, composed of farmlands, to his mother. After her death, the properties should be entailed with the obligation of 26 annual masses in the altar of Nossa Senhora do Rosário of his town, and the administration should be shared between three relatives, with the right to transmit their share to their offspring.
Followed by the approval deed (1667-01-23, fls. 205-205v).

Will of Maria Mata bequeathing an enclosure (tapada) to Manuel da Mata, her brother, with the pious obligation of two masses, two for the soul of her late husband, Manuel Dias, and two for her soul, and bequeathing a land to António, her nephew, with the pious obligation of two annual masses. The testator describes the succession of these two chapels until the last appointees dies without offspring and they will be bequeathed to Santíssimo Sacramento.

Will of Maria Mata bequeathing an enclosure (tapada) to Manuel da Mata, her brother, with the pious obligation of two masses, two for the soul of her late husband, Manuel Dias, and two for her soul, and bequeathing a land to António, her nephew, with the pious obligation of two annual masses. The testator describes the succession of these two chapels until the last appointees dies without offspring and they will be bequeathed to Santíssimo Sacramento.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento aprovado em 1541-03-11. Notário: João Gonçalves Escórcio. O primeiro treslado do testamento foi feito em 1542-11-14.
ENCARGOS (ANUAIS): quatro missas. Uma declaração de 1842-02-11 (fI. 123), refere que a pensão desta capela e das demais pertencentes ao comendador João José de Bettencourt e Freitas foram reduzidas a uma missa e um responso anual, conforme sentença de redução na fl. 76 dos autos de capela de Luis Bogalho e mulher.
SUCESSÃO: nomeia os dois filhos Francisco e Zenóbio Acciaioly, caso falecessem sem geração herdaria o familiar mais chegado de seu pai Pero Rodrigues. Enquanto os seus filhos não tivessem idade, o seu marido Simão Acciaioly usufruiria da terça.
BENS VINCULADOS: terça dos seus bens. Pertence a esta capela parte de um prédio na rua dos Ferreiros, no valor de três contos de réis, sub-rogado em 1836-08-29 (fl. 120), por igual valor no todo do prédio nobre n.° 5 da rua de João Tavira.
ADMINISTRADOR EM 1602: o marido, por seus filhos Francisco e Zenóbio Acciaioly.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: João José de Bettencourt e Freitas.
OUTRAS INFORMAÇÕES DO TESTAMENTO (fl. 2 v.9-6 v.9):
ENTERRAMENTO: convento de São Francisco do Funchal, no jazigo de seu pai.
IRMÃOS: Manuel Rodrigues, falecido; Catarina Ferreira; Baltazar Rodrigues Pimentel.
LEGADOS VESTES À IGREJA: uma fraldilha de cetim carmesim destinado a um frontal de Nossa Senhora da Conceição desta cidade; um "monguice" (?) de veludo a São Francisco; uma saia a São Brás e uma cota de chamalote carmesim de dois debruns para uma vestimenta, mais uma mantilha de veludo preto; uma cota de chamalote carmesim a Nossa Senhora das Neves para uma vestimenta - a todas estas peças de igreja pede que ponham o seu nome - Maria Pimentel - ou as armas de Simão Acciaioly.
OUTROS LEGADOS VESTES: à irmà Catarina um hábito de damasco preto, um manto de "solia"(?) e todas as suas camisas ricas.; a Isabel Caldeira, filha de Fernão Caldeira, deixa uma cota de chamalote resmoninhado e um saio alto de "manguas de rei" (?); à prima Branca de Vares deixa uma cota branca e um sainho branco; a Beatriz Gonçalves, sua irmã, outra cota branca; às filhas de Isabel de Barros - Helena Gonçalves, Maria Gonçalves e Beatriz Ribeira - deixa, respetivamente, um hábito frisado, um monguice(?) frisado e uma cota "laranjada" e um manto cardado que foi frisado; a Inês Fernandes, sua ama "a preta", deixa uma fraldilha azul escura, uma cota amarela, outra fraldilha cor de canela que traz de cote, um manto frisado, um sainho frisado e uma mantilha de grã; a Maria Alvares, mulher encarregada de São Sebastião, deixa uma cota branca e três vasquinhas usadas aos pobres; aos filhos deixa todos os seus outros vestidos, a saber: uma saia "verdegai", uma escarlate vermelho, um munguice(?) de tafetá e outro de chamalote e dois "cozes" (?) de veludo preto e carmesim, um sainho de veludo preto e outro de damasco branco, outro de cetim de "frol de lirio".
OUTROS LEGADOS: a Joana, filha de seu amo Álvaro Enes, 10.000 réis quando casasse; a Filipa, filha de sua ama Inês Fernandes, deixa 4.000 réis quando casasse.
OUTROS LEGADOS (JÓIAS): às sobrinhas, filhas de Baltazar Rodrigues, deixa um rocal de aljofar com uns extremos de ouro no valor de 6.000 réis, dois pendentes e uma rosa de ouro; outras peças de ouro: uma meada de ouro com peso de 50 cruzados de ouro; uma cadeia de ouro com peso de 20 cruzados de ouro, um colar de ouro e outra cadeira com peso de 30 cruzados, outro colarete de ouro, cinco anéis de ouro, quatro manilhas de ouro.
ESCRAVOS: liberta a escrava mulata Helena e a mourisca Maria Acciaioly, na condição de servirem o marido em sua vida, caso este se casasse dar-lhes-ia carta de alforria.
TESTEMUNHAS DO TESTAMENTO: João Dias, mercador; Rodrigo Gonçalves, mestre de ensinar moços a ler; Gonçalo Anes, carpinteiro; Luís Gonçalves, ferreiro; João Rodrigues, mercador, morador em Braga; Gonçalo Anes, purgador de Simão Acciaioly; Martim Anes, ferreiro.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento feito em 1524-06-08 pelo notário público da cidade do Funchal, João Gonçalves.
ENCARGOS (ANUAIS) NA SUA IGREJA DA MADALENA: meio anal de missas rezadas pagas ao capelão com 7.000 réis e um quarto de vinho; uma missa cantada em dia de Finados com oferta de um alqueire de trigo de pão amassado e um almude de vinho; duas tochas para arderem aos Domingos e festas; duas arrobas de azeite para manter a lâmpada acesa nas noites da Quaresma; uma missa cantada e ofertada em dia de Santa Maria Madalena. Impõe ainda a obrigação de colocar na sua capela um retábulo de Santa Maria Madalena, no valor de sessenta cruzados. Neste processo também se apresentam contas da capela do marido João Rodrigues de Freitas, com encargo de outro meio anal de missas rezadas e uma missa cantada e ofertada em dia de Finados, com esmola de 6.000 réis. A testadora manda ainda rezar missas às sextas-feiras por alma do Cavaleiro, mulher e filho.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: por sentença de breve de comutação de encargos pios (f. 135-165), obtida em 1819 pelo capitão mor Nuno de Freitas da Silva Lomelino, a pensão desta capela é reduzida para sete mil réis e seis barris de vinho.
SUCESSÃO: nomeia o filho João Rodrigues, não tendo geração ficaria ao filho Fernão Lopes. Não tendo igualmente filhos, passaria ao outro filho Mem Rodrigues.
BENS VINCULADOS: terça dos seus bens. O marido foi o fundador do morgadio com sede na fazenda e capela de Santa Maria Madalena.
ADMINISTRADOR EM 1592: o neto Nuno Rodrigues de Freitas.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR/PRESTADOR DE CONTAS: Ana de Freitas Lomelino.
Outras informações do testamento (f. 3-7, 15-19 e anexo):
ENTERRAMENTO: igreja da Madalena onde tem sua fazenda e jaz sua mãe.
FILHOS: Garcia da Câmara (falecido); Mem Rodrigues; Fernão Lopes; uma filha mais velha cujo nome não se menciona.
TESTEMUNHAS DO TESTAMENTO: Bacharel Diogo Luís; João Fernandes, padrasto de Gonçalo Anes, tabelião; Pero Anes, caldeireiro de lavrar cobre, morador na cidade do Porto, ora estante no Funchal; Pero do Porto, morador na vila de Setúbal; Bastião Vaz, filho de Pero Vaz Calçadas, morador na dita cidade
Fl. 97 v.º e seguintes – Embargos de Nuno de Freitas da Silva à sentença do juiz do Resíduo emitida em 1739 (fl. 94 v.º).
Anexo, f. 1-4:
Pública forma do testamento de Isabel Lopes, feita em 1819.

Will by which António Dias Barrosinho expresses his wish to be buried in the main church of Castelo de Vide and establishes three entails: two for his brothers, Diogo Dias and Manuel Dias, and one for his nephew, João Vivas. The first one was composed of a fifth of his properties including his houses in rua de Vasco Lopes, and would have an obligation of 15 annual masses. The second one would be composed of another fifth of his properties, including other houses, entailed to an obligation of 7 annual masses. The third one, for his nephew, would be composed of two fifths of the institutor's properties, and other houses, including the ones where he lives, and would have an obligation of 15 annual masses.
Followed by the approval deed of the will, dated 1647-04-20, fl. 233v.

Will by which António Dias Barrosinho expresses his wish to be buried in the main church of Castelo de Vide and establishes three entails: two for his brothers, Diogo Dias and Manuel Dias, and one for his nephew, João Vivas. The first one was composed of a fifth of his properties including his houses in rua de Vasco Lopes, and would have an obligation of 15 annual masses. The second one would be composed of another fifth of his properties, including other houses, entailed to an obligation of 7 annual masses. The third one, for his nephew, would be composed of two fifths of the institutor's properties, and other houses, including the ones where he lives, and would have an obligation of 15 annual masses.
Followed by the approval deed of the will, dated 1647-04-20, fl. 233v.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento aprovado em 1617-05-24 pelo tabelião do judicial e notas da vila da Calheta e seu termo, Manuel Afonso. Aberto em 1617-05-29 pelo juiz ordinário da vila da Calheta, Heitor Nunes César.
ENCARGOS (ANUAIS): duas missas. REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: por sentença de 1818-12-14 (f. 43-70) as capelas administradas pelo Visconde de Torre Bela são reduzidas à seguinte pensão: missa aos Domingos e dias santos (90 missas) celebrada por um capelão por 100.000 réis anuais; três missas de Natal por 2.400 réis; obras da capela do Carmo do Funchal conforme determinado pelo instituidor Manuel Martins Brandão; a capela de D. Isabel Bettencourt é reduzida a duas tochas para o igreja de Câmara de Lobos e duas tochas para São Bernardino.
BENS VINCULADOS/SUCESSÃO: terras na Cova do Bravo, Calheta, que deixa à irmã Maria de Florença e depois ao sobrinho Brás da Câmara.
ADMINISTRADOR EM 1617: o capitão Pedro de Florença de Abreu, em nome de sua irmã Maria de Florença.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: Visconde de Torre Bela.
Outras informações do testamento (f. 2 a 7):
ENTERRAMENTO: igreja de São Brás do Arco, na sepultura junto ao cruzeiro.
PROPRIEDADES: terras nas Florenças, Calheta, que herdou de Isabel Pereira, deixa à irmã Maria de Florença, e por sua morte ficariam à sobrinha Maria da Câmara; terras de pão e vinha e pomar que trás Francisco Vieira de meias, e que herdou do tio Manuel Martins, deixa ao irmão Pedro de Florença; à irmã Maria de Florença deixa outras terras onde mora António Vieira, que as traz de meias, bem como as terras que herdou de seu pai e ainda estão por partir, e que depois ficariam à sobrinha Maria da Câmara.
VESTES: deixa a sua saia preta a Maria Rodrigues e a roxa à filha desta; dois saios a Inês de Florença; o seu manto a Antónia Vieira.
TESTEMUNHAS: Pêro Francisco de Canha, morador nos Canhas, que fez o testamento; Rafael Esteves, morador nas Florenças; João Gonçalves, lavrador; António Fernandes; António Pereira; Pêro Pereira; padre cura Pêro Gomes; Nicolau Gonçalves, que assina pela testadora; Manuel de Florença; Manuel Afonso, filho de Catarina Gonçalves, falecida; Pascoal Fernandes, moradores nas Florenças.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento (f. 2-6 v.º) feito em 1483-08-21, em Câmara de Lobos, por Afonso Lopes, tabelião público na dita vila pelo duque D. Diogo. Traslado de 1796, extraído do Tombo 2.º dos Resíduos, f. 231.
MOTIVOS DA FUNDAÇÃO: o testador jazia doente em cama; temia o seu passamento e não sabe quando seria.
ENCARGOS PERPÉTUOS: anualmente, missa rezada em todas as nove festas de Nossa Senhora, ditas com um círio de dois arratéis que se acenderiam no dito altar aos domingos e festas do ano, sendo estas missas por sua alma e de Beatriz Nunes, de quem ele se «sente encarregado por algum serviço que lhe fez» (f. 4); missa rezada às quartas-feiras; edificar e ornamentar e manter sempre reparado e ornamentado o altar de Santa Maria na igreja de São Sebastião, Câmara de Lobos, «tanto que for feita» (rebocar e acafelar todo o redor do altar; ornar com toalhas, frontal, imagem de Santa Maria com vestimenta de seda rasa, um bom manto de veludo ou damasco com estola e manípulo, um bom cálice de prata dourada pesando marco e meio, um bom missal, galhetas, um pano de linho com uma cruz pintada no meio para colocar diante da Virgem na Quaresma); ainda manda fazer uma arca para guardar a cera e ornamentos do altar, cuja chave só teria o testamenteiro e administrador.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: a informação do procurador do Resíduo (f. 16), esclarece que, pela redução de 1814-03-20, esta capela ficou anexa à capelania da Lombada, com pensão de sete missas anuais.
Em 1819-01-28 (f. 18-25) o administrador João Carvalhal Esmeraldo Vasconcelos Bettencourt obtém indulto apostólico de componenda das pensões caídas das capelas que administra.
SUCESSÃO: nomeia a sua alma por herdeira, visto não ter herdeiros forçosos, designando para primeiro administrador o testamenteiro João Galego, podendo este designar outro testamenteiro «e assi va descendente em descendente para sempre em tais pessoas que tenha conciencia e o fação bem» (f. 6). Os administradores receberiam pelo encargo 2.000 réis anuais e este cargo e a renda do vínculo nunca lhes poderia ser tirado por nenhuma justiça eclesiástica nem secular, estas apenas podiam constranger o administrador a cumprir como deviam. E caso as justiças mencionados e os administradores não fizessem como deviam amaldiçoa-os «venha sobre ele a maldição de Deus e de Santa Maria e de São Pedro e de São Paulo e ante Deus lhes responda por ela» (f. 6).
BENS VINCULADOS: determina a partição de todos os seus bens com a mulher Maria Gomes, sendo que a sua metade dos bens móveis e escravos seriam logo vendidos para cumprimento das exéquias, missas e legados. Quanto aos bens de raiz, determina o seu arrendamento em fatiota, vinculando-os, e o rendimento seria aplicado em missas, reparo e ornamento do altar, e o que sobrasse «do mais que hi houver» seria para vestir dois pobres todos os anos e despender em missas, trintários e em obras meritórias. Os administradores fariam aproveitar os ditos bens, para que não se perdessem nem danificassem.
O auto do tombo e medição da fazenda de Gonçalo Dias (f. 7/10), realizado em 1519-03-25, sendo então administrador Afonso Pires da Câmara, identifica os bens da capela: i) serrado no caminho do Estreito, acima do lugar de Câmara de Lobos, com um dia e noite de água da levada de São Bernardino, aforado ao fidalgo António Correia por 5.000 réis; ii) terra em Câmara de Lobos com casas sobradadas, vinha e canas, aforada por 3.000 réis a João Gomes, sucessor de João das Arcas. A medição e tombo fora ordenada pelo bacharel João Fernandes de Amil, juiz e contador dos Resíduos e provedor da Santa Cruzada nesta ilha e Porto Santo, sendo então alcaide de Câmara de Lobos Martim Rodrigues e medidor Fernão Teles.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: Conde de Carvalhal.
Outras informações do testamento (f. 2 a 6 v.º):
CÔNJUGE: Maria Gomes. Sem herdeiro forçosos, deserda todos os seus parentes.
TESTAMENTEIRO: João Galego, morador no lugar de Câmara de Lobos, confiando na sua bondade e discrição (f. 5 v.º).
ENTERRAMENTO: igreja de São Sebastião de Câmara de Lobos, diante do altar de Santa Maria, que manda construir.
ESCRAVOS: o testador e a mulher libertam o escravo João Chamorro; determina que qualquer «das moças que couber a sua parte» (f. 5) sirva o testamenteiro durante cinco anos, sendo que depois seriam aforrados.
Cônjuge: Maria Gomes.
LEGADOS: 1.000 réis a Briolanja, mulher de Rui Vaz; 400 réis a Pedro, enteado de Martim Rodrigues, do tempo que o serviu; 100 réis ao Espírito Santo para a sua obra.
CONTAS: se alguém cobrasse alguma dívida pagar-se-lhe-ia, sob juramento dos Santos Evangelhos.
TESTEMUNHAS: frei Pedro, frade em São Francisco; frei Rodrigo Anes, vigário; João Gonçalves; Tomé Gonçalves e Aparício Gonçalves, filhos de Gonçalo Vaz, Martim Gonçalves, trabalhador.
Outros documentos:
F. 18 a 24 - Indulto apostólico de componenda de pensões caídas, datado de 1819-01-28, e obtido pelo administrador João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo.

Will made by Maria Fernandes, nicknamed "a Grila", in which she ordered to be buried in the Mother Church of Amieira. She founded three entails, one for her nephew João Aires, a second for her niece Isabel Dias, and the third for her nephew Manuel Martins da Cruz, respectively with perpetual pious obligations of five, four and twenty masses celebrated every year as long as the world lasted. The first two entails are composed of houses, vineyards and olive groves in Amieira, and the last one is composed of movable and immovable goods. Each one of those first appointed administrators would be succeeded by a son or daughter of their own choice, or by a close relative if they have none, and from there on the succession should always continue through appointment.

Will made by Manuel Fernandes de Andrada in which he ordered to be buried in the Church of Amieira do Tejo, and founded two entails with a perpetual pious obligation of ten masses each. To administrate them, he named Maria Fernandes and her brother Manuel Fernandes during their lifetimes, and her descendants in straight line after them.

Will made by Pedro Jorge in which he ordered to be buried in the Mother Church of Amieira do Tejo and founded three chapels with a perpetual pious obligation of thirty masses that should be celebrated every year. To administrate them, he named his nieces Joana Rasquilha, Maria Carvalho and Isabel Artur and, after their deaths, the succession of each one should continue preferably on their eldest heir. These entails are composed of movable and immovable goods in Amieira do Tejo.

Will of Leonor Gonçalves bequeathing the third part of her assets, including the estate of Sitima, in the outskirts of Évora, to her son Martinho Casco, who can not sell, donate or alienate them and will be succeeded by his eldest male son. Leonor Gonçalves also orders the perpetual celebration of twelve annual masses in the monastery of S. Francisco of Évora. Besides, the testator disinherits her son João Casco and his descendants.

Will of Sebastão Freire, instituting an entail with the obligation of 8 annual masses to be celebrated in the church of São Lourenço of Portalegre, and appointing his brother Baltasar Freire as administrator.

Followed by the approval deed (1564-10-03, fls. 438-438v).

Will made by Isabel Carreiras in which she ordered to be buried in the Mother Church of Crato, and founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated every year. The institutor named her husband André Velez de Torres as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he would be succeeded by their eldest son and from there on the succession should continue, preferably, on the eldest heir.

Will made by António Vaz in which he ordered to be buried in the Church of Espírito Santo, in Nisa, and founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of eight masses celebrated every year. The institutor named his uncle Fernando Silvestre as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he would chose a son or daughter to succeed him, and from there on the succession should continue, preferably, on the eldest heir.

Will made by Luís Pires Galego in which he ordered to be buried in the Church of Espírito Santo, in Nisa, and founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of twenty two masses celebrated every year. The institutor named his nephew Luís Pires Bugalho as first administrator during his lifetime, with the condition that he would raise a son to be a lawyer and this son would receive the administration. After the death of this son, the succession should continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. All administrators should conserve a book for the record of the entailed properties inventory and for the account for the fulfillment of the masses. This entail is composed of houses, vineyards and olive groves in Nisa and its outskirts, and lands in Folha de Figueiró and Vale da Pedra de Cera.

Will by which Sebastião Dinis expresses his wish to be buried in the convent of S. Francisco of Portalegre and establishes four entails for his grandsons, each of them with an obligation of two annual masses for his soul. He bequeaths Luís, son of his daughter Filipa Tavares, his tapada da Mouta. He bequeaths Sebastião, son of his daughter Filipa Tavares, his vineyard of Covões and a lease of houses. He bequeaths Sebastião, son of Manuel Tavares, his houses. He bequeaths Pedro an orchard.
Followed by the approval deed, dated 1645-06-05.

Will by which Antónia de Matos de Noronha, widow, expresses her wish to be buried in the church of Santa Maria of Castelo de Vide, in the tomb of her aunt Beatriz de Matos. She establishes an entail composed of her vegetal garden of Melriça, with the obligation of five annual masses, and designates her son Diogo de Barros as first administrator.
Followed by the approval deed, dated 1632-02-12.

Will of Ana Vaz Roxo, instituting an entail by her estates in Vale do Serrão, Castelo de Vide, with the perpetual obligation of a daily mass. The properties were to be held by her son, the friar Gaspar de São José, and on his death, they were to pass to her nephew, Manuel Vivas Tavares. The administrator had the power to appoint his successor, and preference was to be given to clerics within the family. The testator requested that the celebration of mass be supervised by the "Provedores da comarca". If the administrators fail to fulfil this duty, the entail should be given to the Misericórdia.

Followed by the approval deed (1682-05-01, fls. 458-458v) and the opening deed (1682-07-24, fl. 458v).

Will made by Clara Fernandes in which she ordered to be buried in the Chapel of São João, in Marvão. She founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of three masses celebrated every year, designating Catarina Mouzinho as first administrator during her lifetime. After her death, the succession should continue on her descendants. This entail is composed of a vineyard and a "tapada" located in Marvão.

Will made by padre Manuel de Sande in which he ordered to be buried in the Church of São Tiago de Portalegre. He founded an entail with a perpetual pious obligation of five masses celebrated every year, naming his niece Margarida Forjaz to administrate it during her lifetime, anda, after her death, the succession should always continue on the closest relative of the institutor's lineage. This entail is composed of lands and an "azenha" located in Vila de Alter.

Will made by Isabel do Couto in which she bequeathed a land to Francisco Rodrigues and ordered that the remaining of all her assets should be sold and purchased on rents that should be annexed to the chapel founded by her brother Manuel do Couto, which she administrated, henceforth increasing the perpetual masses obligation to two more masses celebrated every year for her own soul.

Will made by the deceased Catarina de Matos Velez, in which she ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail with a perpetual obligation of one daily mass. To administrate it she named her niece Margarida Velez Delicado and one of her children after her death, preferably some that wished to became a clergyman, and if none wished to do so, the administration would be handled to Domingos, son of Margarida, or his eldest brother Francisco, or another one of Margarida's children and his descendants, preferably the eldest male heir. If none of them had children, the last administrator would appoint a relative to succeed with the same conditions. All administrators would be obliged to give 1500 réis to the brotherhood of N. Sra. da Alegria in every year.

Will made by Joana Lopes, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail, composed of some houses in Portalegre, over which she imposed a perpetual obligation of four masses celebrated every year. She named her husband Manuel Rodrigues as first administrator during his lifetime, and, after his death, he would be succeeded by their daughter Catarina da Conceição or to their granddaughter Ana Maria, and from there on the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest female daughter. If none of them had children, the administration would be handled to the descendants of João Fernandes Salgado. If the lineage of the institutor or administrators was extinguished, the administration would be handled to the Irmandade da Ordem Terceira de S. Francisco.

Will made by Lucas Fernandes and his wife Joana Dias, in which they order their burial in the church of Espírito Santo of Portalegre and the foundation of two entails. The first entail would be composed of a share of an estate in Ribeira da Seda, entailed to an obligation of twelve annual masses. They name as administrators Andreza Dias, sister of Lucas Fernandes, and her husband, João Gonçalves, who would be succeded by their daughter and by Francisco Dourado and their descendants. The second entail would be composed of a land, vineyard and orchard in Carvalhal, entailed to an obligation of twelve annual masses. They name Catarina Martins, sister of Joana Dias, as first administrator, and after her death, she would be succeeded by Ana de Miranda who would appoint one of her children to succeed her with the same conditions.

Will made by Lucas Fernandes and his wife Joana Dias, in which they order their burial in the church of Espírito Santo of Portalegre and the foundation of two entails. The first entail would be composed of a share of an estate in Ribeira da Seda, entailed to an obligation of twelve annual masses. They name as administrators Andreza Dias, sister of Lucas Fernandes, and her husband, João Gonçalves, who would be succeded by their daughter and by Francisco Dourado and their descendants. The second entail would be composed of a land, vineyard and orchard in Carvalhal, entailed to an obligation of twelve annual masses. They name Catarina Martins, sister of Joana Dias, as first administrator, and after her death, she would be succeeded by Ana de Miranda who would appoint one of her children to succeed her with the same conditions.

Will made in Portalegre by Joana Rodrigues Velez in which she ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail and chapel with a perpetual mass obligation of three masses celebrated every year in any privileged altar of Portalegre. To administrate it she named her niece Maria Velez as first administrator during her lifetime, and, after her death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest female daughter. If Maria had no heirs, the administration would be handled to padre Pedro Ribeiro, nephew of the institutor, and Maria Ribeira after his death, with the same conditions mentioned. If Maria Ribeira had no heirs, the administration would be transmitted to padre Francisco Velez, and, after his death, to the eldest daughter of João Velez and the closest relative of his bloodline after him.

Will made by Bárbara Pinheiro in which she ordered the foundation of an entail composed of some houses in Portalegre, over which she imposed a perpetual mass obligation of two masses celebrated every year and the usual inalienability clauses. To administrate it she named her mother, Maria Lopes, during her lifetime and, after her death, she would be succeeded by Maria Vaz, niece of the institutor, and from there on the succession should always continue on the closest relative.

Will made by in Nisa by Margarida Vaz Semedo, in which she ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of three entails. The first entail would be composed of two lands in Folha de Figueiró, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every as long as the world lasted, and to administrate it she named her son Diogo Dias Galeano and his descendants after him. The second entail would be composed of clay pitt in Mainho, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every as long as the world lasted, and to administrate it she named her son Álvaro de Semedo and, preferably, his male descendants after him. The third entail would be composed of two lands, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every as long as the world lasted, and to administrate it she named her son Fernando Gomes and his descendants after him. She disposed that if any of them died without descendants, the administration would be handled to some of the others. The institutor declared that none of those entails would be subject to checks made by the Provedor das Capelas.

Will made by in Nisa by Margarida Vaz Semedo, in which she ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of three entails. The first entail would be composed of two lands in Folha de Figueiró, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every as long as the world lasted, and to administrate it she named her son Diogo Dias Galeano and his descendants after him. The second entail would be composed of clay pitt in Mainho, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every as long as the world lasted, and to administrate it she named her son Álvaro de Semedo and, preferably, his male descendants after him. The third entail would be composed of two lands, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every as long as the world lasted, and to administrate it she named her son Fernando Gomes and his descendants after him. She disposed that if any of them died without descendants, the administration would be handled to some of the others. The institutor declared that none of those entails would be subject to checks made by the Provedor das Capelas.

Will of Aires Pinto and Leonor Felgueiras, his wife, entailing some described properties to their chapel of Santo António to mass celebration and appointing the son or daughter of Beatriz Felgueiras, her niece, who they will adopt as their heir.

Will made in Nisa by Rui Dias Inchado, in which he expressed his wish to be buried in the church of the Misericórdia of Nisa and ordered the foundation of three entails. The first entail would be composed of a land of Vale de Figueira, over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of one mass celebrated every year and to administrate it he named his son Diogo Dias Galeano and, after his death, the succession should always continue on the eldest male heir. The second entail would be composed of another land in the place of Abrunheira, over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of one mass celebrated every year and to administrate it he named his son Álvaro de Semedo and, after his death, the succession should always continue on the eldest male heir. The third entail would be composed of two lands, over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of one mass celebrated every year and to administrate it he named his son Fernando Gomes and, after his death, the succession should always continue on the eldest male heir. If any of them died without children, the administration would be handled to one of the other brothers.

Will made by Diogo de Sampaio, in which he expressed his wish to be buried in the Misericórdia of Nisa, next to his wife, Leonor Vaz, and established four entails with masses in his burial place. The first entail would be composed of the tapada do Pombal and had an obligation of three annual masses. He named his eldest son, Manuel Semedo, as first administrator. The second entail would be composed of the tapada da Alvada and had an obligation of an annual mass. He named his son Simão de Sampaio as first administrator. The third entail would be composed of the tapada das Fontainhas and had an obligation of one annual mass. He named his son Gonçalo as first administrator. The fourth entail would be composed of some houses in Nisa, and had an obligation of another annual mass. He named his son Brás as first administrator. All of them would be succeded by their eldest sons or closest male relatives.

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.

Will made by Rodrigo Caldeira, in which he expressed his wish to be buried in the main church of Aldeia da Mata and established an entail composed of farmlands, with a perpetual obligation of one annual mass on Easter. He named his son Pedro as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest heir. If Pedro had no children, the administration would be handed to Pedro, brother of the institutor, with the same conditions. All administrators were obliged to give two arratéis of oil and two arratéis of candle wax to the Confraria de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in order to maintain a lamp lit on Saturdays and Sundays.

Will made in Nisa by which padre Belchior Rodrigues expressed his wish to be buried in the main church of this town, in the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Rosa. He bequeathed all the assets of his reserved portion, composed of lands, grounds and an olive grove, to his aunt, whose name is not mentioned, with the condition the she would marry his niece Maria Cacheira, who lived in Évora, and, after the aunt's death, Maria should inherit all his assets with the condition that she would come and live in Nisa and would order the celebration of fourty masses every year. Those properties should be entailed with all the regular clauses of perpetual inalienability and, after the death of Maria, the succession should continue on her descendants.

Will by which Rui Dias Galeano expresses his wish to be buried in the Misericórdia of Nisa, in his uncle's tomb. He establishes an entail composed of all the assets that remained on his reserved portion over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of ten masses celebrated every year. He named his wife Isabel de Góis as first administrator during her lifetime, and, after her death, she would be succeeded by their son Pedro, and from there on the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. If Pedro died without heirs, the administration would be handed to Diogo Dias Galeano, son of the institutor, or to one of his grandchildren, with the same conditions. He ordered his will to be recorded on the Tombo record books of the church of Espírito Santo with a relation of the entailed assets.

Will made by Álvaro Semedo in which he ordered the foundation of an entail composed of a land over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of two masses celebrated every year on the mother church of Nisa. To administrate it he named his daughter Violante Álvares during her lifetime and, after her death, she would be succeeded by her son Fernando Gomes, grandson of the institutor, and after his death the administration would be handled to his sister Catarina de Semedo, and, after her death to Catarina Vaz and from there on the succession should always continue in one of his grandsons, preferably, on the eldest male heir, with the same conditions. He ordered the will to be recorded on the Tombo record books of the Provedoria for the account of the masses.

Will of João Pires, instituting an entail with pious obligations in the church of São João Batista de Vila Chã, and appointing as administrator his daughter Maria, followed by her son Jerónimo.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: testamento (f. 2-8 v.º) aprovado em 1577-05-07, nas casas de morada do instituidor, à Ribeira dos Socorridos. Tabelião: António Garcia, tabelião de notas e judicial d'elrei em Câmara de Lobos e sua comarca. Traslado de 1796.
MOTIVAÇÕES DA FUNDAÇÃO: descarregar a sua consciência e obrigações da sua alma (f. 2 v.º); encontrava-se doente, deitado numa cama.
ENCARGOS PERPÉTUOS: uma missa semanal às sextas, no mosteiro de São Bernardino, por alma do instituidor, com um responso sob a sua sepultura.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: o traslado do requerimento do síndico dos religiosos do convento de São Francisco, rematado com sentença do juiz dos Resíduos de 1791-10-15 (f. 11-13 v.º), refere que este instituidor havia taxado as missas desta capela por 6500 réis de esmola e por esse valor se diziam as missas com prejuízo da comunidade religiosa, porém tal taxa não consta do testamento. A referida sentença reduz a obrigação destas capelas a 31 missas por 6.250 réis (trinta missas por 200 réis e uma missa por 250 réis). A informação do procurador do Resíduo (f. 27), esclarece que, pela redução de 1814-03-20, esta capela ficou anexa à capelania da Lombada e limitada ao encargo de cinco missas anuais. Uma informação inscrita na f. 28-28 v.º, datada de 1819-08-11, informa que os autos de redução se encontram junto aos autos da capela de D. Guiomar de Couto, encontrando-se na f. 41 a confirmação definitiva dessa redução. Em Janeiro de 1819, o administrador João Carvalhal Esmeraldo Vasconcelos Bettencourt obtém indulto apostólico de componenda das pensões caídas de todas as suas capelas (f. 29-36 - requerimento e tradução).
SUCESSÃO: não tem herdeiros forçosos, deserda todos os seus parentes «somente faso minha alma herdeira de todos os meus bens» (f.7-7 v.º) e nomeia Manuel Afonso, sucedendo-lhe um dos seus filhos “que elle bem pareser e asim ficara em sua gerasam para sempre" (f. 7).
BENS VINCULADOS: vincula toda a sua fazenda de raiz com a condição do referido encargo perpétuo (f. 6 v.º).
PRIMEIRO E ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADORES: Manuel Afonso; Conde de Carvalhal.
OUTRAS INFORMAÇÕES DO TESTAMENTO (f. 2 a 8 v.º):
ENTERRAMENTO: Mosteiro de São Bernardino, em sepultura nova, da banda do altar de Nossa Senhora.
TESTAMENTEIROS: Manuel Afonso.
ESCRAVOS: liberta a escrava Beatriz e a menina “sua filha de mama”, deixando-lhe ainda um colchão, um cobertor branco, um lençol mais grosso e toda a louça de cozinha; doa a escrava Catarina a Oriana Lopes, recomendando-lhe bom trato e agasalho; deixa o mulato Francisco ao serviço do mosteiro de São Bernardino; deixa a mulatinha Maria a Diogo Lopes, descontando-se 6.000 réis da sua dívida.
DÍVIDAS: a Cristóvão Pires, mercador; à mulher de Afonso Enes, ferreiro, morta pelos franceses; a Gonçalo Rodrigues, saboeiro; a Gaspar Fernandes, dizimeiro; a Francisco Alves “o boi vermelho”; a Francisco Rebelo; a Diogo Lopes do engenho.
LEGADOS: 1000 réis a Filipa Pinheiro e Bertoleza Pinheiro, filhas de Pedro Pinheiro.; 6000 réis ao mosteiro de São Bernardino para ajuda de uma cruz de prata.
REGIME DE EXPLORAÇÃO DA TERRA: deu a Francisco Martins uma terra de meias para plantação de canas, manda que se cumpram as meias (f. 5 v.º).
LITERACIA: assinou o testamento.
TESTEMUNHAS: Francisco Martins de Canha; Custódio Gonçalves, meirinho da serra; João das Arcas; Cristóvão Pires, mercador; Manuel Rodrigues; Afonso Anes de Baixo; Pedro Anes Guimarães.
OUTROS DOCUMENTOS:
F. 11-13 v.º – Traslado do requerimento do síndico do convento de São Bernardino, seguido do parecer do administrador e sentença do juiz dos Resíduos de 1791-10-15: considerando o alegado de que o custo atual de cada missa (no valor de 200 réis) excede a esmola de 6500 réis taxada pelos instituidores das capelas de Afonso Enes e Isabel Correia (com pensões de missa semanal), o juiz dos Resíduos reduz a obrigação destas capelas a 31 missas por 6.250 réis (trinta missas por 200 réis e uma missa por 250 réis).

Will made by padre António Dias Temudo in which he ordered the foundation of two entails that would be administrated by his sons António Dias Carrasco and Álvaro de Moura, both legitimized with royal permission. The first entail would be composed of houses, lands, orchards and other assets in Nisa's district, over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of thirty masses celebrated every year on the mother church of Nisa, and to administrate it he named António Dias Carrasco during his lifetime, and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. The second entail would also be composed of four estates, lands and houses over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of thirty masses celebrated every year on the mother church of Nisa, and to administrate it he named Álvaro de Moura during his lifetime, and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. The institutor expressed his wishes to found those entails to ensure that the memory os his House would endure forever, ordering António to preserve an oratory that he held on his own house that would serve as head of his entail. Children born out of legitimate marriage would be immediatly excluded from the administration of the entail, as well as anyone convicted with crimes of lese-majeste.

Will made in Nisa by Maria Mimoso, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail composed of two vineyards, olive groves and a fenced land, a tapada, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of fifteen masses celebrated every year as long as the world lasted. She named her nephew Diogo Mimoso as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, the succession should always continue, preferably, on his eldest male heirs or, if he had none, the administration would be handed to João Caldeira, uncle of the institutor, and his children after him, starting with padre António Caldeira and Ana Mimosa after him.

Will made in Gáfete by Madalena Dias, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail composed of three farmlands with a perpetual mass obligation of fourty masses celebrated every year. She named her daughters Isabel Domingues and Maria Calva to share the administration during their lifetimes and their descendants after them, preferable the male heir. If none of them had children, the administration would be handled to the closest relative of the institutor's lineage, starting with her nephew António Dias and, preferably, his eldest male heirs after him.

Will made in Gafete by Catarina Álvares, in which she ordered the foundation of an entail composed of some houses over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of six masses celebrated every year as long as the world lasted. She named her brother Manuel Aires as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, the succession should always continue in straight line on his descendants.

Will made in Gafete by padre Manuel Dias Brandão, in which he ordered the foundation of an entail and chapel composed of several properties in Crato, Monte da Pedra and Gafete, over which he imposed a perpetual pious obligation of one mass celebrated every week. He named his nephew Álvaro Fraião as first administrator during his lifetime and, after his death, he would be succeeded by his sister, whose name is not mentioned, and from there on the succession should always continue, preferably, on the eldest male heir. All administrators would be obliged to purchase a "bula de defunto" every year as long as they existed for the redemption of the institutor's soul. No administrator could ever marry with another person of the so called "infected races" nor committ crimes of lese-majeste, or, otherwise lose the administration.

Will made by Maria Rodrigues Sarzedas in which she ordered the foundation of two entails. The first entail should be equivalent to the mayorazgos of Castille, as she expressly declared, and would be composed of vineyeards, a tapada and public debt titles worth 150.000 réis, over which she imposed a perpetual pious obligation of one daily mass celebrated on the chapel of Santa Maria Madalena of the church of S. João, in Castelo de Vide, where her body should be buried. For the second entail she bequeathed a sum worth 550.000 réis that should be applied on the purchase of public debt instruments from whose revenue the entail should be maintained, with a perpetual pious obligation of another daily mass. To administrate both of them, she named her brother frei António Rodrigues Sarzedas during his lifetime, with the condition that he would appoint administrators to succeed in both entails after his death, and she also ordered that those entailed properties could never be incorporated to the patrimony of the Order of Malta.