Tombo of the chapel of Pombal, in Amarante, which is administered by Gonçalo Afonso da Chapa. The tombo was ordered by Diogo Borges, juiz and contador dos Resíduos, Capelas e Hospitais nas comarcas de Entre Douro e Minho, and made by João de Queirós, tabelião in Amarante.
Contains: land measurement deed and inquisitio about the institution and charges of the chapel.

Tombo of the chapel established by Estêvão Rebelo, in the mother church of Lagos, of the invocation of Santo António, with his assets and those of Inês Gonçalves, his wife. He appointed Vicente Rebelo, his son, as the first administrator.
The documents come from a certificate issued by Vicente Ribeiro de Almeida, escrivão da provedoria de Lagos, taken from existing records in his registry office.

Tombo of António Álvares' entail.

Tombo of the estates and pious obligations of Inês Ferreira's chapel. João Franco declared that the chapel's administrators were obligated to spend 1500 réis in the celebration of annual masses in the church of Santa Maria de Alcáçova of Elvas. He also mentioned that 4 houses on Rua do Cabrito were entailed to it.

Tombo of the chapel established by Lançarote Gonçalves in the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, which was administrated at that time by Manuel Álvares, sapateiro. Contains a copy of the institutor's will (VINC005861 LG EA/001) and the measurement of the entailed houses.

Tombo of the chapel founded by Beatriz Rodrigues, in the church of São João of Évora. The tombo was made by Rui Martins, escrivão, under the authority of licenciado Francisco Dias do Amaral, corregedor com alçada, provedor das Capelas and contador das Terças in comarca de Évora.

Tombo of the properties incorporated into this entail, composed of orchards, lands, vineyards, houses, mill and "serrado" in Arruda, Alenquer, Montijo and Proença-a-Nova.

Tombo of the estates and pious obligations of Isabel Gomes' chapel. Francisco Fernandes declared that a house on Rua de Afonso Gil, Elvas, was entailed to it.

Tombo of the casal de Cima de Vila, in Soengas, made by request of Eustácio Álvares Barbosa. After the inventory of the properties, Eustácio declares that the estate should be entailed and remain in his offspring possession, with the obligation of 2 annual masses.

Tombo of the chapel founded by Gonçalo Colete, which is administered by João Fernandes, ordered by Diogo Borges, juiz and contador dos Resíduos, Capelas e Hospitais nas comarcas de Entre Douro e Minho, and made by João do Porto, tabelião.
Contains: land measurement deed.

Tombo of the chapel instituted by Pedro Jacques, in the mother church of Lagos.
The documents come from a certificate issued by Vicente Ribeiro de Almeida, escrivão da provedoria de Lagos, taken from existing records in his registry office.

Tombo of the chapel of Ramalha, in the church of Santa Maria de Idães, which is administered by Álvaro do Paço. The tombo was ordered by Diogo Borges, juiz and contador dos Resíduos, Capelas e Hospitais nas comarcas de Entre Douro e Minho, and made by Tristão Ribeiro, tabelião in Unhão and Felgueiras.
Contains: mandate ordering the tombo; land measurement deed; and inquisitio about the institution and charges of the chapel.

Tombo of the estates and pious obligations of Pedro Gonçalves Pardo's chapel. Domingos Fernandes, homem trabalhador, Maria Álvares' husband, declared that 3 annual masses were celebrated for the institutor's soul in the convent of S. Domingos of Elvas. He also mentioned that 7 houses and a backyard on Rua do Pedrão were entailed to the chapel.

Tombo of the chapel founded by Martinho Soado, Martinho Nogueira and Maria Dias, in the church of Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães, which is administered by Maria Brás. The tombo was ordered by Diogo Borges, juiz and contador dos Resíduos, Capelas e Hospitais nas comarcas de Entre Douro e Minho, and made by Gonçalo Eanes, tabelião in Guimarães.
Contains: land measurement deed.

Tombo of the properties entailed to the chapel of Marta Gil by its administrator, Jerónima Fernandes, who bought them from André Gomes, merchante of Alfragide, husband of the institutor.

Tombo of the chapel founded by Lopo Dias de Espinho, in the church of São Pedro of Évora. The tombo was made by Rui Martins, escrivão, under the authority of licenciado Francisco Dias do Amaral, corregedor com alçada, provedor das Capelas and contador das Terças in comarca de Évora.

Termo by which the administrators Francisco Cabral and his wife Mariana Josefa da Silva incorporated into their Francisco de Sá Meneses' entail a public debt instrument of 18 000 réis in Almoxarifado de Elvas for the fulfilment of the pious obligations.

Termo by which António Ribeiro and his wife Isabel Jorge, the institutor's granddaughter, declared that she was obligated to order the celebration of masses in the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Purificação de Bucelas. This entail is composed of lands called "Panasqueira" and "a Arrematada" located in Bucelas.

Tenure contract of houses in Rua do Ferragial, in Lisboa, which belong to Isabel Dias' chapel. Miguel Rodrigues Ferreira, on the behalf of João de Andrade de Albuquerque, administrator of his grandmother’s chapel, gives these houses in perpetual lease to priest Luís da Cruz de Castilho, who will pay 6000 réis of annual rent to the administrator, as well as 860 réis to the convent of Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Lisboa for the accomplishment of the masses established by Isabel Dias. All the clauses are detailed. It inserts a royal licence by which the king authorizes this contract because the houses were in a very poor state (dated 1686-10-05). It also inserts a letter-of-attorney by which João de Andrade de Albuquerque authorises Miguel Rodrigues Ferreira to represent him in this tenure contract, referring that he succeeded his late brother Domingos Francisco de Andrade de Albuquerque in this administration (dated 1685-07-27).

Tenure contract by which Diogo Fernandes and his wife Mécia Lopes grant Catarina Soajo, as administrator of the chapel founded by João Trigo, a piece of a property situated after Esporão, on the outskirts of Viana do Alentejo.

Tenure contact (extract) signed between António Vilares, administrator of the chapel founded by Maria Abelha, and Manuel Afonso, clérigo de missa, renting for three lives several entailed properties in exchange of a pension to pay the pious obligations.

Sentence by which it was confirmed that Maria de Carvalho fulfilled the pious obligations of Luís Alves and Antónia Moreira' chapel. It also referred that the institutor reduced the number of masses to 22 in her codicil.

Sentence judging the will of D. Violante Coronel fulfilled and the public debt instruments in the Almoxarifados of Pinhel, Beja, Tomar and Aveiro entailed to her entail and chapel, of which the first successor is Francisco de Sá e Meneses, and, after his death, his daughter, D. Mariana Josefa da Silva.

Capela de Isabel Lopes Correia, filha de Diogo Lopes e Isabel Lopes Correia, instituída em 1564-(01)-05, com encargo de uma missa anual no dia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, imposto em cinco fazendas em Câmara de Lobos, quatro no sítio do Salão e uma na Ribeira da Caixa, cujas confrontações estão delimitadas no Termo de juramento e declaração inscrito na folha 149 v e 150. O testamento refere que a instituidora possuía propriedades em Câmara de Lobos, na Tábua e uma casa no Funchal.
Observações: contém o testamento de Bárbara Caldeira, moça donzela, filha de Bárbara Gomes e de João Caldeira, aprovado em 1626-04-30, o qual refere os bens da terça de sua tia Isabel Lopes Correia.

Sentence by which the properties belonging to Jerónima Fernandes, administrator of the chapel established by Marta Gil, are considered entailed, after being measured.

Sentence confirming the proprieties entailed to João da Mota's chapel. The institutor appointed his cousin Helena da Mota to be the first administrator of his and his late wife's chapel.

Sale, quittance, and obligation deed by which the priests of the convent of S. Bento de Xabregas sell to D. Francisco de Almeida, fidalgo da Casa do Rei and comendador da Ordem de Cristo, widower of D. Ângela de Melo, and to his heirs and successors, the chapel of Santo Espinho of their church, to use as his family's burial place. He promises to ornament the chapel and to give a public debt instrument for the fulfilment of a daily mass for his and his relatives' souls. The priests accept and promise to fulfil the obligations and to never take the chapel's relics from their place.

Sale and bond deed by which D. João Luís de Vasconcelos and D. Maria de Noronha, his wife, represented by Gaspar Pinheiro, employed the third part of Maria da Maia de Lemos' assets, 37 000 réis, to buy a rent (foro) of 1 850 réis in a vineyard in Corredoura, Arruda dos Vinhos, which would be entailed to the chapel established by the deceased. D. Maria de Noronha was the daughter of one of the executors of Maria da Maia de Lemos' will, Fernando Álvares Cabral, the testator's son-in-law. Since Fernando died without fulfilling his obligations, the Provedor dos Resíduos forced his heirs to do it. Contains a copy of a letter of attorney issued on 1628-11-19 and a certificate concerning the validity of the signatures issued on 1629-01-29.

Royal sentence by which Diogo Taveira presented Beatriz Soares' will, declaring that she founded a chapel in the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Graça, in Lisboa. He was named to be its administrator, with the obligation to celebrate masses. This entail incorporates the chapel founded by her mother, Maria Vaz Soares, located in the same church, and is composed of a farm and "campo", in Santarém, and a "casal", in Torres Vedras.

Royal charter granting to Afonso Mexia and his offspring the administration of the chapel instituted by Catarina Fernandes, establishing the rules of the entail.

Royal charter granting to João de Baldaia the administration of the chapel of Trindade, in the monastery of São Domingos, founded by his cousin Fernando Álvares de Baldaia and his wife Branca Luís

Resignation and donation deed by which frei Agostinho de Torres Vedras, provider of the assets of Lourenço Eanes Mostardeiro, his uncle, donates to Pedro Eanes, married to his niece, the administration of the chapel established by Lourenço Eanes Mostardeiro. According to the will of the institutor, it was up to the executors to choose the administrator.

Resignation and appointment deed made by Inês da Mota, stating that Ermígio Fernandes had established a chapel in the mother church of Lagos, linking certain assets to fulfill the charges, appointing his eldest son to administer it. She also declares that the chapel was managed by Bento Gonçalves, her grandfather, and later by Gonçalo Martins, her father, from whom she had inherited it because she was the eldest daughter and had no brothers. Since she had no children, fulfilling the institution, the chapel should remain with her closest relative, namely Afonso de Almeida, her nephew, grandson of Gonçalo Martins and great-grandson of Bento Gonçalves.
It is inserted in an exemplification (dated 1545-03-02), inserted in a certificate.

Resignation and appointment deed by which Catarina Fernandes, Gomes Eanes' widow, appoints Pedro Gonçalves, husband of Catarina Eanes, her criada, to be the administrator of the entail she and her husband had established trough their will. In that document, issued on 1480-05-22, they both had declared that after the death of one of them, the surviving member of the couple should inherit lands and houses in Santa Iria da Azóia with the obligation of supporting the celebration of 10 annual masses in the church of that place. The entail's first administrator was obligated to appoint a successor.

Renunciation deed and entail foundation deed by Isabel Vaz, widow of Fernando Girão, from Montemor-o-Velho, founding a chapel or entail and asking to her son-in-law to choose where will be the head of the entail and where will be celebrated the masses; he can attach his properties. Her son-in-law and her daughter, João de Barros Pinto and Isabel Girão, renounce their rights over the inheritance to be able to succeed in this entail.
Extracted from an inventory by Manuel Rodrigues dos Reis, escrivão and chanceler do Fisco Real de Coimbra.

Record of the chapel of Vasco Esteves, located in the monastery of São Domingos of Lisbon, giving an account of the charges celebrated and the properties that, for this purpose, had been entailed.

Ratification deed of the donation of the entail of Martinho Garcia de Oliveira and Beatriz Gonçalves, his wife, to Álvaro Pires and Branca Eanes, his wife. The institutors gave possession to the first administrators of the entailed assets.

Provedoria record record of the chapel instituted by João Rodrigues, required by Pêro Borges, corregedor, to Afonso Gonçalves, administrator, summarizing the will of the institutor, João Rodrigues, made in 1511-12-18.

Provedoria record containing an extract of Isabel Pestana's will, in which she founded a chapel with an obligation of four annual masses to be administered by her daughter Margarida Vaz.

Provedoria record of the chapel instituted by Vasco Martins, o Mudo, summarizing the will of the founder, made in 1507-05-20, presented by the current administrator, Fernando Martins, and listing the properties in Olivença entailed to it.

Provedoria record of the chapel founded by Manuel Carneiro in Vila do Conde.

Contains 19 acquisitions letters of estates to the entail, acquired by Francisco Freire as tutor of the appointed successor.

Provedoria record of the chapel instituted by Afonso Vicente, in Campo Maior, summarizing the founder's will, made in 1536-06-14, by which he appoints as administrator Afonso Carrasco and his offspring.

Provedoria record of the chapel instituted by Pedro, with the presentation and the summary of the founder's will, made in 1500-01-04, delivered by the current administrator, Fernando Gonçalves.

Provedoria record of the entail with pious deeds instituted by Teresa Lourenço, summarizing the founder's will, made in 1456-06-30, presented by the current administrator, Lourenço Fernandes Lobo, and listing the properties entailed to it, consisting of farmlands, a windmill and houses in Olivença.

Provedoria record of the entail instituted by Pedro Gonçalves Poisão, issued by the Provedor da Comarca de Elvas in the presence of João Lopes, acting as attorney of his daughter Maria Vicente, who was the institutor's niece. Pedro Gonçalves Pousão' will is summarized in this record. The testator established an entail with pious obligations, obligating its future administrator to use 300 000 reis to acquire estates to be entailed. To maintain her rights as administrator, Maria Vicente had to marry according to her father's will.

Provedoria record of the chapel instituted by Violante Mendes, summarizing the founders' will, made in 1481-09-12, presented by Constança de Brito, current administrator.

Petition signed by Maria da Fonseca, widow of Manuel Gonçalves Carvão, asking the Provedor das Capelas de Angra to validate the nuncupative will, dictated orally by her deceased husband had made to a group of witnesses, in which he ordered the foundation of an entail, composed of his available portion, with a perpetual obligation of one mass celebrated in every week of the year and the explicit clause of indivisibility of the entailed assets. He named Maria da Fonseca and their son António after her to administrate the entail, running the administration in the first born male son after him.

Petition of capitão Manuel de Sousa Pereira, widower of D. Vitória do Rego, requiring the publication of the nuncupative will of his late wife, in which she appointed him as her universal heir and successor of the available portions that she owned, with the pious obligation of a half of a chapel of perpetual masses, in the church of Nossa Senhora da Esperança, in Ponta Delgada.

Petition by which Graça Fernandes, Bernardo Eanes' widow, donates the entail her late husband established to her grandson, Bernardo Eanes Tinoco, Escolar em Leis, incorporating in it houses in Lisboa, other lands in Caspolima and adding masses to the ones its administrator had the obligation to celebrate in the chapel of Santa Maria of the church of S. Julião of Lisboa. She asks the judge to validate her will.

Petition declaring the donation made by Jorge Henriques to his niece Mécia Henriques, in the occasion of her marriage with Francisco de Faro, establishing the foundation of an entail by the granted estates, with pious deeds in the church of Santa Maria de Barbacena, and with the right of succession in the couple's offspring.

Petition by Lopo de Barros, administrator of the chapel instituted by his parents António Barros de Almeida and Catarina Machado, to the judge of Resíduos, asking him to register the foundation and the anexation deeds of the entail, along with the epitaph that was made in the chapel.

Petition by which Bartolomeu Marchione and Gil Correia, executors of Pedro Paulo Marchione's will, ask the Juiz ordinário de Almada to validate it. They declare that due to the fact that Pedro was extremely ill, he was unable to make a complete will chart. Thus, he stated what were his final wishes, in front of 9 witnesses, asking Bartolomeu and Gil to take note of it. Pedro ordered that the third part of his assets should be delivered to his daughter, Ana Arrais de Mendonça, obligating her and her successors to celebrate masses for his soul in the chapel of Jesus of the convent of S. Domingos of Lisboa, where his body should be buried. Followed by an undated dispatch issued by Francisco Caldeira Freire.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: contrato de partilhas (II vol., f. 9-24) feito em 1522-06-12 por António de Almeida, notário público por el-rei na cidade do Funchal e sua capitania; o contrato de partilha contém o traslado da outorga do alvará régio de Manuel, para suprimento da idade do filho Cristóvão Esmeraldo. Contrato retificado no testamento e codicilo (II vol., f. 2-9) do instituidor João Esmeraldo "o Velho", aprovados em 1536-05-27, pelo notário do lugar da Ribeira Brava, Sebastião Álvares; aberto em 1536-06-19.
MOTIVOS DA FUNDAÇÃO: no contrato de partilhas esclarece-se que não tinham outros filhos e por isso queriam em sua vida dar partilha dos bens de raiz que possuíam. No testamento, o testador encontrava-se mal disposto de doença, mas de pé.

ENCARGOS (ANUAIS):
1) MORGADIO DO SANTO ESPÍRITO: missa quotidiana por alma dos fundadores, na ermida do Santo Espírito, dita por um capelão pago pelo seu preço, com a cera e azeite necessários, e a obrigação de reparar e ornamentar o dito templo.
Uma quitação dos párocos António Paes e Francisco Rodrigues, datada de 1635-04-16 (I vol., fl. 113/113 v.º), alude ao ornato da capela e ao aparato da festa do Santo Espírito sob a administração de Francisco Gonçalves da Câmara: afirmam que no tempo em que foram capelães do dito senhor, este dotou o templo de retábulos, frontais, vestimentas, lampadário e castiçais de prata; acrescentam que no dia da festa havia canto de órgão e instrumentos musicais, bem como vinham padres da Companhia, frades de São Francisco ou outros, para pregar e ali permaneciam vários dias.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: uns embargos interpostos em 1635 (I vol., f. 91 e seg.) pela administradora D. Isabel Esmeraldo, contestam que no tempo do bispo D. Luís de Figueiredo a pensão de um anal de missas foi reduzida a oito meses, facto provado por inúmeras quitações. Porém, a sentença de 1635-08-11 (I vol., fl. 128) não lhe é favorável, mantendo-se a obrigação inicial. A informação do procurador do Resíduo (II vol., f. 36 v.º), esclarece que, pela redução de 1814-03-20, esta capela ficou anexa à capelania da Lombada e com pensão de vinte missas anuais.
Em 1819-01-28, indulto apostólico de componenda de pensões caídas, obtido pelo administrador João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo.

Os fundadores criam outro vínculo, do Vale da Bica, para o filho João:
2) MORGADIO DO VALE DA BICA: missa cantada anual na igreja de São Pedro, no seu dia, com cera e o mais necessário, e uma missa rezada semanal pela alma dos instituidores.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: A sentença de 1819-09-17 (III vol., fl. 41) reduz todas as capelas administradas por D. Maria de Ornelas, tutora do filho Aires de Ornelas Vasconcelos (então herdeiro do morgadio do Vale da Bica), à pensão anual de 70.000 réis pagos à Misericórdia do Funchal.

SUCESSÃO DOS MORGADIOS: nomeia os filhos João Esmeraldo (filho do instituidor e da falecida mulher D. Joana Gonçalves da Câmara) e Cristóvão Esmeraldo, sucedendo pessoa da sua geração, a saber, filho primogénito se houvesse, não havendo passaria a outra pessoa mais chegada à geração dos fundadores.
BENS VINCULADOS: morgadios do Santo Espírito e do Vale da Bica, Ponta do Sol, resultantes da divisão da Lombada de João Esmeraldo em dois grandes “lotes”, como determinado no aludido contrato de partilhas (vol. II, f. 9/24 v.º). No testamento, declara-se que a Lombada está aforada em fateusim, com a pensão de 150.000 réis anuais. O contrato de partilhas descreve os bens de raiz do casal: i) Lombada da Ponta do Sol, do mar à serra, constituída por terras de canaviais, de pão e montados, com suas águas, assentamentos, engenhos, casa de purgar, pomar, a qual lombada parte de um lado com a ribeira da Ponta do Sol, e do outro pela ribeira da Caixa; ii) assentamento de engenho e casas de purgar, chãos e outras benfeitorias sita além da ribeira da Ponta do Sol; iii) fazenda sita além da vila da Ponta do Sol, aforada a D. João Henriques por 100.000 réis ao ano; iv) um grande assentamento de casas na rua que sai do varadouro dos batéis para cima e passa à outra rua do Sabão; v) três casas terreiras frente a este assentamento de casas.
Os mencionados embargos de 1635 (I vol., f. 111) referem que, ao tempo da instituição, o morgadio do Santo Espírito produzia nove mil arrobas de açúcar por ano e que agora (1635) não chegavam a sessenta, e para isso era necessário sustentar um engenho com seus pertences e fábrica.
A verba declaratória (III vol., f. 49), datada de 1851-10-22, refere que que se encontra sub-rogado o capital do foro das terras do Jangão, Ponta do Sol (morgadio do Vale da Bica) pelo capital do foro de terras da quinta do Palheiro Ferreiro, pertencentes à quinta do Garajau.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: morgadio do Santo Espírito: conde de Carvalhal; morgadio do Vale da Bica: Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos.

Outras informações do testamento e codicilo (II vol., f. 2 a 8 v.º):
ENTERRAMENTO: onde a mulher e os filhos ordenarem.
ESCRAVOS: o testador proíbe a venda, ou doação como cativos, dos escravos nascidos em sua casa, determinando que sirvam a sua mulher e filhos e sejam bem tratados.
CAPELAS: manda fazer de novo “de pedra e cal” a capela de Santa Ana (Sé do Funchal), para o que se apropria das três casas terreiras no Funchal e de um foro de 300 réis, imposto numas casas que tem João Rodrigues Castelhano.
OUTROS LEGADOS: 7.000 réis para o filho Cristóvão Esmeraldo gastar no coro da igreja do Santo Espírito; 10.000 réis destinados a um sacrário para a igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz; 20.000 réis a Amásia Delgada para ajuda do seu casamento.
DÍVIDAS: o contrato de partilhas estipulara que os filhos pagariam as dívidas, pelo que desencarrega, assim, a sua consciência e carrega a dos filhos (f. 3).
TESTEMUNHAS: Manuel de Atouguia e bacharel Fernão d’Aires, estantes ao presente na Lombada da Ponta do Sol; João Nunes, criado de João Esmeraldo de Vasconcelos; Cristóvão Luís, criado de João Esmeraldo “o Velho”; Fernão Dias, mestre de açúcar, ora estante na Lombada.
LITERACIA: testamento feito e assinado de sua mão e letra e sinal.

Outras informações do contrato de partilhas (II vol., f. 9-24):
BENS QUE NÃO ENTRAM NA PARTILHA (e que seriam retirados do montemor dos bens de raiz):
i) fica reservado para a mulher D. Águega de Abreu a legítima que lhe ficara de seus pais e todas as jóias, escravos e, caso o marido falecesse primeiro, ficaria ainda com todas as alfaias e perfias de casa e, ainda, lograria em vida das casas e asentamento do Funchal.
ii) também seria retirado do montemor o dote de 200 cruzados que fora atribuído ao testador e à sua primeira mulher, D. Joana da Câmara.
TESTEMUNHAS (do contrato de partilhas): D. João de Noronha e Jerónimo de Abreu, fidalgos da casa d'el-rei; os muito honrados mestre doutor Duarte e Álvaro Dias, cidadão da cidade do Funchal; João Lombardo e João Dias, tesoureiro da igreja da Ponta do Sol.

Outros documentos:
II vol, f. 38 a 45 - Indulto apostólico de componenda de pensões caídas, datado de 1819-01-28, com régio beneplácito, obtido pelo administrador João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo.
III vol. - Sentença de redução dos encargos da capela do morgadio do Vale da Bica, obtida em 1819.09.17 por D. Maria de Ornelas.

DOCUMENTO/DATA DE INSTITUIÇÃO: contrato de partilhas (f. 161 v.º-176) feito em 1522-06-12 por António de Almeida, notário público por el-rei na cidade do Funchal e sua capitania; o contrato de partilha contém o traslado da outorga do alvará régio de D. Manuel, para suprimento da idade do filho Cristóvão Esmeraldo. Contrato retificado no testamento e codicilo (II vol., f. 2-9) do instituidor João Esmeraldo "o Velho", aprovados em 1536-05-27, pelo notário do lugar da Ribeira Brava, Sebastião Álvares; aberto em 1536-06-19 (f. 155-161 v.º). Traslados de 1796-07-07.
MOTIVOS DA FUNDAÇÃO: no contrato de partilhas esclarece-se que não tinham outros filhos e por isso queriam em sua vida dar partilha dos bens de raiz que possuíam. No testamento, o testador encontrava-se mal disposto de doença, mas de pé.

ENCARGOS (ANUAIS):
1) MORGADIO DO VALE DA BICA: missa cantada anual na capela de São Pedro (quitações posteriores identificam como a capela de Santo Amaro, Ponta do Sol), no seu dia, com cera e o mais necessário, e uma missa rezada semanal pela alma dos instituidores.
REDUÇÃO DE ENCARGOS: a sentença de 1819-09-17 (Cx. 106-9, III vol., fl. 41) reduz todas as capelas administradas por D. Maria de Ornelas, tutora do filho Aires de Ornelas Vasconcelos (então herdeiro do morgadio do Vale da Bica), à pensão anual de 70.000 réis pagos à Misericórdia do Funchal.

Os fundadores criam outro vínculo, do Santo Espírito, para o filho Cristóvão:
2) MORGADIO DO SANTO ESPÍRITO (processo na Cx. 106-9): missa quotidiana por alma dos fundadores, na ermida do Santo Espírito, dita por um capelão pago pelo seu preço, com a cera e azeite necessários, e a obrigação de reparar e ornamentar o dito templo. Últimos administradores: casa do Conde de Carvalhal.

SUCESSÃO DOS MORGADIOS: nomeia os filhos João Esmeraldo (filho do instituidor e da falecida mulher D. Joana Gonçalves da Câmara) e Cristóvão Esmeraldo, sucedendo pessoa da sua geração, a saber, filho primogénito se houvesse, não havendo passaria a outra pessoa mais chegada à geração dos fundadores.
BENS VINCULADOS: morgadios do Santo Espírito e do Vale da Bica, Ponta do Sol, resultantes da divisão da Lombada de João Esmeraldo em dois grandes “lotes”, como determinado no aludido contrato de partilhas (vol. II, f. 9/24 v.º). No testamento, declara-se que a Lombada está aforada em fateusim, com a pensão de 150.000 réis anuais. O contrato de partilhas descreve os bens de raiz do casal: i) Lombada da Ponta do Sol, do mar à serra, constituída por terras de canaviais, de pão e montados, com suas águas, assentamentos, engenhos, casa de purgar, pomar, a qual lombada parte de um lado com a ribeira da Ponta do Sol, e do outro pela ribeira da Caixa; ii) assentamento de engenho e casas de purgar, chãos e outras benfeitorias sita além da ribeira da Ponta do Sol; iii) fazenda sita além da vila da Ponta do Sol, aforada a D. João Henriques por 100.000 réis ao ano; iv) um grande assentamento de casas na rua que sai do varadouro dos batéis para cima e passa à outra rua do Sabão; v) três casas terreiras frente a este assentamento de casas.
SUB-ROGAÇÃO DE BENS: a verba declaratória (Cx. 106-9, III vol., f. 49), datada de 1851-10-22, refere que que se encontra sub-rogado o capital do foro das terras do Jangão, Ponta do Sol (morgadio do Vale da Bica) pelo capital do foro de terras da quinta do Palheiro Ferreiro, pertencentes à quinta do Garajau.
ADMINISTRADOR (do morgadio do Vale da Bica, presentes autos) em 1649-09-20, data da primeira quitação (f. 2): António de Carvalhal Esmeraldo, que presta quitações de missas ditas na sua capela de São Pedro do morgado da Lombada. Em 1669-08-2[…] presta contas D. Luzia de Moura, como tutora do filho morgado. Em 1673 (f. 38) é administrador o capitão António de Carvalhal Esmeraldo. Em 1699-10-17 (f. 58) presta contas Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos. Em 1796 administra o morgado Agostinho João de Ornelas e Vasconcelos.
ÚLTIMO ADMINISTRADOR: Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (cf. documentos no proc. Cx. 106-9).

Outras informações do testamento e codicilo (155-161 v.º):
ENTERRAMENTO: onde a mulher e os filhos ordenarem.
ESCRAVOS: o testador proíbe a venda, ou doação como cativos, dos escravos nascidos em sua casa, determinando que sirvam a sua mulher e filhos e sejam bem tratados.
CAPELAS: manda fazer de novo “de pedra e cal” a capela de Santa Ana (Sé do Funchal), para o que se apropria das três casas terreiras no Funchal e de um foro de 300 réis, imposto numas casas que tem João Rodrigues Castelhano.
OUTROS LEGADOS: 7.000 réis para o filho Cristóvão Esmeraldo gastar no coro da igreja do Santo Espírito; 10.000 réis destinados a um sacrário para a igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz; 20.000 réis a Amásia Delgada para ajuda do seu casamento.
DÍVIDAS: o contrato de partilhas estipulara que os filhos pagariam as dívidas, pelo que desencarrega, assim, a sua consciência e carrega a dos filhos (f. 3).
TESTEMUNHAS: Manuel de Atouguia e bacharel Fernão d’Aires, estantes ao presente na Lombada da Ponta do Sol; João Nunes, criado de João Esmeraldo de Vasconcelos; Cristóvão Luís, criado de João Esmeraldo “o Velho”; Fernão Dias, mestre de açúcar, ora estante na Lombada.
LITERACIA: testamento feito e assinado de sua mão e letra e sinal.

Outras informações do contrato de partilhas (161 v.º-176):
BENS QUE NÃO ENTRAM NA PARTILHA (e que seriam retirados do montemor dos bens de raiz):
i) fica reservado para a mulher D. Águega de Abreu a legítima que lhe ficara de seus pais e todas as joias, escravos e, caso o marido falecesse primeiro, ficaria ainda com todas as alfaias e perfias de casa e, ainda, lograria em vida das casas e asentamento do Funchal.
ii) também seria retirado do montemor o dote de 200 cruzados que fora atribuído ao testador e à sua primeira mulher, D. Joana da Câmara.
TESTEMUNHAS (do contrato de partilhas): D. João de Noronha e Jerónimo de Abreu, fidalgos da casa d'el-rei; os muito honrados mestre doutor Duarte e Álvaro Dias, cidadão da cidade do Funchal; João Lombardo e João Dias, tesoureiro da igreja da Ponta do Sol.

Outros documentos:
F. 108 – Despacho do juiz do Resíduo, de 1775-12-30, a ordenar que o escrivão junte a estes autos por certidão a instituição constante nos outros autos da capela do mesmo instituidor, de que era administrador Luís António Esmeraldo e hoje seu filho João de Carvalhal Esmeraldo.
F. 148 v.º-153 – Embargos de nulidade interpostos pelo morgado Agostinho de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, à notificação para pagar 12.000 réis do traslado de uns autos.
F. 155-161 v.º- Traslados do testamento e codicilo.
F. 161 v.º-176 – Traslado do contrato de partilhas (refere-se um primeiro traslado feito a requerimento de Francisco de Bettencourt de Sá).

Partition deed by which Fernando de Miranda Henriques, heir of Catarina de Sande Soutomaior and her husband Gonçalo de Miranda Henriques, received a public debt instrument of 80 000 réis after their death. He was obligated to use 30 000 réis from this amount to fulfil the pious obligations.

Papal bull of reduction of charges celebrated at the Hospital dos Pobres, in Unhos, in the outskirts of Lisboa, issued by Pope Clement VIII, at the request of Francisco de Aguiar.

Papal brief addressed to Sebastião de Castro, authorizing the annexation of a second chapel, instituted by him, to the one established by Gonçalo Martins, and also confirming him as his legitimate administrator.

Pagamento à terça of the late Pedro de Bettencourt Henriques, which belongs to his wife, D. Mariana de Meneses, who made the assets inventory.

Pagamento à terça of Luísa de Sousa, in which are mentioned the properties she entailed: revenue of her part of the quinta da Caparica, Almada, and of her houses in Rossio, Lisboa.

Opening deed of a will made by padre Matias Cabral in which he ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of an entail.

Opening deed of the will made by Manuel Toledo and Catarina Cardosa, in which they ordered the foundation of an entail.

Opening deed made of the will made by Catarina Coelho.

Mortgage bond made by António Garcia and Mariana Quaresma, his wife, founding a chapel in Coja to mass celebration for their souls. They bind and mortgage some properties to the chapel's administration (fábrica) and ornaments.

Mandate issued by Diogo Borges, juiz and contador dos Resíduos, Capelas e Hospitais nas comarcas de Entre Douro e Minho, ordering the tombo of the assets of the chapel of Idães.

Licence for the construction of an hermitage of the invocation of Nossa Senhora da Consolação, in Campo da Feira, in Guimarães, as requested by Baltasar Fernandes Sodré, who had endowed it with assets and established charges.

Licence granted by frei Luís de Figueiredo, provincial of the Ordem Terceira de São Francisco, authorizing Belchior de Sousa and Francisca Vaz Pessoa, his wife, to make a contract with Frei Pedro da Trindade, ministro of the convent of São Francisco of São João da Pesqueira, for the building of the chancel of that convent, which shall serve as their chapel and burial place.

Libel of accusation presented by Cristóvão Freire de Andrade and D. Paula, his wife, plaintiffs, against Luís de Vilalobos de Vasconcelos and Teodósia do Vale, his wife, defendants, stating that Martinho Vicente de Vasconcelos had established an entail, in his will, with income from the Fonte Boa's farm (herdade) and the Valbom's vineyards. The plaintiffs accuse the defendants of, after the death of Nicolau de Vilalobos, previous administrator, descendant of the institutor and father of the plaintiff and defendant, the defendant usurped the administration of the chapel, not leaving it after five years, as expected in the institution. They ask for the conviction of the defendants, who should lose the administration.

Libel of accusation presented in a civil process between João Luís and Domingas Lopes, plaintiffs, against Francisco Luís and Violante Afonso, defendants, containing the charges of the institution.
Francisco Luís, as attorney of João Luís, his nephew, had received a favorable sentence in a deed filed against Paulo de Reboredo, who brought the administration of the chapel. However, falsifying the information, he had said that he was the oldest son of Luís Eanes, although he was not. The sentence was, therefore, passed in his name and did not give João Luís, his nephew, son of João Luís, eldest son of Luís Eanes, who had been the administrator of that chapel.

Letter of possession by which Diogo Lourenço took possession of houses in Lisboa, which had belonged to his brother, Gaspar Lourenço.

Letter of possession by which Francisco Fragoso, Cavaleiro Fidalgo da Casa do Rei, represented by his cousin, Gonçalo Fragoso, took possession of 2 olive groves and other properties located on the outskirts of Moura, which belonged to Isabel Soares' chapel. Francisco Fragoso had succeeded his cousin, Jerónima da Assunção, who had died in the convent of Salvador.

Letter of attorney mentioning the will of the couple to found an entail by their estate quinta da Foz (in the outskirts of Óbidos) with pious obligations in the chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, through which Joana Lopes Brandoa grants her husband full powers to all the necessary procedures to the aforementionned foundation

Letter of attorney by which Fernando Pires de Sousa, clérigo, resident in Roma, authorizes his nephew, Manuel Guterres, to establish a chapel on his behalf in the church of S. Julião of Lisboa.
Followed by a copy of an extract of a letter, written in 1668, in which Fernando Pires de Sousa expresses his wish to establish a chapel in the church of S. Julião of Lisboa, where he was baptized, to which he wanted to entail a public debt instrument of 40 000 réis. He declares that his nephew, Pedro de Sousa, should be its first administrator, to whom would succeed his other nephew, Manuel Guterres. He orders the latter to make an agreement with the priests of that church.

Letter of attorney by Violante Aranha de Távora, appointing Bento Nunes do Couto, granting him the necessary powers to establish the chapel, and leaving some instructions regarding the functioning of the institution.

Land measurement deed of the entail instituted by Gonçalo Dias and Martinho Eanes, in the presence of Domingos Martins.

Land measurement deed of the assets of the chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, established by Domingos Cardoso da Fonseca, in Aldeia de Cima, on the outskirts of Armamar.
The following is a description of the rents paid to the chapel and the charges celebrated therein.

Juízo dos Resíduos record of the chapel instituted by Mestre André, with 26 annual masses, in the presence of the administrator Domingos Frutuoso, resident in the Campo de Santa Ana, Braga.

Juízo dos Resíduos record of the chapel instituted by António Eanes and Leonor in the church of São Paio de Merelim, with the documents being presented in the Juízo dos Resíduos by António Álvares and António Francisco, first administrators.

Juízo dos Resíduos record of the chapel instituted by Senhorinha Gonçalves, in the presence of Belchior Fernandes, administrator, along with other Senhorinha's heirs, fulfiling her will.

Juízo dos Resíduos record of the entail established by Martinho Manuel. Belchior Afonso, Martinho's son-in-law, appeared before the clerk of the Juízo dos Resíduos, presented the documents and declared the obligations. The entail was granted to Martinho's daughter, Eulália Manuel, and her descendants. It consisted of lands located in Santa Maria, with the obligation to celebrate perpetual masses in that church.

Juízo dos Resíduos record made in the presence of Estêvão Rodrigues, administrator of the chapel instituted by Estêvão Rodrigues, presenting the documents concerning the entailed properties.

Countains several acquisiton letters (1584-1603).

Juízo dos Resíduos record of the chapel instituted by Isabel Gonçalves, by which the current administrator, João Esteves, presented the institutor's will. The document, summarized in this record, stated the pious obligations and appointed João Esteves as administrator, granting him the power to choose his successor.

Inquisitio about Quinta de Guilhamelo and the chapel charges.

Grace warrant of administration to Jerónimo Perdigão, for his lifetime only, of the chapel of Gonçalo Eanes Rabeja, as a reward for his father, Lopo Vaz de Castelo Branco, services in the chapel administration and in the journey of Africa, where he was captive and died. Until Jerónimo Perdigão reaches 20 years old, his mother, Catarina de Araújo, is responsible for collecting the chapel's income, for her family support.

Grace warrant of administration to António do Couto, for his lifetime only, succeeding to Álvaro de Matos, his father-in-law, in the administration of the chapel founded by João de Santiago and Maria Fusinhos.

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

Foundation deed (extract) and certificate listing the pious charges of the chapel founded by Francisco Eanes and Martinho Eanes in the Church of Santiago in Beja identifying the entailed properties and the pious obligations.

Extract of a foundation deed of an entail by Simão Toscano, entailing all his properties in Vila Chã, Larim, Prado, Entre Homem e Cavado, Braga, Barcelos and Esposende. The head of the entail should be the estate of Soz, where the administrator should live at least for three months a year. The entail also had the obligation of a monthly mass in a chapel to be built in that estate, or in the chapel of Santa Luzia in Braga's cathedral.

Foundation deed through which Manuel de Sousa, brother and heir to Damião de Sousa, establishes an entail by his late brother inheritance to pay for the masses listed in Manuel de Sousa’s will.

Foundation deed by João Carneiro de Morais and Helena de Araújo of a chapel by the quinta da Boavista, in the freguesia of Cedofeita, Porto, in the same location where the couple had previously established an hermitage in honor of St Benedict. The hermitage should be considered the head of the entail

Exemplification of a certificate listing the pious charges of the chapel founded by Margarida Durães.
Issued by António Sem Medo, escrivão da Provedoria de Portalegre, from the tombo of the chapels of Portalegre.

Exemplification of an entail foundation deed by which João Manuel de Lisboa, contador da moeda do rei, son of Diogo Manuel de Lisboa and Beatriz Vaz, establishes an entail in his parents' name.

Exemplification of a will (extract) of Catarina Vaz, requested by Fernando Nunes Cavalheiro. One realizes that Catarina Vaz had left her property, in charge of masses, celebrated in the monastery of São Domingos of Elvas, to Maria Lourenço Gramacha and Rui Pegado, her nephews, parents of Fernando Nunes Cavalheiro.

Exemplification of a will (extract) of D. Cristóvão de Moura and his wife D. Margarida Côrte-Real, marqueses de Castelo Rodrigo, founding an entail.

Exemplification containing an excerpt of the will of Maria Eanes Garavinha by which she ordered, among other dispositions, the foundation of a chapel in the church of São Miguel of Coruche, naming Rodrigo Afonso, son of Francisco Martins and Branca Lopes, first administrator.

Exemplification of a will chart by Maria Soares written by request of Maria de Serafins, her executor.
Contains: two approval deeds, dated from 1635-02-14 and 1635-02-23 and opening deed of a will, dated from 1635-02-14.

Exemplification of the will of Afonso Dias de Brião, ordering, among other dispositions, the foundation of a chapel, with a daily mass obligation, in the church of São Martinho, in Montemor-o-Velho, where his remains should be buried, near the altar of Santa Luzia, and the remais of his parents should be transferred to the grave as well. He named his nephew, Miguel Eanes, to execute his will and administrate the chapel during his lifetime, transmitting the administration to the closest relative after his death.

Exemplification of the will of Gil Martins founding a chapel in the church of São Salvador in Arraiolos.

Exemplification of the will of Mem de Sá by which he ordered the foundation of an entail.

Exemplification of a sale and bond deed issued by Domingos Coutinho.

Extract of an exemplification in which is declared that Rui Gonçalves and Maria Moscoso have stated in their wills the foundation of an entail to their daughter and to their offspring, with pious obligations in the church of Santa Maria Madalena in Olivença.