Royal sentence finishing a court process between the priests of the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa, and Luís de Brito do Rio, fidalgo da Casa do Rei, husband of Joana de Lima Henriques and administrator of the entail and chapel established by Lopo Mendes do Rio and Leonor Dias. Luís de Brito do Rio had inherited the entail after the death, in 1619, of D. Guiomar da Silva, wife of Luís de Mendonça, who was the last successor of the institutors in direct line. As heir from a transversal line, Luís de Brito do Rio only had the right to administer half the possessions of the entail. The other half should, according to the will of the institutors, be divided in two parts: half to the convent of S. Domingos de Benfica and half for pious obligations, namely redemption of captives. There was a long process to establish which properties and what revenue was owed to each part.
Contains several documents regarding these proceedings, including royal sentences dated 1627-08-17, 1627-11-18, 1630-08-13, 1631-07-24, 1631-07-28 and 1631-07-30; sentences issued by the provedor das Capelas dated 1627-02-18, 1630-05-24, 1631-03-06 and 1631-07-24, and sentences of liquidation dated 1630-10-08, 1630-10-12 and 1630-11-16. Mentions dispatches and several embargos set upon the revenue by both parts.