Name

This document is described as a declaração (see Diplomatic analysis – Inscriptio), while it is generally described in archival terms as a carta de anexação1See, for instance, the available registers at the National Archives (Torre do Tombo) and the Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta, among others (https://digitarq.arquivos.pt/details?id=4636774; https://archeevo.amap.pt/details?id=84919&ht=) (accessed: 28.5.2021)..

The corresponding English term is based on Cunha & Cavalcanti, 2008, pp. 16 and 387.

Specific bibliography

Unless otherwise stated, the following typological analysis is based on the diplomatic analysis of the document chosen to exemplify this document type.

Definition

A notarial document in the name of an issuer who attached his/her estate to a chantry or an entail. This same document type was used to attach one ecclesiastical institution to another (see the examples indicated in the footnotes).

Author/producing institution

Notary or other scribe endowed with public faith, who formulated the document in direct speech in the name of the person attaching a part of his/her estate to the chantry or entail.

Recipient(s)

There is no recipient mentioned in the document protocol (see Diplomatic analysis – Inscriptio).

Recording and archiving conditions

The final clause of the exemplar analysed orders this document to be appended to the founding document and the tombo of the entail (see Diplomatic analysis – Final clauses).