the formularies of medieval portuguese testaments from 1280 to 1289 and one from the following decade.13 However, it is still important to note the far greater number of wills than donations in the period between 1240 and 1280. Perhaps this relative majority could also be extended to the first decades of the 13th century, since the paleographic analysis of the five undated wills places them precisely in this period. Unfortunately, for various reasons, it was not possible to refine this critical dating, because if it had been it might have proved wrong the slightly hegemonic tendency of donations found in the 1210s and 1230s. Considering this analysis, it is possible to conclude that part of Pedroso’s patrimony comes from the testamentary legacies that the faithful and patrons left to the monastery in this period rather than from living donations from them. In other words, and referring to the theoretical definition that distinguishes between these two types of documents, the monastic institution would only be entitled to the assets bequeathed to it after the death of the testators (with the same premise also applying topostmortemdonations) and not at the time the document was made, as would happen with donations. In many cases, this situation meant that the monastery only took possession of the assets left by the testators later, perhaps several years after the will was drawn up. In one specific case, we know that a testator (Fernando Peres Lauredo) made a first testament in 1221 and a second, much larger and with different clauses, in 124514 – that is, 24 years later. As mentioned above, the distinctions made among donations, postmortemdonations, and wills was based on an analysis of the formulary and content of the documents. Concerning the first aspect, that of the formulary, rather than analysing the essential formulas of these types of documents, we were interested in verifying which secondary or accessory formulas were included in them, in order to be able to define typologies and establish comparisons. For this reason, we focused our attention on the invocation, notification, sanction, corroboration, and dating of the 34 documents collected. The results obtained are as follows intable2: 264 13 Almeida 2016, p. 80. 14 Respectively ANTT, S. Pedro de Pedroso, mç. 5, nº 32 and mç. 6, nº 20.
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