50 Lisboa, Torre do Tombo, Colegiada de Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães, Docs. Particulares, m. 15, nº 18. 51 The will was opened on 18 May 1373, but it had been drawn up since 1371.03.09 (Guimarães, Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta, Colegiada de Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães, Pergaminhos, nº 8−2−4−28). 52 Lisboa, Torre do Tombo, Colegiada de Santa Maria da Oliveira de Guimarães, Docs. Particulares, m. 16, nº 16. Conclusion some remarks on last wills at guimarães in the 13thand14th centuries by public notaries. However, during the period under study, wills mostly only mentioned the name of the town (Vimaranes/Guimarães) and rarely provided the specific location where the will was written. In fact, only nine times during this period was a will drafted in the house of the testator. Any testament had to be opened as soon as thedecuius died, since the will might stipulate the desired burial place and the form the funeral ceremonies should take (vigils, masses, responsos, prayers, etc.). In 1292, the will of a canon of the Collegiate, drafted in July, was opened in the cloister of the church on the last day of December, when the said canon had probably died.50 In 1373 a will draw two years earlier was opened and made public by a notary public in front of a judge, both present for the purpose, in the testator’s own home, where he lay dead.51 But unfortunately, this kind of information about the immediate post-mortemrarely comes to us, and it is not even mentioned in the later copies. It is worth noting the will of Constança Peres, which was drafted in 1271.52 Shehad appointed her father as her executor, and it is possible that he was the one who marked soluit in a different ink on various legacies. This indicates that her final wishes were being carried out. Taking into account what has been said, the will of Master Fernando of 1329 to which we referred at the beginning of this text has no special characteristics. Its internal features are similar to those of the others from this period, as it includes the entrustment of the soul to God, provides an indication as to where the testator was to be buried, and states how and by whom the testator’s assets should be distributed. 550
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