The “Entail of the Month” initiative presents this July the Morgadio do Hespanhol, established in Torres Vedras by João Lopes Perestrelo on the last day of June 1587. The Perestrelos, from Piacenza, Italy, had arrived in our country around 1384-85 and since then had owned properties in the Torres Vedras region. Filippo Pallastrelli, the head of the family, was called “the Spaniard” by the people, thus giving rise to the name of the farm. He was the father of Bartolomeu Perestrelo, donate captain of the island of Porto Santo, and of Richarte/Rafael Perestrelo, prior of Santa Marinha de Lisbon, who in 1423 legitimized two sons, João and Sebastião. The nobles indicate that this João was the João Lopes Perestrelo (I) who commanded a ship in Vasco da Gama’s second fleet, in 1502, which we believe to be unlikely since he was over 80 years old. His grandson, João Lopes Perestrelo (II), would die “in Spaniard” on May 5, 1606, having determined, in his will of 1587, the binding of Quinta do Hespanhol and other properties in Cintra and Lisbon. In 1810, the estate yielded 3,000$000, being one of the largest properties in the region of Torres Vedras. There was regular succession, without disputes, until the ties were extinguished and the farm still belongs to the Perestrelo family.

To find out more about this entail, visit the page with all the information about this entail of the month. You can also find out about the other already available entails at: https://www.vinculum.fcsh.unl.pt/entail-of-the-month

You can also participate in this initiative by leaving your suggestion for future entails of the month and other information about entails that you may have. To do so, you can contact the project at the email address: vinculum@fcsh.unl.pt.

The VINCULUM project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and is led by Maria de Lurdes Rosa, Professor at NOVA FCSH and researcher at the Institute of Medieval Studies, distinguished with the first Consolidator Grant in the area of ​​History, awarded by the ERC to a Portuguese researcher.