This document describes the post-mortem inventory and the division of the estate between the heirs of Álvaro Mendes de Vasconcelos, that is, his wife and his two sons and daughter. Álvaro Mendes was an important local aristocrat in the region of Évora; he possessed several estates, namely a substantial entail (Esporão). In order to identify precisely which estates and movable goods should be granted to each heir, the two local judges called in by the family made an extensive inventory of Álvaro Mendes' patrimony, listing estates, farms, debts, and movable goods. The latter were divided according to a specific hierarchy: slaves, cattle, and household objects. Every previous donation granted to any children is also listed. The daughter and son-in-law were to be excluded from the partition as long as the outstanding component of the daughter's dowry were paid. According to Portuguese law, the widow retained half of the patrimony acquired after the marriage. The two sons, João Mendes and Diogo Mendes de Vasconcelos, received similar portions of the estate.