The working translation names Bernal Méndez as Francisco Méndez’s father.
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Francisco Méndez
Son of Bernal Méndez and Costanza Afonso, husband of Francisca de Abreu, and guardian of his sister Margarida in the deed of 3 December 1571. No descendants are named in the reviewed family clause. Not identified with Felipe Álvarez’s son Francisco.
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Francisco Méndez
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Son of Bernal Méndez and Costanza Afonso, husband of Francisca de Abreu, and guardian of his sister Margarida in the deed of 3 December 1571. No descendants are named in the reviewed family clause. Not identified with Felipe Álvarez’s son Francisco.
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The working translation names Costanza Afonso as Francisco Méndez’s mother. This does not separately establish Margarida’s mother.
The deed names Francisca de Abreu as Francisco Méndez’s wife.
Margarida is explicitly Francisco’s sister. The statement does not identify her mother.
Francisco acts as Margarida’s guardian; this legal role is kept separate from parentage.
The 3 December 1571 deed records a redeemable annuity sale before Juan de Balcázar at Ribadavia, with Juan López de Vaamonde as buyer. The buyer is not thereby a relative of the sellers.
Record
Méndez–Abreu annuity deed at Ribadavia, 1571
Arquivo da Deputación de Pontevedra, Familia Malvar / Palacete de Salcedo, sig. 12.930/2
A redeemable annuity sold at Ribadavia on 3 December 1571 before Juan de Balcázar. Family relationships are read from the supplied working translation; the original scan is linked, without claiming a complete palaeographic audit. The deed names Francisco’s parents, his wife Francisca de Abreu, and his sister and ward Margarida; it does not name Margarida’s mother. The buyer’s Baamonde household is a separate transaction party. Identification with the court-case Méndez family remains unverified.