 These vendors eventually armed their tents some distance from the church, and solicited the brotherhood for space in front of the "Misericórdia Velha" in order to establish their tents.The confreres consented to the rental, but determined that no part of the churchyard would be occupied again.In 1764, the confreres petitioned royal authority to build a tomb, which was a typical of the period, since the space had no place to bury their dead.