Career
Alcaide of Évora, and Guarda mór (alguacil) of John I of Portugal. Born in Évora, was the son of Vasco Martins de Melo and Maria Afonso de Brito. Martim married twice, the first with Beatriz Pimentel.
The second marriage was to Briolanja de Sousa, granddaughter of Vasco Martins de Sousa and Inês Dias descendant of Ferdinand III of Castile.