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1. A piece of farmland located in Kempe, measuring approximately 6 spinden, situated between Esch Graven and the land of Derk Dekhari. Annual tax: 1.00 guilders, transfer tax: 0.30 guilders, poor relief: 0.20 guilders.
2. A piece of farmland called Beker Attes Stukje or Bekers-stukke, measuring approximately 3 schepels, located at Groenen weg with one end at the Erve Goosselink. Annual tax: 1.50 guilders, transfer tax: 0.40 guilders, poor relief: 0.30 guilders.
3. Farmland called Bréstukke, divided into three parts: First part measuring approximately 1 schepel, located with the north side at the land of Erve Staman and one end at Groenenweg; second part measuring approximately 5 spinden; third part measuring approximately 5 spinden, located next to the second part and the land of Erve Haarlamp. Each part had annual tax of 0.75 guilders, transfer tax of 0.25 guilders, and poor relief of 0.15 guilders.
4. A piece of farmland measuring approximately 2 schepels, located with the north side at the land of Gerrit Erhuis and ending at Zaandink Pad, with the south side next to the fifth parcel. This land was subject to tithe, valued at 1 guilder yearly for registration purposes. Annual tax: 1.00 guilders, transfer tax: 0.30 guilders, poor relief: 0.20 guilders.
5. A piece of farmland measuring approximately 2 schepels, located between the fourth and sixth parcels, also ending at Zaandink-Pad and subject to tithe valued at 1 guilder yearly. Annual tax: 1.00 guilders, transfer tax: 0.30 guilders, poor relief: 0.20 guilders.
6. A piece of farmland measuring approximately 2 schepels, located between the fifth parcel and the land of Roelif Estruw, also ending at Zaandink Pad and subject to tithe valued at 1 guilder yearly. Annual tax: 1.00 guilders, transfer tax: 0.30 guilders, poor relief: 0.20 guilders.

• The sale would be conducted in Dutch guilders of 100 cents each, using a bidding system with increases and decreases to find the highest or first bidder.
• The person who made the highest bid would receive what was listed for each parcel and would have the right to make the first increase. The buyer had to pay one-tenth of a cent from this and all further increases, together with the starting bid, a drinking money payment, and a charity payment (also listed per parcel), immediately after the final award, without any reduction from the purchase price.
• The buyer was required to pay 10% of the total purchase price owed to the notary at his office in Almelo within 10 days after the final award. The notary would use six-tenths of this amount to cover the costs of registration, publication, seals, and related sale expenses, and could keep the rest as his fee. If the buyer requested it, the costs of transfer and a copy of the official record would have to be paid separately by the buyer.
• The full purchase price had to be paid to the notary at his office in accepted gold or silver Dutch coins, in one payment without any deductions for claimed debts, on the first of July 1820, in the morning between 10:00 and 12:00. A late buyer would have to pay a penalty of 5% of the purchase price to the notary, together with the purchase price.
• After receiving the money, the notary would pay it to Hendrik Jan Raedt and he would use it to pay off the debts described in the qualification deed mentioned earlier in the document.
• If required, the buyer had to provide 2 sufficient guarantors approved by the notary, who would commit themselves together with the buyer, each fully responsible as main buyers, for the prompt payment of the purchase price and compliance with these conditions, giving up the rights to demand collection from the main debtor first or to split the debt. If a buyer could not or would not immediately provide guarantors, the property would be put up for sale again, to the loss and not the benefit of such unable or unwilling buyer. All higher bidders up to the starting bidder would then have to maintain their bids even if they had been outbid.
• The properties being sold were sold in the condition, nature, and size as they were, and as they belonged to the seller Jan Gierveld as owner. They were sold with all benefits and burdens, rights and privileges that might rest on them or belong to them, whether or not these were listed in the document. Therefore, the buyer would have no claim for compensation or other legal action against the seller on any grounds.
• The land tax burdening the properties would have to be paid by the buyer from the first of January onwards, and the buyer would take possession of the properties as soon as

• Gerrit Jan van de Riet, messenger
• Hendrik Echuis, field guard of the municipality of Wierden, living in Wierden

23 October 1821: A legal document was registered in Almelo. The registration fee of 59 cents was paid. The document was signed by E. Dull, who was a peace judge, Jan Vrielink, J. Mulder, H. Mokkelen Cate, H. I. Kamphuis, Man. Gietveld, and L. P. H. Sinkel. Derk Gierveld declared that he could not sign because he had never learned to write. The document was received by G. H. Autfucorth. L. O. W. Sinkel signed for the official copy. Hendrik Krielink, a farmer living in the municipality of Wierden, respectfully requested the court of Almelo to approve a family decision for execution.

• No other funds or income for the estate were found to exist
• The claims against the estate were real and valid
• The only way to pay these debts was to sell the farmer's inheritance called het Vrielink, including the farmland and grasslands
• This property was located in the districts under the municipality of Wierden, number 151
• The sale price would be 738 guilders and 25 cents
• The meeting authorized the requestor to proceed with this sale

Aaltjen Vrielink, aged 13, and Gerrit Vrielink, aged 18, were the children of their deceased mother Hendrika Gierveld. The following relatives and close friends of these minors appeared: from the father's side: Jan Vrielink, uncle of the minors; Jan Mulder, uncle by marriage; and Harmen Mokkelencate, also uncle by marriage of the minors. From the mother's side: Hendrik Jan Kamphuis, cousin of the minors; Derk Gierveld, uncle; and Mannes Gierveld, also uncle of the minors. All were farmers living in the municipality of Wierden, except the fifth person who lived in Hellendoorn in this province. These people gathered with us in a family council. The father and legal guardian of the minors appeared at the meeting, stating that he requested authorization from them to mortgage his farmhouse and property called the Krielink with all its associated and nearby farmland.

On 7 December 1819, at the office in Almelo, an official record was made by Notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk. Properties in Gierveld were sold to Gozenijn Broeze Derkszun, a schoolteacher, Gerrit Hendrik Oonk, a blacksmith, and De Meyer, a farmer, all living in Wierden. The previous registrations remained valid. The people involved promised to guarantee the Keeper of Mortgages regarding the cancellation of these registrations for the mentioned properties.

This deed was made and signed in the city of Enschede on 14 July 1820 at the residence of those involved, in the presence of Notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk, G. Pennink, and B. Spijker. The document remained in the possession of Notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk. A copy was issued for the Mortgage Office in Almelo on 19 July 1820.

Before Notary Jacobus van Riemsdijk, public notary of the Almelo district, residing in the city of Almelo, province of Overijssel, and witnesses, appeared Willem Grave, a farmer, living in the hamlet of Hasselo, municipality of Weerselo, canton Oldenzaal, in the aforementioned district and province. He officially acknowledged that he owed Mr. Hendrik Jan Raedt, a lawyer at the Court of First Instance, and Mrs. Johanna Magtilda Engelina Palthe, married couple living in the city of Almelo, a capital sum of 300 guilders in Dutch currency. This money had already been lent to him in silver Dutch coins at the current exchange rate. Willem Grave promised to repay this sum of 300 guilders to Hendrik Jan Raedt and Johanna Magtilda Engelina Palthe at their residence or to the holder of the official copy of this deed on 19 July of each year, provided proper notice had been given at least half a year in advance by either party.

Jan Gierveld, a farmer living in Wierden, had property registrations recorded at the Bureau of Mortgages for this district on 13 February 1812, in part 1, numbers 539 and 538 respectively.

On 14 July 1820, notaries Jacobus van Riemsdijk (public notary of the Almelo district, living in the city of Almelo, main town of that district in the province of Overijssel) and Willem Philip Carel Greve (public notary living in the city of Enschede, municipality and canton of Enschede, in the same district and province) appeared before the authorities.

Gerrit Penniik, a public notary, and Bezendina Spijker, both living in the city of Enschede, came forward. Bezendina Spijker was assisted and authorized by her husband Gerrit Penniik.

They declared through this document that they agreed to the registration that had been made for and against Jan Gierveld. The properties involved were:

• Farmland called 't Brée stukke
• 4 pieces of farmland, each measuring 5 spinden
• 1 piece located between the land of the Reformed Church at Wierden and the next piece
• 1 piece located between the first mentioned piece and the next one
• 1 piece between the last previous one and the following one
• 1 piece between this one and a 5th piece that belonged to Jan Gierveld as his property
• A piece of farmland, measuring about 2 bushels, located with its north side against the land of Gorrit Er huis and extending with the other end to the Zaandink road

• Plot 16: A piece of land bordered on the north by plot 16 and on the south by Harmen Meijer's land, belonging to the farm called de Meijer
• Plot 18: A piece of land measuring 2 schepel (a unit of measurement), belonging to K. Meinders, located north of Am Nijhof and south of M. Kosters's land
• Plot 19: A piece of land measuring 2 schepel, owned by Als Kosters, located north of plot 18 and south of land from the Staman farm
• Plot 20: A piece of land measuring 5 schepel, belonging to Bd Klomp, located between roads, north of A. Hk Nijhof's land and south of land from the de Meijer farm
• Plot 21: Two pieces of land measuring 4 schepel total, owned by B. Klomp, located in the Bouweinde area, north of land from the Steman farm and south of G. Broeze J.Z.'s land
• Plot 22: A piece of land measuring 3 schepel, belonging to the widow Wolters, located between roads across from the small forest, north of land from the Staman farm and south of Staman land
• Plot 23: A piece of land measuring 1.5 schepel, owned by I. H. van Buren, located north of B. Hesselink and south of G. H. Wanschers's land
• Plot 24: A piece of land measuring 2 schepel, belonging to J. Vincent, with land from the Lammers farm to the east and land from the Haarkamp farm to the west
• Plot 25: A piece of land measuring 3 schepel, owned by Js Westerik, located at Dollenkerkpad with its end to the north
• Plot 26: A piece of land measuring 3 schepel, belonging to the heirs of Goossen Klaas, with its end to the north at Dollenkerkpad
• Plot 27: A piece of land measuring 3 schepel, owned by Albs Hendrik, located directly in front of the north end of plots 25 and 26

On September 3, 1663, in the castle at Batavia, authorities learned that two Portuguese men had received permission from the government to go where they pleased. These men requested to be taken under English protection and to sail to England on the ship the Couvertijn. When the resident heard this, he went to the English trading post and informed the friends there that these Portuguese had run away from Batavia. He asked that they not be taken in or sent away, as this would displease the authorities. The English replied that these people said they were free, and they could not be forbidden from the trading post since they could go where they pleased. The resident had to accept this. That same evening, the two Portuguese were sent by boat to the English yacht Couvertijn, where they remained. The resident believed they were his two soldiers in the service of the Company, as they wore blue perpetual breeches. He noted that Mr. Page, who was a great enemy of the Dutch nation, had arranged this. The agent was sick, and the Sultan did not want to interfere.

On the morning of Wednesday, September 5, the ship Princesse Royale and the small ships Hoogcaspel and Elsenburg left for Siam. The ship would return from there, while the small ships would patrol for Chinese junks and blockade the bar of Siam, according to secret instructions sent with merchant Enoch Poolvoet. Letters from the authorities were sent to both the King of Siam and Oijaberkelang, as recorded in the outgoing letter book dated September 3.

Lieutenant Pieter van Haerlem went with his boat to Bantam with a note for the resident to accompany letters from the authorities to the directors in the assembly of 17, along with a duplicate addressed to the Chamber of Zeeland. He was ordered to deliver these to the English friends who would leave Bantam for England on the ship Couvertijn.

That day, the ambassadors from Jambij left for home with their vessels. The authorities sent letters to both Pangoran Ratoe and Pangoran Depatij Anum, as recorded in the outgoing letter book dated September 5, for the purpose of maintaining friendship.

The yacht Arnemuijden arrived from Amboina via Macassar and Japara with cargo worth 51,177 guilders, 2 stuivers, and 8 penningen taken on board at Macassar. They also received a letter from resident Jan Barra there, dated August 12, mentioning no particular changes. The people of Macassar did not have good intentions, given what had happened at Bangij and Gape. They very much wanted to know how Mr. Nieuwlandt had managed things on Bouton. Because the King would not give up his claim for 8,000 rixdollars regarding Adrichen, Barra had proposed to Mr. Nieuwlandt whether the authorities' gift should be reduced by half, but the council could not agree to this. The princes of Macassar, having learned that peace with Portugal was broken again, acted as if they would have preferred the peace to continue. However, they fed each other the hope that England would help restore their fallen state in the Indies, about which they imagined and spoke wonderful things.

Francisco Viera approached the resident for a pass to sail to Timor, Larentucke, and elsewhere to collect his san

• Jan van Antwerpen had made handles for pans and someone said to him that when he would be sober, they would teach him something different, but now he did not know what he was doing.
• The third witness, Margareta Spoor, wife of Olivier Hollebeek, who was working as a midwife's assistant, stated that while she was attending the wife of Jan Schouten (the person requesting this testimony) who had been in labor for 8 days, an incident occurred on Easter evening. Jan van Antwerpen was very drunk and making a lot of noise. Schouten went to him at the pancake bakery and told him to leave because his wife was in labor, and that if he had something to say, he should come back when he was sober. Jan van Antwerpen answered that he did not want to leave but wanted to stay at work. The witness then heard Jan van Antwerpen say to Schouten: "You are a thief of my wages." This fight or exchange of words upset Schouten's wife very much, so the witness called Schouten into the house and advised him to wait until Jan van Antwerpen was sober. Jan Schouten followed her advice.
• About 1 or 1.5 hours later, Jan van Antwerpen came not only into Schouten's house but into the very room where his wife was dangerously ill in labor. He asked Schouten if he could light a pipe. Schouten allowed this, but after Jan van Antwerpen lit his pipe, he began calling Schouten a scoundrel and a rogue. Schouten barely responded. The witness, as the midwife's assistant, then told Jan van Antwerpen that he had to leave the room or she would throw him out. Jan van Antwerpen then left, raging and cursing.
• The fourth witness, Anna Kamp, wife of Jan Vlamingh, also testified that on the same Wednesday morning of Pentecost (Whitsun)...

• Fran=o Viera needed to be removed from Macassar. A copy of a letter written by Fran=o Viera in 1651 from Masulipatnam to the viceroy in Goa was found in the ship Saint Jan Baptista. This letter showed how harmful he had been in Macassar by stirring up the government there against the Company. He continued to work against the Company through hidden ways according to letters from the residents. The Company decided to keep him away from Macassar and have him expelled by the king's authority according to the contract. Meanwhile, while controlling the harbor, they would not pay out 8,000 rijksdaalders until it was clear he had left Macassar with his family and entourage.
• The residents were authorized to arrange gifts for the king and the important people from the cargo sent there, with a purchase value of 8,000 to 9,000 guilders.
• Crain Crongro, mentioned in previous letters, noticed he was no longer respected by the king and other important people in Bantam. He left with 2 junks heading east and stopped at Japara along the way. Rumors suggested he intended to settle near Banjermassen. At Bantam he had said he wanted to stay on the small island Sourobouro near the river of Banjermassen, apparently to be closer to Macassar in case of a change in government. Disagreements among the important people there seemed to be heading in that direction according to the latest letters. The king could not easily oppose the expulsion of Crongro, who was his nephew.
• From Timor, the small ship de Nachtegael and the yacht Ulpendam arrived, both loaded with 1,030 picol of good coarse sandalwood. For this and for 405 picol obtained with the Purmerlant, 10 rijksdaalders per picol was paid here to Francisco Viera. The letters received with these ships had little content, just like previous ones. The garrison, which had been reinforced with 100 men the previous year, had done nothing to assist the Company's allies. The letters did not even mention that they had been out on an expedition for that purpose, which pleased them little.

On 13 July 1652 and following days, a notary act was completed in Amsterdam with Sijmon Vrijburch and Hendrick van Beeck as witnesses. Multiple people were involved as parties who agreed to indemnify and hold each other harmless from costs and damages. The parties included Dirck Block, Mathys van Halmael, Jan Branthonij van Hoeck, Abraham Donchecht, Lande de Surmont, Jan Tengnagel, George Swollen, Pieter van Buren, Jacob van Rijn, Isbrant van Reyningh, Abraham Bruijne, and others. The notary Frans Wtenbogaert recorded the agreement.

On the same day, notary Frans Wtenbogaert, who was admitted by the Court of Holland and lived in Amsterdam, went with witnesses to Davidt Ter Haer, a jeweler. On behalf of merchant Jan van Gistel, he delivered a response to a legal notice that Ter Haer had sent through notary Westvriesius the previous day.

Van Gistel stated that on 25 June he had seen a large table-cut diamond ring that was very pure and beautiful. Ter Haer had said it weighed 5 traet (a unit of weight). Van Gistel had offered 1,800 guilders for the diamond, on condition that it actually weighed 5 traet as claimed. When some difficulty arose, Ter Haer took the diamond back without having it sealed or placed in trusted neutral hands, which was customary in jewel transactions.

Van Gistel now claimed that Ter Haer was presenting him with a different diamond ring that was not the one he had seen. Van Gistel stated that Ter Haer had 2 diamonds that looked similar but differed in value and purity, and was trying to give him the inferior one. Since Ter Haer had not guaranteed the weight and Van Gistel noticed something was wrong and felt he was being deceived, Van Gistel had stopped negotiating. Therefore, Van Gistel protested that he was not bound by any supposed sale and was not obligated to accept the ring being offered.

Ter Haer responded that the ring shown to Van Gistel by the notary and witnesses was the same ring that Van Gistel had asked to see. Van Gistel had held the ring in his hand along with another ring, examined them both, and asked about the weight. Ter Haer had answered that he guaranteed 19 and a half greijn (a unit of weight), and if it weighed more, Van Gistel would receive the extra. Van Gistel had then finally bought the ring for 1,800 guilders to be paid immediately, in the presence of honest people according to an attestation. Ter Haer stated that even though Van Gistel now tried to get out of the deal with false stories, claiming it was not the same ring, this would not help him. If Van Gistel had not trusted Ter Haer not to switch the ring, he should have kept it on his finger or had it sealed. Ter Haer declared he had never offered any other ring

• The witness described expensive jewelry that belonged to the wife of Mr. Fourment. This included large pearl bracelets that the wife and Mr. Fourment wore around her arm 5 times, a double pearl necklace, another double necklace with large pearls and a gold clasp shaped like a rose with 4 diamonds, a strand of large pearls worn at the back by a woman made of 5 small twisted pearl chains around the head, and a large diamond brooch to wear on the chest worth about 28 to 30 diamonds.
• There was also a pair of large diamond pendants worn with the brooch, another pair of large diamond pendants that were slightly smaller than the first ones, and according to his best memory possibly another 2 pairs of smaller diamond pendants, an old hair pin with diamonds, a yellow gold diamond table ring with a large stone, and another 4 to 5 gold diamond rings. Among other items, linen was also packed in the chest.
• A package containing "dead linen" or "dead goods" was also packed in the chest, according to a note that was pinned to it. After all the items listed above were packed in the chest, the chest was locked. In the evening, the maid of Mr. Fourment and the maid of Egmont took it out of the house, put it on a wheelbarrow, and brought it to the house of Egmont.
• The maid of Mr. Fourment told the witness that she had brought it there, and the witness also heard from the wife of Mr. Fourment herself that the chest was at the house of Egmont.
• The witness stated that a few days later he came again to the house of Mr. Fourment and saw the chest standing under the bed where the wife of Mr. Fourment slept. The witness then asked the wife of Mr. Fourment what it meant that the chest was standing there underneath. The wife answered that Egmont had brought it back and that there were stones in it because of the weight, so that the maid and consequently her husband would not get bad suspicions that the chest with goods was gone, and so that Egmont would not have trouble with her husband as a result.
• The wife of Mr. Fourment asked the witness to take the stones out and throw them in the privy.
• Finally, the witness stated that some time after that he saw some of the silverware that had been in the chest, which the wife of Mr. Fourment showed him, saying that she had then fetched it from the house of Egmont.
• The witness gave as his reasons for knowing this that he visited and spent time at the house of Mr. Fourment daily, that he had helped pack and close the chest at the request of the wife, and therefore knew well what was stated above and had good knowledge of it.
• This was done in Amsterdam in the presence of Christiaen van Land and Pieter Reynst as witnesses requested for this purpose. Signed by P. Marten Ellen, A. Pickand, and attested by notary D. van der Groe.

• A brooch with 16 diamond stones and a hanging pearl
• A ring with 15 small diamond stones
• A ring with a diamond stone
• A gold pin with 11 false stones
• A gold signet ring and a smaller one
• A gold ring
• A leather carrying strap with silver fittings
• A small silver candlestick, a small silver cover, and a small silver powder box
• 2 pairs of silk men's stockings
• Various items of black velvet and silk men's clothing with trimmings
• Several cloaks and coats, some lined with velvet or felt
• A velvet and a green cloth pair of breeches, some with gold trim
• Men's coats with gold trim
• Gold collar bands and a pair of gold gloves
• A pair of long gray cloth stockings
• Various women's dresses and robes with silver and gold trim
• 2 pairs of women's silk stockings
• Night robes with gold and silver trim and fringe
• A mirror in lace, a pin cushion, and a hairbrush
• A pair of slippers
• A silk jacket with white fur
• A silver spoon and a silver teaspoon
• A silk body band
• A red velvet carpet
• Bed linens in blue and white
• A small bible in quarto size with silver fittings
• A green case with a silver tobacco pipe, spoon, and silver covered nutmeg grater
• A tin water flask

• 2 green blankets
• A bed and pillow
• 2 quilts and 2 pillows
• 5 long bedsheets made of 3 widths, a single sheet or sack
• 3 pairs of bedsheets and 5 pairs of pillowcases
• 2 sacks
• A long tablecloth, 2 collar bands, and 30 napkins
• 5 half shirts and 5 collar shirts
• 16 handkerchiefs
• 3 men's caps and a men's night scarf
• A christening cover
• 4 tablecloths and 3 shorter ones
• 6 pillowcases
• 2 thin shirts

• 465 1/6 carat of rough diamonds in a square box marked as diamonds
• A request to make purchases during the upcoming voyage of the Resident to Rijs or Chillon

• 2 necklaces of pearls with a diamond clasp
• 2 hand pearl necklaces, one of smaller pearls
• A brooch with stones
• A pair of pendants and a hairpiece with stones
• A brooch shaped like a pimple extractor with stones
• 6 diamond rings and 2 gold wedding rings
• 2 eyes set with diamonds
• 2 watches

• A book with gold fittings
• A gold bell
• A gold knife and fork
• A gold box

• Hendrick Gerbers: 11 guilders and 4 stuivers
• Geertgen Daniels: 21 guilders, 6 stuivers, and 8 penningen
• Harmen Wessel: 7 guilders and 4 stuivers
• Jan Conter: 328 guilders, 14 stuivers, and 12 penningen
• Hilcke Fredrix: 31 guilders
• Simon Doeken: 203 guilders and 11 stuivers
• Rosenaues: 8 guilders, 17 stuivers, and 12 penningen
• Janardus: 207 guilders and 12 stuivers
• Hans van Melhuijsen: 29 guilders
• Jan Heijndricx: 216 guilders
• Cornelis Corst's widow: 28 guilders, 5 stuivers, and 8 penningen
• Jake Annes: 18 guilders and 7 stuivers
• Michiel Namias: 12 guilders, 9 stuivers, and 8 penningen
• Hendric Jans Werdorp: 10 guilders and 8 stuivers
• Annetge Ghijsbert Coechel's widow: 2 guilders
• Roeloff Everts: 378 guilders
• Johannes Venesz: 13 guilders and 17 stuivers
• Jacob de Ringh: 89 guilders and 8 stuivers
• Harmen Gerrits: 68 guilders and 16 stuivers
• Jans Hansinc: 47 guilders and 8 stuivers
• Enningh Drager: 488 guilders
• Sivert Wijgaerts: 196 guilders and 6 stuivers
• Isaac Coen: 6 guilders, 3 stuivers, and 4 penningen
• Andries Jochemsz: 11 guilders and 5 stuivers
• Jancoff: 12 guilders
• Sijbrant Sickes: 19 guilders, 17 stuivers, and 8 penningen
• Tamme Jans: 10 guilders
• Hans Hoochstraet: 2 guilders and 7 stuivers
• Jacob Pieters: 260 guilders and 16 stuivers
• Tije Turcx: 10 guilders and 5 stuivers