notarial records relating to the portuguese jews

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notarial records relating to the portuguese jews
NOTARIAL RECORDS RELATING TO THE PORTUGUESE JEWS IN AMSTERDAM UP TO 1639
Source: Studia Rosenthaliana, Vol. 13, No. 1 (JANUARY 1979), pp. 101-114
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NOTARIAL
PORTUGUESE
RECORDS
JEWS
RELATING
IN AMSTERDAM
TO
THE
UP TO
1639
Nr.1384- Marriage
contract
between
in
andAbigaelBarzilay
Touro,livinginRotterdam
Benjamin
assistedbyhermother
The bridegroom
HelenaNunes,widowofAntonioRodrigues.
Amsterdam,
in
receives
thebride'sdowry
of700poundsFlemish,
600poundsofwhichincashandtheremainder
movables.
Tourogivesa marriage
without
of350poundsFlemish.Ifthebridepredeceases
portion
offherheirswillreceive700 poundsFlemish.If thebridegroom
offspring
predeceaseswithout
thebridewillreceive1.050poundsFlemish.AbrahamBarzilaysignsforhissister.Pascoal
spring,
LopesandBelchiorLopessignas witnesses.
1618,April2
Not.
611A,fol.379v.-380;
Arch.
Not.Pieter
Ruttens.a
DeedinPortuguese.
fromFrancisco
Nr.1385- BenjaminTouroandhisbrideAbigaelBarzilay
declaretohavereceived
MendesTrancoso,fortheaccountof PedroRodrigues,
livingin Trancoso,uncleand guardianof
valueof600.000reisat 100groatsa crusado
Abigael,a sumof625poundsFlemish(viz.thecounter
with
ofAbigaelfromtheestateofherfather
of400reis),theinheritance
Antonio
Rodrigues,
together
a sumof75 poundsFlemish,
on thesaidsum.
theinterest
1618,April2
Not.
611A,fol.380-380v.;
DeedinPortuguese.
Arch.
Not.Pieter
Ruttens.
NunesHomemall goods
toFrancisco
Nr.1386- Diegoda Silvaand ManuelAireshaveconveyed
thatwereloadedin theship"Roode Vos" ofskipperGerritJansenfromZaandamand afterthe
ofthe
inMalaga,together
withtheinsurance
latter's
deathofPieterCornelisz.,
bySimaoFrancisco
which
whohasthepolicy,
NunesHomempromises
topayHenricoZacuto,broker,
goods.Francisco
policyhad beenconveyedearlierbyManuelMendesCrastoto Da SilvaandAires.Zacutostands
of 2 billsof
suretyas principalforCrastoto thebenefitof Françoisvan Hove forthepayment
and
of86^ groatsa florin
drawnbyCrastotoorderofVan Hove,viz.oneof1.000florins
exchange
oneof325poundsFlemishdrawnon Antwerp
toManuelLopesPereira.
chargeable
1618,April4
Not.
Arch.
Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.
623,
p.202-203;
ofnon-payment.
ofAmsterdam,
Nr.1387- Protest
JanWallis,merchant
requestsfromFrancisco
ofa billofexchangeof
NunesHomempayment
of 110pounds,10shillings
theremainder
Flemish,
on23 February
360pounds,10shillings
drawnbyManuelLopesPereirainAntwerp
1618,
Flemish,
tobe paidon 25 March1618.
1618,April4
Not.
Arch.
Staats.
647,
fol.125;Not.Berend
toGasparRuiz32bagsofwooltoa valueof250pounds
Nr.1388- ManuelMendesCrastoconveys
FlemishthatareexpectedfromMalagawiththeship"Vos" ofthelateskipperGerritJansenand
ofPieterCornelisz.,
theinsurance.
including
presently
1618,April5
Not.
Arch.
Not.
JanFransz.
153,
fol.5v.-6v.,
Bruyningh.
a Onfol.378:a draft
deeddated
March
30,1618.
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Nr.1389- JeyJelles,
wifeofskipper
JellePoppenfromStaveren
andAnneRieuwerts,
from
skipper
withJanJansz.Vrelantand GovertCornelissen,
bothbrokers
fromAmsterdam
Staveren,
together
andownersofJellePoppen'sship,authorize
AertSpieringh,
from
tocollectfrom
Bento
Amsterdam,
Osoriothefreight
fora journeymadebyJellePoppentoNorwayandfromtheretoTangier.
1618,April5
Not.
Arch.
Not.
JanFransz.
151,
fol.209v.-210;
Bruyningh.
Nr.1390 MichielLopesFernandes
authorizes
attheCourtofHolland,
Françoisde Witte,
attorney
todefendhiscase againstCornelisRoovers.
1618,April6
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.161
Jacob
andNicolaesJacobs.
; Not.
Nr.1391- UpontherequestofManuelThomasandThomasFernandes
thenotary
establishes
that
ofthesixcasesofsugarthathadcomefromRotterdam
byship,fourcasesofmuscovado
sugarwere
andspoilt,thatonecaseofpaneladosugarwasfullandthatonecaseofwhitesugarwas
partly
empty
partly
emptyandthatall sugarwaswetanddamaged.
1618,April7
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.162;Not.
andNicolaes
Jacob
Jacobs.
Nr. 1392- Freightcontract
betweenBentoOsorioand Hillebrant
councillor
and exSchellinger,
échevinofAmsterdam
as owner,
tosailwiththeship"Vergulden
Aecker",
large100lastsofskipper
PieterJansz.AeckerfromMedemblik,
fromZeelandtoHeiligenhafen,
toload 50 lastsofwheat,to
proceedto Hohwachtor Fehmarnto load another50 lastsofwheatto be unloadedin Tangieror
Ceutaata freight
of26guilders
a Hamburg
lastofwheat.Halfofthefreight
istobe paidinSt.Lucar
de Barrameda,
inAmsterdam.
andtheremainder
Cadiz,MalagaorLisboninrealsof48 stivers
1618,April13
Not.
Arch.
Not.
JanFransz.
152,
fol.65v.-66v.;
Bruyningh.
Nr.1393- ManuelMendesCrastoconveys
toSimaoVasda Silvafora sumof1.000poundsFlemish
fourcasksofgoods,consisting
ofnails,cambric
clothandribbonthatwereloadedinAmsterdam
by
Crastoin theship"O CarroDourado"ofskiperJacobRosa,consigned
to himself
or hisagentin
Malaga.
1618,April13
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.189-189v.;
Not.
Jacob
andNicolaes
Jacobs.
DeedinPortuguese.
Nr.1394- ManuelMendesCrastoconveys
toSimaoVasda Silvafora sumof1.000poundsFlemish
ofclovesand cambriccloththatwereloadedinAmsterdam
goodsconsisting
byCrastoin theship
"Levre"ofskipper
JacobMeijnertsz.
andconsigned
toSimaoFrancisco
orhisagentin Malaga.
1618,April13
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.190-191
Jacob
andNicolaes
DeedinPortuguese.
Jacobs.
v.;Not.
Nr.1395- EliasTripandJacobde Gijselaerstandsurety
forAnthony
whohasa powerof
Villequier
fromNicolasle Forestier,
merchant
inRouen.Theydo thistothebenefit
ofAlbertSchuijt,
attorney
Hendrick
ofAmsterdam
as theparty
Thibault,ManuelCarvalhoc.s.and thesheriff
joiningin the
oftheParliament
ofParisconcerning
160casesand 19pipesofsugarcoming
action,fortheverdict
fromtheship"Sterre"ofskipperSijbrant
Jacobs.ThesegoodshadbeenattachedbyAlbertSchuijt
c.s.inAmsterdam.
The StatesGeneralhaddemandedthissurety-ship
on April9, 1618.
1618,April19
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.196;Not.
Jacob
andNicolaes
Jacobs.
Nr.1396- Gabrielde Medinastandssurety
fortwoyears'rentofa houseon Vlooienburg
at 170
a yeartothebenefit
ofDanielda Fonseca.Ifnecessary
De Medinawillpaya quarter
ofthe
guilders
renteverythreemonths,
in May 1618.
beginning
1618,April19
b
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.198;Not.
Jacob
andNicolaes
DeedinPortuguese.
Jacobs.
b Onfol.199:Dutch
translation.
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Leon 304 basketsof
Nr.1397- Diego Mendes,aliasJoaôFlamenco,sellsto FranciscoRodrigues
raisins"de lexia"1and 23 casksofraisins"de sol"2comingfromtheship"Jonas"ofskipperPieter
a 100pounds.
a basketandthecasksat . . .cguilders
fromZaandam,at 11 guilders
Cornelisz.
1618,April20
DeedinPortuguese.
Ruttens.
Not.Pieter
Arch.
611A,fol.389v.;
Not.
RichardBennet,
from
Nr.1398- Jeronimo
Englishman,
HenriquesSerradeclaresthathehasrented
a semester.
fora periodofone yearat a rentof48*/2
a housenextto Huiszittenhuis
Jorge
guilders
Pereirastandssurety.
1618,April22
Ruttens.
DeedinPortuguese.
Arch.
611A,fol.390;Not.Pieter
Not.
ofbaizecoming
whoinsureda consignment
Nr.1399- PietervanGheeland David de l'Homnxel
in
fromHoorn,forJoseFranco,merchant
fromtheship"Larangeira"ofskipperBentoRodrigues
to
Mendes
the
said
authorize
from
merchant
for
Fernao
Gomes
Porto,
Mendes,
Amsterdam,
acting
inPorto.
claimtheproceedsofthebaizefromthemagistrate
1618,April23
DeedinPortuguese.
andNico
laesJacobs.
Jacob
381A,fol.201-201
Not.arch.
v.;Not.
fromAmsterdam,
Hans van Loon,merchant
Nr. 1400- Protestof non-payment.
requestsfrom
of400escudosat 126groatsan escudo,drawn
ofa billofexchange
ManuelMendesCrastopayment
in Rouenon 17 January1618by Manoelde Souza,thevaluereceivedfromJoanvan Dale. The
draweeis absentanddoesnotpay.
1618,April25
Not.
Arch.
JanFransz.
Not.
152,
Bruyningh.
fol.80v.-81;
Nr.1401 BentoOsoriosellstoJande Nocquerea cargoofsalttobe loadedintheship"Schütter",
atthetime
current
from
PieterDirxsenSchutter
Hoorn,atthemarket-price
large150lasts,ofskipper
ofloadingin Setubal.The shipwillsailto SetubalbywayofNorwayand France.Mertenvan de
Moerestandssurety.
1618,May 1
JanFransz.
Arch.
Not.
153,
; Not.
Bruyningh.
fol.16v.-17
at thehouseofMichiel
AntoniovanSurckJaspersen
ofnon-payment.
Nr.1402- Protest
requests
Lopes Fernandespaymentof a bill of exchangeof 650 dollarsat 39 stiversa dollar,drawnin
fromHarmanBeeckman.
thevaluereceived
Hamburgon December20, 1617byBentoHenriques,
is absentanddoesnotpay.
Fernandes
1618,May2
Not.
JanFransz.
Arch.
Not.
152,
Bruyningh.
fol.90v.-91;
toremovethe
from
SamuelSautin,merchant
Amsterdam,
Nr.1403- AntonioLopesPereiranotifies
Pieter
fromMalagawithskipper
Sautinputongoodscomingfromtheship"Vos"thatarrived
arrest
Cornelisz.Pereiraowns1/3ofthesegoods.
1618,May2
Jacobs.
andNicolaes
Jacob
Arch.
381A,fol.215;Not.
Not.
declaresupontherequestofAntonioLopes Pereira,thathe
Nr. 1404- HenricoZacuto,broker,
insured
goodstoa sumof3.400poundsFlemishthatcamefromMalagawiththeship"RoodeVos"
viz.a 2/3partfortheaccountof
in Amsterdam,
of skipperGerritJansz.withseveralmerchants
ManuelMendesCrastoand a 1/3partfortheaccountofPereira.
1618,May3
d
DeedinPortuguese.
Jacobs.
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.217;Not.Nicolaes
c Illegible
ofdamage
because
byfire.
d Onfol.216:Dutch
translation.
1 "Delexia":
with
treated
note).
lye(seedeednr.1267
2 "Desol":dried
inthesun.
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bothfromMadrid,tosettle
SimaoandDomingosPereira,
Nr.1405- DuarteFernandesauthorizes
withhisson SimonHenriquesan accountof5.000ducatsat 11 realsa ducatthatthelatterowesto
of3.000ducatsthatFernandespaidtoMayolise LazanhoinAntwerp
andof2.000
him,consisting
ducatsina billofexchangedrawnbyFernandes
whichbill
uponhisson,tobe paidtoSimaoPereira,
ofexchangewasprotested
in Madrid.
1618,May3
Not.Arch.
381A,fol.218;Not.
andNicolaes
Jacobs.
DeedinPortuguese
.e3
Jacob
IbelHendrickx,
whointends
toremarry,
Nr.1406- ThewidowofAdriaenMatijsen,
assignstoeach
ofherfivechildren
600guilders
as a shareinherhouseonVlooienburg
called"Antwerpen"
thatis
inhabited
as theirparentalinheritance.
CornelisHendrickx
and Dionijs
byJosePinto,Portuguese,
Hendrickx
and CornelisPieters,bargeman,
unclesand cousinof thesaid childrenrespectively,
accepttheassignment.
1618,May5
Not.Arch.
Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.
623,
p.223-224;
inAmsterdam,
Nr.1407- MartenGailliaert,
merchant
makesthefollowing
affidavit.
MichielLopes
a boxofsilkstockings
tohim.Sincehe
Fernandes,
actingforhiscousinGabrielLopeshaddelivered
did notwantto havethestockings,
he returned
thebox to Fernandes
whosecousinhad giventhe
ordertosendtheboxtoSpain.Gailliaert
abouthisclaimonGabriel
hadalsoapproached
Fernandes
on Hamburgforthatsum.
Lopes.Fernandeshad toldhimthathe coulddrawa billofexchange
1618,May6
Not.
Arch.
Not.
Jacob
41,fol.303v.-304;
Gijsbertsz.
nr.1408- AntonioLopesPereiraconveysto Lopo Ramiresa 3/8sharein theship"Hoop",large
about100lasts,ofskipperJacobJacobsz.SchalkfromAmsterdam,
toprovidesecurity
fora billof
exchangeof200poundsFlemishthatRamireswilldrawforPereira.
1618,May8
Not.
Arch.
Not.
JanFransz.
152,
fol.100-101;
Bruyningh.
Nr.1409- GasparDias Ribeiroauthorizes
Hendrick
inAmsterdam,
tolookafter
his
Voet,merchant
affairs
inhisabsence.
1618,May9
Not.Arch.
JanFransz.
152,
; Not.
fol.103v.-104
Bruyningh.
1410
Nr.
hisbrother-in-law
SalvadorFernandes,
in Sevilla,to
merchant
GasparRuizauthorizes
takecareofhisaffairs
there.
1618,May 10
Not.
Arch.
Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.
DeedinPortuguese.
623,
p.225-227;
Nr.1411- Protest
ofnon-payment.
fromDr. FranciscoLopesHenriques,
Miguelde Pas requests
merchant,
paymentof a billof exchangeof250 crusadosat 115xhgroatsa crusado.The billwas
drawnin Lisbonon March24, 1618at usancebyGabrielCorreada Veiga,thevaluereceivedfrom
ManoelLopesPardofortheaccountofDiogoHenriques
Pina,tobe paidtoMiguelde Pas orAndré
d'AzevedoinAntwerp.
1618,May 12
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.234-234v.;
Not.
Jacob
andNicolaes
Jacobs.
DeedinPortuguese.
Nr. 1412- Protest
ofnon-payment.
Pascoaland Miguelde Pas requestfromDr. FranciscoLopes
ofa billofexchange
of500crusadosat 11514groatsa crusado,drawninLisbon
Henriquespayment
e Onfol.230:sametext.
3 Vincent
Fransz.
inAmsterdam,
toJanIJsbrantsz.
Dommer
5small
balesofcochineal.
Inhiscapacity
Baijert
conveys
asproxy
ofJoane
widow
ofIsaacDircx
andofIsabel
Dircx
inSanLucar
deBarrameda,
hegives
a power
Henriques,
ofattorney
toMatheus
merchant
inHaarlem.
Joye,
611A,fol.397v.-398;
Not.Pieter
(1618,
May3;Not.Arch.
Ruttens).
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Pardo
fromEitorRodriguez
on March21, 1618atusancebyDr. LopesCaminha,thevaluereceived
fortheaccountofDiogo HenriquesPina.
1618,May 12
andNicolaesJacobs.4
DeedinPortuguese.
Not.
Jacob
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.235-235v.;
toJanvanHeussena policyinwhich
Nr.1413- AntonioGomesde Alcobaça,merchant,
conveys
with
a sumof300poundsFlemishforhim,together
PietervanGeelandDavidde PHommelinsured
Chamberandtheschatbrief*
fromtheInsurance
thedispache
1618,May 15
DeedinPortuguese.
Ruttens.
Arch.
611A,fol.400;Not.Pieter
Not.
Nr. 1414 - Miguel Lopes Fernandesconveysto HenriqueGarces,Portuguesemerchantin
Doria.
fromJeronimo
a claimof 100poundsFlemishthataredue toFernandes
Amsterdam,
1618,May 16
Jacob
andNico
laesJacobs.
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.240-240v
.; Not.
Nr. 1415- Diogo Vas Medina,morethan30 yearsold,and Diogo Gutteres
Penha,35 yearsold,
at therequestofAntonioMartinsViegas.
statement
in Amsterdam,
makethefollowing
merchants
woolthere.Uponhis
wasbuying
WhenMedinawasinMalagain 1617he sawthatSimaoFrancisco
hadshippedthewooltoAmsterdam,
MedinaheardthatFrancisco
arrivalinAmsterdam
consigned
toManuelMendesCrastowhowastodeliverthewooltoManuelDias SanchesinRouenforwhose
he
theaboveon thegroundofa letter
Penhaconfirms
accountonehalfofthewoolhadbeenbought.
in Marseilles
fromFranciscoandaddsthattheotherhalfofthewoolhad beenboughtfor
received
theaccountofFrancisco.
1618,May 16
DeedinPortuguese.
laesJacobs.
Jacob
andNico
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.241;Not.
Nr. 1416- Noticeservedin the nameof Jeronimo
Rodriguesde Sousa upon PieterMerchijs,
witha
onecaseofcinnamon,
inAmsterdam.
merchant
On April2, 1618De Sousasoldtomerchijs
De
Sousa
and
this
sale
about
A
has
arisen
1
1
stivers
a
of
612
at
dispute
pound.
grossweight
pounds,
of
witha verdict
inagreement
ofthepurchasepriceof 15guilders
nowoffers
Merchijsa reduction
JorisSteerlinx,
DavidtFransenandAbrahamFerrare.6
arbiters
1618,May 17
JanFransz,
Not.
Arch.
v.;Not.
152,
Bruyningh.
fol.727v.-722
withJanJansen
inAmsterdam,
merchant
Nr.1417 Philiped'OrtaHenriques,
together
Portuguese
and DuarteRodrigues
Jeronimo
Mendes,whoinsuredgoodsfor
Smit,Barnaldo(Bernard)Siverts,
HenriquesthatwereloadedintheshipofJande Witthatwasseizedand takentoCadiz,authorize
in Sevilla,to claimthe
merchants
Diogo Lorençode Pas and Abrahamand JacobAdriaensen,
proceedsofthegoods.
1618,May 18'
DeedinPortuguese.1
Cornelisz.
Arch.
Not.
623,
p.260;Not.Sibrant
f OrJuly
18?("delmezdeMaioJulho").
4 Onfol.265(1618,
that
declares
inAmsterdam,
broker
sworn
Jonas
theaddition:
with
Abrabanel,
June
2):sametext
atusance.
a crusado
is110groats
toLisbon
ofexchange
rate
thecurrent
5 Dispache
ofsea-damage.
orthepayment
ofsea-damage
assessment
(Dutch):
insurance.
maritime
that
settled
board
Assurantiekamer
concerning
disputes
(Dutch):
municipal
sold
ofa debtor
tohavetheproperty
another
authorizes
thesheriff
inwhich
a document
person
(Dutch):
Schatbrief
value.
assessed
toa certain
publicly
6 probably
Farrar.
Abraham
7 Notice
at
inAmsterdam,
Montado,
confectioner
Joosten
staying
served
Spaniard,
Baeck,
uponFrancisco
byLaurens
of25%groats
inloafs
viz.white
ofsugar,
2consignments
soldtoMontado
Baeck
inAmsterdam.
"DeSmacke"
sugar
of10
ofaninterest
a decuction
tobepaidincashwith
a pound,
of2VAgroats
inloafs
andmolasses
a pound
sugar
to
bound
heisnolonger
that
answers
Montado
andtopaythesugar.
toreceive
refuses
Montado
at8%a year.
months
381A,fol.
molasses
with
hewasinvolved
(1618,
ithasbeentoolong
May21; Not.Arch.
thesalesince
sugar.
agothat
andNicolaes
Jacobs).
245;Not.Jacob
105
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istopayhim793poundsand
DuarteSaraivathatthelatter
Nr.1418- ManuelLopesPereiranotifies
theinterest
toa bondofJune7, 1617andfurther
6 shillings
whichsumSaraivaoweshimaccording
fromLisbon.
ofa billofexchangeandre-exchange
andprovision
1618,May21
Arch.
Jacobs.0
Not.
381A,fol.247;Not.Nicolaes
whohavebeentrading
merchant
inAntwerp,
Nr.1419- DuarteSaraivaandManoelLopesPereira,
Pereira
a
will
remain
to
owe
sumof882pounds,16
their
accounts.
Saraiva
decide
to
settle
together,
attheendofJulynext
topay200poundsinAntwerp
and3 groatsFlemish.Saraivapromises
shillings
Thiswasoriginally
a billfor4.000
and givesa billofexchangeof2.000crusadosfortheremainder.
crusadosand was drawnin Lisbonon July14, 1613by Saraivaon ManoelSaraivaCoronelin
the
to be paid to Luis FernandesGramachowithwhomSaraivahas beentrading,
Pernambuco,
OfthisbillCoronelpaid2.000crusadosand has promised
valuereceivedfromSaraivahimself.
by
toAntonioNunesGramacho,
2.000crusadostogether
withtheinterest
letterto paytheremaining
isa billofexchange
of
Notincludedinthisagreement
Gramacho.
thesonofthelateLuisFernandes
at therequestof FranciscoNunesHomemupon
255 poundsdrawnby Saraivain Amsterdam
fromFrancoisvanHoven.
tobe paidtoAntoniovanHoven,thevaluereceived
Pereira,
1618,May24
Arch.
Not.Nicolaes
Jacobs.
DeedinPortuguese.
Not.
381A,fol.253-254;
thesumof400
from
declaresthatheconsiders
Nr.1420- ManoelLopesPereira,
merchant
Antwerp,
poundsFlemishthatFranciscoNunesHomemand AntonioLopes Pereirareceivedin hisname
fromDuarteSaraivaaccording
to a receiptof December13, 1617,as havingbeenpaid. He also
drawnbyLopo Ramireson
declarestohavereceivedfromSaraiva400poundsina billofexchange
DuarteRamiresPina,tobe paidat sightinAntwerp
toPereira,
whichsumSaraivaowedtoPereira
toa deedofSeptember
29, 1617.®
according
1618,May24
Arch.
Not.
381A,fol.255-255v.;
Not.Nicolaes
Jacobs.
DeedinPortuguese.
to
Nr.1421- ManuelLopesPereirafrom
hisuncleHenriquePereira,
authorizes
licentiate,
Antwerp
lookafterhisaffairs.
1618,May25
Not.
Arch.
611A,fol.405;Not.Pieter
Ruttens.
DeedinPortuguese.
Nr.1422- Protest
ofnon-payment.
fromMiguelLopesFernandes
BentoOsoriorequests
payment
ofa billofexchange,
drawninAntwerp
on March22, 1618at doubleusancebyManuelFernandes
de Leao fora sumof179pounds,10groatsFlemish,
thevaluereceived
from
Gil LopesPinto.Duarte
thefather
of MiguelLopes Fernandes,
Fernandes,
saysthathisson is outof town.BentoOsorio
declaresthathe willpaythebillofexchangeforthehonourofthedrawer.
1618,May27
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
623,
p.232;Not.Sibrant
Nr.1423- GasparRuiz,Portuguese
inAmsterdam,
merchant
authorizes
Johande Jonge,
attorney
at theCourtand theHighCourtof Holland,to litigate
againstThomasNunesPina,Portuguese
merchant
inAmsterdam.
1618,May28
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
623,
p.233;Not.Sibrant
Nr.1424- NoticeservedbyDoctorSimonLopesRosaandFrancisco
MendesTrancosouponDirck
bailiff
ofAmstelland.
It appearsthatthebailiff
to
orderedthesheriff
ofOuderkerk
Roodenburch,
ofthePortuguese
tothe
ateachburial.Sincethisiscontrary
openandclosethecemetery
community
9 Onfol.246:copy
ofthis
deed.
8 Seedeeds
Nr.1252
and1310.
106
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of theCommissioned
Councilof Hollandand WestFrieslandto a petitionon this
appointment
subject,
theydemandthatthelocksbe removed.
1618,May30
Not.
Arch.
Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.9'10'11
623,
p.233-235;
Nr.1425- Protest
ofnon-payment.
MatiasRodrigues
inAmsterdam
fromThomasNunes
requests
Pinapayment
ofa billofexchangeof 1.100crusadosat 116groatsa causado,drawnin Lisbonon
December30,1617atusancebyDiogoSoares,tobe paidbythedraweetoLuisPeresde Cea orinhis
absencetoMatiasRodrigues,
thevaluereceived
fromthesaidDe Cea. JonasAbranel,
swornbroker
in Amsterdam,
declaresthattherateof exchangeAmsterdam-Lisbon
amountsto 100 groatsa
crusadoat doubleusance.
1618,June2
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.263-263v
DeedinPortuguese.
.; Not.NicolaesJacobs.12
Nr. 1426- NotaryNicolaesJacobsdeclaresupontherequestofAntonioLopes Pereirathatthe
madebyPereiraandhiswifeMariaPimentel
on February
22lasttoFelippeHenriques,
conveyance
is complete
andabsolutewithout
therebeingmention
ofa specific
sum.In return
Henriqueswasto
counter
had onlybeenmade
givea written
promiseinwhichhe wastodeclarethattheconveyance
on thecondition
thatwhenever
Pereirawishedhimto do so,he wouldgive800or 900 guilders
to
ManuelMendesCrasto.
1618,June6
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.268;Not.Nicolaes
Jacobs.
Nr.1427- UpontherequestofMatiasRodrigues
thenotary
demandsfromMiguelde Luna tobe
allowedtoexaminetheprotest
ofa billofexchangesentbyFrancisco
RamiresPinafromRouenof
a billof500crowns,
letter
tocheck
protested
againstManuelde Sousada Costaandofthecovering
thedateofreceipt.
De Lunaanswers
thathe senttheprotest
backtoRouenandthathewilllookfor
theletter.
1618,June8
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.270;Not.Nicolaes
Jacobs.
Nr.1428- Affidavit
madeinOportobyAlvaroGomesBravoinwhichhe declaresthatas ownerof
theship"NossaSeñorada Boa Viagem"ofskipperManuelDuarte,lyingin Oportoreadytosailto
PascualBravo;2/3ofthis
Bahia,he hasreceiveda sumof 150.000reistotheaccountofhisbrother
sumis fortheaccountand theriskof MiguelEstevesPina and 1/3fortheaccountand riskof
Bernardo
Dias da Cunhaat an interest
of30%.Forthisamounthe is tobuywhiteand muscovado
a
sugarand load it in theshipfortheaccountof theabovementioned
partieswithout
charging
commission.
Pinaand Da Cunhabeartheriskofthehull.The first
portofcall is to be theisland
SantaCruz.
1618,June8
Not.
Arch.
611B,fol.
481v.;Not.Pieter
Ruttens.13
DeedinPortuguese.
y Published
inD. Henriques
inextenso
deCastro,
Keur
vanGmfsteenen,
p.42.
10 Juan
for
4.832
deFuentes,
declares
tooweJan
inAmsterdam
a sumof2.980
reals
and6mara
vedis
Vermolen
captain,
inSevilla
sumback
of
6
1
and
23
a
and
topaythis
at reals
maravedis
("xarsia")
poundsfishing
gear
quintal hepromises
381A,fol.260;Not.
attheendofDecember
1619
orpossibly
sooner
when
thesilver
arrives.
June
1;Not.Arch.
(1618,
Jacob
andNicolaes
thedeediserroneously
dated
June
1.1619).
DeedinSpanish;
Jacobs;
11 Juande Fuentes,
JanvanPeenen,
inAmsterdam,
with
declares
toagree
thewayinwhich
captain,
sojourning
merchant
inAmsterdam,
looked
after
hisaffairs
andchartered
a ship.
June
dated
June
381A,fol.261;Not.Nicolaes
thedeediserroneously
1,1619).
1;Not.Arch.
Jacobs;
12 (1618,
ofAndre
Protest
ofnon-payment.
alsointhename
Balthasar
merchant
inAmsterdam,
Stoons,
Schulenburch,
requests
from
in
Gillis
delaFaille,
inAmsterdam,
of
two
bills
of
drawn
Lisbon
on
merchant
21,1618
April
payment
exchange
atusance
and
of65
the
said
Nicolas
of
360
crusados
at
'W/i
a
holder
Schulenburch,
by
Comijn
groatscrusado,
a
Thebillsconcern
crusados
at115groats
from
Duarte
Duarti.
a crusado,
holder
thesaidStoons,
thevalue
received
ofsaltfrom
Goethert
andinsured
intheship
ofskipper
Pieter
Jacobsen
Setubal
loaded
cargo
"Vliegende
Nachtegaal"
for300pounds
for
thesaltor
andAdriaen
Andriessen.
Thedrawee
willpaywhen
hehasreceived
money
byNicolas
from
theinsurers.
June
Not.Nicolaes
deedinPortuguese.)
381A,fol.264-264v.;
Jacobs;
2;Not.Arch.
(1618,
r¿ Juan
from
vanHueletocollect
Menet
andOrlando
inAmsterdam,
authorizes
Antonio
merchant
Peres,
Portuguese
JanPeers
Wassigned
Pedro
and1quartillo.
inAlicante,
thesumof666reals
Cavallero,
Portugis.
Negroles
living
Not.Nicolaes
deedinSpanish).
June
381A,fol.273-274;
Jacobs;
9;Not.Arch.
(1618,
107
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Dr. David Farrar,Joan
ofAmsterdam,
notifies
Nr.1429- FranciscoMendesdo Porto,14
merchant
thathe willbringthemtocourtsincetheygave
de Haro,Abrahamde Fonsecaand Saul Morteiro
hima bad name.Thenotified
partiesanswerthatDe Portoshouldexplaininwhatwaytheygavehim
thisbad reputation.
1618,June14
Not.
Arch.
DeedinPortuguese.
381A,fol.281;Not.NicolaesJacobs.
Nr.1430- LuisPereirade Mirandaabandonst PietervanGeel andDavidde l'Hommelthegoods
thattheyhad insuredand thatwereloadedintheship"Esperanca"ofskipper
Angelda Crus.This
toOporto.15
on itswayfromRio de Janeiro
shipwasseizedbyprivateers
1618,June14
Arch.
Cock.
Not.
484,
p.338;Not.Evert
Nr.1431- AntonioLopesPereirawhoowesDiegoda SilvaandManuelAiresa sumof635pounds
tothemthe1.000ducatsthatweresenttotheEastIndiesin 1617by
and 10shillings
Flemish,
conveys
to ManuelCorreaoragent,together
withthereturn
BentoHenriquesde Pas in Lisbon,consigned
sum
and
insurance
He
will
write
to
De Pas thathe
that
would
be
with
this
the
policy.
cargoes
bought
mustfollowtheordersofDa SilvaandAires.
1618,June19
Not.
Arch.
JanFransz.
187;Not.
152,
fol.186v.,
Bruyningh.
MendesTrancosowhoactforthe
Nr.1432- UpontherequestofSimaoLopesRosaandFrancisco
of
merchants
of the Hebrewnationof Amsterdam,
the notarynotifiesthe sheriff
Portuguese
ofMay12,1618.16
Itstatesthat
Ouderkerk
ofan apostiloftheStatesofHollandandWest-Friesland
échevin
JacobBacker,
thePortuguese
areallowedtoburytheirdeadon theplotoflandboughtfrom
ofAmsterdam,
providedthattheburialswouldtakeplacein a peacefuland decentmanner.The
in thisrespect.
Statesinstruct
thebailiff
ofAmstelland
andall othersnottohinderthePortuguese
1618,June19
Not.
Arch.
Cock.11
484,
p.336;Not.Evert
Nr.1433- Abandonment
ofa parcelofDutchlinenbyLuisPereirade MirandatoPietervanGeel
andDavidde THommeLThe
latter
twohaveinsured
forDe Mirandaa fewparcelsoflinenthatwere
loadedin theship"Vos" ofskipperClaes Gerritsen
to Oportoand
fora journeyfromAmsterdam
fromtherewiththeship"Santiago"ofskipperManuelde Camposfora journeyfromOportoto
Bahia. The lattershipspranga leak causingdamageby rotto one parcelof linen.A similar
abandonment
is donetoDanielandJanvanGeelwhoaskforproof.
1618,June19
Not.
Arch.
Cock.
484,
p.345;Not.Evert
Nr. 1434- FranciscoCoutinhonotifies
Hans Willemsse
van Elsinckand Valeriusvan Gistelede
inAmsterdam
whoinsuredsugarandothergoodsforhimthatwereloadedin the
Oude,merchants
to
ship"Hope" ofskipperEngelHabet,thattheshipwasseizedon itsjourneyfromRio de Janeiro
Porto.
June19
1618,
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.290;Not.Nico
laesJacobs.
14 Francisco
Mendes
doPorto.
Hesigns
Francisco
Mendes
There
are5deeds
known
ofhimfrom
1618
to1632.
P(ort)o.
In1625
heismentioned
asinsurer.
HisaliasDavid
Jesurun
inthetestament
ofismother,
alias
Branca
Nunes,
appears
SaraJesurun,
widow
ofLuisMendes
doPorto.
Inthis
testament
sheappoints
ashersoleheirs
sons
hergrand-children,
ofFrancisco
Mendes
doPorto.
Herestate
consists
ofherhouse
andfurniture
andsome
inPorto.
house
22;
(1622,
July
Not.Arch.
OnApril
DavidJesurun,
from
in
28years
640,fol.3;Not.Sibrant
25,1624,
old,living
Porto,
Cornelisz.).
noparents
his
intended
to
Sara
27
mother
assisted
her
Breestraat,
Jesurun,
old,
living,
registers
marriage
years
by
Isabella
onVlooienburg.
DavidJesurun
Itisnotcertain
Nunes,
(D.T.B.669,p.243).Thegroom
P(ort)o.
living
signs:
whether
this
concerns
oneandthesame
with
thename
David
In1625
as
Jesurun.
David
Jesurun
ismentioned
person
administrator
ofBetIsrael
Livro
deBetHaim,
hisdaughter
that
diedatbirth
Pieterse,
1,1625
(W.Chr.
p.60).OnApril
wasburied
"the
Inthedeeds
there
isalsoa Francisco
also
(id.p.112)andheisalsocalled
Mendes,
(id.p.126).
poet"
from
Porto.
ThisisthesonofBelchior
hisfull
name
isFrancisco
Mendes
deMedeiros
aliasIsack
Mendes;
coming
Franco
Mendes.
andW.Chr.Pieterse,
Daniel
LevideBarrios,
(seedeednr.109note
p.47).
15 Cf.deeds
nr.1434
and1491.
16 Published
D.
de
Keur
van
42.
Castro,
by Henriques
grafsteenen,
p.
17 idem,
p.43.
108
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Nr.1435- UpontherequestofSimaoLopesRosa andFranciscoMendesTrancosowhoactforthe
merchants
oftheHebrewNationinAmsterdam,
thenotary
handsovertothesheriff
of
Portuguese
Ouderkerk
a sealedletterfromtheStates(of Hollandand West-Friesland).
The sheriff
readsthe
letter
andsaysthathe willconsultothers.
1618,June19
Not.
Arch.
Cock.
484,
p.342;Not.Evert
ofnon-acceptance.
Nr. 1436- Protest
Miguelde Pas,proxyofAntoniode Pas,requestsHendrik
inAmsterdam,
toaccepta billofexchangeof403:7:6ducatsat 115groatsa ducat,
Voet,merchant
drawnin Lisbonat usanceon May 1, 1618byNicoiaode Calloireon GasparDias Ribeiro,whois
withHendrikVoet,to be paid to Antoniode Pas or proxyor in hisabsenceto Jeronimo
staying
thevaluereceivedfromJoaode Pas. VoetdeclaresthatRibeirois staying
withLaurens
Henriques,
swornbroker.
The lattersaysthatRibeirohasleft.
Cousart,
1618,June20
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.282-282
andNicolaesJacobs.18
Jacob
v.;Not.
Nr.1437- DuarteFernandesconveysto SimaoPereira,
in Madrid,an insurance
merchant
policy
a journeyoftheship"Nossa Señorado Amporoe St.Antonio"ofskipperJacomede
concerning
Santiagoand captainBentode Lima,sailingfromLisbonto VeraCruzbywayof Ardaand Sao
Tomé.Severalmerchants
thepolicyfromSeptember
underwrote
6 tillOctober17,1617fora sumof
5.000poundsFlemish.Fernandes
ofPereirainAntwerp
Sanches,factor
givesthepolicytoFrancisco
andempowers
himtocollecttheinsurance
moneyifnecessary.
1618,June20
Not.
Arch.
611A,fol.421;Not.Pieter
Ruttens.
Nr. 1438- BentoOsoriosellsto Claes Cornelisz.JutfromZaandama cargoofsaltthatis to be
loadedinSebutalintheship"Tonijn",large95 lastsofskipper
JacobClaesz.HartfromMiddelieat
thepricethatwillbe validat thetimeofloadinginSetubal.
1618,June21
Not.
Arch.
Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.
623,
p.240-241;
Nr.1439- MichielPauw,PieterHustaert,
JanYsbrantse
PieterEngelsHabetandManuel
Dommer,
of Amsterdam,
also actingforPieterBeltens,merchant
Lopes Nunes,all citizensof Amsterdam,
authorize
as thejointownersoftheship"Hoope"ofskipper
EngelHabet,Richardde Bures,squire
ofBärgetin Dieppe,toreclaimtheirshipandcargo.
1618,June22
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.299-299
Jacobs.h
v.;Not.Nicolaes
Nr.1440- MichielPauw,PieterHustaert,
JanDommer,PieterEngelsHabet,uncleofskiperEngel
a 1/8,1/4,
Habetand ManuelLopesNunesdeclarethattheyarethejointownersforrespectively
3/8,1/8and 1/16shareoftheship"Hoope",largeabout80lastsofthesaidskipper
EngelHabetand
thatPieterBeltensownstheremaining
1/16share.Theydeclarethattheyhadtheshipbuiltin 1616
1616.The shipsailedfrom
Michiel
and
that
Arents,
theysentittoPortoinSeptember
by
carpenter,
on itswaybackto Portoin
thereto Rio de Janeiroafterwhichitwas seizedbyFrenchprivateers
betweenParaibaand Pernambuco.
1618,June22
Not.
Arch.
381A,fol.300;Not.Nicolaes
Jacobs.1
h Not.Arch.
translation.
381B,fol.391-391
v.,French
* Onfol.301-301
inFrench.
v.:translation
18 Onfol.305-305v.,
Manuel
with
theaddition:
Martius,
billofexchange
ofthis
forpayment
29:request
June
1618,
and110%a
is110groats
Amsterdam-Lisbon
rate
ofexchange
that
thecurrent
declares
inAmsterdam,
sworn
broker
usance.
tobepaidatdouble
crusado,
109
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Nr.1441- FranciscoMendesde Medeirosand DavidAbudiente
declare
(Ubidiente),
Portuguese,
inthematter
between
TorresandDaniel
upontherequestofAntonioNunesTorresthatas arbiters
Midtstheyagreedthatthebuyeristopay250poundsat 13stivers
andtheremainder
at 18Vistivers.19
1618,June25
Not.
611A,fol.423v.;Not.Pieter
Arch.
Ruttens.
Nr. 1442 - Manuel Carvalho,AlfonsoLopes Chillao and Simao Gomes Dias, merchants
of
declarethatSebastiaoRodrigues
de Leao cannotpayhisdebtsto thembecausethe
Amsterdam,
return
in Portimao
and thatsomeofhisfactors
goodsfromFaro werearrested
bytheInquisition
werearrested.
ofpayment
forone year.TheyrequesttheStatesof
Theygranthiman extension
HollandandWest-Friesland
togranthima "sûretéde corps".
1618,June27
Not.
Arch.
Cock.
484,
p.358;Not.Evert
Nr.1443- Undatedcopyofa powerofattorney
from[Francisco]
Pinel,livinginCiudad
Rodrigues
son ofthelateSimonRodrigues
Seniorand BlancaNunes,formerly
R[odrigo],
livingin Viseu,to
Gaspar Franciscoda Fonseca,formerly
livingin Pinhel,Simao RodriguesMendestheson of
Christovao
Mendes,livinginViseu,and SebastiaoNunesinViseu,tosettlewithLuciada Fonseca,
widowofhisbrother
thatis due tohimfromhisfather
andbrother.
Diego Mendes,theinheritance
Thedeedwaspassedon June29 beforenotary
Matheode Isla inCiudadRodrigo.
after1618,June29
Not.
611A,fol.410v.;
Arch.
Not.Pieter
Ruttens
J20DeedinSpanish.
Nr. 1444 - Freightcontract
betweenAntonioMartinesViegasfora 2/3 shareand Jeronimo
de Sousa fora 1/3shareas freighters
of
andClaesReijniersen
fromMedemblik,
Rodrigues
skipper
theship"Davidten Goliadt",largeabout55 lasts,fora journeyto Farowithgoodsthatare tobe
unloadedin Faro.The skipperis to reloadin Faro and Albufeira
at a
and return
to Amsterdam
of 1.475guilders.
freight
1618,July4
Not.
Arch.
153,fol.57v.-58;
Not.
JanFransz.
Bruyningh.
Nr.1445- Noticeservedin thenameofFranciscoFernandes
CastanhouponHendrick
Woutersz.
van Veenwhoinsuredwoolfora journeyfromAlicanteto Venice.SinceVan Veen is insolvent,
Castanhoaskshimtoputup surety
orelsehe willtakeoutanother
insurance.
1618,July4
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
625,
p.13;Not.Sibrant
Nr. 1446- Note concerning
a similarnoticeservedin thenameof Jeronimo
Henriquesupon
HendrikWoutersz.
van Veen whoinsuredgoodsthatwereloadedin theship"SpiritoSantode
Nazare"of skipperCustodioBobo (?) da Costa,fora journeyfromLisbonbywayof Sevillato
toa contract
madebyJorgeRodrigues.
AngolaandtheWestIndiesaccording
1618,July4
Not.
Arch.
Not.Sibrant
.21
Cornelisz
625,
p.13-14;
' Deedpartly
because
ofdamage
illegible
byfire.
19 Thisprobably
concerns
the
of
cinnamon.
price
20 Onfol.
410v.-41
1a copy
ofa similar
ofattorney
from
inMoron
delaFrontera,
merchant
Nunes,
power
Gaspar
passed
there
onJuly
1618
before
Antonio
deMiranda.
23,
notary
21 Noteconcerning
a similar
notice
without
thestatement:
"ona contract
ofJorge
Not.
Arch.
4;
Rodrigues".
(1618,
July
625,p.13).
Noteconcerning
a similar
notice
togoods
intheship"ATrinidade"
loaded
PauloRodrigues
ofskipper
de
relating
for
ajourney
from
Lisbon
andpossibly
Lisboa,
Brazil
orJamaica
totheWest
ona contract
Indies,
bywayofAngola
tothebenefit
ofPedro
Gomes
deLisboa.
passed
byThomas
Rodrigues
a similar
notice
4;Not.Arch.
togoods
intheship
"ASeñora
loaded
625,
do
(1618,
July
p.14).Note
concerning
relating
Carmo"
ofskipper
Gommes
Preto
Ruivo
for
ajourney
from
Lisbon
ofAngola
Brazil
andJamaica
andpossibly
byway
totheWest
Indies
ona contract
deSolisandJanBaptista
tothebenefit
ofPero
Gommes
deLisboa.
passed
byAlvaro
4; Not.Arch.
(1618,
625,p.14).
July
110
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Woutersz.
a similar
noticeservedbySebastiaenRibeirouponHendrick
Nr.1447- Noteconcerning
GomesPretoRuivo
vanVeenwhoinsured
goodsloadedintheship"A Señorado Carmo"ofskipper
madeby
to a contract
fora journeyfromLisbonto theWestIndiesbywayofAngolaaccording
ofPeroSoaresSanches.
Alvarode SolisandJanBaptistatothebenefit
1618,July4
Arch.
Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.
Not.
625,
p.14-15;
van
Woutersz.
a similar
noticeservedbyPascoalLopesuponHendrick
Nr.1448- Noteconcerning
fora journey
PeroBetuhifrom"St.Gilles"22
Veenwhoinsuredgoodsloadedin theshipofskipper
fromLisbontoLivorno.
1618,July4
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
625,
p.15;Not.Sibrant
van
Woutersz.
a similar
noticeservedbyLopo RamiresuponHendrick
Nr.1449- Noteconcerning
Indies
Lisbon
to
the
East
in
for
a
from
loaded
the
"St.
Amaro"
Veenwhoinsured
journey
ship
goods
andback.
1618,July4
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.23
625,
p.14;Not.Sibrant
van
Woutersz.
a similarnoticeservedbyAntonioVas uponHendrick
Nr.1450- Noteconcerning
of skipperPascoal
Veen who insuredgoodsloaded in theship"Santa Maria de Montenegro"
Semedeufora journeyfromLa GoulettenearTunistoLivorno.
1618,July4
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
625,
p.14;Not.Sibrant
Woutersz.
a similarnoticeservedbyMichielde LimauponHendrick
Nr.1451- Noteconcerning
vanVeenwhoinsured
goodsloadedintheships"NossaSeñorada Penhade Fianza","NossaSeñora
d'Agra"and"NossaSeñorado Cabo" forthejourneyfromGoa andCochintoLisbon.
1618,July4
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
625,
p.14;Not.Sibrant
van
Woutersz.
a similar
Nr.1452- Noteconcerning
noticeservedbyLuisDias SilvauponHendrick
Veenwho insuredgoodsloaded in theship"Neptunus"of skipperPieterMartschCosterfrom
toLisbon.
forthejourneyfromAmsterdam
Schellingwoude
1618,July4
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
625,
p.15;Not.Sibrant
van
Woutersz.
a similarnoticeservedbyBaltasarPineluponHendrick
Nr.1453- Noteconcerning
Veenwhoinsuredgoodsloadedin theship"Lieffde"ofskipperDirckCornelisz.Kleijerforthe
toLisbon.
journeyfromAmsterdam
1618,July4
Cornelisz.
Not.
Arch.
625,
p.15;Not.Sibrant
betweenMarcosGois de Vitora,alias FranciscoRois Leon,Spanish
Nr. 1454- Freightcontract
fora journeyoftheship
in Amsterdam,
and skipperPieterJansz.fromMonnikendam,
merchant
at thelatesttheskipperis to
to Malaga.AttheendofSeptember
"RoodenVos" fromAmsterdam
to
amounts
Thefreight
toAmsterdam.
andothergoodsandreturn
fruit
load55casksofwine,raisins,
16guilders,
10stivers
a cask.
1618,July4
Ruttens.
611B,fol.
Not.Pieter
Not.
Arch.
426v.-427;
datedJanuary
Nr.1455- Copyofan affidavit
24, 1600inwhichSimaoGomes,livingin Guarda,
declarestohavereceivedfromAntonioHenriquesSeniorin Guardaa sumof 1.100.000reisas the
ofthelatter's
GraciaHenriques.
dowry
daughter,
1618,July4
DeedinPortuguese.
Not.
Ruttens.
Arch.
611B,fol.
428;Not.Pieter
22 *=SaoJuliao?
derZeevaart
Nieuwe
1942),
Cf.B.C.Damsteegt,
(Amsterdam,
map28,G. 1.
Spiegel
23 Note
Croon
Adriaensz.
Christiaen
ofskipper
"Croone"
intheship
loaded
togoods
notice
a similar
relating
concerning
ofskipper
intheship"Sonne"
loaded
togoods
andrelating
toLivorno,
Lisbon
from
fora journey
from
Delfshaven,
toLisbon
Rouen
from
a journey
for
Janse
(ibidem).
Sijmen
Ill
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fromCornelisAdriaensz.
Nr.1456- Affidavit
Minnes,skipperfromRotterdam,
sayingthatJosef
in Amsterdam
merchant
is fora 1/8shareowneroftheship"Nossa Señorado
Pinto,Portuguese
andforwhichPintopaidhim3.212
Rozario",largeabout180lasts,thathe had builtinRotterdam
He promises
torenderan accounttoPintoofhisintended
guilders.
journeytoBrazilbywayofFafe
[?]andofall otherjourneys.
1618,July5
611B,fol.
Not.
Arch.
Ruttens.
430;Not.Pieter
in Amsterdam,
declaresto
Nr. 1457- Möse Abennem,
livingin Dubrovnik
(Ragusa),sojourning
fora billofexchangeof400
havebeenpaidbyDiogoda Silvaand ManuelAiresfromAmsterdam,
on May23, 1618byHortensio
and theheirsofJoao
Rodrigues
poundsFlemish,drawninAntwerp
Peres.
Rodrigues
1618,July6
611B,fol.
Not.
Arch.
Not.Pieter
Ruttens.
DeedinPortuguese.
430v.;
bindshimself
topaywithin
30daystothebrothers
Pieter
Nr.1458- HenriqueZacuto,swornbroker,
and Jacquesde Bary900guildersaccording
to a verdict
of thejudicialmagistrates.
Diogo Nunes
Belmonte
standssurety.
1618,July6
Not.
Arch.
611B,fol.
431-431
Ruttens.k
v.;Not.Pieter
Nr.1459- DiegoLaurençoPeixoto(Peschoto)conveys
toHansGerritsz.
twobondseachof86:13:4
poundsFlemishtoDiego LourençofromAntwerp.
1618,July7
Not.
Arch.
Cock.
484,
p.372; Not.Evert
Nr.1460- IbelHendrixdr.,
widowofAdriaenMathijsen,
wifeofHansJorisz.
vanHontum,
burgher
ofAmsterdam,
declaresupontherequestofManuelCarvalho(Carvallie),DiogoNunesBelmonte,
de Leao thatin 1614beingassistedbyher
GasparRuis,Paulo de Pina and SebastiaoRodrigues
brother
CornelisHendrixsz.
andbyHärmenAlbertsz.
Kistemaker
sheletthehouseat Vlooienburg
called"Antwerpen"
to theabovementioned
fora periodof 10yearswithan optionfor
Portuguese
another10years.ShedeclaresthatshedidnotletthehousetoJosePinto24
whodoesnotpaytherent,
butthattherentis beingpaid byPaulode Pina,Diogo da Silva,AntonioGomesd'Alcobaçaand
ManuelLopesde Leao. JosePintois mentioned
intheleaseas tenant
butthiswasdonebecauseshe
wantedthehouseto be inhabited.
At thebeginning
ofthelease shereceived1.000guildersfrom
Paulode Pinaforalterations
tothehouseandnothing
from
JosePinto.
1618,July11
Not.
Arch.
645A,p.222-223
Cornelisz.
; Not.Sibrant
Nr.1461- IbelHendrixdr.,
widowofAdriaenMathijsen,
wifeofHansJorisz.
vanHontum,
assisted
by her husbandand her brotherCornelisHendrixsz.declaresto have receivedfromManuel
SebastiaoRoiz de Leao, GasparRuisand Paulo de Pinawho
Carvalho,Diogo NunesBelmonte,
rentedthehouse"Antwerpen"
fromher,1.200guilders,
whichsumJeronimo
Henriquespaidoutto
herat thehouseofAdamNijs.Thissumon whichshewillpayan annualinterest
of 5%,willbe
deductedfromtherentofthelasttwoyears,viz.1623and 1624.
1618,July11
Not.
Arch.
645A,p.223;Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.
* Deediscancelled.
Inthemargin
itreads:
1,1618.
paidAugust
24 José
Pinto.
Hesigns:
Pinto.
heismentioned
inmore
than
40deeds
from
1614
to1636,
isknown
little
Joseph
Although
relatively
ofhim.DeedNr.984mentions
that
heisa cousin
ofAnnaMilao.
In1616
hecanbefound
inMiddelburg;
heisa
cousin
ofPauloJacomo
Pinto.
andFrank,
Geschiedenis
inNederland,
derJoden
(Brugmans
p.389).
Francisco
deCaceres
whowasemprisoned
inPorto
inAugust
ismentioned
ashisbrother.
Not.
15,1624;
(August
Arch.
646B,p.997;Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.).
Healsoactsaslessee
ofthesynagogue
ofthenewcongregation
BetIsrael.
645A,p.
4; Not.Arch.
(1619,
February
Not.Sibrant
504-505;
Cornelisz.).
In1636
hiswidow
Ester
Pinta
makes
hertestament.
Itappears
that
shedoesnotleave
Herbrother
Mozes
anychildren.
Barrocas
dePasandhersister
Leonor
wholivesinMadrid,
arementioned.
Shedeclares
that
sheandher
Gomes,
husband
rendered
their
services
tothesynagogue
25years.
With
theexception
ofa fewlegacies,
her
unpaid
during
estate
istobeusedtocarry
herremains
andthose
ofherhusband
totheHolyLand.(1636,
December
16;Not.Arch.
414B,fol.542;Not.Nicolaes
Jacobs.)
112
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Nr.1462- Diogoda Silva,Joande Haroand FranciscoLopesde Azevedostandsurety
forManuel
SebastiaoRodriguez
de Leao,Paulode PinaandGasparRuisto
Carvalho,
DiogoNunesBelmonte,
thebenefitof Ibel Hendrixdr.
forthepaymentof therentof thehouse"Antwerpen"
thatIbel
Hendrixdr.
lettoCarvalhoc.s.according
totheleaseofJanuary
22, 1615.
1618,July11
Not.
Arch.
645A,p.225;Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.
Nr.1463- ManuelCarvalho,Diogo NunesBelmonte,
GasparRuis,Paulode Pinaand Sebastiao
de Leao declarethatJosePintowhoinhabits
thehouse"Antwerpen",
whichhousewas
Rodrigues
rentedbythemfromIbel Hendrixdr.,
claimsthathe is thelesseeand keepsthedoorlocked.Ibel
Hendrixdr.
andherhusbandaretrying
togettheuseoftheirhouseback.Deponents,
with
together
toindemnify
themprovided
Diogoda Silva,Joande HaroandFranciscoLopesde Azevedopromise
thesumof 1.200guildersthattheyadvancedon therentifthecourtdecides
thattheywillreturn
againsther.
1618,July11
Not.
Arch.
645A,p.224-225
Cornelisz.
; Not.Sibrant
Nr.1464- NoticeservedbyHansJorisz.
vanHontumandhiswifeIbelHendrixdr.
uponJosePinto
thathe claimsto haverentedfrom
sayingthathe is to openthedoorsofthehouse"Antwerpen"
so thatthereallesseescanuseit.Theydo notacknowledge
Pintoas lesseeandholdhimliable
them,
forviolenceanddamage.Pintoanswersthathe willadheretothelease.
1618,July12
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
623,
p.259;Not.Sibrant
hiswife,
Nr.1465- NoticeservedbyJosePintouponHansJorisz.
vanHontumandIbelHendrixdr.,
anduponCornelisHendricx.
herbrother,
that
forthefactthattheyentered
thehouse"Antwerpen"
he rentedfromIbel Hendrixdr.
by breakingdoors and windows.Pintoprotestsagainstthis
molestation
andholdsthemliablefordamages.IbelandHansJorisz.
answerthattheyhavenothing
todo withPinto.
1618,July12
Not.
Arch.
Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.
623,
p.258-259;
Nr. 1466- Protest
ofnon-payment.
Eduardvan SurckdemandsfromÔuarteFernandesde Pas,
in Amsterdam,
ofa billofexchangeof250 "p" [pesos?]at 101 1/3
merchant
Portuguese
payment
groatsa [peso],drawnat doubleusancein Veniceon March9, 1616byJacobCastre,thevalue
from
received
fromGiacomoTomasovanCastre.De Pas refuses
topaybecausehehasnoprovision
thedrawer.
1618,July13
Arch.
Not.
Not.
JanFransz.
152,
fol.218'.-219;
Bruyningh.25
abandonto
in Amsterdam,
merchants
Nr. 1467 Franciscoand Christoffel
Mendes,Portuguese
BarentSweers,
JanJansz.SmitandMartenvandenHeuvelgoodsthatwereloadedin
theirinsurers
toruninto
whichshipwasforced
JacobClaesz.Goethert,
Lisbonintheship„Nachtegael"
ofskipper
ofthisbyHenrique
informed
Theinsurers
wererepeatedly
Zeelandandwasheavilydamagedthere.
Mendestransported
FranciscoandChristoffel
Zacuto,broker.
Actingon theordersoftheinsurers,
vanden
Andries
2 casesofcarpetsand26 casesofsugarandsoldthembeforebroker
toAmsterdam
inZeelandto
wassentenced
themthattheskipper
Broeck.Now theiragentJanGeensseninforms
Mendesarenotabletoinstitute
legalproceedings
payall damages.SinceFranciscoandChristoffel
theyabandontheinsuredgoods.
1618,July14
Jacobs.2«
Not.
Arch.
381BJol.317-317v.;
Not.Nicolaes
25 Noteconcerning
vanVeenwho
Woutersz.
andJacques
deBariuponHendrick
a similar
notice
asnr.1445
byPieter
to
from
Zeeland
for
ajourney
Jan
Jacobsz.
from
leeu"ofskipper
insured
intheship"Roode
loaded
Vlissingen
goods
Not.Arch.
andBarbary
andback.
625,p.15;Not.Sibrant
14;
Cornelisz.).
(1618,
July
Spain
26 Onfol.319concept;
andthat
areIndian
these
thesametext
with
theparticulars
that
onfol.318practically
rugs
andnottherugs.
thesugar
that
abandon
onAugust
Mendes
Francisco
29,1618
andChristoffel
they
notify
113
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Nr. 1468- TrijnClaesdr.,42 yearsold,wifeofJanCornelisz.,
dyer,and JorgeVas,50 yearsold,
statement
on therequestofJeronimo
da Sousa.Trijn
makethefollowing
Rodrigues
Portuguese,
18stivers
thathadbeenpassedby
Claesdr.receivedfromDa Sousaa bankpostbillof390guilders,
to be paid to Da Sousa or bearer.
HendrickWoutersz.van Veen,chargeableto AertSpieringh,
topaythebankpostbilltoher.Jorge
Vas together
withDa Sousapresented
the
Spieringh
promised
tenstivers
saidbillto Spieringh.
thengaveDa Sousaa billof254guilders,
to
chargeable
Spieringh
topaytheremainder.
PascoalLopesandpromised
1618,July17
Not.Sibrant
Cornelisz.
Not.
Arch.
645A,p.226-227;
a noticeservedbySebastiaenRibeirouponHendrick
Woutersz.
van
Nr. 1469- Noteconcerning
ofskipper
ManoelDias fora journeyfrom
Veenwhoinsuredgoodsloadedintheship"St.Antonio"
Van Veeninsuredthegoodsina
Lisbonto Paraibaand back,whichshipwasseizedbyprivateers.
ofAlvarode Solis.SinceVanVeenis insolvent
contract
madebytheskipperto thebenefit
Ribeiro
demandssurety.
1618,July17
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
625,
p.15;Not.Sibrant
Nr.1470- Noteconcerning
a noticeservedbyLopo RamiresuponHendrick
Woutersz.
vanVeen
whoinsured
Christiaen
Adriaensz.
Croonfora journey
goodsloadedintheship"Croon"ofskipper
fromLisbontoLivorno.SinceVan Veenis insolvent
Ramiresdemandssurety.
1618,July17
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
625,
p.15;Not.Sibrant
Nr.1471- MichielLopesFernandes,
38yearsold,declaresupontherequest
merchant,
Portuguese
ofJanBenninck
director
oftheMagelhanCompany,
thatin thenameofhisfather
Koeckebacker,
DuarteFernandes,
he boughtfromKoeckebacker
ofdryclovesonJanuary
VAquarters
3, 1613at 14
Flemisha pound,tobe paidin9 months
at 8%.
shillings
1618,July17
Not.
Arch.
vanBanchem.
281,
; Not.Fredrik
fol.36v.-37
Nr.1472- Freightcontr^ct
between
fromEnkhuizen,
fora
BentoOsorioandskipper
SijmenJansen
toSetubal;load saltthereandbackto
journeyoftheship"Jager",
large110lastsfromAmsterdam
of9 guilders,
10stivers
a lastwiththeguilder
at20stivers
andthePolishflorin
at
Danzigat a freight
Iftheskipper
34stivers.
hastosell7 or8 lastsofsaltintheSontinpayment
ofdues,hewillreceive1
guildera lastmorefortheselasts.
1618,July18
Arch.
Not.
Cornelisz.
623,
p.261;Not.Sibrant
Nr. 1473 - PhilipeD'Orta Henriques,Portuguese
in Amsterdam,
merchant
authorizesDiogo
merchants
in Sevilla,toclaimtheproceeds
of
Lorençode Pas andAbrahamandJacobAdriaensen,
thegoodsthatHenriqueshad loadedin theshipofJande Wit,whichshipwas seizedbySpanish
and takentoCadiz.
privateers
1618,July18
Not.
Arch.
Cornelisz.
DeedinPortuguese.
623,
p.262;Not.Sibrant
114
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