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 Published by: Peeters Publishers Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41481298 . Accessed: 04/05/2014 18:08 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Peeters Publishers is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Studia Rosenthaliana. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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. 101 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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. 102 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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. 103 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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). 104 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 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 This content downloaded from 190.27.140.218 on Sun, 4 May 2014 18:08:02 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions