Albany County ,Rensselaerswyck NyArchives Court.....Court, Minutes April 1648
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Source: Minutes Of The Court Of Rensselaerswyck
Written: April 1648

       [2] Court proceedings, April 16 Anno 1648

  At the director's demand, Quiryn Cornelisz is ordered for the last time to
present before Thursday next, without further delay, further proof of his account
and an accurate statement about the farm, both as to receipts and expenditures, on
pain, in case he remains in default, of being placed in confinement and kept on
bread and water until he shall produce further proof, and furthermore of arbitrary
punishment at the discretion of the court.

  Whereas the time allowed to Jacob Adriaensz expired two days ago and we find
that as yet he has not reported to Evert Pels, it is ordered, as it is ordered by
us hereby, that the honorable director and the court messenger shall this coming
Saturday take him to his place of destination and, in case of opposition to this
our order, he shall de facto be taken into custody and be put on bread and water.

  Cornelis Theunisz from Breuckelen is ordered to bring in and settle his account
on Wednesday next, when [    ] him [    ] forfeiture [    ]. {1}

      [2n] Apostil on the petition of Nicolaes Coorn

  First, as to the capacity in which he serves the honorable court, ,he is
Lieutenant Officer. {2} As to his salary, the honorable court, subject to
ratification by the honorable guardians, {3} according to instructions, have
granted him one pound Flemish in addition to his former pay for service and board,
that is to say, thirty-six guilders a month.

  Secondly, as to the name of Stads Herberg (City Tavern), permission to use the
same is granted him, as well as permission to build according to his request at
the place to be assigned to him, provided that he enter into a proper contract for
that purpose. But the court can not resolve to grant him the exclusive right to
tap.

  The court confirms and renews the sentence pronounced on August 28, 1647, upon
Willem Jeuriaensz {4} on account of the assault committed against the person of
Antony de Hooges. The honorable director, therefore, is requested and directed to
execute and carry out the same in all its parts and provisions.


  {1} Manuscript destroyed.

  {2} Officier Luytenant, meaning deputy sheriff.

  {3} Johan van Wely and Wouter van Twiller, the guardians of the young patroon,
Johannes van Rensselaer, the minor son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, deceased, then
in Holland.

  {1} Willem Jeuriaensz was sentenced in 1644 and again in 1647 for having
attempted to stab de Hooges with a knife. See p. [58—60] of this record and
O'Callaghan, History of New Netherland, 1:437-38.


Additional Comments:
Figures within brackets represent the pages of the original manuscript. 
Elsewhere, brackets indicate material supplied by the editor.

Figures within {braces} represent foot notes

Extracted from:

MINUTES OF THE COURT OF
RENSSELAERSWYCK 1648-1652

Translated and edited by

A. J. F. VAN LAER
Archivist, Division of Archives and History

ALBANY
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
1922


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