1661- Will

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Hi Anne,

In fact, it is a mutual (partial) revocation of the prenuptial agreement. It starts off with stating that Arent appeared before the notary. He had examined the original prenuptial agreement, in which was stated that all profits and losses during marriage would befall equally (50/50) to each of the marriage partners. Furthermore, Arent states that he had not paid sufficient attention to this when the agreement was read to them and that he now had realised that the agreement should contain the following content:

- all profits and losses of the couple during this marriage would befall only to his part

- if he would be the first to die, Maria as his widow would be entitled to the possessions she had brought into the marriage or the possessions she would have acquired personally during marriage; in addition to this, she would also be inheriting one child's part of the full inheritance of her late husband

- if she would be the first to die, her heirs would only be allowed to inherit the possessions she originally brought into the marriage and the possessions she would have inherited personally during marriage 

The document then continues by stating that Arent had summoned his wife to think if this was true and that Maria in the end declared this to be the truth. 

Subsequently, both promise to act accordingly when one of them will die.