1690-revocation of promised donation

Unfortunately, the deed does not disclose much about the reasons.

The deed is a revocation. The revocation was made on 18 June 1696 before the aldermen (schepenen) of the town of Megen by the honorable gentleman Gerardus Segade, dean (plebaan) of Megen. He decided 'because several legal reasons  had brought him to revoke, to annul, to declare invalid certain a certain conditional promise that would bequeath a donation of 2000 guilders to Petronella van Dijssel, widow of the esteemed gentleman Leonard van der Leth and Anna Maria van der Leth, daughter of Petronella, living in Delft, as mentioned in an earlier will made by Gerardus Segade on 7 June 1690' (new style; this is a period where parts of the Netherlands still used the Julian calendar; new style = Gregorian calendar). 

As stated, there is no specification; you may need to search for the will composed by Gerardus Segade on 7 June 1690 to discover more. The only indication is in the term: conditional donation; it may be that Petronella and her daughter did not meet the conditions for the bequeathed donation anymore. 
 

In den naeme Godts Almachtigh amen.
Wij, Willem Jeghers ende Goessen van Suylen, schepenen
der stadt Meghen, doen condt dat op huyden den 18 Junye 1696
voor ons in eygener persoone gecomen ende gecompareert
is geweest den eerwaerde heer Gerardus Schade, plebaen der stadt
Meghen,etc., sijn verstandt, memorie ende andere vijff sinnen
maghtich genoegh sijnde ende gebruyckende, als bleeck,
te kennen gevende dat hij heer comparant om verscheyde
wettige redenen hem (hem soo hij affirmeerde) daer-
toe moverende, te raede geworden was te revoceren,
casseren, doet ende te niet te doen, sulcx hij verclaerde 
expresselijck te revoceren, casseren, doet ende te niet
te doen midts desen, seeckere conditionale toe-
segginge bij forme van donatie uyt saecke
des doots, ofte mortis causa, van twee duysent
gulden gedaen aen joffvrau Petronella van Dijssel, weduwe
van wijlen heer Leonard van der Leth saliger ende aen joffvrau
Anna Maria van der Leth, desselffs dochter, woo-
nende tot Delfft ingeval hij heer comparant
voor haer deser wereldt saude wesen overleden,
waervan d'actie bij hem heer comparant is onder-
teeckent op den sevenden dagh in Junio des jaers
XVIC ende tnegenttigh nieuwe stijl, niet willende
hij heer comparant van de voorsz. juffvrauwen offte een
van haer beyde offte yemandt anders, wie deselve
saude moghen wesen, sigh met de voorsz. acte
naer data deses sal hebben te helpen, als
deselve mede expresselijck intreckende, ca-
serende ende sulcx verbiedende bij desen,
willende dat dese acte van revocatie stand-
grijpen sall, t'sij als een wettighe acte onder
de levenden, offte codicill, ofte in der beste voege
als naer rechten verstaen saude moghen worden
deselve best te konnen bestaen, niettegen-
staende dat eenighe solemniteyt oft clausule
in deselve naerder gerequireert mochte wesen
geomitteert, eerbiedelijck versoeckende alle
jughen ende rechters die dese saude moghen
voorkomen deselve defecten ex officio te
willen suppleren ende versochte hij heer
comparant hiervan acte, d'welck is
dese acte als boven etc.
 

Dear Rene and Geert

Well isn't that fascinating? 2,000 guilders seems a lot of money for a priest to 'donate' to a mother and daughter in Delft.

I wonder what on earth could have changed his mind? As you suggest Rene I might try and find the original will of 1690 but I'm not as familiar with Brabant archives as Delft's.

What's interesting is that Petronella, I'm fairly certain was Dutch reformed church as there's a record of her baptism in Delft, but when she married Leendert van der Leth, they went to Schuipludan- the same place as Vermeer and his Catholic wife, Catharina. Also Petronella, Leendert, and Anna Marie were buried in Delft church with a Jesuit priest. So all very intruiging!

Many thanks to you both again.

very best wishes

Anne

It is even more intriguing, as I found out the year 1696 also was the year Gerardus Schadé became the parish priest of the church of Megen. See https://heemkunde-megen-haren-macharen.nl/historie/pastoors/