Looking for help with a found document

Sara,

the obvious poor quality didn't help, but I however did manage to read the name of the notary. This combined with the date and place, enabled me to find a perfect scan of this document. It's mostly written in French, with a smaller part in English. The names included are Jean Domis & Jacques Thierri. It's about a sale between the two. If the names ring a bell, let us know. I'm sure someone will provide you then with more details.

https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5075/17.1.61/start/280/li…

Oh. My. Gosh.

This is so amazing. As an architectural historian (in America) I am always amazed when people can track documents this old, is such poor condition. As expected it is not related to my family so must have been used to take notes on. I really so appreciate your time.

Here a sharper version of this notarial act and my attempt at transcription of this act:

5. martij 1636

Ce Jourd'huy v. de mois de mars XVIc trente et six,

Je Nicolas Jacobs Notaire publicq admis par la Court d’Hollande

residant en Amsterdamme, present les tesmoigns soubsnommez,

à la requeste et requisition d’honnorable homme Joan Domis

Marchand de ceste ditte Ville, me suis transporte et trouve,

vers et a la personne d’aussi honnorable homme Jacques Thierri

Et lui ai monstré et presente, certaine lettre de change

originele en la langue Angloise, De laquelle la copje

de mot a aultre s'ensuit

Lans Deo in Bourdeaux this prijme of Februari 1636.

for 233 c 20 s al 114 gropte  ... crowne

At double usance pray paij this mi second ele: mij first not

paid unto Maddam the widdow of Sieur Soamis Damis and

Peter Domis or order the some of twoe hundret thirty three

crownes twenti souse sat one hundreth and fowerteene grose

per crowne, and is for the lite value rec[eive] here of Mr.

Vanwartheuwsen, at the day h d pray, make et good

paymente and put it to accompte as by advise and so i

commit you to God by jou to bee commandet

ai[n]si signee Tho: [Thomas] Crosse dirigee to Mr.

Joannes Tieri marchante In Amsterdam and

endossee Payez pour nous le contenu en l'autre part

au Sr. Jean Domis et sera bien pajé, faict a Paris ce

6 febrier 1636 - Signe, La veuve de feu Jacques

Domis et Pierre Domis

Et apres avoir requis dudit Jacques Thierri deue?

acceptation et promesse de pajement de la dite lettre de

change, Et que par icellui me fust dit et respondu,

que par faute et mancquement, d’advis, de celluy pour

lequel la ditte lettre de change est firee, Il n'e estoit

n'estoit delibbre d'en faire la ditte acceptation requise. Je

Notaire susdit au nom et de la part que dessus j'aij

bien expressement protesté  de faulte et refus d'acce-

tation d'Icelle lettre de change, ensemble de tous despens

dommages et Interests changer rechanges et de tout ce

qu'en depend et pourra resulter jour par le dit protestant

du commis en avoir recours sur et envers led it Jacques

Thirrt Thierri, On sur le donnateur et soubsignant

de la ditte lettre de change, et tous aultres qu'il appe-

tiendra, Et sur leurs biens actions et credits le tont /

Dear Sara, here a screenprint of the end of this act on the next page of this notarial register, with a transcription:

selon droict ordre et usance de change sans fraude ...faict

en la ditte ville d'Amsterdam en presence de Pierre

Barij et Henri Henr... tesmoigns à ce requis l'an et jour

que dessus

It seems the merchants in Amsterdam did not accept the bill of exchange offered to them. The Dutch legal term for this kind of act is wisselprotest.

Escuses for writing la ditte instead of la dite! At some points I have added accents for clarification, but it is instructive to see the spelling variants even within a single short text.

Thank you all so much!  Keep doing this amazing work!