It is a statement by Beatris Pieters Middelhoec, buyer of butter in Delft, who stated that she received 27 small barrels containing English butter, sent to her from Rotterdam with the regular market barge from Rotterdam. She also stated that she had instructed het maid to report the receipt of these cargo to Jan Assuerus, the leaseholder of the butter tax (taxation was often leased by the local government to people with sufficient means, who paid the expected tax revenues in advance to the government and from then on were repsonsible for collecting imposed taxes; this was a strategy used by local governments to shift the financial risks of tax collection to the leaseholder (pachter)). Jan Assuerus apparently had refused to issue the regular proof of proper reporting, but instead issued an order to Beatris not to store this butter. Beatris responded by sending a message via a notary and two reliable witnesses that the butter could not stay outside storage, she would store this butter anyhow, awaiting further response and action from Jan Assuerus.
The second part of the text is the text from the notary, who stated that he went, accompanied by two witnesses to Jan Assuerus to ask for the required document of proof Betaris needed. Jan Assuerus however repeatedly responded to refuse to provide this document and stated that he would collect the butter himself. The notary then responded that Beatris would act as ordered.
Anne
zei op vrijdag 2 oktober 2026 - 17:03