Cape Council of Policy
259
1661-03-07
Minute details
- Entry number
- 259
- Date
- 1661-03-07
- Year
- 1661
English translation
By the E. Commander Andries Frisius, the Broad Council was summoned to the Fort of Good Hope and after inquiring about the condition of the ships and the work required for them, as well as the disposition of the crew. It was found that all the ships were clear and had their water in them, but that on some of them there was still a fairly good number of sick people, both on the water and the barbary. Therefore, the Council, after the aforementioned mature consideration, agreed and decided to remain here at the Cape until Saturday, the 12th of this month, in the hope of helping the sick to get back on their feet again through the daily refreshments, and then, in God's name, from this point to the to sail to our dear fatherland and to advance the voyage.
The Rev. Vice Commander de Knibber, skipper Pieter Jonasz, merchant Jan Abramsz Valck, and the fiscal of this fort, Abraham Gabbema, submit a written report in Rade regarding what they experienced on the ship Amersfoort in the dispute between skipper Jan Munt and junior merchant Samuel de Ligne, namely the improper conduct of pilot Michiel Jansz van Diepen against the aforementioned skipper. After reading the report, it was found to be a summary of what had been stated against the other in writing and verbally on the 2nd of this month. Skipper Munt and the sub-merchant de Ligne behaved very rudely towards the other in their duties, using words and insults as a defiance of certain necessities, so that instead of keeping such a cost-effective return ship under the first two heads, and setting a good example for those under them, they fell into the utmost estrangement. Therefore, the Council, having considered the matter with due wisdom, decided and understood it was right to summon Skipper Munt and Merchant de Ligne before the Council or through their commissioners. to have them severely reprimanded for what has happened, and to order that from now on they will each acknowledge and hold accountable for each other in what he is competing for and for which the E. Compe. serves and the ship is equipped, and to allow him and theirs to fully enjoy it as is fitting, or in the event of further withdrawal or negligence on his part that the Council is not willing to trust, in which case it will be provided for as rigorously as possible by necessary means, as the true service of the E. Compe. will be found to belong to the preservation of the ship and the peace of the people, condemning moreover that. Skipper Munt and merchant de Ligne each entered into a financial agreement of 20 reales in cash, for the benefit of half to the treasury here and the other half to the poor of the Reformed Church in Amsterdam.
Furthermore, regarding the complaint filed by Skipper Munt against his pilot, Michiel Jansz van Diepen, and the aforementioned commissioners have found that the pilot did not hesitate to act against his pilot and treat him improperly. Therefore, the Council resolved and arrested the said pilot to be allowed to board the ship "de Nagelboom" without being in command, and that he would replace Skipper Munt with one of the most competent pilots. which are not included in the service on his ship.
Lastly, in Council, Jacob Enten, skipper of the ship Orangie, reveals how Jacob Spennet, a pilot, had served the cockpit berth at ƒ5 per meter since he set sail from Batavias, as the cock alone was too heavy for the work in the cabin. Therefore, he requested that the additional fee be added to it. Taking note of this in Council, it was agreed that Jacob Spennet, by halving his wages, would add a reward of ten guilders per month for the time the berth was occupied.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as mentioned above.
[Signed:] ANDRIES FRISIUS.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] DIRCK DE KNIBBER.
[Signed:] PIETER JONASSEN.
[Signed:] JAN ABRAHAMSZ.
[Signed:] JOCHEM CLAESEN.
[Signed:] REYNOUT VENHUISEN.
[Signed:] JACOB ENTE.
[Signed:] ELBERT KES. ao. 1660.
192
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1661.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.
The Rev. Vice Commander de Knibber, skipper Pieter Jonasz, merchant Jan Abramsz Valck, and the fiscal of this fort, Abraham Gabbema, submit a written report in Rade regarding what they experienced on the ship Amersfoort in the dispute between skipper Jan Munt and junior merchant Samuel de Ligne, namely the improper conduct of pilot Michiel Jansz van Diepen against the aforementioned skipper. After reading the report, it was found to be a summary of what had been stated against the other in writing and verbally on the 2nd of this month. Skipper Munt and the sub-merchant de Ligne behaved very rudely towards the other in their duties, using words and insults as a defiance of certain necessities, so that instead of keeping such a cost-effective return ship under the first two heads, and setting a good example for those under them, they fell into the utmost estrangement. Therefore, the Council, having considered the matter with due wisdom, decided and understood it was right to summon Skipper Munt and Merchant de Ligne before the Council or through their commissioners. to have them severely reprimanded for what has happened, and to order that from now on they will each acknowledge and hold accountable for each other in what he is competing for and for which the E. Compe. serves and the ship is equipped, and to allow him and theirs to fully enjoy it as is fitting, or in the event of further withdrawal or negligence on his part that the Council is not willing to trust, in which case it will be provided for as rigorously as possible by necessary means, as the true service of the E. Compe. will be found to belong to the preservation of the ship and the peace of the people, condemning moreover that. Skipper Munt and merchant de Ligne each entered into a financial agreement of 20 reales in cash, for the benefit of half to the treasury here and the other half to the poor of the Reformed Church in Amsterdam.
Furthermore, regarding the complaint filed by Skipper Munt against his pilot, Michiel Jansz van Diepen, and the aforementioned commissioners have found that the pilot did not hesitate to act against his pilot and treat him improperly. Therefore, the Council resolved and arrested the said pilot to be allowed to board the ship "de Nagelboom" without being in command, and that he would replace Skipper Munt with one of the most competent pilots. which are not included in the service on his ship.
Lastly, in Council, Jacob Enten, skipper of the ship Orangie, reveals how Jacob Spennet, a pilot, had served the cockpit berth at ƒ5 per meter since he set sail from Batavias, as the cock alone was too heavy for the work in the cabin. Therefore, he requested that the additional fee be added to it. Taking note of this in Council, it was agreed that Jacob Spennet, by halving his wages, would add a reward of ten guilders per month for the time the berth was occupied.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as mentioned above.
[Signed:] ANDRIES FRISIUS.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] DIRCK DE KNIBBER.
[Signed:] PIETER JONASSEN.
[Signed:] JAN ABRAHAMSZ.
[Signed:] JOCHEM CLAESEN.
[Signed:] REYNOUT VENHUISEN.
[Signed:] JACOB ENTE.
[Signed:] ELBERT KES. ao. 1660.
192
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1661.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.
Original Dutch transcription
Door den E. Commandeur Andries Frisius, den Breden Raet aen ‘t fort de Goede Hope beroepen ende ondersogt sijnde hoedaenigh het met de schepen ende ver-eijschte werck aen deselve als mede de dispositie van ‘t volck stont, is bevonden de schepen alle te zaemen claer ende haer water in hadden, doch dat op eenige derselver noch vrij goet aental van siecken soo aen ‘t water als de barberij190 vast lagen, Soo is bij den Raat naer voorgaende mature overweginge goetgevonden ende verstaen alhier aen de Cabo noch tot Saterdag aenstaende, sijnde den 12en deser, te verblijven op hope inmiddels de siecken door de dagelijcxe verversinge weder op de been te helpen, ende als dan in Godes name uijt dese rhede naer de havenen onses lieven vaderlants t’ seyl te gaen ende de reijse te vervorderen.
D’ E. Vice Commandeur de Knibber, schipper Pieter Jonasz, den coopman Jan Abramsz Valck ende den fiscael deses forts Abraham Gabbema, leggen in Rade over een schriftelijck rapport wegens ‘t gene bij haer op ‘t schip Amersfoort in de questien ontstaen tusschen schipper Jan Munt ende den ondercoopman Samuel de Ligne, als de onbehoorlijckheden van den stuurman Michiel Jansz van Diepen tegens gemelte schipper gepleeght ondervonden hebben, ende naer lecture desselfs als resumptie van ‘t gene op den 2en deser tegen den anderen schriftelijck ende mondelingh hadden ingebracht, is bevonden gemt. schipper Munt ende den ondercoopman de Ligne haer in hare plichten tegens den anderen seer groffelijck met woorden ende schelden hebben verlopen, als onthoudinge van eenige noodtwendigheden, soo dat in plaetse van eenigheijt onder de 2 eerste hooffden van soo costelijck retourschip te houden, ende die die onder haer gestelt sijn met een goet exempel voor te gaen, tot de uijtterste verwijderinge sijn vervallen, Soo is ‘t dat den Raat met rijpheijt van rade de saacke overwogen hebbende, goetgevonden ende verstaen hebben gemt. schipper Munt ende coopman de Ligne voor den Raat te ontbieden ofte door gecommitteerden haerl. over ‘t gepasseerde ernstelijck te laten berispen, ende te gelasten dat sy voortaen den anderen elcx in ‘t gene hem is competerende ende daervooren d’ E. Compe. dienen ende t’ scheep gestelt sijn sullen erkennen, houden ende ten vollen voor hem ende de haeren te laeten genieten als dat behoort, ofte by verdere verwijderinghe off nalatigheyt desselfs, dat den Raat niet wil vertrouwen, daerinne als dan door vereijssende middelen sodaenigh op ‘t rigoreuste sal werden versien, als de waren dienst der E. Compe. tot behoudenis van ‘t schip ende ruste van ‘t volck sal bevonden worden te behoren, condemnerende daerenboven gemt. schipper Munt ende coopman de Ligne ijder in een pecuniele amende van 20 realen comptant, ten profijte d’ eene helft van den fiscus alhier ende d’ ander helfte voor den armen der gereformeerde kercke tot Amsterdam .
Verders aengaende de clachte door schipper Munt over syn stuurman Michiel Jansz van Diepen gedaen, ende door voorngemt. E. gecommitteerdens ondervonden synde hy stuurman sigh niet ontsien heeft tegens syn schipper op te stellen ende onbehoorlijck te bejegenen, Soo is by den Raat geresolveert ende g’arresteert gemelte stuurman buijten bedieninge op ‘t schip den Nagelboom te laten overgaen, ende dat hy schipper Munt weder in desselfs plaetse sal stellen een der bequaemste uijt de stuurl. die buijten bedieninge op syn schip bescheijden sijn.
Ten jongsten verthoont in Rade Jacob Enten schipper op ‘t schip Orangie , hoe Jacob Spennet hooploper met ƒ5 per mt. de cocxmaetsplaetse t’ zedert van Batavias rheede t’ zeijl gegaen was, hadde bedient, alsoo de cock ‘t werck in de combuijs alleen te swaer viel, dierhalve versochte dat denselven daervoren het opgelt moghte toegevoeght worden, waerop in Rade geleth sijnde, isverstaen191 gemt. Jacob Spennet by halveringe van gagie toe te voegen een beloninghe van thien guldens per maant, van de tijt de plaetse becleet heeft.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] ANDRIES FRISIUS.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] DIRCK DE KNIBBER.
[Signed:] PIETER JONASSEN.
[Signed:] JAN ABRAHAMSZ.
[Signed:] JOCHEM CLAESEN.
[Signed:] REYNOUT VENHUISEN.
[Signed:] JACOB ENTE.
[Signed:] ELBERT KES. ao. 1660.
192
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1661.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.
D’ E. Vice Commandeur de Knibber, schipper Pieter Jonasz, den coopman Jan Abramsz Valck ende den fiscael deses forts Abraham Gabbema, leggen in Rade over een schriftelijck rapport wegens ‘t gene bij haer op ‘t schip Amersfoort in de questien ontstaen tusschen schipper Jan Munt ende den ondercoopman Samuel de Ligne, als de onbehoorlijckheden van den stuurman Michiel Jansz van Diepen tegens gemelte schipper gepleeght ondervonden hebben, ende naer lecture desselfs als resumptie van ‘t gene op den 2en deser tegen den anderen schriftelijck ende mondelingh hadden ingebracht, is bevonden gemt. schipper Munt ende den ondercoopman de Ligne haer in hare plichten tegens den anderen seer groffelijck met woorden ende schelden hebben verlopen, als onthoudinge van eenige noodtwendigheden, soo dat in plaetse van eenigheijt onder de 2 eerste hooffden van soo costelijck retourschip te houden, ende die die onder haer gestelt sijn met een goet exempel voor te gaen, tot de uijtterste verwijderinge sijn vervallen, Soo is ‘t dat den Raat met rijpheijt van rade de saacke overwogen hebbende, goetgevonden ende verstaen hebben gemt. schipper Munt ende coopman de Ligne voor den Raat te ontbieden ofte door gecommitteerden haerl. over ‘t gepasseerde ernstelijck te laten berispen, ende te gelasten dat sy voortaen den anderen elcx in ‘t gene hem is competerende ende daervooren d’ E. Compe. dienen ende t’ scheep gestelt sijn sullen erkennen, houden ende ten vollen voor hem ende de haeren te laeten genieten als dat behoort, ofte by verdere verwijderinghe off nalatigheyt desselfs, dat den Raat niet wil vertrouwen, daerinne als dan door vereijssende middelen sodaenigh op ‘t rigoreuste sal werden versien, als de waren dienst der E. Compe. tot behoudenis van ‘t schip ende ruste van ‘t volck sal bevonden worden te behoren, condemnerende daerenboven gemt. schipper Munt ende coopman de Ligne ijder in een pecuniele amende van 20 realen comptant, ten profijte d’ eene helft van den fiscus alhier ende d’ ander helfte voor den armen der gereformeerde kercke tot Amsterdam .
Verders aengaende de clachte door schipper Munt over syn stuurman Michiel Jansz van Diepen gedaen, ende door voorngemt. E. gecommitteerdens ondervonden synde hy stuurman sigh niet ontsien heeft tegens syn schipper op te stellen ende onbehoorlijck te bejegenen, Soo is by den Raat geresolveert ende g’arresteert gemelte stuurman buijten bedieninge op ‘t schip den Nagelboom te laten overgaen, ende dat hy schipper Munt weder in desselfs plaetse sal stellen een der bequaemste uijt de stuurl. die buijten bedieninge op syn schip bescheijden sijn.
Ten jongsten verthoont in Rade Jacob Enten schipper op ‘t schip Orangie , hoe Jacob Spennet hooploper met ƒ5 per mt. de cocxmaetsplaetse t’ zedert van Batavias rheede t’ zeijl gegaen was, hadde bedient, alsoo de cock ‘t werck in de combuijs alleen te swaer viel, dierhalve versochte dat denselven daervoren het opgelt moghte toegevoeght worden, waerop in Rade geleth sijnde, isverstaen191 gemt. Jacob Spennet by halveringe van gagie toe te voegen een beloninghe van thien guldens per maant, van de tijt de plaetse becleet heeft.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] ANDRIES FRISIUS.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] DIRCK DE KNIBBER.
[Signed:] PIETER JONASSEN.
[Signed:] JAN ABRAHAMSZ.
[Signed:] JOCHEM CLAESEN.
[Signed:] REYNOUT VENHUISEN.
[Signed:] JACOB ENTE.
[Signed:] ELBERT KES. ao. 1660.
192
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1661.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.