Cape Council of Policy
277
1661-10-05
Minute details
- Entry number
- 277
- Date
- 1661-10-05
- Year
- 1661
English translation
As the free sawyer Leendert Cornelisz van Zevenhuijsen ao. recently elected to the Council of Borger, instead of leading the freemen in all honest and edifying examples, daily and more abusively behaves with drinking, clinking, fighting, throwing and talking foul language & so on, to the disrespect not only of his own person and so respectful office, but also to the deafening of the listener of the Council, in which, being of any kind to do anything about freemen, Messrs. Muzzles has had its seat and voice: to help censor & so on. So it is for these and various other reasons more than to preserve the Council's respect and listenership & so on. It was decided to no longer admit him to the Council, but to discharge him from the aforementioned office of Citizen Councilor, and to elect in his place, from the double number of the elected Citizens, the free Citizen and former Citizen Councilor, Hendrik Boom of Amsterdam.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1661.
[Signed:] PIETER EVRARD.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1661.
[Signed:] PIETER EVRARD.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.
Original Dutch transcription
Alsoo den vrij houtzager Leendert Cornelisz van Zevenhuijsen ao. passo. gecoren tot Borgerraet, In plaetse van de vrijeluijden met alle eerlijcke ende stichtelijcke exempelen voor te gaen, sigh dagelijcx ende langs soo meer gedebaucheert aenstelt met drincken, clincken, vechten, smijten ende leelijck spreken &a. tot disrespect niet alleen van sijn eijgen persoon ende soo aensienlyck ampt, maer oock tot verdovinge van den luijster des Raets in dewelcke over vrijeluijden messusen ijets te doen wesende syn sitplaetse en stem heeft gehadt: om te helpen sensureren &a., Soo is om die ende verscheijden andere redenen meer als tot conservatie van des Raedts respect ende luijster &a. goetgevonden denselven niet langer in den Raedt te admitteren maer van voorsz sijn borgerraedts-ampt te dechargeren, ende uijt het dubbel getal bij de gecommitteerde borgers daertegen opgebracht in sijn plaetse te verkiesen den vrijborger ende oudt Borger-raedt Hendrick Boom van Amsterdam.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1661.
[Signed:] PIETER EVRARD.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1661.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1661.
[Signed:] PIETER EVRARD.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1661.