Cape Council of Policy
288
1662-05-02
Minute details
- Entry number
- 288
- Date
- 1662-05-02
- Year
- 1662
English translation
Whereas my Lords, the delegated Directors assembled in The Hague, have written to us and ordered in their Ed. letter of the 30th November 1661 to raise an additional 100 to 150 soldiers above our ordinary deployment, without having to pay 20 or 25 minutes or more etc. Also, my Lords, the Directors in the Chamber of Amsterdam, in their letter of December 6, 1661, stipulate that the soldiers to be mustered according to the aforementioned order should be the bravest and most experienced, and among them some of the principal officers, for the reasons further printed. And since it is also understood that over so many people, a higher military officer is required than our sergeant, who is in charge of the small militia here. Therefore, the Council has approved the appointment of Vendry Francois Tullekens, along with two more sergeants, and as many corporals as may be deemed necessary, as well as the The aforementioned Tullekens, in order to have even more respect for so many soldiers, in his high authority and in view of this being highly recommended, to be granted the rank of lieutenant,225 provisionally without improvement in pay, and that until such time the Lords Masters will send further orders over the aforementioned militia. And to encourage the aforementioned sergeant in view of his good services to the Captain, as well as due to the necessity, etc., it has been deemed appropriate to appoint him as warden next to his sergeant's place, in accordance with the acts inserted below:
On order received from our most recent Lords Majores, to send out a good number of soldiers. to raise their ships and take them ashore here, as well as to appoint competent chief officers over them. Therefore, first and until further notice, we have had the son of Francois Tullekens, who arrived here on April 27 of this year by the flute from Amsterdam in the capacity of formal salesman, taken into this fortress as a guerrilla, to use him from now on as first commander of this militia. However, since he would have preferred to continue to India rather than remain ashore here, under the pretense that his previous advance on the accompanying recommendations would not arise for him there. Therefore, in that regard, as at his earnest request, we have added to him the quality of lieutenant by provision without increase in salary. by approval of the Lords Masters in the fatherland, or their Honors in Batavia.
In view of the fact that Pieter Evrart van Cruijssart, present sergeant and for quite some time sole commander of the soldiers of this fortress, has requested that, due to the advancement of the envoy Tullekens to provisional lieutenant,226 he might be provisionally permitted to enter the same vacant envoy's office. However, because he was still unable (for special reasons) to grant his request, in addition to his sergeant's office (in consideration of his vigilance and bravery on various occasions), he has also been granted the office of guard of this fortress with an improvement from twenty to twenty-five guilders per month, effective from the date of this month, provided that it remains in force. obligated not only to serve here duly227, but also to faithfully attend the aforementioned lieutenant and adjutant228 from now on.
Thus done and resolved at the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1662.
[Signed:] H. WAGENAER.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1662.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1662.
On order received from our most recent Lords Majores, to send out a good number of soldiers. to raise their ships and take them ashore here, as well as to appoint competent chief officers over them. Therefore, first and until further notice, we have had the son of Francois Tullekens, who arrived here on April 27 of this year by the flute from Amsterdam in the capacity of formal salesman, taken into this fortress as a guerrilla, to use him from now on as first commander of this militia. However, since he would have preferred to continue to India rather than remain ashore here, under the pretense that his previous advance on the accompanying recommendations would not arise for him there. Therefore, in that regard, as at his earnest request, we have added to him the quality of lieutenant by provision without increase in salary. by approval of the Lords Masters in the fatherland, or their Honors in Batavia.
In view of the fact that Pieter Evrart van Cruijssart, present sergeant and for quite some time sole commander of the soldiers of this fortress, has requested that, due to the advancement of the envoy Tullekens to provisional lieutenant,226 he might be provisionally permitted to enter the same vacant envoy's office. However, because he was still unable (for special reasons) to grant his request, in addition to his sergeant's office (in consideration of his vigilance and bravery on various occasions), he has also been granted the office of guard of this fortress with an improvement from twenty to twenty-five guilders per month, effective from the date of this month, provided that it remains in force. obligated not only to serve here duly227, but also to faithfully attend the aforementioned lieutenant and adjutant228 from now on.
Thus done and resolved at the Fort of Good Hope on the date and year as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1662.
[Signed:] H. WAGENAER.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1662.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1662.
Original Dutch transcription
Dewijle van mijn Heeren de gecommitteerdc Bewinthebberen binnen ‘s Gravenhage vergadert ons aengeschreven ende g’ordonneert wort bij haer Ed. missive van den 30en November 1661 boven ons ordinaris besettingh te lichten noch 100 a 150 soldaten sonder op 20 off 25 min off meer noch te sien &a.; Item oock daerop mijn Heeren de Bewinthebberen ter camer Amsterdam bij derselver aenschrijvens van den 6en December 1661, dat de soldaten die men volgens de gemelte ordre sal lichten sullen dienen te wesen van de cloeckste ende ervarenste, Ende daeronder eenige van de voornaemste officieren om de redenen daer verder bij gedruckt, Ende dewijle over soo veel volcx dan oock verstaen wort wel een hoger chrijghsofficier te vereijsschen als onsen sergeant, hooft van de wijnige militie alhier sijnde, Soo is bij den Raedt goetgevonden tot hooftofficier over de jegenwoordighe versterckt wordende sware militie te lichten den vendrigh Francois Tullekens, nevens noch 2 sergeanten, ende soo veele corporaels als verder nodigh sal gedacht worden: mitsgaders den gemelten Tullekens om te meer ontsagh over soo veel soldaten te hebben, op sijne hoge instantie ende ten insichte dat seer gerecommandeert wort, te benificeren met de qualite van Ieutenan[t],225 provisioneel sonder verbeteringh in gagie, ende dat tot soo langh de Heeren Meesters over de gemelte militie verder ordre sullen comen te senden, Ende om voornoembden sergeant ten insigte van sijne goede diensten aen de Caep mede wat te animer[en] als oock wegen de nootsakelijckheijt &a., Is goetgevond[en] denselven neffens syne sergeantsplaets tot wag[t]meester te stellen, conform d’ actens hier onder g’insereert:
Op ontfangene ordre van onse Heeren Majores jongst uijt ‘t vaderlant becomen, om noch goet getal soldaten uijt derselver schepen te lichten, en alhier aen landt te nemen, mitsgaders over deselve bequame hooftofficieren te stellen, Soo hebben voor eerst en tot nader ordre den perzoon van Francois Tullekens op 27 April deses jaers per de fluijt Amstelandt in qualite van formeel vendrich alhier g’arriveert, in dese fortresse doen guarniso[en] nemen, om hem voortaen als eerste bevelhebber over dese militie te gebruijcken, Edogh ten aens[ien] deselve liever had willen voort naer India gaen als hier aen lant leggen te blijven, onder voorwenden sijn voirder avance op de mede gebrachte aensienelijcke recommandatien hem aldaer niet ontstaen souw, Soo hebben hem ten dien insigte als op sijn ernstigh versoeck de qualite van lieutenant by provisie sonder verhogingh van tractement toegevoeght op approbatie van de Heeren Meesters in ‘t vaderlant, ofte haer Ed. tot Batavia.
Ten aensien Pieter Evrart van Cruijssart tegenwoordigh sergieant en geruijmen tijt eenigste bevelhebber van de krijgslieden deser fortresse geweest sijnde, ons heeft versocht, dat vermits ‘t avanceren van den vendrig Tullekens totprovisioneel lieutenant226 hij bij provisie in ‘t selve vacerende vendrigsampt moght vergunt werden te treden, maer omdat als noch (vermits bijsondere redenen) denselven sijn versoeck niet hebben cunnen toestaen, is hem nevens sijn sergeantsbedieningh (ten reguarde van sijn vigilantie en dapperheijt in verscheijde gelegentheden bethoont) oock het waghtmeestersampt deser fortresse met een verbeteringh van twintigh tot vijff en twintigh guldens ter maent toegeleijt dato deses ingaende mits gehouden blijft sijnen verpligten tijt daervoor alhierniet alleen227 behoorlijck uijt te dienen maer oock voorn. lieutenant als adjoutant228 allesints voortaen getrouwelijck bij te woonen.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1662.
[Signed:] Z. WAGENAER.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1662.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1662.
Op ontfangene ordre van onse Heeren Majores jongst uijt ‘t vaderlant becomen, om noch goet getal soldaten uijt derselver schepen te lichten, en alhier aen landt te nemen, mitsgaders over deselve bequame hooftofficieren te stellen, Soo hebben voor eerst en tot nader ordre den perzoon van Francois Tullekens op 27 April deses jaers per de fluijt Amstelandt in qualite van formeel vendrich alhier g’arriveert, in dese fortresse doen guarniso[en] nemen, om hem voortaen als eerste bevelhebber over dese militie te gebruijcken, Edogh ten aens[ien] deselve liever had willen voort naer India gaen als hier aen lant leggen te blijven, onder voorwenden sijn voirder avance op de mede gebrachte aensienelijcke recommandatien hem aldaer niet ontstaen souw, Soo hebben hem ten dien insigte als op sijn ernstigh versoeck de qualite van lieutenant by provisie sonder verhogingh van tractement toegevoeght op approbatie van de Heeren Meesters in ‘t vaderlant, ofte haer Ed. tot Batavia.
Ten aensien Pieter Evrart van Cruijssart tegenwoordigh sergieant en geruijmen tijt eenigste bevelhebber van de krijgslieden deser fortresse geweest sijnde, ons heeft versocht, dat vermits ‘t avanceren van den vendrig Tullekens totprovisioneel lieutenant226 hij bij provisie in ‘t selve vacerende vendrigsampt moght vergunt werden te treden, maer omdat als noch (vermits bijsondere redenen) denselven sijn versoeck niet hebben cunnen toestaen, is hem nevens sijn sergeantsbedieningh (ten reguarde van sijn vigilantie en dapperheijt in verscheijde gelegentheden bethoont) oock het waghtmeestersampt deser fortresse met een verbeteringh van twintigh tot vijff en twintigh guldens ter maent toegeleijt dato deses ingaende mits gehouden blijft sijnen verpligten tijt daervoor alhierniet alleen227 behoorlijck uijt te dienen maer oock voorn. lieutenant als adjoutant228 allesints voortaen getrouwelijck bij te woonen.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope ten dage ende jare als boven.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1662.
[Signed:] Z. WAGENAER.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1662.
[Signed:] H. LACUS, Secrets. 1662.