Cape Council of Policy
539
1677-03-04
Minute details
- Entry number
- 539
- Date
- 1677-03-04
- Year
- 1677
English translation
Praesentibus omnibus.
And as skipper Jacob Harckesse119 of the ship Wester Amstel arrived on December 2120, he came to exchange life for death and the chief helmsman. …121 requested to be allowed to occupy the place of the deceased. So it was approved by122 the Governor and Council, as being a sober person and of good ability, to depute that quality to him at his request, likewise to have the deceased skipper mentioned brought to the house of the freeman Wouter Mostaart, and from the same with good respect and the usual solemnities by 12 skippers, both from the return fleet moored here and from other ships, ordered to be buried in the church, together with his bequeathed means by the curator ad lites and the second person Sr. Crudop, assisted by Vice Commander Jan Bartelse Tant and Skipper Jan Boom, and sub-merchant Hermanus van Dooijenburgh, will first properly inventory and arrange the inventory for the peace of mind of those interested. And since further needs will arise here, which will at most require the return fleet present here, it has been decided, for the convenience of the said fleet, to remove such goods from the ships present here as the memorandum will come to indicate. Furthermore, as the ships Rammekens and Velsen, equipped for Ceylon, arrived on the 12th and 18th of February,124 had already been ready to depart a few days ago, and in principle held on125 to the hope that those from Ceylon would have been collected in the meantime in return for the fatherland, so that Her Honor would be informed of their arrival and adventure, so that after126 nothing was heard of them up to that date, and to that end127 it was unanimously resolved and for the most part in the service of the Company. Considered (since we cannot know whether they also encountered any disasters on the voyage) to send the aforementioned two ships, according to the old custom and in the strictest order, also in consideration of the French enemies and other feigned friends, out of necessity, or where the officers of the said ships, by some higher order of our Hr. Majors, were obligated from the fatherland for this purpose, were qualified to do so.128
And in this regard, by Hr. Commander of the return fleet, Gijsbert de Davidt Strantwijck, successively well examined here on the 22nd of the previous month,129 we also confirm that His Honor (After investigation) it is agreed that on Sunday, March 7, 130, the majority of the return fleet will be clear (with the exception of the mast for the Dutch Garden and other timberwork), as well as all necessary provisions. Therefore, it has been decided that in the coming week, all skippers of the respective ships will be consulted about the aforementioned departure and that a fixed day will then be established for this purpose.
Having further considered and realized how impossible it would be for the Cape to initially support itself with its own grain, her noble letter from Batavia, dated November 27, 131, summarizes that her noble... well it might not be convenient, and very easily (beyond hope) would fail, due to the unrest in the Mataram kingdom 132 as well as scarcity in Cannara,133 to support this Government with rice after the demand and that according to which in case of great drought and bad harvest if nothing happens we could fall into great difficulty, so with the advice of the E. Commander it is possible to provide as much as possible in time, mainly in the service of the E. Company. We understand that, at the first opportunity, we will be provided with suitable soil and will transport it from here to the east, to the coast of Suffolk, to the island of Madagascar 134, and to carefully inquire whether any of these grains, for our subsistence, might be reasonably obtainable in the event of a major shortage.
Furthermore, as was resolved in our resolution dated October 27th, 1913, primarily in the service of the E. Company, to insert the 21st point, in such a way that it had opened from bottom to top that there was a fear that the entire building would collapse, as much as possible to support it with the least expense by demolishing a faulty brackish, and presently observed. bulwark has not been opened or deteriorated since that time, despite the great hard winds and downpours it has endured. Therefore, the Noble Governor, as Commander, has taken this matter into consideration and resolved, for the greatest benefit and benefit of the Lords Majors, to first provide the required bedding for the canon in proper form, and to have the running water drained and collected in a dug well inside, to test whether the bulwark is still defensive, as hoped, and for The firing of the cannon is not to be interrupted, and similarly, it is understood that both sea points are not sufficiently well-equipped, as their foundation walls do not reach the solid ground by any means, making them unsuitable for repelling the advancing seawater at minimal expense. Furthermore, for greater security, a rock wall, similar to a false braij, should be provided, providing 5 rods of the bulwarks without danger.
Lastly, during this meeting, various persons who had their time with the E. Company also arrived. expires, to appear in Council and immediately request the Governor to either be released from the Fatherland or India or to lease them again de novo with a favorable improvement. We have also deemed it most expedient to grant the request to some who are past their prime and are not out of line with their current duties, and again to accept into service those who, under good witness from their respective superiors, have served duly at the E. Company and have shown a willingness to join, and to encourage them to do so more and more, as will be established in its documents.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed:] J. BAX g. v. HERENTALS.
[Signed:] GIJSBERT DE DAVID STRANTWIJCK
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] DIRCQ JANSZ SMIENDT.
[Signed:] M. VAN BANCHEM, Sects.
And as skipper Jacob Harckesse119 of the ship Wester Amstel arrived on December 2120, he came to exchange life for death and the chief helmsman. …121 requested to be allowed to occupy the place of the deceased. So it was approved by122 the Governor and Council, as being a sober person and of good ability, to depute that quality to him at his request, likewise to have the deceased skipper mentioned brought to the house of the freeman Wouter Mostaart, and from the same with good respect and the usual solemnities by 12 skippers, both from the return fleet moored here and from other ships, ordered to be buried in the church, together with his bequeathed means by the curator ad lites and the second person Sr. Crudop, assisted by Vice Commander Jan Bartelse Tant and Skipper Jan Boom, and sub-merchant Hermanus van Dooijenburgh, will first properly inventory and arrange the inventory for the peace of mind of those interested. And since further needs will arise here, which will at most require the return fleet present here, it has been decided, for the convenience of the said fleet, to remove such goods from the ships present here as the memorandum will come to indicate. Furthermore, as the ships Rammekens and Velsen, equipped for Ceylon, arrived on the 12th and 18th of February,124 had already been ready to depart a few days ago, and in principle held on125 to the hope that those from Ceylon would have been collected in the meantime in return for the fatherland, so that Her Honor would be informed of their arrival and adventure, so that after126 nothing was heard of them up to that date, and to that end127 it was unanimously resolved and for the most part in the service of the Company. Considered (since we cannot know whether they also encountered any disasters on the voyage) to send the aforementioned two ships, according to the old custom and in the strictest order, also in consideration of the French enemies and other feigned friends, out of necessity, or where the officers of the said ships, by some higher order of our Hr. Majors, were obligated from the fatherland for this purpose, were qualified to do so.128
And in this regard, by Hr. Commander of the return fleet, Gijsbert de Davidt Strantwijck, successively well examined here on the 22nd of the previous month,129 we also confirm that His Honor (After investigation) it is agreed that on Sunday, March 7, 130, the majority of the return fleet will be clear (with the exception of the mast for the Dutch Garden and other timberwork), as well as all necessary provisions. Therefore, it has been decided that in the coming week, all skippers of the respective ships will be consulted about the aforementioned departure and that a fixed day will then be established for this purpose.
Having further considered and realized how impossible it would be for the Cape to initially support itself with its own grain, her noble letter from Batavia, dated November 27, 131, summarizes that her noble... well it might not be convenient, and very easily (beyond hope) would fail, due to the unrest in the Mataram kingdom 132 as well as scarcity in Cannara,133 to support this Government with rice after the demand and that according to which in case of great drought and bad harvest if nothing happens we could fall into great difficulty, so with the advice of the E. Commander it is possible to provide as much as possible in time, mainly in the service of the E. Company. We understand that, at the first opportunity, we will be provided with suitable soil and will transport it from here to the east, to the coast of Suffolk, to the island of Madagascar 134, and to carefully inquire whether any of these grains, for our subsistence, might be reasonably obtainable in the event of a major shortage.
Furthermore, as was resolved in our resolution dated October 27th, 1913, primarily in the service of the E. Company, to insert the 21st point, in such a way that it had opened from bottom to top that there was a fear that the entire building would collapse, as much as possible to support it with the least expense by demolishing a faulty brackish, and presently observed. bulwark has not been opened or deteriorated since that time, despite the great hard winds and downpours it has endured. Therefore, the Noble Governor, as Commander, has taken this matter into consideration and resolved, for the greatest benefit and benefit of the Lords Majors, to first provide the required bedding for the canon in proper form, and to have the running water drained and collected in a dug well inside, to test whether the bulwark is still defensive, as hoped, and for The firing of the cannon is not to be interrupted, and similarly, it is understood that both sea points are not sufficiently well-equipped, as their foundation walls do not reach the solid ground by any means, making them unsuitable for repelling the advancing seawater at minimal expense. Furthermore, for greater security, a rock wall, similar to a false braij, should be provided, providing 5 rods of the bulwarks without danger.
Lastly, during this meeting, various persons who had their time with the E. Company also arrived. expires, to appear in Council and immediately request the Governor to either be released from the Fatherland or India or to lease them again de novo with a favorable improvement. We have also deemed it most expedient to grant the request to some who are past their prime and are not out of line with their current duties, and again to accept into service those who, under good witness from their respective superiors, have served duly at the E. Company and have shown a willingness to join, and to encourage them to do so more and more, as will be established in its documents.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope on the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed:] J. BAX g. v. HERENTALS.
[Signed:] GIJSBERT DE DAVID STRANTWIJCK
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] DIRCQ JANSZ SMIENDT.
[Signed:] M. VAN BANCHEM, Sects.
Original Dutch transcription
Praesentibus omnibus.
Ende alsoo den schipper Jacob Harckesse119 van ‘t schip Wester Amstel op 2deser120 costi successive aengekomen, is comen het leven in de doot te verwisselen en den opperstuerman. …121 versoeckt des overledens plaets te mogen occupeeren, Soo is goet gevondenbij122 den Gouverneur en Raadt als sijnde een nuchteren persoon en van goede bequaamheijt aen den selven op sijn versoeck die qualiteijt te defereeren, insgelijckx oock den overleden schipper opgemelt ten huijse van den vrijborger Wouter Mostaart te doen brengen, en uijt ‘et selve met goet respect en de gewoone solemniteijten door 12 schippers, soo van de hier ter rhede leggende retourvloot als andere bodems, in de kerck ter aerde bestellen, mitsgaders sijne naegelaeten middelen door den curateur ad lites en d’ secunde persoon Sr. Crudop, geadsisteert met de vice Commandeur Jan Bartelse Tant en schipper Jan Boom, als ondercoopman Hermanus van Dooijenburgh, tot gerustheijt van de geintresseerdens voor eerst behoorlijck te inventarisseeren en versegelen. Ende vermits hier noch meer behoeftigheden comen te ontstaan die de hier present leggende retourvloot ten hoogsten comt te requireeren, Soo is tot gerieff van gedachte vloot inRade123 gearresteert, soodanige goederen te lichten uijt de hier present leggende schepen als de memorie sal comen te doceren.
Verders alsoo de schepen Rammekens en Velsen voor Ceijlon g’equipeert, op 12 en 18 Februariecostj124 wel gearriveert) al voor eenige dagen vaerdigh sijn geweest om te vertrecken, en ten principaelen op gehoudenop125 hoope dat haer die van Ceijlon in retour voor ‘t vaderlandt souden tussen wijle opgedaan hebben, op dat haer Edle. van haer arrivement en wedervaeren gedient souden wesen, soo hebben efter126 van deselve tot dato niet vernomen, en ten dien eijnde dan127 eenpariglijck geresolveert en ten meesten dienste van de Compa. geacht (vermits niet weeten cunnen of deselve oock eenige onheylen op d’ reyse b’jegent sijn) meergemelte 2 bodems volgens de oude gewoonte en segourste ordre, oock uijt consideratien der Fransche vyanden als andre geveynsde vrunden, buijten om te doen vertrecken, off ten waare de officieren van gedachgte bodems door eenige hooger ordres van onse Hren. Majores ten dien eijnde uijt ‘t vaderlandt geobtineert, daer toe gequalificeert waeren.128
Ende ten opsichte door d’ Hr. Commandeur der retourvloot Gijsbert de Davidt Strantwijck op den 22 des voorleden maents alhier successive wel ter rhede geparresseert)129 ons mede verstendight zij, dat sijn Ed. (na gedaen ondersoeck) comt staet te maecken een Sondagh zijnde den 7en Maert130 ‘t meerendeel van de retourvloot claer te sullen wesen (uijtgenomen de steng voor den Hollantsen Tuijn en andre houtwercken) als mede van alle nootwendigheden versien sal zijn, Soo is noch gearresteert in d’ aanstaende weeck over der selver vertreck geadsisteert met alle schippers der respective schepen voornt. te consuleeren en als dan daer toe een vasten dagh te statueeren.
Noch verders geconsidereert en ingesien hebbende hoe onmogelijck het zij de Caap vooreerst sich met eijgen granen sal cunnen sustenteeren en geresumeert haer Edle.missive van Batavia de dato 27November anno passado131 dat ‘t haer Edle. wel niet gelegen soude konnen komen, en seer lichtelijck soude (buijten hoope) ontschieten, door de ontroeringe van ‘t Mataramse rijck 132 als schaarsheijt op Cannara ,133 om dit Gouvernement na den eijsch met rijst te secundeeren en dien volgens bij groote droogte en een quaeden ougst by non secours wij grotelijckx in verlegentheijt souden konnen vervallen, soo is met advis van den E. Commandeur omme daer tegens in tijts soo veel doenlijck te voorsien, ten meeste dienste der E. Compa. verstaen per eerste opportuniteijt ons van een bequam bodemtje te dienen en ‘t selve van hier om d’ Oosten na d’ cust van Suffala in ‘t cluijs als Madagascar 134 te verstieren en omsichtigh te doen inquireeren offer jets van die granen tot onse sustentatie bij groot gebreck redelijcker wijs te bekomen mochten sijn.
Wijders alsoo in onse resolutie in dato 27 October anno passado is geresolveert ten meesten dienste der E. Compa. om de 21en lantpunt, invoegen deselve sich in soodaeniger manieren van onderen tot boven geopent had dat te duchten stont het gehele gebouw soude komen in te storten, soo veel doenlijck met de minste oncosten met ‘et omleggen van een faulse braij te stijven, en jegenwoordigh opgem. bolwerck tsedert dien tijt niet meerder geopent noch verargert is, ongeacht groote harde winden en regenstortingh heeft uijtgestaan, Soo is door d’e Edle. Gouverneur als Commandeur die sake in consideratie genomen en geresolveert ten meesten dienst en profijt der Hren. Majores opgemelte bolwerck voor eerst met de vereijschte bedding voort canon in behoorlijc[ke] forma te laten besorgen, en ‘t afloopende waater in een gegraven put binnewaerts te doen afsacken en versamelen omme te probeeren of opgemelte bolwerck noch defensijff is, gelijck hoopen, en voor ‘t schieten van ‘t canon niet en come te altereeren, insgelijckx is verstaen de beyde zee punten vermits derselver fundamentsmuer op verre na de vaste grondt niet bereijckt, en sulck niet bestendigh om ‘t aandringende zeewater af te weeren op de minste oncosten en tot meerder verseeckering der selver met een klip steene muertie op de manier van een faulse braij ongevaar 5 roeden van de bolwercken te voorsien.
Ten laasten, staande dese vergaderingh, comen mede diverse personen die haer tijt bij d’ E.Compa. g’expireert sijn, in Rade te verschijnen en den Gouverneur instantelijck versoecken soo om na ‘t Patria of India verlost te mogen wesen als haer wederom de novo onder een favorable verbetering te verhuijren, Soo hebben oock ‘t alder dienstigst geoordeelt eenige, die haer tijt uijt sijn en op haer loopende reecq. niet te quaat staan, haer versoeck te accordeeren en wederom die genige die haer verplichten tijt bij d’ E.Compa. onder goede getuijgenis van haare respective gebieders behoorlijck hebben uijt gedient en haar genegen getoont te verbinden, in den dienst aan te nemen, en om deselve daer toe meer en meer te animeerengelijck als135 bij desselfs actens daer van gemaeckt werdende,comt136 te consteeren.
Aldus gedaan en geresolveert in ‘t Fort d’ Goede Hoop ten dage en jare voors.
[Signed:] J. BAX g. v. HERENTALs.
[Signed:] GIJSBERT DE DAVID STRANTWIJCK
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] DIRCQ JANSZ SMIENDT.
[Signed:] M. VAN BANCHEM, Sects.
Ende alsoo den schipper Jacob Harckesse119 van ‘t schip Wester Amstel op 2deser120 costi successive aengekomen, is comen het leven in de doot te verwisselen en den opperstuerman. …121 versoeckt des overledens plaets te mogen occupeeren, Soo is goet gevondenbij122 den Gouverneur en Raadt als sijnde een nuchteren persoon en van goede bequaamheijt aen den selven op sijn versoeck die qualiteijt te defereeren, insgelijckx oock den overleden schipper opgemelt ten huijse van den vrijborger Wouter Mostaart te doen brengen, en uijt ‘et selve met goet respect en de gewoone solemniteijten door 12 schippers, soo van de hier ter rhede leggende retourvloot als andere bodems, in de kerck ter aerde bestellen, mitsgaders sijne naegelaeten middelen door den curateur ad lites en d’ secunde persoon Sr. Crudop, geadsisteert met de vice Commandeur Jan Bartelse Tant en schipper Jan Boom, als ondercoopman Hermanus van Dooijenburgh, tot gerustheijt van de geintresseerdens voor eerst behoorlijck te inventarisseeren en versegelen. Ende vermits hier noch meer behoeftigheden comen te ontstaan die de hier present leggende retourvloot ten hoogsten comt te requireeren, Soo is tot gerieff van gedachte vloot inRade123 gearresteert, soodanige goederen te lichten uijt de hier present leggende schepen als de memorie sal comen te doceren.
Verders alsoo de schepen Rammekens en Velsen voor Ceijlon g’equipeert, op 12 en 18 Februariecostj124 wel gearriveert) al voor eenige dagen vaerdigh sijn geweest om te vertrecken, en ten principaelen op gehoudenop125 hoope dat haer die van Ceijlon in retour voor ‘t vaderlandt souden tussen wijle opgedaan hebben, op dat haer Edle. van haer arrivement en wedervaeren gedient souden wesen, soo hebben efter126 van deselve tot dato niet vernomen, en ten dien eijnde dan127 eenpariglijck geresolveert en ten meesten dienste van de Compa. geacht (vermits niet weeten cunnen of deselve oock eenige onheylen op d’ reyse b’jegent sijn) meergemelte 2 bodems volgens de oude gewoonte en segourste ordre, oock uijt consideratien der Fransche vyanden als andre geveynsde vrunden, buijten om te doen vertrecken, off ten waare de officieren van gedachgte bodems door eenige hooger ordres van onse Hren. Majores ten dien eijnde uijt ‘t vaderlandt geobtineert, daer toe gequalificeert waeren.128
Ende ten opsichte door d’ Hr. Commandeur der retourvloot Gijsbert de Davidt Strantwijck op den 22 des voorleden maents alhier successive wel ter rhede geparresseert)129 ons mede verstendight zij, dat sijn Ed. (na gedaen ondersoeck) comt staet te maecken een Sondagh zijnde den 7en Maert130 ‘t meerendeel van de retourvloot claer te sullen wesen (uijtgenomen de steng voor den Hollantsen Tuijn en andre houtwercken) als mede van alle nootwendigheden versien sal zijn, Soo is noch gearresteert in d’ aanstaende weeck over der selver vertreck geadsisteert met alle schippers der respective schepen voornt. te consuleeren en als dan daer toe een vasten dagh te statueeren.
Noch verders geconsidereert en ingesien hebbende hoe onmogelijck het zij de Caap vooreerst sich met eijgen granen sal cunnen sustenteeren en geresumeert haer Edle.missive van Batavia de dato 27November anno passado131 dat ‘t haer Edle. wel niet gelegen soude konnen komen, en seer lichtelijck soude (buijten hoope) ontschieten, door de ontroeringe van ‘t Mataramse rijck 132 als schaarsheijt op Cannara ,133 om dit Gouvernement na den eijsch met rijst te secundeeren en dien volgens bij groote droogte en een quaeden ougst by non secours wij grotelijckx in verlegentheijt souden konnen vervallen, soo is met advis van den E. Commandeur omme daer tegens in tijts soo veel doenlijck te voorsien, ten meeste dienste der E. Compa. verstaen per eerste opportuniteijt ons van een bequam bodemtje te dienen en ‘t selve van hier om d’ Oosten na d’ cust van Suffala in ‘t cluijs als Madagascar 134 te verstieren en omsichtigh te doen inquireeren offer jets van die granen tot onse sustentatie bij groot gebreck redelijcker wijs te bekomen mochten sijn.
Wijders alsoo in onse resolutie in dato 27 October anno passado is geresolveert ten meesten dienste der E. Compa. om de 21en lantpunt, invoegen deselve sich in soodaeniger manieren van onderen tot boven geopent had dat te duchten stont het gehele gebouw soude komen in te storten, soo veel doenlijck met de minste oncosten met ‘et omleggen van een faulse braij te stijven, en jegenwoordigh opgem. bolwerck tsedert dien tijt niet meerder geopent noch verargert is, ongeacht groote harde winden en regenstortingh heeft uijtgestaan, Soo is door d’e Edle. Gouverneur als Commandeur die sake in consideratie genomen en geresolveert ten meesten dienst en profijt der Hren. Majores opgemelte bolwerck voor eerst met de vereijschte bedding voort canon in behoorlijc[ke] forma te laten besorgen, en ‘t afloopende waater in een gegraven put binnewaerts te doen afsacken en versamelen omme te probeeren of opgemelte bolwerck noch defensijff is, gelijck hoopen, en voor ‘t schieten van ‘t canon niet en come te altereeren, insgelijckx is verstaen de beyde zee punten vermits derselver fundamentsmuer op verre na de vaste grondt niet bereijckt, en sulck niet bestendigh om ‘t aandringende zeewater af te weeren op de minste oncosten en tot meerder verseeckering der selver met een klip steene muertie op de manier van een faulse braij ongevaar 5 roeden van de bolwercken te voorsien.
Ten laasten, staande dese vergaderingh, comen mede diverse personen die haer tijt bij d’ E.Compa. g’expireert sijn, in Rade te verschijnen en den Gouverneur instantelijck versoecken soo om na ‘t Patria of India verlost te mogen wesen als haer wederom de novo onder een favorable verbetering te verhuijren, Soo hebben oock ‘t alder dienstigst geoordeelt eenige, die haer tijt uijt sijn en op haer loopende reecq. niet te quaat staan, haer versoeck te accordeeren en wederom die genige die haer verplichten tijt bij d’ E.Compa. onder goede getuijgenis van haare respective gebieders behoorlijck hebben uijt gedient en haar genegen getoont te verbinden, in den dienst aan te nemen, en om deselve daer toe meer en meer te animeerengelijck als135 bij desselfs actens daer van gemaeckt werdende,comt136 te consteeren.
Aldus gedaan en geresolveert in ‘t Fort d’ Goede Hoop ten dage en jare voors.
[Signed:] J. BAX g. v. HERENTALs.
[Signed:] GIJSBERT DE DAVID STRANTWIJCK
[Signed:] H. CRUDOP.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] DIRCQ JANSZ SMIENDT.
[Signed:] M. VAN BANCHEM, Sects.