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Catherine Hooke

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Name in the recordsCatherine Hooke
Recorded rolesHeir
Places statedLeiden
Record span13 March 1618–11 August 1618

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Testament of Nicholas Hooke and Cathalina Springers resident in Boskoop drawn up by Notary Jacob Jansz Verweij, dated 13 March 1618. 3 scans Open recordClose record

Named as: Heir

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Be it known and made manifest to all by the contents of this present instrument that in the year after the birth of our Lord and only Saviour Jesus Christ one thousand six hundred and eighteen, on the thirteenth day of the month of March, in the afternoon at four o'clock, in the reign of the most illustrious and victorious prince and lord, lord Matthias, by the providence of God the first of that name elected Roman Emperor, in the sixth year of his Majesty's election, before me, Jacob Janszoon Verwey, notary public admitted by the Court of Holland, residing at Leiden, and the witnesses named below, there appeared and came the worthy Niclaes Houcke and the honourable Cathalina Springers, married persons, presently living at Boskoop, well known to me the notary; the aforesaid Niclaes Houcke being sound and healthy of body, able to go about and stand, and Cathalina Springers lying sick in bed, yet both of them, to all outward appearance, in full possession and use of their reason, memory and understanding.

Who declared that, considering the frailty of human nature, the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the time and hour thereof, they had found it good and resolved to dispose of their temporal goods while they were still (by God's grace) able to do so, and that they did this of their own free mind and will, without any inducement or deception by anyone; commending, before proceeding further, their immortal souls to the mercy of God their heavenly Father, and their dead bodies to an honest burial, and thereupon, coming to their disposition, they declared that they hereby revoked, annulled and made void beforehand any and all testaments, codicils and other dispositions which might be found to have been made or passed by them, jointly or individually, at any time before this, wishing that the same should not be valid or have any effect, holding each and all of them for null, void and of no force, and disposing anew.

They declared that they had begotten together, and still had living, four children, namely: master Isaac Houcke, Cathelina Houcke, Claes Houcke the younger, and Christiaen Houcke, of whom master Isaac and Cathelina Houcke are married, and Claes and Christiaen Houcke are as yet unmarried and under age; and that the aforesaid Cathelina Springers further had a son from a previous marriage, named Pieter Engelraven, presently a minister of the Word of God at Boskoop, whom she had by her late first husband Pieter Engelraven, likewise married to her before.

And that they, wishing accordingly to place the aforesaid stepson of Cathalina Springers on an equal footing in every respect with the appearers' four children aforesaid, as if they were all of one bed, hereby, upon the decease of the first of them the appearers to die, institute, appoint and nominate as heirs to all the goods, rights of action and credits which the first of them to die shall leave behind at death, share and share alike, head for head, their said four children together with the aforesaid Pieter Engelraven, the aforementioned stepson of Cathalina Springers; provided always, and it being understood, that the survivor of the two spouses shall remain and be left in the full possession, enjoyment and use of the entire estate, without, however, being permitted to diminish the principal goods thereof without the knowledge, will and consent of the aforesaid instituted heirs of the first to die, for as long as he or she, the survivor, shall live; on condition, however, that the said survivor shall be bound to maintain and raise the two minor and unmarried children in food, drink, clothing and other bodily necessities, keeping them at school and having them taught some good trade or other art or science, until they shall have come to the state of marriage, or respectively to the age of twenty-five years, at which time the said survivor shall provide for their establishment according to his or her discretion.

Furthermore, the appearers wished and desired that, upon the death of the last of them, the said minor children shall first withdraw and receive from the most readily available goods of the joint estate, each of them, a sum of one hundred and four guilders apiece, at forty groats the guilder, which sum they hereby bequeath to them as a prior legacy, in equalization of what their other, married children have already received.

They further ordained and appointed as guardian or guardianess over the persons and goods of their aforesaid minor children, the survivor of the two appearers alone, to whom alone they entrusted the governance and administration thereof, excluding the authority, interference and concern of all others, and consequently also of all orphan-masters, orphan-wardens and other authorities, all of whom they hereby declare to be fully discharged, excused and exempted therefrom; all of which the appearers declared, in the hands of me the notary, lawfully stipulating the same as a public person, to be their respective testament and last will.

Desiring that this shall take effect, proceed and be executed, whether as a solemn testament, codicil, or gift on account of death, and in whatever way it may be found best able to stand, notwithstanding any defects or omissions. Requesting that one or more public instruments be drawn up and issued hereof by me the notary, in the best form.

Thus done and passed by the appearers after a full and complete reading aloud, within the aforesaid city of Leiden, at the dwelling house of their son master Isaac Houcke, situated there on the Rapenburch near the Nonnenbrugge, opposite the University, in the presence of and witnessed by Govert Basson, printer, and Pieter van Gemen, bookbinder, within the said city, as credible witnesses summoned and especially requested hereto together with me the notary, in the year, month, day, hour and imperial reign as above.

[Signed:] G. Basson. In witness whereof, I, Claeis Houck. By me, Catelijnne Sprynghers. P. v. Gemen, 1618. In witness of me, Jacob J. Verwey, substitute notary, 13.3.1618.

Translation by Radicae, The Leiden Connection, from the Dutch transcription supplied by Erfgoed Leiden.

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Bij den innehouden van dese jegewoordigen instrumente sij elck eenen kennelijck ende openbaer dat in den jaere naer de geboorte ons heeren ende eenige salichmaeckers Jesu Christi sestienhondert ende achtien op den dertienden dach van de maent martius ‘s naemiddachs de clocke vier uyren impererende d’alderdoorluchtichste ende victorieuste prince ende heere, heere Mathia bij der voirsienicheyt Godes d’eerste dier name gecoren roomsch keyser in ‘t seste jaer sijnre majesteyts verkiesinge voor mij Jacob Janszoon Verwey openbaer ende bij den Hove van Hollandt geadmitteert notario tot Leyden residerende ende de getuygen onder genomineert gecompareert ende verscheenen sijn d’eersame Niclaes Houcke ende d’eerbaere Cathalina Springers geëchte luyden, woonende jegenwoordich tot Boscoop, mij notario wel bekent, wesende d’voornoemde Niclaes Houcke clouck ende gesont van lichaeme gaende ende staende ende Cathalina Springers sieck te bedde leggende, doch beyde haere redenen, memorie ende verstandt well machtich ende ten vollen gebruyckende naer allen uytwendigen schijne. D’welcke verclaerden dat sij in betrachtinge van de broosheit der menschelijcker natuyre, de seeckerheyt des doots, ende d’onseeckerheyt des tijts ende uyre vandien goet gevonden ende besloten hadden, van haere tijtlijcke goederen te disponeren, ter wijlen sij des (door Godes genaede) noch machtich waeren, ende dat sij ’t selve deden uyt haere eygen vrije gemoet ende wille sonder iemants opmaeckingen off misleydingen, des sij bevelende alvoirens haere onsterffelijcke zielen in de barmherticheyt Godes haeren hemelschen vader, ende haere doode lichamen tot een eerlicke begravinge ende daer mede ter dispositie comende verclaerden dat sij alvoorens wederiepen doot ende te niet deden alle alsulcke testamenten codicillen ende andere maeckingen, als sij bevonden sou mogen werden ‘t sij gesamentlijcken off elcx bijsonder voor desen eenichsints gepasseert ende verleden te hebben, niet willende dat d’selve valide off eenich effect sorteren sullen, als alle d’selve ende elcken vandien houdende voir nul crachten ende van onwaerden, ende van nieus disponeren. Verclaerden dat sij bij den anderen geprocreëert ende alsnoch in levenden lijve hadden vier kinderen met naemen meester Isaac Houcke, Cathelina Houcke, Claes Houcke de jonge, ende Christiaen Houcke waer van meester Isaac ende Cathelina Houcke getrout ende Claes ende Christiaen Houcke noch ongetrout ende minderjaerich sijn, ende dat d’voornoemde Cathelina Springers noch hebbende was een voorsoone genoempt Pieter Engelraven wesende jegewoordich dienaer des goddelijcken woorts tot Boscoop die sij gewonnen heeft bij wijlen Pieter Engelraven haeren eerste ende overleden man, mede getrouwt sijnde. Ende dat sij mitsdien willende d’voornoemde voorsoone van Cathalina Springers mitsgaeders haer comparanten beyder vier kinderen voorseyd gelijck stellen in allen schijn, als off sij alle van eenen bedde waeren, bij ‘t overlijden van d’eerste van hun comparanten tot desselfs erffgenamen institueerden innestelden ende nomineerden bij desen in alle de goederen actie ende crediten die d’eerstafflijvige van henluyden metter doot ontruymen ende eenichsints naerlaten sall hooft voor hooft ende bij gelijcke portien, haere beyder voornnoemde vier kinderen, ende mede d’voorseyde Pieter Engelraven voorsoone (als vooren) van Cathalina Springers voornoemt behoudelijcken ende met sulcken verstande dat de langstlevende van hun beddegenoten blijk ende gelaten werden sall in ‘t volle besit, genot ende gebruyck van den geheelen boedell, sonder nochtans d’hooftgoederen vandien buyten kennisse, wille ende consent van voorseyde geinstitueerde erffgenamen van de eerstoverledene te mogen verminderen, t’leven van hem off haer langstlevende geduyrende, op de laste nochtans dat d’voorseyde langstlevende gehouden wesen sall de twee minderjaerige ende ongehuwede kinderen t’onderhouden ende op te brengen, in eeten, drincken, clederen ende andere lijffsbehouften, houdende d’selve ter schoolen, en(de) op ‘t leeren van eenich goet handtwerck off andere cunst off wetenschap tot dat d’eselve ten huwelijcken staete, off respective tot bekoomen ouderdom van vijffentwintich jaeren sullen sijn gecomen, als wanneer d’voorseyde langstlevende d’selve sall uytsetten naer sijn off haeren raet gedragen sall. Waer boven sij comparanten wilden ende begeerden dat ter laetster doet van hemluyden d’voornoemde haere minderjarige kinderen uyt de gereetste goederen, des gemeenen boedels te vooren uyt trecken ende genieten sullen elcx een somme van vier ende hondert guldens ‘t stuck te XL grooten d’welcke sij d’selve prelegateren mits desen tot vereffeninge van ‘t geene haere andere gehijlickte kinderen hebben genoten. Ordonneerden voorts ende stelden tot voocht off voochdesse over de persoonen ende goederen van haere voorseyde minderjaerige kinderen ende derselver goederen, alleen de langstlevende van hun comparanten, als d’welcke alleen sij de regieringe ende administratie vandien waeren vertrouwende, buyten ‘t gesach, moeijenisse ende becrom, van allen anderen, ende over sulcx daer onder mede van alle weesmeesteren, weesmannen ende andere overicheden, als alle d’welcke sij daer van houdende zijn voor ten vollen ontlast verschoont ende geëxcuseert, alle ‘t welcke sij comparanten verclaerden aen handen mijns notarij ‘t selve als publijck persoone wettelijcken stipulerende te wesen haere respective testament ende uyterste wille. Begeerende dat ‘t selve stadtgrijpen, voortganck hebben ende executie gecrijgen sall ‘t sij als solempneel testament codicille gifte uyt saecke des doots ende soo ‘t selve bevonden soude mogen werden in de best te mogen subsisteren, niet jegenstaende eenige defecten off omissien. Versouckende bij mij notario hier van gemaeckt ende geëxpedieert te worden een openbaer instrument ofte meer in der bester forme. Aldus gedaen ende bij de comparante inne perfecte voorlesinge verleden ende gepasseert binnen d’voorseyde stadt Leyden ter woonplaetse van haer soone meester Isaac Houcke staende aldaer op Rapenburch ontrent de Nonnenbrugge tegens over d’universiteyt ten bijwesen ende overstaen van de Govert Basson bouckendrucker ende Pieter van Gemen bouckbinder binnen d’ voorseyde stede als getuygen gelooffwaerdich met mij notario hier toe geropen ende sonderlinge gebeden, in den jaere, maent, dach, uyre ende keyserlijcke regieringe als boven. G. Basson Mij t’orcond Claeis Houck Bij mij Catelijnne Sprynghers P. v. Gemen 1618 In kennisse van mij Jacob J. Verwey notaris substituut 13.3.1618

Source: Erfgoed Leiden · record group 0506 · call no. 98 · folio 41

Testament of Nicholas Hooke, widower of Cathalina Springers and resident of Hazerswoude, drawn up by Notary Jacob Jansz. 3 scans Open recordClose record

Named as: Heir

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By the contents of this present instrument, let it be known and made public to everyone, that in the year of the birth of our Lord and only Saviour Jesus Christ one thousand six hundred and eighteen, on the eleventh day of the month of August, in the afternoon at two o'clock, in the reign of the most illustrious and victorious prince and lord, lord Matthias, by the providence of God the first of that name elected Roman Emperor, in the seventh year of his Majesty's election, before me, Jacob Jansz Verwey, notary public admitted by the Court of Holland, residing at Leiden, and the witnesses named below, there appeared and presented himself the worthy Niclaes Houcke, presently residing at Hazerswoude, well known to me, the notary, sound and healthy of body, walking and standing, and likewise well in possession of his reason, memory and understanding, and making full use thereof according to all outward appearance.

He declared that, taking heed of the shortness and frailty of human life on this earth, the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time and hour thereof, he had found it good and resolved to dispose of his temporal goods while, by God's grace, he was still able to do so, and that he did this of his own free mind and will, without any prompting or deception by anyone. Whereupon, commending first his immortal soul to the mercy of God Almighty, his heavenly Father, and his dead body to an honourable burial, and thereupon proceeding to his disposition, he declared that he first revoked, annulled and voided all such testaments, codicils and other dispositions as might be found to have been made or passed by him at any time before this — and in particular, in this regard, the testament made and passed by him together with Cathalina Springers, his late wife, before me the notary and certain witnesses, on the thirteenth of March last past, sixteen hundred and eighteen — not wishing that it should be valid or have any effect, but holding it henceforth void and of no force.

And disposing anew, he declared that he prelegated, bequeathed in advance and assigned to Claes and Christiaen Houcke, his [the text is damaged at this point] under-age and unmarried children, over and above, and without diminution of, the four hundred guilders which they, according to the aforesaid testament made by him with his wife, must draw in advance from the common estate after his death, each a further sum of six hundred guilders of forty groot each, to be paid out to them from his, the appearer's, readiest goods.

And that, as to all his other remaining goods, actions and credits, he instituted, established and named as his heirs by this instrument the said Claes and Christiaen Houcke, together with Master Isaac and Catelina Houcke, his married children, each for an equal fourth part; or, should any of them have predeceased him, their lawful descendants by representation and [the text is damaged here — probably "institution"] in their deceased parents' place — it being understood that, should the aforesaid Claes or Christiaen Houcke die before reaching the married state or the age of majority, whatever they shall by then have received by virtue of the prelegacy or institution from the appearer's goods shall in that case come to and devolve solely upon whichever of the two remains living, and upon no one else.

He further ordained and appointed as guardians over the persons and goods of his said two minor children the honourable Jaques de Mommer and Jaques van Dale, the appearer's good and trusted friends, with power that, upon the death of either of them, the survivor may adopt and choose another co-guardian in the deceased's place, as shall seem good to him; not wishing that anyone else whatsoever — and among these expressly including all orphan-masters, orphan-chamber officials and other authorities — should in the least concern or trouble himself with the governance and administration of the persons and goods of the said children, holding them fully discharged and excused therefrom.

And should it happen (which the appearer does not expect) that his of-age children should not wish to content themselves with the present disposition, but should instead oppose it, directly or indirectly, at law or otherwise, in any manner, then he, the appearer, wills that they shall content themselves with the simple legal portion (legitieme portie) due to them in the appearer's goods and rights, in which case he institutes them only to that extent — and [the text is damaged and uncertain here] that his other children shall accordingly receive the remainder in everything else.

All of which the appearer declared, in the hands of me, the notary, stipulating the same lawfully as a public person, to be his testament and last will; desiring that it should take effect, have force and obtain execution, whether as a solemn testament, codicil, gift on account of death, or, should it be found otherwise, in whatever form it might best subsist, notwithstanding any defects or omissions. He requested that a public instrument, or more than one, be drawn up and issued of this by me, the notary, in the best form.

Thus done and passed by the appearer at the house and office of me, the notary, situated within the aforesaid city of Leiden on the Breestraat, near the common land-house of Rijnland, in the presence of Gerrit Cornelisz Schuyrman and Ewout Jansz, clerks within the aforesaid city, as trustworthy witnesses, called and specially requested thereto by me, the notary, in the year, month, day, hour and imperial reign as above. In witness of me: Claeis Houcke, G. Schuyrman, E. Jansz. In witness of me, Jacob J. Verwey, deputy notary. 11 August 1618.

Translation by Radicae, The Leiden Connection, from the Dutch transcription supplied by Erfgoed Leiden.

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Bij den innehouden van desen jegenwoordigen instrumente sij elck eenen kennelijck en[de] penbaer dat in den jaere naer de geboorte ons heeren ende eenigen salichmaeckers Jesu Christi sestienhondert ende achtien op den elffden dach van de maent augustus ‘s nae middachs de clocke twee uyren impererende d’alderdoorluchtichste ende victorieuste prince ende heeren, heeren Mathia bij der voirsienicheyt Godes d’eerste dier name gecoren roomsch keyser in ‘t sevenste jaer, sijne ma[jestei]ts [ver]kiesinge, voor mij Jacob Jansz[oon] Verwey openbaer ende bij den Hove van Holland geadmitteert notario tot Leyden residerende ende de getuygen onder genomineert gecompareert ende [ver]scheenen es d’eersaeme Niclaes Houcke, woonende jegenwoordich tot Haserswoude mij notario well bekent clouck ende gesont van lichame, gaende ende staende, mitsgaders sijne redenen, memorie en[de] [ver]standt well machtich, ende ten vollen gebruycken[de] naer allen uytwendigen schijne, d’welcke [ver]claerde dat hij acht nemende op de cort ende broosheyt van ‘t leven der menschen op deser aerde de seeckerheyt des doots, ende d’onseeckerheyt des tijts en[de] uyre vandien, goet gevonden ende besloten hadde van sijne tijtlijcke goederen, te disponeren, terwijlen hij des door Godes genaede machtich was, ende dat hij ‘t selve dede uyt sijn eygen vrije gemoet en[de] wille, sonder iemants opmaeckingen off misleydingen. Des hij bevelende alvoirens sijne onsterffelijcke ziele in de barmherticheyt van Godt almachtich sijnen hemelschen Vader, ende sijn doode lichaem tot een eerlijkcke begravinge. Ende daer mede ter dispositie comende, verclaerende dat hij alvooren wederriep doot en[de] te niet dede alle alsulcke testamenten, codicillen ende andere maeckingen als hij bevonden soude mogen werden voor desen eenichsints gemaeckt ende verleden te hebben, ende insonderheyt in sijn regardt het testament bij hem beneffens Cathalina Springers sijn overleden huysvrouwe voor mij notario en[de] seeckere getuygen op den dertienden martij XVIc achtien voorleden gepasseert, niet willende dat d’selve valideren off eenich effect sorteren sallen, als d’selve houdende voor nu crachteloos ende van onwaerden, ende van nieus disponerende, verclaerde dat hij prelegateerde, voor uyt maeckte en[de] bespr[ack] Claes en[de] Christiaen Houcke sijne f… minderjaerige ende ongehuwede kinderen boven ende onvermindert de vier hondert guldens die sij volgens ‘t voors[eyde] testament bij hem met sijn huysvrouwe gemaeckt nae sijn overlijden uyt den gemeenen boedel moeten voor uyt trecken elck noch een somme van ses hondert gulden ‘t stuck te XL groo[te]n, haer uyt sijn comparants gereetste goederen uyt te keeren. Ende dat hij in alle sijne vordere daeren… overschietende goederen, actien ende crediten tot sijne erffgenamen, institueerde, innestelde ende nomineerde bij desen d’selve Claes ende Christiaen Houcke, mitsgaders m[eeste]r Isaac ende Catelina Houcke sijne gehijlickte kinderen elck voor een gerechte vierde paert, off waeren d’selve off iemant van hemluyden voorgestorven, de wettige descendenten vandien bij representatie en[de] inst… in haere overleden ouders plaetse, met sulcken [ver]stande, indien d’voorn[oemde] Claes off Christiaen Houcke voor ten huwelijcken staete off meerderjaericheyt gecomen te zijn sall comen te sterven, dat in sulcken gevalle te ‘t geene d’selve uyt crachte van prelegaet off institutie uyt sijn comparants goederen sall hebben genoten comen en[de] devolveren sall alleen op de geene van hun beyden die in ‘t leven sall sijn gebleven en[de] niemant anders. Ordonneerde voorts en[de] stelde tot voochden over de p[er]soonen en[de] goederen van d’voors[eyde] sijne twee minderjaerige kinderen d’e[dele] Jaques de Mommer en[de] Jaques van Dale, sijne comparants goede bekende vrunden, met macht dat bij ‘t overlijden van een van hun beyden, de langstlevende in des affgestorvens plaetse een ander medevoocht tot sich sall mogen adsumeren en[de] [ver]kiesen die het d’selve goet duyncken ende believen sall, niet willen[de] dat sich met de regieringe en[de] administratie derselve kinderen p[er]soonen en[de] goederen iemant anders in’t minste sall hebben te bemoeijen off becroonen als allen anderen en[de] daer onder insonderheyt mede alle weesmeesteren, weesmannen ende andere overicheden, daer van houdende voor ten vollen ontlast ende geëxcuseert, ende off ‘t saecke mochte wesen (des hij comparant niet en[de] vertrout) dat haere meerderjaerige kinderen haer met de jegenwoordige dispositie niet en[de] wilden [ver]genougen, maer daer tegens quamen t’opposeren directelijcken off indirectel[ijcken] in rechte off daer buyten in eeniger manieren. Soo wilde hij comp[ar]ant dat d’selve haer sullen te vreden houden met de simpele legitime portie hemluyden in sijn comparants goederen end[e] rechten competerende waerinne hij d’selve in sulcken gevalle alleenlijcken es institueren en[de] hu sijne andere hun desen volgens ged… kinderen in alle ‘t verdere, alle ’t welck hij comparant [ver]claerde aen handen mijns notarij, ‘t selve als publycy p[er]soone wettelijck stipulerende te wesen sijn testament ende uyterste wille. Begeerende, dat ‘t selve stadtgrijpen, voortganck hebben ende executie gecrijgen sall ‘t sij als solempneel, testament codicille, gifte uyt saecke des doots, off soo ‘t selve bevonden soude mogen werden, anders best te mogen subsisteren, niet jegenstaende eenige defecten off omissien. Versouckende bij mij notario hier van gemaeckt, ende geexpedueert te worden een openbaer instrument ofte meer in der bester forme. Aldus gedaen ende bij den comparant [ver]leden en[de] gepasseert ten huyse ende comptoire mijns notary staende binnen d’voors[eyde] stadt Leyden aen de Breedestraet ontrent ‘t gemeen lants huys van Rhijnlandt, ten bijwesen en[de] overstaen van Gerrit Cornelisz[oon] Schuyrman ende Ewout Jansz[oon] Schrijvers binnen d’voors[eyde] stede als getuygen gelooffwaerdich met mij notario hier toe geropen en[de] sonderlinge gebeden in den jaere, maent, dach, uyre en[de] keyserlijcke regieringe als boven. Mij t’orconde Claeis Houcke G. Schuyrman E. Jansz[oon] In kennisse van mij Jacob J. Verwey not[ari]s subs[tituut] 11-8- 1618

Source: Erfgoed Leiden · record group 0506 · call no. 98 · folio 162

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