To my worshipful lords, the lords of the magistracy of the city of Leiden.
With due respect, Jan Henricxzoon van Buric shows that he, the petitioner, in accordance with the writ of arrest hereto attached, has had certain goods, as described in the said writ, seized by Pieter Janszoon van Outshoorn, Your Worships' officer with the rod, the said goods having been found in the petitioner's house and belonging to one Jan Crips, Englishman, who is presently in hiding and a fugitive, in order to recover therefrom the petitioner's outstanding house-rent, since the aforesaid Jan Crips remains in hiding as stated.
He, the petitioner, therefore turns to Your Worships, requesting and praying that You be pleased to authorise and commission the aforesaid officer to sell the goods described in the said writ of arrest for the benefit of the creditors of the aforesaid Jan Crips. This done, etcetera.
In the margin stood, by way of endorsement, that the magistracy of the city of Leiden has resolved that Pieter Janszoon van Outshoorn, officer with the rod, may proceed to sell the seized goods publicly, as is customary, and that the proceeds thereof shall be brought to the city's registry, to be disposed of by the aldermen as is proper. Done in their assembly on the 21st of September, sixteen hundred and seventeen. Below was written: in witness of me, and signed, J. Swanenburch.
Translation by Radicae, The Leiden Connection, from the Dutch transcription supplied by Erfgoed Leiden.
