The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Dircksz., Gerrit		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	1334
Call Number	NA 1588, fol. 135
Date	1657/07/28
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	goods ceded in precario as security for debt
Family Name	Dircksz.
Owner Name	Dircksz., Gerrit
Owner Notes	goods transferred in precario to Jeronimus Rans as security for debt
Life Dates	1607 |d 1660 |n Rans
Marriage Date	1630/10/01
Occupation	Merchant (large scale) |a tobacco
Residence	Amsterdam
Religion	Reformed
Introduction	Op huyden den 16en martis 1650 d'eersame Gerrit Dircksz. burger ende tabackvercoper ... bekende schuldich te wesen aen den eersame Jeronimus Rans 4,000 f. ter saeck van verschieten ende verstreckte penningen by hem comparant ... genoten ... soo heeft de comparant aen hem [Rans] gecedeert, getransporteert ... alle syne imboel ... van zyde, tinnen ende wollen, coper, tin, item houtwerck, ringen, cleynoden ende juwelen, oock syn imboel ende huysraet noch eertijt lanck onder hem te laten ... naer precario. Volcht de specificatie van de getransporterde ende vercochte goederen. Note that the tobacco ceded to Jeronimus Rans was evaluated at 300 f. and the tobacco equipment at 500 f.]
Commentary	The owner of the goods, Cornelis Dircksz., tobacco dealer, who ceded these goods to Jeronimus Rans(t) in precario, has not been identified. Jeronimus (or Hieronimus) Rans was baptized in the Z.K. on 21 December 1607 and buried on 21 December 1660. He was the son of Lenaert Rans (1576-1619) and of Constantia Coymans (1582-1652), the daughter of Jeronimus Coeymans, cited in the NOTES to R 31375 of Montias2. He was a dealer in East Indies goods. He lived on the Oude Schans in de twee Tygers and had himself a house built by Philips Vinckboons in the Purmer, not far from Edam. He was Lieutenant of the Militia in 1658 and a regent of the Rasp- en Tuchthuys in 1657. He married Barbara Carel (1611-1678), daughter of Jan Jansz. Carel de jonge and of Anna Jans ten Grootenhuys on 1 October 1630 (Elias, Vroedschap van Amsterdam, p.542). Jeronimus Rans(t) was a prominent figure, as was (his brother?) Pieter Rans, in the extraction of peat in the Beemster in the period 1616-1618 (Jaarboek Amstelodamum 39(1942), p.13). Jeronimus Rans was named guardian by the Orphan Chamber over the children of Gommer Spranger of INVNO 305 on 25 November 1640 (WK 5073/789; for details, see the NOTES to R 31375). On 14 August 1648, together with his wife Jacoba, he assisted his niece Jacoba Rans when she signed a pre-nuptial contract with Gillis Valckenier (for details see the NOTES to R 20402 of Montias2). In 1657, he was cited as the guardian of the children of Floris Soop of INVNO 315.
Notary	Willem Hasen
Total Value	4000 |t gulden
Art Value	334 |t gulden
# of Items	17
Montias1 #	1239