| Commentary | The betrothal of Egbert Bisschop with Aeltge Feuler took place on 28 December 1630. On 5 July 1635, Suanna Robbrecht Zollewaerts, 50, declared at the request of Egbert Egbertsz. (Bisschop), cloth finisher, that, for many years, she had known Aeltgen Aertwels (?), the earlier widow of Egbert Bisschop, who was the requirant's father and mother, together with Johan Fauler (Fowler), the second husband of the afore-said Aeltgen. The witness further states that she had often heard it said that Aeltge Artels had a good 1,000 f. in her possession, which her first husband Egbert Bisschop had brought from England. If I understand the document correctly, she had also benefited from the church's assistance (NA 772, Not. Verhey). Between 14 and 24 July 1635, Rederick Feulerus appeared before Notary Van Zwieten for himself and for the heirs of Jan and Aeltge Feuleris, his father and mother, on one side, and Egbert Bisschop, on the other, and declared that the disputes that had arisen over the estate of Aeltge Feulers should be settled by arbitration of the advocates Jan de Weij and Willem Cats (NA 863, film 579). It would seem that Rederick Feulerus was a son from the marriage of Aeltge Feulers with her second husband Jan or Johan Fouler (or Feuler). Rederick (or Redericus) Feulerus was a buyer at the present sale (R 24820 of Montias2). |
