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"BAD GERRIT"
(4104) Cornelis Janszoon Slecht from Snelle took care of his mother after his father died in 1556. In 1561, they sold a house in Woerden which they had purchased to pay off creditors of his widowed sister, Adriana. In 1563, his mother sold a house on the Rheyne near St. Petersburg, and in 1564 she gave a mortgage from the land she owned in Snelle.
In 1562, representatives from the court came to the house of (4104) Cornelis' brother (8209i) Gerrit, with a court order "concerning certain offenses he had perpetrated". Gerrit's wife, Diewer, said he wasn't home. The sheriff didn't believe her and entered the house, whereupon Diewer flew into a rage and said "Do you want him, is it not possible that I come for him? or has he to go to the scaffold and pray for pardon as if you were the God Almighty, you sneaks," and many other inflammatory words.
Diewer was then hauled off to the city hall where the sheriff, city councilors and judges asked what had started her tirade. Her anger hadn't cooled and she answered "I told you the truth: you all eat our flesh and drink our blood, and if you gave as much as you take, you would be as poor as we are," and other words to that effect. She was consequently ordered by the court to make a pilgrimage to Holy Mother church in Amersfoort (and to get proof of the visit), and to pay a fine of 25,000 bricks or fourteen stuivers (5 cent pieces) per thousand stones for reparation to the city. Until she paid and made the pilgrimage she was not to return in the city.
After this decision, her husband (8209i) Gerrit Jan Peiter Floriszoon exploded in rage. He threatened the bailiff, Govertje Janszoon, with a knevelstaff, and later intimidated Gerrit Dirkxzoon, who had taken part in the banning of (8209i) Gerrit's wife. After this incident, (8209i) Gerrit was hauled before the court, where he denied everything. He was ordered to return fourteen days later to face his guilt and to await his penalty. (8209i) Gerrit didn't appear, so he was re-arrested. Because he didn't apologize for his deeds, he was sentenced on October 28, 1562 to pay one hundred thousand bricks or fourteen stuivers per thousand bricks. Furthermore he had to appear on the first court day before the Blessed Sacrament clothed in linen, bareheaded, and with a burning wax candle in his hand and ask for forgiveness before the judge, after which he was to bring the wax candle as an offering to the nearby church for the sacred altar. If he refused, he would lose his right to enter the town gate. After this incident, (8209i) Gerrit took on the name "Gerrit Slecten" ("Bad Gerrit"), after which his brother (4104) Cornelis Janszoon also took on the name "Slecht".
In October 1578, (4104) Cornelis had a dispute with the bailiff because he had driven away by force the cows the bailiff had ordered seized and, besides that, he had hit the bailiff's aid. The council members from Woerden wanted the bailiff to explain the seizure. One year later he came up with the excuses that (4104) Slecht "had accosted him in a very venomous manner and had threatened him." A month later, (4104) Slecht was ordered to defend himself. This matter did not come before the court again. (RW 2f. 14, 15, 29n and 30: vgl f. 100).
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4118. Aldert (/Albertse) Van Norden
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