Hoogheemraadschap Rijnland OAR 11, 12, 13 : 1253 - 1564
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Keywords "D"...	Count	Record Summaries	Record Details First  -  Last
dachvelden	1		1456
daem adriaenszoon	1		1528
daem janszoon	1		1453
daem willemszoon	1		1528
dagvelden	4		1436	1466
dam	3		1358	1458
damage from boats	1		1454
damage from grazing	2		1417	1455
damage from wagons	1		1460
damage from warfare	2		1422	1450
damage to turnstile	1		1447
dams	5		1356	1462
de kaag	1		1446
de knip	1		1448
de poel	1		1456
de waard	1		1445
death of heemraden	9		1459	1486
debris removal	1		1456
debt	3		1415	1419
delfland	2		1394	1469
delft	3		1408	1417
den haag	1		1394
den wech	1		1465
den woude	1		1483
densschers	1		1528
destruction of land	1		1446
die beeck	1		1471
diemen	1		1477
diemen, aldermen of	1		1452
diepe lede	1		1483
diewer stientgens	3		1435	1454
dijkbrief	3		1430	1445
dijkgraaf	10		1394	1525
dijkgraaf, absence of	1		1457
dijkgraaf, temporary	1		1457
dijkrecht	3		1417	1453
dikes	12		1425	1523
dikes, breaching of	1		1437
diking	17		1437	1477
dingtaal	5		1445	1468
dirc aelbrechtszoon	2		1417	1448
dirc aemszoon	1		1439
dirc claeszoon	4		1434	1529
dirc clais claiszoonszoon	1		1454
dirc dircxzoon	1		1469
dirc doedenwatering	2		1451	1453
dirc feyenzoon, liclaes	1		1416
dirc florijszoon	1		1443
dirc foyen	1		1478
dirc gijsbrechtszoon	1		1421
dirc havicxzoon	2		1449	1453
dirc heynnricxzoon	1		1528
dirc hoochstraet	2		1460	1473
dirc humanszoon	3		1452	1453
dirc jan bodenzoonshuys	1		1371
dirc jan miewenszoon	2		1483	1483
dirc leuwenzoon	1		1457
dirc lourijszoon	1		1430
dirc louwenzoon	1		1469
dirc paelman	1		1457
dirc pieter janszoon	1		1371
dirc smitszoon	1		1440
dirc soytgen	1		1371
dirc soytgen jacobsdochter	1		1384
dirc soytgensdochter	1		1384
dirc willem aelbrechtszoon	1		1451
dirc willem danelszoon	1		1451
dirc ysaacs	1		1448
dirc ysbrantszoon	2		1401	1491
dircs ambacht zuidwijk	1		1469
dirt	6		1421	1469
dispute settlement	24		1385	1529
dispute with leiden and haarlem	1		1446
dispute with schieland	1		1448
disrepair	1		1444
disturbance	1		1446
ditches	13		1437	1480
doedijnslaen	1		1452
does	1		1448
does, adriaen van der	3		1486	1495
does, dirc van der	1		1445
does, kostijn gerijtszoon van der	1		1403
does, willem van der	2		1458	1461
doesbrug	2		1429	1444
doeswetering	1		1437
doorsteken van kaden	4		1433	1468
draaiboom	3		1432	1447
dredging	1		1471
droen	10		1416	1447
drossaert	1		1465
druytswael	1		1454
dunes	1		1426
dupliek	3		1443	1457
duve jan oeden	1		1430
duvenvoerde, jan van	2		1527	1528
duvenvoirde, jan van	1		1528
dwaarswetering	1		1442
dwars nywevairt	1		1455
dwarsvaart	1		1465
dwarsweren	1		1431
dwarswetering	2		1422	1423

 

	Keyword
	dachvelden
Date	Summary	Rec details
1456.02.24	Landowners of Aalsmeer, including some residents of Haarlem, may dig no more than 4 dagvelds of peat per morgen and no more than 32 total or be fined 10 lbs. for every 10 dagvelds above the limit. This supercedes an earlier keur on this matter. One dagveld was the quantity of peat excavated from a pit 15 rods long and 10 turves wide and deep.

 

	Keyword
	daem adriaenszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1528.10.22	Settlement of dispute between Waddinxveen, Broek, Tuylnesse and Korterakkeren vs. Coenencoop over building of windmills and horse mills in Coenencoop.

 

	Keyword
	daem janszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.02.25	Written arguments that were part of longer processes involving Daem Janszoon and also Sasbout Aelwijnszoon against Vranc Jacobszoon and Eggert Vranckenszoon concerning levies and dues in Zegwaard.

 

	Keyword
	daem willemszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1528.10.22	Settlement of dispute between Waddinxveen, Broek, Tuylnesse and Korterakkeren vs. Coenencoop over building of windmills and horse mills in Coenencoop.

 

	Keyword
	dagvelden
Date	Summary	Rec details
1436.00.00	Prohibition of peat digging behind Heemstede, Bennebroek, with 4 dagvelds per morgen allowed between the Nieuweweg near Benebroek and Lisse. One dagveld was the quantity of peat excavated from a pit 15 rods long and 10 turves wide and deep.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1436.02.28	Limits the peat digging of citizens of Haarlem in Aalsmeer to four dagvelds per morgen, with no one allowed to dig more than a total of 32 dagvelds. One dagveld was the quantity of peat excavated from a pit 15 rods long and 10 turves wide and deep.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1447.05.02	Revision of an old keur prohibiting digging of peat within 50 rods of the lakes (though for Bennebroek within 25 roeden). From now on anyone digging more than 4 dagvelds per morgen will pay a fine of 10 lb. per 10 dagvelds in excess. One dagveld was the quantity of peat excavated from a pit 15 rods long and 10 turves wide and deep.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1466.07.01	Because residents of Hillegom and others have continued to dig too much peat, the hoogheemraden have clarified the keur on limiting peat digging to no closer than 50 rods of the lakes (except for Bennebroek), etc. From thenceforth they may dig only 4 dagvelds of peat per morgen on their own land. One dagveld was the quantity of peat excavated from a pit 15 rods long and 10 turves wide and deep.

 

	Keyword
	dam
Date	Summary	Rec details
1358.10.19	After negotiations, Jan of Blois, lord of Schoonhoven and Gouda restores the right of Alphen, Boskoop, Hazwerswoude, and Waddinxveen to have and maintain a canal between the Oude Rijn and the IJssel. Apparently, he had ordered it closed at some time earlier.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1431.00.00	Permission for Bertelmees Rijnszoon to put a dam through the Rijndijk (possibly to close a gap in the dike).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1458.02.28	Permission for a dam in a canal, dug by residents of Stompwijk through Zoeterwoude, to be removed because of the many damaged by it, with the understanding that those damaged by its removal have the right to seek compensation.

 

	Keyword
	damage from boats
Date	Summary	Rec details
1454.05.07	Because turf boats have caused extensive dammage to the Barle Canal and its embankment (ran from Oude Rijn along the south side of Diewer Stienkijns to Hogeveen), boats are now prohibited from the canal.

 

	Keyword
	damage from grazing
Date	Summary	Rec details
1417.05.03	Order the seizure of any sort of livestock (schutten) grazing on the Hogen dijk because of the damage that they do to the dike.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1455.05.06	Concerning the grazing of livestock on the geest (sandy coastal ridges) in Oegsgeest: livestock found grazing on land other than one's own will be confiscated against payment (schutten).

 

	Keyword
	damage from wagons
Date	Summary	Rec details
1460.02.26	Order repairs to the Rijndijk embankment that has been badly damaged by illegal wagon traffic.

 

	Keyword
	damage from warfare
Date	Summary	Rec details
1422.00.00	Dijkgraaf and heemraden have inspected the damage to and suffering of the good people of Rijnland with respect to their hydraulic works because of warfare (especially south of the Rijn and along the Goude) and they now appoint special lower heemraden in the named ambachten to oversee the reconstruction and to issue keuren, orders, and commands to that effect as necessary.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1450.06.30	Settlement of a dispute between Poelien, Groenswaard, and Snijdelwijk, plaintiffs, against Alphen and Boskoop, defendents, concerning maintenance of the Poelienwatering. The canal, near Gouda, has remained useless and uninspected since the war, and the plaintiffs want the old rules (costumen) to be reinstated and enforced. Alphen, referring to old charters, claimed the right to block outside water from entering their waterschap, but the plaintiffs maintained on the basis of the same charters that according to common law they have a right to drain their land as with all other land within the borders of Rijnland -- plaintiffs, after all, contribute to Rijnland's works. The hoogheemraden sided with the plaintiffs -- latter may drain the area 170 morgen large (measured by Ghijstgen the surveyor, and they must make put an embankment around the upper veen to prevent water from it flowing into the area authorized to drain through the canal in question.

 

	Keyword
	damage to turnstile
Date	Summary	Rec details
1447.11.14	Against Pieter and Clais Vogelair for destroying a turnstile on the Spaarndammerdijk.

 

	Keyword
	dams
Date	Summary	Rec details
1356.04.18	Copy of a charter of 1356 issued by Count Willem V that authorized construction of and established maintenance responsibilities for the Gouwesluis at Alphen.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1443.03.13	Declare that the measurements taken at Hazerswoude shall stand as authentic and be recorded in three books.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.10.08	Permission for Gelderswoude to dig a new canal, 9 feet wide, on the north side of the Broekweg, running from the Kerklaan to the dam for the reservoir (boezemwater) of Zegwaard, to be inspected by the schout of Zoeterwoude along with the heemraden of Gelderswoude in the same manner as is done with other roads and canals.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1456.04.06	Permission for Zoeterwoude to construct a dam in the canal that the residents of Stompwijk had made from the Brede weer on the Ommedijk because the residents of Zoeterwoude have suffered from too much water coming through the canal.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1462.10.09	A few months earlier, permission had been granted to residents of the Blocklanden in Benthuizen to dig a new canal on the end of the Blocklanden, beginning on the Gelderswoudse canal through Allart Meeszoons dam and continuing to the road near Benthuizerhorn -- 8 feet wide, with specifications for any bridges, etc. But, because some now opposed it, two heemraden of Rijnland, Jacob van Woude and Jan van Poelgeest, went to have a look. and ordered, in the name of entire college of hoogheemraden, that Allart Meeszoon's dam be raised and provisioned with two hoofden 7 roeden feet apart at the expense of the schout and heemraden of Zegwaard, and the latter shall schouw the canal and road ditch. The old canal belonging to the Blocklanden shall be left un-schouwed.

 

	Keyword
	de kaag
Date	Summary	Rec details
1446.05.03	Permission for Kaagdorp (Kaag) to perform inspections in the same manner as does Alkemade.

 

	Keyword
	de knip
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.07.04	Permission for Ysebrant de Cuyper and associates to put a footbridge over the Vliet bij Dirck Yscax's place

 

	Keyword
	de poel
Date	Summary	Rec details
1456.05.04	Permission to keep the bridge in front of the Rijnsburgerpoort (Leiden) open. The regulars of (Maridn)poel and the brothers of St. Hieronymous (Lospen, Leiden) and others who live there may maintain the drain (verlaet) at their own cost on condition that they keep it closed whenever the water in the Oude Rijn is higher than the binnenwater so that no land gets flooded.

 

	Keyword
	de waard
Date	Summary	Rec details
1445.10.05	Permission for the Friars Minor in the Waard section of Leiden to construct a bridge over the Nieuwe Rijn on the condition that the bridgeheads do not narrow the river.

 

	Keyword
	death of heemraden
Date	Summary	Rec details
1459.04.24	Selection of a new hoogheemraad to replace one who died is made by the surviving hoogheemraden. The person chosen will pay for 32 masses at the monastery in Warmond for the soul of the one who died, as well as other expenses involved in memorializing their late colleague.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1459.04.24	Selection of a new hoogheemraad, Jacob van der Woude, to replace the late Gerijt van Poelgeest.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1474.05.14	Selection of a new hoogheemraad, Gerijt van Poelgeest, in place of the late Phillips van Wassenaer.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1478.04.23	Selection of a new hoogheemraad, Jan van Scoten, in place of the late IJsbrant van Scoten.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1479.07.23	Selection of a new hoogheemraad, Adriaen van Poelgeest, in place of the late Jan van Poelgeest, his father.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1481.06.26	Selection of a new hoogheemraad, Adriaen van Zwieten, in place of Hughe van Zwieten, his nephew.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1482.06.16	Selection of a new hoogheemraad, Gijsbrecht van Raphorst, in place of Dirc Boudijnszoon van Zwieten.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1482.12.01	Selection of a new hoogheemraad, Thielman Oem van Wijngaerden, in place of Gerijt van Poelgeest.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1486.09.06	Selection of a new hoogheemraad, Adriaen van der Does, in place of the late Adriaen van Zwieten.

 

	Keyword
	debris removal
Date	Summary	Rec details
1456.10.05	All construction, growth, and debris to be removed from the Grote sluis at Spaardam.

 

	Keyword
	debt
Date	Summary	Rec details
1415.01.09	A promisory note -- the hoogheemraden owe Witte Jacob Buzenz. 142 lb. 10 sc. for food and drink
Date	Summary	Rec details
1415.01.09	A promisory note: heemraden owe Robbrecht Claesz. of Haarlem 172 lb. 5 sc. for food and/or drink.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1419.10.02	A promisory note: heemraden owe Willem Dobbez. 100 English nobles for which he will be repaid 10 nobles each year plus unspecified interest until the entire principal is paid.

 

	Keyword
	delfland
Date	Summary	Rec details
1394.06.26	Limits on peat digging and burning: forbidden within 10 roeden of the landscheiding (watershed embankment between Rijnland on the one side and Delfland and Schieland on the other).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1469.09.28	Copy of a charter from Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to the hoogheemraden of Rijnland concerning the need to prosecute those digging peat too closely to the landscheiding (watershed embankment between Rijnland on the one side and Delfland and Schieland on the other) . The heemraden should not allow digging within 4 roeden; an old charter set at least a buffer of 10 roeden which must be maintained and the landscheiding itself is to be 10 feet wide.

 

	Keyword
	delft
Date	Summary	Rec details
1408.06.11	Arbitration of a dispute that Noordwijk, Noordwijkerhout, and Voorhout had with Lisse concerning a canal named the Delft.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1412.00.00	Reaffirmation of an arbitration of 1408 concerning a canal named the Delft over which Noordwijk, Noordwijkerhout, and Voorhout were in dispute with Lisse.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1417.08.12	Authorization for a culvert with a sluis or gate (scotdoer) to go under the Delft (a canal) so that the peatland between Hillegommerbeek and the Delft can drain into the low peatland. The water above, in the Delft, shall run unhindered toward the Haarlemmermeer, while the culvert underneath shall remain open between sinte Bertijns misse and sinte Pieters misse afterwhich it shall be closed. Similarly each year on 8 May the culvert gate will stand open as well as other times of the year, as long as no one else is damaged by it. And the scout and heemraden of Lisse shall inspect the new dike on the north side of the Delft and the waterschap of the Delft with the new culvert, with those in the peatland benefitting from the culvert bearing the costs of maintenance. Further, the Hillegommerweg which runs along the beek up to the woods (in the dunes?) shall remain closed (i.e., the embankment on which the path lies shall not be breached) so that external water will not flow onto the peatland in question. And the three bridges over the Lisserbeek which belong to Noorwijk, Noordwijkerhout, and Voorhout shall be removed and not rebuilt as long as that is best for the larger generality. For all of this, the peatlands shall pay morgengeld just like all the other lands of Rijnland.

 

	Keyword
	den haag
Date	Summary	Rec details
1394.06.26	Limits on peat digging and burning: forbidden within 10 roeden of the landscheiding (watershed embankment between Rijnland on the one side and Delfland and Schieland on the other).

 

	Keyword
	den wech
Date	Summary	Rec details
1465.03.12	Permission for Willem van Lewen to use the old road near Sint-Nicolaeshuis in Voorschoten, known as the road through Heere Heijrics lant and belonging to Zoeterwoude, and to use it and put a fence on it until relinquished.

 

	Keyword
	den woude
Date	Summary	Rec details
1483.07.15	Permission for Heinric van Naeldwijc to replace the horse mills with windmills to pump water from his lordship in Waddinxveen.

 

	Keyword
	densschers
Date	Summary	Rec details
1528.10.22	Settlement of dispute between Waddinxveen, Broek, Tuylnesse and Korterakkeren vs. Coenencoop over building of windmills and horse mills in Coenencoop.

 

	Keyword
	destruction of land
Date	Summary	Rec details
1446.10.04	All land in Rijnland, regardless of quality, falls under the jurisdiction of dijkrecht as is written in another document, here appended

 

	Keyword
	die beeck
Date	Summary	Rec details
1471.10.08	Permission for schout and heemraden of Lisse to schouw (inspect and maintain) and put in order the beek next to Pouwels Dammeszoon -- should be dredged to old depth beginning at the heul (small bridge or culvert) next to Pouwels house to the Meer. Those residents who don't do their work may be assessed 9 sc.

 

	Keyword
	diemen
Date	Summary	Rec details
1477.12.29	Request that Amsterdam, Diemen, and Weesp consult with Rijnland on possibilities for coordinated action against dike breaks both north and east of Amsterdam.

 

	Keyword
	diemen, aldermen of
Date	Summary	Rec details
1452.11.24	Because there were more breaches in the dikes near the Carthusian monastery and on the east side of the city, the hoogheemraden believed it necessary for those having authority for hydraulic mattes there to join Rijnland in common cause to close the breaches. Therefore they requested that the dijkgraaf of Rijnland, Aelbrecht van Raephorst, with the aldermen (schepenen) of Diemen and the schout and of Amstelveen (collectively the predecessors to Amstelland water board) to attend a hearing planned for 15 January 1453 at Haarlem.

 

	Keyword
	diepe lede
Date	Summary	Rec details
1483.07.15	Authorize a canal in Warmond from the deep Lede to the Zijl, 12 feet wide at water's edge, with additional specifications concerning its use and prescribed maintenance work.

 

	Keyword
	diewer stientgens
Date	Summary	Rec details
1435.11.28	Orders Hazertswoude and Benthuizen to pay what they owe for the maintenance responsibilities they have neglected with respect to the canal by Diewer Stientgens and the bridge in the Rijndijk.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1436.00.00	Heemraden instruct the dijkgraaf to block the drainage canal and sluice at Diewer Stientgens that serves Hazerswoude and Benthuizen.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1454.05.07	Because turf boats have caused extensive dammage to the Barle Canal and its embankment (ran from Oude Rijn along the south side of Diewer Stienkijns to Hogeveen), boats are now prohibited from the canal.

 

	Keyword
	dijkbrief
Date	Summary	Rec details
1430.01.13	Concerning the reconstruction of the Kerkendijk at Spaarnwoude. Had previously asked if anyone was willing to take on the task for a good financial reward., but no one came forward. Now, Jan Allertszoon, priest and vice curate at Spaarnwoude, with some friends, will take up the task of restoring a section of 15 roeden and 1 foot, for which the hoogheemraden agree to pay 7 nobels per roede. After thinking about it for 14 days and both secretly and publically trying to find others who might do it for less, the hoogheemraden now have agreed. Priest Jan and associates will rebuild the dike to proper specifications. The city of Haarlem offered advice and consent in this matter.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1443.02.24	Continued artibration of dispute between Claes van Sparenwoude and priest Jan Allertzoon with copies of various related documents.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1445.10.05	Cancellation of the dijkbrief (diking contract) of Jan Allertszoon, priest of Spaarnwoude, because he had completed all the specified work.

 

	Keyword
	dijkgraaf
Date	Summary	Rec details
1394.04.26	Confirmation by Duke Albrecht of an agreement between the dijkgraaf (and baljuw) and hoogheemraden of Rijnland and the free ambacht of Nieuwkoop concerning the drainage of Nieuwkoop at Spaarndam. Nieuwkoop will remain under the jurisdiction of Rijnland and may freely drain via the Spaarndam according to old practices because the old ruling concerning Nieuwkoop's earthworks at Zwammerdam remains in force.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1438.02.25	Heemraden decide in favor of the dijkgraaf in a dispute with Alphen over the Doesschouw, unless the latter can offer additional proof.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1444.02.24	Regularize the time and manner of collecting assessments in the ambachten of Rijnland.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1445.04.20	Settlement of a dispute between former and previous heemraden of Woerden
Date	Summary	Rec details
1445.05.04	Instructions on how to choose local heemraden.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1446.10.04	Part of dispute between Rijnland and the cities of Leiden and Haarlem which involved, among other things, a certain Wernbout Janszoon reading out pronouncement in front of the city hall of Leiden after ringing the bells, as if he were a schout, telling the citizens of Leiden not to render morgengeld until the hoogheemraden first revealed their accounts to two members of the Council of Holland and to the cities of Haarlem and Leiden. Wernbout claimed he was authorized to do this by the Court of Holland. Rijnland's response was to fine Wernbout 10 lb. unless he could produce proof of his authorization, which he apparently could not.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1449.05.29	Six men banned from Rijnland until they pay double the amount that the dijkgraaf put out on their behalf.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.02.25	Written arguments that were part of longer processes involving Daem Janszoon and also Sasbout Aelwijnszoon against Vranc Jacobszoon and Eggert Vranckenszoon concerning levies and dues in Zegwaard.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.10.17	Prohibit grazing of livestock along the Gouwekade in Alphen and the Oostkade in Hazerswoude. Livestock found on these dikes will be impounded (schutten).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1525.09.14	Settlement of a dispute between the achterdorpen that drain into the IJssel and the commons of Rijnland over payment of levies and apportionment of maintenance responsibilities (verhoefslagen).

 

	Keyword
	dijkgraaf, absence of
Date	Summary	Rec details
1457.05.03	If the dijkgraaf is absent from a schouw- or rechtsdag, the heemraden will appoint one of their own who is rentmeester to be dijkgraaf, and if the rentmeester also is absent, those present will cast lots to choose a dijkgraaf.

 

	Keyword
	dijkgraaf, temporary
Date	Summary	Rec details
1457.05.03	If the dijkgraaf is absent from a schouw- or rechtsdag, the heemraden will appoint one of their own who is rentmeester to be dijkgraaf, and if the rentmeester also is absent, those present will cast lots to choose a dijkgraaf.

 

	Keyword
	dijkrecht
Date	Summary	Rec details
1417.03.05	After taking much testimony, settlement of a dispute: disposition of responsibilities for the dike in Quadelinge
Date	Summary	Rec details
1447.00.00	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.01.15	Residents of all villages along the Spaarndammerdijk, between Spaarndam and Amsterdam, must appear at the dike on 8 February to have their prescribed maintenance work in closing the dike breaks assigned to them.

 

	Keyword
	dikes
Date	Summary	Rec details
1425.ca	Permission for the heemraden of Oegstgeest to inspect from Oegstgeesterkerk to Saelmonsberch and to issue rules/bylaws concerning the Hogedijk on the Rijwech to be brought to such width and height as is best and most useful for the common good subject to customary fines. Further, they shall inspect from the Oegstgeesterkerk to the Burchgravencamp of the Old Hoeve and establish an dike in the manner above. And this shall remain in effect until the heemraden rescind it. At the same time they are given consent to place posts on the dike to prevent passage if they wish.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1429.00.00	The heemraden of Houtrijk order the rebuilding of the Schinkeldijk
Date	Summary	Rec details
1430.01.07	Authorization for Spaarnwoude to build a sluis with associated canal through the dike (Hoge Zeedijk or Spaarndammerdijk) at Hofambacht with various stipulations, including a ban on fishing and a requirement that it be used only to discharge water and not to allow it in from outside.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1440.04.01	Order the construction/reconstruction of the embankment between Zoeterwoude and the Zoetermeer.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1440.04.01	Permission for Zegwaard and Zoetermeer to use a ditch as long as its kade is maintained at two spades high.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1440.10.04	Permission for Leiderdorp to lease out their kadijk to three or four men who will reconstruct it as they see fit; those protected by it will pay the costs.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1442.12.20	An official of Koudekerk explains that, with consent of the village lord, the schout, the majority of residents of Koudekerk, and the heemraaden of Rijnland, he has sold a kade for the benefit of Gnephoeck (Oudshoorn) for 35 Wilhelmusschilden which money he has laid out for the construction of a new kade at Koudekerk stretching from the Lagenwaardse dike en Ofwegen (Koudekerk).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1443.03.13	Declare that the measurements taken at Hazerswoude shall stand as authentic and be recorded in three books.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1443.10.01	Municipal officials of Haarlem and Leiden complained in front of the governor of Holland, lord of Lalaing, about Rijnland's attempts to collect levies from the cities despite their charters which they claim exempt them from such payments. Rijnland countered with charters claiming such authority and also referred, at the very end, to a similar case with Amsterdam in which, presumably Rijnland's claims were upheld.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1447.10.03	Regulate responsibility for and maintenance of a dike and ditch that ran from the Rijndijk into the ambacht of Wassenaar, with warnings against breaching the dike (presumably for ease of water transport).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1470.06.27	Permission to build a dike in Alphen, from the Oostkade (Hazerswoude) to the Gouwe kade, with two 'naecte sluijsen' (sluices without bridges) and a canal (Watergang der Vier Ambachten) along the dike.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1523.11.10	Settlement of dispute between residents of Alphen west of the Gouwe and village officials of the south end of Waddinxveen and Coenencoop concerning the Binnenkade and the overtocht (inclined plane with winch to lift a boat over a dike) of the Goudkade to the Nesse, alongside the culvert.

 

	Keyword
	dikes, breaching of
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.03.12	Ordered closing of all breaches in the Stompwijkerwech by Easter (March 31).

 

	Keyword
	diking
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.09.03	Heemraden order that Ghijsbrecht Jansz. be paid one white penny per roed for diking his share along the Halmeer and also for dirt.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1447.00.00	Settlement of a dispute concerning payment for dirt used in dike repair.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1449.11.18	Probit the removal of dirt set aside for raising the Spaarndam or for other hydraulic matters without indicating so to the hhraden or one of their assistants.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1452.11.21	Hoogheemraden agree to summon witnesses to a hearing (dagvaarden) at Haarlem on 15 January 1453 to collect information and issue orders concerning how the breaches in the dike between Spaarndam and Amsterdam are to be closed.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1452.11.24	Because there were more breaches in the dikes near the Carthusian monastery and on the east side of the city, the hoogheemraden believed it necessary for those having authority for hydraulic mattes there to join Rijnland in common cause to close the breaches. Therefore they requested that the dijkgraaf of Rijnland, Aelbrecht van Raephorst, with the aldermen (schepenen) of Diemen and the schout and of Amstelveen (collectively the predecessors to Amstelland water board) to attend a hearing planned for 15 January 1453 at Haarlem.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.01.15	At a hearing at Haarlem on Monday, 15 January, the hoogheemraden ordered the closing of all dike breaches, both east and west of Amsterdam, as soon as possible, all at the same time, to be coordinated with the trustees of the water board Amstelland. An appended note said the work was to begin on the following Sunday
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.01.15	In the presence of the representatives of the villages between Amsterdam and Spaarndam, the hoogheemraden ordered the closing of all dikes along the Spaarndammerdijk, with the costs to be spread over the affected villages in proportion to their areas.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.01.15	Residents of all villages along the Spaarndammerdijk, between Spaarndam and Amsterdam, must appear at the dike on 8 February to have their prescribed maintenance work in closing the dike breaks assigned to them.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.01.15	Permission to the Carthusians of Amsterdam to close a breach in the dike near their monastery with dirt from their own lands without help from others. By agreement of the ambachten, the Carthusians are exempt this time from having to contribute to dike work elsewhere. No legal precedent (recht) will be established in this decision.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.01.15	Permission for Spaarnwoude, Hofambacht, and Houtrijk, because of their remote location and difficulty for others to get there, to close the waal at Houtrijk by themselves, without the others usually responsible for maintenance there. Sloten and Osdorp allowed the same for walen in their territories. They must not stop work until it is competed. Because it will be difficult for the poor to meet their obligations, the hoogheemraden have generously give 70 gulden (of 10 plaken-worth), half to go to Spaarnwoude, Hofambacht, and Houtrijk, and half to Sloten and Osdorp.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.01.15	Hoogheemraden decide that Willem van Alcmade and Jan van Poelgeest will keep an accounting of all the expenses incurred in the repair and reconstruction of the Zeedijk. Later, these costs will be spread proportionally over all of Rijnland.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1477.12.29	Request that Amsterdam, Diemen, and Weesp consult with Rijnland on possibilities for coordinated action against dike breaks both north and east of Amsterdam.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1477.12.29	All residents between Spaarndam and Amsterdam are ordered to appear at their sections of the Zeedijk (Spaarndammerdijk) on 8 January to receive their assignments in dike repair and remain there until dismissed.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1477.12.29	Sloten to close waal at Pieter Cillen's wharf, Osdorp to close the waal at Gerijn Bruynen, and Spaarnwoude, Houtrijk, and Hofambacht to close the waal in Houtrijk behind Gogenct. They will do this without help from others because of the difficulty getting there.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1477.12.29	To close the walen, one man will appear for every 20 made of land, and every two men with a schuit, and each shall be properly equipped with spades, barrows, etc. as is necessary. The date to appear is 8 January.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1477.12.29	Because the hoogheemraden realize that the poor will have greatest difficulty in performing the repair work needed to close all walen, the former will help pay for excessive costs.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1477.12.29	All expenses that hoogheemraden incur while closing the walen in the Zeedijk will be distributed across the entire territory of Rijnland.

 

	Keyword
	dingtaal
Date	Summary	Rec details
1445.04.20	Settlement of a dispute between former and previous heemraden of Woerden
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.02.25	Written arguments that were part of longer processes involving Sasbout Aelwijnszoon and also Daem Janszoon against Vranc Jacobszoon and Eggert Vranckenszoon concerning levies and dues in Zegwaard.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.02.25	Written arguments that were part of longer processes involving Daem Janszoon and also Sasbout Aelwijnszoon against Vranc Jacobszoon and Eggert Vranckenszoon concerning levies and dues in Zegwaard.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1457.06.28	This is the verdict in a dispute between Aven Jan Bonens widow and Florijs Aelbertszoon concerning a verhoefslag (apportionment of maintenance responsibilities) for the dike at Houtrijk.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1468.11.12	Settlement of an unspecified dispute between the schout of Oudshoorn vs. Louwerijs Willemszoon, Claes Daemszoon, and Dirck Aelbrechtszoon; both parties have turned to the hoogheemraden for a ruling which both promise to accept.

 

	Keyword
	dirc aelbrechtszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1417.ca	List of those in Heemstede who were delinquent in paying their morgengeld.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.07.04	Permission for Dirck Aelbrechtszoon of Stompwijk to construct a huel (bridge or culvert) through the road/dike in front of his door.

 

	Keyword
	dirc aemszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1439.07.06	Order construction of a waterway (the Zandsloot) at Katwijk

 

	Keyword
	dirc claeszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1434.05.00	Testimony in a dispute taken by heemraad Meynert Claeszoon concerning the priest Jan Allertsz. of Spaarnwoude who was charged with using more land for the church than he was authorized to use. In early 1430, priest Jan and associates had agreed to rebuild the badly damaged Kerkendijk at Spaarnwoude.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1449.05.29	Six men banned from Rijnland until they pay double the amount that the dijkgraaf put out on their behalf.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1457.03.17	Invitation for contracts with specifications for the rebuilding of the Aalsmeer [Hazerswoude, Sassenheim, and Randenburg] sluice and the Noordwijk [Aarlanderveen, Zegwaard, and Zoetermeer] sluis. The final section, describing how some work was not done to specification on the Aalsmeer sluice may actually date to the required completion, St. Bartholomew's day (25 August). See also next item which seems to approve of the work order for the Noordwijk sluice.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1529.06.02	Settlement of dispute, that made its way to the Court of Holland, between the rentmeester of Rijnland and the village officials of Hazerswoude concerning maintenance requirement and monetary assessments assigned to Hazerswoude.

 

	Keyword
	dirc clais claiszoonszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1454.03.12	Permission for Jan Pieterszoon, village official of Wassenaar, and his associates to construct a 4-foot wide stone culvert or bridge in the road in Druijtswael.

 

	Keyword
	dirc dircxzoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1469.10.03	Permission for Jan die Backer to do as Dirck Dircxzoon van Beest has done -- to encircle his land along the Gouwekade in the ambacht of Zuidwijk known as Splintersambacht (Boskoop) with a dike. Thereafter he may put a culvert or small bridge (heulkijn) through the Gouwekade to let water in and out without damage to anyone else. All damage caused must be compensated via the hoogheemraden.

 

	Keyword
	dirc doedenwatering
Date	Summary	Rec details
1451.06.29	Order the baliuw of Hazerswoude to summon the opponents of keeping the Dirc Doedenwatering open to come forward with a verklaring (legal argument) of why they oppose the measure.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.05.08	Permission for schout of Hazerswoude, in his inspection and apportionment of maintenance responsibility for the two canals that replaced the Dirc Doedenwatering, to give partial remission to those still maintaining the Dirc Doedenwatering.

 

	Keyword
	dirc feyenzoon, liclaes
Date	Summary	Rec details
1416.02.22	Settlement of a dispute between Liclaes Dirc Feyen z. and Jan vander Meer over a dike in Spaarnwoude.

 

	Keyword
	dirc florijszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1443.05.19	Specifications for the construction/reconstruction of the new sluice known as the Hogesluis

 

	Keyword
	dirc foyen
Date	Summary	Rec details
1478.06.30	The hoogheemraden issue a decision concerning compensation for dirt requisitioned for dike maintenance (aardhaling) and acknowledge that value of the land played a role in the amouts set. A list of individuals and amounts of aardgeld paid follows.

 

	Keyword
	dirc gijsbrechtszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1421-1434	How the Woerdersluis at Spaarndam is to be maintained: specifications, etc.

 

	Keyword
	dirc havicxzoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1449.11.18	Everyone responsible for maintaining the Spaarndam between the Grotesluis and the Velserdijk must make it as high as it is in front of Dirc Havicxzoon's place within 14 days.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.05.08	All houses Dirc Haviczoon'x house to those at the end of the Spaarndam must be raised to same height as the street, and 4 roeden wide behind them.

 

	Keyword
	dirc heynnricxzoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1528.10.22	Settlement of dispute between Waddinxveen, Broek, Tuylnesse and Korterakkeren vs. Coenencoop over building of windmills and horse mills in Coenencoop.

 

	Keyword
	dirc hoochstraet
Date	Summary	Rec details
1460.02.26	Authorization for Dirc Hoochstraet to maintain the Lage brug (Low Bridge) in Waddinxveen with dirt and wood provided at his own expense at sufficient height for peat and other materials to be transported under it.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1473.03.17	Dirc van Bosche, apparently the heemraad's assistant, acknowledged that he holds a hundred Rijnsche gulden that his late father, Pieter, also the bode, had collected on behalf of Rijnland. Apparently, he will pay back at the rate of 5 gulden per year. A note at the end says this document was replaced by another because Rijnland sold the obligation (mortgage) to Meeus Pieter Ruyscher

 

	Keyword
	dirc humanszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1452.10.17	Permission for Dirc Humanszoon and Olivier Aerntszoon to schouw a canal in Zegwaard (runs through middle of the land and empties into another watering near the Hoefweg), with their schouw beginning at the land of Egghert Vranckenszoon to that of Meeuw Pieterszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1452.10.24	A number of people oppose the permission for Dirc Humanszoon and Olivier Aerntszoon to inspect and apportion maintenance responsibility for a canal in Zegwaard; the latter two respond that many others support them.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.05.08	Despite some opposition, Dirc Humanszoon and Olivier Aerntszoon may continue schouw of a canal in Zegwaard.

 

	Keyword
	dirc jan bodenzoonshuys
Date	Summary	Rec details
1371.11.13	A list of certain incomes attached to lands and buildings perhaps in the neighborhood of Voorschoten and Valkenburg.

 

	Keyword
	dirc jan miewenszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1483.07.15	Authorize a canal in Warmond from the deep Lede to the Zijl, 12 feet wide at water's edge, with additional specifications concerning its use and prescribed maintenance work.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1483.07.15	Authorize a canal in Warmond from the deep Lede to the Zijl, 12 feet wide at water's edge, with additional specifications concerning its use and prescribed maintenance work.

 

	Keyword
	dirc leuwenzoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1457.03.17	Invitation for contracts with specifications for the rebuilding of the Aalsmeer [Hazerswoude, Sassenheim, and Randenburg] sluice and the Noordwijk [Aarlanderveen, Zegwaard, and Zoetermeer] sluis. The final section, describing how some work was not done to specification on the Aalsmeer sluice may actually date to the required completion, St. Bartholomew's day (25 August). See also next item which seems to approve of the work order for the Noordwijk sluice.

 

	Keyword
	dirc lourijszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1430.01.07	Authorization for Spaarnwoude to build a sluis with associated canal through the dike (Hoge Zeedijk or Spaarndammerdijk) at Hofambacht with various stipulations, including a ban on fishing and a requirement that it be used only to discharge water and not to allow it in from outside.

 

	Keyword
	dirc louwenzoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1469.05.02	Invitation to tender offers for reconstruction of the Riedwijk, Vriesekoop, Ter Aar, Schoot, Albrechts Vierendeel van Bosch, and Outshoorn sluice and the Alphen, Leiderdorp, Warmond, Groenswaard, and Hillegom sluis, with specifications for the work to be done. Dirk Janszoon van der Hoerne took on the Riedwijk sluice for 582 lb., and Willem Reynerszoon took on the Alphen sluice for 598 lb.

 

	Keyword
	dirc paelman
Date	Summary	Rec details
1457.05.03	Order the rerouting and repair of the Heerweg near the church in Nieuwerkerk because of destruction by water of the lakes.

 

	Keyword
	dirc pieter janszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1371.11.13	A list of certain incomes attached to lands and buildings perhaps in the neighborhood of Voorschoten and Valkenburg.

 

	Keyword
	dirc smitszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1440.00.00	Permission for Dirc Smitszoon, Wouter van Ansc, Willem Matijszoon and others from Jacobswoude to construct a bay or inlet with a bridge through the road near Woude Manor (hofstede) with a place to launch their boats.

 

	Keyword
	dirc soytgen
Date	Summary	Rec details
1371.11.13	A list of certain incomes attached to lands and buildings perhaps in the neighborhood of Voorschoten and Valkenburg.

 

	Keyword
	dirc soytgen jacobsdochter
Date	Summary	Rec details
1384.00.00	Apparently information concerning the handling (or mishandling) of certain properties in Katwijk, Leiden, Voorschoten, and Zoeterwoude held in trust for the benefit of the heirs of Aven Dirc Soytgens

 

	Keyword
	dirc soytgensdochter
Date	Summary	Rec details
1384.00.00	Apparently information concerning the handling (or mishandling) of certain properties in Katwijk, Leiden, Voorschoten, and Zoeterwoude held in trust for the benefit of the heirs of Aven Dirc Soytgens

 

	Keyword
	dirc willem aelbrechtszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1451.10.05	Permission to Dirc Willem Aelbrechtszoon of Stompwijk to put a culvert under the road in front of his house.

 

	Keyword
	dirc willem danelszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1451.03.05	An act by Jan van Noorde and Heinric Paedsenszoon, magistrates (schepenen) of Leiden, recording the sale by Adriaen van der Mye of 6 morgens of land in Alphen to the hoogheemraden of Rijnland, with mention of nearest neighbors (belengingen).

 

	Keyword
	dirc ysaacs
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.07.04	Permission for Ysebrant de Cuyper and associates to put a footbridge over the Vliet bij Dirck Yscax's place

 

	Keyword
	dirc ysbrantszoon
Date	Summary	Rec details
1401.05.19	Settlement of an action taken by the dijkgraaf and hoogheemraden of Rijnland against the schout of Alphen along with heemraden of Alphen, Haszerswoude, and Boskoop for an illegal schouw (inspection) that had done on the Bakwetering in Waddinxveen.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1491.03.01	Settlement of a dispute over payment of aardgeld, place unspecified.

 

	Keyword
	dircs ambacht zuidwijk
Date	Summary	Rec details
1469.02.28	Invitation for bids to repair the Haarlemmersluis (Koudekerk, 'sBurchgravenveen, Heer Dirks Ambacht van Zuidwijk, Middelburch, Benthuizen, and Valkenburg) with specifications for the work. Clais Dircxzoon van Schoerl took on the work for 719 lb., with Pieter Dirxzoon and Jan Gerijtszoon standing surety for him.

 

	Keyword
	dirt
Date	Summary	Rec details
1421.05.25	Permission to take dirt that is closest and best for work needing to be done, and anyone who opposes this shall be dealt with as the heemraden see fit.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1431.05.21	Settlement of a dispute concerning aardhaling for reconstruction of the Dwarsweren in Lisse: the two parties to share responsibilty equally.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1438.06.24	Order turnstiles to be set on the Zeedijk to prevent wagon traffic on it.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1449.11.18	Probit the removal of dirt set aside for raising the Spaarndam or for other hydraulic matters without indicating so to the hhraden or one of their assistants.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1453.05.08	All houses Dirc Haviczoon'x house to those at the end of the Spaarndam must be raised to same height as the street, and 4 roeden wide behind them.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1469.02.28	Limits on how close to someone else's land individuals may dig for clay, dirt, etc., without permission of the owner of the edge or bank [sleet] of the water between Vennip and Warmond. Those found guilty must pay fines and repair damage.

 

	Keyword
	dispute settlement
Date	Summary	Rec details
1385.04.01	A certified copy, made 3 January 1437, by Dirc van Wassenaar of a charter first issued in 1385 (original says 1384, but the court of Holland normally began the new year around Easter). The original charter regulated some differences between Hazerswoude and Leiden concerning jurisdiction over lands in Hazerswoude owned by Leidenaars, among other things.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1415.03.19	Dispute settlement between Rijnland and Schieland concerning penninggeld collected in Alphen, Hasertswoude, Waddinxveen, and Boskoop concerning a waterway on the west side of the Gouwe that drained via a sluice into the IJssel.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1433.00.00	An investigation into a dispute between Rijnland and the city of Amsterdam whose merchants had breached the Overtoom (an overtocht or inclined plane with winch to lift a boat over a dike) in the Kostverloren wetering on the southwestern side of the city to facilitate the transport of some bags of wool. Both sides claimed to own the dike in question and each appealed to old charters granting them jurisdiction. In the end, the arbitrators sided with Rijnland.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.06.25	Settlement of dispute between Gerijt van Heemstede, lord of Benthuizen, and Willem Bort concerning a waterway in Hogeveen that had been authorized by a charter from Duke Albrecht. Those who do not contribute their share of maintenance responsibilities shall have their drainage blocked off.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.ca	Testimony and a decision in a dispute between Tielman van Buschusen and the ambacht of Zoeterwoude concening whether or not Zoeterwoude had paid Tielman the amount to be collected but which was never turned over to the clerk of Rijnland. Because a credible witness sided with Zoeterwoude, so did the hoogheemraden.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.ca	Testomony and a decision in a dispute between Tielman van Buschusen and the ambacht of Leiderdorp concening whether or not Leiderdorp had paid Tielman the amount to be collected but which was never turned over to the clerk of Rijnland. Because the witness sided with Tielman, do did the hoogheemraden, though Leiderdorp could appeal the decision with new evidence within eight days.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1438.02.25	Heemraden decide in favor of the dijkgraaf in a dispute with Alphen over the Doesschouw, unless the latter can offer additional proof.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1443.10.01	Municipal officials of Haarlem and Leiden complained in front of the governor of Holland, lord of Lalaing, about Rijnland's attempts to collect levies from the cities despite their charters which they claim exempt them from such payments. Rijnland countered with charters claiming such authority and also referred, at the very end, to a similar case with Amsterdam in which, presumably Rijnland's claims were upheld.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1445.04.20	Settlement of a dispute between former and previous heemraden of Woerden
Date	Summary	Rec details
1446.06.28	In the dispute between Willem Bartoen (on behalf of residents of Voorhout) and Albert Nagel (schout of Voorhout), Albert must henceforth choose village officials in consultation with (met inspraak van) the residents of Voorhout, as is done in other ambachten and concerning which a keur is in effect.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1446.06.28	Take testimony in a dispute between the residents of Alphen and those of Randenburg, Groenswaard, and Snijdelwijk concerning maintenance requirements in the Gouwesluis at Alphen, with a copy of an old charter from 1284 brought into play
Date	Summary	Rec details
1446.10.04	Some decisions in a long-standing dispute between the small villages along the Gouwe and Alphen concerning the maintenance of the Gouwe sluice at Alphen. It was put in order in this year as described, and it was concluded that, for the moment, this is probably the best way to continue doing it.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.06.25	Verdict in the dispute between Vechter Clasezoon, an official of Zoeterwoude, and the burgemeesters of Leiden concerning the assessment of 50 morgens of land that was taken up within the city walls. The hoogheemraden sided with Leiden because, by Vechter's admission, no assessments had been collected on this land for over 50 years, and the rule in place says that if morgengeld is not collected for a third of 100 years, the right to assess the land is forfeited.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.06.25	Decision in the dispute between Alphen and the smaldorpen (small villages: Groenswaard, Boskoop, Snijdelwijk, and Randenburg) concerning the maintenance of the Gouwesluis in which Alphen is found in the wrong, in the light of a earlier finding made in 1446.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1450.06.30	Settlement of a dispute between Poelien, Groenswaard, and Snijdelwijk, plaintiffs, against Alphen and Boskoop, defendents, concerning maintenance of the Poelienwatering. The canal, near Gouda, has remained useless and uninspected since the war, and the plaintiffs want the old rules (costumen) to be reinstated and enforced. Alphen, referring to old charters, claimed the right to block outside water from entering their waterschap, but the plaintiffs maintained on the basis of the same charters that according to common law they have a right to drain their land as with all other land within the borders of Rijnland -- plaintiffs, after all, contribute to Rijnland's works. The hoogheemraden sided with the plaintiffs -- latter may drain the area 170 morgen large (measured by Ghijstgen the surveyor, and they must make put an embankment around the upper veen to prevent water from it flowing into the area authorized to drain through the canal in question.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1451.06.29	Order the baliuw of Hazerswoude to summon the opponents of keeping the Dirc Doedenwatering open to come forward with a verklaring (legal argument) of why they oppose the measure.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1455.07.01	Verdict in a long-running dispute between Willem van Oestgeest and his companions and the officials of Oegstgeest concerning morgengeld, penninggeld, and more; the hoogheemraden side with the officials of Oegstgeest.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1457.06.28	This is the verdict in a dispute between Aven Jan Bonens widow and Florijs Aelbertszoon concerning a verhoefslag (apportionment of maintenance responsibilities) for the dike at Houtrijk.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1460.04.20	This document comes from the Hoogheemraadschap van Schieland -- gives the residents of Waddinxveen above the Backwatering (i.e., Zuid Waddinxveen) permission to drain via the Alphen wetering (canal from the Oude Rijn to the IJssel at Gouda).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1469.02.28	Settlement of dispute between residents of Hogeveen concerning maintenance of the Kijfvairte. The canal must be put in order by all residing between the Westvaart and the geordineerde Oostvaart (Hazerswoude) beginning at the northern streckvaart to the fens (venen) of Florijs van Boschuijsen. All associated costs should be spread over the community members, or at least the majority of them.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1495.06.30	Verdict in a dispute Hughe Hugenzoon van Zwieten, on behalf of Rijnland, and Dirc van Bosche, schout, concerning certain penninggeld
Date	Summary	Rec details
1525.09.14	Settlement of a dispute between the achterdorpen that drain into the IJssel and the commons of Rijnland over payment of levies and apportionment of maintenance responsibilities (verhoefslagen).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1528.10.22	Settlement of dispute between Waddinxveen, Broek, Tuylnesse and Korterakkeren vs. Coenencoop over building of windmills and horse mills in Coenencoop.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1529.06.02	Settlement of dispute, that made its way to the Court of Holland, between the rentmeester of Rijnland and the village officials of Hazerswoude concerning maintenance requirement and monetary assessments assigned to Hazerswoude.

 

	Keyword
	dispute with leiden and haarlem
Date	Summary	Rec details
1446.10.04	Part of dispute between Rijnland and the cities of Leiden and Haarlem which involved, among other things, a certain Wernbout Janszoon reading out pronouncement in front of the city hall of Leiden after ringing the bells, as if he were a schout, telling the citizens of Leiden not to render morgengeld until the hoogheemraden first revealed their accounts to two members of the Council of Holland and to the cities of Haarlem and Leiden. Wernbout claimed he was authorized to do this by the Court of Holland. Rijnland's response was to fine Wernbout 10 lb. unless he could produce proof of his authorization, which he apparently could not.

 

	Keyword
	dispute with schieland
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.05.06	Hoogheemraden inform the village officials of Zegwaard that they have begun a process against the hoogheemraden of Schieland because the latter, despite the prohibitions of Rijnland as well as previous agreements, convened oversight sessions in Zegwaard (which spanned the two hoogheemraadschappen) and, as a result, the Rijnland residents of Zegwaard now refuse to pay Rijnland's assessments.

 

	Keyword
	disrepair
Date	Summary	Rec details
1444.03.04	Specifications for the reconstruction of the Zijlsluis and the Zijlbrug, both in bad condition, to be completed by the middle of May.

 

	Keyword
	disturbance
Date	Summary	Rec details
1446.10.04	Part of dispute between Rijnland and the cities of Leiden and Haarlem which involved, among other things, a certain Wernbout Janszoon reading out pronouncement in front of the city hall of Leiden after ringing the bells, as if he were a schout, telling the citizens of Leiden not to render morgengeld until the hoogheemraden first revealed their accounts to two members of the Council of Holland and to the cities of Haarlem and Leiden. Wernbout claimed he was authorized to do this by the Court of Holland. Rijnland's response was to fine Wernbout 10 lb. unless he could produce proof of his authorization, which he apparently could not.

 

	Keyword
	ditches
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.06.25	Procedures for getting neighbors to cooperate in keeping ditches in good order.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1438.05.06	General rule on keeping all ditches and canals clean.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1439.07.06	Order construction of a waterway (the Zandsloot) at Katwijk
Date	Summary	Rec details
1439.07.06	Procedures: the Zandsloot in Katwijk to be inspected in the customary manner.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1439.07.06	Compensation ordered to those whose land is dug up for the Zandsloot in Katwijk according to the rates established by the heemraden.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1440.04.01	Permission for Zegwaard and Zoetermeer to use a ditch as long as its kade is maintained at two spades high.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1440.06.28	Extended the jurisdiction that Koudekerk had from 50 to 100 roeden or more as needed along certain ditches.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1443.05.19	Order digging of a ditch of 8 feet along the Voorhout side of the Zwiet, subject to inspection.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1447.00.00	Order the Kerksloot near Haarlem to be restored to one roede wide and as deep as is thought necessary.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.05.06	The earlier keur to clean all ditches for a length of 50 roeden applies only to those directly connected to the ditches involved until some other regulation is provided.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1450.06.30	Schout, kroosheemraden, and community of Benthuizen ask heemraden of Rijnland to settle a question concerning the keeping of a nootweg (access road for agricultural purposes) and a ditch. Schout Jan van Heemstede, village lord, gave permission for it in the past, but now much of the land near it has disappeared and the nootweg may be next. Some want to keep it, the ditch, and an 8-foot buffer because they still keep dwellings there.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1454.02.26	Permission for Gerrit Hugenszoon to dig a ditch through the seven morgens of land he holds within Benthuizen; the ditch to be wide enough for an aelmen (a flat-bottomed boat) to sail through and a footbridge to cross it.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1480.05.09	Permission for kerkmeesters of Hillegom to dig a ditch 6 feet with through their land that lies along the lake.

 

	Keyword
	doedijnslaen
Date	Summary	Rec details
1452.05.02	Order the construction of a kade in Wassenaar and Voorschoten from Wassenaarsgeest to the Hoge Rijndijk along the north side of the Dodijnslaan.

 

	Keyword
	does
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.05.06	The hoogheemraden decided to send their assistants (dienres) to inspect the Does this time while they and village officials who had no problems to point out along the Does remained in Leiden to carry on with legal and other matters.

 

	Keyword
	does, adriaen van der
Date	Summary	Rec details
1486.09.06	Selection of a new hoogheemraad, Adriaen van der Does, in place of the late Adriaen van Zwieten.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1491.03.01	Settlement of a dispute over payment of aardgeld, place unspecified.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1495.06.30	Verdict in a dispute Hughe Hugenzoon van Zwieten, on behalf of Rijnland, and Dirc van Bosche, schout, concerning certain penninggeld

 

	Keyword
	does, dirc van der
Date	Summary	Rec details
1445.05.04	Permission for Koudekerk to sell part of an embankment to be maintained at no expense to the ambacht.

 

	Keyword
	does, kostijn gerijtszoon van der
Date	Summary	Rec details
1403.10.08	Authorization: a sluice in the Rijndijk between the Mye bridge and the church at Leiderdorp.

 

	Keyword
	does, willem van der
Date	Summary	Rec details
1458.03.14	Specifications for the reconstruction of the Alkmade [Oegstgeest, Lisse, Voorhout, Vennep, and Splinters Ambacht] sluice, to be completed by St. Bartholomew's day (25 August). Adriaen Ghysbrecht and Engebrecht Pieterszoon took on the contract for 685 lb., with Gerijt Rijswijck, Willem vander Does, Florijs Janszoon van Tol, and Ysbrant Symonszoon standing as surety for them, with Zeger Staeszoon as carpenter.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1461.10.13	Permission for Willem van der Does to construct a stone bridge 14 feet wide in the Rijndijk, next to his house in Leiderdorp, and maintain it at his own expense.

 

	Keyword
	doesbrug
Date	Summary	Rec details
1429.00.00	Maintenance responsibilities for the Does, Zijl, and Klein bridges
Date	Summary	Rec details
1444.03.04	Permission for the schout of Leiderdorp to announce and carry out the inspection of the sluices and culverts between the Does bridge and the ambacht of Koudekerk.

 

	Keyword
	doeswetering
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.12.20	Procedures: from now on, officials of Boskoop, Middelburg, and Randenburg may apportion prescribed maintenance work for the Spaarndam and the Doeswetering with one instead of three officials.

 

	Keyword
	doorsteken van kaden
Date	Summary	Rec details
1433.00.00	An investigation into a dispute between Rijnland and the city of Amsterdam whose merchants had breached the Overtoom (an overtocht or inclined plane with winch to lift a boat over a dike) in the Kostverloren wetering on the southwestern side of the city to facilitate the transport of some bags of wool. Both sides claimed to own the dike in question and each appealed to old charters granting them jurisdiction. In the end, the arbitrators sided with Rijnland.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1466.05.06	Permission for Clais van Hairlem to breach the dike in front of his house that leads to Hogeveen and to bridge the gap with two bridge heads and a bridge surface with railings so that no one will be inconvenienced.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1468.02.23	Permission for Willem Onderwater and his children and Jacob Vranckezoon and his associates to put a sluice (scotduer) in the ommedijk and maintain it without cost to their neighbors.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1468.06.28	Permission for Zoeterwoude to breach the Ommedijk in the piece of land lying between Vranck Meeszoon and Jan Ailwijnszoon and to place a bridge in the gap on condition that they maintain it themselves.

 

	Keyword
	draaiboom
Date	Summary	Rec details
1432.00.00	Permission for Koudekerk to install a turnstile on the Heimansbrug
Date	Summary	Rec details
1438.06.24	Order turnstiles to be set on the Zeedijk to prevent wagon traffic on it.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1447.11.14	Against Pieter and Clais Vogelair for destroying a turnstile on the Spaarndammerdijk.

 

	Keyword
	dredging
Date	Summary	Rec details
1471.10.08	Permission for schout and heemraden of Lisse to schouw (inspect and maintain) and put in order the beek next to Pouwels Dammeszoon -- should be dredged to old depth beginning at the heul (small bridge or culvert) next to Pouwels house to the Meer. Those residents who don't do their work may be assessed 9 sc.

 

	Keyword
	droen
Date	Summary	Rec details
1416.01.09	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1421.01.08	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1426.09.26	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.00.00	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.00.00	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1437.06.21	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1438.07.01	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1438.ca	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).
Date	Summary	Rec details
1443.05.19	Specifications for reconstruction of a road or dike called the Wagenweg with dirt to be taken from the Droen.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1447.00.00	Verdict in a dispute concening aardhaling and aardgeld in Sparenwoude between Rijnland and the heirs of Vrank van Zanen who own the land (and thus are also responsible for the obligations associated with it).

 

	Keyword
	drossaert
Date	Summary	Rec details
1465.10.09	Simon Vrederick van Zwieten, droosaart of the land of Arkel and bailiuw of the land of Voorne, a member of the hoogheemraadschap since 1446, resigns, citing duties he owes the lord of Charlerois (i.e., Charles the Bold or Karel de Stoute).

 

	Keyword
	druytswael
Date	Summary	Rec details
1454.03.12	Permission for Jan Pieterszoon, village official of Wassenaar, and his associates to construct a 4-foot wide stone culvert or bridge in the road in Druijtswael.

 

	Keyword
	dunes
Date	Summary	Rec details
1426.00.00	Testimony taken in inquest done at Lisse into the matter of water being allowed to drain into Rijnland because several had dug through a dune at the request of the houtvesters -- possibly to relieve flooding.

 

	Keyword
	dupliek
Date	Summary	Rec details
1443.10.01	Municipal officials of Haarlem and Leiden complained in front of the governor of Holland, lord of Lalaing, about Rijnland's attempts to collect levies from the cities despite their charters which they claim exempt them from such payments. Rijnland countered with charters claiming such authority and also referred, at the very end, to a similar case with Amsterdam in which, presumably Rijnland's claims were upheld.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1448.06.25	Verdict in the dispute between Vechter Clasezoon, an official of Zoeterwoude, and the burgemeesters of Leiden concerning the assessment of 50 morgens of land that was taken up within the city walls. The hoogheemraden sided with Leiden because, by Vechter's admission, no assessments had been collected on this land for over 50 years, and the rule in place says that if morgengeld is not collected for a third of 100 years, the right to assess the land is forfeited.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1457.06.28	This is the verdict in a dispute between Aven Jan Bonens widow and Florijs Aelbertszoon concerning a verhoefslag (apportionment of maintenance responsibilities) for the dike at Houtrijk.

 

	Keyword
	duve jan oeden
Date	Summary	Rec details
1430.01.07	Authorization for Spaarnwoude to build a sluis with associated canal through the dike (Hoge Zeedijk or Spaarndammerdijk) at Hofambacht with various stipulations, including a ban on fishing and a requirement that it be used only to discharge water and not to allow it in from outside.

 

	Keyword
	duvenvoerde, jan van
Date	Summary	Rec details
1527.03.16	Settlement of dispute between Jan van Wijngarden and village officials of Zoeterwoude concerning maintenance of the road/dike between Lambrecht Jacobszoon northward to Koemanskerk.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1528.10.22	Settlement of dispute between Waddinxveen, Broek, Tuylnesse and Korterakkeren vs. Coenencoop over building of windmills and horse mills in Coenencoop.

 

	Keyword
	duvenvoirde, jan van
Date	Summary	Rec details
1528.10.22	Settlement of dispute between Waddinxveen, Broek, Tuylnesse and Korterakkeren vs. Coenencoop over building of windmills and horse mills in Coenencoop.

 

	Keyword
	dwaarswetering
Date	Summary	Rec details
1442.10.02	Regulate the construction and maintenance of a new canal and encircling dike at Koudekerk and Oudshoorn. The new construction is to be at the expense of all of Koudekerk except for the Hooge Waard, while its upkeep will be shared by all, including the Hooge Waard. The old dike along the Heymanswetering may be sold off.

 

	Keyword
	dwars nywevairt
Date	Summary	Rec details
1455.05.06	Permission for residents of Zegwaard who live along the Dwars Nieuwevaart to construct bridges over the canal so they can do their sowing and planting for 14 days beginning with St. Servaas Day [13 May] and again for 14 days in August beginning on St. Lawrence Day [10 August].

 

	Keyword
	dwarsvaart
Date	Summary	Rec details
1465.07.23	Permission for Snijdelwijk, Poelien, and Groenwaard to the schouw (inspect and maintain) the area canals between the Alphen vaart and the Backwatering for the benefit of the land. Along the east side of the cross canals that will connect the Alphen vaart and the Backwatering, they are to provide a lijdweg or path one rod wide.

 

	Keyword
	dwarsweren
Date	Summary	Rec details
1431.05.21	Settlement of a dispute concerning aardhaling for reconstruction of the Dwarsweren in Lisse: the two parties to share responsibilty equally.

 

	Keyword
	dwarswetering
Date	Summary	Rec details
1422.04.10	Ordered the heemraden of Leiderdorp to redo the assignment of prescribed work (verhoefslagen) for the Dwarswetering because the current assignment was so out of date that no one remembered anymore what work must be done by whom.
Date	Summary	Rec details
1423.08.12	Ordered the removal of the sluice behind Claes Stientgens in the Dwarswetering where it flows into the Nieuwewetering and the Rijn. And the kade encircling the polder known as the Barle shall be four feet wide and two feet high above the water.

 

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William H. TeBrake Maine, USA, June 2006	Rijnland OAR11, OAR12, OAR13	www.oudleiden.nl