Bidspirit auction | Jan van Ommen. Manuscript Deed

Jan van Ommen. Manuscript Deed of Transfer for an Estate in Nijbroek. Netherlands, 18th Century (Signed). - This item is a Dutch manuscript legal document, specifically a deed of transfer known as an Opdragt, concerning a farmstead or estate (Hofsteede) measuring seven morgen located in Nijbroek (Nybroek), Netherlands. The document is executed on a single folded sheet of heavy laid paper. The text is written in a formal cursive hand in dark ink. The front panel serves as a docket, identifying the document as an assignment of property purchased from Jacob Henrik Meüninck. It notes that the 50th Penny tax (a 2% transfer tax) was accounted for by the buyer in their schedule. The internal text identifies the officials Jan Willems and others of the district of Nijbroek and records the appearance of the well-born Jacob Henrik Meüninck and Beatrix Catharina Hak. The transaction involves a sum of 1570 Carolus Guilders for the property, which was occupied by Willem Janse and bordered by the Convent of Diepenveen and the property of Vrou Vos. The document is signed at the conclusion by the district secretary, Jan van Ommen. Appended to the lower edge are three pendant wax seals attached by paper strips. The first seal is a heraldic device featuring a shield with a pale and two diagonal bars, surmounted by a crested helmet, with the surrounding legend including the characters VERDEGRAFT. The second seal is largely fragmented. The third seal displays a shield with a.