Rare collection of missives, ordinances, petitions, and extracts from resolutions concerning the conflicts surrounding and law proceedings concerning Jacob Coren van der Mieden (1698-1751). He fled his hometown of Alkmaar in fear he would be captured by the Court of Holland. Initially, the Van der Mieden family was a wealthy noble family with a good reputation. Jacob's father Aris was mayor of the city of Alkmaar, Jacob was appointed bailiff of Nieuwburgen in 1731. Here, one of his judicial officers ran a reign of terror. The people felt that bailiff Jacob was protecting his officer, which made him very unpopular. Jacob was also lord of Callantsoog, where he imprisoned the former bailiff, Jan Harge, in 1740 after Harge was being accused of abuse of office. The problem was that he did so under such bad conditions, that the wife of Harge complained to the Court of Holland, after which Harge was exonorated and the Court of Holland turned to Van der Mierde. Out of fear of being put behind bars he fled to Lent, near Nijmegen. His wife, Susanna Doubleth, appealed the court and advocated that her husband would be tried by the local court in Alkmaar instead of the Court of Holland. These request are added in this collection. The last ordinance in the collection is the conviction of his younger brother Adriaan, counselor of the Court of Holland, who was accused of co-writing the requests with Susanna, which were quite libel and defamatory, undermining the Court of Holland as the highest judiciary institution of Holland. Adriaan was suspended from the court in 1747. The fate of Jacob van der Mieden remains unclear.
With a manuscript annotation on the title page signed by G.J. van Persijn, 1791. Govert Jan van Persijn was a lawyer (advocaat) at the Court of Holland, Antonius Quirinus van Persijn was his son. Govert Jan van Persijn also added letters to the index and occassionaly made some marginal annotations and corrections in the text. The binding is slightly dust soiled, otherwise in very good condition. J.G. Gijsberti Hodenpijl van Hodenpijl, Extracten uit de crimineele ordonnantien van Holland (gives the pamphlets individually); STCN 240322061 (3 copies); WorldCat 1144496082, 1258013052 (3 copies, also in STCN); not in De Buck; Knuttel; Tiele.