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Bowes Museum Collection

Reference: D/Bo/F Catalogue Title: Bowes Museum Collection Area: Catalogue Category: Antiquarian and Composite Records Description: Miscellaneous (part 1)

Covering Dates: 1408-1944

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Catalogue Description

This section includes a few small collections deposited in the Museum at various times, a number of miscellaneous items excluding deeds which are listed separately (see D/Bo/D), and a quantity of foreign documents, mainly French, which were probably collected by John and Josephine Bowes themselves. Various subject or place headings have been used for convenience and these are listed in alphabetical order except the section 'French, German and Dutch Documents' which has been placed at the end.

Catalogue Contents

Bowes Museum Collection (Ref: D/Bo)Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Bo/F 1-240)Appointments (Ref: D/Bo/F 1-3)

For Barnard Castle appointments, see following section


1630 Certificate of ordination of John Robinson, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, as a deacon by Samuel Harsnett, Archbishop of York
(1 parchment)


1637 Appointment of John Robinson as Vicar of Burniston in the Archdeaconry of Richmond by John Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester, (1 parchment, Seal (imperfect))


1840 Notice of the appointment of Thomas Bowes of Darlington as a reserve bidder for George Mason at the auction of the latter's estates at the King's Head Inn at Darlington, addressed to Thomas Bowman, the auctioneer,
(1 paper)

Barnard Castle (Ref: D/Bo/F 4-13)

See also D/Bo/C 339-518, D/Bo/D 3-15; for manorial records see D/Bo/A 1-228.


Letters patent of Queen Elizabeth appointing Thomas Rolandson as Bailiff and Collector of Barnard Castle, 1584
(1 parchment)


1943 Letter from R. Sharpe France offering to sell the above document to the Museum for four guineas, and reply (copy) of the Curator on the dorse offering two guineas
(1 letter)


Constables' accounts, 1691 - 1714; Accounts of the grand jury, including assessments of the constables, highway surveyors and collectors of land tax, 1714 - 1770
(1 volume)


Barnard Castle Charitable Institution, list of the beneficiaries with their covenants agreeing to the terms of the Charity, 1796
(1 paper)


Commission from Lord Chancellor Eldon to William Hoar, John Hullock, Thomas Bowls, George Ormsby and William Hutchinson to distrain the person and property of Gerard Davis, cotton manufacturer, dealer and chapman, of Barnard Castle as a bankrupt; with the petition of William Hopkins of Barnard Castle to Lord Chancellor Eldon seeking the grant of a commission attached, 1808 (See also D/HH)
(2 parchments)


Articles of co-partnership between Richard Dunn and John Ramshaw, carpet manufacturers of Barnard Castle, for a term of 14 years, 1829
(1 parchment)


The London Gazette (includes a notice of the appointment of Thompson Richardson of Barnard Castle as a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery), 1832
(1 paper)


Admission of Thompson Richardson of Barnard Castle as an Attorney and Solicitor of the Court of Bankruptcy, 1833
(1 parchment)


Assignment of Thompson Richardson of Barnard Castle as a Commissioner to take affidavits within counties Durham, York, Lancaster, Westmorland and Northumberland and the cities of York, Kingston upon Hull and Newcastle for the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, 1839
(1 parchment)


Particulars and conditions of sale of freehold and leasehold estates at Barnard Castle and Bowes (Yorkshire) to be sold by auction, 1842 (1 printed paper):

Bowes Family (Ref: D/Bo/F 14-38)

See also: D/Bo/F 3, 96.


Letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I appointing George Bowes, knight, as Sheriff of Durham and Sadberge, 1576 The appointment of the Sheriff was made by the Queen as the see of Durham was vacant at this time. The seal is the sede vacante seal for Durham of Elizabeth I. For details of this grant see D/St:/V 3, p. 26 Seal originally at Streatlam Castle
(1 parchment)


Letter from A. Hilton of Barnard Castle to Thomas Bowes of Darlington re investments. Barnard Castle, 2 May 1799
(1 letter)


Letter from M. Pocock of London to Thomas Bowes of Durham re latter's claims to the Bowes' estates, London, 18 May 1825
(1 letter)


Marriage settlement (copy) of Richard, son of Sir Ralph Bowes, and Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Aske, re lands in counties Lincoln and York, 1510 See also D/St/V 3, pp. 187-189
(1 parchment)


1564 (1) Sir George Bowes of South Cowton (Yorkshire) (2) Thomas Corner of Richmond (Yorkshire) Lease from (1) to (2) of twenty acres and three roods of land in the Lordship of Aske (Yorkshire), for 21 years Rent £3 9s.2d. p.a. Originally at Streatlam Castle, see D/St/V 3, p. 248
(1 parchment)


Inventory of the goods and chattels of William Blackeston of Gibside; with a modern transcript (20th century), 1608 Originally at Streatlam Castle, see D/St/V 3, p. 287)
(1 parchment roll, 1 file)


Marriage settlement of Mary, daughter of John Houdsworth of Holehousefield, and James Colledge of Holehousefield, re lands in Holehousefield in Marwood, 1616 Originally at Streatlam Castle, see D/St/V 3, p. 293
(1 parchment)


Will (copy) of Thomas Bowes of Streatlam Castle, 1660 For further details see D/St/V 3, p. 303
(1 parchment)


Award of Thomas Rokeby of Mortham Hall (Yorkshire) in a dispute between Thomas, Earl of Thanet, and Sir William Bowes of Streatlam Castle re boundaries on the way from Brough (Westmorland) to Lune (Yorkshire) with a modern transcript, and letter of J. Ingram Dawson, solicitor, Barnard Castle, re the document (1941), 1689 See D/St/V 3, p. 309
(1 parchment, 1 file, 1 letter)


1756 (1) Jonathan Rakestraw (2) William Garry of Escomb Redemption (in the form of a release) from (1) to (2) of a quarter share in the property of the hospital of St. John the Baptist in Barnard Castle, Stanners or Stones Close in Escomb, and the tithes of Escomb, held in mortgage by Jonathan Rakestraw of Barnard Castle Consideration £102 5s.
(1 parchment)


1761 (1) William Sutton and other trustees (2) Mary Bowes of Gibside Mortgage from (1) to (2) of the tolls on the turnpike road from Stockton to Darlington and Barnard Castle for £80
(1 parchment)


Bill (copy) in Chancery of the Earl and Countess of Northumberland re dispute with Elizabeth Robson, Elizabeth Smart, Richard Bowes and his wife, Martha Maria Bowes, William Blackett and others over ownership of farms in the manor of Newham (Northumberland), presented in 1756. Endorsed "This Copy made for George Hartley, Esq., to peruse as Counsell for Thomas Bowes", 1769
(1 file)


Settlement re property in High Coniscliffe and the tithes of Escomb between Elizabeth Robson, George Crawford, Thomas Bowes and his wife Dorothy Bowes of the one part, and George Culley and the Reverend Thomas Peacock of the other part, 1794
(1 parchment)


Valuation of Moor House Farm near Ingleton, the property of Mrs. Bowes of Darlington, by Thomas Peacock, 1810
(1 paper)


Miscellaneous fragments re above farm, n.d. (c.1800)
(3 papers)


Fine of lands and tithes of Kellows in Cockerton Thomas Bowes and Robert Moses Dinsdale, querents; Martha Maria Turner and Richard Thompson, deforceants, 1829
(1 parchment)


Correspondence and schedule of the above documents from Eric B. Porter, Chairman, of the Fylde Historical & Antiquarian Society, to Sydney E. Harrison, Curator of the Museum, 1941
(3 letters, 1 paper)

Durham City (Ref: D/Bo/F 39-50)

Bill and receipts of inns for the expenses of the election of the Hon. Henry Vane as M.P. for Durham City, 1753
(11 papers)


Articles of agreement between Sir Henry Vane Tempest Bart., Wynyard, and William Fenwick, Bywell (Northumberland) to hold a cockfight at Mr. Charles Wright's Cockpit in Durham during Races Week in April for three successive years, 1796
(1 paper)

Havelock-Allen Papers (Ref: D/Bo/F 51-67)

Henry Havelock was born in 1795 at Bishopwearmouth and entered the army in 1815. He first went to India in 1823 as a subaltern and in 1839 was A.D.C. to Sir Willoughby Cotton in the first Afghan campaign, of which he published an account. During the Indian Mutiny he commanded a column which recaptured Cawnpore and he was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 1857. In the same year he was created K.C.B. and a baronet, but he died in November after the second relief of Lucknow.

A collection of Havelock-Allan papers is deposited at North Yorkshire County Record Office at Northallerton.


Letter from G. Alexander (Postmaster-General) to Captain Havelock in his capacity of Postmaster to the 1st Division of the Army of the Indus re establishment of his Office at a monthly figure of 147 rupees. Fort William, 4 December 1838
(1 letter)


Indenture from Captain Havelock for intrenching tools required for a troop detachment under his command, Cawnpore, 10 October 1840
(1 paper)


Letter from M. Sheridan to Captain Havelock re the latter's books and the problems of army provisions. Kurnool (Kurnaul), 21 March 1841
(1 letter)


Bill and receipt from the Commissariat Office to Captain Havelock for payment made for supply of rum to the 1st Division of the 13th light Infantry Regiment, Kabu1 (Camp Cabool), 8 May 1841
(1 paper)


Bill and receipt from the Commisariat Office to Captain Havelock for payment made for the supply of thirty nine camels to carry baggage of a detachment of the 13th Light Infantry Regiment, 2 June 1841
(1 paper)


Letter from Major A. Home, Paymaster acknowledging receipt of a draft of money for hospital stoppages of Havelock's detachment of the 13th Light Infantry Regiment, Fort William, 17 June 1841
(1 letter)


Letter from Captain M. Barr, Assistant Adjutant-General to H.M. Forces in India, to Brevet Major Havelock re making an inventory of the property of the late Captain J. C. Campbell, Simla, 20 August 1843
(1 letter)


Letter from Dr. Richard Peele, secretary to Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, to brigadier Havelock, requesting him to take charge of two letters destined for the Persian Gulf, Parell, 27 January 1857
(1 letter)


Ode on the death of General Henry Havelock, K.C.B. by W. Downing Evans, 1858
(1 printed booklet)


Memoir of the late Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B., with notices of his death and a report of the meeting held at Sunderland, 22 January 1858, to originate and promote subscription for the erection of a monument to his memoir in the park at Bildon Hill, Bishopwearmouth; with a list of subscribers, Sunderland, 1858
(1 printed booklet, incomplete)


Handbills advertising the publication of the above, Sunderland, 1858
(1 printed paper, 2 copies)


Christian Greatness as exemplified in the character and life of Major General Havelock. A sermon preached in Stoney Street Chapel, Nottingham, by the Rev. James Lewitt, 1858
(1 printed booklet)


Sir Henry Havelock, Bt., Published by the Religious Tract Society, London, n.d. (1858)
(1 printed booklet)


The Volunteer, Published by John Stabb for the English Monthly Tract Society, London, n.d. (1858)
(1 printed booklet)


Map of the Grand Trunk Road from the Karamanassa to the Sutledge in two parts exhibiting the staging bungalows, encamping grounds , dak and overseers' choukies post office, thannahs and tuhseeldaries, by Charles Joseph, 1851
(1 map)


List of items deposited at the Bowes Museum, n.d. (20th century)
(1 paper)

Enclosure Papers - Staindrop Moor (Ref: D/Bo/F 68-87)

Bill (draft copy) for the division and enclosure of Staindrop Moor in the manor of Raby and township of Staindrop, n.d. (1764)
(1 file, 1 paper)


Note on the tithe clause in the Inclosure Bill, n.d. (1764)
(1 paper)


Notice (copy) of a meeting of the arbitrators to consider objections to various claims, 1764
(1 paper)


Evidence (copy) taken in the case Henry, Earl of Darlington v. George Bowes re Staindrop Moor in 1756, n.d. (1764)
(1 file)


Reference (copy) of Mary Bowes' claim of right of common to the arbitrators by the Commissioners, 1764
(1 paper)


Account (copy) of the several claims made upon Staindrop Moor, 1764
(1 file)


Agreement (copy) for Sir Thomas Hutchinson to proceed with a court action re Mary Bowes' claims, 1764
(1 paper)


Objections (copy) by Thomas Hutchinson and others to Mary Bowes' claims, 1764
(1 paper)


Case and opinion of Sir Fletcher Norton on rights of common, 1764
(1 file)


Letter from W. Masterman to Ralph Robson re dispute over rights of common, 1764
(1 letter)


Letter (copy) from Ralph Robson to W. Masterman re case Hutchinson v. Bowes over rights of common, 1764
(1 letter)


Declaration (copy) of Mary Bowes and Francis Smart electing to have their claims to rights of common determined at law, 1764
(1 paper)


Objections (copy) of the freeholders to Mary Bowes' claims, 1764
(1 paper)


Letter (copy) from Ralph Robson to William Masterman re serving a writ on Mary Bowes, 1764
(1 letter)


Case for the opinion of Sir Fletcher Norton, 1764
(1 paper)


Letter from Charles Fawcett to Ralph Robson and Mr. Terry re agreement between Mary Bowes and the freeholders of Staindrop, 1764
(1 letter)


Agreement (copy) between Henry, Earl of Darlington and others and Mary Bowes, 1764
(1 file)


Statement (copy) on proceedings re Mary Bowes' claims, 1764
(1 file, 2 copies)

Journals (Ref: D/Bo/F 88-89)

Journals of John Edward Watson, architect, of Newcastle, on European tours, 1847 - 1848, 1855 - 1856 D/Bo/P 88 includes lists of buildings of historical and architectural interest, with some descriptions
(2 volumes)

Legal Papers And Documents re Property (Ref: D/Bo/F 90-101)

Decision (copy) of the justices at York in the case Henry Waddesworthe v. Richard and John Maude re one measure and seven acres of land in Ovington (Yorkshire), 1557
(1 parchment)


Power of attorney from Thomas Haswell of Garmondsway Moor to John Hope, Edward Sanderson, John Hutton, George Foster and Thomas Smith or any other attorney in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer of Pleas at Westminster and Court of Pleas and County Court at Durham authorising them to appear for him in the suit of Thomas Vasey the elder of Durham City, currier, and William Moor of Sunderland, tallow chandler, for a debt of £120, 1740
(1 paper)


Memorandum to Sir Dudley Ryder, Attorney-General, re rent arrears of the Bishop of Durham's tenants, and his legal opinion on the same, 1745
(1 paper)


List of half-yearly fee-farm rents in Durham due to Samuel Dashwood Esq. at Michaelmas, 1762
(1 paper)


Letter from Philip Macfarlane to Mr. Bowes, attorney, of Darlington re meeting at Richmond (Yorkshire) to execute deeds of trust, 16 October 1786
(1 letter)


Goldsbrough and Pearson v. Hall. Costs in King's Bench division, with a note of the tythe payment of George Hall in 1794, 1795
(2 papers)


Particulars and conditions of sale of the estate and manor of Bradley, the estate at Thornley Pit House, and freehold property in Bishop Auckland and Durham City, to be sold by auction, 1855
(1 printed file)


Note of "window money" for Holwick, Lune, Mickleton and Romaldkirk (Yorkshire), n.d., (late 18th century)
(1 paper)


Letter to Sydney Harrison, Curator of the museum, from J. Ingram Dawson of Barnard Castle enclosing the above document and others, saying they are from Mr. William Dent of Hunderthwaite; with an acknowledgement (copy) from Sydney Harrison on the dorse
(1 letter)


Letter to the Curator of the Museum from R. Sharpe France, Lancashire County Archivist, enclosing the above document, with a reply (copy) of the Curator acknowledging the gift, 1944
(2 letters)

Plans (Ref: D/Bo/F 102-103)

Plan of Greta Old Bridge, showing elevation and proposals to extend its width, n.d. (c. 1800)
(1 plan)


Plan of the township of Gilmonby (Yorkshire) showing the division of the East Pasture and part of the Common made by the Inclosure Commissioners in 1803, n.d. (c.1810)
(1 plan)

Printed Documents (Ref: D/Bo/F 104-106)

Letter (modern printed copy) from John, Bishop of Durham to Miles Stapylton; directs how to deal with a "royall fish" lately found on the shire in his manor. Orders provision to be made for the Assize Justices "which, as this is my first yeare, must be managed sumptorouslie". P.S. King (Charles II) is making a progress through the kingdom and goes first to Worcester to offer thanks for his delivery, London, 20 June 1661, n.d. (nineteenth century)
(1 letter)


Proposals (printed copy) for the establishment of the Durham Palatinate Volunteer Cavalry submitted to the noblemen and gentlemen of the County by Henry U. Reay of Burn-Hall, 1797
(1 paper)


Circular letter from the Supreme Commander (Dwight D. Eisenhower) to the Allied Expeditionary Force before the D-Day landings, 1944
(1 printed letter)

Robson Trust (Ref: D/Bo/F 107-116)

Funeral card of William Robson at Upleatham (Yorkshire), 1888
(1 card)


Manuscript epitome of the will of William Robson of Bournemouth (Hampshire), 1878, n.d. (c.1889)
(1 file)


Power of attorney of William Robert Robson of Bournemouth to Robert Taylor Richardson of Barnard Castle to act for him in the trust, 1889
(1 paper)


Case and opinion (copy) of William J. Greenwell of Newcastle re terms of trust, 1893
(1 file)


Correspondence, 1888 - 1906
(1 file, 3 bundles)


Bank accounts and cheque books (1872 - 1888) of William Robson with Jonathan Backhouse & Co., of Durham with a covering letter (1893), 1872 - 1888, 1893
(1 bundle)


Receipts, 1891 - 1905
(1 bundle)

Weardale (Ref: D/Bo/F 117-137)

The following items (D/Bo/F 117-138) were deposited in the Museum by R. Nelson, J.P. of Bishop Auckland. They relate principally to the Bishop of Durham's mines and lands in Weardale.


Petition of Dr. Isaac Basier, Rector of Stanhope, to Sir Francis Goodrick, Chancellor of Durham, claiming tithe on lead ore mined at Langhtehead or Lanktyehead in Burnop, 1664
(1 paper)


Proposal of Thomas Westgarth to take a lease of Wolf Clough Vein for a premium of £500 and to pay dues to the Bishop of Durham and Rector of Stanhope, 1742
(1 paper)


Letter to the Bishop of Durham from Dr. Edmund Keene of St. Peter's College, Cambridge re price of lead ore, Cambridge, 17 March 1743
(1 paper)


Letter to the Bishop of Durham from John Mann re search for papers in the case of Bishop's Attorney v. Wharton and including a copy of the final order of the Durham Chancery Court (1685), Durham, 24 September 1743
(1 letter)


Letter to the Bishop of Durham from Christopher Hunter re dues on the lead ore mined within the manor of Weardale and giving an abstract of the Bishop's title, Durham, 23 October 1743
(1 letter)


Letter to the Bishop of Durham from John Dover re dues on the lead ore mined within the manor of Weardale, with an account of ore mined in the period June 1742 - June 1743, Stanhope, 2 December 1743
(1 letter)


Letter to the Bishop of Durham from Joseph Richmond re discrepancy in the accounts of ore mined in Weardale, June 1742 - June 1743, 16 December 1743
(1 letter)


Letter to the Bishop of Durham from Joseph Richmond re difficulties in collecting payments of the last year's dues, Newcastle, 13 January 1714
(1 letter)


Letters patent (copy) of Edward, Bishop of Durham, appointing John Wren, yeoman, as Bailiff and Collector of Rents and Farms for the village and lordship of Wolsingham', 1746
(1 paper)


Grant (rough copy) of Edward, Bishop of Durham, of the office of Clerk of the Markets at Wolsingham to Thomas Wrenn, 1746
(1 paper)


19 February 1776 (1) John, Bishop of Durham (2) Robert Curry of Wolsingham Lease (draft copy) from (1) to (2) of a messuage with two fields called Jefferleys in the Park Quarter of Wolsingham and various other named fields in Wolsingham, reserving mineral rights for 21 years Rent: £2 8s.4½d. p.a. Written over an earlier lease of 1769
(1 paper)


1777 (1) John, Bishop of Durham (2) the Rev. Richard Byron of Winston Lease from (1) to (2) (draft copy) of a close called Hencroft Leze and a parcel of land in the parish of Wolsingham, reserving mineral rights, for 21 years Rent: 19s.4 3/4d. p.a Written over earlier leases of 1768 and 1775
(1 paper)


1778 (1) John, Bishop of Durham (2) Seymour Deighton of Wolsingham Lease from (1) to (2) (draft copy) of a moiety of Crookford and Crookbank or Doctor's Pasture in Wolsingham Park, five pasture gates in Crookford, and lands on the north moor of Wolsingham, reserving mineral rights, for 21 years Rent: £2 4s.3d. p.a. Written over an earlier lease of 1771
(1 paper)


Petition of the Overseers of the Poor of Wolsingham to William Emm requesting him to seek leave from the Bishop of Durham for a £20 penalty to be applied to the maintenance of the bastard child of Jane Routledge of Wolsingham, 1805
(1 paper)


Letter from William Fenwick junior to T. H. Faber, Auckland Castle, re game watchers' pay, 11 December 1827
(1 letter)


Letter from Robert Wilson of Wolsingham to R. A. Douglas Gresley, Secretary to the Bishop of Durham, requesting permission for his nephew to shoot on the Bishop's moor, Wolsingham, 4 August 1834
(1 letter)


Letter from John Dixon of Wolsingham to R. A. Douglas Gresley, secretary to the Bishop of Durham, re a lease, Wolsingham, 9 February 1836
(1 letter)


Letters from Christopher Rymer of Wolsingham to R. A. Douglas Gresley, Secretary to the Bishop of Durham, re lease of land in Wolsingham park and a licence to alienate, Wolsingham, May 1839
(3 letters)


Letter from Thomas Mitchell, churchwarden of Wolsingham, to R. A. Douglas Gresley, Secretary to the Bishop of Durham, acknowledging receipt of £50 from the Bishop towards enlarging the church. Wolsingham, 13 January 1854 (1 letter) 138 "Account of most of the Vaines above Wolsingham to Killhope head, with their distance from Shorthorns which is Called the Centre", n.d. (c.1743)
(1 paper)

French, German and Dutch Documents (Ref: D/Bo/F 139-240)

Fifteenth century French documents, 1408 - 1500 Including: 140-141 Receipts of the Receiver-General for Languedoc and Guienn , 1409 142 Treasury receipt, 1410 144 Licence to sell a vinyard, 1434 149 Notarial certificate, 1466 151 Contract of sale, 1431 155 Property conveyance, 1500
(17 parchments, French and Latin)


Sixteenth century French documents, 1510 - 1596 Including: 158 Marriage settlement, 1548 163 Appointment as a royal notary for service in Piedmont, 1568 166-167 Property conveyances, 1579, 1580
(12 parchments, 1 paper, French)


Seventeenth century French documents, 1607 - 1699 Including: 170 Duties of the office of a "lieutenant criminel" in the Admiralty, 1610 171-173 Property conveyances, 1614, 1617 183 Cost of buying a farm, 1642 187 Grant (copy) of Galterus, Bishop of Camot, to the Chapel at Castle Montford allowing a 40 days' indulgence to pilgrims visiting the shrine of St. Bartholomew, 1660 copy of grant of 1261 188 Will of Marc, Seigneur de Rassiols, 1664 197 Certificate of proof of an antidote by two doctors of Rouen, 1681 201 Letters of state signed by Louis XIV, 1696
(25 parchments, 10 papers, French and Latin)


Eighteenth century French documents, 1704 - 1800 Including: 204 Bond, 1704 206 Papal letters of indulgence countersigned by Cardinal de Noailles, Archbishop of Paris, 1711 223 Marriage dispensation, 1756 229-232 Extracts from the register of parliment, 1779 and 1785 230 Marriage contract, 1781 233 Letter from Auzeree to De La Vallade, 1789 234 Assignat for 25 sols, 1792 237 Letter from Dr. Guillotin to the French foreign minister, Charles de Talleyrand, 1800
(27 parchments, 7 papers, Latin and French)


French documents in a folder entitled "Fragments depareilles", n.d. (15th - 19th centuries)
(1 bundle, French and Latin)


Merchant shipping contract, 1549
(1 parchment, German)


Petition of the Committee of Raaden to the Admiralty in Amsterdam re protection of mercantile shipping, 1781
(1 parchment, Dutch)