POTTER United Families

the wife of our King Philip, the King of Portugal and the wife Marie,
governess and sister of the emperor.
In 1559 peace was proclaimed and we got back all the cities that we
had lost and the French had their own cities again. And our king
married the daughter of the French king who died as a result of a
jousting! On 11.08.1559 my father-in-law, master Jan Trijsens died.
The king traveled to Spain and made his bastard sister, Duchess of
Parma, Govern the country. In 1559, Jan was named Caretaker in St.
Claes church with Bouwens. I then joined the Kramers Crafts Guild.
In 1560 Jan renewed his laundry house and his son Henneken, laid
the 1st stone. They made a living room, kitchen and room upstairs
and Pauwels, my other son then also laid the 1st stone. The wash
house and the stool, kitchen and the iron loam at the dining room
cost all together 6c 11 gld. In that year, they worked at the foundation
of the new city hall of Antwerp.
In 1561 the first ships arrived, those of Antwerp and Zierikzee and
Alkmaar and Vilvoorde. In 1562 the Emperor of Rome was crowned.
His parent Don Fernandus was established in Frankfurt and his son
Maximilian, was crowned King of Rome. In the year 1564 there was
a very large cold and frost for 18 days.
It started eight days before Christmas and it was said that in 50 years
it had never been so cold. There was a lot of snow. Occasionally a
slight thaw, but it continued for 9 weeks. There were no more ships
to sail.
After 1581, the citizen did not hear much from Jan. He died
09.10.1601, aged 76 years… The manuscript of the Potter's diary rests
in the Royal Library in Brussels, in the collections of the Manuscripts,
numbered 15885. Anthonius his 3rd son, continued the diary until
03.08.1602.
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