Leeuwenhoek as Wine Gauger

Leeuwenhoek was appointed wine gauger (wijneroeier) in 1679.

Sources

Year	Author	Title
1600's no date	Burgemeesters Delft	Books of oaths
1961	Schierbeek, A.	Leeuwenhoek as surveyor and wine-gauger
1994	Meskens, A.	Wine gauging in late 16th- and early 17th-century Antwerp

What happened?

Date	Event
August 15, 1679	Appointed city inspector of imported and exported liquids / wine gauger
September 4, 1679	colleague Nicolaas van der Sloot appointed co-wine gauger
January 1, 1704	Tried to resign from city inspector / wine gauger job
January 1, 1705	Peter Stout appointed assistant wine gauger
August 17, 1714	Andries Jacobs appointed assistant city inspector / wine gauger
December 15, 1717	Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties
January 23, 1719	Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties
April 29, 1720	Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties
May 15, 1722	Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties
July 13, 1722	Received payment from the city for inspector / wine gauger duties

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