Rekening wegens het familiegeld

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Rekening van thesaurier Jan Heemskerk van Beest wegens het familiegeld over Delft en omgeving, 1716.

OAD inv. 680

The Familiegeld of 1715 was levied on people who spent? (verteerden) more than 500 gulden per year.

The estate tax had nine classes of tariff:

• 5 gulden for 500 to 1000 gulden
• 10 for 1000 to 2000
• 20 for 2000 to 3000
• 40 for 3000 to 4000
• 60 for 3000 to 4000 (check this)
• 80 for 4000 to 5000
• 100 for 5000 to 7500
• 150 for 7500 to 10,000
• 200 for more than 10,000

Leeuwenhoek paid 20 gulden, so he was assessed as spending (earning?) between 2,000 and 3,000 gulden per year. With six tariff classes above his, he clearly was not as wealthy as many of his fellow citizens.