Background
Cornelis Geelvinck was the grandson of a peas and beans merchant who supplied the VOC and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. Cornelis Geelvinck was the son of January Cornelisz.
Cornelis Geelvinck was the grandson of a peas and beans merchant who supplied the VOC and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. Cornelis Geelvinck was the son of January Cornelisz.
Geelvinck and Aechje (Agatha) de Vlaming of Oudshoorn. In 1664, Cornelis Geelvinck bought the fiefdoms of Castricum and Croonenburg for 33,000 and 25,000 guilder respectively, which brought him earnings and the right to make appointments. In August 1666 the Amsterdam government sent him as "vigilant gentleman" to Den Helder, where an English raid was feared.
In November 1672 the States of Holland ordered him to carry away the hay and peat from Uithoorn and the surrounding towns, so that they would not fall into the hands of the French army that had occupied Utrecht.
In 1684 Geelvinck had to receive stadholder William III of Orange in the townhall, but the prince refused to stop his horse and passed the town hall at a gallop. Geelvinck did not support the prince, when he was planning an invasion in 1688 of England.
Nicolaes Witsen and Johannes Hudde switched. In 1690 the recommendations for new burgomasters were not sent directly to the prince, but to the States-General.
Geelvinck finally lost cr among his colleagues.