as Curator

Of the more than fifty curators listed in the Register, almost half of them were involved in Leeuwenhoek's life in other ways, as notaries, friends, or City Hall colleagues.

AvL's family and associates who were curators

Johan (George) van Ophoven notary
Johannes Fijcq (Fijck) notary
Cornelis 's-Gravesande notary
Johannes Rank notary
Adrijaen Leeuwenhoeck notary
Jan de Bries notary
Abraham van den Velde notary
Roeland van Edenburgh notary
Adriaen Hoppesteijn van Leeuwen notary
Cornelis van der Sleyden notary
Jan Bogard (Boogert) notary, procurer
Floris vander Werff notary, procurer
Philip de Bries notary, procurer
Wijbrant van der Kost procurer
Hendrik Vockestaert city secretary
Paul Durven lawyer, notary
Gerard den Apel traveling clerk, no cases
Arnoldus Ramp security Everts van Zijl

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ORA 318 5th Register of Curators p. 148 top

Adriaen Leeuwenhoek's commission, 1685

ORA 318 5th Register of Curators p. 148 bottom

Adriaen Leeuwenhoek's commission

ORA 318 5th Register of Curators p. 174

Paul Durven's commission, 1693