On 17 March 1452, the stadholder of my gracious lord of Burgundy, also count of Holland, came to Leiden. He wanted the Gerecht and Vroedschap to meet to give them a communication on behalf of the duke. When the Gerecht and the Vroedschap met, the stadholder informed them how the duke had written to him, that he should request the following from the cities: because he had summoned his knights and knaves from Burgundy and elsewhere to put down the rebellion of the Gentenaars, he would like to borrow money, [namely] a sum of 400 pounds large from the city of Leiden. He would promise in proper charters that this could be recovered from the bede or from the domains, etc.

The Gerecht and the Vroedschap replied that the city already had very large burdens, and that they had lent the duke money before, namely 800 pounds large in the case of Giovanni Arnolfini, 400 pounds that were on the beggary and the domains and 5000 Willems shields that were on the duke's domains at Gouda and Rijnsoever (Rhine bank near Katwijk?). Moreover, they did not want to go up to Calais or Flanders, and there were other complaints, so that the 400 pounds could not be borrowed, except after Monday, when a summit of the cities had been called, where Leiden would like to consult with the other cities about what they were planning. And on that, again, Gerecht and Vroedschap want to consult further.