Muster Rolls introduction

The Muster Rolls (monsterrollen), preserved in the form of transcripts in the Cape Archives as VC 39-55 and 103, were apparently yearly lists of the inhabitants at the Cape, drawn up by Dutch East India Company (VOC) officials, and sent to the authorities in the Netherlands where they were preserved.

These are copies done by hand at the end of the 19th Century. to judge from the handwriting, presumably from the records preserved in the VOC archives at The Hague, Netherlands. So far I have been able to find no information on the transcriber or the circumstances.

In VC 39 part 3 of these transcripts there are lists for the years 1660 to 1666/7 for each year, 1670 to 1675 for each year, 1677, 1679, 1682, 1685, 1686, 1688, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1695, 1696, 1698 and 1700.

These records in the VOC archives are likewise copies, which were preserved in the archives of the Amsterdam Chamber of VOC. The originals must have been compiled at the Cape each year. Several copies were then made and forwarded to Batavia in Indonesia, headquarters of the VOC abroad, and the authority in charge of the Cape branch of the VOC. Other copies were presumably forwarded to the several Chambers of the VOC in the Netherlands. The originals, if they were kept at the Cape, did not survive.

 

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Title Author Hits
Cape Muster Roll 1657 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 11188
Cape Muster Roll 1658 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10006
Cape Muster Roll 1660 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 12753
Cape Muster Roll 1661 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9911
Cape Muster Roll 1662 - Free Men Written by and transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 13811
Cape Muster Roll 1663 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 11745
Cape Muster Roll 1664 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8399
Cape Muster Roll 1665 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8765
Cape Muster Roll 1666-67 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8286
Cape Muster Roll 1667 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8848
Cape Muster Roll 1670 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10129
Cape Muster Roll 1671 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9406
Cape Muster Roll 1672 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8503
Cape Muster Roll 1673 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8620
Cape Muster Roll 1674 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8582
Cape Muster Roll 1675 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8277
Cape Muster Roll 1677 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9324
Cape Muster Roll 1678 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8624
Cape Muster Roll 1679 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8973
Cape Muster Roll 1682 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 8963
Cape Muster Roll 1685 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10331
Cape Muster Roll 1686 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9975
Cape Muster Roll 1688 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10752
Cape Muster Roll 1690 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 9699
Cape Muster Roll 1691 - free men Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 10222
Cape Muster Roll 1692 - Free Men Written by and transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 12917
Cape Muster Roll 1693 - Free Men Written by and transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 12677
Cape Muster Roll 1695 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 17080
Cape Muster Roll 1695 - Knechts Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 10666
Cape Muster Roll 1696 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 12394
Cape Muster Roll 1698 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 13452
Cape Muster Roll 1700 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 9454
Cape Muster Roll of 1702 [for 1701] Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 14652
Cape Muster Roll 1703 [for 1702] - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6946
Cape Muster Roll 1703 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6125
Cape Muster Roll 1704 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6160
Cape Muster Roll 1705 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6011
Cape Muster Roll 1706 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6327
Cape Muster Roll 1707 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 5560
Cape Muster Roll 1708 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 5593
Cape Muster Roll 1709 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 3385
Cape Muster Roll 1711 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 3396
Cape Muster Roll of 1712 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 27269
Cape Muster Roll of 1713 Written by transcribed by Richard Ball Hits: 19000
Cape Muster Roll 1714 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 6497
Cape Muster Roll 1715/16 - Free Men Written by transcribed by Corney Keller Hits: 7574

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