Bank van Lening, Haarlem

In 1473 Jacques Fossuetz received permission to hold a Tafel van Leening for 10 years from Karel de Stoute.

[1] In 1574 his patent was renewed by Philips II and he made a fresh start with family funds, though he continued to try to obtain reimbursement for damages suffered during the war.

[1] With the excuse of still desiring to be reimbursed for his losses during the siege, he was again granted another patent in 1589 for 10 years, but when he wished to renew it in 1599, the Haarlem council refused, since he asked a higher interest from lenders than the Laigner Tafel.

[2] Sara married Laigner's partner Andries Mahieu in 1600 and they also lived on the Oude Gracht, in the oldest part of the Bank van Lening.

Johan became lawyer of the Hof van Holland and married Constantia Tressel from the Hague, so his mother continued to represent him in the Haarlem business.

Cornelis Ormea was the last "Tafel holder" and his accumulated wealth is evidenced by his building the "heerschapswoninge", or stately manor Iepenrode in 1652 as a summer home in Heemstede, 5 years before the Leidsevaart was officially opened as a canal.

During the French occupation at the close of the 18th century, the management reverted completely to the city council and the business was reduced to a mostly administrative function.

[3] The foundation of a wooden house was built around 1380 on the south side of the Oude Gracht outside the city gate with an entrance on what is now the Kleine Houtstraat.

After the Lombard banking family sold the premises to the city of Haarlem in 1661, a small extension in the Gortestraat was added, giving the entire complex a U shape.

The building was thoroughly researched by the Archeologisch werkgroep Haarlem and restored in 1972–1976 and later reopened to house a restaurant (the "Peter Kuyper Taverne"), a historical center, and a bookshop, and a publisher, called Fibula-Van Dishoeck.