It consists of two syndics, fourteen council members and delegates. He was for a number of years Secretary to the Syndics of Cambridge University Press. The "Archivarius", the municipal archivist belonged to the city councilors or the syndics. Next to him there are three procurators and two syndics. All these were edited for the syndics of the Cambridge University Press. The Syndics are first mentioned in Morges in 1375. Its distinctive packaging features Rembrandt's 1662 painting "The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (De Staalmeesters)". Connected with the courts are advocates, procurators, syndics, defenders, promoters, conservators, apparitors, messengers etc. Its syndics ensured that quality standards were met and contracts were honored. His older brothers Claes, Jan, and Reyer all became syndics of the drapeniers guild. These administrators later became syndics and were known by this title in 1323.