Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Obodo mbụ dị na South Holland nke nwetara ikike obodo bụ Dordrecht, nke mere otú ahụ na 1220. Obodo ahụ nọgidere na-enwe ọkwá dị elu n'ógbè ahụ ruo mgbe ọtụtụ idei mmiri bibiri ya ná ngwụsị narị afọ nke 14. N'otu narị afọ ahụ, e nwekwara ọtụtụ agha obodo,
Agha Hook na Cod, banyere ihe ịga nke ọma nke Count William IV. Ma nwa ya nwanyị Jacqueline ma nwanne ya nwoke John, nke ikpeazụ nke Philip the Good, Duke nke Burgundy, kwadoro, kwuru na ọ bụ ya bụ eze. Esemokwu ahụ biri na 1490, John merikwara.