ELIZABETH AND HADEWIJK; OF WHOM THE FORMER WAS DROWNED AT LEEUWARDEN, AND THE LATTER ESCAPED DEATH, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1549
This Elizabeth was of a noble family, and had in her youth been put by her parents into the convent… Continue reading
MARIA OF MONJOU, A. D. 1552
As it is known and manifest according to the testimony of the divine Scriptures, that all who have been righteous,… Continue reading
TWO YOUNG GIRLS, ABOUT A. D 1550
About the year 1550, it happened in the bishopric of Bamberg, that two young girls espoused and received Christ by… Continue reading
JOHN KNEL OR BUCHNER, AND ANNA CANTIANA, A. D. 15.50
In the year 1550, there were imprisoned in the city of London, in England, two pious witnesses of Jesus, a… Continue reading
SENTENCE OF DEATH OF CECILIA JERONYMUS
Whereas Cecilia, daughter of Jeronymus, of Wormer, has joined the doctrine, sect and heresies of the Anabaptists, having been rebaptized,… Continue reading
JOHN CLAESS TESTAMENTS WRITTEN TO WIFE AND OTHERS, IN THE YEAR 1544A
JOHN CLAESS, AND LUCAS LAMBERTS, AN OLD MAN, CALLED GRANDFATHER; TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL TESTAMENTS WRITTEN BY JOHN CLAESS, WHILE IN… Continue reading
MARIA VAN BECKUM, AND URSULA, HER BROTHER’S WIFE, A. D. 1544
In the year 1544, there was a sister in the Lord, named Maria van Beckum, whom her mother had driven… Continue reading
BALTHASAR HUBMOR, AND HIS WIFE
At the time of Zwinglius there was also one Balthasar Hubmor of Friedberg, whom the papists called a doctor of… Continue reading
ANNA OF ROTTERDAM, PUT TO DEATH IN THAT PLACE, A. D. 1539
The following is the Testament which Anna of Rotterdam left and presented to her son, Isaiah, on the twenty-fourth of… Continue reading