Binkhorst, Pieter van (d. 1536)
Pieter van Binkhorst, an otherwise unknown Dutch Anabaptist martyr, who was executed in 1536 at Hazerswoude or Leiden, province of South Holland. Whereas most Anabaptists belonged to the craft guilds or were even quite poor, Pieter van Binkhorst was a man of high rank and very wealthy.
Bibliography
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, No. 152.
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