Jheronimo Droochscheerder (d. 1535)
Jheronimo Droochscheerder (cloth shearer) was an otherwise unknown Anabaptist martyr, born "bij Colm" (near Cologne?) who was executed at Antwerp, Belgium, in 1535 (date unknown), by burning at the stake after he had been beheaded. He was called "one of the principal Anabaptists."
Bibliography
Antwerpsch archievenblad VII: 366; XIV: 14 f., No. 144.
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