Taede Ruyerdtszoon (d. 1559)
Taede Ruyerdtszoon (Joncker Kaths), of Hettingahuys, a Dutch Anabaptist martyr, was beheaded at Leeuwarden, the capital of Friesland, on 30 September 1559, because of his Mennonite convictions. Particulars are lacking.
Bibliography
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 v. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, No. 746.
Reitsma, J. Honderd jaren uit de Gesch. der Hervorming . . . in Friesland. Leeuwarden, 1876: 64.
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