Thijmon Hendriksz (d. 1537)
Thijmon Hendriksz (Thomas Henriczn), an Anabaptist martyr, beheaded 12 April 1537, at Amsterdam, because he had attended forbidden meetings (of the Anabaptists). He had been rebaptized about three years previously and held heretical views. The sentence in full is published by van Braght. Thijmon was a native of Kampen in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685. Part II: 415.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 766. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Grosheide, Greta. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der Anabaptisten in Amsterdam. Hilversum: J. Schipper, Jr., 1938: 140 ff., 307.
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