Uble Claesz (d. 1538)
Uble Claesz, an Anabaptist martyr beheaded at Leeuwarden, Netherlands, on 8 May 1538. He had left his child unbaptized and had a derogatory opinion of the doctrine of the Mass. Particulars are lacking.
Bibliography
Reitsma, J. Honderd jaren uit de Geschiedenis der Hervorming . . . in Friesland. Leeuwarden, 1876: 63.
Scheffer, Hoop and 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.
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