Jacob Ghysbertszn van Gameren (d. 1535)
Jacob Ghysbertszn van Gameren, a native of the Dutch duchy of Gelderland, had on the instigation of the Münsterite leader Jan van Geelen partaken in the Anabaptist assault on Amsterdam, 10-11 May 1535, and was therefore brutally executed on 14 May at Amsterdam.
Bibliography
Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535, in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, vol. XLI. Amsterdam, 1920: 61, 63 f.
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