Jan Hendriks (d. 1535)
Jan Hendriks (Heynricxz), a mason from IJsselstein, an Anabaptist martyr, beheaded on 12 March 1535, at Utrecht in the Netherlands. He admitted that he had often lodged Anabaptist bishops in his house. He was familiar with the revolutionary plans to make an attack on Amsterdam.
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Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 76, 81, 200, 235.
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