Peter Schoenmaker (16th century)
Peter Schoenmaker, of Dremmen, a Dutch Anabaptist, who had moved to Münster, Westphalia, in 1533. In the next year Peter was among the emissaries sent out by Jan van Leyden to propagate the ideas of revolutionary Anabaptism. In December 1534 he went to Wesel, Germany, then to the duchy of Jülich and the bishopric of Liége, where all trace of him is lost.
Bibliography
Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 28 ff., 52, 370.
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