Willem Dirksz Bijstervelt (d. 1535)
Willem Dirksz Bijstervelt (Willem Cuper) and his wife Aecht Matthijsdochter were sentenced to death on 16 March 1535, by the Court of Holland. Aecht recanted and was pardoned on 12 June 1535, but Willem was probably executed. Particulars are lacking.
Bibliography
Hoop Scheffer, 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: I, No. 745.
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