Willem Zeylmaker (d. 1545)
Willem Zeylmaker (Willem Dirksz), of Amsterdam, was a notorious Dutch Anabaptist leader of the revolutionary Batenburger group. He is said to have had many adherents at Alkmaar and other places. Arrested at Utrecht, Netherlands, in May 1544, he was burned at the stake on 7 February 1545, together with Cornelis Appelman, another revolutionary leader.
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Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1909): 17, 21, 29 f.; (1917): 140.
Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954.
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