Cornelis Willemsz (d. 1535)

Cornelis Willemsz (Willemsse), an Anabaptist martyr of Haarlem, Dutch province of North Holland, by trade a trunk-maker or maker of rush bottoms for chairs, was beheaded at Amsterdam on 6 March 1534, with eight brethren. He was rebaptized, but did not repent of it, "because one should not act contrary to the Scriptures of God."

Bibliography

Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om ‘t getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: II, 412.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs’ Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour… to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 673. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen opo Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535, in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, XLI (Amsterdam, 1920): 52-53.

Author(s)	Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published	1953

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 713. All rights reserved.

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