Claerken (d. 1557)

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Claerken, an Anabaptist martyr, whose official name was Clairette Boucket, or Bocquette, wife of the martyr Maerten de Wael (Martin le Josne), was secretly executed on 6 July 1557 in the Steen prison in Antwerp, by being drowned in a sack, together with Margrite Venneau (see Margriete, Jeroons huysvrou) and Janneken op Dextelaer. After they were put to death, their naked bodies were thrown into the Scheide River. In the song, "Liedeken van 72 Vrienden" (Claerken's name is listed as No. 22), it is said of these women:

Op den Steen verdroncken, siet openbaer,
Int Schelt geworpen daer naer,
Daer heeft men se sien drijven
Opt water, met schoone witte lijven.

This song is included in the Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren (No. 16).

Bibliography

Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 565. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/

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: Part II, 185.

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: 569.  Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

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Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1953

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Claerken (d. 1557)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Claerken_(d._1557)&oldid=162722.

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 614. All rights reserved.


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