Document: Sentence of Jan Willemsen van Iselsteyn, commonly called Jan of Leyden

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V10_pt3_0215

Description

Sentence. Jan Willemsen van Iselsteyn, commonly called Jan of Leyden, for expressing abusive language, and writing an insolent letter to the magistrates of Bushwyck; that he be fastened to a stake at the place of public execution, with a bridle in his mouth, rods under his arm, and a paper on his breast with an inscription — "Lampoon writer, False accuser and Defamer of its magistrates," and afterwards banished, with costs.

Document Date

1664-05-12

Document Date (Date Type)

1664-05-12

Document Type

Sentence

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Sentence

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Translation

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

Translation link see: None

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.