Flemish historiographer. Nieuport, 1537 - Brussels, 1609. Studied at the University of Louvain. Became preceptor of the children of Jean de Melun, lord of Antoing and Espinoy, whom he accompanied in Italy. In the struggle against Philip II, he joined the rebels, and assumed important administrative functions in West-Flanders. After the victory of the Spanish armies he retired for some years to his manor in Alveringem before moving to Brussels. Cf. Biographie Nationale [de Belgique], 13, 1894-95, Columns 446-447.