Netherlandish lawyer. Zierikzee (Zeeland), 1529 - Malines, 16 July 1589. Studied at the University of Louvain, where he became doctor in 1553 and professor in 1555. In 1582 councillor in the Great Council at Malines. Cf. Biographie Nationale [de Belgique], 16, 1901, Columns 782-784; Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 9, 1933, Columns 778-780; R. Dekkers, Bibliotheca Belgica Juridica, 1951, page 131.