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.

Identifier
NYSA_A1809-78_V10_pt3_0215

Date Original
May 12 1664

Language
Dutch

Source
New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 10.

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