Frans Loenenhofje

The Frans Loenenhofje is a hofje in Haarlem, Netherlands, on the Witte Heren straat.

His friends gave up trying to sort out his legacy, because most of his property was still located in the Spanish Netherlands, then enemy territory, and some of his money was tied up in outstanding bets.

The St. Anthony order was later associated with the Vrouwe- en Antonie Gasthuys and the monastery was inhabited by Norbertine monks in 1484.

Jacobus Zaffius had been abbot in the St. Anthony's monastery in Heiloo from 1578 to 1571, when he became provost of the Sint-Bavokerk.

He witnessed the iconoclasm and 3 years later went to jail for refusal to turn over Catholic property to the city council.

The Frans Loenen Hofje was founded in 1607, though the port designed by Lieven de Key shows the date 1625. The headless lion is the family shield of Frans Loenen.
Jacobus Zaffius sponsored an additional 5 rooms.