Jan de Bakker

[3] Bakker was a pupil of Johannes Rhodius (Hinne Rode), headmaster of St. Jerome School of the Brethren of the Common Life in Utrecht, who was a proponent of Sacramentarianism.

[4] The Dutch Sacramentarians rejected the sacraments of the Catholic Church and denied that the host consecrated at Mass was the real body and blood of Jesus Christ.

In 1520 De Bakker's father called him back to Woerden, concerned that some of his views were contrary to the Church's doctrine and could get him in trouble with the authorities.

De Bakker started to spread his views, some of which are considered heretical by the Church, and in May 1523 he and another priest were arrested by the steward of the castle.

After he returned he continued his preaching and aggravated his conflict with the Roman Catholic Church by breaking his vow of celibacy and getting married.

Gevangenpoort in The Hague where Jan de Bakker was incarcerated prior to his execution in 1525 [ 1 ]
Statue of Johan de Witt at De Plaats in The Hague. His two fingers point at the place where he was lynched in 1672. This is also the place where Jan de Bakker was executed in 1525.