Background
He was born in Arnhem in the province of Gelderland and studied at the Universities of Wittenberg and Leiden.
He was born in Arnhem in the province of Gelderland and studied at the Universities of Wittenberg and Leiden.
At the age of thirty he became professor at Franeker (Friesland). His Decisiones Curiae Frisiccae is a treatise on the law in force in Friesland illustrated with decisions of the Frisian court. He quoted from a number of other sources and a wide variety of European writers.
He later became a member of the Court of Friesland.