Jean de Gaverelles
Jean de Gaverelles (1579—1645),
Early life
Gaverelles was born in Antwerp in January 1579, the son of Jean de Gaverelles, clerk to the Antwerp cloth hall.
After studying law at Leuven University, Gaverelles married Maria De Keyser but was soon widowed, and never remarried.[1] In 1611 he became first a surveyor in Brussels, and then towards the end of the year one of the four secretaries to Antwerp city council. From 1617 to 1624 he served as pensionary to the city of Antwerp. He supported Anne of Saint Bartholomew's foundation of a Carmelite convent in Antwerp in 1612, and from 1610 to 1615 was lay leader of the city's Confraternity of the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.[1]
Career in royal service
In January 1624 he entered royal service as president of the Admiralty Council in
He held an appointment as a councillor on the
In 1644 Gaverelles retired from all his positions in government to be ordained a priest. He died on 11 July 1645.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d René Vermeir, Gaverelles, Juan de, in Diccionario biográfico español, vol. 22 (Madrid, 2011), pp. 626-7.
- ^ a b c d Annelies Vanhaelst (2002). De Hoge Raad voor de Nederlanden en Bourgondië. Leden en Bevoegdheden (1627-1665). ethesis.net (licentiate thesis). Ghent University.