Pieter Schout (c1610 – after 1648), was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij.
Biography edit
He was born in Haarlem and was probably a member of a Catholic branch of the Haarlem Schout family.[1][2] He was a flag bearer (and therefore bachelor) of the white brigade of the St. George militia in Haarlem from 1630-1648 and was portrayed along with the rest of the officers of his militia in Frans Hals' painting The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639.[2] He was preceded by Jacob Cornelisz Schout, probably a family member.[2]
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- ^ Unlike Lutherans and Mennonites, Catholics were accepted as members of the militia, but the highest office they could hold was flag bearer and their names were not recorded as officers.
- ^ a b c Pieter Schout in De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 74, Haerlem : jaarboek 1961, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives
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