Henrica van Erp

Henrica van Erp (c. 1480 – 26 December 1548), was a Dutch abbess and author of her monastery's Chronicle, making her one of the first historians of 16th-century Netherlands.

Biography Henrica van Erp was the daughter of Johan van Erp (knight) and Hildegunda Heins of Heijm. She had a sister Jacoba van Erp, who became abbess of the Cistercian monastery Het Munster in Roermond from 1520 to 1558 or 1559. Her brother Jan van Erp was a "high back" (in Dutch: hoogschout) of 's-Hertogenbosch between 1505 and 1521.

Henrica's parents probably placed her in the Benedictine Monastery of Oostbroek (also called the Oostbroek Women's Monastery) in De Bilt when she was a child.

After her death in Utrecht on 26 December 1548, van Erp was buried in the abbey church.

A digital edition of van Erp's work is available on the Utrecht Chronicles website.