Jacob van Reimerswaal

Jacob van Reimerswaal or Jacobus van Reymerswale (died 1495) was a Carmelite friar, educator and diplomat. He became prior of the Carmelite community at Schoonhoven, and is sometimes referred to as Jacob van Schoonhoven.

Life Jacobus was presumably from Reimerswaal, a town in Zeeland later abandoned due to flooding. In 1445 he was studying philosophy at the Carmelite house in Brussels under Fr Joannes van Kempen and in 1446 he was enrolled at the order's house of studies in Leuven. In 1459 he was lecturing on the Bible in Leuven and in 1462 he was an instructor in theology at the house in Brussels. In 1482 he mediated between Joost de Lalaing, Stadtholder of the County of Holland, and the city of Utrecht.

In 1495 Jacobus was appointed Vicar Provincial, but he died later that year.