Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Van de Werve ya yi nazarin dokar canon, kuma ya bi mahaifinsa a cikin aikin sabis ga birnin Antwerp, yana aiki da yawa a matsayin alderman tsakanin 1533 da 1570. Sa'ad da Aka Ci Birnin Antwerp
da 'yan tawayen Mutanen Espanya daga Sojojin Flanders, Van de Werve ya yi ƙoƙarin kare Antwerp City Hall daga hallaka. Rayuwarsa tana ɗaya daga cikin rayuka 7,000 da aka yi hasararsu a cikin jakar.