Jean-Baptiste Christyn the Younger

Christyn was born in Brussels around 1635. As a Licentiate of Laws he practised law in the city of Brussels for a number of years, until in 1697 appointed a judge of the Council of Brabant alongside his uncle Libert-François Christyn. He died in Brussels in 1707.[1]

He wrote a number of works on legal matters. Les délices des Pays-Bas: ou Description géographique et historique des XVII. provinces belgiques, a historical chorography of the Low Countries first published in 1697, has been attributed to him, but also to another of his uncles, Chancellor Jean-Baptiste Christyn.

• Placcaeten, ordonnantien, etc. van Brabant, vol. 2 (Brussels, 1676) – completing the work of Antonio Anselmo
• Brabandts recht, dat is generale costumen van den lande ende hertochdomme van Brabant (2 vols, Antwerp, 1682-1683)
• Deckheri dissertationum juris et decisionum libri II (Brussels, 1686)
• Consuetudines bruxellenses latine redditae (Brussels, 1689)
• Traité des droits honorifiques des seigneurs dans les églises, par feu Maréchal, avocat au parlement de Pa- ris, avec un traité du droit de patronage, de la présentation aux bénéfices, etc., un traité des dixmes, par les avocats Denis, Simon et Danty,:.. augmenté de six sen- tences rendues au Conseil de Brabant, en matière de droits honorifique (2 vols., Paris, 1726)