Meerbeeck was born in Antwerp in 1563. By 1600 he was headmaster of the Aalst grammar school, and he was still living in Aalst in 1625. He is best known for two chronicles, Chronycke van de gantsche werelt (1620) and Nederlantschen Mercurius (1625), and also for compiling accounts of the funerals of Ferdinand II of Aragon, Emperor Charles V, Philip II of Spain, Rudolph II, Philip III of Spain and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria.
His brother, Jan van Meerbeeck, was a printer in Brussels.
Histories
Chronycke van de gantsche werelt, ende sonderlinghe van de seventhien Nederlanden (Antwerp, Hieronymus Verdussen, 1620). Available on Google Books.
Tonneel der wtvaerden van Ferdinandus Coninck, Carolus Keyser, Philippus den tweeden, Rudolphus den tweeden, Phillippus den derden, midtsgaders t' leven, overlijden ende begravinghe van Albertus den godtvruchtigen ertzhertoge van Oostenrijck enz. (Brussels, Ferdinand de Hoeymaker, 1622). Available on Google Books.
Nederlantschen Mercurius oft waerachtig verhael van de geschiedenissen van Nederlandt ende oock van Duytschlandt, Spaengien, Italien, Vranckrijck ende Turckijen, sedert den jare 1620 tot 1625 (Brussels, Jan van Meerbeeck, 1625). Available on Google Books.
De verdervernisse ofte destructie van Jerusalem, drawn from the works of Josephus and Hegesippus; surviving only in a reprint from 1711. Available on Google Books.
Translations
Nicolas de Montmorency, Vloeyende fonteyne der Liefde, vol allerlieffelycker oeffeninghen ende devote ghebeden (Antwerp, Caesar Joachim Trognaesius, 1617). Reprinted Leuven, 1690.
Johannes Cotovicus, De loflycke reyse van Jerusalem ende Syrien (Antwerp, Hieronymus Verdussen, 1620).
