FT-1845 i Sengeløse sogn
bornholm, Vester, Nylarsker, Nylars, , et Hus, 83, FT-1855
Der vises flg. felter:
Navn, Alder, Civilstand, Stilling i husstanden, Erhverv , Fødested
Hans Andersen, 53 , Enkemand, Husmand, Tærskemand, Husfader, , Østerlarsker sogn Birgithe F. Hansen, 84 , Enke, Hans Moder, , Østerlarsker sogn Caroline Hansen, 25 , Ugift, Hans Datter, , Nylarsker sogn
1 _FA1
2 PLAC Soldier
1 MISC Østermarie parish, Bornholm
Morten Mogensen was first married to Else Cathrine Pedersdatter, the couple lived at his family's home: Kroggård, 44 Slg. in Østerlars.Morten named his eldest son after his recently deceased father: Mogens Ipsen.Second marriage to Karen Hansdatter, there were 10 children born in thatmarriage. Around 1787 the family moved to Munkegård, 37' Slg in Klemensker parish, and around 1792 they moved to Østermarie parish. And finally, in 1819 they moved to the fishing-village of Saltuna inØsterlars parish, where Morten became a fisherman.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,Ontario, copyright 2006.
Iflg Kures gårdregister, så overtager Morten Mogensen Munkegård i Klemmensker i 1787 fra Hans Larsen og Karen Antonsdatter, og har den indtil 1795, hvor den overtages af Anders Bendsen og Elisabeth Mogensdatter.
Skifteuddrag Øster Herred - bog 2
Nr. 99.
Side 205. Nr. 15. 1780. Onsdag, 20. Sep.
Else Catharina Pedersdatter, 44. Sg. Østerlars.
Morten Mogensen.
1 dat.
A: Margaretha Kirstine Mortensdatter, f. 1778. Værge: Far. Tilsynsv: Mostermand, Claus Poulsen Hjorth, 47. Sg. ØsterlarsNr. 167.
Side 243. 1786. 29. Juni. ( Se nr. 166.).
Peder Jørgensen, 9. Sg. Olsker.
Anna Catharina Clausdatter. Laugv: Svoger, Christian Bendsen, 34. Sg. Ibsker.
Ved 1. Ægt. M/ ? ?. 1 søn.
A: Jørgen Pedersen, 1. Sg. Olsker.
Ved 2. Ægt. M/ Afg. Kirstine Hansdatter. Sk. D. 20. Sep. 1783. 2 søn. 6 døt.
B: Niels Pedersen, f. 1764, ungkarl, hjemme. Curator: Anders Grønbech, Allinge.
C: Hans Pedersen, f. 1771. Værge: Hans Friderichsen, 13. Sg. Olsker.
D: Maren Margrethe Pedersdatter, gift m/ Johan Jørgen Grønbech, Allinge.
E: Elisabeth Pedersdatter, gift m/ Niels Nielsen Holm, Allinge.
F: Else Catharina ?, død, var gift m/ Morten Mogensen, udbygger, 43. Sg.g. Østerlars. 1 dat.
1: Margaretha Kirstina Mortensdatter, f. 1778. Værge: Far. Tilsynsv: Mostermand, Claus Pedersen, 43. Sg.
Østerlars.
G: Anna Kirstina Pedersdatter, gift m/ Claus Poulsen, 47. Sg. Østerlars.
H: Karen Kirstine ?, gift m/ Bent Bentsen, 14. Sg. Klemensker.
I: Martha Pedersdatter, f. 1767. Værge: Morbror, Lars Hansen, Allinge.
Ved 3. Ægt. M./ ? ?. 1 søn. 1 dat.
J: Claus Pedersen, f. 1784. Værge: ½ Bror, Jørgen Pedersen.
K: Margrethe Kirstine Pedersdatter, f. 1786. ( 5 uger.). Født efter faders død og hun død inden skiftet slutter.
Værge: Morbror, Hans Jørgensen Clausen, 13. Vg. Østermarie. Tilsynsv: For de to sidste,
Johan Jørgen Grønbech, Allinge
1 _FA1
2 PLAC Freeman (Frimand)
1 MISC Coat of arms (Våben): a red chevron on white (en rødt sparre i hvidt)
Hans Olufsen Uf inherited his father's estate-farm Simlegård (a.ka.Simblegård), a proprietairgård in Klemensker, circa 1530. In 1542 Hanswas among the signers of a document written to complain about Bernt Knop,who was Lübeck's the chief representative stationed at Hammershusfortress. Hans Olufsen Uf likely died sometime between 1542 and 1547, ashe is not named in the court case disputing the inherited property fromOtte Pedersen Uf brought by Mogens Uf against Gunhild Uf and her underaged co-heirs (Oluf and Peder Hansen Uf) in 1547. Possibly Mogens Ufbrought the law suit as a result of Hans Olufsen Uf's recent death?Sigvard Mahler Dam, states in "Landsdommer-Patriciatet på Bornholm", part2, that Hans Olufsen Uf's mother may be the sister of Chief Justice(Landsdommer) Jens Hansen Myre. Contradictorily, Sigvard Mahler Dam alsospeculates in the article "De bornholmske væbnerslægter Uf og Splid -noget nyt om deres våbener" (Heraldisk Tidsskrift, 1982) that PederHansen Uf's mother might have had a coat of arms with a "hummerklo" (alobster-claw, a.k.a. "geddekæft" - a pike's jawbone) on it. This isbased on the description by the Bornholm official Laurids de Thurah (in1756) of an engraving on a bell donated by Peder Hansen Uf's daughterMargrethe and her husband Jørgen Gagge: "Paa den største Klokke findestvende Vaabener, det ene med et Spende udi, som ventelig er de AdeligeKoefoders; Det andet med en Giedde Kieft udi." (On the large bell youfind two coats of arms, one carries the chevron, the emblem of the nobleKoefod-family, the other carries the pike's jawbone.) Also based on adescription of a pew door in Klemensker Church found in a journal:"Clement's Church: door to pew, carved oak framed with smooth fir planks- showing helmeted coats of arms with vesselhorn and the followingmarkings: a shield with an upside down "gavlsparre" (chevron) design, andthe other shield sporting a "halv hummerklo" (half lobster-claw), ChiefJustice Peder Hansen Uf and wife Margrethe Hansdatter.
Conclusion: I know of no documentation that proves that Mette Hansdatterinherited the Myre-family properties which had previously belonged to twoMyre-family brothers: Peder Hansen Myre (died 1572) and Truid Hansen Myre(died 1574). All that is known is that Peder Hansen Uf and his wifeMette Hansdatter owned these farms, and that they later passed thisproperty down to their daughter and her children inherited them fromher. So, it seems quite reasonable to consider that Peder Hansen Ufmight have obtained the Myre-family estates through his unknown mother -that she was in fact a member of the Myre-family. Possibly Peder HansenUf was named after his mother's father: the above mentioned Peder HansenMyre (died 1574)! - Norman Madsen, June 11, 2005.
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The following is a translation of the article "De bornholmskevæbnerslægter Uf og Splid - noget nyt om deres våbener", written bySigvard Mahler Dam, published in Heraldisk Tidsskrift.A Pew in Saint Clement's Church:
After leafing through numerous journals, I casually looked over thedescription of St. Clement's Church (Klemensker parish), when suddenly myeyes caught a poorly done drawing of two coats of arms. The text read:"Clement's Church: door to pew, carved oak framed with smooth fir planks- showing helmeted coats of arms with vesselhorn and the followingmarkings: a shield with an upside down "gavlsparre" (chevron) design, andthe other shield sporting a half "hummerklo" (lobster-claw, aka"geddekæft" = pike's jawbone), Chief Justice Peder Hansen Uf and wifeMargrethe Hansdatter. The door was painted green, the coats of arms andthe door frame painted red and white. Height 84 centimeters, length 56centimeters. . ."
An earlier description from 1947 tells more: ". . . the pew-door from the1700s is made of fir with three insets: the top one made of oak with twobeautifully carved coat of arms decorated with helmets, vesselhorn, andfeathers, and with the inscription: PH - MHD. On the back of this insetin the pew-door can be vaguely seen traces of two black-painted coats ofarms below a layer of grey paint, the same as carved on the front." In acopy of "Danmarks Kirker" from 1954, the date has been altered to the endof the 1500s, which better suits the persons involved and the style ofthe time.
This sounded very enticing! And I decided (in 1979) to approach theclergy of Bornholm, pastor for Klemensker C.W. Røboe Dam, about thesecoats of arms, and he very kindly sent me some colour-photos of thepew-door, which had been hung in the entry ot the church. Since the redand white paint on the door frame sounded a bit odd to me, I decided topay a visit to the church, which is situated on top of a hill inbeautiful surroundings. And found that it appeared that the pew-door hadreceived several coats of paint through the years! But you can clearlysee that the earliest coat of paint on the inset was black - later it wascovered with a gruesome green color! The Uf coat of arms, both theshield and the helmet, appeared to have been covered with a dark-redoilpaint - after a fairly thorough removal of the earlier layers ofpaint; but we can still see traces of the earliest layer: red on thevesselhorns; and white in the shield; the chevron has white paint on topof a coat of red. The wife's coat of arms shows white paint remnants onthe vesselhorns; her shield has two layers: white over an old layer ofred paint, and the "hummerklo" (lobster-claw) has red paint on top of anold layer of white. It is peculiar that an upside-down chevron is shownin the shield - Peder Hansen (Uf) was the only one on Bornholm using anupside-down chevron. Was the carving done from a faulty design of hisseal? Mette Hansdatter was the last member of the Bornholm Myre-family(myre=ant), she was the daughter of Hans Myre, they had a design withthree black ants on a white shield in their coat of arms, and the helmethad two white vesselhorns (15).
An Old Church-bell:
Peder Hansen (Uf)'s coat of arms seem to have brought some confusion forresearchers, because it appears that Jørgen Gagge and his wife Margretheput up yet another memorial to honour Peder Hansen (Uf) and MetteHansdatter. In 1601 they had cast a new large church-bell (which laterdisappeared) for Klemensker Church. Thurah quotes the following (12):"Paa den største Klokke findes tvende Vaabener, det ene med et Spendeudi, som ventelig er de Adelige Koefoders; Det andet med en Giedde Kieftudi." (On the large bell you find two coats of arms, one carries thechevron, the emblem of the noble Koefod-family, the other carries thepike's jaw.) The engraving reads: "Anno 1601 Lod Claus Kames denneKlokke støbe til St. Clemmens Kirke paa Bornholm, efter Velbyrdige Hr.Jörgen Gages og Hr. Lars Nielsens i den Tiid Sogne-Herres Befalning, afRheinholt Benning i Lübeck". (In 1601 Claus Kames had this bell cast forSt. Clemen's Church of Bornholm after the request of the highborn Mr.Jørgen Gage and Mr. Lars Nielsen. . .)Unfortunately nothing is noted about an upside-down chevron, but there isa reference to the Kofoed-family, who carried a blue chevron on a redbackground with 2 white vesselhorns. "Danmarks Kirker", volume 7,Bornholm, tells the same, but lists those coats of arms as the propertyof the Gagge and Splid families.
M.K. Zarthmann (well versed in all the Bornholm-families) writes (16):"Jørgen Gagge gave a beautiful memorial in honour of his parents-in-lawPeder Hansen Uf and Mette Hansdatter Myre, because in 1601 he had cast alarge church-bell, engraved with the Uf-family's chevron-emblem and theMyre-family's crawling ant." Yes, Zarthmann knew very well whichfamilies this pertained to, and has deliberately made the correction fromthe "Giedde Kieften" (pike's jawbone) to one (1) crawling ant - but as weknow the Myre coat of arms carried three (3) black ants! Zarthmann neverdid see the bell for himself, so we must believe Thurah's impartialaccount of the above, and say that the very same set of coat of armswhich today can be seen on the pew-door must have been engraved on thechurch-bell! Thus we are ensured that it can not be a mistake incurredlater if the pew is a copy of the original.
But who then is the rightful owner of the pew's sinister coat of arms?We are not entirely clueless: the Splid-family carried a half (orsometimes a whole) lobster claw (hummerklo) in their coat of arms, buthow do they enter the picture here? Since the above coat of arms can notbelong to Peder Hansen (Uf)'s wife, maybe it could belong to his mother?The initials could possibly have been carved later; we do not knowanything about his father Hans Olufsen (Uf)'s wife (17). She might havebeen of the Splid-family - which would have been the last chance! Forthe last member of the Splid-family, Jep Splid, was mentioned in 1508 asdeceased, whereupon his widow gives 200 Lübeck-marks to Lund Cathedralfor purchase of land in Skåne. Among the witnesses signing the documentis Peder Hansen Uf's grandfather Oluf Ottesen Uf, who at that very timehad just succeeded Jep Splid as chief justice of Bornholm (18).Therefore the timing disproves the theory of the coat of arms belongingto another wife of Peder Hansen (Uf) - maybe the pew carried the emblemsof both his parents?
The Splid-family was not very prolific - neither did they leave very manywritten accounts compared to other Bornholmer-families. We have alreadymet the first Splid on the island: Jacob Splid, known to be King ValdemarAtterdag's commander (hovedmand) for Hammershus fortress in 1361 and1362. The Splid-family did not likely originate from Skåne (where thearchbishop recruited his commanders), but from another region. OnSjælland and in Norway we find two (inter-connected?) families, bothcarrying the so called "hummerklo" in their emblems. In Norway the mostimportant was Siewerd Bjørnsen, known to be a bishop in 1458. OnSjælland we have a Jep Nielsen (Splid) in Gumløse in 1492, his seal withthe helmet is from 1503, his seal from 1492 looks like the BornholmerSplid-family's "hummerklo". A Jep Splid was chief justice of Bornholm in1497. On a document dated the 10th of August 1497 we find him using hisfather's seal - the inscription states: "andreas split". The colours onthe coat of arms are not known, but now we can see that the "hummerklo"(lobster claw) was white on a red background - if we accept theidentification of the female's coat of arms from Klemensker church.
12) Thurah's "Bornholmskbeskrivelse" (see note 8).
15) The family known as "Myre on Bornholm" and the coat of arms is knownfrom Hans Myre's seal. He died in 1518 as the last male of that familyon Bornholm, but he had a sister, Bodil, who married a man named Jacob ofthe family Kyrning-Myre. Their descendants took the name Myre only, andsome of them resided on Bornholm as well.
16) M.K. Zarthmann: "Optegnelser om Almegård i Knudsker sogn", in"Bornholmske Samlinger", volume 21.
17) Not to be mistaken with the Hans Olufsen (Uf), mentioned in note 11,as being the Uf-family's last male. This man is his father's father.
18) Thiset's files in State Archives under Jep Splid. The original issaid to be in the Swedish State Archives.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,Ontario, copyright 2006.
1 _FA1
2 PLAC Freeman (Frimand)
1 MISC Coat of arms (Våben): a red chevron on white (en rødt sparre i hvidt)
Oluf Ottesen Uf was a freeman (frimand), and was Chief Justice(Landsdommer) for Bornholm from 1508-1522, this during the period inwhich Hanseatic League free-city of Lübeck was in control of Bornholm.In 1510 he was ordered to travel to Lübeck, and on July 16th he was asigner of the "Landets Overenskomst" agreement, in which the Lübeck'ersdemanded extortionary amounts of tax-payments from Bornholm's populace.He probably lived on Simlegård (a.k.a. Simblegård) in Klemensker.According to Zarthmann he can be found mentioned in documents dating from1508 and 1522. (Source: Bornholmske Samlinger, volume 16, page 139.)From the "Dansk adelsvåbner, en heraldisk nøgle", by Sven Tito Achen,Politikens Forlag, 1973, København:
Uf "I". Våben: En sparre (rød i hvidt? se Heraldisk Tidsskrift nr. 23,1971, side 111). (Coat of arms: A chevron (red on white?) see H.T.)Hjelmfigur unkendt. (Helmet unknown.) Uradel, Skåne. (Noble origins:Skåne.) Niels Uf, 1302; Oluf Ottesen, landsdommer på Bornholm 1522. NDAside 299.Oluf Ottesen Uf is known to have been alive in 1522, and is recorded asbeing deceased in a document dated October 2, 1546.
The following has been extracted from a translation of the article"Landsdommer-patriciatet på Bornholm", part 1, by Sigvard Mahler Dam,published in SAXO, 1987:
As an institution the Danish Landsting (High Court or Parliament)probably stems from the old Germanic tradition of the folkeforsamling(gathering of the people), wherein all the arms bearing warriors met totalk over their common concerns and make necessary decisions. Later,during the Middle Ages, the High Court was the meeting place only forFrie Mænd, which constituted the kingdoms upper-class of frimænd(freemen) and selvejerbønderne (freehold farm-owners); the fæstebønder(copyhold peasants) and trælle (slaves), which constituted the vastmajority of the Danish populace, were not allowed to participate.Needles to say, the king had the ultimate say on any given issue.
However, during the 1200s things changed: the king probably became toobusy and therefore he appointed a substitute to oversee each county'sgathering. By the 1300s the man chosen by the king to represent him ineach of the counties was known as a Landsdommer (Chief Justice); further,the king now also appointed a group of 8 to 12 men from each county tosit alongside that county's judge on 4 stokke (benches); they were knownas the Tingmændene (or Stokkemændene).
Under each county's Landsting were a number of lower courts, theHerredsting (District Court). Bornholm had its own Landsting, which wassituated in the middle of the island near Aa Kirke (Aa Church) - thisprobably had a great impact on the growth of Åkirkeby, which was the onlytownship on the island without a harbour. The judgement of a Landstingcould only be overruled during a Herredag (Herre: Gentleman, Master, orLord; and dag: day), wherein the king himself presided. Each county'sLandsting also functioned as a local Herreting, for a freeman could notbe judged by his local Herredsting, but rather only by his county'sLandsdommer, who - as another freeman - was his social equal. Thisobviously favoured the kingdom's freemen over their fellow citizens - andthey often took advantage of this situation. (see note nr. 1)
During this period of transition Bornholm's Landsting issued a documenton May 24th 1319. (note 2) From this document we can see that Bornholm'sting (gathering of people) still looked much like the old Germanicfolketing: there was as yet no judge chosen by the King, as documentsfrom that time shows was the case for Sjælland's Landsting. A few of theKing's men are noted as being present, perhaps on account of theparticulars of the case in question - unfortunately there are no otherdocuments to compare with, so we can not know for certain. At the May1319 meeting of the Landsting the participants ask for the King'sintervention against the Archbishop's encroachments, and at the same timepromising to help their king with all their might: ". . . vi der beborfornævnte land alle som en er kommet sammen, vi har med alles enstemmigeraad og samtykke ved vor tro lovet nævnte vor herre kongens udsending paasamme konges vegne med mod himlen hævede hænder og svoret, at vi ifasthed vil staa nævnte herre konge bi mod all og tro tjene ham. . . tilvidnesbyrd herom har vi ladet nævnte lands segl og de gode mænd, ridderJens Kandes, ridderne Tule Mus' og Peder Mogensens segl hænge under dettebrev." (. . . we who live here have all come together and agreed to swearour allegiance with our hands outstretched up to Heaven to our king asfaithful servants. . . and as witness to above we place our land's sealand the good men, Knight Jens Kande's, and the Knights Tule Mus' andPeder Mogensen's seals are placed onto this document.)
We can easily imagine them gathered on that beautiful day in May underthe open sky by Aa Church, whereupon they discussed the state of affairsand finally all as one, with their hands stretched towards Heaven, askedtheir king to come to their aid. We also find that, as is the case foreach township, Bornholm's Landsting had its own seal. Later it becamethe norm for only the Landsdommer and Tingmændene to seal documents, andso the Bornholmer Landsting seal was never seen again.
Queen Margrethe's Laws of 1396 bestowed far greater responsibility andinfluence to the Landsdommer than ever before: ". . . landsdommeren skaldømme alle ret og skel imellem, som han vil forsvare det for Gud ogkongen" (. . . the chief justice must set forth a just verdict for everycase, a verdict worthy of God and king). Still it was seldom for thejudge to act alone, as was commonly seen only after the Reformation.Maybe this is why the Lübeckers (who ruled Bornholm from 1525-1575)complained when the king chose two "bisiddere" (besiddere: officials) tosit alongside their chosen judge because of his partiality and bias.Finally, on November 16th 1597 (note 3) a decree was issued that thechief justice and his official clerk could only issue judgements.
The Right to choose the "Landsdommer":
As a rule it was the king's privilege to choose, which of course stemmedfrom the custom of having an official of the crown present at theLandsting - we have only a few instances wherein a Lensmand has chosenthe judge, probably with the king's approval. (note 4) This might verywell be the case on Bornholm, which was the archbishop's lien, and so theArchbishop of Lund had the right to choose the judges. The first knownchief justice for Bornholm, Peter Bosen, had been made a nobleman by thearchbishop on account of his faithful service, and on June 6th 1443 heswore allegiance to the archbishop. This, of course, does not proveanything - but does look to be suspicious. A judge received taxes fromseveral farmsteads on top of his income as a judge, which supposedlywould make it unnecessary for him to take bribes. The farms in questionbelonged to the archbishopric during the 1400s. After the Reformationthe king took back the Church's possessions, and Bornholm had beendescribed in the early tax books as being under "den gejstligejurisdiktion" (ecclesiastical jurisdiction) (note 5), and it isinteresting to note that it was always the property previously under theChurch's jurisdiction that were given as lien to the chief justice - andwe can even see that it is mostly the same farms given in lien downthrough the years, from the first lien document of 1448 until the last in1629! Even in the tax protocols the residents of these Vornede-gaarde(peasant farms) are named as being "Landsdommerbønder" (the chiefjustice's peasants).So we can presume that the Archbishop of Lund had the right to choose thechief justice up to the time of the Reformation. After that event theking confiscated the Church's estates and thus should have the right tochoose the island's Landsdommer, but by then Bornholm had been given aslien to the free-city of Lübeck. Early on we find that a couple of theking's chosen justices receiving some of the formerly ecclesiasticalestates, however they supported an open rebellion against Lübeck. As thenext two justices seemed to be friendly towards Lübeck we might suspectthat the right of choosing had been taken over by the Lübeckers. Whichis probably why we next find the king's foged (bailiff) confiscating theecclesiastical estates from the Lübeck friendly Landsdommer. Leaving uswith the situation wherein the estate lands farmed by the"Landsdommerbønder" were under the jurisdiction of the king's bailiff,and therefore not obliged to pay taxes to Lübeck or their representative!
The Status of the Island's Chief Justices:
The legislations of 1513 and 1523 stated explicitly that chief justiceshad to be noblemen - none the less we often see it written that onBornholm the chief justice often was not a freeman. However, this is amistake based on two out-dated treatises written on Bornholm's freemenby Jørgensen and Zarthmann (note 6), which suffers greatly from somethingyou could call "a Bornholmer inferiority complex"! Many a hair hasturned grey and much paper has been wasted trying to explain whyBornholm's freemen could not be noblemen, even though they were taxexempt and served valiantly to defend their island. The freemen wereremnants of the past. After the end of the Viking era the nobility beganto take form: as a reward for performing military duty a man was givenfreeman status, which meant having tax free status on your farm. As timewent by some men acquired more land and farmsteads, and they became knownas "høj adelen" (high nobility); others had only one tax-free farm, andthey often served as fogeder (bailiffs) for the king or were lensmændene(vassals), and they became known as "lav adelen" (low nobility). Thedifference between the low nobility and the selvejerbønder (freeholdfarm-owners) was not a great distinction, and many inter-marriages tookplace, and not only on Bornholm! The Bornholmer freemen were known aslow nobility, and they did not disappear until the middle of the 1600s -and therefore lasted for nearly 100 years longer than their counterpartsin the rest of Denmark. The coronation ceremonies of the 1600s show usthat Bornholm is the only place in all of Denmark where the freemenperformed the ceremony separately from the peasantry, and also from theCommandant of Hammershus Fortress (who was of the high nobility). TheBornholm officers were not able to keep pace with the development of thenobility in the rest of the country because they were prohibited fromfounding dynasties with counts and barons. The frigårdene (freemen'sfarms) could no longer keep their distinct status, and at the death in1668 of the last freeman, Berild Hansen, they disappeared to be swallowedup among the freehold farm-owners.In the following we will see that the island's chief justices were rankedamong the nobility (only in the 1650s do we first see a chief justice ofcommon heritage) and what is more: they formed a local upper-class whichinter-married. We can trace from the earliest known chief justices up toMads Kofoed who died in 1646. Some of the justices could even tracetheir ancestry back to the commanders of Hammershus in the Middle Ages.
Peter Bosen:
The first known chief justice on Bornholm, Peter Boesen, was the faithfulservant of the Archbishop of Lund. Peter was made a freeman on April26th 1412, and as well the archbishop conferred free status on all hislegitimate male descendants. (note 7) At the same time he was issued acoat of arms, which was similar to that of the Drefeldt family - whichcan be seen by their seals on documents. The above newly minted freemanofficer, Peter Bosen, was probably already married and with children, asin 1429 he appears to have a son of legal age, Bo Pedersen, an officer inPedersker parish who owned a part of a farmstead together with OfficerHans Bentsen from the neighbouring Bodilsker parish. The only freeman'sfarm in Pedersker is the later named Eskesgård, and since a family whichused "Bent" as a prominently re-occuring name resided at Eskesgård lateron, it seems very probable that the farm which Bo Pedersen had a deed ofconvience on in 1429 was an inheritance after his mother, and that hismother must be from the "Bent-family", as it looks like Peter Bosen'sfamily-line stopped with his son Bo, who even died before his father,which would indicate that some of Peter Bosen's sibling's childreninherited their farms.On March 29th 1416 Peter Bosen paid 5 silver marks for a deed ofconveyance on some land in Åby, in Nyker parish, from "væbner Splid"; theÅby land consisted of two self-owner farms (nr. 23 and 24) (note 8), onboth sides of Åby Brook - later called Muleby Brook. Not too far fromÅby is Kyndegård, a freeman's estate; signifying that this was "tingsted"(a gathering place for Tingmændene). Kyndegård was a farm for theherredfoged (the district's bailiff), which leads us to presume thatPeter Bosen was the bailiff for Rønne Herred (later called Vestre Herred)before he was appointed the island's chief justice. (note 9)
As chief justice we find Peter Bosen mentioned in two documents datedJune 5th 1429 and July 13-20th 1429 wherein he places his seal on twoprivate deeds of conveyance, which is where we first encounter his sonBo. On November 7th 1433 he undersigns a High Court judgement, and onJune 6th 1443, alongside other freemen, he swore his allegiance to theArchbishop of Lund. He probably reached a very old age before he passedaway sometime within the next five years.
Sevid Nielsen:
In a document dated July 16th 1448 we first encounter the next chiefjustice for Bornholm, and he must have been only recently appointed, asin that document he acknowledges receiving from the Archbishop in Lund alifetime deed given to him, and his wife Kirstine, to a hovedgård (manorfarm) and its 8 vornedegårder (copyhold peasant farms) spread out overfive parishes. These farms are probably the same ecclesiastical estatelands that we later find under the pervue of following island's chiefjustices. This is the first chief justice deed of conveyance documentknown on Bornholm.From their daughter's coat of arms we can see that the family's shield isvertically divided into two fields, with the first field displaying ahalf fleur-de-lis attached to the partition - exactly the same shield asthat used by the Clausen-Køller family!
During Sevid Nielsen's time there are long gaps in the historical record,and the next time he is mentioned is also the last before his death: onFebruary 2nd 1469 the archbishop commanded "Sevidh Landsdommer" to summonPeder Lauridsen's heirs in Ibsker parish to court vs. Per Lang of"Walløse" (Vollsjö in Færs district, Skåne). Twenty years as chiefjustice is a long time, and soon after this Sevid Nielsen died.
Anders Uf:
Anders Uf, the son of Otte Pedersen Uf and his wife from theGalen-family, had married Sevid Nielsen's daughter, Anne, and we have anundated document stating that the couple had been deeded the manor farmand its 8 attached copyhold peasant farms previously belonging to SevidNielsen. The old deed of 1448 stated that Sevid Nielsen could occupy themanor until his death, meaning that by now he must have passed away, andhis son-in-law Anders Uf had been appointed as his successor. However,no documents were saved from his time as chief justice. An "Anders Ufmin kære frænde" (Anders Uf my dear relative) is mentioned in AndersGalen's will of 1511, but since Chief Justice Anders Uf was dead for manyyears, the person mentioned must be his son, who in 1499 - after studyingin Lund - was admitted on November 26th to Greifswald University:"Andreas U de Bornholm"; on that same day the son of Lund citizen wasalso admitted: "Tycho Nicolai de civitate Lundensi", they achievedBaccalaureate (Bachelor's degree) in 1500 and were probably fellowtravellers. The "Hr. Peder Uf, min kære frænde" mentioned in AndersGalen's will, must have been the son of the younger Anders Uf's father'sbrother; there seems to be no other possibilities, since Anders Galen isnot related to the rest of the Uf-family. Anders Galen's sister hadthree children in another marriage: Jørgen Hals and his sisters Anne andElse, but Anders Galen would not accept them, and according to severaldocuments he considered them illegitimate. (note 10)(Note: I disagree with the above assertion that the Anders Uf who wasmarried (before 1469) to Anne Sevidsdatter is the son of Otte Pedersen Uf(-1493-1497-); I believe it more likely that Chief Justice Anders Uf isthe brother of Otte Pedersen Uf. And that the Anders Uf and Peder Ufmentioned in the 1511 will are brothers, the sons of Otte Pedersen Uf andhis wife from the Galen-family; that the very reason they are mentionedin the will is because they are the nephews of Anders Galen. - NormanLee Madsen, September 19, 2003)
Jacob Split:
Anders Uf's widow, Anne Sevidsdatter, now married Jacob (or Jep) Split,who immediately thereafter became the next chief justice for Bornholm!!!Maybe their marriage had taken place in 1487 when officials in Lunddeeded "Jacobus Splijt" four farms on Bornholm - perhaps they wereseveral of the "Landsdommerbønder" (the chief justice's peasants). Thefirst time he is mentioned as chief justice is in letters dated: August14th 1490, next on July 2nd 1491, and then on July 10th 1493; the lettersall concerned the personal affairs of Per Lang of Vollsjö, and it'sindeed thanks to Per Lang's private archives that these few documentsconcerning Bornholm have been preserved.On August 10th 1497 yet another farm was deeded to Per Lang, and the deedof conveyance document was witnessed by a varied group from the upperclass: Chief Justice Jep Split, Per Truelsen (of the Baad-family inHalland - probably a cousin of Split), Otte Pedersen Uf, and Oluf OttesenUf (Otte' son, and a future chief justice)! Jep Split's seal can stillbe recognized under several of these documents, it displayed a"geddekæft" (a pike's jawbone, aka: "halv hummerklo" = half lobster claw)on the shield, and in his seal is written: "Andreas Split", so he musthave inherited his father's seal (on June 6th 1443 Andreas is referred toas Andreas "Splid Ipsen").
Both of Anne Sevidsdatter's husbands could count among their ancestorscommanders of Hammershus. Jep Split descended from a daughter of JacobSplit (originally Splitaf), an faithful military officer under KingValdemar Atterdag. Jacob Split was from Jylland, and was installed ascommander of Hammershus after it was retaken in 1361. (note 11) Thefollowing commander, Jens Uf, was the great-grandfather of Chief JusticeAnders Uf, and they all were counted among the nobility. There is noevidence that Anne Sevidsdatter gave birth to any children, and theSplit-family seems to have died out. Later, in the 1500s, a family: "TheBjergegaard-family" appears, using the exact same coat of arms as thatbelonging to Jep Split. They can not be direct descendants of Jep Split,so it seems likely that they are a branch of the family which stoppedusing the Split family-name during the 1400s. Chief Justice LauridsPedersen, whom we will meet later, was a member of that branch.
A key document dating from July 10th 1508 concerning the above twojustices is Anne Sevidsdatter's gift to the cathedral in Lund in theamount of 200 Lübeck marks to honour her family. Anne's seal can befound on the document, which mentions both of her deceased husbands, andit is canon Peder Uf of Lund who manages the donation to the cathedral,which states that if the church neglects the saying of Mass for her soul,then the Uf-family can rightfully take back 200 marks - the Reformationis on the way! Her other relations also act as witnesses: Oluf Ottesen(Uf), who by this time was himself chief justice and that half brother ofthe younger Anders Uf (common father), Jørgen Hals was next (he wasAnders Uf's half brother - common mother), and freeman Jens Olsen ofKlemensker (possibly Oluf Ottesen's mother's brother?), and finally OlufJensen of Bjergegård in Vestermarie (his son was married to a niece ofJørgen Hals).
Oluf Ottesen (Uf):
Oluf, Otte Pedersen Uf's youngest son (from a second marriage to thesister of Jens Olsen of Klemensker?), had a sister, whose name likewiseis not known, but who is known to have been married to freeman OlufTuesen of Klemensker; the fact that neither of these siblings arementioned in Anders Galen's will of 1511 (while their brothers Anders Ufand Peder Uf are mentioned), must mean that Otte Pedersen Uf was marriedtwice. Oluf Ottesen is first mentioned, alongside his father, as awitness to a private deed of conveyance on August 10th 1497, and he wasso young that he did not have a seal of his own and so he placed hisfather's seal under his signature; later he would cease using Uffamily-name altogether.This was a rough period for Bornholm's chief justice! King Christian IItried to prevent the Hanseatic Merchant League's free trade bystrengthening the native merchants. The Hansa hit back with a massivewar effort: on August 31st 1509 the Hansa navy landed on Bornholm andthreatened the populace with murder and fire, which the Bornholmers chosenot to risk. They agreed to pay a fire-tax of 4,000 Lübeck marks and tohand over eight hostages. (note 12) The following year Denmark was inopen conflict with the Hansa, who responded by sending a fleet of 30vessels to Bornholm. But this time the islanders mobilized and met thefleet with fortifications around Nexø, however things turned out badly:the archbishop's commander turned tail and ran, he jumped on his horseand retreated to Hammershus fortress, and the Bornholmers fled likefrightened sheep. Nexø was burned down until only three houses were leftstanding, and in Åkirkeby fires were also started before negotiatons werestarted. Over in the rest of Denmark it was rumoured that all ofBornholm had been burned down - it was not that bad, but its coffers hadto be emptied to avoid that fate! On July 12th 1510 a treaty was signedwith humiliating conditions: 4,000 gold coins - a huge sum of money, and8,000 measures of pure silver. Also, three hostages were given overuntil the debt was fully paid, they were: Pastor Peder Laurentsen ofIbsker parish, Peter Kofoed (who was from Lübeck), and Jens Skaaning.(note 13) Chief Justice Oluf Ottesen acted as the representative forBornholm, since the Commander of Hammershus was still hiding in thefortress!
Oluf is mentioned several more times in the following years in hisofficial capacity as chief justice, the last time on May 22nd 1522 whenhe, together with a number of "good men" from the Landsting, witnessedthat Jørgen Hals and his two sisters, Anne and Else, are legitimate andrightful heirs after Anders Galen of Lund. Below this document his sealis well preserved, and we can see the Uf-family coat of arms, with its"sparre" (chevron) on the shield, and the helmet with its twovessel-horns.
Oluf Ottesen probably married a daughter of Hans Myre, of Klinteby inIbsker, and along with her inherited her family-farm, which became partof the Uf-family property for several generations. Their only child wasnamed Hans Olufsen.
Notes:
1) Regarding the nordic landsting: "Kulturhistorisk Lexicon for NordiskMiddelader", under "Landsting" and "Domare". See also W. Christensen's"Dansk Statsforvaltning i det 15. Århundrede", København, 1903.2) "Danmarks Riges Breve"/DRB, 2nd edition, volume 8, nr. 103; regardingfurther happenings on Bornholm see also SAXO 1985 yearbook, page 45.
3) "Kancelliets Brevbøger", see the date mentioned.
4) "Kult. Lex." (see note nr. 1), volume 3, page 154, shows one example,but we surmise that in the mid-1400s on Bornholm it was the right of thearchbishop, and in the mid-1500s, in a few cases, it was the right of theLübeckers - see the following.
5) The ecclesiatical jurisdiction entailed the management of all farmswhich before the 1536 Reformation belonged to the Lund Archbishopric, andwhich were later taken over by the king and managed by his bailiff. Thetake over of church property took place while the Lübeckers had Bornholmunder their 50 year lease, and since the king wished to take away as muchpower from the Lübeckers as possible, he used his bailiff (as well as theisland's chief justice) as his resistance fighters.
6) "Væbnere, adel og frimand på Bornholm", by J.A. Jørgensen, Rønne,1905, is hopelessly out of date, and only refers to "Hübertz Aktstykkertil Bornholms Historie"/Hüb. and that only superficially; the author didnot even try to document family relationships, the only family researchedby him is the Kofoed-family, and his family tree is incorrectly writtendown and not even verified by "Hüb.", in spite of this it later found itsway into "Danmarks Adels Årbog"/DAA, 1906 edition, under "Kofoed". Not amilestone in Bornholm's historical literature! "Bornholms Frimænd" byM.K. Zarthmann in "Bornholmske Samlinger", volume 16, Rønne, 1920, pages120-159, is a bit better, although still out of date. Some of the"Væbnere" (Officers) have been incorrectly documented, something easilyavoided if the author had checked their seals. He insisted that it wasimpossible to trace a Bornholm officer-family over three generations,which is indeed nonsense. Further mistakes include Jacob Køller's coatof arms (see under "Sevid Nielsen", this article), where he states thatJacob carried the Brahe-family coat of arms (which is displays a poleinstead of a half fleur-de-lis!). Also, that Captain Anders Hansen (inthe 1600s) belonged to the Lang-family (coat of arms: three oak-leaves),even though it had been over 100 years since the family had been onBornholm, and that Anders Hansen carried a rose in his arms. A furthermistake is that of Mette Hansdatter's coat of arms (the wife of ChiefJustice Peder Hansen Uf), he changed her half lobster claw (aka pike'sjawbone) to one ant in order to make her fit into his faulty hypothesis,etc., etc.
7) "Svensk Diplomatarium"/SD, 2nd volume, nr. 496.
8) Østre (Eastern) and Vestre (Western) Åbygård, but it is not likleythat the "væbner" (officer) bought these self-owner farms; for officerswere only allowed to by "frigods" (freeman estates) or "vornedegårde"(copyhold peasant farms), otherwise their entire landholdings weresubject to be heavily taxed as per an old ecclesiastic (archbishopric)law.
9) "Bornholms Stednavne", København 1950-51, volume 1, (Nyker parish,Vestre district); Kyndegård: a name derived from the old-danish "kynde"(bekyndtgøre = make a statement). Possibly this was a "tingsted"(meeting place for the court) and the residence for the district'sbailiff.
10) "Kirkehistoriske Samlinger", 4th edition, VI, page 373, ("Danske ogNorske Studenter i Greifswald"). Anders Galen's will of November 19th1511 ("Repertoriet" / Rep. Dipl. II edition, Nr. 11962) and witnessed byCommander Niels Jepsen (Bryske) in 1522, recorded in Bornholm's Landstingmeeting on May 22nd 1522 (in "Hüb." nr. 62 and 64: the originals withseals in Mogens Gyldenstjerne's private archives, packet F.9. inRigsarkivet/RA); a parish testimonial of 1530? mentions the two sisters("Hüb." nr. 78 - Topographisk Samlinger RA, Bornholm, nr. 119). Forfurther information see in the yearbook "SAXO", 1986, page 79.
11) "SAXO", 1986, page 71.
12) Jørn Klindt's excellent book: "På spor af de første Kofod'er",Rønne, 1979; he states his source as "Hanserecesse III.5, 31 Aug. 1509".
13) As with note nr. 12: "Hanserecesse III.6", note on page 97; July 5th1510, July 16th 1510, November 20th 1510, and August 15th 1511. See also"Hüb." nr. 42.
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There is no known documentation on the identity of Oluf Ottesen Uf'swife. Much speculation has ensued over who it is that Peder Hansen Ufand his wife Mette Hansdatter were the owners of Fuglsangsgård, 6 Vdg.Ibsker, in 1574. Sigvard Mahler Dam speculates in his article"Landsdommer-Patriciatet på Bornholm", part 1, (published in SAXO, 1987),that the position of Chief Justice was kept as an inherited familyposition by a small clique of Bornholm's freemen during the 1500s; and sohe speculates that Oluf's wife might be the daughter of Hans Myre. Andthat this would put Peder Hansen Uf in line to inherit the Myre-familyfarms. A court document concerning a dispute over Fugslangsgård datedJune 15, 1582 states that Mette Hansdatter was an heir of Hans Myre (died1518). - Norman Lee Madsen, June 11, 2005.
Question: How is it that the Uf-family came into the possession of theMyre-family farms? Mette Hansdatter and her husband Peder Hansen Uf hada pew-door made which dipicts two coats of arms: "a shield with an upsidedown chevron (gavlsparre) design, and the other shield sporting a halflobster-claw (hummerklo). . ." And further, it appears that Jørgen Gaggeand his wife Margrethe/Merete had a memorial made to honour her parents,Peder Hansen Uf and Mette Hansdatter. In 1601 they had cast a largechurch-bell (which later disappeared) for Klemensker Church. Laurids deThurah states (in 1756) that the large bell displayed two coats of arms:one with a chevron (Sparre), the other with a pike's jawbone (GieddeKieft). The Uf-family coat of arms displayed a chevron. This would seemto indicate that Mette Hansdatter's father's coat of arms displayed apike's jawbone ("Giedde Kieft", a.k.a. "Hummerklo"). Yet, theMyre-family coat of arms displays 3 ants (3 myrer)!
Conclusion: The fact that Margrethe Pedersdatter (the wife of JørgenGagge) came into the possession of the Myre-family farms places a greatdeal of weight in favour of one or the other of Margrethe's parents beinga close relative (descendant?) of Hans Myre (died 1518) ofFuglsangsgård. Evidently Hans Myre's three sons all died without maleissue, so their estates would have gone to their daughters; and if any ofthe brothers did not have any children, then their heirs would have beenone of their own siblings or the children of their siblings. Theassertion that the coat of arms, on the Klemensker pew-door andchurch-bell, were dedicated to the parents of Peder Hansen Uf and hiswife Mette Hansdatter points to Mette being the daughter of Hans Pedersenand his wife (Anne Hals and Poul Olsen's daughter) of Bjergegård inVestermarie parish. So, possibly it is Margrethe's father Peder HansenUf who is the connection to the Myre-family? We have no information onthe identity of either Peder Hansen Uf's mother nor Hans Olfusen Uf'smother. Either of these two women would provide a direct route by whichPeder Hansen Uf and Mette Hansdatter (and later their daughter,Margrethe, and grandson Claus Gagge) obtained the Myre-familyestate-farm, Fuglsangsgård. It must also be noted here that thegravestone of Truid Hansen Myre's wife in Olsker display's the"Geddekæft" arms; so she is likely a relative of Laurids Pedersen andHans Pedersen! Yet another close family connection for Peder Hansen Ufand Mette Hansdatter to the Myre-family! - Norman Lee Madsen, June 11,2005.
Extracted from "Landsdommer-Patriciatet på Bornholm, Del II" (The ChiefJustice Patriciate on Bornholm, Part II), by: Sigvard Mahler Dam (SAXO,1988):
Peder Hansen (Uf):
Once again a member of the Uf-family is back in the judge's seat. TheUfs were coming on strong. In 1562 Henning Gagge had been replaced asbailiff by the former chief justice Mogens Uf. It seems the brothersOluf and Peder Hansen (Uf) took a great interest in the law; since 1552they had been active in the Landsting, and took part in various cases -some of which, of coarse, pertained to their own family. And now, onceagain, a new chief justice was needed and the appointment speaks foritself: on the 28th of March 1574 Johann Urne was appointed chiefbailiff, and he brought along with him a letter from the king concerningthe candidate for the judge's seat, which stated: "The king has learnedthat since Jacob Borringholm's death there has been no Landstinggathering, and therefore the people suffer under the bailiffs, who havenobody to answer to, but since Hans Persen (sic, Chancellery error!) isthought to be capable for this office, he is to be installed andestablish law and order".
We can read all about the appointment in the letter the Lübeck bailiffsent home to the Lübeck council dated the 23rd of May 1574: "5 days ago anobleman came from Denmark, Johann Urne, who is to officiate over theecclesiastical jurisdictions. This nobleman has summoned 3 prominentpersons from every parish to a meeting at the tower in Klemen's Church(Peder Hansen was from Klemensker) and there they all gathered to witnessthe nomination of freeman Peder Hansen, officiated over by the noblemanon behalf of the king, as the new chief justice". At the end of theletter the Lübeck bailiff offers up a heartfelt sigh: "May he turn out tobe competent!"
Peder Hansen was born in 1536 and died 60 years of age in 1596, a tabletwhich once hung in Klemen's Church stated this to remind thecongregation. His grandfather was Chief Justice Oluf Ottesen (Uf), andhis father's mother was possibly a sister of Chief Justice Jens Hansen(Myre). His wife, Mette Hansdatter, was a niece of Chief Justice LauridsPedersen; and his father's nephew was Chief Justice Mogens Uf.
The colours of this old family's coat of arms can still be seen on thecouple's preserved pew in Klemen's Church: a sinister red chevron on awhite field, and on the helmet are 2 red vesselhorns; the wife's coat ofarms has already been described under Laurids Pedersen's entry. PederHansen apparently reversed the chevron in his arms to differentiate itfrom the arms of this brother Oluf Hansen, and his son Hans Olfusen - whowas the commander (Lensmand) at Vardøhus (formerly employed by the RoyalChancellery in København). (see note nr. 27)
Peder Hansen (Uf) and family lived at Simlegård in Klemensker parish, afarm which still is one of the largest on Bornholm, and the family ownedvast estates. The couple had 2 daughters: Margrethe, who married JørgenGagge of Almegård in Knudsker parish; and Merete, married to Hans Grabowof Pederstrup, who came to Bornholm. The Uf-family estate was dividedbetween these two families, of which the Gagges are the only ones to stayon Bornholm, while Merete's stepson, Jochum Grabow, sold all his estateand moved away from the island. (see note nr. 28)
(Note: I disagree with the above statement. I believe there was only onedaughter (known variously as: Margrethe, Marete, Merethe and Merete), whowas first married to Jørgen Gagge, then after his death was married toHans Grabow. - Norman Lee Madsen)
Peder Hansen lived to experience the joyful moment of Bornholm's returnto Danish rule. Lübeck had wished to renew its lease on the island foranother 50 years. But the king protested vehemently, even though itappears that he had previously promised to agree to the extention.Manderup Parsberg came to Hammershus in 1576, but as he preferred to havean entailed estate on Jylland already by the 7th of July 1577 hetransferred his entailment to Mogens Gøie, and Peder Hansen was summonedto officiate on this occasion. Such summons were to be issued severalmore times, a show another side to the chief justice's duties: to upholdthe laws governing Hammershus fortress until a new commander arrived,receive him on behalf of Bornholm and brief him on the affairs of theisland. That same year, the 8th of August 1577, Peder Hansen receivedentailments on 13 farms in the ecclesiastical jurisdiction, withpermission to keep them for the duration of his term as chief justice.This is the first time that all the copyhold peasants were mentioned bytheir names: so that all the farms can be easily identified - and withonly a few exceptions they are the same farms which succeeding justiceswere entailed according to the land tax registry of 1598. Furthermore,the farms - which were tenant- (vornede) farms - were largely situated inthe very same parishes as the farms entailed to Chief Justice SevidNielsen in 1448, which might suggest that this farms were "inherited"along with the position.
On the 27th of April 1580 Peder Hansen received a letter from the king tothe effect that he can freely reap the benefits of all his estates as hisparents before him. . . although his tenant-farmers had to deliver someof their harvest to Hammershus as they had done since Arild's time. Whyhe required this royal guarantee is not known.
On the 13th of September 1583 a captain had stranded his boat near Nexø,but the trade-licensed citizenry would only salvage his cargo if theycould keep half as their salvage-fee. . . way more than was allowed undermaritime law. The king ordered the citizens to appear before the chiefjustice and three assistant judges, all belonging to the island's chiefjustice patrician families: Jens Kofoed of Kyndegård (a future chiefjustice, and Peder Hansen Uf's sister's stepson), Christen Clausen(Køller) of Hallegård (the father of a future chief justice, and marriedto Peder Hansen Uf's cousin), and Bendt Hansen of Vellensgård (the nephewof a previous chief justice: Laurids Pedersen, and the brother of PederHansen Uf's wife, Mette)!
It was not always easy to pass sentences on the tempermental, hot-headedislanders, and on farmer, Morten Pedersen, had appeared several timesbefore the Landsting "and uttered numerous nasty swear words at the chiefjustice," and when Peder Hansen's judgement went against him, MortenPedersen became so enraged that inspite of grave warnings from theestate-holders and the bailiff, he finally attacked the justice while atthe Landsting, all the while shouting that the justice was a liar. Thejustice had to halt the proceedings, and Morten Pedersen was arrested andtaken to Hammershus to await court summons. His brother Hans andbrother-in-law H. Simonsen put up bail, so Morten was set free afterpromising to appear in court at the appointed time, but on the 23rd ofSeptember 1585 he failed to show up; and since he had probably fled theisland, his brother and brother-in-law were summoned to court in hisstead!
On the 13th of April 1587 a new commander arrived on the island, andbefore his arrival the chief justice and Jens Kofoed were ordered toregister all inventory at Hammershus, to examine the fortress' state ofrepair and supply of military hardware, as well as the condition of theisland's forests, and finally to audit the land registry taxpayer booksand accounts
By then Peder Hansen was 52 years old and wished to enjoy his retirementwithout too much trouble, so he stepped down from the chief justiceseat. His successor, who was appointed on the 25th of August 1588 issomeone we have already met: Jens Kofoed, a relative of Peder Hansen, whohad probably been given a good recommendation by his predecessor.However, the two of them continue to appear together officially, onlywith a roll reversal. For instance on the 28th of January 1594 whenCommander Falk Giøe died, and his widow was absen, both chief justiceJens Kofoed and Peder Hansen were summoned at once to Hammershus to"uphold the proper law of the fortress". Later that same year both ofthem were again summoned to Hammershus for the installation of the newcommander.
During Jens Kofoed's time as chief justice, we find several cases wherePeder Hansen participates, often we see him at the Landsting whensentences had been appealed. During the 8 year period following hisretirement from the judge's seat we often find him acting as a witness onprivate deed documents, and he most certainly was always valued as anadviser.
Notes:
Nr. 27) Peder Hansen (Uf)'s seal found in Bidstrup's "Stamtavle overFamilien Koefoed A", pub. København, 1886, page 181 (same as in Thiset's"Samlinger på kort" in RA, from 1886). An drawing of his pew seat, sameas description of the family's coat of arms, see "Heraldisk Tidsskrift"nr. 46, October 1982. On the genealogy same as: "SAXO" 1986, page 733ff. Seals in "Danske Adelig Sigler" by Thiset, under L.lxv. nr. 4:Cecilie Jensdatter, 1423-37 (daughter of nr. 20); nr. 5: Hr. Peder Uf,canon, 1501 (son of M.95); nr. 20: Johannes Lagesen, 1407 (father of nr.4); nr. 21: Hans Olufsen, 1599 (son of M.95); M.95: Otte Persen W,1493-97 (son's son of nr. 20).Nr. 28) Merete Pedersdatter had 4 children, who all died before her,therefore her husband and step-son inherited all her farmsteads.
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1 MISC Årsdale, Ibsker parish, Bornholm
Thomas Hansen and Anne Mogensdatter had 6 children. From his secondmarriage to Magdalene Ibsdatter there were 4 more children. She latermarried Hans Jørgensen.This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,Ontario, copyright 2006.