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- There is no known documentation on the identity of Oluf Ottesen Uf's wife. Much speculation has ensued over who it is that Peder Hansen Uf and his wife Mette Hansdatter were the owners of Fuglsangsg?rd, 6 Vdg. Ibsker, in 1574. Sigvard Mahler Dam speculates in his article "Landsdommer-Patriciatet p? Bornholm", part 1, (published in SAXO, 1987), that the position of chief justice on Bornholm was kept as an inherited family position by a small clique of Freemen families during the 1500s; and so he speculates that Oluf's wife might be the daughter of Hans Myre. This would also explain how his grandson Peder Hansen (Uf), and his wife Mette, managed to inherit the majority of the Myre-family's farms. A court document concerning a dispute over Fugslangsg?rd dated June 15, 1582 states that Mette Hansdatter was an heir of Hans Myre (died 1518). - Norman Lee Madsen, June 11, 2005.
Question: How is it that the Uf-family came into the possession of the Myre-family farms? Mette Hansdatter and her husband Peder Hansen Uf had a pew-door made which dipicts two arms: "a shield with an upside down chevron (gavlsparre) design, and the other shield sporting a half lobster-claw (hummerklo). . ." And further, it appears that J?rgen Gagge and his wife Margrethe/Merete had a memorial made to honour her parents, Peder Hansen Uf and Mette Hansdatter. In 1601 they had cast a large church-bell (which later disappeared) for Klemensker Church. Laurids de Thurah states (in "Omst?ndelig og tilforladelig Beskrivelse over Bornholm og Christians?e", 1756) that the large bell displayed two shields: one with a chevron (Sparre), the other with a pike's jawbone (Giedde Kieft). The Uf-family coat of arms displayed a chevron. This would seem to indicate that Mette Hansdatter's father's emblem displayed a pike's jawbone ("Giedde Kieft", a.k.a. "Hummerklo"). Yet, the Myre-family coat of arms displays 3 ants (3 myrer)!
Conclusion: The fact that Margrethe Pedersdatter (the wife of J?rgen Gagge) came into the possession of the Myre-family farms places a great deal of weight in favour of one or the other of Margrethe's parents being a close relative (descendant?) of Hans Myre (died 1518) of Fuglsangsg?rd. Evidently Hans Myre's three sons all died without male issue, so their estates would have gone to their daughters; and if any of the brothers did not have any children, then their heirs would have been one of their own siblings or the children of their siblings. The assertion that the coat of arms, on the Klemensker pew-door and church-bell, were dedicated to the parents of Peder Hansen Uf and his wife Mette Hansdatter points to Mette being the daughter of Hans Pedersen and his wife (Anne Hals and Poul Olsen's daughter) of Bjergeg?rd in Vestermarie parish. So, possibly it is Margrethe's father Peder Hansen Uf who is the connection to the Myre-family? We have no information on the identity of either Peder Hansen Uf's mother nor Hans Olfusen Uf's mother. Either of these two women would provide a direct route by which Peder Hansen Uf and Mette Hansdatter (and later their daughter, Margrethe, and grandson Claus Gagge) obtained the Myre-family estate-farm, Fuglsangsg?rd. It must also be noted here that the gravestone of Truid Hansen Myre's wife in Olsker display's the "Geddek?ft" image; so she is likely a relative of Laurids Pedersen and Hans Pedersen! Yet another close family connection for Peder Hansen Uf and Mette Hansdatter to the Myre-family! - Norman Lee Madsen, June 11, 2005.
Extracted from "Landsdommer-Patriciatet p? Bornholm, Del II" (The Chief Justice 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. The Ufs were coming on strong. In 1562 Henning Gagge had been replaced as bailiff by the former chief justice Mogens Uf. It seems the brothers Oluf and Peder Hansen (Uf) took a great interest in the law; since 1552 they had been active in the Landsting, and took part in various cases - some of which, of coarse, pertained to their own family. And now, once again, a new chief justice was needed and the appointment speaks for itself: on the 28th of March 1574 Johann Urne was appointed chief bailiff, and he brought along with him a letter from the king concerning the candidate for the judge's seat, which stated: "The king has learned that since Jacob Borringholm's death there has been no Landsting gathering, and therefore the people suffer under the bailiffs, who have nobody to answer to, but since Hans Persen (sic, Chancellery error!) is thought to be capable for this office, he is to be installed and establish law and order".
We can read all about the appointment in the letter the L?beck bailiff sent home to the L?beck council dated the 23rd of May 1574: "5 days ago a nobleman came from Denmark, Johann Urne, who is to officiate over the ecclesiastical jurisdictions. This nobleman has summoned 3 prominent persons from every parish to a meeting at the tower in Klemen's Church (Peder Hansen was from Klemensker) and there they all gathered to witness the nomination of freeman Peder Hansen, officiated over by the nobleman on behalf of the king, as the new chief justice". At the end of the letter the L?beck bailiff offers up a heartfelt sigh: "May he turn out to be competent!"
Peder Hansen was born in 1536 and died 60 years of age in 1596, a tablet which once hung in Klemen's Church stated this to remind the congregation. His grandfather was Chief Justice Oluf Ottesen (Uf), and his father's mother was possibly a sister of Chief Justice Jens Hansen (Myre). His wife, Mette Hansdatter, was a niece of Chief Justice Laurids Pedersen; and his father's nephew was Chief Justice Mogens Uf.
The colours of this old family's shield can still be seen on the couple's preserved pew in Klemen's Church: a sinister red chevron on a white field, and on the helmet are 2 red vesselhorns; the wife's shield has already been described under Laurids Pedersen's entry. Peder Hansen apparently reversed the chevron in his shield to differentiate it from the emblem used by this brother Oluf Hansen, and his son Hans Olfusen - who was the "Lensmand" ( Feudal Lord) at Vard?hus (formerly employed by the Royal Chancellery in K?benhavn). (see note nr. 27)
Peder Hansen (Uf) and family lived at Simleg?rd in Klemensker parish, a farm which still is one of the largest on Bornholm, and the family owned vast estates. The couple had 2 daughters: Margrethe, who married J?rgen Gagge of Almeg?rd in Knudsker parish; and Merete, married to Hans Grabow of Pederstrup, who came to Bornholm. The Uf-family estate was divided between these two families, of which the Gagges are the only ones to stay on Bornholm, while Merete's stepson, Jochum Grabow, sold all his estate and moved away from the island. (see note nr. 28)
(Note: I disagree with the above statement. I believe there was only one daughter (known variously as: Margrethe, Marete, Merethe and Merete), who was first married to J?rgen Gagge, then after his death was married to Hans Grabow. - Norman Lee Madsen)
Peder Hansen lived to experience the joyful moment of Bornholm's return to Danish rule. L?beck had wished to renew its lease on the island for another 50 years. But the king protested vehemently, even though it appears that he had previously promised to agree to the extention. Manderup Parsberg came to Hammershus in 1576, but as he preferred to have an entailed estate on Jylland already by the 7th of July 1577 he transferred his entailment to Mogens G?ie, and Peder Hansen was summoned to officiate on this occasion. Such summons were to be issued several more times, a show another side to the chief justice's duties: to uphold the laws governing Hammershus fortress until a new commander arrived, receive him on behalf of Bornholm and brief him on the affairs of the island. That same year, the 8th of August 1577, Peder Hansen received entailments on 13 farms in the ecclesiastical jurisdiction, with permission to keep them for the duration of his term as chief justice. This is the first time that all the copyhold peasants were mentioned by their names: so that all the farms can be easily identified - and with only a few exceptions they are the same farms which succeeding justices were entailed according to the land tax registry of 1598. Furthermore, the farms - which were tenant- (vornede) farms - were largely situated in the very same parishes as the farms entailed to Chief Justice Sevid Nielsen 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 to the effect that he can freely reap the benefits of all his estates as his parents before him. . . although his tenant-farmers had to deliver some of their harvest to Hammershus as they had done since Arild's time. Why he required this royal guarantee is not known.
On the 13th of September 1583 a captain had stranded his boat near Nex?, but the trade-licensed citizenry would only salvage his cargo if they could keep half as their salvage-fee. . . way more than was allowed under maritime law. The king ordered the citizens to appear before the chief justice and three assistant judges, all belonging to the island's chief justice patrician families: Jens Kofoed of Kyndeg?rd (a future chief justice, and Peder Hansen Uf's sister's stepson), Christen Clausen (K?ller) of Halleg?rd (the father of a future chief justice, and married to Peder Hansen Uf's cousin), and Bendt Hansen of Vellensg?rd (the nephew of a previous chief justice: Laurids Pedersen, and the brother of Peder Hansen Uf's wife, Mette)!
It was not always easy to pass sentences on the tempermental, hot-headed islanders, and on farmer, Morten Pedersen, had appeared several times before the Landsting "and uttered numerous nasty swear words at the chief justice," and when Peder Hansen's judgement went against him, Morten Pedersen became so enraged that inspite of grave warnings from the estate-holders and the bailiff, he finally attacked the justice while at the Landsting, all the while shouting that the justice was a liar. The justice had to halt the proceedings, and Morten Pedersen was arrested and taken to Hammershus to await court summons. His brother Hans and brother-in-law H. Simonsen put up bail, so Morten was set free after promising to appear in court at the appointed time, but on the 23rd of September 1585 he failed to show up; and since he had probably fled the island, his brother and brother-in-law were summoned to court in his stead!
On the 13th of April 1587 a new commander arrived on the island, and before his arrival the chief justice and Jens Kofoed were ordered to register all inventory at Hammershus, to examine the fortress' state of repair and supply of military hardware, as well as the condition of the island's forests, and finally to audit the land registry taxpayer books and accounts
By then Peder Hansen was 52 years old and wished to enjoy his retirement without too much trouble, so he stepped down from the chief justice seat. His successor, who was appointed on the 25th of August 1588 is someone we have already met: Jens Kofoed, a relative of Peder Hansen, who had probably been given a good recommendation by his predecessor. However, the two of them continue to appear together officially, only with a roll reversal. For instance on the 28th of January 1594 when Commander Falk Gi?e died, and his widow was absen, both chief justice Jens Kofoed and Peder Hansen were summoned at once to Hammershus to "uphold the proper law of the fortress". Later that same year both of them were again summoned to Hammershus for the installation of the new commander.
During Jens Kofoed's time as chief justice, we find several cases where Peder Hansen participates, often we see him at the Landsting when sentences had been appealed. During the 8 year period following his retirement from the judge's seat we often find him acting as a witness on private deed documents, and he most certainly was always valued as an adviser.
Notes:
Nr. 27) Peder Hansen (Uf)'s seal found in Bidstrup's "Stamtavle over Familien Koefoed A", pub. K?benhavn, 1886, page 181 (same as in A. Thiset's "Samlinger p? kort" in RA, from 1886). An drawing of his pew seat, same as description of the family's coat of arms, see "Heraldisk Tidsskrift" nr. 46, October 1982. On the genealogy same as: "SAXO" 1986, page 733 ff. 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.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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