, Jørgensdatter Hals

Notater:

Note (norman Lee Madsen)
From "Over hals og hoved - A cry of indignation heard all over Bornholm",by Sigvard Mahler Dam, SAXO, 1991:

Relatives of Jørgen Hals:

Jørgen Hals must have been a somewhat older gentleman in 1523, as hisyounger half-brother Oluf Ottesen (Uf) attanded the age of majority in1497 - and probably for the very first time placed his seal as aco-witness alongside his father. (Thus was probably born circa 1472-77 -Norman Madsen). From this we can conclude that the Hals children wereborn no later than the 1470s. The additional heirs named by Jørgen Halsbelong to a later generation: Axel Poulsen is his sister's son, and OlufDue was married to Axel' sister, her name unknown. Jørgen Hals' sisteris named in the probate records as "Anne Poul Olsens", but we cannot findPoul in any other sources, so it is likely that had died before theprobate of 1522. Similarly we know of the other sister, named ElseØdberns, but we do not know when she or her heirs sold their share of theGalen inheritance.

Oluf Due is noted in the chronologies as a possible grandson of Oluf Dueof Skåne, who is named in 1435. (36) But who is the above mentioned PoulOlsen, whose son Axel had a given name uncommon on Bornholm? (37)

Bjergegård i Vestermarie:

The connections lead us to Vestermarie where that parish's pastor,together with the pastor for the Hals-family's parish: Østermarie, arethe witnesses in the deposition of 1530. Now it is time to remember oneof the witnesses to the High Court case of 1522: "Hans Borreby iBorgegaard", and since there was no such name for a farm on Bornholm itis probably a variation in the spelling of Bjergegård. It turns out thatHans Borreby was married to a woman named Anne, and another interestingprobate case gives us a peek into Anne's family history:

1537, u.d.: stævning til Herredagen: Peder Andersß i Myregaardt (Aaker)Citat Hans Persß i Bierregaardt (Vestermarie) och hans hustrues moderfore nogre Jordegots som the om trette, att møde tiill første almyndelighere (dag) som stande schal her i riiget. (38)

(1537, not dated: Summoned to High Court: Peder Andersen of Myregård(Åker) versus Hans Pedersen of Bjergegård (Vestermarie) and his wife'smother to appear because of their dispute over the ownership of anestate, to present their initial positions here in the kingdom's openhigh court.) (38))

1537 2/7 København: Pedher Andersenn paa Boringholm havde stævnet Anne,Hans Borrebys enke, og hendes laugværge, fordi de havde overtagetMyregaard, hvilken var tilfaldet Per Andersens hustru Elline (HansBorrebys søster), idet Hans og Anne ingen levende børn havde sammen.

(July 2, 1537 København: Peder Andersen of Bornholm has summoned Anne,Hans Borreby's widow, and her guardian, for they having confiscatedMyregård, which was to come to Peder Andersen's wife Elline (HansBorreby's sister), since Hans and Anne did not have any living childrentogether.)

Peder Andersen and his wife had moved onto the farm, but Anne had themthrown out by force, so Peder had to flee - now for over 3 years, and hiswife was seized and chained and sought after her rightful inheritance.

Anne's defence was that her deceased husband had given to her and herchildren, which she had with a husband previous to her marriage to HansBorreby, Myregård and other property. Anne presented the gift letter,written and signed by Hans Borreby, and as well a legal document signedby: Bernt Knop - the Lübeck bailiff for Hammershus, Jens Hansen - chiefjustice for Bornholm, and Henning Tommessen - the bailiff for theisland's southern district. This second document had been written circa1533, and showed that Anne had complained to the court over being deniedMyregård, and that she had outstanding her children's money from thefarm, both before Hans Borreby's death and afterwards; which tells usthat her children were above the age of majority. According to Skånelaw, which at the time governed on Bornholm, such bequests to a wife werelegal as long as the value of the bequest was not more than half of theestate. But the court ruled that together Myregård and the otherproperty given was worth more than half of the estate, and further: aparagraph from Jylland law was found to support Peder Andersen andElline's right to own Myregård. Also, Anne had to come before the courtand pay a fine, and be punished for the assault on Elline. Today wemight speculate that politics probably played a role in the judgement.The Lübeck bailiff had supported Anne's claim, while the Danish courtdenied it, and in spite of Peder Andersen trying to blame the lawsuit forhis banishment, we know from another source that he was staying inKøbenhavn with the exiled chief justice Mogens Uf because of their partin the 1536 rebellion against the Lübeck governance of Bornholm. Theking had encouraged the rebellion, and therefore Peder was under theking's protection. Which might be the reason for the unusual applicationof Jylland law on Bornholm! (39)

What can the outcome of the above court case tell us? That the HansPedersen who resided at Bjergegård in 1537 was the son-in-law andguardian of Anne, and since her second husband, Hans Borreby, also livedat that same farm in 1522, then the farm must have belonged to Anne orher deceased first husband. Furthermore, considering that among thewitnesses for Anne Sevidsdatter (the widow of Anders Uf and Jep Splid) onJuly 10, 1508, when she donated money to Lund Cathedral, was an "OlufJensen i Biærgegaarden", then we easily might assume that the previouslymentioned Poul Olsen was the son of Oluf Jensen. (40) As Poul diedbefore 1522, he must have died a very young man. This seems ever morecredible when we learn that Oluf Jensen's mother's name was KirstinePoulsdatter! Oluf Jensen's father was Jens Jensen of Bjergegård,mentioned in 1490. (41) Hans Pedersen was probably married to the "AnnePoul Olsens datter", who was mentioned as married to Oluf Due in 1523.In 1550 Axel Poulsen was named as an heir of Anders Galen, this wasconcerning the matter of his having sold inherited property to Sti Pors;Axel seems to have received the largest part of the inheritance, whichmeans that the male line of the Hals-family had died out. This meansthat Jørgen Hals had no sons, but did he have any daughters?

Jørgen Hals' heirs:

When Jørgen Hals died, or who were his heirs, is without documentation asof today. No disputes among the heirs have been noted, so the probateproceedings must have ended peaceably. We can get a hint about this whenwe see both Gadebygård (Store Halsegård) and Lille Halsegård belonging toHans Berildsen and his descendants. Hans Berildsen lived at 24 vg. inÅker, also called Bjergegård (or Bierregård); previously it had been acopyhold farm, but which had been made free by the order of the king.(42) In 1551 Hans Berildsen given to a seat in the Landsting(Parliament), and sometime between 1553 and 1559 he was made landsdommer(chief justice), a job he held until his death sometime between 1562 and1572. (43) He probably married a daughter, maybe the only one, of JørgenHals, which is indicated when his grandson Niels Berildsen soldGadebygård on September 30, 1648 for 900 Slettedaler, promising to givethe buyer the "fribreve, som jeg, saavelsom mine forfædre haver haft paafornævnte Gadebygaards frihed" (freedom-letter, which I, and myforefathers have been given for the aforementioned Gadebygård's freedom).(44)

Notes:

36) "Danmarks Adels Årbog", 1891, p. 127.
37) In Østermarie is situated Lille Duegård (67 sg.) and Duegård (70sg.), which is where Anders Dufue/Due lived from 1611 until 1626 (andpossibly longer). The land tenancy book for Vestermarie shows a laterAxel Poulsen at 62 sg., Palmegård, in 1622. Curiously, both theneighbouring farm (61 sg.) and 55 sg. were named Galingegård! In 1611there lived a Niels Galling, and from 1625 a Laurits Gallind, at 61 sg.Possibly they were descendants, that inspite of their Galen heritage wereunable to retain their freeman status.
38) Hüb. nr. 96; same symbols, maps, nr. 1, folio 235b.
39) Herredags Dombog, die visitationis Mariæ.
40) LÄU V, 135 (see note 7).
41) 1491 14/1: Oluf Jensen og moderen, Kirstine Poulsdatter oplader tildomkikren i Lund al den egendom hans forældre har lagt til Bergegaardenpaa Bornholm. Oluf har et barn. 1490 u.d.: Lunde kapitel lejer JönsJönszon Biergagaarden paa Bornholm. (January 14, 1491: Oluf Jensen andhis mother, Kirstine Poulsdatter, give to the cathederal in Lund all ofthe estate his parents have gathered under Bjergegård on Bornholm. Olufis a child. 1490, un-dated: Lund bishopric gives Bjergegård on Bornholmto Jen Jensen.) Rep 2 nr. 6831.
42) The first time he is mentioned by name is in 1547, wherein he isreferred to as: "Hans Berrildsen i Ocker sogen paa Borringhollum", asstated in the article "Tegnelser over alle Lande" in "Danske Magazin", 4rk. I, København, 1864, p. 306. This might be the very year that hisfarm was made "fri" (free).
43) For further information about him, see SAXO yearbook 1988, p. 72 -folios.
44) "Højesterets Dombog 1665", I.

This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,Ontario, Canada, 12 Jun 2016.

blev gift med Hans Berildsen cirka 1525. Hans blev født cirka 1500; døde cirka 1570 i 24. vgd. Bjergegård, Åker Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

1. Berild Hansen blev født før 1550 i 24. vgd. Bjergegård, Åker Sogn; døde efter 1580 i Bornholm.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Beskæftigelse: Commander (Høvedsmand) of
• Ane-nr.: HL2 note

Notater:

According to Kure's farm-list Jørgen Hals owned owned Store Halsegård(later called Gadebygård) and Lille Halsegård (later called Halsegård),both proprietair-farms in Østermarie parish. According to Kure'sfarm-list his daughter was married to Hans Berildsen, later chief justicefor Bornholm.

The following has been extracted from a translation of the article"Landet Borringholm: Bornholmsk-skånske slægtskredse", part 2, by SigvardMahler Dam, published in SAXO, 1986:

Otte Pedersen Uf's wife had previously been married to a Bornholmer, andthat is how she came to live on Bornholm. It appears that she had runaway with esquire Peder Hals against the wishes of her family, for AndersGalen in Lund refused to acknowledge her children from her firstmarriage! She had at least three children (1 son and 2 daughters) whenshe married Otte Uf. Anders Galen's will caused great controversy andthe probate proceedings to 21 years to be finalized! Otte's first wifedied around 1480 and he married for the second time to an unnameddaughter of Oluf (any evidence for this? - Norman Madsen), and they had ason, Oluf Ottesen, and a daughter, who became the founder of the secondBornholm Uf-family line. The youngest son, Oluf Ottesen appears as awitness in a document from 1497 and borrows his father's seal (there aretwo identical seals on the document), so he must have been very young.Oluf and his sister were not named in Anders Galen's will of 1511, sotherefore their mother is not his sister.

The freeman Jørgen Hals of Østermarie and his two sisters felt cheatedwhen they were read Anders Galen's will, in which they figured only thus:

(In the original old Danish)
"Item Jørgen Hals X Mark, 1 wpret Segn, 1 Gryde, Anne Jørgen HalsesSøster ligeledes, meth saadan Skell, ath the skwlle ey ydherre begære athærffwe mig."

(Which modernized reads in English approximately as follows)
"Item: Jørgen Hals, Østermarie, 1 complete Bed, 1 Cooking-pot, JørgenHals' sister Anne receives the same, with the understand that they willinherit nothing more."

From the choice of above words we can see there was no love lost betweenAnders Galen and the Hals-family. He even forgot to include the othersister! Did he not wish to acknowledge the relationship? Is it that atthe time they were not the best of friends, or was there a more sinisterreason? Why acknowledge the two Uf children, and not the three olderHals? A clue can be found in the following declaration given by theCommander of Hammershus in 1522 (59):

(In the original old Danish)
"Jag Niels Jiebsen (Bryske). . . gør vitterligt for alle med dette mitobne Breff, at denne Breffwisere Jørgen Hals er Anders Gallens som dødeudi Lund. . . rette ecte Søstersøn med ogsaa twenne Søstre som førnavnteJørgen Hals hafwer paa Borindholm, og hafwer jag spurgt I sandignen atførnævnte Anders Gallen igen nærmere rette arvinger hafwer end dissefornævnte. . . ."

(Which modernized reads in English approximately as follows)
"I, Niels Ibsen (Bryske). . . declare to all by means of this open Letterthat the Plaintiff Jørgen Hals is Anders Galen's - who died in Lund. . .rightful Sister's son, as are his two Sisters whom the aforementionedJørgen Hals has in Bornholm, and I have inquired about the truth that theaforementioned Anders Galen has no closer heirs than the aforementioned.. . ."

This was not considered to be sufficient proof, perhaps the commander wasnot considered to be a knowledgeable enough witness, since he had notbeen on Bornholm very long and could not have known of the details firsthand, he must have had to ask around. Therefore the case was put beforethe "Landsting" (Senate) in Åkirkeby on May 22, 1522. The details werediscussed, witnesses were heard, and finally a document was drawn up andsealed by the most important officials on Bornholm: 1) the Commander ofHammershus, Niels Ibsen; 2) Jørgen Hals' step-brother Chief Justice OlufOttesen (Uf); 3) Jørgen Gagge, who had been made a freeman 20 yearspreviously and was an illegitimate born member of the Gagge-family ofSkåne; 4) Hans Borreby of Borgegård; 5) Anders Kos in Ibsker parish (ofKåsegård); 6) and the invaders from Lübeck, Peder Kofoed, and 7) MortenLassen, both mayors in Rønne; 8) Lauritz Jul from an old anddistinguished family and a bailiff in Østermarie parish; 9) Hans Pedersenfrom Østermarie parish; 10) and finally the document was signed by thebailiff for Åker parish, Peder Munck. The document reads as follows (60):

(In the original old Danish)
". . . wor skicket for os och for menige Almue. . . beskenden mand JørgenHals, hvilken gik frem. . . och bespurgte sig om det var dem vitterligt,om han og hans søskende er ægte og rette fødte baade af fader och moder,og om det var dem vitterligt at de hørte Anders Gallen til der døde iLund, Gud naade hans sjæl, eller om de burde staai arv efter samme AndersGallen for ægtheds skyld, og arve ham deres døde frænde og slægtning somloven udviser som er ægte og rette baade af fader og moder. Der tilsvarede alle mænd som deraf vidste og bad dem Gud til hjælp, at de ikkeandet vidste med fornævnte Jørgen Hals og hans syskende end at de er ægteog ægtefødte og bør saavel arve deres del efter fornævnte Anders Gallenmed lige og rette saa meget som dem rettelig kan tilfalde efter loven."

(Which modernized reads in English approximately as follows)
". . . the modest man Jørgen Hals presented himself before us and askedif we would attest that he and his siblings are legitimate born both offather and mother, and further attest that they were relatives of AndersGalen who died in Lund, God bless his soul, and that they are the sameAnders Galen's legitimate heirs. To his all the men with God's helpanswered that they were convinced the forenamed Jørgen Hals and hissiblings are legitimate and therefore entitled to inherit their portionfrom the aforementoned Anders Galen in accordance with the just processof law."

This document finally saw the heirs receive more than the 10 Mark and afully made-up bed! They received estate-property in Hyltebierg(Hylteberga, Skurup parish, Vemmenhög district) in Skåne, to be dividedinto three parts. A deed dated July 2, 1523 documents (61) that JørgenHals, and his sister's son Axel Poulsen, and Axel's brother-in-law OlufDue of Østermarie, sold their inheritance to Mourids Jepsön (Sparre) ofSkurup - namely four farmsteads, with the request that he yearly supplythe clergyman in Skurup with 1 Skilling worth of "grot" (produce?) forthe souls of their parents. The sister Else did not sell her portion ofthe property, maybe she moved there, as after 1530 there is no furthermention of her.

The inheritance case was not quite over with! After the above mentionedsale of property, maybe from around 1530 there is another document. Theclergymen Hr. Hans for Østermarie and Hr. Hans for Vestermarie attestthat "Jørgen Hals, Anne Poul Olsens, Else Ødberns" are the legitimateheirs of Anders Galen, and that he was the true brother of their mother.The clergymen along with several other good Danes swear on their Soul'sHoliness that the above heirs had received no more property than that inHyltebierg after Anders Galen. Next we learn that Hr. Skelm(Gyldenstjerne) was the dean of the clergy on Bornholm when Jørgen Halsand his two sisters were born and christened; he died in Lund and hadbeen born in Blekinge. He had resided at Spidlegård in Åker parish whenhe was the Dean for Bornholm.

We have no further information on Jørgen Hals affairs, so he had probablypassed away and his heirs might have needed the above document attestingto their legitimacy. Maybe the document relates to Jørgen Hals' sister,the widowed Anne, who from 1533 through 1537 was involved in a legaldispute with the heirs of her second husband. The clergymen fromØstermarie - Jørgen Hals home parish - and from Vestermarie, where Annahad her property, were involved as witnesses in the court case.

This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,Ontario, copyright 2006.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 17.106919 (Garde)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 17.71799 (Sommer)

Ødbern blev gift med ??? Andersdatter Galen cirka 1455 i (Skåne/Bornholm). ??? (datter af Anders Galen og Karine Jepsdatter Rani) blev født cirka 1435 i Herrestad, Skåne; døde cirka 1475 i Prgd. Simblegård, Klemensker Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 17.106920 (Garde)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 17.71800 (Sommer)

Notater:

From the book "Danske adelsvåbener, en heraldisk nøgle", page 418, by
Sven Tito Achen, Politikens Forlag, 1973, København:
Sjællandsfar "I". Tre gange tværdelt, 2. og 4. felt skaktavlet. Farver
og eventuel hjelmfigur kendes ikke. * Uradel, Sjælland. Johannes
Sjællandsfar junior, ridder 1303; Johannes Bosen, kannik i Roskilde
1392. NDA side 262.

(The above translated to English:)
Sjællandsfar "I". Three times transverse partitioned, 2nd and 4th
partition a checkerboard pattern. Colour and eventual helmet-design not
known. * Noble origins: Sjælland. Johannes Sjællandsfar junior, knight,
mentioned in 1303; Johannes Bosen, canon in Roskilde in 1392. See: NDA,
page 262.

From the book "Danske adelsvåbener, en heraldisk nøgle", page 35, by Sven
Tito Achen, Politikens Forlag, 1973, København:
Sjællandsfar "II". Oprejst hvid løve i blåt. På hjelmen samme figur. *
Hr. Erik Sjællandsfar, ridder, 1364; afkom ukendt. NDA side 262.

(The above translated to English:)
Sjællandsfar "II". Upright white lion on blue. On the helmet the same
figure. * Sir Erik Sjællandsfar, knight, mentioned in 1364; descendants
unknown. See: NDA, page 262.

This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,
Ontario, copyright 1990-2002.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Beskæftigelse: Frimand
• Ane-nr.: Ane 18.143597 (Sommer)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 18.213837 (Garde)

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 18.213839 (Garde)

Notater:

Anders (Tuesen) Galen and Karine Jepsdatter Rani lived at Herrestad in
Skåne province, where Anders was a squire (godsejer). According to
Sigvard Mahler Dam, in "Over Hals og hoved", Anders Galen had a son and
two daughters: Anders Galen (died 1522) of Lund, Kirstine/Kirsten,
mentioned in 1511 as being in "Bosø Kloster" (Bosjö Convent), and n.n.
Galen who was married first to (Peder/Ødbern?) Hals and second to Otte
Pedersen Uf of Bornholm.

Anders blev gift med Karine Jepsdatter Rani. Karine (datter af Jep Tuesen Rani) blev født før 1420 i Skåne; døde efter 1473 i Skåne. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 18.213840 (Garde)

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Beskæftigelse: Free-man (Frimand)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 19.287193 (Sommer)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 19.427673 (Garde)

Notater:

Sigvard Mahler Dam states, in his article "Over Hals og hoved", (SAXO,
1991), that Ødbern Hals was the inheritor of Store Halsegård and Lille
Halsegård, he can be found mentioned in a record dating from 1407.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,
Ontario, copyright 1990-2001.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 19.427677

Tue blev gift med Elsebe Clausdatter Lang. Elsebe (datter af Claus Lang) blev født før 1390 i Turestropsø, Skåne; døde efter 1448 i Skåne. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 19.427678

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 19.427679 (Garde)