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- According to Kure's farm-list J?rgen Hals owned owned Store Halseg?rd (later called Gadebyg?rd) and Lille Halseg?rd (later called Halseg?rd), both proprietair-farms in ?stermarie parish. According to Kure's farm-list his daughter was married to Hans Berildsen, later chief justice for Bornholm.
The following has been extracted from a translation of the article "Landet Borringholm: Bornholmsk-sk?nske sl?gtskredse", part 2, by Sigvard Mahler Dam, published in SAXO, 1986:
Otte Pedersen Uf's wife had previously been married to a Bornholmer, and that is how she came to live on Bornholm. It appears that she had run away with the "V?bner" (arms carrier) Peder Hals against the wishes of her family, for Anders Galen in Lund refused to acknowledge her children from her first marriage! She had at least three children (1 son and 2 daughters) when she married Otte Uf. Anders Galen's will caused great controversy and the probate proceedings to 21 years to be finalized! Otte's first wife died around 1480 and he married for the second time to an unnamed daughter of Oluf (any evidence for this? - Norman Madsen), and they had a son, Oluf Ottesen, and a daughter, who became the founder of the second Bornholm Uf-family line. The youngest son, Oluf Ottesen appears as a witness in a document from 1497 and borrows his father's seal (there are two 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, so therefore their mother is not his sister.
The freeman J?rgen Hals of ?stermarie and his two sisters felt cheated when they were read Anders Galen's will, in which they figured only thus:
(In the original old Danish)
"Item J?rgen Hals X Mark, 1 wpret Segn, 1 Gryde, Anne J?rgen Halses S?ster ligeledes, meth saadan Skell, ath the skwlle ey ydherre beg?re ath ?rffwe mig."
(Which modernized reads in English approximately as follows)
"Item: J?rgen Hals, ?stermarie, 1 complete Bed, 1 Cooking-pot, J?rgen Hals' sister Anne receives the same, with the understand that they will inherit nothing more."
From the choice of above words we can see there was no love lost between Anders Galen and the Hals-family. He even forgot to include the other sister! Did he not wish to acknowledge the relationship? Is it that at the time they were not the best of friends, or was there a more sinister reason? Why acknowledge the two Uf children, and not the three older Hals? A clue can be found in the following declaration given by the Commander of Hammershus in 1522 (59):
(In the original old Danish)
"Jag Niels Jiebsen (Bryske). . . g?r vitterligt for alle med dette mit obne Breff, at denne Breffwisere J?rgen Hals er Anders Gallens som d?de udi Lund. . . rette ecte S?sters?n med ogsaa twenne S?stre som f?rnavnte J?rgen Hals hafwer paa Borindholm, og hafwer jag spurgt I sandignen at f?rn?vnte Anders Gallen igen n?rmere rette arvinger hafwer end disse forn?vnte. . . ."
(Which modernized reads in English approximately as follows)
"I, Niels Ibsen (Bryske). . . declare to all by means of this open Letter that the Plaintiff J?rgen Hals is Anders Galen's - who died in Lund. . . rightful Sister's son, as are his two Sisters whom the aforementioned J?rgen Hals has in Bornholm, and I have inquired about the truth that the aforementioned Anders Galen has no closer heirs than the aforementioned. . . ."
This was not considered to be sufficient proof, perhaps the commander was not considered to be a knowledgeable enough witness, since he had not been on Bornholm very long and could not have known of the details first hand, he must have had to ask around. Therefore the case was put before the "Landsting" (provincial congress) in ?kirkeby on May 22, 1522. The details were discussed, witnesses were heard, and finally a document was drawn up and sealed by the most important officials on Bornholm: 1) the Commander of Hammershus, Niels Ibsen; 2) J?rgen Hals' step-brother Chief Justice Oluf Ottesen (Uf); 3) J?rgen Gagge, who had been made a freeman 20 years previously and was an illegitimate born member of the Gagge-family of Sk?ne; 4) Hans Borreby of Borgeg?rd; 5) Anders Kos in Ibsker parish (of K?seg?rd); 6) and the invaders from L?beck, Peder Kofoed, and 7) Morten Lassen, both mayors in R?nne; 8) Lauritz Jul from an old and distinguished family and a bailiff in ?stermarie parish; 9) Hans Pedersen from ?stermarie parish; 10) and finally the document was signed by the bailiff for ?ker parish, Peder Munck. The document reads as follows (60):
(In the original old Danish)
". . . wor skicket for os och for menige Almue. . . beskenden mand J?rgen Hals, hvilken gik frem. . . och bespurgte sig om det var dem vitterligt, om han og hans s?skende er ?gte og rette f?dte baade af fader och moder, og om det var dem vitterligt at de h?rte Anders Gallen til der d?de i Lund, Gud naade hans sj?l, eller om de burde staai arv efter samme Anders Gallen for ?gtheds skyld, og arve ham deres d?de fr?nde og sl?gtning som loven udviser som er ?gte og rette baade af fader og moder. Der til svarede alle m?nd som deraf vidste og bad dem Gud til hj?lp, at de ikke andet vidste med forn?vnte J?rgen Hals og hans syskende end at de er ?gte og ?gtef?dte og b?r saavel arve deres del efter forn?vnte Anders Gallen med lige og rette saa meget som dem rettelig kan tilfalde efter loven."
(Which modernized reads in English approximately as follows)
". . . the modest man J?rgen Hals presented himself before us and asked if we would attest that he and his siblings are legitimate born both of father and mother, and further attest that they were relatives of Anders Galen who died in Lund, God bless his soul, and that they are the same Anders Galen's legitimate heirs. To his all the men with God's help answered that they were convinced the forenamed J?rgen Hals and his siblings are legitimate and therefore entitled to inherit their portion from the aforementoned Anders Galen in accordance with the just process of law."
This document finally saw the heirs receive more than the 10 Mark and a fully made-up bed! They received estate-property in Hyltebierg (Hylteberga, Skurup parish, Vemmenh?g district) in Sk?ne, to be divided into three parts. A deed dated July 2, 1523 documents (61) that J?rgen Hals, and his sister's son Axel Poulsen, and Axel's brother-in-law Oluf Due of ?stermarie, sold their inheritance to Mourids Jeps?n (Sparre) of Skurup - namely four farmsteads, with the request that he yearly supply the clergyman in Skurup with 1 Skilling worth of "grot" (produce?) for the souls of their parents. The sister Else did not sell her portion of the property, maybe she moved there, as after 1530 there is no further mention of her.
The inheritance case was not quite over with! After the above mentioned sale of property, maybe from around 1530 there is another document. The clergymen Hr. Hans for ?stermarie and Hr. Hans for Vestermarie attest that "J?rgen Hals, Anne Poul Olsens, Else ?dberns" are the legitimate heirs 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's Holiness that the above heirs had received no more property than that in Hyltebierg after Anders Galen. Next we learn that Hr. Skelm (Gyldenstjerne) was the dean of the clergy on Bornholm when J?rgen Hals and his two sisters were born and christened; he died in Lund and had been born in Blekinge. He had resided at Spidleg?rd in ?ker parish when he was the Dean for Bornholm.
We have no further information on J?rgen Hals affairs, so he had probably passed away and his heirs might have needed the above document attesting to their legitimacy. Maybe the document relates to J?rgen Hals' sister, the widowed Anne, who from 1533 through 1537 was involved in a legal dispute with the heirs of her second husband. The clergymen from ?stermarie - J?rgen Hals home parish - and from Vestermarie, where Anna had her property, were involved as witnesses in the court case.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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1464 - 1530 (~ 66 år)
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