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1. [Født: Ca. 1380 i Bornholm]
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2. [Død: Efter 1416 i Danmark]
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'Petrus Wf' is mentioned in a document dated March 23, 1416. (See:Danish State Archives - Private
Archives, new chronological order on parchment.)
The article 'Landet Borringholm', by Sigvard Mahler Dam, (Saxo, 1986), states the following on
pages 78-79:
A great span of time follows the March 23, 1416 document in which time Peder Uf, then between 30-35
years old, acted as a witness at a land-transaction in Nyker. It is not until 1493 that his son
'Otte Pedersen Wff' appears in the Bornholmer records, as an older man with adult sons from two
marriages. Where have they been during that time?The records are silent, and a person is prone to
provide a reason for the gap in the documentation, for there should not be so few entries for a man
with such an occupation. He should be found mentioned in the island's written documents rather more
frequently, this was quite prevalent with other Bornholmer families (57).
Above it was suggested that Peter Uf might have been married to a woman from Fyn, and an odd
occurance of chance supports this hypothesis. In the first half of the 1400s a Tue Pedersen lost
his seal in Nørrekås Harbour, north of Rønne; which was recovered in a later century. He is not the
Tue Pethersön of the Rani family, which we know had Harebjerg manor, for his coat-of-arms displays
the Bild/Strangesen's transversed shield - therefore of the same family as the Archbishop Niels
Joensen, Johannes Ufs mother's brother. His father may be Peder Strangesen. The latter's brother
lived only on Fyn: Otte Strangesen recorded in 1377 and 1397Possibly Tue Pedersen came to Bornholm
looking to found kinship, and stood at the gunwale of the ship and fumbled with his seal, so it
fell into the sea? Was Peter Uf married to Otte Strangesen's daughter, and so came the name Otte in
this way into the Uf-family? A name which otherwise was entirely unknown on Bornholm in that social
circle. Did the family move to Fyn after this marriage, allowing their adscript peasants to run
their Bornholmer farms? Was Cecilie Uf visiting her brother Peter Uf after her second husband's
death, and while there she met Hr. Hartvig Limbek, her third husband? Is this the reason for the
relative lack on Bornholm of written documents mentioning Peder Uf?
Otte Uf's his first marriage was with a widow of Skåne origin, namely Anders Galen's daughter from
Skåne, and perhaps it is this connection that eventually brought him back to Bornholm. Their two
sons inherited from their mother's brother, Anders Galen the younger, who died childless in Lund in
1522 - he had written a will in 1511 (58), where his heirs are mentioned: 'Mister Peder W, Cannik
in Lund, my dear Relative. . . . Item my dear Relative Anders W.'
Notes: (57) Otte Wff placed seal on a letter of 1493 printed in Suhms Assemblies I. II. s. 43, and
in 1497 10/8 placed seal on 'Aatte Persz'and 'Olloff Aattesz' with same seal that was used in 1493
- document is reproduced by Hübner 35. (58) Anders Galen's will of 1511, 19/11,Thisets reproduces
in Rigsarkivet, Copenhagen.
The assertion by Sigvard Mahler Dam that Peder Uf's wife was the daughter of Otte Strangesen
(before 1350-after 1397) of Tange in Gudme district onFyn, seems to be based on two facts: 1) Otte
Strangesen's brother Peder Strangesen's son Tue Pedersen is thought to have been on Bornholm in the
early 1400s. Sigvard speculates that it is possible that Tue Pedersen arranged the marriage of his
cousin to Peder Uf; 2) Peder Uf's sister Cecilie's third marriage was to Hartvig Limbek of Jelsore
and Nebbegård in Vejle county, Jylland. Hartvig's previous wife had come from Fyn. Sigvard
speculates that Cecilie's marriage must have been arranged by Peder Uf through his wife's relatives
on Fyn. How else could a widow living in Hardeberga in Skåne gotten a husband from Jylland?
Michael EneRiis' database speculates that Peder Uf's wife might be the daughter of a Laurids Jensen
(of Yrwænear Landskrona?). That Laurids might be the son of Jens Pedersen (-1360-1377-), of
Bellinge, 'markmand'of Falster island, and his wife - the daughter of Jens Falster. Possibly
because one of Jens Pedersen's other sons was named Otte Jensen (died1397-1401), Commander
(Hovedmand) of Saltø(near Næstved, Sjælland)?
From 'Landsdommer Patriciatet på Bornholm', article 1, by Sigvard Mahler Dam: On July 16, 1448 we
meet the new chief justice (landsdommer) Sevid Nielsen, and he had apparently only just been
appointed because on that date he confirms to the Archbishopric in Lund that he and his wife
Kirstine have, as their fief for life, received one estate farm (hovedgård) and eight other farms
in five parishes. These farms were most likely part of the domains of the office of the chief
justice, and this letter it the first letter of endowment of a chief justice we know of on
Bornholm. From the preserved seal of his daughter we see that the family had a coat-of-arms which
is divided vertically and that the first field is half a lilac; which is exactly the same coat
which the descendants of Claus Kjøller used at a later date. During Sevid Nielsen's tenure as chief
justice there is a long period between documents, and the next time he is mentioned is the last
time while he was alive: February 1, 1469 the Archbishop orders: 'Sevid Landsdommer is to summon
Peder Lauridsen's heirs in Ibsker Parish for a claim by Per Lang in Walløse (Færs county in Skåne)
against them.' Twenty years as chief justice is a long time and soon after he died.
Chief Justice Anders Uf married Sevid Nielsen's daughter, Anne, and from an undated letter it is
known that this couple is endowed with a hovedgård and the eight farms which Sevid had been endowed
with in 1448.The former endowment of 1448 stated that Sevid was to possess the farms as long as he
lived, and this has to mean that he is now dead, and that the son-in-law Anders Uf had succeeded
him as chief justice. In a later section of this article, a reference is made to Jacob Splidt, who
after the death of Anders Uf (senior) married his widow, and became chief justice after Anders Uf,
which Sigvard Mahler Dam states might be as early as, or before, 1487. An 'Anders Uf my dear
relative' is mentioned in the will of Anders Galen of 1511, but the chief justice Anders Uf had
been dead for many years. The Anders Uf mentioned in 1511 must be the same person as the Anders Uf
(junior) who is listed in 1499 as being admitted to the University of Greifswald on November 26th
under the name:'Andreas W de Bornholm'. The student Anders Uf (junior), who would have been around
20-25 years old in 1499, must be the son of Otte Pedersen Uf and n.n. Andersdatter Galen; while
Anders Uf (senior) may very well be Otte Pedersen Uf's brother.
The Anders Uf (senior) of Store Kannikegård was a nobleman (adelsmand) and is described as a
'Storbonde'.