Peder Poulsen Kofoed
1548 - 1616 (68 år)-
Navn Peder Poulsen Kofoed Født 1548 Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark 
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Sg. 23. KofodgaardKøn Mand Beskæftigelse Skattebonde og frimand Død 1616 Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark Adresse:
Sg. 23. KofodgaardPerson-ID I95710 My Family Genealogy | Familen Ravnholdt & Hansen Sidst ændret 11 mar. 2021
Far Poul Kofoed, f. 1500, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. 1571, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark (Alder 71 år) Mor Bodil Jepsdatter, f. 1515, Vestermarie Sogn, Vester Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. Ja, dato ukendt Gift 1538 Familie-ID F28961 Gruppeskema | Familietavle
Familie 1 Inger Sofie Pedersdatter Gjeddekjæft (Hummerklo), f. 1554, Nyker Sogn, Vester Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. 1600, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark (Alder 46 år) Gift ca. 1585 Antal børn 9 Børn 1. Poul Pedersen Kofoed, f. ca. 1586, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. ca. 1620, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Tyskland (Alder ~ 34 år)2. Oluf Pedersen Kofoed, f. 5 jun. 1588, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. 24 feb. 1636, Skåne län, Sverige (Alder 47 år)3. Peder Pedersen Kofoed, f. ca. 1589, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. aug. 1637, Skåne län, Sverige (Alder ~ 48 år)4. Jørgen Pedersen Kofoed, f. ca. 1592, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. ca. 1641, Slagelse-, Slagelse Herred, Sorø Amt, Danmark (Alder ~ 49 år)+ 5. Boel Pedersdatter Kofoed, f. ca. 1594, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. ca. 1630, Bornholms Amt, Danmark (Alder ~ 36 år)6. Elsebye Pedersdatter Kofoed, f. ca. 1596, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. ca. 1616, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark (Alder ~ 20 år)+ 7. Mads Pedersen Kofoed, f. ca. 1600, Østermarie Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. ca. 1646, Svaneke Sogn, Øster Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark (Alder ~ 46 år)Sidst ændret 1 aug. 2018 Familie-ID F26928 Gruppeskema | Familietavle
Familie 2 Elsebeth Henningsdatter Gagge, f. ca. 1554, Spidlegaard (20. Vg.), Aaker Sogn, Sønder Herred, Bornholms Amt, Danmark , d. 1585 (Alder ~ 31 år) Gift 1575 Sidst ændret 1 aug. 2018 Familie-ID F27124 Gruppeskema | Familietavle
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Notater - From the earliest records on Peder Poulsen Kofoed we see that he was a tax-paying farm-owner without the "free-man" privileges his relatives around Rønne enjoyed. Peder fathered five children in his first marriage, to Elsebeth Gagge: one son and four daughters; she and all of their children died in 1585. After Elsebeth Gagge died he inherited her property, as there was no male relation after her. The properties were the 14', 16', 17' and 25' Vornedegårde (Vdg.) in Åker parish (and as well he owned a mill). As Elsebeth Gagge's status was that of a "free-woman" it was necessary to obtain Royal permission to keep the farms. This was granted to him by Royal decree on July 3, 1598; however, this did not make Peder a free-man, but he did obtain something equally as good: The King's decree of 1598 gave him the right to own those farms "as free as anyone else on Bornholm owned his farm". Christian IV's brother-in-law, the Holstein Duke Johan Adolf, a well educated and enlightened nobleman, visited Kofoedgård in 1602 together with five squires and their entourage: "as many as could be seated around four long tables". Although the affair totalled a hefty 22 Rigsdalers, Peder Kofoed could not but praise God for his good fortune in making the aquaintance of such an important and influential man. To do this he shared the cost of manufacturing a magnificient new bell dedicated to the church in Østermarie in 1604. It is one of two bells that ring for the people in Østermarie to this very day. It was unthinkable to have Kofoedgård converted to a "frigård"; however, as it was now established that Peder had the right to own free-man property, it was possible to obtain land already designated as such. Finally in 1606 he got the opportunity to buy the free-property of Baggård in Klemensker parish. Now "Peder Kofoed af Baggaard" could met on equal footing with the other free-men of Bornholm. In 1572 a meeting was held by Bornholm's Parliament to establish who had the right to the status of "Frimand" (Free-man) on Bornholm. Of course, that meeting had a broader purpose: a war in which Lübeck and Danmark had fought side-by-side had ended two years previously, and there was another three years before the Lübeck 50 year claim to Bornholm was to expire; although Lübeck claimed that it had been given a further 50 years. In this predicament it was wise for the King to establish locally situated allies; and Bornholm's influential free-men, who normally would have been snubbed by the King and the true nobility, were now in a position to receive benevolent treatment from the Danish government. At the "Frimandsmødet" held on September 6, 1572 there were 17 men named as being in attendance: Peder Poulsen Kofoed, the brothers Jens and Hans Madsen Kofoed, Oluf Bagge, Peder Uf, Peder Myre, Jørgen Gagge, also ten other men only listed by their father's name; and at which occassion three Danish Parlimentary advisers (Rigsråder) had been sent to preside over the meeting. The Kofoeds had no written proof of their free-men status; they were only able to give heartfelt and solemn words about faithful service. It seems they had an inkling of things to come, and therefore begged the King not to let himself be "seduced" by Lübeck's representative Sweder Ketting, "because you might expect that Lübeck only plotted to keep our island under their yoke." This is the first record in which we find the Kofoeds being mentioned as "frimænd". We know that they were related to Oluf Bagge and Peder Uf, and probably to several of the others. The question remains: did they already have claim to free-man status, or did they take advantage of the King's need for loyal followers - seeking acknowledgement of that status from their peers on Bornholm? It seems that they had to make certain commitments to the King in exchange for the full rights to free-man status. Peder Poulsen Kofoed, named as a "Frimand", was one of the delegates who on May 6, 1608, in København, confirmed and selected Prince Christian as the future King of Danmark. He also, along with Hans Madsen Kofoed (1572-1623), took part in the following festivities in Lund, Skåne (now part of Sverige/Sweden), where the nobility swore their allegiance to Prince Christian in the year 1610. By the altar in the demolished Østermarie Church there was a gravestone with the initials "P.K.", for Peder Kofoed, which depicted his coat-of-arms, the hoof or "foot" of a cow. The name Kofoed comes from the older name of KoFod or "Cow Foot". Engraved also is "E.H.G.D." for: Elsebeth Henning Gagge's daughter; her coat-of-arms depicts a jaw-bone. It seems that the old Bornholm Kofoed families used the cow-foot as their coat-of-arms; from obvious association with their name, rather than through their connection to the Duchy of Holstein. The so-called "Østermarie family" (aka Julius Bidstrup's "Family B") adopted the sign of the cow-foot into their arms around 1590. Besides the gravestone of Peder Kofoed, it can be seen in the seal of his brother the Mayor Esbern Kofoed. From then on the cow-foot was used repeatedly by this branch of the Kofoed family; among them Mayor Poul Kofoed of Svaneke, who in 1673 adorned his seal with a tiny, not too martial-looking helmet sprouting three flowers. In 1595 Hans Madsen Kofoed (c.1542-1623), of the "Rønne family" (Bidstrup's "Family A"), incorporated the image of a truss (gavlsparren) in his seal; this later became the most widely incorporated image in later Kofoed seals and coats-of-arms. A truss is that part of a building which forms the foundation upon which its roof is built. As depicted in the Kofoed coat-of-arms it looks rather like an upside down "V", i.e. the two beams of a roof's supporting structure. That image was used to convey the idea that the Kofoed family was a foundation upon which others could rely for strengh of leadership. His oldest son Mads Kofoed used this image from 1608, and his descendants used it as well. The "Danish Coat-of-Arms" registry shows that 18 families carry the truss as part of their coat-of-arms. The image of the truss seems to have come from the Uf family of Skåne. Noblemen of the Uf family settled on Bornholm around the year 1400, and quite a few of the native Bornholmer Kofoeds married into that family, and it seems that they adopted the Uf's coat-of-arms with its depiction of a truss. Later, as the "Rønne family" and the "Østermarie family" began to inter-marry the image of the "truss" can be seen together with that of the "cow-foot". Reference: In "Familien Koefoed A og B" Julius Bidstrup (published 1886), Peder Kofoed's father was a Mads Kofoed, however according to later research done by Jørn Klindt it is proven that he was the son of Poul Kofoed; see "På sporet af de første Kofod'er", by Jørn Klindt, published 1979 , page 77.
- 5 børn i første ægteskab. Alle 5 børn døde 1585. Arvede hendes særeje til 14., 16., 17., 25. vornedegårde i Aaker pga. manglende mandlige slægtninge. Frimand 1598. Chr. IVs svoger, holstenske hertug Johan Adolf på besøg på Kofoedsgård 1602 m. 5 herremænd og følge. Erhverver 1606 Baggård/Bagisgaardt. BS III s. 123. Gav klokke til Østermarie Kirke 1604. Bidstrup A.
- Frimand, 1608 proprietr til Koefoedgaard i stermarie, Baggesgaard i Klemensker og 3 andre grde i Povlsker m.fl.
- From the earliest records on Peder Poulsen Kofoed we see that he was a tax-paying farm-owner without the "free-man" privileges his relatives around Rønne enjoyed. Peder fathered five children in his first marriage, to Elsebeth Gagge: one son and four daughters; she and all of their children died in 1585. After Elsebeth Gagge died he inherited her property, as there was no male relation after her. The properties were the 14', 16', 17' and 25' Vornedegårde (Vdg.) in Åker parish (and as well he owned a mill). As Elsebeth Gagge's status was that of a "free-woman" it was necessary to obtain Royal permission to keep the farms. This was granted to him by Royal decree on July 3, 1598; however, this did not make Peder a free-man, but he did obtain something equally as good: The King's decree of 1598 gave him the right to own those farms "as free as anyone else on Bornholm owned his farm". Christian IV's brother-in-law, the Holstein Duke Johan Adolf, a well educated and enlightened nobleman, visited Kofoedgård in 1602 together with five squires and their entourage: "as many as could be seated around four long tables". Although the affair totalled a hefty 22 Rigsdalers, Peder Kofoed could not but praise God for his good fortune in making the aquaintance of such an important and influential man. To do this he shared the cost of manufacturing a magnificient new bell dedicated to the church in Østermarie in 1604. It is one of two bells that ring for the people in Østermarie to this very day. It was unthinkable to have Kofoedgård converted to a "frigård"; however, as it was now established that Peder had the right to own free-man property, it was possible to obtain land already designated as such. Finally in 1606 he got the opportunity to buy the free-property of Baggård in Klemensker parish. Now "Peder Kofoed af Baggaard" could met on equal footing with the other free-men of Bornholm. In 1572 a meeting was held by Bornholm's Parliament to establish who had the right to the status of "Frimand" (Free-man) on Bornholm. Of course, that meeting had a broader purpose: a war in which Lübeck and Danmark had fought side-by-side had ended two years previously, and there was another three years before the Lübeck 50 year claim to Bornholm was to expire; although Lübeck claimed that it had been given a further 50 years. In this predicament it was wise for the King to establish locally situated allies; and Bornholm's influential free-men, who normally would have been snubbed by the King and the true nobility, were now in a position to receive benevolent treatment from the Danish government. At the "Frimandsmødet" held on September 6, 1572 there were 17 men named as being in attendance: Peder Poulsen Kofoed, the brothers Jens and Hans Madsen Kofoed, Oluf Bagge, Peder Uf, Peder Myre, Jørgen Gagge, also ten other men only listed by their father's name; and at which occassion three Danish Parlimentary advisers (Rigsråder) had been sent to preside over the meeting. The Kofoeds had no written proof of their free-men status; they were only able to give heartfelt and solemn words about faithful service. It seems they had an inkling of things to come, and therefore begged the King not to let himself be "seduced" by Lübeck's representative Sweder Ketting, "because you might expect that Lübeck only plotted to keep our island under their yoke." This is the first record in which we find the Kofoeds being mentioned as "frimænd". We know that they were related to Oluf Bagge and Peder Uf, and probably to several of the others. The question remains: did they already have claim to free-man status, or did they take advantage of the King's need for loyal followers - seeking acknowledgement of that status from their peers on Bornholm? It seems that they had to make certain commitments to the King in exchange for the full rights to free-man status. Peder Poulsen Kofoed, named as a "Frimand", was one of the delegates who on May 6, 1608, in København, confirmed and selected Prince Christian as the future King of Danmark. He also, along with Hans Madsen Kofoed (1572-1623), took part in the following festivities in Lund, Skåne (now part of Sverige/Sweden), where the nobility swore their allegiance to Prince Christian in the year 1610. By the altar in the demolished Østermarie Church there was a gravestone with the initials "P.K.", for Peder Kofoed, which depicted his coat-of-arms, the hoof or "foot" of a cow. The name Kofoed comes from the older name of KoFod or "Cow Foot". Engraved also is "E.H.G.D." for: Elsebeth Henning Gagge's daughter; her coat-of-arms depicts a jaw-bone. It seems that the old Bornholm Kofoed families used the cow-foot as their coat-of-arms; from obvious association with their name, rather than through their connection to the Duchy of Holstein. The so-called "Østermarie family" (aka Julius Bidstrup's "Family B") adopted the sign of the cow-foot into their arms around 1590. Besides the gravestone of Peder Kofoed, it can be seen in the seal of his brother the Mayor Esbern Kofoed. From then on the cow-foot was used repeatedly by this branch of the Kofoed family; among them Mayor Poul Kofoed of Svaneke, who in 1673 adorned his seal with a tiny, not too martial-looking helmet sprouting three flowers. In 1595 Hans Madsen Kofoed (c.1542-1623), of the "Rønne family" (Bidstrup's "Family A"), incorporated the image of a truss (gavlsparren) in his seal; this later became the most widely incorporated image in later Kofoed seals and coats-of-arms. A truss is that part of a building which forms the foundation upon which its roof is built. As depicted in the Kofoed coat-of-arms it looks rather like an upside down "V", i.e. the two beams of a roof's supporting structure. That image was used to convey the idea that the Kofoed family was a foundation upon which others could rely for strengh of leadership. His oldest son Mads Kofoed used this image from 1608, and his descendants used it as well. The "Danish Coat-of-Arms" registry shows that 18 families carry the truss as part of their coat-of-arms. The image of the truss seems to have come from the Uf family of Skåne. Noblemen of the Uf family settled on Bornholm around the year 1400, and quite a few of the native Bornholmer Kofoeds married into that family, and it seems that they adopted the Uf's coat-of-arms with its depiction of a truss. Later, as the "Rønne family" and the "Østermarie family" began to inter-marry the image of the "truss" can be seen together with that of the "cow-foot". Reference: In "Familien Koefoed A og B" Julius Bidstrup (published 1886), Peder Kofoed's father was a Mads Kofoed, however according to later research done by Jørn Klindt it is proven that he was the son of Poul Kofoed; see "På sporet af de første Kofod'er", by Jørn Klindt, published 1979 , page 77.