Heiress
An inherited or “inherited househusband ” was the owner of a long-term “place” (farm with lands) owned by a family , usually over several inheritances .
From the group of these own heirs, up to modern times in rural regions mostly the lower judges' offices, such as peasant judges, in East Friesland and other coastal regions also the dyke and sewage judges . In East Friesland, the deputies of the third class (househusband class) of the East Frisian landscape were recruited from the inherited householders . The nobility formed the first estate, the cities the second. An inherited family was allowed to use its own seal and coat of arms. In Hamburg, the separation of landowners and the rest of the population developed in the 15th century. In Saxony there was also the form of hereditary possessions for the villagers with property.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bernhard Uphoff: East Frisian mass and weights. Vol. 1. Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1973, p. 34.
- ↑ Martin Tielke ( Ostfriesische Landschaft ): Poppinga , accessed on November 6, 2015 (PDF file; 53 kB).
- ↑ Wolfgang Adam, Siegrid Westphal (ed.): Handbook of cultural centers of the early modern times. Vol. 1. De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-020703-3 , p. 803 ( limited preview in the Google book search).