Hinrich von der Hude

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Hinrich von der Hude (* before 1390 ; † between August 4 and October 16, 1459 in Bremen ) was a wholesale merchant who appears in the sources from 1400 onwards. He came from the extensive family of ministers from the Hude from the Archdiocese of Bremen . Apart from the period of upheaval from 1427 to 1433, he also sat on the Bremen council from 1410 to 1459 .

Life

Hinrich inherited land near Hambergen from his father, the councilor and mayor Detward von der Hude . In 1443 he compiled a list of his property claims in Ritterhude in connection with a court case that had lasted since 1413 . In addition to other estates there were forests in Stotel that had already belonged to his great-grandfather, the knight Friedrich von der Hude , and his grandfather Lüder von der Hude .

In 1408 Hinrich von der Hude became citizens of Bremen together with his wife Margareta, who appears in the sources for the first time that year. In 1409 he owned a house there, more precisely at St. Martini , next to the house of Hinrik Hellingstede. On May 24, 1413, together with Johann Oldenwagen, he acquired half of the village of Borgfeld and another half of the village in 1416.

Its financial strength played an important role in the financing of the city's tasks and foreign policy. As early as 1410, the city council borrowed a hand-held to move it further; at that time Hinrich was already on the council. In 1417 Hinrich lent the council 100 marks.

In 1413 his first wife died. In 1414 he married Gesche, the daughter of the mayor Gerd von Dettenhusen . Gesche and Hinrich had two daughters: Margarete (Gretke) (* around 1430; † 1518) and Reimede (* around 1435; † after 1459?).

In 1440 Hinrich donated a memorial of 4 grotes to the Johannes monastery . These were raised from the tithe he was entitled to in Neuenkirchen .

Since Hinrich died without sons, Geverd von der Hude tried to use the opportunity to claim his property as the next living male relative (sword stomach). However, before his death on June 9, 1459, Hinrich bequeathed his property to his wife and two daughters. The widow should keep the property together. Decades later Gesche accused her son-in-law Lüder Scharhar of wanting to cheat her out of her share, half of the total income from the inheritance. The court sitting on the case ruled in Gesches' favor on April 25, 1461. She died around 1492.

A Bremen legend says that Heinrich von der Hude was elected mayor in 1420. He had an unhealthy, fat leg from which a toad sucked the poison while he was sleeping. As a result, he is said to have added four toad's feet to his coat of arms.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Bremer Urkundenbuch, Vol. V, 42.
  2. ↑ Bremisches Jahrbuch (1874) p. 291.
  3. ^ Diedrich Rudolf Ehmck , Wilhelm von Bippen : Bremisches Urkundenbuch, Vol. V: Documents from 1411-1433 . January 12, 1417.
  4. ^ Johann Philipp Cassel : Historical news from the St. Johanns monastery in Bremen . Meier, Bremen 1777, p. 7.
  5. ↑ Will-Erich Peuckert : Bremer Sagen , O. Schwartz, Göttingen 1961, p. 73.
personal data
SURNAME Hude, Hinrich von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wholesale merchant, councilor in Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH before 1390
DATE OF DEATH between August 4, 1459 and October 16, 1459
Place of death Bremen