Lucas Hoffmeister

Lucas Hoffmeister (* in Prenzlau ; † 1576 in Berlin ) was a lawyer , doctor of both rights , electoral Privy Council and since 1552 judge at the Berlin Court of Justice .

family

Nothing has been known about the parentage and his exact date of birth. In 1548 he was admitted to the University of Frankfurt a. O. enrolled. He was therefore born around 1530. He studied law, namely secular (civil) law and canon law and thereby obtained the corresponding doctorate.

Hoffmeister was married to Anna Weinleben, the daughter of the Brandenburg lawyer and chancellor of Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg Johann Weinleben († February 10, 1558).

The Hoffmeister couple had two children:

Margaretha Hoffmeister. Around 1600 she married the court lawyer , landscape councilor and mayor of Cölln Sebastian Brunnemann for several years . Their daughter Maria Brunnemann married the council treasurer of Cölln Gabriel Wedigen († approx. 1639/40)

Catharina Hoffmeister. She married the lawyer and canon at the cathedral monastery of Havelberg Lucas Luidtke (1562–1596). From the marriage came Germanus Luidtke (1592–1672), who later became mayor of Stendal .

Life

The still existing chamber court in Berlin was created in 1540 as a result of the "Reformation of the chamber court" as a court with appointed judges that met continuously. The rule of Roman law, which was expanding over inheritance law, made it necessary for jurists to become members of the court. The previously applicable class element would be pushed back.

Hoffmeister, who was a doctor of both rights, i.e. of ecclesiastical and state law, is named after Mauritz von Schirding in the book by Voss mentioned in the bibliography below in the list of judges of the chamber court that he compiled, which first names his father-in-law Weinleben (since 1539) and Christoffel von Quitzow (since 1541) named in fourth place (since 1552). His two predecessors were obviously not lawyers.

When the Roman emperor was elected in Frankfurt in 1562, he was together with Chancellor Lampert Distelmeyer , the successor of Chancellor Weinleben, who died in 1558, in the entourage of Brandenburg Elector Joachim II.

literature

Christian Schmitz, Ratsbürgerschaft und Residenz: Investigations into Berlin council families, marriage circles and social changes in the 17th century, 2002, pp. 72, 93, 315, 358, 360, digital preview [7]
Bartholomäus Rheins, Christian funeral sermon Bey dem Begrebnüß deß Ehrwirdigen Ehrnvesten vnd Hochgelarten Mr. MATTHÆI Luidtkens , Jena: Christoph Lippold, 1508 ( online version by Florian Seiffert )
Matthias Bugaeus, In the name of JESU / (...) Bey Christian corpse-Begängniß Des (...) Highly famous Lord / Hn. GERMANI Luidtken (…), Stendal 1673 (Braunschweig City Archives, Vol. 95, No. 25)
Voss (editor), Contributions to the legal literature in the Prussian states ..., Volume 4, Berlin 1780 p. 237, online [8] .

Individual evidence

↑ Friedländer, Ernst (editor), Aeltere university matriculations (1506 - 1648), University of Frankfurt a. O., 1st volume, 1887, p. 108th digital
↑ Matthias Bugaeus: funeral sermon for Germanus Luidtke , Stendal 1673 (Stadtarchiv Braunschweig vol 95 no. 25).
↑ F. Holtze, Brief Outline of the History of the House Poststrasse 11, communications from the Association for the History of Berlin. Issue 9. 1892 p. 84 ff, digital [1] . In the essay, the wife is referred to by the name "Ursula", but this is probably a confusion of names, since in the above. Funeral sermon the wife is called "Anna"
↑ Christian Schmitz, Ratsbürgerschaft und Residenz: Studies on Berlin Council Families, Marriage Circles and Social Changes in the 17th Century, 2002, pp. 72, 93, 315, 358, 360, digital preview [2]
↑ Bartholomäus Rheins, Christian funeral sermon Bey dem Begrebnüß deß Ehrwirdigen Ehrnvesten vnd Hochgelarten Mr. MATTHÆI Luidtkens , Jena: Christoph Lippold, 1508 ( online version by Florian Seiffert )
↑ Matthias Bugaeus, In the name of JESUS / (...) Bey Christian corpse-Begängniß Des (...) Well-known Lord / Hn. GERMANI Luidtken (...), Stendal 1673, (Braunschweig City Archives, Vol. 95, No. 25)
↑ Eberhard Schmidt, Kammergericht und Rechtsstaat: Eine Memoriesschrift, p. 6 ff, [3]
↑ Leibetseder, Mathis: Superior Court, published on February 2, 2019. in: Historisches Lexikon Brandenburgs, [4] . There the “Reformation Churfürstlicher gnaden zu Brandenburg Cammergerichts zu Cöln an der Sprew”, published in 1540, and its reprint in: Holtze 1890, Vol. 1, 259–262; GStA PK, I. HA GR, Rep. 9 AV, No. X 1 A Fasz. 2 referenced with an illustration.
^ Friedrich Atzerodt, Handbook of the History of the Prussian State, Part 1, 1840, p. 121 [5]
↑ Gebhard Florian; Achilles August von Lersner, The far-famous Freyen Reichs- Wahl- and Handels-Stadt Franckfurt am Mayn Chronica, or a proper description of the city Franckfurt origin and recording: as well as all sorts of memorable things u. Stories, so bey d. Rom. Kings and Kayser Wahl u. Coronations ... proceeded .... 1, 1706, p. 191 [6]

personal data
SURNAME	Hoffmeister, Lucas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer, judge of the High Court
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1530
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prenzlau , Kingdom of Prussia
DATE OF DEATH	1576
Place of death	Berlin , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire

[1] Friedländer, Ernst (editor), Aeltere university matriculations (1506 - 1648), University of Frankfurt a. O., 1st volume, 1887, p. 108th digital

[2] Matthias Bugaeus: funeral sermon for Germanus Luidtke , Stendal 1673 (Stadtarchiv Braunschweig vol 95 no. 25).

[3] F. Holtze, Brief Outline of the History of the House Poststrasse 11, communications from the Association for the History of Berlin. Issue 9. 1892 p. 84 ff, digital [1] . In the essay, the wife is referred to by the name "Ursula", but this is probably a confusion of names, since in the above. Funeral sermon the wife is called "Anna"

[4] Christian Schmitz, Ratsbürgerschaft und Residenz: Studies on Berlin Council Families, Marriage Circles and Social Changes in the 17th Century, 2002, pp. 72, 93, 315, 358, 360, digital preview [2]

[5] Bartholomäus Rheins, Christian funeral sermon Bey dem Begrebnüß deß Ehrwirdigen Ehrnvesten vnd Hochgelarten Mr. MATTHÆI Luidtkens , Jena: Christoph Lippold, 1508 ( online version by Florian Seiffert )

[6] Matthias Bugaeus, In the name of JESUS / (...) Bey Christian corpse-Begängniß Des (...) Well-known Lord / Hn. GERMANI Luidtken (...), Stendal 1673, (Braunschweig City Archives, Vol. 95, No. 25)

[7] Eberhard Schmidt, Kammergericht und Rechtsstaat: Eine Memoriesschrift, p. 6 ff, [3]

[8] Leibetseder, Mathis: Superior Court, published on February 2, 2019. in: Historisches Lexikon Brandenburgs, [4] . There the “Reformation Churfürstlicher gnaden zu Brandenburg Cammergerichts zu Cöln an der Sprew”, published in 1540, and its reprint in: Holtze 1890, Vol. 1, 259–262; GStA PK, I. HA GR, Rep. 9 AV, No. X 1 A Fasz. 2 referenced with an illustration.

[9] Friedrich Atzerodt, Handbook of the History of the Prussian State, Part 1, 1840, p. 121 [5]

[10] Gebhard Florian; Achilles August von Lersner, The far-famous Freyen Reichs- Wahl- and Handels-Stadt Franckfurt am Mayn Chronica, or a proper description of the city Franckfurt origin and recording: as well as all sorts of memorable things u. Stories, so bey d. Rom. Kings and Kayser Wahl u. Coronations ... proceeded .... 1, 1706, p. 191 [6]