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- According to Kure's farm-list the first known owner of Vellensg?rd is Peder Hansen, whose sister Mette Hansdatter was married to Peder Hansen Uf of Simleg?rd. Peder Hansen also owned Eskesg?rd in Pedersker.
Vellensg?rd and Eskesg?rd are classified as "frieg?rd", later called a "proprietair" farm, the highest of the three classes of farms. On Bornholm the farms (in Danish "g?rd", or old style "gaard") had long standing official names and numbers, and they were divided into three classifications, in descending order:
1) Proprietairg?rd (Propr.): a freehold estate (thus also called a Frig?rd), which could only be owned by a freeman (frimand) or a member of the nobility (adelsmand).
2) Selvejerg?rd (Slg.): meaning a freehold farm owned independently, free of obligations to an estate owner - it could be occupied by its owner or leased to a peasant farmer (bonde). A peasant who owned this type of farm was known as a "selvejerbonde".
3) Vornedeg?rd (Vdg.), two types: a) the first type was part of an estate (i.e. connected to a proprietairg?rd), the peasants who lived on them were tenants and were obliged to provide labor, known as the "Herlighedsright" (Glory-right), to the owner of the estate; b) the other type was referred to as a "Fri Vornedeg?rd", this type of farm was not connected to an estate and was free of the labor obligation - could be owned by a freeman and leased to a peasant. A peasant who lived on this class of farms was known as a "f?stebonde" (copyhold peasant).
A map drawn in 1851 shows 17 estate-farms classified as Proprietair: 3 in each of ?ker, Ibsker and Nyker parishes; 2 each in ?stermarie and Klemensker; and 1 each in Pedersker, Bodilsker, ?sterlars, and Olsker. There were hundreds of farms comprising the other two classifications. The typical farm is arranged in a joined U shape, with the farmhouse, barn, pig-stall, and utility-shed all built around a cobble-stone courtyard.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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