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- According to "Sl?gten Bohn Fra R?nne" by M. K. Zartmann (1897), a document dated June 26, 1648 names two Claus Kames as being two of R?nne's five Aldermen (R?dm?nd), namely: "Morten Bone, Claus Kamb sen., Claus Kamb jun., Herman Bon Mortensen, Hermand Boen Clausen."
In "Borringholmerens Historiebog" by M.K. Zahrtmann (1935, page 30) wrote the following:
Ellers var onde Tider ikke til rig Kongesk?nk. S?rlig Claus Kames fik god F?je til at skrive 18 Oktober 1661, at han aldeles intet havde vundet for sin Tjeneste. Handelskab, maaske Skibsforlis under Krigen tvang ham til det en Borgmester gangske uvant Skridt at flytte sig ud paa Bondelandet. Efter Siver Gagges D?d 30 Juli 1661 drog han ved Nyaar ud i Aaker for at styre Myregaard for hans Enke og sin Fr?nke Kirsten Clausdatter K?ller, og med ham gik Sl?gten ud af R?nne Bys Historie, hvis H?der den havde opbygget gjennem Hundred Aar. Ogsaa den havde sit Sagn: I en Dyrtid bagte Raadmandsenken Margrete Kames, d?d 1593, Br?d, en sulten Stodder afviste hun med de Ord, at hun havde ikke Br?d i Huset, og hun fandt da i sin Bageovn lutter Sten for Br?d. Greve Rantzu modtog h?jtideligt et af disse Stenbr?d som en kostelig Gave til Frederik den Tredjes Kunstkammer sammen med R?nne Magistrats trov?rdige Vidnesbyrd med Stadens Segl om dets vidunderlige Oprindelse. Landet bar nu Claus Kames flere Sten end Br?d. Da Myregaard ved Frue Kirsten K?llers D?d midt i Sommeren 1666 faldt tilbage til Kongen, flyttede han ind paa den lille Bosegaard i Nylarsker, hvilken hans Hustru havde arvet efter sin Fader, Sognets Pr?st Jens Kyse, og her d?de han o. 1676 i trange Kaar; han efterlod sig to S?nner Herman og Sivert Kames og en Datter Karen, hvis Mand Esper Mortensen overtog den st?rkt forg?ldede Bosegaard.
From Bornholm's Jordebog of 1658, compiled during the Swedish occupation of the island:
V?ster H?radh, Ny Laurskier Sochn, S?the og Fryg?rden: Peder Koofots: B?sg?rden. . . 3 Daler, 30 ?re, 4 Penningar.
From the ?ker-?kirkeby kirkebog:
July 27, 1662: D?bte, No. 36 og No. 37, 9 Trin. Clavs Kames s?n af Myregaard kaldet Sivert, og en datter Karen.
From Bornholm's Jordebog of 1662:
Vester Herridt, Nylaurschier Sogn, Vaarneder: Hans Pedersen i Baasegaard.
From Bornholm's militia list of 1678:
Boringholmb, Synder Herret.
Boelschier Sogen: . . . Jacob Kamb. . .
(and)
Rulla och Mandtall paa Vester Herritz Compagnij den 6de Aprili Anno 1678.
Nylaurscher Sogn: . . . Hermand Kaam. . .
Mention of Anne Jensdatter Kyse in the probate for Michel Berildsen, October 1, 1681, page 18b:
Anno 1681 dend f?rste Octobris, er efter loulig giorde tillysning holden rigistering og vurdering sampt skifte og deehling efter sl. Michel Bereldsen, som boede og d?de paa en Frie Vornede gaard som er dend 15 i tallet liggende udj Nyecher Sogn her paa Borringholmb. . . Anne sl. Claus Cams i Nielaursker sogn fordrer efter sin sedel som sl. Michel Bereldsen skulle hafue hoes. . . .
Mention of son Sivert Clausen Kam in the probate for Hanne Andersdatter, April 25, 1685, page 160b:
Anno 1685 dend 25 April er efter loulig giorde tillysning holden rigistering, og vurdering, sampt skifte, og deehling efter Lars Jensens s. hustru Hanna Andersdaatter, som boede og d?de paa dend 20 gaard i Nyeker Sogn. . . . Siguert Kam fordred 3 Mk. 8 Sk. . . .
From R?nne's Kirkeregnskab, 1684-1747:
1687: Noch skal Herr Borgemester Oluf Suendsen haue for sambt at indfordre dend Capital som s. Claus Kam er til Kirchen skaldig 5 Sldr.; der af bor Kirchen at Nydde Rente fra 1675 dend 29 September til aars dag 1686 er 2 Dr. 3 Mk.
From Bornholm's Jordebog of 1689:
Vesterherridt, Nyelauerscher Sogn, Vaarneder, Nr. 4: Esper Mortensen.
From R?nne's Kirkeregnskab, 1684-1747:
1691: Dend 20 October blef en quinde af de fattigis huus, ved naun Anne sal. Claus Kambs begrafuen, som n?d Klockerne frj, forrne delst hun tilforn har host en ?frighed mand her i Byen, efter der om af ?frigheden til mig Stillede ordre.
From the Pedersker kirkebog:
June 13, 1698: Anden Pindzedag Karen Klausd. b(egravet), 28.
Claus Kames was a shipmaster (skipper) in R?nne, also churchwarden (kirkev?rge) in 1647, and alderman (R?dmand) in 1645 and 1648, and mayor (Borgmester) in 1658 to 1661. Claus Kames participated in the 1658 conspiracy to liberate Bornholm from the Swedes. After the murder of Printzenskj?ld he spared the lives of five swedish officers, he and a boy-servant took the captured prisoners to hold in his courtyard i R?nne. For his role in the rebellion he was selected to be the interim "Lensmand" (Feudal Lord) of Hammershus.
In 1657 Denmark fought a war with Sweden, which it lost. In the resulting armstice, the "Peace of Roskilde", concluded on February 26, 1658, Denmark lost its provinces Sk?ne (Scania) and Blekinge, the district of Bohus, Trondheim (in Norge/Norway), and the island of Bornholm. News of this event did not reach Bornholm until April 20th, as much of the Baltic Sea was frozen because of a particularly cold winter. A letter from the archbishop in Lund commanded a prayer to be said in church for the swedish king and court. This was very hard for Poul Ancher, so instead he prayed for "landets rette konge og ?vrighed" (the land's rightful king and government), so that his parishioners could conclude whom he was praying for themselves. For this bit of obfuscation the swedish authorities gave him a severe reprimand.
It wasn't until April 29th that the new swedish governour, Johan Printzenskj?ld, was able to land in Sandvig with 120 men and take possession of the island for the swedish king, Karl Gustav. The swedes wasted no time in instituting a harsh regime of export prohibitions, increased tariffs, conscription of men, and seazure of property and money all over Bornholm. Many men from Bornholm's approximate population of 8,000 were conscripted into the swedish army; around 450 men were sent to Stettin, Riga and Helsingborg. After King Karl Gustav violated the treaty and attacked K?benhavn the following autumn, Poul Ancher was incited to join other Bornholmers in plans for a rebellion. His fellow conspirators in Hasle included its Mayor Peder Olsen, the town's bailiff Captain Niels Guml?se, the Steward (Ridefoged) of Hammershus - Jens Lauridsen Risom, and merchant Jens Pedersen Kofoed, and in R?nne they were joined by Captain Claus Kames. The danish king, Frederik the 3rd, acknowledged the rebellion and incited the inhabitants to liberate themselves from the swedes by capturing the garrison and governour at Hammershus.
Johan Printzenskj?ld rode from Hammershus on December 8th, travelling through Hasle and then onto R?nne. In R?nne he planned to dispatch a ship in order to fetch further reinforcements, as he sensed the discontent of the Bornholmers. The conspirators wasted no time: as soon as Printzenskj?ld had left Hasle, Poul Ancher drove his sleigh, together with Jens Pedersen Kofoed, to consult with Parson Jacob Tresl?v of Nyker parish. What they decided is not known, only that Hans Ancher went to the Rutsker parsonage, probably in order to station himself for an attempt to keep the garrison at Hammershus isolated. Jens Kofoed rode on to R?nne to help Claus Kames take Printzenskj?ld prisoner. On his way he met up with the rest of the conspirators. In R?nne they encountered Printzenskj?ld in the house of the mayor, Peder Lauridsen M?ller, and only just barely did some of the more level headed men prevent his immediate murder. They took him prisoner and led him down R?nne's main street, Storegade; but as they neared the prison entrance a shot was fired from Villum Clausen's pistol and Printzenskj?ld fell over dead on the cobblestones. Jens Pedersen Kofoed and Niels Guml?se each fired a shot into the corpse in order to show solidarity with the Villum Clausen. Claus Kames managed to take 5 swedish officers prisoner, and took them to his home - possibly in order to save them from being murdered.
Immediately after the killing Jens Kofoed and Niels Guml?se rode to Rutsker parsonage and reported what had taken place in R?nne, and following a short conference with Parson Ancher it was decided to gather together the willing farmers from Klemensker, Nyker and Vestermarie parishes by ringing those parishes church bells: a sign for them to meet, fully armed, during the night at Rutsker Church. The bell of Rutsker Church was not rung as it was too close to Hammershus, and would have been heard there. Jens Kofoed then rode to the home of the reeve for Rutsker parish, Mads H?g of H?jeg?rd, where he captured a swedish artillery lieutenant. He brought the lieutenant back to Rutsker's parsonage before riding on to Allinge where a swedish quartermaster had to be killed because he refused to surrender. From Allinge, and nearby Sandvig, Jens Kofoed gathered together a group of young men, and after having fortified themselves with a keg of beer, they rode out into the night to Hammershus Watermill, where a swedish soldier was slain. The men continued on to Hammershus, where they settled themselves behind a hill just east of the bridge to the fortress.
The next day, December 9th, in the early dawn "man havde kun tre dage til vintersolhverv" (with just 3 days until the winter-solstice), the band of farmers led by Poul Hansen Ancher started moving down from Rutsker Church's snow covered hill. They were joined by the citizens of Hasle led by Captain Niels Guml?se and Mayor Peder Olsen, and then by the group from R?nne under Captain Claus Kames. Many eyes were spying both towards and from the walls of Hammershus fortress - not knowing what would be the outcome of that short winter day. Ultimately, only an act of clever cunning made the swedes surrender the fortress: Captain Kames donned Printzenskj?ld's uniform and rode the slain commander's horse to the bridge, while the rebels threatened to kill him if the swedes refused to surrender. Towards the evening they indeed did surrender. The swedes, about 100 men, were imprisoned in the tower, and following war custom the Bornholmers began plundering the fortress. They carried on so wildly that the leaders had to protect Printzenskj?ld's widow, Anne Haard, and her 3 small sons from being harmed.
After the successful rebellion of 1658 Peder Olsen and a delegation of 10 other men were sent to K?benhavn. They were granted and audience with King Frederik the 3rd on December 29th, and presented him with a "gavebrev" (gift deed - a pledge of allegiance) from their island. They also brought a list of the names of 22 Bornholmers who had a prominent role in the liberation of the island: first on the list was "Hr. Poffuel Ancker Sougnepr?st til Rydskier och Hasle Sougner haffer V?rit baade i Raad och Daad til all denne Hans Kongl. May:tts tienneste med Toug, Vagt Reystning, och endnu flittig bes?ger land Vagterne." (Mr. Poul Ancher, Parish Priest for Rutsker and Hasle Parishes, having Done both in Counsel and Deed all in the His Royal Majesty's interest with this Campaign, Guard Duty, and continuing diligent Defence of the land.) There were 10 men from R?nne named on the list: Mayor Claus Kames, Hans Christensen (Storch), Willum Clausen (Kelou), Skipper Hans Lauridsen, Skipper Jens Jensen, Anders Staale, Morten Mortensen, Oluf Andersen, Mads Kofoed Pedersen and Mogens Tidemand; 10 men from Hasle: Poul Ancher, Jens Kofoed Pedersen, Byfoged Niels Guml?se, Ridefoged Jens Lauridsen (Risom), Aage Svendsen, Claus Nielsen, Erland Olufsen, "Rigens Hofmesters tjener" (the Kingdom's Steward's servant) Hans Mathiasen and an unnamed second servant; and 2 from Nyker: freeman Hans Kofoed Olsen and his brother Claus Kofoed Olsen.
After the death of Sivert/Sigvard Gagge in 1661 Claus Kames was appointed the guardian of Sivert's widow Christine Ki?ller. He acted as manager of her farm Store Myreg?rd in ?ker until her death in 1665; even naming one of his sons Sivert, after her deceased husband. Evidently Claus Kames was closely related to Christine Ki?ller (probably a cousin or nephew), as in a court case from 1666 Hans Olufsen Kofoed (died 1694) states that he is as close an heir after Christine Ki?ller as her guardian Claus Kames. Circa 1671 Claus Kames inherited B?seg?rd, 4 Vdg. Nylars, from his mother-in-law. In 1681 the farm was mortgaged to Nylars clergyman Jens Morsing, who was brother-in-law to Poul Ancher.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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1620 - 1676 (~ 56 år)
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