🏠︎ Springorum

Johann Schriver (genannt Springorum) Geneanet

* c. 1475 – † ?

BĂźrgermeister zu Bochum

Events & References

Johann Schriver genannt Springorum, BĂźrgermeister of Bochum

1510 ¡ Bochum, Deutschland

This nineteenth-century historical study by Franz Darpe documents the civic administration of medieval Bochum through municipal charters and parish records, including a chronological list of the town’s mayors. Within this overview, Johann Schriver, known as genannt Springorum, is identified as serving as Bürgermeister of Bochum between 1510 and 1517. His use of the Springorum name alongside his occupational surname reflects the continued prominence of the Springorum family and provides clear evidence of their lasting role in Bochum’s municipal government into the early sixteenth century.

Johann Schriver genannt Springorum, BĂźrgermeister of Bochum
Excerpt from Franz Darpe’s Geschichte der Stadt Bochum listing the mayors of Bochum, including Johann Springorum (1476–1482) and Johann Schriver genannt Springorum (1510-1517).

Reference: Johann Schriver genannt Springorum, BĂźrgermeister of Bochum

Feoffment of Springorum

21 July 1513 ¡ Bochum, Kirchspiel Bochum, Deutschland

Before Abbot Anton, Johann Schriver from Bochum, also called Springorum, showed an official charter. It said that Anna von Eickel—first the wife of Detmar Berswort and now married to Springorum—had given up the estate of Rodensel near Bochum. She had originally received this land from her first husband as a wedding gift.

At her request, Abbot Anton then officially gave this land to Springorum to hold as a fief. Springorum promised loyalty to the abbot. Gottfried Garthaus and Heinrich Dunwald were present as witnesses.

Reference: Feoffment of Springorum

Reconciliation after the Bochum fire

1525 ¡ Bochum, County of Mark

The great fire of Bochum in 1517 originated accidentally from Johann Schriver’s house and was not the result of any intentional or negligent act on his part. Nevertheless, public outrage arose against Johann Schriver and his family, holding him responsible for the disaster. As a result, he was forced to flee the town and take refuge in Blankenstein, where he served as rentmaster, until a formal reconciliation with the town of Bochum was concluded in 1525.

This charter records the formal reconciliation between the town of Bochum and Johann Schriver, rentmaster of Blankenstein, following the accidental fire that destroyed the town and originated from his house. The agreement restores Schriver, his wife, children, and heirs to full civic peace, granting them free movement, residence, and property rights in and around Bochum, and permanently releasing them from all claims or reproaches connected to the fire.

Reconciliation after the Bochum fire
Reconciliation after the Bochum fire
(166) Sealed charter confirming the reconciliation between the town of Bochum and Johann Schriver.

Reference: Reconciliation after the Bochum fire

Family

Parents

Partner(s) & Children

Anna von Eickel (c. 1480 – ?)