Historic memories from Gjorslev Manor:

2. Peder Jensen Lodehat:

Peder Jensen Lodehat belonged to a Zealand noble family. The family's coat of arms featured a man's head with a round-brimmed hat, and this is where the name Lodehat originated, though the family itself did not use the name.

He is first mentioned in 1375 as a canon in Roskilde and as a councillor to Queen Margaret I. The Queen supported his personal career, which led to the country's highest offices. In 1395, he became bishop in Roskilde and was concurrently Margaret I's chancellor. As the Queen's chancellor and personal advisor, he participated in a series of important state negotiations and was one of the main figures behind the Kalmar Union, possibly even the author of the union treaty in 1397.

In addition to being chancellor, Peder Jensen Lodehat was an enterprising bishop. Among other things, he built the manor house Gjorslev on church landholdings in Stevns in the late 14th century. The manor house is built of chalk stone from Stevns Klint and is today one of Denmark's oldest medieval buildings. For more than 600 years, the 30 m. high tower and the four central wings have been the characteristic centre of the main building.

Peder Jensen Lodehat died in 1416 and was buried in the choir of Roskilde Cathedral. On the same line, in the middle of the church, where Queen Margaret I is buried.

(Margrethe I: 1375 – 1412, however Oluf II: 1376 -1387).