However, his brother, Johan von pelden named Cluyte, is mentioned, in 1540 and 1542, as administrator of the rolls of fiefs as per the Moers Archives. he was married to Gertruid van Wurm-Gutterswijck, daughter of Heinrichs von Wurm-Gutterswijck and Johanna von Moers named Cracau, according to a marriage settlement of 1475 between them. The marriage contract between Johan and Gertruid, however, no longer exists, but the proof that they were husband and wife can be taken from several documents. Among other documents, there is a deed of assignment of 1536 (See Enclosure 30.) whereby Henrich, Robert, Frantz, and Friedrich, brothers of Wurm-Gutterswijck, transferred to their brother-in-law and to their sister, Johan van Pelden named Cluyth and Gertruid van Wurm-Gutterswijck, husband and wife, the wineyard, because of being in arrears with the paying of the dowry. Moreover, it is proved further below by the marriage contracts of their two daughters, Johanna and Anna. Gutterswijck is a wealthy Cleve's family who, however, has died out. They owned the manor of Wurm-Gutterswick which, because of the partition of 1537 between Henrich, Robert, and Frantz van Gutterswijck, and also sealed by their brother-in-law, Johan van Pelden named Kluydt, came to Heinrich. Those brothers had a sister named Anna, who was married to Otto van Hulhoven. She is also mentioned in the partition deed of 1558 when all brothers and sisters of Gutterswick shared the inheritance of their two brothers, Robert and Frantz, who had died without leaving heirs.
The Gutterswick family bears in its coat of arms a fleeing deer in a silver field. On the crowned helmet there are two arms in red, bent against each other, with hands. In the bending, the clothing is open. The coverings of the helmet are in red and silver.
Johan* is buried in the churchyard in front of the town of Moers. Formerly, the parish church was there. In old times Moers had extended up there. Because of the Spanish invasion in 1580, this church had been devastated and made unserviceable. The collation of this church is at the Provost of St. Severin in Cologne where all deeds and documents of this church were kept. In 1552 the Provost Henrich von der Recke had taken these church documents with him to his Manor House Kemmade where they were destroyed when that castle burned. The choir area of this church is still visibly elevated; and on it, not far from the family vault of the Counts of Moers, is the burial vault of the von Cloudt family. There, in the family vault of the Count of Moers, is buried Count Herman von Neuenaer and Moers, who died in 1575, by the side of his wife, Magdalena von Nassau. They left no children and, therefore, his sister Walburgis succeeded him. On the tombstone of Johan are the coats of arms of the Cloudt and Gotterswick families with four quarters chiseled out. Feldtberg-Wylack are on the right-hand side. At the top left-hand side, part of the stone has broken off. On the bottom is the coat of arms of Wijenhorst. Probably his wife Gertruid has also been buried here.
*Johan van Pelden anmed Kluydt.
The certificate of the main court of Moers of 1682, regarding the state of this tombstone, gives further particulars. See Enclosure No. 31.
*In the year 1599, on August 21, lightning struck the sea or town tower at Moers. A great part of the town caught fire, and the archives kept in this tower were burned. Besides several wounded persons, eleven men were dead. Again on June 26, 1605, a conflagration broke out in Moers laying the town and the church in ashes within three hours. The dome of the church collapsed, and that which was not made of stone was consumed by fire. There upon, the diving service was officiated in a house until the conventual church had been reconstructed in 1610. For that reconstruction, the materials of the old main and parish church were used. It had stood in front of the town and had been devastated by the Spaniards in 1580; and, on this occasion, was broken down to the ground. In the choir of this new church, there was, in the middle window, the coat of arms of the Prince of Orange. In the window on the right-hand, the coat of arms of the von Cloudt family. In the window on the left-hand, that of his wife von Eyll. All these three coats of arms were excellent and beautiful encaustic glass paintings. Each coat of arms took up nearly one whole window. When Moers had been ceded to France, the Cloud coat of arms was unexpectedly taken away. Afterwards the pretext was made that a strong gale of wind had smashed it. The true meaning of this matter is that evil minded persons thoought thereby to humble the von Cloudt family, who always, in old as well as in recent times, have conferred benefit to town and to country at every opportunity. Probably they did not know that the coat of arms of the Eyll family was the coat of arms of von Cloudt's greatgrandmother. Otherwise, quite as well, it would not have escaped from being destroyed.**
*As directed by the author, here now is an insertion from page No. 48.
**This was the end of the passage inserted here from p. 48. Now back to page 40. 116 189
5389. Von Pelden G. Johan CLUYTE 116 (Diederich (Von Pelden G.)4, Friedrich (Von Pelden G.)3, Goswijn Or Johan (Von Pelden G.)2, Claes (Von)1).
Birth Notes: Bef 1460
Johan married Van Gertruid WURM-\GUTTERSWICK,116 daughter of Von Heinrichs WURM-\GUTTERSWIJCK and Von Johanna MOERS \G.\ \CRACAU.
Marriage Notes: 1475
(Duplicate Line. See Person 4474, Van Gertruid WURM-\GUTTERSWICK)
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