Bishop Hans reports that the mediation with the archbishop has failed
DN 10/592 · 15 Novbr. 1529 · Oslo
The letter follows up the attempt to reconcile the archbishop with fru Inger, who held Giske in these years, and Vincens Lunge. The mediation failed because the archbishop demanded compensation, and the case was put off to a meeting of lords in Bergen.
What the letter says
Bishop Hans Reff of Oslo writes on 15 November 1529 to Henrik Krummedike that he, Olav Galde and Peder Hansson have completed their journey to Archbishop Olav in Trondheim without achieving much. The archbishop demanded compensation for the damage the Church and he himself had suffered from Vincens Lunge with fru Ingerd's help, and the envoys had no authority on that point. The archbishop has summoned an assembly of lords in Bergen fourteen days after Midsummer next year and placed his case against Lunge before it. The bishop thinks some Danish councillors should attend, and he believes the archbishop is loyal to King Frederik.
The letter in modern English
Johannes, by the grace of God Bishop of Oslo. [in Latin] With friendly greeting sent before and a sincere wish to please. Dear Lord Henrik, especially good friend. You shall know that together with Lord Olav Galde, knight, and Peder Hansson we have now completed the journey, errand and commission to the Lord Archbishop in Trondheim on which we were sent together from here in Oslo. We hope that the good men who were with us on the journey and in the commission will bear witness that we together pursued our errands with great diligence. Yet we could obtain no better outcome than what the enclosed copy, sealed with the Lord Archbishop's sealed reply, shows. For the Lord Archbishop set out his injury and the damage and dishonour to the holy Church, done very loudly, widely and broadly by Lord Vincens with fru Ingerd's help, and demanded that we should answer to him for it and promise redress. On that we had no commission, and we did not dare to act much further in it than according to the wording and command of the instructions of the high-born prince Duke Christian etc. and likewise of Lord Vincens and fru Ingerd. And whatever in the whole dealing this copy does not explain well enough, Peder Hansson, who was always present, can give you further word and answer on in all matters.
Original text
Joannes dei gratia episcopus Asloensis.Premissa amicabilj salutatione cum syncero complacendj affectu. Kiere her Henrick besynderlig gode ven mwe i vidhe att wii met her Oluff Galle ridder oc Pedher Hanssen haffue nw fuldgiordt then reysze ærende och befalning till her erchebispen i Trondem som wii tilsammen bleffue vdj beskickede her aff Oslo forhobes oss att thesse forne gode mend som mett vore i reyszen oc beffalningen skulle bære oss vidtne att wij tilsammen mett stor vindskibelighed
Background
The letter follows up the journey described in DN 10/588, in which Archbishop Olav Engelbrektsson granted fru Inger of Austrått (died 1555) safe conduct home to her farms. Hans Reff was Bishop of Oslo and one of the leading men of the Council of the Realm, and Henrik Krummedike was a Danish-Norwegian councillor who was also fru Inger's opponent in the inheritance case over Ingerd Erlendsdatter (DN 9/637). That the archbishop stressed «the damage to the holy Church» suggests that he saw Lunge's conduct as an attack on the Church. The bishop's assurance that the archbishop was loyal to the king must be seen against the fact that many in Denmark suspected him of working for the deposed Christian II. The assembly of lords in Bergen in 1530 was an attempt to gather the Council of the Realm in a tense time, and in 1531 Christian II did in fact land in Norway.
People: Ingerd Ottesdatter (fru Inger)