Ture Jönsson claims the inheritance of Lady Ingegerd
DN 9/573 · 18 Oktbr. 1526 · Lindholm
What the letter says
The Swedish knight Ture Jönsson of Tre Rosor writes from Lindholm on 18 October 1526 to Archbishop Olav Engelbrektsson. He has had King Frederick I summon Doctor Vincentius, that is, Vincens Lunge, before the archbishop and the Council of the Realm of Norway, and the king has forbidden Lunge to withhold the inheritance of Lady Ingegerd and the inheritance of Karl Knutsson. Ture asks the archbishop to have a servant receive Lady Ingegerd's movable goods and landed property on his behalf, and promises favour and gifts for the trouble. In an enclosed note he also demands that Lunge account for the revenues he has taken from Lord Knut Alvsson's estate.
The letter in modern English (excerpt)
My humble and loving greeting now and always beforehand, with our Lord. Worthy father, good and special friend. I humbly thank Your Grace for letting my son know about the inheritance that has fallen to me after Lady Ingegerd, God have mercy on her soul. Therefore I have sent word to the high-born prince King Frederick and obtained his grace's summons against Doctor Vincentius (Vincens Lunge), that he shall answer me or my agent before Your Grace and the Council of the Realm of Norway, at a suitable place and a suitable time, whenever it best suits Your Grace. Likewise I received his grace's open letter forbidding Doctor Vincentius and all others to withhold anything of this estate and this inheritance, nor of the inheritance and estate that fell after Karl Knutsson. In particular I received an accompanying letter to Doctor Vincentius that he shall no longer hinder the movable goods or the estate. I have also written to him myself that he shall now hand it over, if he has not already surrendered it to Your Grace, as I wrote and lovingly asked Your Grace from Stockholm. Therefore I humbly ask Your Grace to take on this trouble and bring the matter lawfully to a good and complete end. Please at once have one of Your Grace's faithful authorised servants receive all the movable goods after Lady Ingegerd and bring them to Trondheim into Your Grace's hands, and likewise receive all the landed property on my behalf, as I have great and good trust. Whatever bother or toil Yo
Original text (excerpt)
Min ytmyke kierlig helssen nw oc altiid førsent met wor herra. Verdighe fadher gode besunnerlig ven tacker iak edher ytmykelige før thet edher nade gaff min son tiil kenne om then arf meg tilfallen er efther fru Ingegerd hues siel gud nade sa haffuer iak ther fore hafft mit budt tiil høgborne første konung Frederiik oc latiid henta hans nades stempning offuer docther Vintentius at han skal sta meg eller min fulmectigh tiil retta in før edher nade oc Noriges riikes radt pa beleglig sted oc tiid n
Background
The letter belongs with Vincens Lunge's letter from the same autumn, in which Lunge mentions Ture's letter about Giske and the Giske estate. Ture Jönsson was a Swedish councillor of the realm of the Tre Rosor family and believed he was the rightful heir of Knut Alvsson and his son Karl Knutsson, who were the last of the family to have owned Giske. A summons (stevning) is an official order to appear in court, and an open letter is a royal letter to be proclaimed to all. Movable goods (løsøre) are portable possessions such as silver, clothes and household goods, as opposed to landed property. That Ture turns to the archbishop shows that Olav Engelbrektsson, as head of the Council of the Realm, was the one who could put force behind a judgement in Norway. Who Lady Ingegerd was in the family is not stated in the letter, but the inheritance after her was probably connected with the Tre Rosor estate.
People: Karl Knutsson, Knut Alvsson