Ture Jensson gives Archbishop Olav power of attorney for the Giske inheritance
DN 9/575 · 28 Oktbr. 1526 · Lindholm
What the letter says
Ture Jensson of Sem, knight and steward of Sweden, gives Archbishop Olav in Trondheim at Lindholm on 28 October 1526 full power to receive all the landed property and movable goods left by his kinswoman Lady Ingegerd. The authority also covers Giske and all other landed property north of the mountains that has fallen to Ture by inheritance under Norwegian law, as a letter from King Frederick shows. What the archbishop does on his behalf shall be valid as if Ture himself were present.
The letter in modern English (excerpt)
I, Ture Jensson of Sem, knight and steward of Sweden, make known by this my open letter: I have humbly asked and given full power to the most reverend father in God, Lord Archbishop Olav in Trondheim, to collect and receive all the landed property and movable goods left by Lady Ingegerd, my kinswoman, God be merciful to her soul, and likewise Giske and all other landed property north of the mountains that has fallen to me by inheritance under the law of Norway, as the high-born prince King Frederick's open letter shows. What he does in this matter on my behalf, as the law says, shall stand firm and fast with full force, exactly as if I myself had been present. In truth of this I have my seal pressed on the back of this letter. Given at Lindholm on the Day of the Apostles Simon and Jude (28 October) in the year of the Lord 1526.
Original text (excerpt)
Jak Twre Iensson pao Seem riddher oc Sweriges hoffmester gør vitherligt met thette mit opne breff at iak ytmykelige bidhet oc fulle makt geffuit haffuer verdigiste fadher j gud her erkebiscop Oleff j Trandem vpbære oc anamme alle fru Ingegerds min frenckes gud hennes siel nade iorde godz oc løssøre teslikes Giiske oc al ander iorde godz nordenfieltz som meg efther Noriges lagh tiil arffs fallen ere efther som høgborne førstes konung Frederiks opne breff vtuisser huad hans nade j førscrifne sak t
Background
Ture Jensson (also called Ture Jönsson) of Tre Rosor was one of the most powerful men in Sweden and belonged to the same family as Alv Knutsson and Knut Alvsson, who had owned Giske. The editor identifies Lady Ingegerd as Ingegerd Erlendsdatter, and if so she is probably the Lady Ingerd who received a third of the inheritance after Junker Hans Sigurdsson in 1490. How Giske came into the inheritance after her is not clear, and the connection is uncertain. The letter is a power of attorney, and Ture needed a powerful man in Norway to claim the inheritance for him, since he himself lived in Sweden. Olav Engelbrektsson was Archbishop of Nidaros from 1523 and the strongest political power north of Dovre. King Frederick I had recently become king of Denmark and Norway after Christian II was deposed, and the dispute over Giske was now part of the high politics between the noble families.