The archbishop's man takes fru Inger's fish from Salten
DN 9/651 · Uden Dag 1529 · [Bergen?]
What the letter says
Hans Bagge acknowledges in his own hand in 1529 that by the archbishop's order he has received 17½ våg of fish from Jon Teiste. The fish was part of what was due to fru Ingegerd Ottesdatter from Salten.
The letter in modern English
I, Hans Bagge, acknowledge with this my own handwriting that by order of my lord the archbishop I have received from Jon Teiste 17½ våg of fish [an estimated 315 kilos of stockfish] of the fish that was due to fru Ingegerd Ottesdatter from Salten, in the year of the Lord 1529. [On the back: Hans Bagge.]
Original text
Thess bekenniss ieg Hanss Bagghe met thenne min eghen hantsskryfft at ieg [hawer oppe baarit aff Ion Teesste xviiɉ wog ffisk effter min herre erckebiskoppiss beffaling aff then ffisk ssom ffrw Inghegerd *Otthesdaffter till kom aff Ssalthen anno domini m d xxix.
Background
Fru Inger of Austrått (died 1555) had revenues from Salten in Nordland, and the fish was probably land rent or dues paid in stockfish, the usual form of payment in the north. Jon Teiste was the estate steward (ombudsmann) of Archbishop Olav Engelbrektsson (see DN 12/451). In 1529 the archbishop had seized the fiefs, farms and estates of fru Inger and Vincens Lunge, and this small receipt shows how it happened in practice: her revenues were collected by the archbishop's men. A våg was about 18 kilos, so 17½ våg was an estimated 315 kilos of stockfish. Whether the fish came from fru Inger's own estate or from a fief she held is not clear from the letter.
People: Ingerd Ottesdatter (fru Inger)