Gjørvel to send a list of church land and tithes in Froste district
KB 1588 til 92, s. 883 · 20. november 1592 ·
What the letter says
The king writes to a number of fief holders who have not yet obeyed the earlier order to send the chancery clear lists of the ecclesiastical land and the tithes in their fiefs that belong to the crown. They are ordered to send the lists at once. On the list stands Lady Gjørvel Fadersdatter for Froste district.
The letter in modern English
Missive to the fief holders named below. Since they have not yet obeyed the earlier order to send the chancery clear lists of the ecclesiastical land and the tithes in their fiefs that belong to the crown, they are ordered to send the lists at once. Hans Lange for Lundenes fief and Nørre district, Johan Rud for Beuling fief, Peder Gyldenstierne for Vestervig abbey, Hing and Ulfborg districts, Christen Skeel for Aakier fief, Henrik Below for Hald fief, Lady Beate Brahe for Gislum district, Axel Brahe for Odensegård fief, Rudgård fief and Vissenberg birk, Peder Munk for Møn, [Christoffer Parsberg for] Alsted district under Roskilde, Lady Gjørvel Fadersdatter for Froste district, Axel Gyldenstierne for Villands district, Hans Spiegel for Gladsax fief, Arild Huitfeldt for Gärds district, Knud Grubbe for Lykå fief, Peder Brahe for Sölvesborg fief, Falk Gjøe for Bornholm.
Original text
20. Nov. ( . ). Miss. til nedennævnte Lensmænd. Da de endnu ikke have efterkommet den tidligere Ordre om at indsende klare Fortegnelser til Kancelliet over det gejstlige Gods og de Tiender i deres Len, der tilkomme Kronen, befales det dem straks at indsende Fortegnelserne. Hans Lange for Lundenes Len og Nørre Herred; Johan Rud for Beuling Len; Peder Gyldenstjerne for Vestervig Kloster, Hing og Uldborg Herreder; Chresten Skeel for Aakier Len; Hendrik Belov for Hald Len; Fru Beate Brahe for Gislum
Background
After the Reformation the crown had taken over much of the church's land and tithes, but its records were incomplete. In 1592 the government wanted a full register. That Gjørvel appears on the list alongside fief holders such as Axel Brahe and Peder Munk shows that she was counted as a fief holder on the same footing as them. She was then about 80.
People: Gjørvel Fadersdatter (Sparre)