Gjørvel's estate and the Giske estate are assigned to Sehested
NRR 9, s. 24 f. · 12. juni 1648 · København
What the letter says
In Copenhagen on 12 June 1648 King Frederick III writes to Børge Juel and Ove Bjelke. To pay part of the debts of the Crown of Norway, the estate of the late Lady Gjørvel Fadersdatter and the Giske estate in Norway are to be sold. If Hannibal Sehested wants any of this property for what the Crown owes him, they are to assign him as much of Lady Gjørvel's and the Giske estate north of the mountains as he wishes, at the tariff he himself is to use when selling property to other creditors. The sum is to be deducted from his claim and entered at the Treasury. Jens Bjelke and Vincents Bildt receive an identical letter concerning Lady Gjørvel's estate south of the mountains.
The letter in modern English
Børge Juel and Ove Bjelke received a letter concerning Lady Gjørvel Fadersdatter's estate north of the mountains. Frederick III. Our favour first. Since it has been found good and advisable that the late Lady Gjørvel Fadersdatter's estate and the Giske estate in our realm of Norway are to be sold and disposed of in order to discharge part of the debts of the Crown of Norway, we ask you, if Hannibal Sehested etc. wants part of the property for what he has to claim from the Crown, to assign to the said Hannibal Sehested as much as he wishes of Lady Gjørvel's and the Giske estate lying north of the mountains, at the tariff he himself has been ordered to use when disposing of property to other creditors. It can then be deducted from his claim and properly entered at our Treasury. Copenhagen, 12 June 1648. Jens Bjelke and Vincents Bildt received an identical letter to assign to the said Hannibal Sehested property from the late Lady Gjørvel Fadersdatter's estate south of the mountains. Signed: Corfitz Ulfeldt, Christian Thomesen, Mogens Kaas, Olaf Parsberg.
Original text
Børge Juel og Ove Bjelke finge Brev, Fru Gyrvhild Fadersdatters Gods Nordenfjelds anlangendes. F. III. V. G. t. Eftersom er for godt og raadsomt befunden, at til en Deel Norges Krones Gjæld at aflægge afgangen Fru Gyrvhild Fadersdatters og Giske Gods udi for. vort Rige Norge skulle selges og afhændes, da, dersom os elskelige Hannibal Sehested etc. en Deel af for. Gods er begjerendes for hvis han hos Kronen haver at fordre, da bede vi eder og naadigst ville, at I af for. Fru Gyrvhilds og Giske G
Background
The letter shows that the Crown still distinguished between «Fru Gyrvhilds Gods» (Lady Gjørvel's estate) and «Giske Gods» (the Giske estate) 66 years after the deed of 1582. The property north of the mountains was the Giske estate in Sunnmøre and Romsdal, while that south of the mountains lay in Brunla and Akershus fiefs among other places. Sehested had large claims on the Crown after the war and after building the warship Hannibal at his own expense. He was himself governor-general and set the tariff, and it was unusual for a creditor to be allowed to choose freely what he wanted. That is an inference from the wording of the letter.
People: Gjørvel Fadersdatter (Sparre)