The leidang from the Giske estate is conveyed away
NRR 9, s. 419 til 424 · 20. juni 1649 · København
What the letter says
In Copenhagen on 20 June 1649 King Frederick III conveys the leidang (naval levy) from a long series of farms in Sunnmøre and Romsdal. Among them are the farms in Roald annex parish next to Giske manor, the leidang belonging to the Margaret prebend in Borgund parish, «Leding til Giskø Gods» (leidang belonging to the Giske estate) in Borgund and Roald parishes, including Giske, Alnes and Godøy, and the leidang of the Giske estate in Vestnes and Sylte parishes. The leidang was paid in goatskins and calfskins, grain and butter. The recipient is not named in the extract.
The letter in modern English
[...] Further in Roald annex parish next to Giske manor: Rønnestad, fish 3½ våger, leidang 1 buckskin, 1 goatskin and 1 calfskin, Blindheim [?], fish 18 våger, leidang 9 goatskins, Roald, fish 17 våger, ground rent fish 1 pund, leidang 8 goatskins and 2 calfskins, Bernt Johansson in ground rent fish 1 pund. [...] [...] Further the following leidang from the following ground rents belonging to the said Margaret prebend in the said Borgund parish: [...] Further the following leidang belonging to the Giske estate in Borgund and Roald parishes, namely Giskøboffuet [Giske?], leidang 7½ goatskins, Alnes, leidang 9 goatskins, Godøy, leidang 12 goatskins, Dyven, leidang 3 goatskins, Kalnestad, leidang 3 calfskins, Bratthaug, leidang 3 calfskins, Vadset, leidang 1 calfskin, Gjerde, leidang 3 calfskins, Vedde, leidang 1 goatskin and 2 calfskins, Karlsbakke, leidang 2 calfskins, Moseid, leidang 4 calfskins, Moseidvåg, leidang 4 calfskins, Humla, leidang 2 goatskins and 4 calfskins, Åse, leidang 4 goatskins and 2 calfskins, Furmyr, leidang 4 calfskins, Nedre Spilkevik, leidang 3 calfskins, Meghol, leidang 2 calfskins, Hatlen, leidang 2 calfskins, Rødsetter, leidang 1 goatskin, Reite, leidang 2 calfskins, Leirstad, leidang 1 goatskin and 2 calfskins, Gåseid, leidang 3 calfskins, Lille Kalvøy, leidang 3 calfskins, Årsetter, leidang 1 goatskin and 2 calfskins, Kvalsten, leidang 4 calfskins,
Original text
... Nok udi Roalds Annex næst Giskø Gaard: Rønnestad, Fisk 3½ Voger, Leding 1 Bukkeskind, 1 Gjedeskind og 1 Kalveskind, Blindern, Fisk 18 Voger, Leding 9 Gjedeskind, Roel, Fisk 17 Voger, Grundeleie Fisk 1 Pund, Leding 8 Gjedeskind, 2 Kalveskind, Bernt Johanssøn udi Grundeleie Fisk 1 Pund ... ... nok efter. Leding af efterfølgende Grundeleie til for. Margaretæ Præbende i for. Borgunds Sogn ... nok efter. Leding til Giskø Gods udi Borgunds og Roalds Sogne, nemlig Giskøboffuet [?], Leding 7½ Gjede
Background
The leidang was originally the duty to provide ships and crews for the king's fleet, but it had long since become a fixed tax in kind. It belonged to the Crown and did not pass with the land when the land was sold, so whoever bought the Giske estate had to have the leidang conveyed separately. On the same day Hannibal Sehested received an exchange of land with the Crown and the right to his own jurisdiction at his manors, Giske among them, and he is probably the recipient here. That is an inference. The extract shows only parts of the list, marked [...].