GENERATION 14
Aanund Torkjellsson

GENERATION 15
Aslak Torkjellsson

I ei sak om kyrkjebolet Uddedalen i 1704 legg Olav Moen frå Dalane fram eit gamalt brev frå 1590: “- at den Ødegaard Ulledalen skal være givet til Brunkeberg Kirke af Aslak og Anund samt lgild Tarckildssønner, deris gode Fader” o.s.v. Uddedalen hadde lege under Holtan. I listune for arbeidsskatt 1593 finn ein Aslak og Egil på Holtan og Aanund på Lundevall. Holtan var frå gamalt 2 “huslænde” so truleg sit Aslak og Egil på kvar sin part. Egil og Aanund er etter tur lensmennar. 1 1592 bli Aanund nemd “Kgl. Maj. Lensmand i Brunkeberg Sogn”. Aslak og Egil hev ervingar etter seg, men ein fær vita lite om dei.

Aanund er kanskje død fyri 1611. Då gjer kongens kaptein Søffren Halvorsøn det vitterleg at Egil Holtan, Nikuls Sudbø og “den Dannequinde Gudve (Gudue) Lundevall” hev halde 2 soldatar i krigen. Ho liver i 1619. Det ligg nær å tru at ho er ekkje etter Aanund. I 1626 var det eit skifte etter Aanund på Holtan der 12 gardar og gardpartar bli skifte millom 3 sønir og 2 eller 3 døttar.

Både sonen Såmund og sonesonen Bjørn sat lensmennar på Lundevall. 1671 er garden skriven for lensmannsgard. På den tid gjeng det ut med Bjørn Lundevall. Fram i 1690 åri hev Tarald Såvisson frå Flekstveit samla inn jordpartar i garden og flutt inn.

Etterkomarane av den gamle ætti blei i hundreåri som kom kjende under andre ættenamn: Syftestad, Øyan og kan hende Langlid. Gunnbjørg Ansteinsdotter som Bjørn Lundevall blei gift med, hadde odel til Syftestad. Ættleggen etter Bjørn held fram der. Øyan var frå gamalt Lundevall-jord, men bli tidleg skift ifrå.

In a matter concerning the church farm Uddedalen, in 1704, Olav Moen from Dalane presents an old writing from 1590: “- that the deserted farm Ulledalen shall be given to the Brunkeberg Church by Aslak and Anund along with lgild Tarckildssønner [Egil Torkjellsson], their good Father” and so forth. Uddedalen had belonged to Holtan. In the listings of work taxes for 1593 one finds Aslak and Egil at Holtan and Aanund at Lundevall. Holtan was from 2 old “huslænde” (homesteads) so probably Aslak and Egil each located on their own share. Egil and Aanund served as sheriff in rotation, one after the other. In 1592 Aanund was named “Kgl. Maj. Lensmand i Brunkeberg Sogn” (Sheriff of Brunkeberg District). Aslak and Egil have heirs of their own, but one can find little about their lives.

Aanund is perhaps dead before 1611. By then the kings captain Søffren Halvorsøn makes it known that Egil Holtan, Nikuls Sudbø and “the Danish woman Gudve (Gudue) Lundevall” have boarded 2 soldiers in the war [see Note]. She is alive in 1619. It is very likely that she is the widow of Aanund. In 1626 there was an estate settlement after Aanund died at Holtan where 12 farms and farm parts were divided among 3 sons and 2 or 3 daughters.

Both son Såmund and grandson Bjørn were sheriffs at Lundevall. [In] 1671 the farm is listed as a sheriff's farm. At that time Bjørn Lundevall moves out. Later in 1690's we have Tarald Såvisson from Flekstveit joined land shares on the farm and moved in.

The descendants of the old family who remained for a century became known by other family names: Syftestad, Øyan and sometimes Langlid. Gunnbjørg Ansteinsdotter who married Bjørn Lundevall, had alodial property at Syftestad. The generation after Bjørn hold on to that. Øyan was from old Lundevall-land, but soon divided from it.

Note:   The Kalmar War (1611-13) was fought between Denmark-Norway and Sweden over control of the northern Norwegian coast and the Finnmark region. The war was named for the Swedish port of Kalmar which was captured by Denmark in 1611. The following year the Swedish port of Älvsborg (Göteborg) was captured. In the end, Denmark prevailed, and Sweden was forced to pay retribution to get back the port of Älvsborg.

I eit uprenta diplom frå 1611, 23. 11. vitnar Soffrin Halvorson at Egil Holtan, Nikuls Sudbø og «dannequinde» Gudve Lunnervald, har halde 2 soldater (soldatlegd) Tormod Jonsson og Anund Halvorson I hans regimente frå krigen byrja 1611. Han vitnar at «for"ne knegtter haffuer skickett sig jnndenn och wdenn lanndtz paa tog och wagtt som villige solldatter vell egner och annstaaer.» Denne Gudve Lundevall er i sume skattelister og brev kalla Gunnar, men det ma vera feil. (Jfr. «dannekvinde».)

I 1671 er Lundevall titulera som lensmannsgard, men det er noko uklårt kven som var lensmannen. Etter oppgåvene var det Øystein Vigleikson Omtveit, men han hadde ingen ting med Lundevall å gjera. Garden vart på denne tid driven av Gregar Taraldson i 20 år fram til 1688. Skyldi er nedsett til 6 tn. -- og mesteparten er på utanbygds hender.

In an unprinted document from Nov. 23, 1611, Soffrin Halvorson witnesses that Egil Holtan, Nikuls Sudbø and «dannequinde» (the Danish woman) Gudve Lunnervald, have boarded 2 soldiers (soldiers boarded on farms) Tormod Jonsson and Anund Halvorson in his [Soffrin Halvorson] regiment from the war that started in 1611. He witnesses that «for"ne knegtter haffuer skickett sig jnndenn och wdenn lanndtz paa tog och wagtt som villige solldatter vell egner och annstaaer.» This Gudve Lundevall is on some tax rolls and records called Gunnar, but it may have been a mistake. (Jfr. «dannekvinde».)

In 1671 Lundevall was known as sheriff's farm, but it was somewhat unclear who was the sheriff.. On the basis of the duties it was Øystein Vigleikson Omtveit, but he had not a thing to do with Lundevall. The farm was at this time run by Gregar Taraldson for 20 years up until 1688. The tax value was reduced to 6 tn. -- and the greatest part is in/outside the district's hands.