Cecilia Elofsdotter (vingad pil)

• Daughter of Elof Ingridsson and Kristina Sigurdsdatter

SDHK No: 1389

• Dating: 1287 November 28

Cecilia Elofsdotter draws up her will; to the brothers in Nydala monastery, where she chooses her burial place, she donates 1 land in "Wddanes" with all additions and 1/3 of the said estate without buildings and also her 'chapel' with lime and all accessories for altar and priest and wishes that with the help of her estate an altar is erected in her memory in the monastery's prayer house. Furthermore, she hands over to Kettilvast in Nyköping his farm in "biershamar", so that with the help of its return to each of the monasteries in Sweden he will pay out 1 mark of money. Furthermore, she donates to each church, in whose parish she or her husband has land, 1 mark of money to be divided equally between church and priest, to the church building in Växjö 2 marks and to the churches in "hiartlandum", "bringatoptom" and "hiorzbyrghom" miscellaneous chattels. She also donates various chattels to Mrs. Ingeborg, Mrs. Katarina, Styrger Lång and his wife, Kettil Brodsson and his wife, his chaplain Mr. A., his 'chambermaid' Helga, her grandmother Ingrid, Ingeborg from Vrigstad, her chamberlain Magnus "gløth" , "Giniutus" from "hiartanes" and his wife, his chef Kämpe, Magnus Bosesson and his daughters, the trustees' wives in "hiartlandum", "vithløsobyargh", "tolgh", "ekesio" and "byrsioholth", Lars Ormsson's wife, Johannes Toresson (Torssons ?, Turessons?) Wife and the poor Kristina from "hiartlandum". Finally, she frees all her slaves of both sexes. Her husband Magnus Karlsson approves, confirms and seals the will. Ingeborg from Vrigstad, her chamberlain Magnus "gløth", "Giniutus" from "hiartanes" and his wife, his chef Kämpe, Magnus Bosesson and his daughters, the trustees' wives in "hiartlandum", "vithløsobyargh", "tolgh", "ekesio" and "Byrsioholth", Lars Ormsson's wife, Johannes Toresson's (Torssons ?, Turessons?) Wife and the poor Kristina from "hiartlandum". Finally, she frees all her slaves of both sexes. Her husband Magnus Karlsson approves, confirms and seals the will. Ingeborg from Vrigstad, her chamberlain Magnus "gløth", "Giniutus" from "hiartanes" and his wife, his chef Kämpe, Magnus Bosesson and his daughters, the trustees' wives in "hiartlandum", "vithløsobyargh", "tolgh", "ekesio" and "Byrsioholth", Lars Ormsson's wife, Johannes Toresson's (Torssons ?, Turessons?) Wife and the poor Kristina from "hiartlandum". Finally, she frees all her slaves of both sexes. Her husband Magnus Karlsson approves, confirms and seals the will. Finally, she frees all her slaves of both sexes. Her husband Magnus Karlsson approves, confirms and seals the will. Finally, she frees all her slaves of both sexes. Her husband Magnus Karlsson approves, confirms and seals the will.

• SEAL: The seal lapsed.

Sources

• See L. Ersgård (ed.) Monks and magnates at Lake Vättern (2012), p. 323.
• Post-medieval transcripts: Peringskiöld: E 29: A, E 33 (reg.)