The forgotten history and the forgotten chronicle E-Book

Tommy Hernelind

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• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

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Beschreibung

I have taken up the old chronicles and the history of Sweden's oldest family, how members of this family were involved in shaping Sweden's history, one of the most famous Fale helped Erik Knutsson to the king's throne and is probably the same person as the fictional Arn, This Fale had decisive role together with Sune Folkesson in the battle of Gestilren and Lena.

Leseprobe

Preface

I was born in Stockholm in the 1960s, and have always had a keen interest in history and genealogy. Since 1980 I have taught basic and advanced courses in genealogy, history and paleography. I have also studied history at university. For the last 10 years I have studied medieval history and spent a lot of time in the archives studying medieval letters. I have previously written two family books and also a book of poetry. The family book is a sequel and a result of 25 years of research and questions that have arisen over the years.

I think about how important family reunions were to me as a young man, hearing from my grandmother the stories about the family that she had heard as a child. It is fascinating that she, who had never done any genealogical research, has been able to reproduce our family history so perfectly. What I find in the archives today reinforces my grandmother's oral history. The information she provided is invaluable to me and others of my own generation.

I have tried to pass on the oral tradition to my children and nephews. Also to tell the exciting history of our family. Both about the male heroes, such as Fale the Younger. Nilsson, who as a lawman fought for his country and to protect his family, and how he finally gave his life in the battles at the Church of Denmark in 1363. A female hero is Catharina Bure, who not only managed to escape her death sentence as an accused witch. She also managed to stop the witch trials in Gävleborg.

As an author, I hope that the contents of the book can contribute to creating a broader and greater interest in history and in genealogy in general. Perhaps also a new interest in Swedish history.

Tommy Hernelind

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Bure, according to chronicles and legends

Chapter 2: Bure magistrates in the 14th century

Chapter 3: The noble family of Bure No 126

Chapter 4: Mayor Olof Bure's ring

Chapter 5: Anna Andersdotter Bure

Chapter 6: Grubb's descendants

Chapter 7: Burman descendants

Chapter 8: Stenklyft's descendants

Chapter 9: Biographies of the Boer settlers

Chapter 10: Descendants of Olof Härsesson

Chapter 11: My Bure family lines

Chapter 12: Y-DNA of the Bure family

Chapter 13: Bure and the Witch Trials

Introduction

My interest in history and also in genealogy started very early. It probably started when I sat and listened to my grandmother's stories about our family. Breathtaking stories about battles to win the Swedish crown and how our ancestors helped shape the country's early history.

As lawmen, churchmen and the king's bailiffs, they were involved in various stages of Swedish history. I have later built on my knowledge by reading history and through many years of research on my family. In addition, I have collected the Y-DNA research that has been done on the Bureätten.

It is one of the oldest and most controversial families, but thanks to Jan Guillou's portrayal of Arn in films and books, interest in the history of this family has increased.

In the 13th-century power struggle between Eriksätten and Sverkersätten, Bureätten was a powerful ally of Eriksätten. During the 14th century, Bureätten's lawyers and bailiffs were close to the king and the ruling men.

I now realize the importance of the oral traditions and the accuracy of the stories that Johan Bure recorded in his family book, which was recently found in the National Archives in Helsinki.

It has not been possible to write this book without the help of my mentors and discussions with other researchers. A big thank you to Thord Bylund, Sten Lundgren, Lars Bäcklund and Michael Häggmark as well as to Christer Häggmark, Urban Sikeborg and John von Walter. Special thanks to Owe Rosén and Marianne Andersson who have helped me with both the linguistic part and the research for the book.

I wish you all a good read

The first generations of the Johan Bure family book.

Chapter 1: Bure, according to chronicles and legends

According to Johan Bure's family book from the 17th century and the Chronicles, as well as Jan Guillou's book and film about the Battle of Lena and Gestilren, the Bure family's older lineage was preceded by a multi-generational power struggle between the Eriksätten and the Sverkersätten.

The Erik family was one of two families that fought for power over Sweden between around 1130 and 1250. The other was the Sverkersätten. The name comes from the first king of the dynasty, Erik the Holy. The Eriksätten could count on support from Svealand and Norway, unlike the Sverkersätten, which had support from Småland, Östergötland and Denmark.

The Eriksätten wanted as much independence as possible from the Pope in Rome and the self-appointed bishops in the country. The Sverkersätten, however, had more support from Denmark and the Pope and therefore often had the support of the Church in the fight against the Eriksätten, which favored Varnhem Monastery. Many members are buried there. The last regent was Erik läspe och halte who died childless in 1250. Thus, Eriksätten became extinct.

The Sverkers' dynasty began with Sverker the Elder and died out on the male side in 1222 with Johan Sverkersson. However, after Knut Eriksson won the government in 1167, the situation had stabilized and the following years were characterized by political consensus. On his natural death in 1195, the crown passed to Sverker the Younger.

However, when he appointed his underage son as earl, Knut Eriksson's four sons rebelled in 1205, leading to the Battle of Älgarås in Tiveden. Three of Erik's brothers were killed and the only surviving son, Erik Knutsson, fled to Norway. In 1208, he again challenged King Sverker at the Battle of Lena (also known as Kungslena) in Västergötland.

The outcome of this battle forced King Sverker to flee to Denmark, only to return two years later with the help of Danish troops to reclaim his lost crown. At Gestilren, Erik Knutsson triumphed once again, while Sverker fell. In the same year, King Eric was crowned by Archbishop Valerias. The Battle of Gestilren marked the end of the power struggle between the Erik family and the Sverker family.

After nearly a century of conflict, the political situation in Sweden stabilized and consolidation of the kingdom began. In 1156, Fåle Bure enters the records. He is the magistrate of Greater Hälsingland and with the help of Östman Guttorm, the war chief of Jämtland, they conquer the crown in 1156 for Erik the Holy.

Fale the Elder was a magistrate in Medelpad and an adult in Hälsingland. He fought for Hälsingland and King Erik the Holy, who won the battle in 1156 with the help of Fale and Guttorm Östmansson. Fale was made a country judge and was also the leader of the Hälsinglanders under the aforementioned king. He conquered Finland where Helsinki, then Hälsingland, is believed to have been named after his people. He is mentioned as Fåle Bure in the chronicles (Source: Erik's Chronicle The original version was interpreted by the professor and historiographer Johannes Loccenius, who wrote in Latin "Svensk historia från år 1654").

Erik's Chronicle is written in rhyming verse in Latin, but the oldest part of the original Chronicle, dating from the time of Erik the Saint, and Erik's Chronicle as a whole, have not been preserved. Erik's Chronicle today is a copy in six different parts, i.e. handwritten copies from the second half of the 15th century, which are usually designated by the letters A-F, and also in 14 later versions (G-T), the most recent from the beginning of the 17th century. Philological research has shown that A (Codex Holmensis B2) is the oldest surviving part and the version was written around 1450-1470, starting with Erik the Wise and ending in the 1220s.

There are three things I want to highlight and present:

1.) Erik's chronicle is not in the original. We only have a small part of Erik's chronicle left and there are six manuscripts. The earliest manuscript is from the 1400s, over 300 years later.

2.) Handwritten copies of Erik's chronicle remain, beginning with the last of the Erik family, namely Erik the "Lisp and Lame". i.e. from the 1220s. Erik's chronicle should start with the first Erik in the Erik family, namely "Erik the Holy," i.e. from the 1160s. 3.)The historians from the 1400s and 1500s Olaus Petri, Johannes Magnus, Peder Swart and Johannes Loccenius. Johan Bure also discusses this power struggle and it is mentioned in all the chronicles available to his contemporaries. Today, there are only a few places in the chronicles that address this historical power struggle and clashes between the Empire and the League of Nations.

Fålebro is the name of the bridge over the river Sävjaån in the parish of Denmark in Uppland. Today it is called Fårebro and was pronounced with å. The place was named after Fåle Bure land judge who is mentioned in various chronicles. The original Erikskrönika does not exist, the older sections from Erik the Saint's time are gone. Fortunately, other chronicles such as the Cronologica Vetus deals with the battle of 1205 in Älgarås, and the Sigtuna annals deal with the battle of 1208 at Lena and the Manx Chronicle mentions the chief writer from Jämtland, Östman Guttormsson and the country magistrate Fåle Bure's help in 1156 to win the crown for Erik the Holy. Danish-Swedish annals from 916-1263. Here is the oldest the annals of the Battle of Gestilren in 1210.

The chronicles of Johannes Magnus and Ericus Olai, tell of the Bure' did in the battle of Fålebro over the river Sävjaån in the parish of Denmark in Uppland. Fåle Bure was chief magistrate for Greater Hälsingland, which at that time included Jämtland, Medelpad, Ångermanland and Hälsingland (Source: Johannes Magnus chapter 12).

"His father's father (grandfather) may have been called Fale the elder or the old man in Byrestad, chief of the Hellenes who avenged the death of St. Erik. He was beaten to death at Fålebro, which is where he got his name. May 18, 1161, occisus Sanctus Ericus." (Source: Johan Bure's family book in autograph, fol. 139v, [p. 67] fol.140r [p. 68], Finnish National Archives, Armfeltska arkivet III:14-15.)

The noble King Erik IX suffered an ignominious death at Uppsala on May 18, 1160 by the royal assassin, the Danish prince Magnus Henriksson. Led by Fåle i Byrestad or Fåle Bure, he, the Hälsinglanders and the Norrlanders (Hälsingland, Medelpad, Ångermanland, Jämtland) thus raised a large army, marched to Uppland and there, outside Uppsala, defeated King Erik's murderer in a battle on May 16, 1161 at Fålebro, near Uppsala, which is said to have been named after the leader. Fåle fought bravely among the foremost in this cruel battle. He fell gloriously not far from the bridge named after him, Fålebro. He is said to have exclaimed in the death struggle itself:

"I have lived enough, for I die undefeated". Magnus Henriksson's Danes and Sverker and his allies had so much manpower that they could hardly find a messenger to tell them about the defeat of Denmark.

When Fåle Bure thus avenged the soul of the pious king Erik IX, Fåle died, but the honor of his virtue lives on. With his armed hand he raised the freedom of the fatherland and the authority of Karl Sverkersson, with the same hand that he raised this honorable trophy of victory and against all enemies he erected a memorial, and he is immortalized in the chronicles, Herse Bure the only son of the praised hero, whose name thanks to the chronicles has come to our knowledge. (Source: Prosten Olof Broman Extract from his masterpiece Glysisvallur and other writings concerning Hälsingland, part 3, Uppsala 1953.)

Härse hin elder in Byrestad. (Source: Johan Bure's family book by his own hand (1613), p. 129v-130, [246r] Finnish National Archives, Armfeltska arkivet III:14-15).

Härse is probably the Härse who died at Almarestäket in 1187 together with Jon Edvardsson and is mentioned. (Source: Erik's chronicle (original version) interpreted by professor and historiographer Johannes Loccenius, who wrote in Latin "Svensk historia från år 1654".

When Fåle Bure thus avenged the soul of the pious King Erik IX, Fåle died, but the honor of his virtue lives on. With his armed hand he raised the freedom of the fatherland and the authority of Karl Sverkersson, with the same hand that he raised this honorable trophy of victory and against all enemies, he erected a memorial, and he is immortalized in the chronicles. Härse, the only son of the praised hero, whose name thanks to the chronicles has come to our knowledge.(Sources: 1.) Nils Casström's doctoral thesis in 1746.

2.) Olaus Petri, A Swedish Chronicle, )

The battle at Lena in 1208 is mentioned in the Sigtuna annals: "There was a war on February 5, 1208. There was a battle in Lena where Ebbe and Lars Suneson clashed with the most renowned soldiers of Denmark and Valdemar Sej (the victor). King Sverker fled after the Danish defeat, and the remnants of the Danish army fled with great shame."

Danish-Swedish annals 916-1263: This is the oldest annal note on Gestilren. These annals would have been written in Lund by the Dominicans no later than 1254, which makes the information fairly up-to-date for the first part of the 13th century. It is believed that the manuscript then came to Sweden. In Sweden, the five youngest notes, which relate to the years 1255-1263, have been added sometime after 1263:

"1210. The battle of Gestilren on July 18, where King Sverker and Earl Folke fell'.

In the King's Chronicle of Västgötalagen it says about Sverker the younger "that the People's Kings killed Sverker in Gestilren in 1210", similar to the length of the Västergötland lawman, an addition that was linked to the older Västgötland law around 1325 by the so-called Vidhem priest.

Fale hin Unge also mentioned in Johan Bure's family book. Extract from the family book:

"Fale hin unge was a "Wijdhfäring", and when he served in King Knut Eriksson's court, King Sverker made war on King Knut's sons and had them slain. Then Fale fled with King Knut's son Duke Erik, first home to Byrestad and then to Norway where he provided him with a war army, to claim his father's kingdom again and take revenge." (Source: Johan Bure's family book in autograph, page 132, page 133).

".the death of his brothers. As soon as he came in over the mountains, Fale traveled all of Jämtland, Hälsingland, Medelpad and as much of Ångermanland as is in Strinna, and went south and warred with King Sverker which happened at Lena in 1208 as the verses read: "Anno milleno, 4 bis, duo cente no pleno Bellum Sverconis Stetit in Festo

Gereonis Contigit in Lenum two Danske lupo for one of Svenskom Svenom togo dorsum verbere plenum." For the Danes helped King Sverker against King Erik, Johannes Magnus writes that Sverker was beaten" (Source: Johan Bure's family book in autograph, p. 134, fol. 137r.).

".when on his second journey: 1210 he fought against the Swedish nobles, at Gestilbro. (Gestilren.) When Erik Knutsson had come to the kingdom, he made Fale hin Unge a lord and improved his nobility, giving him an armed arm as a shield, because he had carried him on his arm away from danger, and on his helmet two Norwegian axes, because he had begun to take the kingdom with Norwegian men, so that he became king. Then King Erik gave him all of Medelpad and a part of Ångermanland and Jämtland as a gift." (Source: Johan Bure's autograph family book, fol. 137v, fol. 138.)

"His gravestone lies in Skön's cemetery, and with the coat of arms carved on it. The same coat of arms was painted with gold and fine colors and hung on the church wall there. And did he himself or Herse in Bure, his son, as some believe, write the chronicle that was stored in Skön's church and contained what had happened in Fales' time (etc.)." (Source: Johan Bure's family book in autograph, fol. 138v, fol. 139r.)

"Fale's stone is so set with five crosses, the shield is almost five-sided, so is the helmet". "His father's father (grandfather) was called Fale the elder or the old man in Byrestad, chief of the Hellenes who avenged the death of St. Erik. He was beaten at Falebro, the place that got its name. 1161 May 18 occisus Sanctus Ericus" (Source: Johan Bure's autograph family book, fol. 139v, fol. 140 r.).

Fale Bure, Kistlock (tombstone) of white marble-like stone can be found in Skön's church. Today it is on the wall on the left side at the entrance to the church hall. It is described as having a frieze around its outer edge and circles in all four corners. There are Maltese crosses on the stone and another cross and within this a wide circle depicting a coat of arms, a coat of arms which has always been called the Bure coat of arms. It represents an armed curved arm and above it a pair of crossed cars. The parish of Skön placed the described coat of arms as its parish seal (Source: Säbråboken p. 80-84).

Johan Bure states that it is Fale hin Unge, who died in the Battle of Gestilren in 1210, for whom the tomb is made. "Fale's stone is so set with five crosses. The shield is almost five-sided, so is the helmet"..." (Source: Johan Bure's family book by his own hand (1613), pp. 139-140, Finnish National Archives, Armfeltska arkivet III:14-15).

"His paternal father (grandfather) may have been called Fale the Elder or the old man of Byrestad, chieftain of the Hellenes who avenged the death of St. Eric, was beaten at Falebro which is where he got his name. 18 May 1161 occisus Sanctus Ericus." (Source: Johan Bure's family book by his own hand (1613), pages 139-140, Finnish National Archives, Armfeltska arkivet III:14-15).

Johan Bure has dated this tombstone to the beginning of the 13th century in his family book. What would be worth a lot for us descendants is if you could, with modern technology, scan the tombstone and somehow get it dated.

The door of the old medieval church in Skön is said to have originated from "Bure Slott", i.e. the beginning of the 13th century (Source: Hembygdsforskaren Reinhold Olsson).

In addition to this, Skön church has a baptismal font from the early 13th century.

After the Battle of Gestilren in 1210, King Eric made Fale hin Unge a lord and enhanced his nobility, giving him an armed arm as a shield.

What nobility was improved? His father Härse had a ram on his coat of arms. Were his ancestors possibly connected to the old Norwegian Bagge family?

Johan Bure's memorial stone erected at Uppsala Cathedral.

What can be summarized in this chapter on the older ranks of the Bureät from the middle of the 12th to the beginning of the 13th century is that these legends, passed down from generation to generation, have indeed been kept alive. It is then difficult to discern the truth about the involvement of these Fale and Herse in these historical battles. But it is clear that with today's technology we would be able to determine whether the Fale's tombstone is from the 13th century. That would be strong evidence for the truth of the legends. I believe that if we were to find the coat of arms and the chronicle that

disappeared from Åby church where Johan Siggesson had left them when he became governor of Kalmar Castle in 1572.

He was then officially knighted for his efforts as a colonel in the Seven Years' War and received the shield badge. He also received "Half a horse with a lance through the neck and a flag on the lance" with the noble name Johan Siggeson to Svartingetorp on September 25, 1572 and his shield letter, issued by King Johan III. (Sources: ÄSF1:3, p.308, Table.20. The shield letter is found in the Bergshammar collection on September 25, 1572 dnr: 42-2005/3570).

The coat of arms and the chronicle were in Åby church from at least the 1570s until 1611, when they may have disappeared during the Kalmar War, known as the Swedish-Danish War, which lasted from 1611 to 1613 and was mainly fought in and around Kalmar. In accordance with the so-called Dutch way of war from the 16th century, the battle was largely about taking and defending fixed locations.

There had been Danish provocations for several years. Duke Charles had already responded to a Danish attack while in Estonia in 1601, and Charles IX had applied to the Riksdag in 1609 for grants from the nobility for the wars against Poland and Russia and the expected war against Denmark.

At the Parliament in Örebro in 1610, war was considered inevitable. At a Danish Lord's Day in February 1611, Christian IV succeeded in obtaining a decision for war against Sweden, and on April 4 the declaration of war was issued, which Charles IX received in Örebro. On May 3, 1611, under Christian IV's own command, the Danes began a siege of Kalmar and on May 27 took the city by storm. The castle was surrendered on August 3 without a fight by the chieftain Christer Somme.

King Charles IX was forced to retreat to Ryssby, 20 km north of Kalmar. There, on August 22, he repelled an attack by King Christian, when Öland and Borgholm fell into Danish hands, but was recaptured on October 7 by Gustaf Adolf, after which warfare in these areas ceased for the year. In 1612, nothing happened on the Kalmar side other than the reconquest of Öland by the Danes. It is most likely that the chronicle and the coat of arms disappeared and that Åby church was also plundered and perhaps even burned during the Kalmar War. But if the chronicle or the coat of arms were to be found, then we have certain proof of the From a collection of unspecified spurs owned by the state since the 17th century, it has been possible to identify one, thanks to its depiction in a book from 1710. The spore was found in 1648 in the soil near Fålebro, just south of Uppsala.

A spur from Fålebro

In the museum's handwritten catalog from the 19th century, inventory no. 322 states: "Twenty-three spurs, some in pairs, some without; most with written numbers." Older inventory lists show that the spurs were previously part of the collection of the College of Antiquities and since 1693 in the collections of the Archives of Antiquities.

Nothing is known about where the spurs come from or how they ended up in the collections, except for one, which for that reason has been given sub-number 1. This spur, which is an almost complete left-handed iron spur, has been identified thanks to its depiction in the 18th century in Johan Peringskiöld's book on ancient monuments in Sweden.

In Part I, about Uppland, on page 294 we can read: "Fårebro sporre Em mellem Danmarks kyrka och Fårebro / haver en dikare år 1648.

in the earth found a spur / which now at about 550 years old / as a witness from the time / that the battle was held between the Swedish and Danish / is kept in the Royal Antiquities Archive, of the attached reputation and size / holding eight inches in length in total: Should someone curious want to ask whether a Swedish or Danish knight wore this spur? one could answer him that it seems likely. The spore maker is said to have lived in the kingdom of Denmark where the same master made several such and especially such a spore which is found there underground and Olaus Wormius in its, Danish monument book inserted page. 50. under the letter E. drawn."

The condition of the track today: Is somewhat patinated but intact and surprisingly preserved. Inventory no: 322:1. Photo: Christer Åhlin/SHM

The legend of Fåle Bure: If you count back 550 years from the time Peringskiöld wrote his text, you end up in the middle of the 12th century, and Peringskiöld is probably referring to the battles that took place in 1161 between Swedes and Danes in Fålebro, Uppland.

It was a feud that followed the death of Erik the Saint and the accession of Magnus Henriksson the previous year. Around this battle there is a legend that tells of Fale Bure from Hälsingland, who, with a large group of Hälsinglanders, took part in King Erik the king had been captured and beheaded in Östra Aros, now Uppsala, by the Danish pretender to the throne, Magnus Henriksson, Fåle Bure and his heathens marched down from Hälsingland and defeated Magnus in a battle at what is now Denmark's church in 1161.

The spur as depicted (upside down) in Johan Peringskiöld's Monumenta Uplandica I, 1710, page 295. So much for Peringskiöld.

New dating shows that the spur is from the late 14th century or early 15th century. Peringskiöld dated it to this time, but it was more through the connection to the battle of 1161 than through an actual dating. There are at least three things about the spurs that make it necessary to exclude the 1160s and rather place it closer to the 15th century: The starburst. The oldest spurs had a short spike. With time, the armor of the riders increased and the armor decreased the mobility and therefore the spur shaft was made longer. The High Middle Ages saw the introduction of movable pulleys, which were often star-shaped and fitted at the end of the shaft instead of a fixed point. The sharply curved handles. Originally, spurs had straight handles. During a period at the end of the early Middle Ages, the shanks began to curve in a U-shape around the ankles, bringing the spur shaft further up the heel. The double strap loops. The oldest spurs had a rivet plate or a single hole into which the strap sat directly. By the late Middle Ages, these had evolved so that articulated metal strap mounts sat in double holes

Johan Peringskiöld was wrong in his dating of the spur and it can therefore not be linked to any feud between Swedes and Danes in 1161. But the detailed depiction of the spur in his book has made it possible to distinguish it among many others and link it to a place. (Månadens föremål, June 2006, By Ronnie Carlsson.) Here Ronnie Carlsson is quite right Peringsköld related to the wrong battle and to the wrong person, i.e. "Fale" and the battle held in 1363 at

Denmark's church on the Uppsala plain (Source: SDHK-8252).

All the evidence in this chapter shows that the legends have some truth to them. But it also shows that there is a gap after the first four generations ending with Fale hin Unge, who died after 1210 and his son Härse Falesson in Selånger who lived in the 1250s.

There is a gap of one hundred

years! Johan Bure family tree:

Fale death 1363

hare

Olof

Otherwise

Jacob

Moses

(Source: Johan Bure's family book in autograph, fol.129[fol.245r] Johan Bure's family book by his own hand (1613), pp. 128-129, Finnish National Archives, Armfeltska arkivet III:14-15).

Chapter 3: The noble family of Bure No 126

TABLE 1

Laurentius Svenonis (Lars Svensson) Vicar of Säbrå in the years 1543-1572. The first mentioned ancestor of this noble Bura estate is said to have been born in 1507 and the third son of the chief of Medelpad, Sven Pedersson and Margareta Boosdotter from Hälsingland. In his youth, he is said to have stayed in Bura monastery, where he was taught to read by his relative, the last abbot, Jonas Olsson Bure, and became accustomed to monastic life. From there he came to the Franciscans in Uppsala and became an altarist in the cathedral, deinde præbendam animarum administrandam suscepit. At the beginning of the Reformation he went to Stockholm and became a disciple of Olai Petri. He was then sent to Norrland to promote the introduction of the new church order. In 1543 he became vicar of Säbrå, but declined the offer of Archbishop Lars to accept the position of provost of Ångermanland. From 1543, he leases some of the old church lands in Säbrå, which had been confiscated by the Crown. At the County Council in Bjärtrå October 29. 1568 he and other Ångermanland pastors made a declaration of allegiance to King Johan III. He first raised his sons at home. He then sent them to Gävle School and finally to Uppsala. The tithe lists for the year 1572 are the last witnessed by Laurentius Svenonis, but it is said that he did not die until 1579. Married in 1541 to Margareta Engelbertsdotter Janzonia. Children: Sven became in the military with his father's consent and made under his uncle Jonas Bure beautiful prof, "donec eum suum in censum libitina referret"; Engelbertus born in 1542 vicar of Säbrå, Härnösand, Själevad and lastly in Luleå; Petrus, "urgente aliquo naturæ vitio", became a trader; Johannes born in 1548 vicar of Säbrå. no.6(Source: Härnösands stift herdaminne by Leonard Bygdén, part IV, page 94).

Lars was married to Elisabet and they had sons:

Engelbert Laurentii born 1542 (See Table 3)

Johannes Laurentti born 1548 died 1603 (See Table 2)

TABLE 2

Johannes Laurentii (Bureus) son of Laurentii Svenonis, born January 24, 1548 in Säbrå parish. Docent at Gävle school in 1570, curate first in Säbrå then in Själevad parish, vicar of Själevad parish in Härnösand diocese in 1588, by exchange with his brother Engelbert. Signed the Uppsala meeting decision in 1593, died on 26 Apr. 1603, and was buried the same year in Säbrå church in the middle of the altar. Married in 1582 to Kerstin Zynthia, daughter of Henricus Edvardi Zynthus, vicar no. 22 Nyköping, Östra (Source: Strängnäs stift Herdaminne Part II p. 293-294 by K A. Hagström).

Herr Johannes Laurentii (Hans Bure) was a teacher, priest, chaplain, deputy vicar, vicar. Born 24 Jan 1548 in Säbrå prästgård, Säbrå parish, died 26 Jan 1603 in Säbrå prästgård, Säbrå parish. Married 1582 the first time in Säbrå to Kerstin Henricsdotter Zynthia daughter of Henricus Edvardi Zynthius Churchwarden no.22 in Nicolai pastorate in Nyköping during the years 1602-1603. Married the second time around 1595 with Anna Segersdotter, daughter of knapen Seger Olofsson in Nänsjö, of the same family as the noble family Ehrenclo and Gertrud Ulf. The marriage was childless but she was stepmother to five underage children and in her second marriage in 1608 to the vicar of Nordingrå Olaus Martini they had the daughter Anna in 1609 (Source: Adelsätten Bure no.126 table no 2.).

Son: Jacobus Johannis Zebråzynthius born Nov 17, 1572 in Säbrå rectory. Bishop of Strängnäs in 1639. Married 1614 Catharina Nilsdotter born 1595 in Uppsala and died 1681, daughter of Archbishop Nicolaus Olai Bothniensius and Elisabet Grubb.

Children: Nils Burensköld, formerly Nils Bureus, born 1625 in Stockholm, died 1669 or 1681 in Norrköping, was a Swedish lawyer, president and county governor. Nils Burensköld was married to Eva Ulfvenklou, with whom he had a son Jacob Burensköld. He died in Norrköping and was buried in Norrköping's large church.

TABLE 3

Engelbert Larsson (Bureus, son of Laurentti Svenonis), born i n Säbrå in 1542 and died in Nederluleå in 1621. He was vicar in Säbrå in 1573-1586, in Härnösand in 1586-1589.

Married in 1570 to Elisabeth Andersdotter Burea born 1549 in Kåge, Skellefteå and died 1597 in Själevad. She was the daughter of the provost and vicar of Skellefteå, Andreas Olai who brought Lutheranism to that parish, and his wife Anna Andersdotter Burea and belonged to the Burea family.

They had the following sons: 1. Andreas Engelbertsson Bureus, ennobled Bure in 1624, born in 1571, and died in 1646. (See Tab. 4) 2. Jonas Engelbertsson Bureus, ennobled Bure nr.126 in 1624, born in 1575 and died in 1655. (See Tab.13) 3. Olof Engelbertsson Bureus, ennobled Bure nr. 126 in 1621, born in 1578 and died in 1655. (See Tab. 21)

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Andreas Engelbertsson knighted Bure on May 10, 1624, to Norrby in Husby-Långhundra parish. He was a royal war councilor and secretary. Mathematician and cartographer. Born in Säbrå vicarage in

Ångermanland. Died 14 Aug. 1571. Anders Bure belonged to the chancellery first as chancellor and after 1618 as secretary. In 1634, he was sent to Russia as a member of the Norrköping Great Church, The Extraordinary Mission to notify Queen Kristina.

ascension to the throne and also to look after some important interests.

In 1640 he was appointed assessor in the War College. As early as 1603, Carl IX had appointed him as governor of the surveyor's office,

>>All geographical measurements and drawings made by the surveyors in the countryside were to be sent to Bure, who was to use them to draw up a general map of the kingdom. Bure himself traveled about, making astronomical and geographical observations.