tW kobfeure aod fifitle known*! w&m die, origin thrall the ancient
and noble families itfc, Norw«y>; i I fiialj give m. afecfeißsfc df
thefe, as far as their names and actions ate recorded, »eidier isn
chronicles, ancient writings/ patents,y.&c. .1 -fcave given näyfi||
feme trouble to pick: out thofe, thf-t hy fgj$g exammation* "are
fouadto be what we caft. Giaavr, or good ancient nobility, whkJb
are. now extend!, or degenerated to peasants. The names, ofthefe
families are as follow t
Afeeleye, Älfsfon, Arildfon, Aflakffen, Auftrat, Baad, Baasrdfe
fen, Bakke, Bilt, Bing, Bfomfo®, Bük, Bolt/ Bös, Brat, Brim
ften, Brafe, Budde, Darre, Doka, Drotning, Dufa, BgiHSbn,
Bndritffon, Erikffen, Erlingfion, Findflbn, Flida, Frille, Gaas,
GaMe or Galle, Gakung, Gifke or Gifkioj Giordflbn, Green/
Ckiis/ Grot/ Guldbrandffon, Gunmrf&n, Gulfko, Gyldenhom,
Hak, Halvorflbn, Haraldfibn, Hieme, Jonfibn, Kakall, Kalis,
Kane, Kold, Koppe, Kraekidans, Kroko, Krukow,. Kyr, Lauden,
Lep, Liodhom, Liear, Medalby, Mok, Nelflbn, , OrfflfffQn,j Omp
ing, Otteflbn, Pederflbn, Philipffon, Plit, Raudi or Rod, Remp,
Ro, Sigvortfon, Skaktavd, Skancke, Skialdarbrand, Skreiding,
Safer; Staffenffon, Stenveg, Steiper,- Europe, Svarte, .Sabiom/
Söllerfibn, Teift, Tordflon, Torgerflon, Torp, Torftenfion, Ya-
gakal, Verdal, . Vikingflbn, and perhaps many more that I have
not been, able to find out,'
Since the time of Friderie I, when the old Norwegian nobility,
according to Huitfeld’s account, ufedi to be ,called away, many
Danifh families, on account of civil employments, places in *$0
army, and other occafidns, were feat to Norway, thp’ very few
of them are left ; and to that elafs belong the following families*
Bagger, Benkeftokker, Bielker, Bilder, Brokemhufer,. -Frifer, Molker,
Höger, Huitfelder, Jemsksegger, Krabber, Krager, Krufer£
Lindenover, Lunger, Lyftruper, Rofenkrantzer, Seheftcder,^Tottd',
Walkendorfer, Uggeruper. Of the nobility of other countries,
efptcially Germans, French, and Scotch, there are feme come in,
add feme ftill refide there, as Ahnen, Barklay, Butler, Gicignon,
Cpucheron, Crequi, Cromarti* Ferry, Flemniing, Klefnov, Laut-
zou, Lutzov, MarfchaU, Movat, Often, Reichwein, Richelieu,
Schak, Saicler, Storm, Wedel.
And fince the fovereignty of Denmark, feme Norwegian families,
by- his majefty’s; favour, have been railed to the dignity;
$ I | j . ' and
^and-ire Adefeer, ftfifeëróiie*; Blixenfkfeld, Hulmand, Knagen-
Lillienpalrfi^*tillierifkiold, LÖvedttdm, Loventóold, Ld-
venftierne, Rofénótohe, Stockfleth, Svanenhielhl, Suridt,- Torden-
notSa rfidv'tMd,s*$ü€ ■ received' anno f 7
Tdfifeerg, Wasrhefkiold, Wdfibl, TMchfdal.'
-> As for the firft-mehtioïïtf'ÉlGte^^ feme óf
■ thotfgh rifeft of them -have tteguir tokiive like otheF peafents, as
tè drefs,: diet, arid] appearance, yet they carëfülly pick Up all ■
the inteHSgerice kheyican get by tradition, &ci of- iheir pedigree,
and publiih I f *. 1 Thiis they !particüldrly' ckfat feme of their funerals;
for the^Whé!G’|)!ëdigr©è is generally traded in their funeral
Termons. - And! tj|e- efeutcheons are preserved in feme’1 of their
iöïtrkr
feld^fafoiphed'rVsiirid^ys,'' the;panBs *of .glafirc! are ftati^H ,'With-fhèfr
-boats Sifearriis; w^iefi. isJ'fc^t:d5friil mdnumjeiit fofc
dn another place L have, obfervèd there are many peafattts, that-by
M p p .be ,defccndal from noble fetnilk», - arid - éven
whofaróïcatofoffo^anymgtheir c'hit-
dren to theih éqitóls itt; Birth anid'blóal F*
S s j ; c T.’’ j v i.
Exelufive dffhèfe foihies,iedery freeholder in Norway has Vanity ^ right of
enough to think- himfelf: as good as noble by Odel, dr 'light ^ ,freeho!ders-
inheritance. ^Tjtöibïkd^&fïtt-hawi^:■ fionï'.'tife^feamtt3ayöi^|. the
Jus primogexiiturse united with the Jus rélüitiohis,. or the right
of primogeniture; and .power of. redemption, #hich in thfs country
has always taken place;'
'] There are 'feveral peafants wKo 'now mhabit- the hoüfe, which
-they can make appear their anGeftors pofièflèdv>and folabftëd-for
three or four hundred years before them. Acdótdihg "tq^the
Norwegian-liw (which in this, and other points, greatly differs
1 * In dve year 1 vi.jv.wheti^aoo NDrwegianTpltiiers-wereAent, tö' D&iFark. 'G'e,
ner^l Bifdde, cöloifèPoF k Trohlieim regirtiént, tol4.tKe
'mand, that in His battalfion he had 1twö'COTin‘try-ïellOws] t]'iat ■ Wfetfe defëendM' frorA
'phè of the^anaHnt NóiFégFa;n'dtings'.; T h ^ l ir a s
them' fo remarkably that yoür'Exc'élïéiicé ‘ca:n. find them YThe gëne^
tried the experiment, and difeoyered’ 'the1 two' fellows amoitgfi feVefèi rimnctreès.
:Önè of them died a lferJe^^TOfe^^|'èSB§èri4^w 'Zj
-[- Of the; privilege granted TOrofi^ ^
feè:thé .Dahlfh Magazine,'
1648, ibid. :p.' g68.
; P art II. 4. E "from