This letter is done by Sten Sture, regent of Sweden, for Lasse Halvordsson 22 August 1482. The letter is written on parchment, with a small (and quite crude) illumination in the initial. The arms are painted in a square in the middle of the document and the text flows around the square. A large seal hangs from the upturned lower edge of the parchment. Of note is that this letter specifies who had requested the elevation.
Markland, öresland, and penningland refer to the size of the estates; they are taxed to one mark, öre, or penny respectively. One mark (half a pound of silver) is eight öre, one öre is three örtug, one örtug is eight pennies.
Jak Sten sture i gripsholm Ridder Swerigis forstandere Gör vitterligit at jak haffuer epffter mene rikensens radtz fulbordt och Samtyckiö swa och for erlig och welbyrdugh mantz Arwit troles kerlige bön villiä och begär Skuld vnt och giffit och meth thetta mit opne breff vnar och gifuer Thenne brefuisere lasse halwordsson och hans echtä barn och rettä aff födhä friihet och frelssä Som andra riddere oc Svennä i rikit haffuä ps thenne epterscreffne gardhä oc jordhär som är two gardhä i rampsta i mark land jordh iiij örtugsland i akernä item ij pen|ningeland i hemlighä/Item i örtugsland i ness Item sex penningeland i hitzä i flode sokn i vpvndhä heret Item xj peninge land jord i westerrek i öybo sokn i skelby til Ewig tidh swa och pa all the godtz som han och hans forrörde ecte barn och affödhä herepter rettelige afflä eller köpä kunno undan tagennä alle Crononäs Skatgildhä jordh pa landh oc i köp-städher och haffuer jak vnt och giffuit honum til wapn och hielmtekn een swart Swalä vtinnen ith röt fiäld och pa hielmen halffdelen aff it blat leon epffter thij som thet her i breffuit malit Stadher Til tess ydhermere incegelle nethen widh thetta breff Som giffuit och Screffuit är i calmarnä odensdagen nest epter assumpcionis marie virginis anno etc:ra lxxx Secundo.
I Sten Sture in gripsholm Knight and regent of Sweden make it known that I have with full consent of mine advisors of the realm so also because of the dear request and will of the honest and well-born man Arwit trole given and with this open letter gives Lasse Halvordsson and his legitimate children freedom and tax exemption as other knights and squires of the realm have on these listed estates that are two farms in Rampsta i mark land iiij örtugsland in Akernä item ij penning land in Hemlighä Item i örtugsland in Ness item six penningsland in Hitzä in Flode parish in Uppunda hundred Item xj peninge land in Westerrek in Öybo parish in Skelby for eternity so also on all the estates that he and his aforementioned legitimate children hereafter may multiply or buy except for all the crowns taxed land in the country or in market towns and have I also given him for arms and crest a black swallow in a red field and on the helmet half of a blue lion after how it in this letter painted stand To its further seal below this letter that is given and written in Calmar the wednesday next after assumpcionis marie virginis anno etc:ra lxxx Secundo.
We [names], King and Queen of Drachenwald, with consent of our advisors and due to the will and request of our honest subjects, do hereby give [name] with this open letter Freedom and Exemption from Tax and Dues, like all other noble men and women in our lands, on all the estates that he owns and may receive as gifts or by purchase, with the exception of Crown lands and towns, and also award unto him the Right to Bear Arms, that are [blazon] as can be seen in this letter. To further confirmation and better evidence we put our names and our seals below this letter that is given and written in [place] [date]