from well-travelled – marianne vasara-aaltonen 321 tablished. The careers of the first and second class judges are still very similar to the founding year, but there are no longer memberships of extraordinary courts in previous careers – probably because there had already long been a court of appeal taking care of these cases. The career backgrounds of the second class judges had not changed much either. The only difference is that now a majority of them had also been involved in diplomatic tasks or had accompanied the king on his trips abroad. Among the second class judges, Schering Rosenhane, for instance, later took part in the peace negotiations of Westphalia in Münster. Again, the third class comprises men with backgrounds from the town judiciary, state service or the university, for instance.947 Moving forward another twenty years to 1654, some slight changes in the careers of the judges may be observed. Although we still find that the path to an assessorate was that of administrative positions such as governor, one can also see some seeds of juridification in their careers. Seved Bååt (1615 –1669) exemplifies the judicial side intertwining with the traditional administrative career path. Bååt had been Councillor of the Treasury (kammarråd) and district court judge. He attended the diet in 1642 – 1644 before becoming Councillor of the Realm. He also took part in the demarcation between Halland and Skåne in 1646. During his career, he was president of the Board of Mining (Bergskollegiet), the Board of Commerce and the Treasury, all tasks involving judicial decision-making. He was also a member of the law committee and later president of the Svea Court of Appeal, among other things. One year before his death he was appointed one of Karl XI’s guardians and chancellor of the University of Dorpat.948 Johan Gyllenstierna’s career was more judicial. After his start as vice president and assessor of the first class at the Svea Court of Appeal, he was appointed president of the tribunal of Wismar in 1662, president of the Dorpat Court of Appeal in 1664 and of the Svea Court of Appeal in 1668. He was also president of the committee (deputation) which had been established to improve the law. The second class assessors show very similar career paths to the first class assessors, but only one of the eight judges had been involved in diplomacy. Five of the eight assessors in this class were not hereditary noblemen but were ennobled during their careers, thus 947 Anjou, A. 1899 p. 60 and passim. 948 Anjou, A. 1899 p. 4 and passim.
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