a safe haven in the shadow of war? – mia korpiola 67 of the “learned and honest men experienced in law” (Lärde och Laghfarne ährlige Män). In addition to these royal judge-assignees and assessors, the Ordinance only mentioned the king’s “Advocat Fiscal,” or crown prosecutor, who answered for the revision of the court records of the lower courts.158 By 19 and 20 May 1614, most judges and officials of the court had been sworn in even if no oaths for them, or the auxiliary officials and staff of the court, had officially been confirmed. Both the oath formulas of the judges and officials as well as the officials themselves were regulated in the Trial Statute, confirmed by King Gustav Adolf on 23 June 1615.159 The Statute also prescribed that the Court of Appeal was to have “a learned, experienced and trustworthy secretary, notaries and some honest […] clerks to help and assist the above-mentioned secretary.”160 Such auxiliary staff had already started their work in May 1614 at the establishment of the court as a matter of fact even without normative support. In addition to senior officials and clerks, there were also other members of staff, such as the court couriers (Hoffrätz Post or Rättegångs Post) carrying the post and occasionally even accompanying cited people from and to the Court.161 However, Vice-president Olof Stråle [af Ekna] (1578 – 1648) only swore his oath on 16 September 1614, while Karl Olofsson [Rosing], the Crown Prosecutor (Advocat Fiscal), was only sworn in on 30 September 1614.162 Another matter left unresolved and unregulated after the 1614 Ordinance in February was the upkeep, expenses and salaries of the judges and staff during the law terms and the small number of judges and staff forced to remain on call in Stockholm outside the two annual law terms. After the first law term of the Court of Appeal had ended, the court approached the king respectfully regarding these and some other unresolved issues on 28 June 1614. The court requested that the king issue a statute on the upkeep of the judges and staff (låthe göra en förordning om deres Vnderholdh).163 158 Rättegångs-Ordinantie (1614), inKongl. stadgar, ed. Schmedeman, pp. 137 and 139. 159 Rättegångs-Process, 23 June 1615, Kongl. stadgar, ed. Schmedeman, pp. 146-147, 150. 160 Rättegångs-Process, 23 June 1615, Kongl. stadgar, ed. Schmedeman, p. 150: “en Lärd, förfaren och trowärdig Secreterare, Notariis, såsom ock någre redelige Rättegångz- och HandlingzSkrifware, förb:te Secreterare til hielp och bijstånd.” 161 RA, SHA, B I a:1, 6 Sept. 1614, fol. 38r and 14.9.1614, fol. 39v. 162 RA, SHA, A I a 1:1, 16 and 30 Sept. 1614, fols. 92v and 106v; Rättegångs-Process, 23 June 1615, Kongl. stadgar, ed. Schmedeman, p. 152. On Stråhle, see Danielsson, Peter 20072011, and on Karl Olofsson, see Anjou, A. 1899 p. 75. 163 RA, SHA, B I a:1, 28 June 1614, fols. 15v-16v.
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