Eystein, a son of Erlend Himaide, was selected to be archbishop, after
Archbishop Jon's death; and he was consecrated the same year King Inge
was killed. Now when Archbishop Eystein came to his see, he made himself
beloved by all the country, as an excellent active man of high birth.
The Throndhjem people, in particular, received him with pleasure; for
most of the great people in the Throndhjem district were connected with
the archbishop by relationship or other connection, and all were his
friends. The archbishop brought forward a request to the bondes in a
speech, in which he set forth the great want of money for the see, and
also how much greater improvement of the revenues would be necessary
to maintain it suitably, as it was now of much more importance than
formerly when the bishop's see was first established. He requested of
the bondes that they should give him, for determining law-suits, an ore
of silver value, instead of what they had before paid, which was an ore
of judgment money, of that kind which was paid to the king in judging
cases; and the difference between the two kinds of ore was, that the
ore he desired was a half greater than the other. By help of the
archbishop's relations and friends, and his own activity, this was
carried; and it was fixed by law in all the Throndhjem district, and in
all the districts belonging to his archbishopric.