Per Månsson Kryp

<p>Per Per Carlzon, 2/21/2013:</p><p><p>Peder [Månsson] Kryp was born around 1595 and a farmer from 1616 in Karsbo. The village was situated at the Danish border. Kryp had experienced war as a teenager. A few of his relatives had served in the armed forces. When he died - in 1682 - the priest called him "danneman" (farmer or even ‘man of honor’). In 1626 Peder Kryp owned 2 old mares, 2 young mares, 2 oxen, 9 cows, 9 steers, 6 heifers, 25 sheep and 3 pigs. His brother, Bonde, also freely or was forced to join the army. Between 1626 and 1631 he served in colonel Patrik Ruthwen’s company. His company fought in the battles of Mewe 1626 and Dirschau 1627 etc. Ruthwen had alcohol problems and was called Redwine. He was rather despised and some of his soldiers even planned to kill him. Another ancestor, Olof Bondesson, Magdegärde, served in this company (at least 1630 and 1631). If you search for Patrik Ruthwen you can find more information about the company where our ancestors served in. Both Olof Bondesson and Bonde Kryp survived the war or wars.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>In 1682 the priest Johan Wallerman writes about our ancestor Peder Månsson Kryp: </p><p><p></p></p><p><p>"On January 8th Peder Månsson Kryp in Karsbo was buried, who also had been a wise and polite natured man of honor in all these live-days."</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Wallerman calls Kryp "danneman." It was an honorary title. The word has several meanings; excellent, capable, upright, honest, integrity and esteemed. In other words Peder Kryp was a good example of how a man would be and behave and a model. </p><p><p></p></p><p><p>You should keep in mind that in Torsås Death Books far from everyone received a comment. Peder Kryp belonged to the minority who got a comment and a positive one too. He must apparently have lived an extraordinary life. At least if you trust Wallerman’s words. Part of the explanation could be that he seems to have avoided having trouble with the law and supported Wallerman being selected to the priesthood a couple of years before.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>"Devise after diseased Per Månsson Kryp in Karsboda." 1 daler (the amount of money that was given by the family as a devise to the church). It was common practise - back then - to give money to the church when someone in the family had died. Peder Månsson Kryp belonged to the Kryp family who could be traced back to the village Karsbo at least back to 1535 and Peder's great grandfather, Måns Olsson Kryp, born approximately 1500-1510. He was born Catholic and died Protestant. Sweden switched religious direction when he grew up. Karsbo was a border village to Denmark. Danish troops burned down Måns Olsson Kryp's farm in 1564. It seems like the whole village was burned down at the same time. In 1565 Måns Kryp's farm has - in the document - the word "burned." But he manage to recover from the wounds and was able to get the farm back on feet again.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>More from Per Carlzon (7/24/2013)</p></p><p><p>I have found more information about our ancestor, Peder Månsson Kryp, who served in Småland's Cavalry Regiment. He is in the regiment's list in Kalmar (Sweden), June 17, 1630, and later Wurzburg (Bavaria, Germany), October 28, 1631. The city was invaded and occupied by the Swedes earlier that year. The Swedish history professor, Peter Englund, has written about the Swedes in the Thirty Years War. Unfortunately it doesnt seem that the book is translated into English. But I will check to see if anything is mentioned about the Swedish attack on Wurzburg. Peder Kryp is mentioned in the regiment's list in 1634. Kryp's company commander, Ingemar Wastesson, was killed in the Battle of Lutzen on November 6, 1632. Therefore I assume that Peder Kryp also fought in the battle. The Swedish king, Gustav II Adolf, was also killed the same day at Lutzen. Småland's cavalrymen rode next to the king this fateful day. There are lots of information to be found about the Sweden and The Thirty Years War which can give us more information about Peder Kryp's military career.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>More from Per Carlzon (7/30/2013)</p></p><p><p>I can also add that Per Månsson Kryp could be found in colonel Fredrik Stenbock's regiment - Småland's Cavalry Regiment - on August 28, 1635. I am still researching his military career to see if I can find out where he served. But we can conclude that he left Kalmar (Sweden) for Sweden 1630 and was in Wurzburg (Bavaria) 1631. The cavalrymen were stationed in the countryside. Every man received (every month) a barrel [unit of measurement] of bread or 17 kg flour, ca 60 litres beer or corresponding. The horses would receive 2 1/2 litres oats, a certain measure hay and four bundles of straw.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>More from Per Carlzon (8/5/2013)</p></p><p><p>In 1558 the Swedish king, Gustav Vasa, decided that it was forbidden to cut down so-called "bearing-trees." But Vasa was no tree-huggers. Rather the opposite. The trees, he claimed, was his property. They were to protected because they were needed for ship-building. The farmers, for obvious reasons, didnt agree with the king. The trees that the king had protected were; oak, nut-tree, whitebeam, rowan and beech etc. In 1647 the strict forest policy was adopted that confirmed the ban. The law was no respected by everyone. In 1660 one of our ancestor - former cavalryman - Peder (Per) Månsson Kryp was sentenced to bay a fine for cutting down beeches. He was not, however, alone. He is the seventh name to the left. Peder Kryp had experienced tough times. Between 1649 and 1651 it was a failure of crops, then a few years later the plague and the war came. </p><p><p></p></p><p><p>More from Per Carlzon (8/29/13)</p></p><p><p>Sometimes when I have got time I have been digging deeper into this with Per Månsson Kryp and his military career. I contacted one of the most renowned military historians (Lars Ericsson Wolke) in Sweden and he answered me and there seems no doubt that our ancestors fought in the battle of Lutzen, November 6, 1632. Its very famous in the Swedish history. Many historians and authors have written about the battle. It has been said that it was a Swedish victory, even though the Swedish king, Gustav II Adolf, was killed. Småland’s cavalry regiment (which Per Månsson Kryp belonged to) fought in the epicenter of the battle and had apparently heavy losses. Kryp’s closest chief, Ingemar Wastesson, was killed and the regiment chief, Fredrik Stenbock, was wounded, so the king took the immediate command over the regiment. In the disarray the king lost contact with the regiment which at the moment was busy fighting the Catholics armored cavalry. But it was total disarray, enemies and friends were mixed up with each other. It was nothing more than a chaos. Kryp and his comrades in the cavalry were armed with a pistol and a rapier. Probably they didn’t have any armor. To the Catholics they looked shabby and dirty. But the appearance was deceiving. They were very skillful warriors on the battlefield. They were an effective and feared war machine. It took time to load the pistol. A skillful cavalryman could fire three shots in one minute. The idea was to get really close to the enemy before firing the pistol and then use the rapier. It’s hard to imagine anyone surviving this bloodbath. It seems that Per Månsson Kryp – at least physically – returned home unscathed to Karsbo. The last time I find him in the military records is in the muster/parade in 1635. Maybe he was dismissed around 1635/1636. He was, at that time, around 40 years old and I suspect that he didn’t serve in the armed forces after that. He had by far fulfilled his duties. We don’t know why he ended up in the cavalry in the first place. The only thing we can do it is to speculate. Maybe he volunteered. The chances of surviving were bigger in the cavalry than the infantry. We’ll never know what his thoughts were that Summer day when Ingemar Wastesson had gathered his cavalrymen in the city of Kalmar in 1630 before going abroad fighting the Catholics. Did he think that he would return to Karsbo someday? Interesting questions without answers. More to come.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>His unit Småland's Cavalry Regiment arrived to Germany in the Summer of 1630 and fought with great success at Werben and Breitenfeld in 1631. The regiment was stationed in the south over the Winter and then headed north and took part in the Battle of Lutzen. The regiment was brought back to Sweden in 1635. After that Per Kryp most likely retired from the army. (From Per Carlzon, 11/20/2013)</p><p></p>