Nesset Vicarage – Stabburet

In the yard there are two stabbur, which were buildings used to store food: Prestestabburet and Tiendestabburet. The Priest had the southerly one and the northerly one was used in connection with the collection of tithe or taxes. Taxes that had been collected from the parishioners were stored here. Tithe dates back to the reign of Sigurd Jorsalfar and Magnus in the early middle ages. A tenth of what the farm produced had to be paid as a “church tax”. The tax was originally split into 4 parts for; the bishop, priest, church and the poor (peasants). After the reformation in 1537 this was changed and the bishops in the Catholic Church lost their portion to the King. Eventually there was also a dispute over the peasant tax and this was partly taken over by the King. Tax was up until 1801 exclusively paid as produce in the form of corn, butter, cheese, meat and other negotiable goods. The Tiendstabburet eventually lost its function when the presidency laws came in in 1837. Later, when there were tenants at the farm they used the southerly stabbur, whilst the priest used the northerly one. The Northern stabbur is the oldest building on the farm build around 1630.