Fortalen tilskrives normalt [[biskop Gunner af Viborg]], der også var til stede ved stadfæstelsen<ref name="gunner">[http://www.viborghistorie.dk/borger/?&cclfield1=creatortrunc&cclterm1=g&cclfield2=&cclterm2=&cclfield3=&cclterm3=&cclfield4=&cclterm4=&cclfield5=&cclterm5=&cclfield6=&cclterm6=&cclfield7=&cclterm7=&display_mode=detail&number=1&offset=8 Viborg historie - Viborgs borgere] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211538/http://viborghistorie.dk/borger/?&cclfield1=creatortrunc&cclterm1=g&cclfield2=&cclterm2=&cclfield3=&cclterm3=&cclfield4=&cclterm4=&cclfield5=&cclterm5=&cclfield6=&cclterm6=&cclfield7=&cclterm7=&display_mode=detail&number=1&offset=8 |date=29. oktober 2013 }} - Biskop Gunner</ref>. Denne opfattelse bygger især på skrifter af munken fra [[Øm Kloster|Øm]]<ref name="gunner"/>.
Jura Retsvæsen Retshistorie Sikkerhed