Manors were established in places

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The end of the manor system was also linked to King Gustav Vasa, as his death was also the end of the royal manor system he had created. Gustav Vasa's sons Erik XIV and John III were not interested in developing the manors further and the system was found to be expensive, inefficient and loss-making. When Erik came to power after his father, Kiiala, Partala and Tavinsalmi were abolished in Savo. Juva was combined into a larger voutikunta together with Säämingi and their centre became Putkilahti.

Manors were established in places that were central to traffic, close to national highways. This was also the case for Juvan Partala on Männynmäki along the Great Savontie Road. The Great Savontie Road connected the administrative centers of its time, Hämeenlinna and Olavinlinna. According to the king's wishes, the manor to be established had to have meadows overseas data and fields in its own backyard, meaning that they were often in the best places for farming. The manor also had to include forests and fishing waters, a mill and a sawmill. The economy was based on all kinds of domestic animals: horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens, and in Swedish manors also bees.

The economy of the royal manors was based on instructions and regulations, or ordinances, drawn up by Gustavus Aulus Vaasa. They defined certain production goals and also how much products could be consumed in the manor annually. Since food – both for people and animals – was the biggest expense of the manors, the ordinances stated how much food could be consumed per person or how much fodder could be fed to the livestock. These regulations applied to all manors in the Swedish kingdom, and the voudi was responsible for ensuring that production and consumption corresponded as closely as possible. The voudi also recorded everything that was produced on the manor, down to every grain kappa or sylttynelikko. The annual inventory, usually held during the Mikkeli period, was an event in which all household goods, food and domestic animals in the manor’s barns and warehouses were counted and recorded.