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Helsinki, National Archives, Erik Fleming’s land records 1442–1551
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A record of the lands and estates owned by Erik Fleming
(1487–1548) and his spouse Hebla
Siggesdotter (d. ?1571).
(1487–1548) and his spouse Hebla
Siggesdotter (d. ?1571).
A record of the lands and estates owned by Erik
Fleming (1487–1548) and his
spouse Hebla Siggesdotter (d. ?1571),
consisting of two separate inventories of cattle on estates and rents levied from
them, and copies of documents and notes relating the estates and their boundaries
(edited by Oja 1964, 1a–172).
Fleming (1487–1548) and his
spouse Hebla Siggesdotter (d. ?1571),
consisting of two separate inventories of cattle on estates and rents levied from
them, and copies of documents and notes relating the estates and their boundaries
(edited by Oja 1964, 1a–172).
Julkaisija
Finnish Literature Society (SKS)
Codices Fennici
Aikamääre
1533-1565
Saec. XVI 2/3
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Formaatti
Paper
Kieli
Swedish
Identifiointitunnus
Helsinki
National Archives
Erik Flemingin maakirja / Erik Flemings jordebok
National Archives
Erik Flemingin maakirja / Erik Flemings jordebok
Kattavuus
Finland
Kuitia
Kuitia
Helsinki, National Archives, Erik Fleming’s land records 1442–1551
Saec. XVI 2/3
,
Finland
, Kuitia
(?)A
record of the lands and estates owned by
(Erik
Fleming
1487–1548
) and his
spouse Hebla Siggesdotter
(d. ?1571
),
consisting of two separate inventories of cattle on estates and rents levied from
them, and copies of documents and notes relating the estates and their boundaries
(edited by
.Oja 1964, 1a–172
)P. 1
‘Thetta är Strengie ridderis här Eriich Flämingx Iorda Book
Innehollendhe alla the Vtdragna Copier aff hans Iorda brieff’, and, in another hand,
‘Oc huru mykin Inuentarium på huart hans godz her j Finland är. Oh så huad alle hans
gordar och godz Rentte bode i Sverige oc j Finland, Bescriffuet Anno MDXLVI:o.’ Also
the mottoes (possibly in the same hand as the original title): ‘Initium sapientie
Timor Domini’ and ‘Respice finem’. (Oja 1964, 1b
.)Pp.
2
–7
, 14
–17
: copies
of documents concerning especially estates in Siuntio
.Pp.
19
–21
, copies of documents concerning estates in
Lohja
Pp.
25
–88
, inventory of the livestock and record of
rents levied from Fleming’s estates, presumably from 1545
(the text is
written by the same hand that dates the addition on p. 1
). The text
has been furnished with various notes (for example on houses owned in Swedish and
Finnish cities) and copies of documents added in different times. Pp.
92
–95
, Copy of a charter dated 1524
of Lars Siggesson
(the brother of Erik
Fleming
’s widow Hebla Siggesdotter
), containing a
list of the estates and rents he had inherited. Pp.
127
–134
, copies of Gustav
Vasa
’s charters and privileges to Fleming and his kin, dated 1524–1543
.Pp.
139
–190
, copies of documents concerning various
estates.Pp.
197
–268
, copies of documents concerning various
estates (for example, Gårdskulla i Siuntio
, pp.
197
–217
).Pp.
423
–426
, copy of Erik
Fleming
’s memorandum in 1541
to his nephew >Lars
Fleming
regarding the family estates. Pp.
428
–466
, inventory of cattle, and record of rents
levied from Fleming’s estates, dated April 7
1541
.Pp.
467
–471
notes on Hebla
Sparre
’s estates.On inner back cover various
probationes pennae
.Pp.
8
–13
, 18
,
22
–24
, 89
–91
,
96
–126
, 135
–138
,
191
–196
, 269
–422
and
427
are blank.The years mentioned in the modern name of the book are misleading: the older
terminus only marks the original date of the oldest document copied. Based on the
dates entered in the book, it includes copies of documents made between
1532
(e.g. p. 53
) and 1560
(p.
154
), and two inventories of rented estates from 1541
and
1545
(see the addition to the title of the book, p.
1
).Extra quire
1
–32
: Inside the manuscript there is a
loose quire containing an alphabetical index of place-names found in the manuscript.
This quire was written in Stockholm
by the Finnish cameral
scribe, A. E. Schwartz
, 1767
.Paper
474 pages (237 fols.) + 16 fols. (registry)
22cm × 32,5cm
22cm × 32,5cm
Page numbering has been added into the upper outer margin apparently in
saec. XIX
. This numbering has skipped some
pages (after pp. 191
and 192
); page 286 has been
counted twice. In the lower margin older foliation is visible until p.
103
(fol. 52).>(V-2)
16
+ (V-2)32
+ V52
+ IV68
+ 6V188
+ IV202
+ 2V242
+ IV248
+ 7V397
+ (V-1)415
+ 2V455
+ (V-2)471
Upper third of pp.
468
–471
has been
torn. Several leaves exhibit moisture damage and are dirty especially at the
edges. In general, however, the manuscript is in good condition.The manuscript has a similar type of watermark (a
crown
)
appearing throughout the manuscript, but there are at least two different
series; both of the type commonly found in Germany
during the first half of the 16th century
(see, for example, Piccard Online, nrs. 52571–52586
).Text in one column, on some pages vertical bounding lines in
ink. Varying number of lines.
At least six different scribes. Most of them write a cursive typical of the
middle of saec. XVI
, but on pp. 2
and
53
one hand writes a script more typical of saec. XV
.2
or saec. XVI1
No decorations.
Blind-tooled brown leather on wooden boards. Probably made by bookbinder
Bartolomeus
, attested at Uppsala
in 1519
and Stockholm
in 1527–1538
(Oja 1964, vi
). The edge of the front
cover has two attachments for hook clasps, fastening at the edge of the back cover.
A 19th-cent.
paper label has been pasted in at
the back of the book, reading ‘Erik Flemings Jordebok 1420–1558’.The manuscript contains charters from
1442
onwards, notes and
inventories from 1541
and 1545
, with list of levied rents
from the estates of Erik Fleming
and his spouse
Hebla Siggesdotter
. The manuscript has various
sections that overlap: in additions to the overlapping inventories, there are for
example, charters concerning the boundary lines between
Gårdskulla
and Svidja
both on pp.
3
–4
and 197
–199
. The
regular quire structure and the fact that much of the paper comes from the same
source suggests that the manuscript was formed in an organized manner, although its
contents were put together from a few different sources created over a period of
time. There are plenty of empty leaves that would have allowed for further entries.
The term ‘copybook’ could thus perhaps more accurately describe the
volume.The earliest year in the title only refers to the earliest document
included in the copybook. The manuscript was actually written in
saec. XVI 2/3
. In addition to copies of various
charters, lists of estates from 1541
and 1545
, and levied
rents, the manuscript includes various notes dated between 1532 and 1560
. This suggests that the manuscript was written
between these dates, and that writing was continued after the death of
Erik Fleming
in 1548
by his widow
Hebla Siggesdotter
.Possibly the manuscript was originally kept in
Kuitia
, Erik Fleming
’s manor in
Finland
. Inside the front cover
, the coats of arms and initials
of Erik Fleming
and his wife, Hebla Siggesdotter
Sparre
(the same coat of arms are depicted on the inside back cover
,
but lacking the initials). Also notes, possibly in Erik
Fleming
’s own hand, concerning the births of his sons and
correspondence (this latter note struck through), as well as pen
trials.‘Bleff Hertiig Eriich födt viij dagar före jull anno 33 och min son
Jachim Fleming bleff födt på samme ori j fastenn.’ ‘Item sende jag til Abo … sit
signette före.’ (
Oja 1964, 1a.
)Donated to the present
National Archives
in
1864
from the Archives of the Swedish Chamber
Collegium
, where it had probably ended up in the 1590s
after the Crown dispossessed the heirs of
Klaus Fleming
, Erik’s son (Oja 1964,
vii–viii
).Cataloguer
Jesse Keskiaho
Ville Walta
Finnish Literature Society (SKS)
Codices Fennici
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