Stockholm, National Archives, E 1975, Bielkesamlingen, 01 Hogenskild Bielkes samling, Vol. 1: Familjepapper, koncepter, strödda handlingar. Inventory of Nynäs estate Cataloguer Seppo Eskola Finnish Literature Society (SKS) Codices Fennici Creative Commons BY 4.0 Stockholm National Archives E 1975 Bielkesamlingen, 01 Hogenskild Bielkes samling, Vol. 1: Familjepapper, koncepter, strödda handlingar 1574, Nynäs estate An inventory of Nynäs estate

An inventory of Nynäs estate; edited in Arwidsson 1858, 174–183. The opening chapter (fol. 1r) reads:

'Inuentarium på Fateburen på Nynäs som Inuenteradh bleff Effter Saligh matz Olson, Den 12 Septembris Anno etc 74 vdi Tässe godhe mens Närware, som är, Her Staffan I Nousis och Her Oluff I Lemo'.

Dated 12 September 1574, the inventory is divided into 28 chapters, each detailing specific types of items ranging from grain to paintings.

 Paper 6 folios. 21,5 33 Text area varies. No foliation. III6 In good condition. text in a single column, not ruled

A single hand typical of Swedish cameral records of the latter half of the sixteenth century.

No decoration.

The inventory is sewn through the centrefold. No covers.

A record of an inventory taken 12 September 1574 at Nynäs estate situated in Nousis parish near Åbo. The inventory was taken after the term of Mats Olsson as bailiff had ended. (According to Suvanto (1995, 75), Mats Olsson was bailiff of Nynäs 1549−1573. A copy of the letter appointing him is Stockholm, National Archives, Bielkesamlingen, 02 Adliga ätten Bielke, Nils Pedersson Bielke (†1550), Vol. 3: Godshandlingar 1546–1550 / E 1987, 6a, fol. 2.) Witnessing the inventory were Olaus Jacobi, parson of Lemu, and Stephanus Henrici, parson of Nousis (For both of whom, see the National Biography: http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/paimenmuisto/?pid=5051 and http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/paimenmuisto/?eid=2375). The seals of the parsons have originally been attached to fol. 6r but are now lost. According to Arwidsson (1858, 183) they still survived in the 1850s: 'Tvenne väl bibehållna sigill finnas under handlingen'.

The document is an original, as proven by the now lost seals. The record was most likely written as the inventory progressed or as a fair copy made immediately afterwards.

The estate of Nynäs was part of a larger set of possessions in Finland which also included the estates of Vik and Lahis along with their tenant farms.

The financial records of Nynäs came to the Swedish Crown, and later the Swedish National Archives, when the possessions and archives of Hogenskild Bielke were confiscated following his execution in 1605 (see Introduction to these descriptions).

Now preserved in an unmarked archival paper sleeve with several unconnected documents.

 Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands häfder X. Stockholm 1858. Seppo Suvanto, Yksilö myöhäiskeskiajan talonpoikaisyhteiskunnassa. Sääksmäen kihlakunta 1400-luvun alusta 1570-luvulle (Historiallisia tutkimuksia 193). Helsinki 1995. Encoding added