Stockholm, National Archives, E 1988 (15), Bielkesamlingen, 02 Adliga ätten Bielke, Nils Pedersson Bielkes maka Anna Hogenskild (†1591), Vol. 4: Godshandlingar 1551–1552. A farm-by-farm handbook on sowing amounts Cataloguer Seppo Eskola Finnish Literature Society (SKS) Codices Fennici Creative Commons BY 4.0 Stockholm National Archives E 1988 Bielkesamlingen, 02 Adliga ätten Bielke, Nils Pedersson Bielkes maka Anna Hogenskild (†1591), Vol. 4: Godshandlingar 1551–1552 Unit 15 Possibly 1552, presumably Nynäs Records on the quantity of seed to be sown

Details on the quantity of seed to be sown, estate by estate, tenant by tenant, on the Finnish lands of Anna Clemetsdotter Hogenskild. Unusually, there seems to be no date or year given. The record, though, is preserved among a group of records from 1552, and may well derive from this year. The lack of a date may be explained by the fact that the document intentionally records recurrent practice over many years.

Content by folio:

Fols. 2r–5r: Nynäs

Fols. 5v–7v: Vik

Fols. 8r–9r: Kyllelä

Fols. 9v–12v: Lahis

 Paper 12 folios. 15,5 21,5 Text area varies. Foliation in pencil on upper right-hand corner. VI12 In good condition. Text in a single column, not ruled.

One hand typical of mid-16th-century Swedish cameral records. Brown ink.

No decoration.

No covers. Sewn through the centrefold with light-coloured string.

A stylish and carefully written register with no counterpart in the 16th-century records from Nynäs and linked estates. The well-thought-out execution is visible in the structuring of the account: the first folio only contains a heading and the pages are not crowded by text. The record ends with a Latin mark 'finis', which is rare in this type of material.

The financial records of Nynäs and related estates 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).

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