Stockholm, National Archives, E 1989 (10), Bielkesamlingen, 02 Adliga ätten Bielke, Nils Pedersson Bielkes maka Anna Hogenskild (†1591), Vol. 5: Godshandlingar 1553–1557. Tenant register concerning Nynäs, Vik, and Lahis estates Cataloguer Seppo Eskola Finnish Literature Society (SKS) Codices Fennici Creative Commons BY 4.0 Stockholm National Archives E 1989 Bielkesamlingen, 02 Adliga ätten Bielke, Nils Pedersson Bielkes maka Anna Hogenskild (†1591), Vol. 5: Godshandlingar 1553–1557 Unit 10 1555, presumably Nynäs A tenant register concerning the estates of Nynäs, Vik, and Lahis.

By folio:

Fols. 1v–16r: Nynäs

Fols. 16v–30r: Vik

Fols. 30v–44v: Lahis (fols. 45r–46r are blank; fol. 46v contains a few sentences in Latin and Swedish).

 Paper 46 folios + two paper slips 16,5 21,5 Text area varies. Foliation in pencil on upper right-hand corner. A loose paper slip numbered '8 ½' and another one '24 ½'. VII14 + VI26 + I(VII41 + II45)46 A quire of seven bifolia, then six; then a single bifolium (consisting of fols. 27 and 46) encloses quires of seven and two bifolia. In good condition. Text in a single column, not ruled.

One main hand, additions perhaps by another. Brown ink.

Circles, stars, the moon, and a face drawn on fol. 1r.

No covers. All quires sewn through their centrefolds and then tacketed together with string.

A clear and well-written tenant register. Part of a large block of records from this period pertaining to the Finnish possessions of Anna Clemetsdotter Hogenskild, namely Nynäs, Vik, Kyllelä, and Lahis estates.

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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