Advanced search

Elblag Town Records - Privileges and Charters

Repository

Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku
State Archives in Gdansk
Gdansk, Poland
www.gdansk.ap.gov.pl

Record group


Elblag Town Records - Privileges and Charters
Akta miasta Elbląga - Przywileje i dokumenty
Reference code	:	PL/10/368
Period	:	1242-1799
Extent	:	722 items, 4.0 metres

Abstract

The record group comprises: privileges and correspondence on economic, trade, political, religious and military issues regarding the old and new town of Elblag, Tolkmicko and Braniewo; privileges for villages and manors around Elblag; treaties and agreements between various towns; correspondence of the Elblag town council; trade privileges; correspondence on trade issues with England, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Russia; privileges for fishermen; Testaments and legacies; as well as papers concerning law opinions on privileges for Elblag by lawyers from France and Lübeck, reforms of the town administration, shipping, Polish-Swedish wars, contributions, taxes and excise, the town mint, churches and monasteries, reformation and guilds.

Relevant contents


Period	:	1457 - 1799
Countries involved	:	Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, The Netherlands, Various countries
Languages	:	Latin, Low German, Polish, Russian, Various languages

Relevant items include the follwing (all nos. start with 368/):

I: 84, 90; II: 128, 131, 144, 155, 203, 205, 209, 219, 242, 255; III: 96, 109, 135, 142; IV: 17, 27, 29; V: 7: Privileges for and correspondence of Elblag concerning trade, tax, excise and customs issues, 1480, 1484, 1540, 1549, 1566, 1569, 1580, 1636-1637, 1643, 1646, 1657, 1670, 1677, 1693, 1734, 1760.
I: 111, 144; III: 43, 45, 65: Agreements and correspondence on trade issues between Elblag and the Hanse towns of Lübeck, Hamburg, Rostock, Stralsund, Wismar and Gdansk and Hanse offices in Novgorod and Bruges, 1502, 1509-1510, 1529, 1644.
II: 63, 77, 132, 141-143, 151, 212, 213; III: 37, 38, 47, 50, 78, 103-106, 124, 129, 137; V: 3, 13, 14, 16, 17: Privileges for the old and new town of Elblag and their confirmations by the Kings of Poland, privilege for the town to establish weekly markets, and papers concerning town laws, 1457, 1476, 1478, 1510, 1518, 1549, 1551, 1558-1559, 1562, 1567, 1576-1577, 1639, 1642, 1649, 1662, 1667, 1669-1670.
II: 126, 202, 204; III: 67, 120; IV: 12, 25: Privileges for the town mint in Elblag, correspondence on money and weights and measures issues, and town bonds, 1531, 1538, 1596, 1635-1636, 1698.
II: 208, 215, 296; III: 40, 69, 107: Privileges for fishermen from Elblag, Tolkmicko and Braniewo, and correspondence on fishing issues, 1491, 1531-1532, 1578.
II: 218, 235; III: 120: Privileges and correspondence on customs and taxes in the harbours in Pilau (Baltijsk) and Elblag, 1645, 1649, 1661.
II: 262; III: 118, 177, 178, 182; IV: 40: Privileges regarding shipping and the harbour in Elblag, regulations for shipping from Gdansk, Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and Braniewo to the Elblag harbour and papers concerning the arrest of the ship Bär von Königsberg from Elblag in England and commissions for ship owners, 1636, 1700, 1799.
III: 202, 205, 206, 209, 210, 297; IV: 36, 37: Privileges for Tolkmicko and their confirmations by the Kings of Poland, privilege for the town to establish weekly markets, and papers concerning town laws, 1552, 1569-1570, 1589, 1636, 1649, 1686.

In addition, relevant materials are to be found among the correspondence on trade issues with England, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Russia, and among the papers concerning shipping, Polish-Swedish wars, contributions, taxes and excise, and the town mint.

Accessibility

Inventory.

The materials have to be consulted on microfilm (nos. E-52290-53311).

Custodial history

Visually attractive

Related materials

Publications

Back to search results