LTLietuvos Metrikos 226-oji (7-oji Teismų bylų knyga) - tai XVI a. pirmos pusės rankraštinės knygos kopija, viena iš Lietuvos D idžiosios Kunigaikštystės kanceliarijos aktų knygų, perrašytų XVI a. pabaigoje kanclerio Leono Sapiegos nurodymu. Si knyga neturi savo pavadinimo, tačiau XVII a. pirmos pusės metrikantai ją registravo kaip Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės valdovo Žygimanto Senojo teismų bylų knygą. Kadangi knyga sudaryta LDK valdovui būnant Lenkijos Karalystėje 1532-1534 m., centrinė LDK teismo institucija negalėjo dirbti visu mastu. Tam tikra prasme ši knyga buvo Žygimanto Senojo raštininko Michailo Sviniuskio parankine knyga, kurioje šalia įprastų teismų bylų knygų aktų jis fiksavo įvairiausius reikalingus atminti dalykus: valdovo dalykinę korespondenciją su LDK Ponų Taryba ir jos nariais (įrašyti išsiųsti iš Lenkijos Karalystės valdovo laiškai), LDK iždo (fiskalinius) aktus ir pluoštelį įvairių privilegijų - tiek suteikiančių laisvę nuo muitų LDK teritorijoje, tiek ir įprastas beneficijas bajorų luomo atstovams. Dauguma knygos aktų publikuojama pirmą kartą. Papildomai kaip knygos priedas publikuotas išlikęs visas Vilniaus kašteliono (1527-1541) ir LDK didžiojo etmono (1531-1541) Jurgio Radvilos I pasiuntinybės pas valdovą tekstas (1532). [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Lietuvos Metrika; Teismų bylos; Teismų ataskaitos; Lithuanian Metrica; Court reports; Court cases.
ENBook No. 226 (Court Record Book No. 7) of the Lithuanian Metrica (hereinafter - the LM) is a duplicate of the original book copied in the late 16th century. The original book has not been preserved, most probably it was lost in the mid-17th century. The inventory of the old LM books of 26 November 1623, published by Darius Antanavičius, features the following description of the original book: "Metryka in quarto różnych spraw potocznych, niektórych danin od roku 1531 do roku 1534, początku w niej nie masz". It is rather difficult to evaluate this brief description. The format of the book in quarto, as indicated in the abovementioned inventory of 1623, is the standard format of all LM books. What catches the eye is the initial date - 1531 - which does not correspond with that of the copy book opening with the document dating back to 1529 (see below). However, we do not wish to suggest the important conclusion that a mistake occurred in D. Antanavičius’ identification of original inventories and copy books, as the original was lacking the opening pages, some folios might have been lost after the copying of the book (entry No. 1.1 dates back to 1529, whereas entry No. 1.2 - to 1531). The archival route from the past to the present of the LM-226 copy book duplicated in 1596-1598 by the order of the Chancellor of the GDL Leonas Sapiega (Lew Sapieha) is identical to the history of the majority of the LM books. The book can be found in the list of the copied new LM books of 11 March 1623: "20 Księgi sądów je[go] k[rólewskiej] m[o]s[ci] Zygmunta Pierszego i inszych listów rożnych od roku 1529 do roku 1534". Around 1745 the LM was relocated to Warsaw and in 1747, in line with the new inventory, the book under consideration was allocated number 22. The digest of the summaries (headings) of documents contained in the LM books drawn up in Warsaw at around the same time did not feature the book in question.Another digest of the headings of LM documents was drawn up around 1760. This book was not included therein either. Around 1777, following the decision of the Permanent Council, Antanas Korvinas Kosakovskis (Antoni Kossakowski), the secretary of the King’s office and a renowned poet and translator of the Russian language, was ordered to transcribe the 62 oldest LM books in Polish characters. The LM-226 book was also copied and today the secondary copy is kept in the Central Archives of Historical Records. In 1786-1787 under the guidance of metricant Gžegožas Kačanovskis, all the LM books were arranged year-by-year, re-bound, and each of them had a printed title page inserted; document registers in Polish letters were drawn up. Due to unknown reasons the LM-226 book has no such insert. In 1787 a new inventory was prepared where the book under consideration retained its number 22. It might be this number that is seen on the upper left corner of the first register page of the LM-226 copy book as document texts have a separate pagination. [Extract, p. XIX-XX]