Grant by King Sigismund I to Stanisław of Chodecz of parts of the villages of Żydatycze and Maleczkowice

In the name of the Lord, amen. For an eternal remembrance of the matter. Whenever it pertains to the authority and dignity of rulers to surround good, faithful, and obedient subjects with consideration and grace, and to extend the authority of deserved punishment against the insolent, rebels, and the recalcitrant, for the preservation of law and justice, so that—whether for the reward and consolation of the faithful and good, or for the punishment and discipline of the insolent—the former may weaken and the latter may grow in strength; it is customary to entrust this to writing and to strengthen it, so that it may reach the memory and knowledge not only of contemporaries but also of posterity. Therefore we, Sigismund, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and also Lord and Heir of the lands of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Ruthenia, Prussia, Chełmno, Elbląg, and Pomerania, etc., announce by the tenor of this letter to all whom it may concern, present and future, who shall have knowledge of this: that having considered the faithful services of the magnificent Stanisław of Chodecz, Marshal of our Kingdom of Poland and Starosta of Lviv and Kamieniec, sincerely dear to us, which he has manifoldly and abundantly shown to us and to the Commonwealth of our Kingdom during the present military expedition against our enemy, the Voivode of Wallachia, we, moved by his request, have given and deemed it just to give, and by these presents do give and grant in perpetuity to him and his lawful successors, the shares in the villages of Żydatycze and Maleczkowice belonging to the venerable canons of Lviv, situated in the land of Lviv—which, due to their failure to fulfill the due obligation from the said shares for the aforementioned expedition, have fallen to us and to the path of royal disposition and the making of a grant by the common law of our Kingdom—with our certain knowledge and special royal grace, and by the counsel of our advisors. Decreeing that the said Marshal Stanisław and his successors shall hold, have, use, and peacefully possess the said shares of the aforementioned canons, with all and individual manors, granges, houses, peasants, reeves, village heads, innkeepers, plots, gardens, granges, gardens, orchards, waters, arable and non-arable lands, meadows, fields, forests, woods, groves, bees, beehives, and the honey derived therefrom, streams, ponds, pools and their sluices, mills and their profits, and generally with all and individual rents, profits, benefits, incomes, annuities, tributes, fees, honors, burdens, sowings, crops, grains, and with all right, dominion, and ownership, and may give, grant, sell, exchange, alienate, and turn them to the arbitrary use of themselves and their successors by the tenor of this [letter] in perpetuity. In witness whereof our seal has been appended to these presents. Done in Lviv, on Tuesday after the feast of the Eleven Thousand Virgins, in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and nine, the third year of our reign, in the presence of the venerable fathers in Christ there, the lords: Maciej, Bishop of Przemyśl and Vice-Chancellor of our Kingdom; Spytek of Jarosław, Castellan of Kraków; Mikołaj of Kamieniec, Voivode of Kraków and Hetman General of the armies of our Kingdom; Mikołaj of Lubraniec [?] of Kalisz, Jarosław of Łask of Łęczyca, Stanisław Kmita of Wiśnicz of Ruthenia, Mikołaj Firlej of Dąbrowica of Lublin—voivodes; Jan Zaremba of Kalinowa of Poznań, Jakub of Szydłowiec of Sandomierz and Treasurer of the Kingdom of Poland, Mikołaj of Szydłowiec of Radom—castellans; Jan of Łask, Coadjutor of Gniezno, Piotr [...] and Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland; Krzysztof of Szydłowiec, Chamberlain of Kraków; Jan Latalski, Provost of Gniezno; Piotr Tomicki, Archdeacon of Kraków—our secretaries, and many other credible witnesses to the above, sincerely and faithfully dear [to us]. Given by the hands of the same father, Lord Jan, perpetual Coadjutor of Gniezno and Chancellor of our Kingdom, sincerely dear to us. [Chancery note on the right:] Jan, Coadjutor of Gniezno, Chancellor, signed. [Seal:] [On a multicolored silk cord (red-white-black) hangs the royal seal of King Sigismund I the Old in a natural wax bowl, an impression in red wax with the coat of arms of the Polish eagle surrounded by provincial coats of arms]. [Verso:] [Note from the 16th century:] Żydatycze [Archival note from the 18th century:] 1509, on the 23rd day after the Eleven Thousand Virgins from the city. King Sigismund grants shares in the villages of Żydatycze and Maleczkowice of the chamberlain [?] and the canons of Lviv as a fief [?] to Stanisław of Chodecz, Marshal of the Kingdom, grants them in view of his merits. Local archive: 3: Letter R. [Signature stamp/sticker:] L. IX 14. [Below:] 1509

In nomine domini Amen. Ad perpetuam Rei memoriam. Cum ad auctoritatem dignitatum q[ue] principum pertineat bonos fideles obedientesq[ue] subiectos fauore et gratia prosequi. In proteruien[tes] vero rebelles et contumaces pro iuris et equitatis obseruancia auctoritatem demerite animaduersionis extendere quat[enus] aut pro remuneratione consolacione q[ue] fidelium bonorum proq[ue] vindicta et dysciplina temerariorum decrescerent et conualescent. id ut non modo ad presencium sed eciam postcrorum memoriam cognicionemq[ue] deueniat L[itte]ris mandare roborare q[ue] consueuerunt. Proinde nos Sigismundus dei gracia Rex polonie Magnus dux Lithvanie Necnon terrarum Cracouie Sandomirie Siradie Lancicie Cuyauie Russie Prussie Culmen[sis] Elbingen[sis] Pomeranie q[ue] d[omi]n[u]s et heres etc. Significamus tenore presencium quibus expedit vniuersis presentibus et futuris harum noticiam habituris. Quia attentis fidelibus seruicijs Magnifici Stanislai de Chodecz Marsalci Regni nostri polonie et Leopolien[sis] ac Camenecen[sis] Capitanei sincere nobis dilecti que nobis et reipublice Regni nostri durante p[rese]nti expedicione bellica contra hostem nostrum voyevodam Valachie multipliciter et molta exhibuit proinde q[ue] supplicatione ipsius permoti. Sibi et successoribus suis legitimis sortes in villis Zydaticze et maleczkowicze in terra Leopolien[si] sitis Venerabilium Canonicorum Liopolien[sium] propter ipsorum non satisfaccionem de sortibus predictis predicte expedicioni debite ad nos viam q[ue] disposicionem regiam donacionem q[ue] facien[dam] iure comu[n]i Regni nostri deuoluta de certa scientia et singulari gracia Regijs nostris ac de consilio consiliariorum nostrorum dedimus et donandum duximus damus q[ue] et donamus p[rese]ntibus in perpetuum. Decernens per ipsum Stanislaum Marsalcum et eius successores sortes predictas dictorum Canonicorum cum omnibus et singulis curijs predijs domibus kmetonibus Aduocatis scultetis tabernatoribus areis hortis Allodijs hortis pomarijs Aquis cultis et incultis pratis campis siluis borris nemoribus apibus Aluearjis et melle exinde prouenien[ti] riuulis piscinis viuarijs et earum demissionibus molendinis et eorum emolimentis et generaliter cum omnibus et singulis censibus fructibus vtilitatibus prouentibus redditibus dacijs obuencionibus honoribus oneribus seminibus segetibus frumentis cum omni q[ue] iure domino et proprietate tenendum habend[um] vsufrue[n]d[um] pacifice possiden[dum] ac dandi donandum vendendu[m] commutandum alienan[dum] ac in vsus suos suorum q[ue] successorum beneplacitos conuertend[um] tenore p[rese]ncium mediant[e] in perpetuum. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum n[ost]r[u]m p[rese]ntibus est appensum. Actum Leopoli feria tercia post festum undecim millia Virginum Anno domini Millesimo quingentesimo nono Regni nostri tercio presentibus ibidem Reueren[dis] in Xp[ist]o patribus dominis Mathia episcopo premisslien[si] et Regni nostri vicecancellario Spitkone de Jaroslaw Castellano cracouien[si] Nicolao de Camyennyecz palatino Cracouien[si] et exercituum Regni nostri Campiductore generali Nicolao de Liudbark? Calissien[si] Jaroslao de Lask[o] Lancicien[si] Stanislao kmetha de visznicze Russie Nicolao firley de dambrowycza Lublinen[si] palatinis Joanne Zaramba de Calinowia posnanien[si] Jacobo de schidlowyecz Sandomirien[si] et Regni polonie thesaurario Nicolao de tach schidlowyecz Radomien[si] castellanis Joanne de Laszko Coadiutore Gneznen[si] Petro et Regni polonie Cancellario Cristophoro de schidlowyecz succamerario Cracouien[si] Joanne Lathalski preposito Gneznen[si] petro tomiczki Archidyacono Cracouien[si] secretarijs n[ost]ris et alijs complurimis testibus circa premissa fidedignis sincere et fidelibus dilectis. Datum per manus eiusd[em] patris domini Joannis Coadiutoris Gneznen[sis] perpetui et Regni nostri Cancellarij sincere nobis dilecti. [Nota kancelaryjna po prawej:] Johannes Coadiutor Gnesn[ensis] Cancell[a]r[ius] s[ubscripsit] [Pieczęć:] [Na wielobarwnym sznurze jedwabnym (czerwono-biało-czarnym) zawieszona pieczęć koronna króla Zygmunta I Starego w misce z naturalnego wosku, odcisk w czerwonym wosku z tarczą herbową orła polskiego w otoczeniu herbów ziemskich]. [Verso:] [Nota z XVI w.:] Zydaticze [Nota archiwalna z XVIII w.:] 1509 d. 23. p[ost] 11 Undecim millium Virginum a civitate Sigismundus Rex Sortes in Villis Zydatycze et Malczkowice Cam[erarii?] et canonicor[um] Leopoliens[ium] Infeudat? Stanislau de Chodecz Marschalco Regni intuitu meritorum Donat. Locali Arch: 3: Litt. R. [Pieczątka/naklejka sygnaturowa:] L. IX 14. [Pod spodem:] 1509