Privilege of King Sigismund I for the Lviv councilor Michael and his children regarding the Piekarski Mill

Sigismund, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, etc., lord and heir, We announce by the tenor of this letter to all whom it may concern. That although we have otherwise maintained the honorable Michael, Master of Liberal Arts, councilor of the Lviv [burghers?], our faithful [and] beloved, in the possession and holding of the Lviv water mill, which is called the Piekarski Mill, for the end of his life, promising namely that we shall not remove [redeem] the aforementioned Master Michael from the said mill as long as he lives, nor shall we grant our consent for purchase for the purpose of redemption, as our letters drawn up in this matter more broadly contain, given in Vilnius on the Sunday after the feast of the Eleven Thousand Virgins in the Year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and thirteen, which we maintain in due force. However, because Master Michael is highly recommended to us due to his faithful services to us and to our illustrious city of Lviv, wishing therefore to make him reassured and to make our grace toward him in some measure attested to posterity, we have decided to maintain, and do maintain and [restore?] by these presents, the same Master Michael, councilor of Lviv, and his son Michael and daughter Anna, his elder children, jointly or severally, as long as they live and whichever of them shall live, in the free and peaceful possession of the above-described Lviv mill and around it, promising on our royal word and by the power of this letter that we shall not permit this Michael and his son and daughter aforementioned, older in age, as long as they live together or separately, to be redeemed from the above-described mill by any of our subjects, of whatever estate, rank, or condition they may be, nor shall our successors permit it, nor shall we ourselves redeem this Michael and his son and daughter, the elder ones, from this mill with our own money for the table of ours and our successors, as long as the life of these three persons lasts, through the content of this letter. In testimony of which, our seal has been affixed to this letter. Given in Piotrków at the general assembly, on the nearest Monday before the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord, in the year of the same One Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty-First, and in the fifteenth year of our reign. [Relation note on the right:] Relation of the magnificent Krzysztof of Szydłowiec, castellan and general starosta of Kraków and chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland [Signature on the left:] Krzysztof of Szydłowiec etc. [paraph/monogram] [Verso:] [Archival notes from the 16th–19th centuries:] P / Privilege of M. Michael for the Piekarski Mill / and for his sons and daughter for life. / 1521 / Gto. Arca 15. / Nro 51 [Oval archival stamp:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT RECORDS OF THE CITY OF LVIV

Sigismundus dei gratia Rex Polonie, Magnus dux Littwanie, Russie, Prussieque etc. dominus et heres, Significamus tenore p[re]sen[t]iu[m] quibus expedit univ[er]sis. Quia licet al[ia]s spectabilem Michaelem, arciu[m] liberaliu[m] Magistru[m], Consulem [civium?] Leopolien[sem] fidelem dilectum circa molendini aquatici Leopolien[sis], quod pistoru[m] dicitur, possessionem et tenutam, ad vitam ip[s]ius con[ser]vavimus, promittentes videlicet ip[su]m Mag[ist]r[u]m Michaelem quoad vixerit de prefato molendino non eximere, neq[ue] empciam ad eximendum, ip[su]m consensum n[ost]r[u]m p[re]bere prout id l[itte]re n[ost]re desuper confecte, date Vilne dominico post festum undecim millium virginum Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo tredecimo latius continent, quas in debita firmitate con[ser]vamus. Tamen quia Mag[iste]r Michael, ob sua erga nos, et famatam n[ost]ram civitatem Leopolien[sem] fidelia servitia, non mediocriter nobis comendatus existit, volentes ergo ip[su]m consolatum efficere, ac gra[ti]am n[ost]ram erga ip[su]m apud posteritatem, aliqua ex parte testatam facere, eundem ip[su]m Mag[ist]r[u]m Michaelem, Consulem Leopolien[sem], ac filium suum Michaelem, filiamq[ue] Annam pueros eius natu maiores coniunctim vel divisim, quoad vixerint et quilibet eorum vixerit, in et circa liberam et pacificam possessionem, suprascripti molendini Leopolien[sis] conservandos esse decrevimus, conservamusq[ue] et re[ponimus?] p[re]sentibus promitten[tes] verbo n[ost]ro Regio et tenore p[re]sen[t]iu[m], q[uo]d ip[su]m Michaelem, et filium ac filiam eius predictos natu maiores, quoad simul vel seorsim vixerint, de suprascripto molendino quibuscumq[ue] subditis n[ost]ris, quorumcunq[ue] statuum ordinum et condicionum sint non consentiemus eximere, neq[ue] successores n[ost]ri consentient, nec nos ipsimet pro mensa n[ost]ra et successorum n[ost]rorum propriis pecuniis, eundem Michaelem ac filium et filiam suas natu maiores eximemus, de ipso molendino vita horum trium personarum durante tenore p[re]sen[t]ium mediante. Harum quibus sigillum nostrum est subappensum testimonio l[itte]rarum. Datum in Conventione generali Pyotrkoviensi feria secunda ante festum Circumcisionis domini proxima, Anno eiusdem Millesimo Quingentesimo Vigesimo primo Regni vero n[ost]ri anno decimoquinto. [Nota relacji po prawej:] Relatio Magnifici Cristofori de Schydlowyecz Castellani et g[e]n[er]alis Capitanei Crac[oviensis] ac Regni Polonie Cancel[la]rij [Podpis po lewej:] Cristoforus de s. patr. etc. [parafa/monogram] [Verso:] [Noty archiwalne z XVI–XIX w.:] P / Privilegiu[m] M. Michaelis super Molendinum Pistorum / et filiis et filie eorundem ad vitam. / 1521 / Gto. Arca 15. / Nro 51 [Owalny stempel archiwalny:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA