Confirmation by King Sigismund I of the sale of a rent to the vicars of the Lviv Cathedral by Zygmunt Bartoszewski

Sigismund, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Lord and Heir of Ruthenia, Prussia, etc. We announce by the tenor of this [document] to all, that acceding to the requests of some of our advisors, presented to us on behalf of the noble Zygmunt Bartoszewski, sub-starosta of Lviv, and desiring that the common income of the vicars of the Lviv cathedral church be increased for the improvement of their state and position, we have deemed it right to ratify and approve the sale of a certain annual redeemable rent, made without our consent by the said sub-starosta of Lviv on his third part, that is, the share of our Lviv mill, to the same vicars of the said Lviv cathedral church and their community for one hundred marks of money of common currency and Polish count, calculating forty-eight groschen for each mark, and we ratify and approve it, and we decree by the tenor of this document that it shall have the same lasting force as if it had been made with our consent, for the purpose of collecting and levying such rent by the said vicars and receiving it every year according to the condition of the deed and the concluded agreement; which rent we allow to be included in ecclesiastical liberty and immunity, so that for its recovery and all claims, recourse may be had to the ecclesiastical court, whenever the need arises, until its redemption by Zygmunt Bartoszewski himself or his lawful successors. With the reservation, however, always of our royal rights in the said third part or share, regardless of the fact that the said rent has been assigned to ecclesiastical immunity. In testimony of this document, to which our seal has been appended. Given in Grodno, on the Friday next before the Sunday of Oculi, in the Year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and twenty-second, the sixteenth year of our reign. [Note on the left:] Peter, Bishop and Vice-Chancellor, by his own hand. [Note on the right:] By the report of the reverend father in Christ, Lord Peter, Bishop of Poznań and Vice-Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. [On the fold on the left side, visitation inscription from 1743:] In the Year of our Lord 1743, on the 20th day of the month of October, during the general visitation of the metropolitan church of Lviv, presented, read, and noted. Mikołaj Ignacy [...] canon [?] metropolitan of Lviv [On the fold on the right side, visitation inscription from 1605:] This ratification was reviewed by the most reverend [?] Lord Tomasz Pirawski, Doctor of Both Laws, Archdeacon of Lviv, during the general visitation. In the Year of our Lord 1605. [Verso:] For one hundred marks Bartoszewski [...] Bartoszewski One hundred 16 [...] B 1522 On the share [?] 100 marks on the mill

Sigismundus Dei gratia Rex Polonie, Magnus Dux Lithuanie, Russie, Prussieque etc. dominus et heres. Significamus tenore presentium universis, quia tamen supplicationibus quorundam Consiliariorum nostrorum pro Nobili Sigismundo Barthoschewski Vicecapitaneo Leopolien[si] nobis factis, cupientesque communes proventus vicariorum ecclesie Cathedralis Leopolien[sis], pro meliori statu et condicione eorum auctum iri, ratificandam et approbandam duximus venditionem certi Census anni in vim reemptionis per prefatum vicecapitaneum Leopolien[sem] super eius tercia parte seu mensura Molendini nostri Leopolien[sis] ipsis vicariis ecclesie predicte cathedralis Leopolien[sis] eorumque universitati pro Centum marcis pecuniarum monete et numeri polonicalis consueti quadraginta octo grossos in quamlibet marcam computando sine Consensu nostro factam ratificamusque et approbamus, et robur firmum eque illam habere decerni[mus] harum serie literarum, ac si de nostro consensu facta fuisset per dictos vicarios huiusmodi censum exigendum et levandum, ac singulis annis iuxta condicionem inscriptionis et contractus facti percipiendum, quemquidem Censum libertati et immunitati ecclesiastice admittimus ascribendum, ut pro eius repetitione et omni actione, ad forum Iudicii ecclesiastici quotienscunque opus fuerit habeatur recursus, usque ad eius exemptionem per ipsum Sigismundum Barthoschewsky vel eius successores legittimos fiendam. Juribus tamen nostris Regalibus in eadem tercia parte seu mensura salvis semper remanentibus eo non obstante quod predictus census immunitati ecclesiastice sit ascriptus. Harum quibus sigillum nostrum est appensum testimonio literarum. Dat[um] Grodne feria sexta proxima ante Dominicam Oculi, Anno domini Millesimo quingen[tesimo] vigesimo secundo, Regni nostri anno sextodecimo. [Nota po lewej:] Petrus Ep[iscop]us et Vicecancell[arius] m[anu] p[ropria] [Nota po prawej:] Ad relacionem in Christo patris d[omi]ni Petri Episcopi Posnanien[sis] et Regni Polonie Vicecancellarii. [Na plice z lewej strony, inskrypcja wizytacyjna z 1743 r.:] Anno D[omi]ni 1743tio Die 20 Mensis Octobris in Visitatione G[e]n[er]ali Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Leopoliensis productum, lectum et annotatum. Nicolaus Ignatius [...] Can[onicus?] Metropolitanus Leopoliensis [Na plice z prawej strony, inskrypcja wizytacyjna z 1605 r.:] Haec ratificatio revisa est per Adm[irandum?] D[ominum] Thomam Pirawsky J.U.D. Archidiaconum Leopoliens[em] in Visitatione G[e]n[er]ali. Anno D[omi]ni 1605. [Verso:] Super Centum Marcas Barthoschew[s]ki [...] Barthoszewski Cent[um] 16 [...] B 1522 In plancze [?] 100 marcar[um] in molendino