Judgment of King Sigismund I in the dispute between Lwów and Piotr Odnowski regarding the toll in Zboiska

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 [document] to all whom it may concern, present and future, who shall come to know of this, that whereas a dispute arose before Our Majesty between the illustrious mayor and councilors, the reeve and jurors [and] the entire commonalty of our city of Lwów on one side, and the noble Piotr Odnowski, Chamberlain of Lwów and Starosta of Sącz, heir in the village of Zboiska on the other, regarding the causeway [toll] which is collected by the aforementioned Piotr in the aforementioned village of Zboiska, by which he oppresses the burghers [and] peasants from the village traveling to the Lwów market with goods for sale, acquired by their labor, passing from all sides, contrary to the disposition of privileges and contrary to our judgment, whereby our city of Lwów suffers an excessive shortage of goods for sale, for which reason the aforementioned burghers summoned the aforementioned Piotr before the face of our Majesty on this day. We, having heard the statements, arguments, and responses of the aforementioned parties and having examined our earlier judgment issued between these parties regarding the above, as well as other letters previously granted to the same burghers, adhering to these and our aforementioned judgment and keeping [the same?] judgment in due force and permanence, as we do keep, have judged and by this letter do judge that the aforementioned Piotr Odnowski and his successors, possessors of the aforementioned village of Zboiska, shall permit carters and people of any status or condition traveling along that road to pass freely through the aforementioned causeway and may require from them the payment of duties or causeway [tolls] according to their privileges. However, he shall not be permitted to demand or collect any fee by reason of such causeway [toll] from village peasants traveling from there with their own goods, acquired by their labor and diligence, heading to their own homes or to the market of the city of Lwów, and arriving from anywhere. And he shall be obliged to allow these [peasants] with the said goods to pass through the aforementioned causeway without any hindrance, which shall last for all time. In testimony of this letter, to which our seal has been affixed. Done and given at the general assembly in Kraków on the Thursday next after the feast of Easter, in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and twenty-three, in the seventeenth year of our reign. [Note on the left:] Piotr, Bishop and Deputy Chancellor, signed [Chancery note on the right:] By the report of the venerable father in Christ, Lord Piotr, Bishop of Poznań and Deputy Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. [Verso:] Second rubric Lit. B. No. 15 1523. [Round ink seal:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT RECORDS OF THE CITY OF LWÓW No. 47. / H. VUS. Fasc. 47. to Fasc. 281 On not collecting the causeway toll in the village of Zboiska. 1523. 2. B. 15. [Seal:] [On a parchment strip, the royal seal of Sigismund I preserved, impressed in red wax in a dark wax bowl, depicting a crowned shield with the White Eagle and the monogram S].

Sigismundus Dei gratia Rex Polonie, Magnus dux Lithuanie, Russie, Prussieque etc. dominus et heres. Significamus tenore presencium quibus expedit universis, presentibus et futuris harum noticiam habituris, Quia cum fuisset orta controversia coram Maiestate nostra inter famatos Proconsulem et Consules, Advocatum et Scabinos, totam communitatem civitatis nostre Leopolien[sis] ex una, Et generosum Petrum Odnowsky succamerarium Leopolien[sem] et Capitaneum Sandecen[sem] heredem in villa Zboyska occasione aggeralis, quod per dictum Petrum in prefata villa Zboyska exigitur, quo ipsi cives, kmethones villar[um] ad forum Leopolien[se] cum rebus venalibus labore eorum conquisitis undequaque transeuntes contra disposicionem privilegiorum, et contra decretum nostrum, opprimit, propter quod Civitas nostra Leopolien[sis] nimiam patitur rerum venalium penuriam, prout eundem Petrum Cives prefati ad nostre Maiestatis presenciam premissorum occasione ad terminum hodiernum citaverunt. Nos auditis parcium prefatarum proposicionibus, allegationibus, et responsis, visoque priori nostro decreto, inter ipsas partes premissor[um] occasione lato, aliisque literis ipsis civibus iam pridem concessis, eisdem et decreto nostro prefato inherendo, [ipsumque?] decretum, in robore et firmitate debita conservando, prout conservamus. Ita decrevimus et decernimus tenore presencium mediante, Quia prefatus Petrus Odnowsky et sui successores ville predicte Sboyska possessores, vectores et cuiusvis status aut condicionis homines via illa transeuntes per aggerem predictum libere transire permittere debet, ab eisque solucionem thelonei seu aggeralis iuxta sua privilegia exigere. Kmethonibus vero villarum omnino illac cum rebus eorum propriis, labore et industria eorundem acquisitis, ad domos proprias, vel ad forum Civitatis Leopolien[sis] transeuntibus, et undequaque venientibus nullam solucionem ratione huiusmodi aggeralis expetere aut exigere debebit. Illosque cum rebus prefatis transeuntes, permittere tenebitur per aggerem predictum, absque quovis impedimento transire temporibus perpetuis duraturum. Harum testimonio literarum quibus Sigillum nostrum est appensum. Actum et Dat[um] in Conventione generali Cracovien[si] feria quinta proxima post festum Pasche, Anno domini Millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo tercio, Regni nostri decimo septimo. [Nota po lewej:] Petrus Ep[iscop]us et Vicecancell[arius] s[ub]s[cripsit] [Nota kancelaryjna po prawej:] Ad Relacionem Reverendi in Christo patris domini Petri Episcopi Posnanien[sis] et Regni Polonie Vicecancellarii. [Verso:] Rubrica Secunda Litt. B. N-ro 15-to 1523. [Okrągła pieczęć tuszowa:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA Nro 47. / H. VUS. Fasc. 47. ad Fasc. 281 De theloneo aggerali in villa Zboyska non exigendo. 1523. 2. B. 15. [Pieczęć:] [Na pasku pergaminowym zachowana pieczęć koronna Zygmunta I odciśnięta w czerwonym wosku w misce z ciemnego wosku, przedstawiająca ukoronowaną tarczę z Orłem Białym i monogramem S].