Confirmation by the Lviv jurors of the mortgage of a farmstead on Głyńska Street to Mikołaj Błażejowski

SWORN JURORS OF THE CITY OF LVIV We announce by the tenor of these presents to all and singular to whom it pertains and to whose knowledge this letter shall come: that yesterday, namely on Wednesday before the upcoming feast of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred and twenty-five, in the presence and under the presidency of the magnificent and illustrious lords: Andrzej Stefan, councilor and our sworn judicial reeve, appeared in person the venerable man, Mr. Mikołaj Błażejowski, Dean of Przemyśl and Canon of the Lviv churches, having taken as his guardian the noble and illustrious Mr. Mikołaj Janczyński, our colleague, and appointed as his procurator and attorney the prudent Maciej Bielis in his matters against any persons whatsoever, and in particular in the matter with the deceased illustrious Stanisław Lamek, sworn juror of the city of Lviv, submitting the case to the jurisdiction of the court. This Maciej Bielis, authorized procurator of the said Dean, presented before the court a letter issued under the title and seal of the magnificent lords councilors of the same city and extracted from their acts, in this manner: “We, the councilors of the city of Lviv, acknowledge by the tenor of these presents, to whom it pertains, to all [and singular]: having appeared in person before our council office, the illustrious man, the honest Stanisław Lamek, sworn juror, and Agnieszka, his lawful wife [... with] the consent and in the inviolability of any of their mayors [...], the same Stanisław Lamek together with the aforementioned Agnieszka, before us [with] Marcin their guardian, not coerced nor forced, nor deceived by any error, but of their own free will, by the cause and consent of their friends [...], acknowledged and by reason of expenses confessed that by various means and duly by the power of their law and legally [...] one hundred florins according to the count of Polish currency, counting twenty groschen per florin, to the venerable Mr. Mikołaj Błażejowski, Custos of Przemyśl and Canon of Lviv [...] the aforementioned one hundred florins annually it was customary to collect to the hands [...] and annually are obliged and owe [...] to the venerable Mr. Mikołaj Błażejowski in the term promised in part and in whole to pay, and on their entire farmstead lying in the Halych Suburb, otherwise Głyńska [...] the same Stanisław Lamek and Agnieszka, his wife [...] the price of the florins for the time and date written above to the possessor are indebted and legal actions must come to effect, before witnesses acknowledges. From now on the said persons and their successors shall be obliged to give to the same Mr. Mikołaj Błażejowski a letter of introduction into possession along with the clearing of rights to their farmstead lying by the public road at the end of Głyńska Street, between the new flooded Głyńska Street, deep towards their gardener by Saint Andrew Street, opposite the house of Marcin Valfratoth [...], which goods the mentioned Mr. Mikołaj Błażejowski for himself and his lawful successors or after his death for the executors of his testament or last will shall hold and possess by full right of dominion and ownership, with all their profits, fruits, sides, rents, incomes and perpetual revenues, just as Stanisław Lamek with his spouse, the mentioned Agnieszka, held, had and hereditarily possessed, reserving nothing of the right of ownership or sovereignty for himself or his lawful successors, but yielding and transferring the entire right, dominion and ownership to the same Mr. Mikołaj Błażejowski or his executors or successors. These goods in width, length and circumference, just as they have long been designated and separated in their boundaries. And furthermore, the said goods shall be freed from all usage, and they shall make their own usage and that of their successors better. Moreover, the venerable Mr. Mikołaj Błażejowski himself promised graciously, validly and unchangeably to preserve and observe whatever the legal executors shall do with the said goods or decide after his death. To all this, Stanisław Lamek for himself and the said Lady Agnieszka by the hand of Marcin, their guardian, voluntarily expressed consent and together with their offspring submitted to this. In faith and testimony of all this, the public seal of our office has been appended. Done in Lviv on the Thursday next after the Epiphany, in the year of the same Nativity one thousand five hundred and twenty”. After the entry of which document, the mentioned Maciej Bielis, attorney of the aforementioned Mr. Mikołaj Błażejowski, having appeared before the magnificent and illustrious Mr. Andrzej Stefan, reeve, and the jurors [...], brought and with consent requested introduction by virtue of a court ruling, acknowledging that into the above and below described and mortgaged goods of the once illustrious Stanisław Lamek, then juror, and Agnieszka, his wife, recorded in the acts of the lords councilors and their inhabitants, they gave intromission, and also cleared of claims [...] Głyńska Street at the end of the said public road up to the new Głyńska Street, from one [...] by Saint Andrew Street, situated [opposite] the house of Marcin Valfratoth, [towards] the magnificent Mr. Andrzej Stefan, reeve, and the jurors to secure for Mr. Mikołaj Błażejowski [...] to which the same Maciej Bielis firmly declared, which the court [...] accepts. In faith and testimony of all this, our public seal has been appended below. [On the reverse:] [18th c.:] Stanisław Lemel together with his wife mortgage a farmstead on Głyńska Street to the Dean of the Przemyśl church for fifteen promised at the end ... 29 Polish florins. [Archival notes:] No. 34; Facs. 289; from facs. 402; No. 34; Arca Imppttis [?]. [Seal:] [On a parchment strip, a preserved round city seal of Lviv in a wax bowl, with the image of a city gate with a lion in the aperture, partially damaged on the edge].

SCABINI IVRATI CIVITATIS LEOPOLIS Significamus tenore presencium quibus expedit universis et singulis presencium noticiam habituris Quomodo hesterna die videlicet feria quarta ante festum sancte et individue Trinitatis proxima de anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo quinto extantibus et presidentibus spectabilibus ac famatis dominis Andrea Stephano consul et advocato nostro juratus presentatus personaliter constitutus honorabilis vir dominus Nicolaus Blaszyowsky decanus Premisliensis et canonicus Leopoldiensis Ecclesiarum per assumpcionem sibi tutorem nobilium ac famatum dominum Nicolaum Janczynsky collegam nostrum constituit in suum procuratorem et dominum plenipotentem providum Mathiam Byelyss in causis suis contra quoscunque personas et signanter tamen in causa cum olim famato Stanislao Lamek scabino jurato civitatis Leopolien[sis] quod sibi judicium admisit inijurisdictioni Qui quidem Mathias Byeliss plenipotens procurator prefati domini decani reproduxit coram jure litteras titulo et sigillo spectabilium dominorum consulum civitatis huiusmodi emanatas et ex actis eorundem emanatas in hunc modum: Nos consules civitatis Leopoliensis recognoscimus tenore presencium quibus expedit universis [et singulis] constituti personaliter coram residen[ti]a nostra consulari famosus vir honestus Stanislaus Lamek scabinus juratus et Agnes uxor sua legittima coniunx nostra [cum] consensu et incolumitate quorumlibet eorum proconsulum [...] ipsi Stanislaus Lamek una et prefata Agnes coram nobis Stanislao Martinum suum tutorem non compulsi nec coacti neque quopiam errore ducti prout et ipsorum libera voluntate suorum peramicos causis pariter et con[...] consensu recognoverunt et pro expensis fassi sunt se varie ac debite sua jure ac legittimo sibi tutelam florenos centum ac numerum monete polonicalis viginti grossos in floreno computandos venerabili domino Nicolao Blazyowsky custodi Premisliensi et canonico Leopoldiensi loco eiusdem tutelam florenos centum prefatos annue in manibus tolli solitus eorumque prompte [...] et annue teneantur et debent [...] venerabili domino Nicolao Blazyowsky pro termino promiserunt pro parte et integre fore solvendos et super praedium ipsorum integrum iacens in suburbio Haliciensi alias Glynska [...] ipsi Stanislaus Lamek et Agnes coniunx eius [...] pretium florenorum pro tempore ac data suprascripta possessori debent et acta debent [in] fieri coram testibus recognoscit. Ex nunc tenebuntur prefati et eorum successores eidem domino Nicolao Blazyowsky litteram intromissionis cum expurgatione dare in praedium ipsorum iuris stratum publicam in fine platee Glynska iacens inter novam plateam Glynska inundata intus in ortulanum ipsorum in platea sancti Andree sita ex opposito domus Martini Valfratoth ortulanis buttam tantum in prius plene mere conquisitam super quos omnes gradus dare efficit perducti qui quidem bona prefata ipse dominus Nicolaus Blaszyowsky sibi et suis legittimis successoribus vel post mortem testamenti ipsius seu ultime voluntatis executoribus tenebunt possidebunt pleno iure dominii ac proprietatis cum omnibus eorum usibus fructibus lateribus censibus reditibus et obventionibus sempiternis Eaque Stanislaus Lamek cum consorte sua data Agnes tenuerunt habuerunt et hereditarie possederunt nil iuris proprietatis aut dominii sibi aut suis legittimis successoribus reservando sed totum ius dominium ac proprietatem sibi domino Nicolao Blazyowsky aut suis executoribus seu successoribus cedendo transferendo. Bona consors ipsa late longe et circumferentiata prout ex antiquo in suis metis sunt limitata et defuncta. Et nichilominus dicta bona omnibus eximent ab omni usu et usus suos et successorum suorum meliores redderent. Preterea ipse venerabilis dominus Nicolaus Blasyowsky promisit omnia grata rata et firma tenere et observare quicquid executores legittimi cum prefatis bonis fuerint seu post mortem ipsius ordinaverint adque quidem omnia premissa per Stanislaus Lamek pro se et dicta domina Agnes pro manu Martini sui tutoris libere consenserunt et secum sua posteritate submisserunt. In quorum omnium fidem et testimonium sigillum officii nostri publicum est subappensum. Actum Leopoli feria quinta intra Epiphaniarum proxima anno nativitatis eiusdem Millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo. Post quarum litterarum quidem insertionem prefatus Mathias Byeliss plenipotens praenominati domini Nicolai Blasyowsky spectabilibus ac famatis domino Andreae Stephano advocatus et scabinis [...] constitutis petiit et assensu reduci in pura missione judicii recognoscit quod in suprascriptam infrascriptam et obligatam famati olim Stanislai Lamek deinde scabini et Agnetis uxoris eius bonorum nostrorum in actis dominorum consulum et suis habitatoribus intutam dederunt intromissionem fieri nec non expurgarent a pretensione [...] platea Glynska in fine praedicti stratum publicam usque novam plateam Glynska una ex [...] in platea sancti Andree sita [ex opposito] domus Martini Valfratoth spectabilis domini Andree Stephani advocati et scabinis intutare dominus Nicolaus Blasyowsky [...] prefatus ad in refectionem nichil iuris per [...] mami quod ipse Mathias Byeliss absolute opposuit quod judicium [...] recipit. In quorum omnium fidem et testimonium sigillum nostrum publicum est subappensum. [Verso:] [XVIII w.:] Stanislaus Lemel a sua uxore obligant praedium in platea Glinska ecclesiae decano Premisliensi per quindecim promisit in fine ... florenos polonicales 29. [Noty archiwalne:] No 34; Fasc. 289; de fasc. 402; No 34; Arca Imppttis [?]. [Pieczęć:] [Na pasku pergaminowym zachowana okrągła pieczęć miejska Lwowa w misce woskowej, z wizerunkiem bramy miejskiej z lwem w prześwicie, częściowo uszkodzona na obrzeżu].