Grant of income from a bolter by King Sigismund I the Old to Lviv councilor Michael

Sigismund, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, etc., lord and heir. We make known by the tenor of this letter to all, that We, acceding to the requests of some of our advisors, and especially the magnificent Stanisław of Chodecz, Marshal of our Kingdom and Starosta of Lviv and Lubaczów, sincerely beloved by us, brought to us on behalf of the famous Master Michael, councilor of our city of Lviv, and having in mind the loyalty of the said Master Michael commended to us towards Us and the Commonwealth of our Kingdom, as well as the particular prudence and skill in conducting affairs which he has repeatedly shown before Us in handling the interests of the said city of Lviv, to him and to Michael and Anna, his elder children – whom we have preserved for life by our other letters, themselves and each of them individually, in our Lviv water mill called Piekarski, that is, in the third measure of the same mill, so that in no way shall we allow, nor shall our successors allow, anyone to dispossess the said Master Michael and his mentioned children, or any of them, of the said third measure, but neither shall We ourselves dispossess them, nor shall our successors dispossess them – the entire or intact income and all profit that will result from the device for sifting or cleaning flour, recently installed in that mill, which is commonly called a bolter [Pithel], we have donated, do give and donate hereby, so that the same Master Michael and his said children, as long as they shall live, may collect, draw, and freely use such profit or income from the above-mentioned device for their own needs, without any hindrance from our officials, reserving nothing of this for Us or our successors in its entirety. In witness of this letter, to which our seal has been appended. Given in Piotrków, at the general sejm, on Friday after the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle, in the year of Christ one thousand five hundred and twenty-six, the twentieth year of our reign. [Note on the left side of the plica:] Piotr, Bishop of Kraków and Vice-Chancellor, signed [monogram] [Relation note on the right side of the plica:] Relation of the reverend father in Christ, Lord Piotr Tomicki, Bishop of Kraków and Vice-Chancellor of the Polish Kingdom [paraph] [Verso:] [18th/19th c.:] Arka 15. 7th. [16th c.:] Grant of income [...] to Master Michael [...] [16th c.:] P / Mill for Master Michael / 1526 and his children [Chancery mark / monogram:] RS [Round ink seal:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT ACTS OF THE CITY OF LVIV [Seal:] [On a parchment strip, a wax royal seal is preserved (red wax in a dark wax bowl, multi-field coat of arms under a crown).]

Sigismundus dei gratia Rex Polonie Magnus dux Lithvanie Russie prussie etc[etera] dominus et heres. Significamus tenore presencium universis, quia Nos annuentes supplicationibus quorundam Consiliariorum nostrorum, et presertim Magnifici Stanislai de Chodecz Marschalci Regni nostri, ac Leopolien[sis] ac Lubaczowien[sis] Capitanei sincere nobis dilecti, pro Famato Magistro Michaele consule civitatis nostre Leopolien[sis], nobis factis, eiusdemq[ue] Magistri Michaelis fidem, erga Nos, et rempublicam Regni nostri, et in rebus agendis, singularem solerciam et dexteritatem, quam in obeundis negociis eiusdem civitatis Leopolien[sis], coram Nobis multociens demonstravit, comendatam habentes, ipsi, ac Michaeli, et Anne liberis suis, natu maioribus, quos per alias l[itte]ras n[ost]ras, in molendino nostro aquatico Leopolien[si] pistorum n[un]cupato, seu eiusdem molendini tercia mensura, ad ipsorum, et cuiuslibet eorum vitam, conservavimus, ita, q[uod] nulli prorsus eundem Magistrum Michaelem, et ipsos eius liberos prefatos, aut aliquem illorum, ex prefata tercia mensura, eximere consenciemus, nec successores Nostri consencient, sed, et neq[ue] Nos ipsi, illos eximemus, successoresq[ue] nostri non eximent, totum, seu integrum proventum, et omnimodam utilitatem, quam ex instrumento, ad cribrandam seu purgandam farinam, in dicto molendino non pridem aptato, quod wlgo Pithel dicitur, consequetur, donavimus, damusq[ue], et donamus per presentes, per eosdem Magistrum Michaelem, liberosq[ue] suos predictos, quoad vixerint, huiusmodi utilitatem seu proventum, ex prenominato instrumento, integre tollendum, percipiendum, et in suos usus, libere, et absq[ue] quorunlibet officialium nostrorum impedimento, convertendum, nichil omnino ex illo nobis, vel n[ost]ris successoribus, reservantes. Harum testimonio l[itte]rar[um], quibus sigillum nostrum est appensum. Dat[um] Pyotrcovie, in Conventu generali feria sexta proxima post festum Conversionis sancti Pauli Apostoli. Anno Jhesuchristi Millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo sexto. Regni nostri Anno vigesimo. [Nota po lewej stronie pliki:] Petrus Ep[iscop]us Cr[acoviensis] et vicecancell[arius] ss[scripsi]t [monogram] [Nota relacji po prawej stronie pliki:] Relatio Reverendi in christo patris domini Petri Thomijczki Episcopi Cracoviensis, et Regni Polonie Vicecancellarii [parafa] [Verso:] [XVIII/XIX w.:] Arca 15. 7mo. [XVI w.:] Donatio proventuum [...] M[agistro] Michaeli [...] [XVI w.:] P / Molendinum pro M[agistro] Michaele / 1526 et eius liberis [Znak kancelaryjny / monogram:] RS [Pieczęć tuszowa okrągła:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA [Pieczęć:] [Na pasku pergaminowym zachowana woskowa pieczęć koronna (czerwony wosk w misce z ciemnego wosku, herb wielopolowy pod koroną).]