Assurance of King Sigismund I to the Lviv Chapter regarding the possession of a mill

Sigismund, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Lord and Heir of all Prussia and Masovia, etc. We make known by the tenor of this [document] to all whom it may concern. That we, acceding to the request of the reverend father in Christ, Lord Bernard, Archbishop of Lviv, sincerely dear to us, and considering that in recent years the revenues of the capitular table of the venerable prelates and canons of his said metropolitan church of Lviv have greatly diminished due to the annual and almost incessant wars being waged there against the infidels, and desiring for this reason to support the said prelates and canons with our grace for their more convenient maintenance and their continued residence at the said church of Lviv, and to ensure their security in the possession of our mill located in the Lviv suburb before the Halych Gate, that is, in [the possession of] its third part, redeemed by them with our consent – we have decided and by the content of this document have resolved [to maintain] the said prelates and canons of the aforementioned church of Lviv in the lease and possession of our mentioned mill, located in the suburb before the Halych Gate there in Lviv, as stated above, so that for the duration and completion of the fifteen consecutive years, counted from the date of this document, we do not permit and will not permit anyone at all, of whatever status, condition, or dignity they may be, to redeem this mill, or its third part, from the said prelates and canons and the Lviv Chapter, and our successors shall not permit or allow it, nor shall we ourselves redeem it for any reason, however significant, nor shall our successors redeem it, but we shall also preserve and maintain them, and cause them to be preserved and maintained, in the above-described mill, or its third part, and in all and individual appurtenances, [profits, rights, uses, benefits, revenues, rents, and annual fees, in no way belonging to royal rights directly or indirectly in any manner, until the said term of fifteen years, fully and peacefully, without the opposition of any people. In testimony of which] to this [document] [...] our seal has been appended. Given in Kraków, at the general sejm, on the day of Saint Dorothy, virgin and martyr, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred and twenty-seven, the twenty-first year of our reign. [Signature on the left:] Piotr, Bishop and Vice-Chancellor, signed by his own hand [Chancery note on the right:] Relation of the reverend father in Christ, Lord Piotr, Bishop of Kraków and Vice-Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. [Verso:] [Note from the 16th century:] [...] by King Sigismund [Later note:] Bundle 10. Mill behind the Halych Gate. 1527 Kraków, day 24? Dorothy... [Seal:] On a parchment strip, a preserved round royal seal (red wax in a natural wax bowl) with the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Poland.

Sigismundus Dei gratia Rex Polonie, Magnus Dux Lithuanie, Russie, totiusq[ue] Prussie, ac Masovie etc. dominus et heres. Significamus tenore presentium quibus expedit universis. Quia nos annuentes postulacioni R[everen]di in Christo patris domini Bernardi Archiepiscopi Leopolien[sis] sincere nobis dilecti, considerantesq[ue] communes annos proventus mense Capitularis Venerabilium Prelatorum et Canonicorum Ecclesie Metropolitane sue pr[e]d[i]c[te] Leopolien[sis], propter anniversaria et fere continua, que illic contra infideles geruntur bella multum decrevisse, proptereaq[ue] eosdem Prelatos et Canonicos pro commodiori sustentatione et residentia eorum circa ipsam Ecclesiam Leopolien[sem] continuanda, gratia nostra relevare, ac ipsorum securitati in possessione Molendini n[ost]ri in Suburbio Leopolien[si] ante valvam Halicien[sem] siti, seu in eius tercia parte, de consensu nostro per illos exempta, providere volentes, duximus et harum serie literarum consemus [=censuimus] p[re]dictos Prelatos et Canonicos prenominate Ecclesie Leopolien[sis] in tenuta et possessione prefati Molendini nostri in suburbio ante Portam Halicien[sem] illic Leopoli vti premissum est, consistentis, ita q[uo]d per spacium et complementum quindecim annorum sese continue sequentium, a dat[a] presentium literarum computandos, ipsos Prelatos et Canonicos, Capitulumq[ue] Leopolien[se] ex eodem Molendino, seu illius tercia parte, nemini prorsus, cuiuscunq[ue] status, condicionis, et preeminentie is existat, eximere consentientibus, nec permittimus, nostriq[ue] succesfores non consentient, nec permittent, sed et neq[ue] nos ipsi ex quavis causa, quantumvis ardua, illud eximemus, succesforesq[ue] nostri non eximent, sed etiam ipsos in suprascripto Molendino, seu tercia parte illius, ac omnibus et singulis pertinentiis, [commoditatibus, juribus, usibus, emolumentis, proventibus, censibus, annuisque obventionibus in nullo ex regalibus talibus aliis mediatim vel immediate quovis modo spectantibus, usque ad dictum terminum quindecim annorum plene et pacifice sine contradictione quorumvis hominum conservabimus et manutenebimus, conservarique et manutenere faciemus. In cuius] rei testimonium litteras [...] sigillum nostrum est appensum. Dat[um] Cracovie in Conventu generali die sancte Dorothee virginis et martiris Anno Domini Millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo septimo, Regni nostri anno vigesimo primo. [Podpis z lewej:] Petrus Ep[iscop]us et vicecancell[arius] ss[crip]t [Nota kancelaryjna z prawej:] Relatio Reverendi in Chri[st]o patris d[omi]ni Petri Episcopi Cracovien[sis] et Regni Polonie Vicecancellarii. [Verso:] [Nota z XVI w.:] [...] per Regem Sigismundum [Nota późniejsza:] Fasciculus 10. Molendinum extra Portam Halicien[sem]. 1527 Cracoviae die 24? Dorotheae ... [Pieczęć:] Na pasku pergaminowym zachowana okrągła pieczęć koronna (czerwony wosk w misce z naturalnego wosku) z herbem Królestwa Polskiego.