Incorporation of the Metropolitan Chapter's estates into ecclesiastical law by the Archbishop of Lviv, Bernard Wilczek

IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AMEN. In eternal memory of the matter. Since fragile human memory, borne by mortality, easily falls into oblivion. Therefore we, Bernard, by the grace of God Archbishop of the holy Metropolitan Church of Lviv, make it known by the power of this [letter] to all together and to each one individually, present and future, who shall receive knowledge of this. That having appeared before our face, the venerable lords canons and the entire chapter of our said Metropolitan Church of Lviv, presented before us a certain letter of donation of goods, namely the villages of Honiatycze, Czerkasy, and a mill situated in front of the Halych Gate in Lviv, made to them together with the Lviv chapter by the most serene prince and lord, Lord Sigismund, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, and Masovia, etc., lord and heir, our most gracious lord; which letter, having been read and revised by us, sound, whole, intact, neither defiled nor erased, we did not deem it appropriate to include in this [document] due to its certain length, from which, however, a full faith and copy are to be made available to all interested parties by the lords canons. And the said Lviv lords canons requested that we deign to unite and incorporate these goods, that is, the said villages and mill, given, donated, and assigned to them and the Lviv Church by the Royal Majesty, together with the private tenement house of these same lords canons, situated at the rear of their common capitular house on Szkolna Street, between the house of the once famous Wawrzyniec Młoczek on one side, and the Habryks [or: Habryk brewers], citizens of Lviv, on the other, by our ordinary authority with the rights, privileges, liberties, and immunities of the Metropolitan Church of Lviv, granted and assigned by the once most serene kings and princes of Poland. Therefore we, not wishing to do anything rashly in this matter, so that through the hasty course of events [we would not]..., decided first of all to send our citation letters in one proclamation against all who might think that the matter concerns them jointly or individually. On whose appointed and designated term, the said lords canons and the entire chapter of our Lviv Church having appeared, after the proper and legal execution of the said civil law and after the presentation of [copies] hung on the doors of the Lviv church, accused of non-appearance all and each one individually who considered that they had an interest in this [...] and earnestly requested that the said goods and villages be assigned and incorporated into ecclesiastical liberty or immunity. We, however, seeing on the appointed term the non-appearance of the defendants who thought they had an interest, as no one objected, acceding to the earnest, just, and reasonable request of the said lords canons and the entire Lviv chapter, assigned, incorporated, and united the said goods assigned and donated to them by the Royal Majesty, as mentioned above, namely the villages of Honiatycze and Czerkasy, the mill behind the Halych Gate, and the above-mentioned house, the property of these same lords canons, situated in Lviv[?], in the face of the non-appearance of the defendants who neither appeared nor objected, to ecclesiastical rights, immunities, privileges, and liberties by our ordinary authority, according to the liberties of the Lviv Church granted as above by the once most serene kings and princes of the Kingdom of Poland, and we transferred and henceforth transfer and transpose them from secular law under ecclesiastical law and status, and we assign, appropriate, incorporate, and unite these same villages and said goods to ecclesiastical status, authority, and ownership for all time. Determining and declaring that these same goods described above, listed individually, together with all and individual rent-paying people, annuitants, subjects, and vassals, are to use, possess, enjoy, and benefit from all ecclesiastical liberties, rights, and immunities, and are not to be kept, recognized, and considered otherwise than as ecclesiastical goods. In faith and testimony of all and each one individually of the above [provisions], we ordered and caused this letter to be written by our below-signed notary and scribe of the curia and of the cases pending before us, and to be strengthened by the hanging of our greater round seal, which we use in such cases. Actum and given in Lviv, in the building of our curia, on Saturday the twenty-fifth day of the month of May, in the year of the Lord's Nativity one thousand five hundred and thirty-eight, in the eleventh indiction, during the pontificate of the most holy father and our lord in Christ, Lord Paul, by divine providence the third pope, in the fourth year of his [pontificate]. In the presence of the venerable and noble: Stanisław of Gałęzów, chaplain, Stanisław Łaski, Jan Kampski, Łukasz Suchocki, members of our curia, witnesses called and requested for the above. [Notarial sign with motto:] REMEMBER THE LAST THINGS And I, Stanisław, son of Stanisław [from?] the city of Przemyśl, notary public by holy apostolic authority and scribe of the curia and of the cases before the aforementioned most reverend lord Archbishop of Lviv, because during the said observation of terms, the accusation of non-appearance of the defendants [...], the assignment and incorporation of the said goods into ecclesiastical liberty and immunity, [...] the announcement of the sentence and decree [...] I was present together with the above-mentioned witnesses and when all this and individual things were happening and being done, I saw and heard that it was happening, therefore I drew up this public instrument and with my own usual and accepted sign and name, together with the hanging of the seal of the said most reverend lord Archbishop of Lviv [...] by order and for the testimony of all and individual above matters, I was requested and called [and have certified]. [On the reverse:] [Note 1:] Bundle: 1. [...] / volume of the same title: 1 / Village of Honiatycze with Czerkasy as well as the mill in front of the Halych Gate, and also the tenement house on Szkolna Street / Year 1538 [Note 2:] Location 21, volume 1. [Note 3:] Confirmation of the most reverend father and lord in Christ, Lord Bernard Wilczek, for the goods of the lords canons, namely the villages of Honiatycze, Czerkasy [...] and for their house situated at the rear etc. [Note 4:] Canon tenement house / Village of Honiatycze and Czerkasy and the mill in front of the Halych Gate assigned to ecclesiastical immunity [Label:] L. XXI / 2

[Invocatio:] IN NOMINE DOMINI AMEN. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Quoniam fragilis hominum memoria mortalitate subvecta facile labitur in oblivionem cadura. Proinde nos Bernardus dei gratia Sancte ecclesie Metropolitane Leopolien[sis] Archiepiscopus, Significamus tenore presentiu[m] vniuersis et singulis presentibus et futuris habituris harum noticiam. Quomodo in nostra constituti presentia Venerabiles Domini Canonici totumq[ue] Capitulum eiusdem ecclesie nostre Metropolitane Leopolien[sis] certas litteras donacionis Bonorum videlicet Honnyathycze Czerkassi villarum ac Molendini ante portam Halicien[sem] Leopoli[ensem] siti eis vna cum Capitulo Leopolien[si] per Serenissimum Principem et dominum dominum Sigismundum Dei gratia Regem Polonie Magnum Ducem Lithwanie Russie Prussie ac Mazovie etc. dominum et heredem dominum nostru[m] clementissimum facte coram nobis exhibuerunt, quasquidem litteras per nos lectas et revisas sanas saluas integras non viciatas nec cancellatas propter illarum aliquam prolixitatem presentibus inserere non putauimus, quarum tamen per dominos Canonicos dicitur plena omnibus interesse facientur fides et copia. Petieruntq[ue] prefati domini Canonici Leopolien[ses] quatenus eadem bona seu villas et Molendinum predictas ipsis et Ecclesie Leopolien[si] per Maiestatem Regiam data et donata atque ascripta vnacum domo Lapidea eorundem dominorum Canonicorum propria in postico domus eorum communis Capitularis in platea Scholastica inter domum famatorum olim Laurency Mloczko ex vna et Braseatorum Habrikonum ciuium Leopolien[sium] parte sub altera sita et locata, aucto[ritate] nostra ordinaria Juribus priuilegys libertatibus et immunitatibus Ecclesie Metropolitane Leopolien[sis] per Serenissimos olim Reges et Principes Polonie concessis et asscriptis vnire et incorporare dignaremur. Vnde nos in hac re mehil [=nihil] precipitanter agere volens ne per celerem facti progressum, emptio in iure sue premulcionis eiusdem de vniuersissimis iure plannius experiri literas cittacionis nostre in vnn stride contra omnes sua concernier vel diuisim interesse putan[tes] ante omnia premultere decreueramus. In cuius termino prefixo et assignato prefati domini Canonici et totum Capitulum Ecclesie nostre Leopolien[sis] comparentes et predictis Iuris Civile debite et legittime executis, ac ad valuas Ecclesie Leopolien[sis] appensis reproductis, contumaciam omnium et singulorum sua interesse putantium [...] accusaverunt, predictaq[ue] bona et villas libertati vel immunitati Ecclesiastice asseribi et incorporari instanter petierunt. Nos vero visam termino sua interesse putantium cittatorum contumacia nullo contradicente, ad predictorum dominorum Canonicorum et totius Capituli Leopolien[sis] instantem iustam vim et rationi consona[m] peticionem predicta bona ipsis per maiestatem Regiam vt prefertur asscripta et donata videlicet Honnyathycze et Czerkassi villas Molendinumque exportam halicien[sem] ac domum prenominatam maiori ipsorum dominorum Canonici propriam bopoli[?] sittam in contumaciam cittatorum non comparentium nec contradicentium Juribus munitatibus priuilegys ac libertatibus Ecclesiasticis auctoritate ma[ter] ordinaria iuxta libertates Ecclesie Leopolien[sis] per Serenissimos olim Reges et principes Regni Polonie vt premissum est concessas asseripsimus incorporauimus ac vniuicerauimus, ac de Jure seculari in Jus et sortem Ecclesiasticam transtulimus et exnunc transferimus et transponimus easdem villas atque bona predicta sorti ditioni et proprietati Ecclesiasitice asseribimus, appropriamus, incorporamus ac vniuiceramus, emsernis temporibus duraturis. Decernen[tes] et declaran[tes] eadem ipsa bona suprascripta singillatim expressa cum omnibus et singulis hominibus censuariis reddituarys subditis et vasallis omnibus libertatibus Juribus et immunitatibus Ecclesiasticis vti potiri frui et gaudere, vtiq[ue] non secus nec aliter nisi pro Ecclesiasticis bonis servari, censeri et reputari. In quorum omnium et singulorum fidem et testimonium premissorum presentes litteras per Notary nostrum infrascripti Curie et Causarum coram nobis scribam scribi, et Sigilli nostri maioris rotundi, quo in talibus vtimur, iussimus et fecimus appensione communiri. Actum et datum Leopoli in edibus Curie nostre Die Saturni vigesima quinta Mensis Maii Anno a Nativitate domini Millesimo quingentesimo trigesimo Octavo, Indictione vndecima, Pontificatus Sanctissimi in Christo patris et Domini nostri Domini Pauli Diuina prouidentia pape tercij Anno ipsius quarto. Presentibus Honorabili et Nobilibus, Stanislao de Galezow Capellano, Stanislao Laski, Joanne Kampska, Luca Suchoczki famuliaribus Curie nostre testibus ad premissa vocatis et rogatis. [Znak notarialny z dewizą:] MEMORARE NOVISSIMA [Subskrypcja notarialna:] Et ego Stanislaus Stamflai [cuius de?] Ciuitate Premislien[si] sacra Apostolica autoritate Publicus Notarius et coram memorato R[everen]dissimo domino domino Archiepiscopo Leopolien[si] Curieque Causarum Scriba, quia predictis terminorum observationi, cittatorum [...] accussacioni bonorum predictorum bonorum libertati et immunitati Ecclesiastice asscriptioni et incorporationi, [...] sentencie et Decreti prolacioni vnacion[?] prenominata[?] testibus prefatis interfui, eaque omnia et singula dum sic vt premittitur agerent et fierent, ita fieri vidi et audiui, Ideoque presens publicum instrum[entum] in eam vnacum confecti Signoque et nomine meis solitis et consuetis vna cum appensione Sigilli memorati Reverendissimi Domini Archiepiscopi Leopolien[sis] [...] de mandato et testimonio omnium et singulorum premissorum rogatus et requisitus. [Verso:] [Nota 1:] Fasc: 1. [...] / eod: tit: vol: 1 / Villa Honiatycze cum Czerkassy nec non Molendinum ante portam Haliciensem, tum Lapidea in platea Scholastica / Anno 1538 [Nota 2:] Locat. 21 vol. 1. [Nota 3:] Confirmatio R[everen]dissi[mi] in Christo patris et domini domini Bernardi Wilczek super bona dominorum Canonicorum videlicet villas Honnathycze, Czerkassy, a quequiclaram[?] et super domu[m] illorum in postico siti etc. [Nota 4:] Lapidea Canonicalis / Villa Honiatycze et Czerkassy et molendinum ante portam Haliciensem immunitati ecclesiasticae asscripta [Etykieta:] L. XXI / 2