Verdict of King Sigismund I maintaining the children of Master Michael in the life tenure of the Piekarski Mill

SIGISMUND, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia etc., Lord and Heir, we announce by the power of this letter to all whom it may concern: whereas when we permitted the famous Jan Fria, a Lviv surgeon, to purchase the Piekarski Mill in the suburb of our city of Lviv from the hands of the prudent Michael and Anna, children of the late Master Michael, a Lviv burgher, and entrusted the matter of said purchase to certain of our commissioners, then the aforementioned Michael and Anna, possessors of the said mill, presented before our said commissioners within the appointed time our letter, in which we left and maintained them in the possession of the said mill until the end of their lives, and requested that they be maintained in their said right of lifetime use of the aforementioned mill; our aforementioned commissioners, having issued no verdict, referred the matter back to us. Therefore, at the time of said referral, when both parties appeared before us legally, having heard their submissions, objections, arguments, and responses, and having considered and examined the entire process of the case, as well as after reading and duly examining our letter, in which we granted the use until the end of their lives to the aforementioned late Master Michael and his children mentioned above, we have left and deemed it necessary to maintain these children of the said late Master Michael, namely Michael and Anna, relying on our said earlier document of use, in the possession and lease of the said mill until the end of their lives, and we do leave and maintain them by means of this our verdict. In testimony of this letter, to which our seal has been appended. Given in Kraków, on Oculi Sunday, at the general sejm, in the Year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and forty, and in the thirty-fourth year of our reign. [Chancery note on the left:] Samuel, Bishop of Chełm and Deputy Chancellor, signed with his own hand. [Chancery note on the right:] Relation of the most reverend Samuel Maciejowski, Bishop of Chełm and Deputy Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. [Seal:] [On a parchment strip, a smaller royal wax seal of Sigismund I preserved in a natural wax bowl, depicting a crowned coat of arms surrounded by an inscription]. [Verso:] [Archival note:] Verdict of King Sigismund, by which [...] Michael and Anna [...] son and daughter [...] are maintained in life tenure at the Piekarski Mill. [Archival note:] Privilege of the successors [...] regarding the mill in the year 1540. [Modern note in red crayon/ink:] Baker: Mill: [Note:] No. 670 [?] [Notarial/chancery sign] [Round ink seal:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT ACTS OF THE CITY OF LVIV

SIGISMVNDVS Dei gratia Rex Poloniae magnus Dux Lithuaniae Russiae Prussiae Masouiae etc. Dominus et heres, Significamus tenore presentium quibus expedit uniuersis Quia cum admissemus famato Ioanni fria Chirurgico Leopolien[si] redimere molendinum pistorum in suburbio Ciuitatis n[ost]rae Leopolien[sis] de manibus prouidorum Michaelis et Annae liberorum olim Magistri Michaelis Ciuis Leopolien[sis] Commisissemusq[ue] certis n[ost]ris Commissariis negocium huiusmodi redemptionis, prefati tunc Michael et Anna dicti molendini possessores in termino illis afsignato, exhibuerunt coram dictis nostris Commissariis litteras n[ost]ras, quibus in dicti molendini possessione ad tempora vitae ipsorum extrema eos relinquimus et conseruauimus, precieruntq[ue] se circa dictum suum Ius utifruitionis ad uitam prefati molendini conseruari, Commissarii uero n[ost]ri predicti non facto aliquo decreto, eam ipsam causam ad nos rursus remiserunt, In termino itaq[ue] remissionis eiusmodi partibus ambabus coram nobis legittime comparentibus, nos illarum propositionibus, allegationibus, deductionibus et responsis, auditis, totoq[ue] causae processu expenso et ruminato, tum etiam l[itte]ris n[ost]ris quibus prefato olim M[a]g[ist]ro Michaeli, et eius liberis prenominatis usum fructum ad tempora vitae ipsorum concesseramus perlectis et debite recensitis, eosdem prefati olim Magistri Michaelis liberos videlicet Michaelem et Annam inherendo dictis n[ost]ris prioribus usufructuariis l[itte]r[i]s, in possessione et tenuta dicti molendini ad tempora vitae ipsorum reliquimus, et conseruandos duximus, relinquimusq[ue], et conseruamus, presenti decreto n[ost]ro mediante, Harum quibus sigillum n[ost]r[u]m presentibus est appensum testimonio litterarum, Dat[um] Cracoviae die dominico oculi in conuentione generali Anno domini millesimo Quingen[tesim]o Quadragesimo Regni vero n[ost]ri Anno Trigesimo quarto. [Nota kancelaryjna po lewej:] Samuel Ep[iscop]us Chelmen[sis] ac Vicecanc[ellarius] ss[cripsit] [Nota kancelaryjna po prawej:] R[elatio] Reverendi Samuelis Macieiowski Epi[scopi] Chelmen[sis] et R[egni] Poloniae Vicecancellarii [Pieczęć:] [Na pasku pergaminowym zachowana woskowa pieczęć mniejsza koronna Zygmunta I w misce z naturalnego wosku, przedstawiająca ukoronowaną tarczę herbową w otoku napisu]. [Verso:] [Nota archiwalna:] Decretum Reg[is] Sigis[mundi] quo [...] Michaelis et Annae [...] filiis et filia [...] ad vitalitatem conseruantur circa molendinum Pekar[ski] [Nota archiwalna:] Priuil[egium] successor[um] [...] sup[er] molendinum a[nn]o 1540 [Nota nowożytna czerwoną kredką/atramentem:] Piekar: Młyn: [Nota:] Nro 670 [?] [Znak notarialny/kancelaryjny] [Pieczęć tuszowa okrągła:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA