Translation / modern text
MIKOŁAJ Gołąbek of Zimna Woda, judge, and Daniel Wołwanowski of Wołwanowice, sub-judge of the Lviv land court. We announce by the power of this letter to all whom it may concern, both present and future [...] who are to have knowledge of this: behold, there has been presented before us and these acts a parchment letter once given and granted by the late Most Serene Lord Casimir, by the grace of God King of Poland, and confirmed and ratified by the Most Serene Lord Sigismund, by the grace of God currently King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and also Lord and Heir of the lands of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kujawy, Ruthenia, Prussia, as well as Chełmno, Elbląg, Pomerania, etc., under the title and greater seal of the same Royal Majesty, suspended on a white silk cord interwoven with green and blue silk, whole, intact, and undamaged, and completely free from any defect or suspicion. The literal text of this letter follows and reads as follows:
In the name of the Lord, amen. In eternal memory of the matter. We, Sigismund, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and also Lord and Heir of the lands of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kujawy, Ruthenia, Prussia, as well as Chełmno, Elbląg, Pomerania, etc. We announce by the power of this letter to all and each one individually, both present and future, that having appeared before us, the Most Illustrious Lord Konstanty Iwanowicz, Prince of Ostrog, Voivode of Trakai and Supreme Hetman of the armies of our Grand Duchy of Lithuania, as well as Starosta of Lutsk, Bratslav, etc., our sincerely beloved, showed us in the original the privilege written below under the title and with the attached seal of the Most Serene Prince, Lord Casimir the King, our dearest father, by whose power the fatherly Majesty once decided to release and did release Symeon, the Mykolyn presbyter, and his monastery of Saint Nicholas of the Greek rite outside the city of Lviv, and the said presbyter's legitimate successors, from all and individual contributions, customs, and our royal levies, asking us to deign to approve, confirm, and strengthen the privilege written below, and also to preserve and support [the church of] Saint Nicholas and its current presbyter Efanazy [added between lines: which in Latin sounds Athanasius] and his legitimate successors, the presbyters of Saint Nicholas, in this same freedom and exemption. The literal text of this privilege reads as follows:
Casimir, by the grace of God King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, and Prussia, Lord and Heir. We announce by the power of this letter to all whom it may concern: moved by the extraordinary grace of our kindness, we have decided to grant to the Ruthenian priest Symeon Mykoliński and his monastery, otherwise the oratory of Saint Nicholas of the Ruthenian rite before Lviv, all and individual fees, customs, and our levies to the same priest and his successors. And we grant them for the future, and we release these his successors from everything. Therefore, to you, the noble Rafał of Jarosław, our Lviv Starosta, and to other collectors, officials, and starostas serving at the given time and their deputies, we order and command, wishing absolutely that you do not disturb or disrupt the said priest Symeon, his successors, and his mentioned monastery in any matter regarding any contributions, fees, and our levies, nor dare to do so. On the contrary, you should preserve them in this freedom and ensure its observance, doing nothing otherwise under the penalty of losing our grace. In testimony of which our seal has been attached hereto. Given in Kraków on Friday in the octave of Corpus Christi, in the Year of our Lord one thousand four hundred and sixty-six.
We, therefore, Sigismund the aforementioned King, graciously acceding to the request and intercession of the mentioned Lord Prince Konstanty, for the sake of our royal piety and grace which we bear towards the saints of God, having examined the above-written fatherly privilege once of the same Majesty, whole, intact, proper, and entirely free from any suspicion, in all its points, clauses, and articles, just as it was placed word for word, we approve, confirm, and ratify by our certain knowledge and hereby decide, confirm, approve, and ratify, establishing by means of this letter that it is to obtain the power of due and eternal durability. Therefore, to you, the magnificent Stanisław of Chodcz, Marshal of our kingdom and current Lviv Starosta, and to other Lviv starostas, as well as collectors and our officials present and future, we order and command, wishing absolutely that you release the said Athanasius the presbyter and his legitimate successors, presbyters of the mentioned monastery, from paying any contributions, fees, and our levies and henceforth [...] do not dare to harass or force them. Nor do otherwise, and let none of you dare or act differently, but on the contrary, preserve the mentioned presbyter and his successors in the said freedom and exemption purely and intact and ensure its observance, and do not dare to act otherwise under the threat of losing our grace. In faith and testimony of which our seal has been attached hereto. Done in our city of Lviv on the Friday after the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel next, in the Year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and eighteen, and in the eighteenth year of our reign. In the presence of the venerable father in Christ, Lord Bernard, Archbishop of Lviv, as well as the magnificent, noble, and venerable: Mikołaj of Dąbrowica, Castellan of Kraków, Hetman of the armies of our kingdom; Krzysztof of Szydłowiec, Voivode and Starosta of Kraków and Chancellor of our kingdom; Andrzej of Tęczyn, Voivode of Sandomierz; Jan of Olesznica, Voivode of Lublin; Otto of Chodcz, General Voivode of Podolia; Mikołaj of Szydłowiec, Treasurer of our kingdom; Jerzy Krupski of Orczów, Castellan of Lviv; Stanisław of Sprowa, Castellan of Żarnów; Stanisław of Chodcz, [Marshal] of our kingdom and Lviv Starosta; Piotr Kmita of Wiśnicz, Marshal of our court, Starosta of Przemyśl and Spiš; Jan Karnkowski, Provost of Skalbmierz; Jan Chojeński, Archdeacon of Kraków; Paweł Krosnowski, Provost of All Saints in Kraków, our secretaries, and many other dignitaries, officials, and our courtiers, credible witnesses of the above, sincerely and faithfully beloved by us. Given by the hands of the mentioned magnificent Krzysztof of Szydłowiec, of Szydłowiec and Wielki Opatów, Voivode and General Starosta of Kraków and Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. At that time, Czochagrowicz Gostyńczyk and Starosta of Nowe Miasto Korczyn, our sincerely beloved, expired.
Done and given in Lviv at the Lviv land court sessions on the Thursday after the feast of the holy apostles Peter and Paul next, in the Year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and forty. In the presence of the magnificent and noble: Mikołaj Dzierżanowski, Castellan of Bełz and Starosta of Halych; Andrzej Wysocki, Piotr Gołdas [...], [S]owski, Szymon Czemierzyński, Sebastian Zieleński, and Leonard Cikowski, and many other credible witnesses of the above. In undoubted testimony of which our seals have been attached hereto.
[Seal 1: wax in a bowl, on a parchment strip, coat of arms with a bird/animal, in the legend: + S NICOLAVS...]
[Seal 2: wax in a bowl, on a parchment strip, Korczak coat of arms (three bars), in the legend: + S DANIEL WOLWANOWSKI...]
[On the reverse:]
[Note 1:] to bundle 8.
[Note 2:] from land acts / Freedom of King Casimir / granted to the Church of St. Nicholas / from paying levies and contributions / and to the priests thereof / 1540
[Note 3:] Chest 3, no. 13
[Note 4:] In [...]
Original wording — transcription
NICOLAVS Golambek de Zimnawoda Judex et Daniel Wolwanowski de Wolwanowice Subiudex Terrestres Leopolien[ses]. Significamus tenore presencium quibus expedit universis tam presentibus q[uam] futuris [...] noticiam habituris. Quomodo oblate sunt littere pergamenee per olim dive memorie Serenissimum dominum Kazimirum deigratia Regem Polonie date et concesse ac per Serenissimum dominum Sigismundum deigratia Regem modernum Polonie Magnum ducem Lithwanie necnon terrarum Cracovie, Sandomirie, Siradie, Lancicie, Cuiavie, Russie, Prussie ac Culmen[sis], Elbingen[sis], Pomeranieq[ue] etc. d[omi]n[u]m et heredem confirmate et approbate sub Titulo et sigillo eiusdem Maiestatis Regie maiori. In zona alba sericea cum serico virideo et glauco conserta subappenso coram nobis et actis presentibus salue sane et illese prorsusq[ue] om[n]i suspicione vicio caren[tes]. Quarum litterarum de verbo ad verbum tenor sequitur et est talis: In nomine Domini amen. Ad perpetua[m] rei memoriam. Nos Sigismundus deigratia Rex Polonie Magnus Dux Lithwanie necnon Terrarum Cracovie, Sandomirie, Siradie, Lancicie, Cuiavie, Russie, Prussie ac Culmen[sis], Elbingen[sis], Pomeranieq[ue] etc. d[omi]n[u]s et heres. Significamus tenore presencium universis et singulis vel presentibus ita futuris. Q[uod] accedens ad nos Illustris dominus Constantinus Joannowicz Dux Ostrowski Palatinus Trocen[sis] ac exercituum Magniducatus nostri Lithwanie Summus Campiductor necnon Luthcen[sis] et Braczlawien[sis] etc. Capitaneus nobis sincere dilectus Privilegium infrascriptum de Titulo et Sigillo appenso Serenissimi principis domini Kazimiri Regis parentis n[ost]ri desideratissimi nobis originaliter monstravit Cuius vigore Qua olim paterna Maiestas Symeoni presbitero Mykolinszky eiusq[ue] Monasterio sancti Nicolai ritus Grecanici extra civitatem Lwoszen[sem] [!] praedictum presbiterum legitimos successores ab om[n]ibus et singulis contributionibus daciis et exactionibus suis regiis decernit liberavit et absolvit supplicans nobis ut infrascriptum privilegium approbare confirmare et roborare. Eciamq[ue] octhonicolai eiusq[ue] presbiterum modernum Ephanasium [!] [interlinia: quod latine sonat Athanasius] eiusq[ue] legittimos successores Presbiteros sancti Nicolai in ipsa libertate ac exemptione conservare et manu tenere dignaremur. Cuius privilegii tenor de verbo ad verbum sequitur: Cazimirus deigratia Rex Polonie Magnus Dux Lithwanie Russie Prussieq[ue] d[omi]n[u]s et heres. Significamus tenore presencium quibus expedit universis sub Enormoso n[ost]re benignitatis gratia permoti Poponi Ruthenico Symeoni Mykolinski eiusq[ue] Monasterio al[ia]s oraculo sancti Nicolai ritus Rutheni ante Leopolim om[n]es et singulas tollucionem [!] Dacias Exactiones nostras Eidem poponi eiusq[ue] successoribus duximus indulgendas. Et indulgemus deinceps et eosdem successores suos ab omnibus liberamus. Pro tanto tibi Generoso Raphaeli de Jaroslaw Capitaneo n[ost]ro Leopolien[si] ac aliis exactoribus officialibus et Capitaneis pro tempore existentibus eorumnq[ue] vicesgeren[tibus] Committimus et mandamus habere omnino volen[tes] quathenus prefatum Symeonem Poponem eiusq[ue] successores eiusq[ue] Monasterio predictis a quibuscumq[ue] Contribucionibus solucionibus et exactionibus n[ost]ris in nullo impedire et turbare debeatis aut presumatis. Immo eam circa presentem libertatem tenire debetis et reservari faciatis. Pro gratia nostra secus non facturi. In cuius rei Testimonium Sigillum n[ost]r[u]m presentibus est subappensum. Datum Cracovie feria sexta infra octavas Corporis Christi Anno Domini Millesimo quadringentesimo Sexuagesimo [!] sexto. Nos igitur Sigismundus Rex prefatus peticioni et supplicationi dnominati [!] domini ducis Constantini benigniter annuen[tes] pro n[ost]ra Regia pietate ac mansuetudine qua erga Dei sanctos afficimur preinsertum privilegium paternum olim Maiestatis eiusdem salvum integrum instom [!] ab omni suspicione prorsus immune vidimus in omnibus eius punctis clausulis articulis prout positum est de verbo ad verbum ex certa sciencia n[ost]ra Approbamus confirmamus et ratificamus decernimusque confirmamus approbamus et ratificamus presentibus. Decernentes illud robur debite et perpetue firmitatis obtinere. Tenore presencium mediante. Quapropter vobis Magnifico Stanislao de Chodecz Regni n[ost]ri Mareschalco et Capitaneo Leopolien[si] moderno et aliis Capitaneis Leopolien[sibus] necnon exactoribus officialibus n[ost]ris presentibus et futuris Committimus et Mandamus omnino habere volen[tes] quathenus prefatam Athana[sium] presbiterum eiusq[ue] legitimos successores Monasterij prefati presbiteros ab solucione quarumcumque contribucionum solucionum et exactionum nostrarum decernatis et impost decernendari [!] cogere et compellere non presumatis Neque id secus faciatis ac quilibet v[est]r[u]m non presumat D neque secus faciat Immo presbiterum prefatum et eius successores circa libertatem et exempcionem prefatam pure integreque observetis et reservare curetis secus aut pro gra[tia] n[ost]ra facere non audeatis. In quorum omnium fidem et testimonium Sigillum nostrum presentibus est subappensum. Actum in Civitate n[ost]ra Leopolien[si] feria sexta post festum sancti Michaelis Archangeli proxima Anno Domini Millesimo quingentesimo decimo octavo, Regni vero n[ost]ri Anno Decimo octavo. Presentibus Reverendo in Christo patre domino Bernardino Archiepiscopo Leopolien[si], necnon Magnificis Generosis et Venerabilibus Nicolao de Dambrowicza Castellano Cracovien[si] exercituum regni n[ost]ri Campiductore, Cristophoro de Schydlowyecz Palatino et Capitaneo Cracovien[si] ac Regni n[ost]ri Cancellario, Andrea de Thanczin Sandomirien[si], Joanne de Olyeschnycza Lublinen[si], Otta de Chodecz Podolie generalibus Palatinis, Nicolao de Schydlowyecz Sandomirien[si] Regni n[ost]ri Thezaurario, Georgio Krupsky de Orczowo Leopolien[si], Stanislao de Sprowa Zarnowien[si] castellanis, Stanislao de Chodecz Regni n[ost]ri et Capitaneo Leopolien[si], Petro Kmythae de Vischwyeze Curiae n[ost]rae Premislien[si] et Scepusiensi Capitaneo Mareschalco, Joanne Carnkowski preposito Szarbimirien[si], Joanne Choyenyski Archidiacono Cracoviensi, Paulo Crosznowski preposito omnium sanctorum Cracovien[si] Secretariis n[ost]ris Et aliis quamplurimis dignatariis officialibus ac curiensibus nostris ad premissa testibus fidedignis. Sincere et fidelibus dilectis. Datum per manus prefati Magnifici Cristophori de Schydlowyecz in Schydlow et magna Opatow Palatini et generalis Capitanei Cracovien[sis] ac Regni Polonie Cancellarii. Tum expiravit Czochagrowicz Gostyńczyk ac novae Civitatis Cergia rie Capitanei nobis sincere dilecti. Actum et datum Leopoli in Terminis terrestribus Leopolien[sibus] feria quinta post festum sanctorum Petri et Pauli apostolorum proxima Anno Domini Millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo. Presentibus Magnifico et Generosis Nicolao Dzyenyanowski Castellano Belzen[si] et Capitaneo Halicien[si], Andrea Vissoczki, Petro Goldacz waynyes la[...], [S]owsky Simone Czemierzinski, Sebastiano Zyelyenski et Leonardo Czikowski aliisq[ue] quamplurimis fide dignis testibus circa premissa. In cuius rei evidens Testimonium Sigilla nostra presentibus sunt subappensa.
[Pieczęć 1: woskowa w miseczce, na pasku pergaminowym, herb z ptakiem/zwierzęciem, w otoku: + S NICOLAVS...]
[Pieczęć 2: woskowa w miseczce, na pasku pergaminowym, herb Korczak (trzy wręby), w otoku: + S DANIEL WOLWANOWSKI...]
[Verso:]
[Nota 1:] ad Fasc. 8.
[Nota 2:] ex Actis Terrestribus / Libertas Casimir[i] Regis / data pro Ecclesia S. Nicolai / a solut[io]ne exact[io]num et contribut[io]n[um] / et poponib[us] eiusdem / 1540
[Nota 3:] N. Arca 3tia N 13tia
[Nota 4:] W [...]
