Confirmation by King Sigismund Augustus of the donation of the village of Wierzbiąż to the Lviv Cathedral Chapter

SIGISMUND AUGUST By the grace of God, KING of Poland, Grand DUKE of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, etc., lord and heir. We make known by the content of this present to all whom it behooves to know. That when, in the name of the Venerable Lviv Chapter, a parchment letter was presented before us, under the title and with the suspended seal of the Most Serene Władysław, King of Poland, our predecessor, intact, undamaged, and bearing no trace of defect, serving the same Venerable Lviv Chapter. And a humble request was brought to us that we might deign to approve, confirm, and ratify this same letter and everything contained therein with our authority. The tenor of which letter follows word for word as follows: IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AMEN. For an eternal memory of the matter. Since among the benefits of human nature nothing is considered more worthy of memory, a proper requirement dictates that the actions of men be immortalized by writing and the recording of witnesses, so that they do not vanish into oblivion with the passage of time. Therefore we, Władysław, by the grace of God KING of Poland, and also of the lands of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Grand Duke of Lithuania, lord and heir of Pomerania and Ruthenia. We make known by the content of this present to all whom it behooves to know, present and future, who shall gain knowledge of this writing. Among other works of our generosity, through which royal majesty exercises itself in showing bounty, we consider it the greatest service rendered to God Almighty when we direct our graces and benefits toward the state and benefit of ecclesiastical persons and willingly grant them royal favor, so that, supported by our benefits, they may the more zealously pray for the mercy of our Creator for the health and prosperity of us and our dearest sons Władysław and Casimir, as well as for the successful progress of the Kingdom, especially during this very expedition undertaken by our troops and the most just war against the Prussian Teutonic Knights; desiring indeed, inflamed by the fervor of piety, to enlarge the Metropolitan Church of Lviv for the glory and honor of God Almighty and to assist with the works of our piety, harboring a feeling of special grace toward the ten canons newly founded by us there, for the same number of ten present and future canons, our village of Wierzbiąż [Wierzbyaz] in the Ruthenian land and Lviv district, lying near Szczerzec, with the boundaries contained and described in our privilege of the location of the same village, or Wolyeszcze[?] to the judge, with rivers on both banks, namely the Dniester and the Szczerzec, with fields, meadows, lands, forests, oak groves, apiaries [voroz?], tributes without tithes, beech wood and acorns from the same forests and oak groves, pastures, hunting for all animals and fishing, lakes, fish weirs, mills and their revenues, and our unfree servants living there, as well as with all right, our lordship and ownership, reserving nothing at all for us and our successors in the same village of Wierzbiąż, except only two groschen of current coin from each hide to be paid on the feast of Saint Martin, we have recorded, we give, we generously donate by perpetual and irrevocable donation for all time and forever by the aforementioned ten present and future canons, to hold, possess, use the same village of Wierzbiąż and for peaceful possession for all time, together with customs and bridge tolls, which we add and appropriate for these same canons, so that the said village may enjoy all freedom of all benefits and revenues in peaceful possession. On this side of the Dniester river along up a certain river, starting from our village of Ujście [Vhie] up to our village of Rożana, and in width at a distance of one mile, all forests, thickets, and apiaries with meadows and all and individual benefits and all uses that are currently in these forests, thickets, and apiaries, and in the favorable course of time will be increased or settled with people by these same canons in the future, we add and assign to the said village and incorporate into possession forever. Provided, however, that if these capitular clergy have not been recorded by us to anyone else, furthermore, let it be permitted for these canons to build, make, and establish a pond and more within the heritage of the said village on the same rivers, not being hindered if, in any of our villages, that is Horożana [Horozenze] or others, any damage or obstacle were to arise from the very fact of flooding or raising of a dam. In testimony of which our seal has been appended to this present. Done in Konin on the day after Saint Margaret during the Prussian expedition, during our absence from it, in the Year of the Lord one thousand four hundred and thirty-three. In the presence of Lord Piotr Szafraniec, Voivode of Kraków, Domarat of Kobylany, Castellan of Biecz, Piotr of Magierów, Cupbearer of Kraków, Jan Craszka, tenant of Konin, Master Mikołaj Ostroróg [Osorzsci], our physician, and Mikołaj Drzemski, Custodian of Sandomierz, our secretary, and other credible witnesses. Given by the hands of the venerable father in Christ, Lord Jan Szafraniec, Bishop of Włocławek, Chancellor, and the venerable Władysław of Oporów, Doctor of Decrees, Dean of Kraków, Vice-Chancellor, sincerely beloved by us. WE therefore, the above-named KING SIGISMUND AUGUST, graciously acceding to this same request, have deemed it right to approve, confirm, and ratify the said writing and everything contained therein with our authority, and by this our present writing we approve, confirm, and ratify, decreeing that this our writing and everything [...] contained therein shall obtain the force of due and perpetual durability. In testimony of this letter our seal has been appended. Given in Piotrków at the General Sejm of the Kingdom on the twenty-seventh of May in the Year of the Lord one thousand five hundred and fifty-five, in the twenty-sixth year of our reign. [Signature on the right side of the plica:] Relation of the Most Illustrious Jan of Ocieszyn, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, of Sandomierz, and Starosta General of Kraków, Sącz, and Olsztyn. [Signature on the left side of the plica:] Jan Ocieski, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland [Note on the plica on the right side:] From this instrument at the Lviv Grod Register, with the preservation of the parties' statements, entered into the book of instruments, vol. 2, p. 129, noted in the Lviv Grod Inscriptions p. 155, hence indeed from the villages of Haniatycze and Uhrynów a life interest was secured, Done in Lviv on December 10, 1765. Kazimierz Jedzellowicz by his own hand [Verso:] [Note 1:] Confirmation and approval [for] the village of Wierzbież made by King Władysław, confirms 1555. [Note 2:] 1555. Confirmation of King Sigismund Augustus of the donation of King Jagiełło to the Lviv Chapter for the village of Wierzbiąz near Szczerzec. [Note 3:] Presented on March 16, 1804. To No. 6795. Presented July 28, 1804 No. 17647. It is filed and intabulated... [Note 4:] From this part of the said municipal [...] Year of the Lord 1766 [...] to the acts of the Lviv General Starosta... [Note 5:] In Instruments Vol. 2 p. 123. Józef Niewiarowski by his own hand [Other old signatures and register notes:] Litt. F; N. 11; N. 2009; 70; L. XI / 6.

SIGISMVNDVS AVGVSTVS DEI gratia REX Poloniae, magnus DVX Lituaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae etc. dominus et haeres. Significamus tenore praesentium quibus expedit vniuersis. Quia cum nomine Venerabilis Capituli Leopolien[sis] exhibitae essent coram nobis literae pergameneae, sub titulo et sigillo appenso Serenissimi Wladislai Regis Poloniae praedecessoris nostri, integrae, non corruptae, nec aliquam notam vicij in se haben[tes], seruienteq[ue] eidem V[enera]bili Capitulo Leopolien[si]. Supplicatumq[ue] fuisset nobis, ut eas ipsas literas et omnia in illis contenta, authoritate nostra approbare, confirmare et ratificare dignaremur. Quarum lit[era]rum tenor de uerbo ad uerbum is sequitur. IN NOMINE DOMINI AMEN. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Cum inter humanae naturae comoda nihil dignius memoria habeatur, oportunum exigi[t] ut act[iones] hominum l[ite]rarum apitibus et anotacione testiu[m] perhennentur, ne lapsu temporis euanescant. Proinde nos Wladislaus dei gratia REX Poloniae, Necnon terrarum Cracouiae, Sandomiriae, Siradiae, Lanciciae, Cuiauiae, Lituaniaeque Princeps supremus, Pomeraniae, Russiaeq[ue] dominus et haeres. Significamus tenore praesentium quibus expedit uniuersis, praesentibus et futuris praesentium noticiam habituris. Inter caetera largitatis n[ost]re opera quibus se Regia ma[iest]as in liberalitatib[us] exerceri habilitat, potissimum tamen omnipotenti deo conspicimus nos praestare seruitium, dum ad statum et profectu[m] sp[irit]ualium personarum n[ost]ris fauoribus et gratiis intendimus, et eis fauorem Regium libenter impartimur, ut nostris suffulti munificen[tiis] eo attentius creatoris nostri clementiam, pro n[ost]ra meliorumq[ue] filiorum n[ost]rorum charissimorum Wladislai et Cazimiri salute et prospero successu Regni, praesertim hac p[er] exercituum n[ost]rorum cum Pruthenis cruciferis incepta congressione et guerra iustissima valeant exorare, sane cupientes feruore deuocionis accensi, Ecclesiam Metropolitanam Leopolien[sem] in laude et honore omnipotentis dei adaugere, et pietatis n[ost]re operibus subuenire, habeti specialis fauor[is] affectum ad decem Canonicos per nos inibi nouiter fundatos, pro eisdem decem Canonicorum numero praesenti et futuro, villam nostram Wierzbya[z] in terra Russiae et districtu Leopolien[si] de prope Szcirzecz iacente[m], aux limites in priuilegio nostro erectionis ipsius villae, als Wolyeszcze[?] iudici contentis et descriptis, cum fluuiis vtrorumq[ue] litoreum videlicet Dnyestr et Szcirzecz, agris, pratis, campis, siluis, mericiis, voroz, dacionibus, sine decimationibus, fagineale et glandinis ex eisdem siluis et mericiis, pascuen[tiis], venacionibus omnium ferarum, et cupacionibusq[ue] piscariis, lacubus, obstaculis piscaturis, Molendinis et ipsorum emolumentis, seruitoribusq[ue] n[ost]ris illiberis ibidem moran[tibus], necnon cum omni Iure, domino n[ost]ro et proprietate nihil pro nob[is] et n[ost]ris successoribus in ipsa villa Wierzbiąsz penitus reseruati, solum duobus grossis monetae curren[tis] duntaxat exceptis, de quolib[et] laneo in festo Sancti Martini persoluen[dis] inscripsimus, damus, liberaliter et donamus donacione perpetua et irreuocabili perpetuis te[m]poribus et in aeuu[m] per praefatos decē Canonicos modernos et futuros, ipsam villam Wierzbiąsz tenen[dam], haben[dam], utifruen[dam], et pacifice perpetuis temporibus, vna cum theloneo et pontagio quae pro ipsis Canonicis annectimus et appropriamus euiterne possiden[dam], ut dicta villa omnioda libertate omnium vtilitatu[m] et prouentuum pociatur pacifica possessione. In illam partem fluminis Dmyestr in longitudinem superius cuiusdam fluuii, incipien[do] a villa n[ost]ra Vhie, usq[ue] ad uillam nostra[m] Rozana, in latitudine vero venius miliarij indistan[tia] omnes situas, mericas et mellificia cum pratis omnibusq[ue] et singulis vtilitatibus et usibus vniuersis, qui in eisdem siluis, mericiis et vapitatibus sunt modo, et successu faelici temporis per eosde[m] Ca[noni]cos inantea quomodocunq[ue] adaugentur, siue hominibus collocentur, addimus et dicta[e] uillae ascribimus, et in perpetuu[m] incorporamus posside[n]d[um]. Ita tamen si eidem capitulares sp[ir]i[t]us cuiperam no[n] fuerint per nos inscripta, insuper liceat illis Canonic[is] piscinam et plures intra haereditatem d[i]c[t]e villae in ipsis fluuiis erigere, facere et fundare, non obstan[tibus] eo si aliquibus uillis n[ost]ris vz. Horozenze, vel aliis ex inundacione aut subleuacion[e] agger[um] damnum et impedimentum fieret ipso facto aliquale. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum praesentibus est appensum. Actum in Conin in crast[ino] Sanctae Margarethae tempore expedicionis Truthenicalis absen[tibus] nobis ab eadē, Anno domini Millesimo quadringentesimo tricesimo tercio. Praesentibus Mag[ist]ro Petro Schrafraniecz, Palatino Cracouien[si], Domarath de Kobila[n]i Castellano Biecen[si], Petro de Magierow Dapifero Crac[ouiensi], Ioanne Craszka tenutario Coninen[si], Magistro, Nicolao Osorzsci medico n[ost]ro, et Nicolao Drzemski Custode Sandomirien[si] secretario n[ost]ro, et aliis fidedignis. Dat[um] per manus R[eueren]di in Chr[ist]o patris domini Ioannis Szafraniecz, Episcopi Wladislauien[sis] Cancellarii, et Ven[er]abilis Wladislai de Oporow decretor[um] doctor[um] Deca[ni] in Cracouien[si] vicecancellarii, sinceri nobis dilectis. NOS itaq[ue] SIGISMVNDVS AVGVSTVS REX praenominatus, Supplicationi ipsi benigne annuen[tes], literas praescriptas et omnia in illis contenta, authoritate nostra approbati confirman[tes] et ratifican[tes] duximus, approbamusq[ue], confirmamus, et ratificamus p[rae]ntibus literis n[ost]ris decernen[tes] eiusmodi n[ost]ras praescriptas et omnia caeli[?] con[ten]ta robur debitae et perpetuae firmitatis obtinere. Haru[m] quibus sigillum n[ost]rum est appensum testimonio l[ite]rarum. Dat[um] Pyotrcowiae in Conuentu g[e]n[er]ali Regni vigesima septima Maii, Anno domini Millesimo quingentesimo quinquagesimo quinto, Regni n[ost]ri vigesimo sexto. [Podpis z prawej strony pliki:] R[elatio] Mag[nifi]ci Ioannis de Oczieszkio Regni Pol[oniae] Canc[ellarii], Sandomir[iensis] et Capitan[eorum] G[e]n[er]alis Crac[oviensis], Sandecen[sis], Olstinen[sis]q[ue] Capitanei. [Podpis z lewej strony pliki:] Joannes Ocieski R[egni] P[oloniae] Canc[ellarius] [Dopisek na plice z prawej strony:] Ex instrumento praesenti apud Reg[estrum] Castren[se] Leop[oliense] Salvis Fatiis, Tabulato in Delib[eratorio?] Instrume[ntorum] Tomo 2. pag. 129. Inscript[ionum] Castr[ensium] Leop[oliensium] pag. 155 annotato, hinc q[ui]d[em] de per pagi Haniatycze et Uhrynow fotalitatum est, Actum Leopoli die 10 Decemb[ris] 1765. Cas[imirus] Iedzellowicz m[anu] p[ropria] [Verso:] [Nota 1:] Confirmacio et approbacio villae Wierzbiez a Vladislao Rege factam approbat 1555. [Nota 2:] 1555. Confirmacyia Krola Zygmunta Augusta darowizny Krola Jagiełła kapitule lwowskiey na wies Wierzbiąz pod Szczerzcem. [Nota 3:] praes. die 16 Martii 1804 Anno. Ad Num. 6795. praes. 28 Julij 1804 No 17647. Producitatur et intabuletur... [Nota 4:] Ab hoc part. d[i]c[t]ae Civili Elin... A[nn]o D[omi]ni 1766... ad acta Gen. Cap[i]t[anei] Leopol... [Nota 5:] In Instrumentis Tom. 2 pag. 123. Joseph Niewiarowski m[anu] p[ropria] [Inne dawne sygnatury i noty regestrowe:] Litt. F; N. 11; N. 2009; 70; L. XI / 6.