Assurance of King Sigismund II Augustus to the Lviv Chapter regarding the possession of the villages of Honiatycze and Czerkasy

SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS, by the grace of God KING of Poland, Grand DUKE of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, etc., lord and heir. We make known by the tenor of this present [document] to all and singular whom it may concern: That we, yielding to the requests of some of our advisors, brought to us on behalf of the venerable prelates and canons of the metropolitan church of Lviv, and desiring in due time to prevent harm to the aforementioned prelates and canons for the glory of the name of God, our estates and villages of Honiatycze and Czerkasy, situated in the land of Lviv and the district of Szczerzec, which the said venerable prelates and canons possess and hold upon certain sums of money, legally recorded by our predecessors, the kings of Poland, and shown at this same general crown sejm in Warsaw and approved by the auditors appointed by us, ourselves, and the entire Senate of the Kingdom: we promise on our royal word and bind our successors, the Most Serene kings of Poland, that by reason of any necessity of the treasury or our royal table, or that of our Most Serene successors, the kings of Poland, or any other, we shall not redeem the aforementioned villages, nor shall we remove them from the possession of the said villages, nor shall we permit or allow anyone else to do so until the expiration of twelve years. Before the expiration of which, we shall preserve, and by these presents do already preserve, the said venerable prelates and canons in the possession of the aforementioned villages, just as they held and possessed them, and now also hold and possess them, with all their benefits, incomes, and revenues, both present and future, which may be devised by human foresight, excluding or omitting absolutely nothing, by whatever name they may be called. In witness and testimony of which, our seal has been appended to this present [document]. Given in Warsaw at the general sejm of the Kingdom, on the twelfth day of the month of March, in the Year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and sixty-four, and in the thirty-fifth year of our reign. Piotr Myszkowski, Deputy Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland [signed] [Chancery note on the right:] Report of the venerable Piotr Myszkowski, Deputy Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, dean of Kraków, Chełm, Płock, Lublin, [...] canon and royal secretary, etc. [Seal: on a parchment strip, the smaller royal seal preserved in a wax protective bowl] [Verso:] [Note 1:] Of Sigismund Augustus regarding the lease of the villages of Honiatycze and Czerkasy, to last for a certain time. [Note 2:] Regarding the invaded villages of Honiatycze and Czerkasy against the starosta. [Note 3:] In the year 1564, on the 27th day of March, registered and confirmed in the common castle court [...]. [Note 4:] Bundle 12, volume 7. [Note 5:] Number 12. For the separation of the villages of Honiatycze, Czerkasy. Year 1564. [Modern signatures:] E / 30 / 123 / L.W. 17

SIGISMVNDVS AVGVSTVS DEI gratia REX Poloniae, Magnus DVX Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae etc. Dominus et haeres. Significamus tenore praesentium quorum interest universis et singulis. Quod nos annuentes supplicationibus quorundam Consiliariorum nostrorum pro Venerabilibus Praelatis et Canonicis Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Leopoliensis nobis factis, volentesque indemnitati praedictorum Praelatorum et Canonicorum opportune prospicere ad laudem divini nominis, Bona et Villas nostras Honiatycze et Czirkassi in terra Leopoliensi districtuque Szczerzecen[si] sita, quas in summis certis pecuniariis a praedecessoribus nostris Poloniae Regibus legittime inscriptis in iisq[ue] Comitiis Regni generalibus Varschoviensibus ostensis et per deputatos nostros Reuisores nosq[ue] ipsos Senatumque totum Regni approbatis praedicti Venerabiles praelati et Canonici possident et tenent: Promittimus verbo nostro Regio nostrosque successores Serenissimos Poloniae Reges obligamus, pro nulla fisci aut mensae nostrae Regiae nec Serenissimorum successorum nostrorum Poloniae Regum aliasve quavis necessitate nos praedictas villas exempturos, nec a possessione eos praedictarum villarum esse amoturos, nec cuiuis id facere consensuros permissurosque ad decursum Duodecim annorum. Infra quorum expirationem in possessione praedictarum villarum praefatos Venerabiles praelatos et Canonicos, prout eas tenuerunt et possederunt nuncque etiam tenent et possident, cum omnibus earum utilitatibus ac proventibus obventionibusque tam praesentibus quam futuris, quae humana industria excogitari possunt, nullis penitus exceptis et exclusis quocunque nomine appellantur, conservabimus iamque conservamus per praesentes. In cuius rei fidem et testimonium sigillum nostrum praesentibus est appensum. Datum Varschoviae in generalibus Regni Comitiis, Duodecima die mensis Martii, Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Sexagesimo quarto, Regni vero nostri Trigesimo Quinto. Petrus Myszkowski R[egni] P[oloniae] Vicec[ancellarius] [subscripsit] [Nota kancelaryjna po prawej:] R[elatio] R[everen]di Petri Mysskowski Regni Poloniae Vicecancellarii Decani Cracovien[sis], Chełmen[sis], Plocen[sis], Lublinen[sis], [...] Canonici, secretariique Regii etc. [Pieczęć: na pasku pergaminowym zachowana pieczęć królewska mniejsza w woskowej misce ochronnej] [Verso:] [Nota 1:] Sigismundi Augusti super tenutam villarum Honiatycze et Czirkasy ad certum duraturam. [Nota 2:] De invasis villis Honiatycze et Czirkassy contra praefectum. [Nota 3:] 1564 d[ie] 27 Martii oblata et roborata in Communi Iudicio Praefecturali [...]. [Nota 4:] Fascic[ulus] 12. vol. 7. [Nota 5:] N[umer]o 12. Ad demembrat[ionem] villar[um] Honiatycze, Czirkasi. Anno 1564. [Sygnatury nowsze:] E / 30 / 123 / L.W. 17