Confirmation by King Sigismund II Augustus of the boundary delimitation between the estates of the Lviv Chapter and the village of Honiatycze

SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Kiev, Volhynia, Podlachia, Livonia, etc., Lord and Heir. We hereby announce by this our letter to all and each one, to whom it should be known and who shall receive knowledge of this: there have been presented to us three authentic letters, sealed with the attached seals of the commissioners, whole, sound, and intact, and free from any suspicion of defect, containing within them the commission acts of delimitation. A request was brought to us along with these letters in their entirety, that we might deign to confirm them with royal authority; the literal tenor of these letters follows and reads as follows: WE, ANDRZEJ Odrowąż of Sprowa, Voivode and General Starosta of the Ruthenian land, and Jan Gołąbek of Zimnawoda, Judge of Lviv, announce by the wording of this document to all in general, to whom it is due, and who shall possess its content: That when, by the special commission and order of the MOST SERENE Prince and Lord, Lord Władysław, by the grace of God King of Poland etc., our most gracious Lord, desiring to appease various disputes and disagreements formerly arisen between the Venerable Chapter of the holy Metropolitan Church of Lviv on one side, and the prudent parents of the late Wincenty Łąnka of Honiatycze on the other, due to the delimitation and markers called the Jagnowiskie position, fields, and island with adjacent thickets of the village of Wierzbiąż belonging to the said Chapter, being unable to put an end to them otherwise than by examining what right each party claimed for itself; desiring therefore subsequently to descend to the said parties with fuller permission, after heaping up the boundary and placing markers, by the will and consent of the said parties approaching this, we designated a suitable day and proper term for the presentation and showing of their rights and documents, and furthermore for the showing of the markers taken at that delimitation, and therefore to all arriving etc. After the arrival of the designated term of delimitation, when the aforementioned capitular lords and those said children of Łąnka [...] appeared in person, the Lviv capitular lords presented before us and other prelates and barons sitting with us mentioned below, the rights and records of the formerly said children and [Sienko] of Siennowo, Castellan of Lviv, and Mikołaj Powała, Starosta of Halicz, before whom a dispute arose due to such a matter by royal commission. We examined these documents carefully and attentively in their authenticated power [...] having before our eyes only God, dividing nothing partially to the advantage of either party, having considered the matter of the Lviv Chapter and the tenor of the said rights and their legal power, we have adjudged and do adjudge the overgrown Jagnowskie position along with the field, island, and belonging corners marked in that record of the said two deceased, to the same capitular lords as belonging to their village of Wierzbiąż forever, ruling by virtue of a final judgment, ordering the mentioned [heirs] of that Łąnka perpetual silence in this regard. In testimony whereof our seals have been attached to this letter. Given in Lviv on the Monday before the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Year of our Lord one thousand four hundred and forty, in the presence there of [...] and the prudent: Lord Grzegorz of Przemyśl, Archbishop, the magnificent and noble lords Jan Kmita of Wiśnicz, Castellan of Lviv, Dobiesław of Żurawica, Piotr of Branica, Stefan of Bydłowa, and Jan Świeboda of Chwałowice, and other credible witnesses of the above. WE, Andrzej Odrowąż of Sprowa, Voivode and General Starosta of Ruthenia, and Jerzy Strumiło of Dmoszyn, Sub-chamberlain of Lviv, commissioners in the matter described below by the Most Serene Prince and Lord, Lord Kazimierz, by the grace of God King of Poland etc., our most gracious Lord, specially designated, announce by the wording of this document to all to whom it is due: As it is by the special commission and order of the same Royal Majesty for the mitigation and appeasement of grievances and complaints of people between the villages of Kahujów, Wierzbiąż, people of the canons of the holy Church of Lviv on one side, and Honiatycze, a royal village, held by the prudent Jantek, and in dispute by the noble Błażej Srobonicki, as well as Czerkasy, as parties on the other [...]. We, after examining and measuring the boundaries of the village of Honiatycze by the [...] of the river Szczerzec called Capow, have stated that they have no right or ownership to the former [area], but this part belongs and relates entirely to the village of Kahujów itself; likewise also [...] down the river Szczerzec up to the said royal village held by the noble Błażej of Zwola [...] children of the formerly noble Jantek etc. Having examined all this diligently on the basis of testimonies of witnesses from both sides, we have made, marked, and separated the boundaries and boundary markers between the villages of Kahujów of the said Lviv canons and Honiatycze, the royal village, in this way: First, starting from the place [...] of the river Szczerzec opposite the meadow called Knesbałan lea, lying on the other side of the river near Kahujów, from which place we proceeded up to the thickets, or marshes, in the middle of which we heaped up and separated a boundary mound etc. [...] up to the white lowest meadow near the oak forest called Żydłaska dąbrowa, at which we ordered a mound to be heaped [...], with the consent of the parties we proceeded through Żydłaska [...] and designated the boundaries, first starting from the mound [...] both from the side of Honiatycze and from the side of Czerkasy, so that it would belong and pertain to the village of Kahujów of the said Lviv canons, for holding, possessing, governing, and peaceful and quiet use for all eternity. In testimony whereof our seals have been attached to this document. Done and given in Kahujów on Friday on the very feast of [...] in the Year of our Lord one thousand four hundred and sixty-four, in the presence of the noble and well-born lords: Jan of Chlebowice, Cupbearer of Lviv, Jan Piran of Siemianówka, Jan of Jasionów, Michał of Podhajce, Tyran of Dyrhaska, Błażej Grobowski, Kostek of Wielka Hrozbana, and Wyprochl of Pielikowice, and many other credible witnesses of the above. WE, Sienko of Siennowo, Castellan of Lviv, and Mikołaj Powała, Starosta of Halicz, announce by the wording of this document to all to whom it is due and who shall receive knowledge of this document: As it is by the commission and special order of the Most Serene Prince, Lord Władysław, King of Poland etc., we arrived at the said village of Honiatycze, which the noble Wincenty Jantka holds in lease from the Royal Majesty, and at Wierzbiąż of the Lviv Chapter, and we marked the boundaries between the said villages, paying attention to what they were disputing and disagreeing about among themselves. When, therefore, the said parties from Kahujów and Jantka arrived and presented their letters and privileges before us from both sides, we examined and became convinced that the said markers, about which they were disputing, are clearly contained in the privilege of the same Lviv church, while in those [letters] which he presented as royal, we found nothing else but certain sums of money granted to him by the aforementioned Most Serene King of Poland. Nevertheless, wishing to have the matter even clearer and more certain, having called old people [...] who recognized that all these markers, which are contained in the description of boundaries in the privilege of the Chapter, have long belonged and pertained to the said village of the Lviv Chapter, Wierzbiąż. We, therefore, after viewing the privileges [...] of the mentioned village of Honiatycze, and Jantka is ordered perpetual silence. In testimony whereof our seals have been attached to this letter. Given in Wierzbiąż on the Thursday before the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Year of our Lord one thousand four hundred and forty-two, in the presence of the noble: Lord Jan Juromisłowski, Daćbóg Przemyski, Piotr called Długo, Marshal, [...] Jacek Buhiewicz [...] and many other credible [witnesses]. We, therefore, inclining justly and graciously to the aforementioned request etc., approve, confirm, and strengthen with our royal authority the letters presented to us and written above in the name of [...] the chapter of Lviv canons, in all their points, clauses, and articles, and we wish and decree that they shall have the power of due and perpetual durability. In faith and open testimony of which our seal has been attached to this document. Given in Warsaw at the general diet of the kingdom, on the nineteenth day of the month of June, in the Year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and seventy, and of our reign the forty-first year. Franciszek Krasiński Krasiński, Deputy Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland [On the right:] Relation of the Reverend Franciszek Krasiński, by the grace of God and the Apostolic See Bishop of Płock, Archdeacon of Kraków, and Deputy Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. [Note on the plica on the left under the text, 19th century:] This document was entered into the books in the Imperial-Royal Galician Forum Nobilium in the Book of Instruments, volume 5, page 413, State Acts 139, page 105, hereditary number 1, intabulated on the village of Honiatycze along with the village of Wierzbiąż. Done in Lviv on December 10, 1805. [signature:] Cart. Odgellowicz [Seal: trace of a seal under a paper protective rhombus] [Verso:] [Archival note:] Letter P [Notes from the 19th century:] Presented on March 16, 1804 [...] to number 6735; presented July 28, 1807, number 11041 [Older note:] Wierzbiąż / Kahujów / Honiatycze [Archival signatures in pencil and ink:] 1570, 1464

SIGISMVNDVS AVGVSTVS Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Kijoviae, Volhiniae, Podlachiae, Livoniaeq[ue] etc. Dominus et Haeres. Significamus praesentibus literis nostris, quorum interest universis et singulis, harum notitiam habituris: Exhibitas nobis esse ternas literas autenticas, sigillis commissariorum appensis obsignatas, salvas, sanas atq[ue] integras, omniq[ue] vitio suspicionis caren[tes], actus comissariales granicierum in se continen[tes]. Supplicatumq[ue] nobis esse eisdem literis integre, ut easdem regia authoritate confirmare dignaremur, quarum quidem literarum de verbo ad verbum tenor sequitur et est eiusmodi: NOS ANDREAS Odrowansch de Sprowa Palatinus et Capitaneus terrae Russiae generalis, et Joannes Golambek de Zimnawoda, Judex Leopolien[sis], Significamus tenore praesentium quibus expedit generaliter universis harum notitiam habituris. Quod dum ex comissione sp[eci]ali et mandato SERENISSIMI Principis et domini d[omi]ni Vladislai Dei gratia Regis Poloniae etc. domini n[ost]ri gratiosissimi inter diversas disceptationes et discordias inter Ven[erabilem] Capitulum sanctae Ecclesiae metropolitanae Leopolien[sis] ex una, et providos olim Vincentium Ląnka de Honiatycze parentibus ab altera occasione limitationis et insigniorum dictorum Iagnowiskie stanowisko, campi et ostrow cum spinetis adiacentibus villae Wirzbiąnsch eiusdem Capituli, dudum exortas, sedare volentes, nec eis finem imponere valentes, n[is]i ad que quelibet partium sibi ius competere allegabat, cupientes itaq[ue] deinde eius[mod]i parti[bu]s plenius ex perm[issio]ne illiusq[ue] descendere, eistem limitatione et insigniis erectis perpinxissens, et dictis partibus volun[ter] et consensu ipsorum ad id accedente, diem aptum et terminum competentem ad producendum et monstrandum iura et munimenta ipsorum, et insuper eodem limitatione facta insignia habita assignavimus, et eapropter omnibus advenientibus etc. [Termino?] limitacionis praefixo, dictus dominus Capitularibus et eorumdem con[dicionem] puerorum Lancke praedictorum personaliter comparentibus, expediti et d[omi]ni Capitulares Leopolien[ses] coram nobis et aliis Praelatis et Baronibus infrascriptis nobiscum assedentibus iura et inscriptiones olim dictorum puerorum et de Siennow Castellani Leopolien[sis] et Nicolai Pawawa Capitanei Haliczyen[sis], coram quibus pro huiusmodi huiusmodi causa orta fuit. Ex comissio[ne] Regia materna, quas e[is]dem produxerunt, quibus nempe virtutibus autenticatis diligenter et perspectis, com[m]ittimus his iam certas foran[tes?] rationi per eosdem quosdam dunas ad id sequentes medietatem illis emitorem et bono fine terminatumq[ue] emilcare et regere? et volen[tes] consiliis maiestatis tunc pro tribunali resident et solum deum pro oculis habentes nulli partium dividendo, f[act]um Capit[u]li Leopolien[sis] videntes tenorem iurium dictorum et eorumdem virtutem et perhasam? spinita Iagnowskie stanowisko una cum campo ostrow et coniis pertinentis in eadem inscriptione dictorum duorum functorum desig[na]tis eisdem dominis Capitularibus eandem villam eorum Wirzbiąnsch emitente perpetue adiudicavimus adiudicamus perpetue decernentes pro sententia diffinitiva sententia mediante, praefatis dicti Lancke de eisdem silentium perpetuum imponentes. Harum quibus sigilla nostra sunt appensa testimonio literarum. Dat[um] in Leopoli feria secunda ante festum beatissimae Mariae Virginis gloriosae de anno domini Millesimo quadringentesimo quadragesimo, praesentibus ibidem clavis? et provi[dis] d[omi]no Gregorio de Prz[e]mysl Archiepiscopo, Magnificis et G[e]n[er]osis dominis Joanne Kmita de Wissnicze Castellano Leopolien[si], Dobeslao de Zurawicza, Petro de Bramnicza, Stephano de Bydlowa et Joanne Swieboda de Chawelupia, aliisq[ue] testibus fidedignis ad praemissa. NOS Andreas odrowonsch de Sprowa Palatinus et Capitaneus Russiae generalis, et Georgius Strumylo de Dimeschin Succamerarius Leopolien[sis] comissarii causa infra sc[rip]ta per Serenissimum Principem et d[omi]n[u]m d[omi]n[u]m Kazimirum dei gr[ati]a Regem Poloniae etc. dominum n[ost]rum gratiosissimum specialit[er] deputati, Significans tenore praesentium quibus expedit universis: Quomodo dum ex comissione sp[eci]ali et mandato eiusdem Regiae M[aiesta]tis super amplanandis et sopiendis comissis etc. cordis iniuriis et querelis hominibus inter villas Cahinow, Wierzbiassh hominum Canonicorum s[an]c[t]ae Ecclesiae Leopolien[sis] ex una, et Huniaticze villam regiam, tenutae per providum Ianthka alias nobili Blasio Srobonicki in controuersiam praecepti, necnon Czerkassy partibus ab altera. Consistentibus nobis li[ber]is ac trigesimo infrascriptis et bonorum hominibus testibus de eisdem venturisq[ue] fontis talenti granitionum hincinde et discrecionem. Nos compertis et mensuratis granitiebus villae Honiaticze ad com[m]u[nem] parvis fluvii Szczerzecz dictus Capow ad antiquum nihil ha[b]ere iuris et proprietatis sed omnimodam parte coincidentia pertinet et spectat ad ipsam villam Cahinow, pariter etiam e fuco? fluvio Szczerecz dem descendimus villam fau[ces?] fluvium Szczerecz deorsum usq[ue] ad dictam villam regiam tenutae Nobili Blasio de Svola maris puerorum olim Nobilis Iancka etc. fecerim ad praesent[ia] de quibus omnibus bitandum et discordia ibiq[ue] ducatis partibus et hinc semitis ex utraq[ue] parte testimonio diligenti inquirere examinato limites et granities inter villas Cahinow dictorum canonicorum Leopolien[sium] et Honiatycze villam regiam fecimus consignavimus et distinxismus in hunc modum, Primo recipiendo a loco licito Wirwerca fluminis Szczerecz ex opposito prati dicti Knesbalan lea in altera parte fluvii circa Canyow consisten[tis] a quo loco processimus usq[ue] ad rubos alias loging in cuius medio ereximus et segregavimus scopulum limitum etc. [...] ad albam infime prati circa mensem alias Zydlaska dambrowa consisten[tem] circa quam cleti lavie mandavimus signare vel leini scopulum, de dolo limite de consensu partium processimodum trans Zydrasza elist distinctis et limitamus primo incipiendo a scopulo fiduco etc. [...] et parte Honiatycze quam ex parte Czerkaska ad villam Cahiow dictorum canonicorum Leopolien[sium] spectare et pertinere tenendum, habendum, regendum et uti fruendum pacifice et quiete temporibus perpetuis. In cuius rei testimonium sigilla nostra praesentibus sunt appensa. Actum et dat[um] in Cahinow feria sexta ipsa festi christianis d[omi]n[i] etc. Anno d[omi]ni Millesimo quadringentesimo sexagesimo quarto, praesentibus G[e]n[er]osis et Nobilibus dominis Joanne de Chlicow subpincerna Leopolien[si], Joanne Piran de Siemiwnowka, Joanne de Jaszymir, Michaele de Podhaysolce, Tirany de Dyrhaska, Blasio Grobowski, Costuli de magna Hrosbana et Wyprowele de pielyebiwoscy ac aliis pluribus fide dignis ad praemissa. NOS Sienko de Siennow Castellanus Leopolien[sis] et Nicolaus Pawala Capit[aneus] Haliczyen[sis], Significamus tenore praesentium quibus expedit universis quibus et fueritis praesentium notitiam habituris. Quomodo ex comisso et sp[eci]ali mandato Serenissimi Principis d[omi]ni Vladislai Regis Poloniae etc. ad villas Homiatycze dicta quam nobilis Vincentius Iancka a M[aiesta]te regia h[ab]et in tenuta et capituli Leopolien[sis] Wirzbiash descendimus et granities inter p[re]dictas villas consignamus attendentia illa de quibus inter se controversias et discordias h[ab]ent; perventis itaq[ue] praedictis partes de et Cahinow et Iancka ex devisoq[ue] partibus l[itte]ras suas et privilegia coram nobis produxerunt, obyinserimus et conspeximus quod p[re]dicta insignia pro quibus discordias habuerunt in privilegio eiusdem eccl[esi]ae Leopolien[sis] clare conctinetur per specissimis et in his tanneq[ue] quas regales produxit non aliud comperimus n[is]i certas summas pecuniarum sibi per praefatum Serenissimum Regem Poloniae donatarum istic adhuc non obstantibus volentes claviores et certiores esse, vocatis senes homines [...] recognoveruntq[ue] omnia ista insignia quae continentur in privilegio Capituli de descriptionem granicierum pertinere et spectare ad villam praedictam Capituli Leopolien[sis] Wirzbiash ab antiquo. Nos igitur conspectis privilegiis [...] praedictam villam Homiatycze et Iancka perpetuum silentium imponitur. Harum quibus sigilla nostra praesentibus sunt appensa testimonio literarum. Dat[um] in Wirzbiash feria quinta ante conceptionem beatae Mariae Virginis, Anno domini Millesimo quadringentesimo quadragesimo secundo, praesentibus nobilibus Joanne d[omi]no Juronislio, Da[z]boco Przemislien[si], Petro alias Dluglo marschalco, mais swieczpali Jaczkone buhiewcz parbaez et aliis pluribus fide dignis. Nos igitur supplicationi praedicta etc. iuste et consentaneae annuentes, praeinsertas literas nomine vnibilis canonicorum Leopolien[sium] capituli nobis oblatas in omnibus earum punctis clausulis et articulis authoritate nostra regia approbamus, confirmamus, roboramus et vim debitae ac perpetuae firmitatis eas habere volumus atq[ue] decernimus. In cuius rei fidem et evidentens testimonium sigillum nostrum praesentibus est appensum. Datum Varsoviae in conventu regni generali, die decimanona mensis Junii, Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo septuagesimo, Regni vero nostri anno quadragesimo primo. Franciscus Krasinski Crasin[ski] R[egni] P[oloniae] Vicecan[cellarius] [Po prawej:] Relatio Reverendi Francisci Krasinski Dei et Apostolicae Sedis gratia Episcopi Plocensis, Archidiaconi Cracoviensis et Regni Poloniae Vicecancellarii. [Nota na plice z lewej pod tekstem, XIX w.:] Documentum praesens apud Caes[areo]-Reg[ium] Forum Nobilium Galiciense Tabulae in Lib[ro] Instrum[entorum] Tomo 5 pag. 413 ingross[atum] Acta Stan. 139 pag. 105 num. 1 hear. super pagis Honiatycze cum pago Wierzbiaz intabulatum est, Actum Leopoli die 10 Decembr[is] 805. [podpis:] Cart. Odgellowicz [Pieczęć: ślad pieczęci pod papierowym rombem ochronnym] [Verso:] [Nota archiwalna:] Litt. P [Noty z XIX w.:] praes. die 16 Martii 1804 [...] ad N[ro]m 6735; praes. 28 Julii 1807 N 11041 [Starsza nota:] Werbiz / Cahow / Honiatycze [Sygnatury archiwalne ołówkiem i atramentem:] 1570, 1464