Confirmation by King Sigismund III Vasa of a donation to the mansionaries of the Lviv Cathedral

SIGISMUND Third, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals. We hereby announce to all and each person concerned that there has been presented to us the parchment document written below, formerly of the Most Serene Sigismund Augustus, King of Poland, our predecessor, secured under his seal, containing the donation of a certain garden with a house or farmstead in our city of Lviv and certain meadows belonging to the aforementioned mansionaries of the aforementioned Lviv Cathedral, intact, whole, uncorrupted, and free from any suspicion. And we have been requested to deign to approve and confirm it with our royal authority. The content of which document is as follows: SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia [...] lord and heir. We announce by the content of this [...] Stanisław Ostroróg, Castellan of Międzyrzecz, Starosta of Lviv [...] mansionaries in the metropolitan church of Lviv [...] to the mansionaries [...] a manor with a house or farmstead [...] on one side the Lviv canons and [...] on the other [...] in the city of Lviv [...] meadows of the Jew Szmul [...] by right and perpetual title we donate and grant [...] Given in Piotrków, on Wednesday, the very day of Saint Alexius the Confessor [...] in the Year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred and fifty, and the eighteenth year of our reign [?]. Samuel, Bishop of Kraków and Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland, signed. Relation [...] of Lord Samuel Maciejowski, Bishop of Kraków and Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. We, therefore, the aforementioned King Sigismund, to the request [...] approve, ratify, and confirm [...], deciding that they should gain the power of perpetual durability with anyone. In witness whereof, we have ordered this letter, signed by our hand, to be strengthened with the seal of the Kingdom. Given in Lviv, on the 22nd day of the month of October, in the Year of Our Lord 1621, the 34th year of our reign in Poland, and the 24th in Sweden. Sigismund, King [Under the fold of the plica:] Piotr Gembicki, Secretary of His Royal Majesty, by his own hand [On the plica on the left:] In the Year of Our Lord 1746, on the 25th of October, during the visitation of the metropolitan church of Lviv, presented and read. Mikołaj Ignacy Wyżycki, Metropolitan Archdeacon of Lviv [On the plica on the right:] 1642. Presented during the visitation Grodno, on the [...] 1622 [1629?] [...] Jan Feliks Tarnowski [?] [Verso:] Confirmation of the donation of a garden with a house or farmstead, made by Sigismund Augustus for the church of the mansionaries [...] Year 1621. Fasc. 39. vol: 22. Real: Local. R. vol: A. 1621 Sigismund by the grace of God Royal donation of a garden for the cottagers 1550 In the year 1636, on the 24th of November, during the visitation [...] In the year 1660 [...]

SIGISMVNDVS Tertius Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniaeq[ue], nec non Suecor[um], Gottor[um], Vandalor[um]q[ue] haereditarius Rex. Significamus praesentibus literis nostris, quorum interest, universis et singulis. Exhibitas esse nobis literas pergamineas infrascriptas Serenissimi olim Sigismundi Augusti Regis Poloniae praedecessoris nostri sub Sigillo eiusdem communitas, continentes in se donationem certi horti cum domo seu praedio in Civitate n[ost]ra Leopoliensi et certa prata attinentia ad d[i]c[t]os mansionarios d[i]c[t]ae Cathedralis Leopoldien[sis] sanas, salvas, illesas, omniq[ue] suspitionis nota carentes. Supplicatumq[ue] nobis est earundem authoritate nostra Regia approbare et confirmare dignaremur. Quarum vero literarum tenor est sequens, talis: SIGISMVNDUS AVGVSTVS Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae [...] Dominus et haeres. Significamus tenore praesentium [...] Stanislaus Ostrorog Castellanus Miedzyrzeczen[sis] Cap[ita]neus Leopolien[sis] [...] Mansionariorum in Ecclesia Metropolitana Leopoliensi [...] mansionariis [...] curiam cum domo seu praedio [...] ab una parte Canonicorum Leopolien[sium] et [...] ex altera [...] in civitate Leopoliensi [...] prata Iudaei Szmuł [...] iure et titulo perpetuo donamus et concedimus [...] Datum Petrcoviae feria quarta ipso die sancti Alexii Confessoris [...] Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Quinquagesimo, Regni vero nostri decimo octavo [?]. Samuel Episcopus Cracovien[sis] et Regni Poloniae Cancellarius subscripsit. Relatio [...] Domini Samuelis Macieyowski Episcopi Cracovien[sis] et Regni Poloniae Cancellarii. Nos itaq[ue] praefatus Sigismundus Rex supplicationi [...] approbamus, ratificamus et confirmamus [...] decernentes easdem a quocunq[ue] robur perpetuae firmitatis obtinere debere. In cuius rei fidem praesentes manu nostra subscriptas Sigillo Regni communiri iussimus. Datum Leopoli die xxii Mensis Octobris Anno D[omi]ni MDCXXI, Regnorum nostrorum Poloniae XXXIIII, Sueciae vero XXIIIIti. Sigismundus Rex [Pod zagięciem pliki:] Petrus Gembicki s[ecretarius] R[egiae] M[aiesta]t[i]s m[anu] p[ropria] [Na plice po lewej:] Anno D[omi]ni 1746 die 25 Octobris in Visitatione E[cclesi]ae Metropolita[nae] Leopolien[sis] productum et lectum. Nicolaus Ignat[ius] Wyzycki Archidiac[onus] Metropolit[anus] Leopolien[sis] [Na plice po prawej:] 1642 Exhibitum in visitatione Grodno d[ie] [...] 1622 [1629?] [...] Ioannes Felix Tarnowski [?] [Verso:] Approbatio donationis horti cum domo seu praedio per Sigismundum Augustum factae pro e[ccles]ia mansionariorum [...] Anno 1621. Fasc. 39. vol: 22. Real: Local. R. vol: A. 1621 Signimundi D[e]i Gr[ati]a Donatio Regia Horti pro Hortula[nis] 1550 1636 die 24 Novembris in Visitatione [...] Anno 1660 [...]