Agreement between the Metropolitan Chapter and the Council of Lwów regarding the purchase of the Holy Spirit Hospital house

IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AMEN. For the eternal memory of the matter. We, the prelates and canons of the metropolitan church of Lwów, together with the most reverend Józef Przeczkowski, provost of the same church and the Holy Spirit Hospital, annexed and incorporated into the metropolis, who at that time held this provostship on behalf of the distinguished magistrate of the metropolitan city by virtue of their patronage, and at the same time we also, the mayor and councilors of the city of Lwów, as the true and legal patrons and collators of the aforementioned provostship, after having previously obtained permission and authorization primarily from the ordinary of the place, of blessed memory the most illustrious and most reverend Lord Jan Zamoyski, our bishop, and now for the same act, after having received from the most illustrious and most reverend Lord Jan Andrzej Próchnicki, by the grace of God and the Apostolic See, Archbishop and our pastor of Lwów, the most venerable, the approval of that permission and authorization in the present matter: we all jointly and severally acknowledge and make known to all and each one individually, whom it concerns, present and future: That since the Most Holy and Most Serene Royal Majesty, our most gracious lord, led by the zeal of piety for the increase of divine worship and for the founding of a seminary and the education of youth, conceived the intention of erecting in this city a college of the reverend fathers of the Society of Jesus, caring for the proper convenience for the same college in erecting buildings for the church, schools, and residential quarters, already several years ago by certain means decided to buy for them several burgher houses directly adjacent to their own residential house, connected and located in the quadrangular perimeter of one street or square. Among which houses was also the house intended for the residence of the reverend priest provost, over time, through the efforts of the distinguished council magistrate, our ancestors of this city, brought to a better state. Therefore, fulfilling as is fitting such a pious and most magnificent intention and will of the Most Serene King and our most gracious Lord, for the expansion of God's glory in the same city, and also giving heed to the request of these reverend fathers and the intercession of many most illustrious and distinguished lords, senators, and dignitaries of the kingdom, we have sold and ceded for this reason to these reverend fathers of the Society of Jesus, by the power of mutual agreements and rights belonging to us regarding this provostship, the aforementioned house together with the entire square, located opposite the Holy Spirit hospital church, on one side next to the former corner old school, and on the other side next to the wooden corner house of the heirs of the late Jan Kamieński, in accordance with the deed of sale drawn up and acknowledged in the presence of a public notary by virtue of our agreed and unanimous will. Next, after mutual consultation, by the same effort we concluded a contract with the famous Kosma Salwago, a burgher of Lwów, for the purchase of his house, which in the same city on the street called Szewska is located at the corner towards the residence house of these fathers, next to the house of Jan Kałuski, a surgeon, for which we paid and laid out to the same Kosma entirely the same price as and how much we received from the contract from these fathers of the Society of Jesus, in the sum of ten thousand and eight hundred florins of Polish currency, and this is in accordance with the entry in the council records more broadly stating about this matter. Since, however, such a contract of purchase could not be otherwise concluded and finalized, except after summoning and with the consent and knowledge of the burgher Forty Men, representing the entire commonalty of the city, especially for the reason that it was necessary to remove the said house from the municipal jurisdiction and transfer it under ecclesiastical immunity, therefore with the knowledge and consent of these Forty Men, we, the councilors, expressed our consent and permitted that transfer of the aforementioned house under canon law and ecclesiastical immunity, under explicit conditions and reservations agreed upon with the most reverend provost himself and arranged with the entire Venerable Chapter: First and foremost, that the rights and decubalia of patronage, which the city and the prelates and canons jointly possess, established and confirmed by the Most Holy Royal Majesty regarding the aforementioned provostship, whenever it becomes vacant, for conferring it upon one of their own, should be inviolable and preserved forever in all use by our side, and this purchased house should serve the same most reverend provost, present or at the given time being, for residence and for his free use, just as the former one served, sold to the reverend fathers of the Society of Jesus. Always, however, so that the provost for the time being in office would not dare of his own will to exchange it with anyone, sell, rent, or in any way alienate it to persons of any condition and status or allocate it for any purposes, unless it happens with the will and consent of the Venerable Chapter and the lords councilors for the time being in office. Nor should he ever allow in this house, whether in whole or in any part of it, the operation of a tavern for any drinks or the performance of crafts; nevertheless, this house should enjoy the same immunity as that old house enjoyed. If in the course of time, for a more peaceful and comfortable residence of the same most reverend provost, another tenement house could be acquired, especially closer to the metropolitan and hospital church (provided that mutual consent for its acquisition is expressed by both the most reverend provost and the entire chapter together with the then municipal magistrate), then this same most reverend provost or those who succeed him will resign from this house, which is meanwhile being bought from Kosma, back to the city or anyone who acquires it; and let him accept it by way of exchange. But if it were acquired for a lower price, then whatever is missing from the price obtained for the old Kosma house, then by joint consultation and effort, both of the chapter and the council, it should be allocated for a perpetual rent (wyderkaf) in order to increase the prebend of the same most reverend provost. To all this and individual points, in the above manner agreed and settled between us, primarily the most illustrious and most reverend Lord Archbishop himself graciously expressed his consent, and while maintaining the need to obtain the confirmation of the Most Serene Royal Majesty, our most gracious lord, with his pastoral authority he also approved and ratified this in its entirety. We, whom this matter concerned, in our good faith promise and by this letter solemnly and ceremoniously pledge that we will preserve, observe, and fulfill all this and the individual points expressed above, unshaken, constant, and accepted, with the exclusion of all deceit and fraud, for all eternity. Done in Lwów in the house of the Venerable Chapter of the lords prelates, in the presence of the appointed deputies of the council magistrate, on Wednesday before the Sunday of Oculi in Lent next, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty-six. In the presence of the most reverend lords: Łukasz Kaliński, bishop-elect of Nicopolis, suffragan, dean; Józef Przeczkowski, provost; Jan Baranowski, archdeacon; Melchior Ogbłowski, custodian; Jan Solikowski, Piotr Brodowski, Jakub Skrybiszowski, Wojciech Belczyński, preacher, Melchior Stephanides, prelates and canons of the metropolitan church of Lwów. As well as the distinguished and eminent: Wolfgang Szolc Wolfowicz, Erazm Syxt, doctor of philosophy and medicine, then mayor, Marcin Kampian, Paweł Dominik Hepner, doctors of philosophy and medicine, Melchior Wolfowicz, Jan Alnpek, Bartłomiej Uberowicz, Paweł Boim Dziurdzi, doctor of philosophy and medicine, Hieronim Waydolt, Mikołaj Siedmiradzki, Stanisław Kuczkowski, Marcin Korzeniowski, doctor of philosophy and medicine, councilors of the city of Lwów. During the happy reign of the Most Serene Sigismund III, 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, our most gracious lord, reigning in the kingdoms: in Poland the thirty-ninth, and in Sweden the thirty-third year. For greater credibility of all the above things, seals have been affixed. Done and given in Lwów on the seventeenth day of the month of March in the Year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty-six. [Signature:] Mr. Erazm Syxt, physician, mayor of Lwów, on behalf of the entire council college, by own hand. [On the reverse:] Provostship of the Holy Spirit church in Lwów. [Archival note:] Fasc. 4. rel. 1. class. Loc. 27. Vol. 2. 27. [Stamp/sticker:] L. IV / 7 [Middle dorsale:] [...] Agreement [...] College of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus [...] Provost [...] Jan Andrzej Próchnicki Archbishop [...] Mayoralty of Lwów Year of Our Lord 1626.

IN NOMINE DOMINI AMEN Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Nos Praelati, et Canonici, Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Leopoliēn[sis] vna cu[m] R[everen]do Iosepho Przeczkowski Ecclesiae eiusdem et Hospitalis S[ancti] Spiritus Metropolitanae annexae et incorporatae Praeposito qui tum temporis Praepositura[m] eam a Spectabili Magistratu Ciuit[at]is me[tr]opolitanae eorum Patronatus habebat, simul atque nos etia[m] Proconsul et Consules Ciuitatis Leopoliēn[sis] ceu veri ac legitimi Praepositurae praefatae Patroni et Collatores praemissa et impetrata cum primis a Loci Ordinario pie Memoriae Ill[ustrissi]mo ac R[everendis]si[m]o D[omi]no Ioanne Zamoyski Antistite n[ost]ro concessione et facultate, nunc vero ad eundē actu ab Ill[ustrissi]mo ac R[everendis]si[m]o D[omi]no Ioanne Andrea Prochnicki Dei et Apo[stolicae]stolicae Sedis gratia Archiepiscopo et Pastore n[ost]ro Leopoliēn[si] colend[issi]mo in rem praesentem concessionis et facultatis, approbatione obtenta: coniunctim omnes atq[ue] insolidu[m] recognoscimus et significamus quoru[m] interest vniuersis et singulis, praesentibus et futuris: Quod cum Sacra et Serenissima Regia Maiestas Dominus no[ste]r Clementissimus zelo pietatis erga cultu[m] diuinum augendu[m] et propter Seminariu[m] instituendu[m] ac erudienda[m] iuuentutis Collegiu[m] R[everen]dor[um] Patru[m] Societatis Iesu erigere in ea Ciuitate animum induxisset, prouidendo eidem Collegio de illius congrua aedificioru[m] Templi Scholaru[m] et habitationu[m] fabrica commoditateq[ue] iam tum ante aliquot annos per certa media destinauerat illis nonnullas Ciuium domos propri domui residentiae ipsorum contigue vicinas easq[ue] in vnius plateae seu areae complexu quadrato connexas et adiacentes coemere. In quarum numero domus quoq[ue] pro mansione R[everen]di Domini Praepositi a Spe[ctabili] [Magis]tratu Consulari maioribus nostris de ciuitatis successu temporis in meliorem formam redacta huc vsq[ue] extabat. Tam pie itaq[ue] et optimae intentioni ac uoluntati Serenissimi Regis et Principis no[st]ri Clementissimi propter Dei gloriam, in hac ipsa Ciuitate propagandam morem vti decet gerentes atq[ue] locum etiam dantes et RR. PP. ipsorum postulationi et plurimoru[m] Illustriu[m] ac Magnifi[corum] DD. Senatoru[m] et Dignitarioru[m] Regni interpellationibus, ea propter vendidimus et abcessimus ijsdem Reuerendis Patribus Societatis Iesu vigore communium pactorum et iurium ad ipsam Praeposituram nobis competentium, domum praedictam cum tota area ex opposito Templi Hospitalis Sancti Spiritus penes angularem quondam Scholam antiquam ab vna et haeredum olim Ioannis Kamienski ligneam domum acialem parte ab altera sitam, iuxta Inscriptionem venditionis in praesentia Publici Notarij per nos concordi & vnanimi consensu facta[m] et recognitam. Communicatis autem postmodum inter nos mutuis consilijs vna & eadem opera fecimus Contractum cum Famoso Cosma Saluago Ciue Leopoliensi pro emenda illius domo, quae in Ciuitatis eiusdem platea Sutorum dicta acialiter versus ipsorum Patrum residentia[m] domum, et penes Ioannis Kałuski Cyrurgi sita est, pro qua eidem Cosmae simile quoque precium quale et quantum ab ijsdem Patribus Societatis Iesu ex contractu accepimus in Summa Decem Millium & Octingentorum Florenorum pecuniae polonicalis integre numerauimus et expendimus idque iuxta Inscriptionem in Actis Consularibus latius ea de re disponentem. Quia tamen talis emptionis contractus aliter fieri et finiri non poterat nisi requisitis & de consensu et scitu ciuili Quadraginta Viris totam Ciuitatis communitatem repraesentantibus, eo potissimu[m] respectu, quod eandem domum praefat[am] siue ex Iurisdictione Ciuili, sub immunitatem Ecclesia[s]ticam transferre fuit necesse, propterea cum eorundem Quadraginta Virorum scitu et consensu nos Consules ad eam domus praefat[a]e in ius Spirituale transmutationem et immunitatem Ecclesiasticam sub ijs expressis cautellis et conditionibus, cum ipso R[everen]do D[omi]no Praeposito moderat[is], et cum toto Venerabili Capitulo conuentis nomine consensimus et concessimus: Primo ac principaliter iura et Decubalia Patronatus quae ciui[tati] Praelatis et Canonicis ad praedictam Praeposituram quoties vacauerit vni ex eorum gremio conferendam mutuo stabilita et per Sacram Regiam Maiestatem confirmata habemus, sarta tectaq[ue] vsu perpetuo parte nostra ab omni seruentur et teneantur emptaq[ue] ea domus, ipsi R[everen]do D[omi]no Praeposito nunc vel pro tempore existenti, ad inhabitandum et ad vsum eius beneplacitum quemadmodum illa prior, quae Reuerendis Patribus Societatis Iesu vendita est seruiat: Semper ita tamen ne eam Dominus Praepositus pro tempore existens motu suo proprio alteri cuipiam commutare, vendere, locare, aut quouis modo cuiuscunq[ue] conditionis, et status personis alienare, aut in quosuis vsus mittere praesumat, nisi id fiat cum voluntate et consensu Venerabilis Capituli, et Dominorum Consulum pro tempore existentium. Neque vnquam in ea domo siue tota, siue in aliqua eius parte potuum quorumuis propinationes, aut artificiorum exercitium exercere permittat, nihilominus ea domus eadē immunitate gaudere debet, quibus illa domus prior gaudebat: Si temporis successu, propter quietiorem et commodiore[m] ipsius R[everen]di Domini Praepositi mansione[m] alia domus, quae praesertim Metropolitanae et Hospitalari Ecclesiae propior sit, acquiri posterit, (dummodo et R[everen]di Domini Praepositi et Capituli totius, vna cum Magistratu Ciuili pro tempore existen[ti], ad eam acquirendam mutuus accedat consensus) vt de hac quae interim a Cosma emitur, is ipse R[everen]dus D[omi]nus Praepositus aut qui post eum successuri sunt, cedant rursus Ciuitati, vel [cuicumque] eam acquirenti: illam autem in vim permutationis acceptet, sed si minore precio acquisita fuerit, tunc quicquid ad precium pro priore domo Kosminska acceptum desiderabitur, illud communi tam Capitulari, quàm Consulari consilio ac studio ad censum reemptionalem perpetuum, pro ipsius R[everen]di D[omi]ni Praepositi praebenda[e] auctione connecti debebit. Super quae omnia & singula, modo praemisso pacta inter nos et conuenta, inprimis ipse Ill[ustrissi]mus ac R[everendis]si[m]us D[omi]nus Archiepiscopus benigne consensum suum praebuit, saluaq[ue] S[erenissimae] R[egiae] M[aiestatis] Domini nostri Clementissimi confirmatione nos impetranda authoritate sua quoq[ue] pastorali eadem in toto approbauit et ratificauit. Nos vero quorum id negocij intereuerat bona fide nostra promittimus, Scriptoq[ue] praesenti sancte & solenniter promittimus, ea ipsa praemissa omnia ac singula, rata firma et grata, dolo omni et fraude remotis, vsu tenere, obseruare, et exequi tempore in perpetuu[m]. Actum Leopoli in domo Venerabilis Capituli Ciuium Dominorum Praelatorum, in praesentia certorum a Magistratu Consulari Deputatorum, Feria Quarta ante Dominicam Oculi Quadragesimalem proxima, Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Vigesimo Sexto. Praesentibus Rudis Dominis Luca Kalinski Nominato Episcopo Nicopolien[si] Suffraganeo Decano, Iosepho Przeczkowski Praeposito, Ioanne Baranowski Archidiacono, Melchiore Ogbłowski Custode, Ioanne Solikowski, Petro Brodowski, Iacobo Skrybiszowski, Alberto Belczynski Praedicatore, Melchiore Stephanida Praelatis et Canonicis Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Leopolien[sis]. Tum et Spectabilibus ac Excell[entissi]mis Wolffgango Szolc Wolfshowicz, Erasmo Sixto Philosophiae & Medicinae Doctore protunc Proconsule, Martino Campiano, Paulo Dominico Hepner Philosophiae et Medicin[ae] Doctoribus, Melchiore Wolfhowicz, Ioanne Alnpek, Bartholomaeo Vberowicz, Paulo Boim Dziurdzí Philosophiae et Medicinae Doctore, Hieronymo Waydolt, Nicolao Siedmiradzki, Stanislao Kuczkowski, Martino Korzeniowski Philosophiae et Medicinae Doctore Consulibus Ciuitatis Leopolien[sis]. Regnante feliciter Serenissimo Sigismundo Tertio Dei gratia Rege Poloniae, Magno Duce, Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae, Samogitiae, Liuoniaeq[ue] Nec non Suecorum, Gotthorum, Vandalorumque haereditario Rege, D[omi]no D[omi]no no[st]ro Clementissimo, Regnorum Poloniae Trigesimo Nono, Sueciae verò Trigesimo Tertio Anno. In praemissorum omnium maiore[m] fide[m] sigilla subsubimpressa. Actu[m] et Datum Leopoli die decima septima Mensis Martij Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Vigesimo Sexto. [Podpis:] D. Erasmus Sixtus Medicus Proconsul Leopolien[sis] nomine totius Collegij Consularis m[anu] p[ro]p[ri]a [Verso:] Praepositura Eccl[esi]ae S[ancti] Spiritus Leopol[iensis] [Nota archiwalna:] Fasc. 4. rel. 1. class. Loc. 27. Vol. 2. 27. [Pieczątka/naklejka:] L. IV / 7 [Dorsale środkowe:] [...] Concordia [...] Collegij PP. Societatis Iesu [...] Praepositi [...] Ioannis Andreae Prochnicki Archiepiscopi [...] Consulatus Leopolien[sis] Anno Domini 1626.