Confirmation by King John II Casimir of the right to fell timber for the village of Malechów

John Casimir, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, Smolensk, Podolia, Volhynia, Kiev, and Chernihiv, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals. We hereby announce to all and each person concerned that a parchment letter was presented before us, signed by the hand of the most serene once, of blessed memory, Sigismund III, King of Poland, our predecessor, and reinforced with the royal seal, sound, whole, and intact, free from any mark of suspicion, containing the permission granted and bestowed upon the inhabitants and the manor of the village of Malechów, belonging to the hospital for the poor in Lviv, for the felling of timber and trees of all kinds, both for buildings and for other needs, in the Rokitno forests of the Lviv Starosty. The literal content of which letter follows and is as follows: Sigismund III, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, and Livonia, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals. We hereby announce to all and each person concerned that we, out of our royal benevolence, have given and permitted the inhabitants of the village of Malechów of the hospital for the poor in Lviv to fell and transport timber and trees of all kinds, both for buildings and for other needs of the said village of Malechów, from our forests belonging to our Lviv Starosty near Rokitno, as we do give and permit by this our letter. Provided, however, that they do so without significant damage and detriment to the aforementioned forests and with the knowledge of the Starosta of that place. For the information of the illustrious Jerzy Mniszech of Wielkie Kończyce, Voivode of Sandomierz, Starosta of Lviv, Sambir, etc., current and acting at the given time, we command that they do not hinder the above-mentioned inhabitants from cutting any trees in the aforementioned forests and [using them] for the use of the said village and manor, and allow them to enjoy this benefit granted by us without any difficulty or opposition. Under our grace and by the duty of his office. In witness whereof, we have ordered this [letter] signed by our hand to be sealed. Given in Warsaw, on the 10th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1590, the ninth of our reign in Poland, the third in Sweden. And a request was presented to us that we might deign to renew, approve, confirm, and ratify this same letter with our royal authority. We, therefore, John Casimir, King, graciously acceding to this request as just, and wishing, by reason of special piety towards God and our generosity to the poor and needy, to increase the income and benefits of the said hospital, have deemed that the above-included letter should be renewed, approved, confirmed, and ratified in all its points and contents, as we do indeed renew, approve, confirm, and ratify it, and we declare that it is to obtain the force and authority of perpetual and inviolable durability (insofar as it is consistent with law and circumstances), and we again give and permit the aforementioned felling of timber in our forests belonging to the Lviv Starosty near Rokitno by this our letter. With the preservation of our royal rights, those of the Commonwealth, and the Catholic Church intact. In witness whereof, we have ordered this [letter] signed by our hand to be reinforced with the royal seal. Given in Lviv, on the 12th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1663, the 15th of our reign in Poland, the 16th in Sweden. [Signature:] John Casimir, King [Regest note on the right side:] Free felling of timber for buildings and firewood for the manor and inhabitants of the village of Malechów, belonging to the Lviv hospital for the poor, in the Rokitno forests belonging to the Lviv Starosty. Approval. [Secretary's signature:] Franciszek Prażmowski, Secretary of His Royal Majesty [Verso:] [Archival note in reddish ink:] Sixth rubric. Letter F, number 6. [Numerical note:] 676 [Chancery/archival note:] Sigismund 1590. Included here for the confirmation of John Casimir in the year 1663. 2/2 [Note:] On forest felling [Annotations:] N 186 / f. 283 / Nr Ser 38 / Nr 33 / Nr from chest 6. [Round ink archive seal:] [CDIAL in Lviv]

Joannes Casimirus Dei Gratia REX Poloniæ Magnus Dux Lithuaniæ Russiæ Prussiæ Masoviæ Samogitiæ Liuoniæ Smolensciæ Podoliæ Volhyniæ Kiiouiæ Czerniechowiæq[ue] Necnon Suecorum Gottorum Vandalorumq[ue] Hæreditarius REX Significamus præsentibus literis N[ost]ris quorum interest Vniversis et singulis. Productas esse coram Nobis Literas Pergamenteas, manu Serenissimi olim Divæ memoriæ Sigismundi Tertij Regis Poloniæ Antecessoris Nostri subscriptas, Sigilloq[ue] Regni communitas, sanas, salvas et illæsas, omniq[ue] suspicionis nota carentes, facultatem excidendi Ligna et arbores cuiusvis generis tum pro ædificijs quam etiam alijs vsibus Incolis et curiæ Villæ Malechow ad Xenodochium Pauperum Leopolien[sium] spectan[ti] in sylvis Rokitnensibus Capitaneatus Leopolien[sis] datam et concessam, in se continentes. Quarum quidem literarum tenor de verbo ad verbum sequitur et est talis. Sigismundus Tertius Dei gratia REX Poloniæ Magnus Dux Lithuaniæ Russiæ Prussiæ Masoviæ Samogitiæ Liuoniæq[ue] Necnon Suecorum Gottorum Vandalorumq[ue] Hæreditarius REX. Significamus præsentibus literis N[ost]ris quorum interest Vniversis et singulis. Quia Nos ex benignitate N[ost]ra Regia dedimus et concessimus Incolis Villæ Malechow Xenodochij Pauperum Leopolien[sium], lignorum atq[ue] arborum cuiusvis generis tam pro ædificijs quam etiam alijs vsibus Villæ ipsius Malechow ex Sylvis N[ost]ris ad Capitaneatum N[ost]r[u]m Leopolien[sem] ad Rokitnam pertinen[tibus] potestatem excidendi atq[ue] evehendi, prout damus et concedimus præsentibus literis N[ost]ris. Ita tamen vt id sine notabili dictarum Sylvarum damno atq[ue] iactura et cum scitu Capitanei Loci illius faciant. Quod ad notitiam M[a]g[ni]f[i]ci Georgij Mniszech de Magna Kunczyce Palatini Sandomiriensis Leopolien[sis] Samborien[sis] etc[etera] Capitanei moderni et pro tempore existen[ti] deducimus mandantes vt prænominatis Incolis in prædictis Sylvis quasvis arbores excindere, atq[ue] in vsus ipsius Villæ et Curiæ non denegent, eamq[ue] hac beneficio a Nobis concesso sine vlla difficultate et contradictione vti permittant. Pro gratia N[ost]ra Officij sui debito. In Cuius rei fidem præsentes manu N[ost]ra subsc[ri]p[t]as consignari iussimus. Datum Varsaviæ Die X Mensis Maij Anno D[omi]ni M.D.XC. Regnorum Nostrorum Poloniæ Non[o] Sueciæ Tertio. Supplicatumq[ue] Nobis est vt easdem Literas authoritate N[ost]ra Regia, innovare, approbare, confirmare et ratificare dignaremur. NOS igitur Joannes Casimirus Rex Supplicationi huic vti iustæ benignè annuentes, rationesq[ue] commoda et proventus Eiusdem Xenodochij ex singulari pietate in Deum, ac N[ost]ra in Pauperes et egentes liberalitate augere volentes, præinsertas literas, in omnibus earum punctis et contentis, innovandas, approband[as], confirmand[as] et ratificand[as] esse duximus, vti quidem, innovamus, approbamus confirmamus et ratificamus, atq[ue] easdem perpetuæ et inviolabilis firmitatis (in quantum Juri's est et casus earum habetur) vim et robur obtinere debere, declaramus, atq[ue] de novo memoratam Incisionem lignorum in Sylvis N[ost]ris ad Cap[i]taneatum Leopoliensem ad Rokitnam pertinen[tibus] damus et concedimus hisce literis N[ost]ris. Juribus N[ost]ris Regalibus Reipublicæ Ecclesiæq[ue] Catholicæ salvis manentibus. In cuius rei fidem præsentes manu N[ost]ra subscriptas Sigillo Regni communiri mandavimus. Datum Leopoli Die XII. Mensis Julij Anno D[omi]ni MDCLXIII. Regnorum Nostrorum Poloniæ XV Sueciæ XVI A[nnis]. [Podpis:] Joannes Casimirus Rex [Nota regestowa z prawej strony:] Libera Incisio lignorum pro ædificijs et foco Curiæ atq[ue] Incolarum Villæ Malechow ad Xenodochium Leopolien[se] Pauperum spectan[tium] in Sylvis Rokitnen[sibus] ad Capitaneatum Leopolien[sem] pertinen[tibus] Approbatio. [Podpis sekretarza:] Franciscus Prażmowski Secre[ta]r[ius] R.[egiae] M.[ais]t[atis] [Verso:] [Nota archiwalna czerwonawym atramentem:] Rubrica Sexta. Litt F Nro 6to. [Nota numeryczna:] 676 [Nota kancelaryjna/archiwalna:] Sigismundi 1590. insertu[m] hic ad Confirmatione[m] Joannis Casimiri a[nn]o 1663. 2/2 [Nota:] De incisione sylvar[um] [Adnotacje:] N 186 / f. 283 / Nro Ser 38 / No 33 / No ex Arca 6ta [Okrągła pieczęć tuszowa archiwum:] [CPAHU Lwów]