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King Sigismund II Augustus, at the request of the Metropolitan Chapter of Lwów, confirms the 1396 document of Jan of Tarnów, which settled a dispute over estates in Jamne and along the Godowica River in favor of the Church of St. John the Baptist in the Lwów suburb and the village of Godowica against Dymitr Wieczerza.

Lviv Archbishop Feliks Ligęza confirms the possession of the estates of the Cathedral Chapter and Lviv vicars, including villages, mills, gardens, and urban plots. By his ordinary authority, he incorporates these properties into ecclesiastical immunity, guaranteeing them full ecclesiastical rights and freedoms.

Lviv Archbishop Feliks Ligęza confirms the privilege of King Sigismund II Augustus from 1550, granting the mansionaries of the Lviv Cathedral a garden with a house and a meadow in Lviv. Despite the opposition of Lviv councilor Maciej Hidek, the hierarch incorporates these goods into ecclesiastical jurisdiction and immunity.

Archbishop Metropolitan of Lviv Paweł Tarło confirms and ratifies the royal grant and incorporation. By his authority, he imposes perpetual silence on any claims from the opposing party.

King Sigismund II Augustus settles an appellate dispute between the heirs of Marcin Hanel and the authorities of the city of Lwów, based on ancient royal privileges and witness testimonies. The document definitively confirms that the villages of Hołosko Wielkie and Brzuchowice lie within the city limits and are forever subject to the jurisdiction of the Lwów authorities.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the previous privileges of kings Alexander and Sigismund I, exempting Lviv burghers of all rites from customs duties throughout the state. He orders officials and tax collectors to strictly observe this immunity under penalty of statutory sanctions.

The Lviv Cathedral Chapter approves the redemption by the cathedral preacher Jan Arundinensis of the third part of the Olszowy Mill and a garden in the Krakowskie Suburb, allocating these assets to the endowment of the preacher's office. At the same time, the Chapter leases to him for life the remaining two parts of the same mill under specified rental and economic conditions.

King Sigismund II Augustus resolves a dispute between Andrzej Gembicki and the reeve and benchers of Lwów, confirming the principle that files of appeal cases must be sent to the royal court or the higher Magdeburg law court at the Wawel Castle in Kraków exclusively in sealed scrolls by a court messenger. Consequently, the monarch releases the municipal authorities of Lwów from the allegations and claims of the plaintiff, who demanded that the procedural documentation be handed over to him personally.

King Sigismund Augustus confirms in the form of a vidimus transumpt two earlier privileges of kings Władysław Jagiełło (1415) and Władysław of Varna (1444), concerning the granting and use by the city of Lviv of suburban lands and surplus fields, the so-called 'obszary'. The document guarantees the transumed copy the same legal force and credibility as the original documents.

Queen Isabella Jagiellon of Hungary, together with her son John Sigismund, grants the burghers and merchants of Lviv the privilege of duty-free import and sale of all goods within the territory of Hungary and Transylvania. This grant is an expression of gratitude for the hospitality, kindness, and assistance shown to the monarchs by the council and inhabitants of Lviv during their multi-month stay in the city.

King Sigismund II Augustus approves the resolutions of the Lwów city council concerning the limitation of the number of potters in the city. The act introduces a ban on practicing this craft by persons not belonging to the guild.

King Sigismund II Augustus approves a transumed document of the Lviv city council from 1529 containing the statute and master articles of the combined guild of blacksmiths, locksmiths, swordsmiths, coppersmiths, armorers, and needle makers. The monarch grants legal force to the guild's provisions at the request of the guild elders and brothers.

King Sigismund II Augustus decrees that all property owners in Lviv and those conducting commercial activities there are subject to the jurisdiction of the magistrate and the obligation to pay municipal taxes, regardless of their social status. The document abolishes all exemptions, immunities, and servitorates, authorizing city authorities to enforce municipal duties equally upon all residents.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms and transumes four privileges granted by kings Casimir Jagiellon and Sigismund I to the shoemakers' guild of the city of Lwów. These concern the limitation of the number of shoemakers in the castle suburb to two masters, the prohibition of practicing the shoemaking craft in noble manors outside the city walls, the rules for the sale of hides by tanners, and the prohibition of purchasing hides before the city gates.

King Sigismund II Augustus, at the general sejm in Kraków, approves a document from the Lwów assessors dated 1554, certifying the sale of a hide of arable land with meadows and thickets in the village of Kleparów to the peasant Grzegorz Sołtys by Stanisław Kmitowicz and Barbara and Katarzyna Kmitówna. The issued diploma ensures the buyer and his heirs perpetual and inviolable ownership rights to the acquired land.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms to Jan Krowicki and the inhabitants of the jurisdiction of the Church of St. John the Baptist in the suburbs of Lwów the ancient privileges of kings and officials regarding Armenian law and exemptions from castle burdens. Furthermore, the monarch permits the local Armenian craftsmen to freely practice all crafts according to ancient custom.

King Sigismund Augustus adjudicates the ownership of the Brzuchowice estate, including the mill, to the city of Lwów and confirms municipal jurisdiction over the villages of Brzuchowice and Hołosko. He ensures the successors of Marcin Hanel the right to collect income from the Hołosko estate, while maintaining traditional labor services (szarwarki) owed to the city.

King Sigismund Augustus resolves a dispute between the city authorities of Lviv and the butchers' guild, confirming a 1550 agreement regulating meat trade rules on free market days. At the same time, the monarch reserves the exclusive right of Lviv butchers to sell meat outside designated market days and cancels mutual court costs for both parties.

The document establishes the detailed course of boundaries and the construction of boundary mounds between the Franciscan-owned village of Kozielniki and the municipal lands of Lwów, as well as the villages of Sichów and Zubrza, putting an end to previous disputes and injuries. Furthermore, it confirms the right granted to the convent by the municipal authorities for limited logging for firewood and cattle grazing on municipal lands, provided that good relations with the city are maintained.

Pope Pius IV notifies the cathedral chapter in Lviv of the appointment of Paweł as the new Archbishop of Lviv following the death of Archbishop Feliks. He calls upon the chapter to show submission and obedience to the new ordinary under penalty of ecclesiastical sanctions.

King Sigismund Augustus grants to the Voivode of Sandomierz, Spytek Jordan of Zakliczyn, and his successors, a house in Przemyśl that had fallen to the Crown by right of escheat. The grant is a perpetual donation with full rights to freely dispose of the property.

King Sigismund Augustus grants the inhabitants of the village of Krotoszyn, belonging to the Dominican convent in Lviv, the perpetual right to collect dry and fallen wood for fuel in the royal forest of Derewacz. He simultaneously orders the Starosta of Lviv, Piotr Barzy, and his successors not to infringe upon this right.

King Sigismund II Augustus orders all Armenians residing in Lviv to unconditionally submit to Armenian law and jurisdiction and to bear municipal burdens equally. The document invalidates all existing and future letters exempting them from this jurisdiction.

Pope Pius IV sends the pallium to the newly appointed Archbishop of Lviv, Paweł Tarło, via Jerzy Tylicz. He instructs the Bishop of Kraków or the Bishop of Przemyśl to confer the pallium upon the nominee after he has received episcopal consecration and to receive his oath of fidelity to the Apostolic See.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms in the form of a transsumpt the privilege of Sigismund I the Old issued in 1535 for Lviv. According to its content, files of appeal cases are to be delivered to the royal court exclusively by a special municipal messenger paid by the appealing party.

King Sigismund II Augustus resolves a dispute between Lublin councilor Maciej Kasprowicz and the municipal authorities of Lwów, upholding the privileges of the citizens of Lwów to be judged exclusively within the borders of the Crown. The monarch rules that in cases subject to Magdeburg law, a summons 'by one edict for three' does not constitute a peremptory term, but merely a first ordinary summons to court.

Archbishop of Lwów Paweł Tarło, with the consent of the metropolitan chapter, abolishes the burdensome duty of daily Lenten preaching imposed on the cathedral preacher by the foundation of Archbishop Bernardyn Wilczek from 1507. Instead, he mandates that the preacher deliver sermons in the cathedral only on two selected weekdays each week of Lent, and on Sundays and feast days – both in the morning and in the afternoon.

King Sigismund Augustus clarifies and confirms the privilege of his father, stipulating that appeal cases from the municipal courts of Lwów, sent in sealed scrolls by a designated messenger, are to be heard by the royal court regardless of general adjournments (limitations). This principle was extended to persons of all estates and jurisdictions litigating before the Lwów courts.

The document resolves a jurisdictional dispute between the authorities of Lviv and the Armenian community, defining the scope of competence of the municipal court and the Armenian court in criminal and property cases. The King confirms the right of the Armenians to elect twelve seniors to adjudicate in rotation with the wójt (advocatus) and regulates issues of municipal order and the taking of oaths.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the submitted articles and legal order of the Lwów soap-makers' guild, previously approved by the councillors of the city of Lwów in 1561.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the right of the Lviv Metropolitan Chapter to collect bridge and causeway tolls in the village of Wierzbiż, originally granted by Władysław Jagiełło, and establishes a detailed tariff of fees intended for necessary repairs of roads, causeways, and bridges.

King Sigismund II Augustus approves an entry from the Piotrków municipal council books of 1538 concerning the sale of a house with a plot and garden behind the Kraków Gate in Piotrków by the altarist Jan Kraska to the councilors and mayor of the city of Lwów. The buyers were obliged to pay an annual rent of 15 groszy to the aforementioned altar on the feast of St. Matthew.

Piotr Barzy, Castellan of Przemyśl and General Starosta of Lviv, issues to the Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv an authenticated extract from the Lviv castle court records of 1510. It confirms the disposal of the suburban Ważny mill by Barbara the miller and her son Erasmus to the Chapter for the sum of 300 marks.

King Sigismund II Augustus pledges on his royal word that for a period of twelve years he will neither redeem nor reclaim from the metropolitan chapter in Lviv the villages of Honiatycze and Czerkasy in the Szczerzec district. He confirms the inviolability of the peaceful possession of these estates along with all benefits until the expiration of this term.

The Lwów councilors, acting as administrators of the Holy Spirit Hospital, grant the miller Maciej Malski and his wife Katarzyna a sum of 30 grzywnas on the third part of a newly built mill on the Pełtew River in the village of Malechów, and grant them possession and use of this part. The document reserves the life rights of Wawrzyniec Morawiński and his wife Anna to the remaining two parts of the mill and imposes on Maciej Malski the obligation to maintain the entire facility in the future.

Apostolic Nuncio Gian Francesco Commendone restores the dignity of Dean in the Metropolitan Chapter of Lviv, ordering the election of a Dean from among the local canons. Furthermore, he incorporates the Church of St. John outside the walls of Lviv, along with all its goods and revenues, into the capitular table to serve as an endowment for the dignity.

King Sigismund II Augustus re-incorporates the villages of Zubrza and Sichów into the Magdeburg law of the city of Lwów, confirming their status following verification at the execution sejm. The document exempts these estates from land jurisdiction, land taxes, and military obligations, obliging them only to pay the 'szos' tax along with the city.

King Sigismund II Augustus exempts the burghers of Lwów from the general duty of providing transport for royal messengers, transferring this burden to the castle villages. At the same time, he orders the payment of 400 florins from the 'szos' tax to the Crown Treasury, leaving the remainder for the city's needs.

King Sigismund II Augustus exempts the Lviv burghers affected by a recent city fire from all fees, taxes, and contributions for a period of eight years, to facilitate the rebuilding of their homes and the restoration of Lviv's former splendor. At the same time, he orders the tax collectors of the Ruthenian lands to strictly observe this relief under penalty of royal disfavor.

Pope Pius IV notifies the people of the city and diocese of Lviv of the transfer of Bishop Stanisław from Laodicea to the office of Archbishop of Lviv following the death of Paweł, and commands them to receive him and obey his pastoral admonitions.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the right of the Lviv Chapter to collect the third measure from the mill at the Halych Gate in Lviv for a period of thirty years. After this time has elapsed and the pledge sum has been repaid, the mill is to fully return to royal administration.

King Sigismund II Augustus exempts the Lviv town hall building from the obligation of hosting land courts, noble assemblies, and commission courts, reserving it exclusively for the office and judiciary of municipal law. The decision is justified by the cramped conditions of the town hall premises and the necessity for the councilors to exercise authority without interference in a multicultural city burdened with numerous duties.

King Sigismund II Augustus strictly orders the mayor and councilors of Lviv to observe the closing hours of the city gates under penalty of punishment, forbidding their opening at night except in cases of extreme necessity, and announcing the punishment of anyone, including the nobility, who would force entry into the city.

King Sigismund II Augustus approves a transsumpt from the Lviv land records, in which the Lviv burgher Sebald Wortzel mortgages the village of Zamarstynów to Field Hetman Mikołaj Sieniawski in exchange for a debt of 5,500 florins. The document sanctions the submission of this transaction to land law despite the earlier opposition of the Lviv municipal authorities.

The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter approves the assignment of a sum of 50 grzywnas on the Stachierowski mill, made by Dorota to her husband, the miller Stanisław, in the event of her prior death. At the same time, both spouses commit to increasing the lease payments and payments in kind to the Chapter.

Adam Siemuszowski, surrogate of the Lviv starosta, issues to the Lviv canons an extract from the records of 1510 confirming the redemption of the mill in front of the Halych Gate from Małgorzata Tłusta Marciszowa and her son Erazm. In the document, Małgorzata and her son acknowledge receipt of payment and commit to perpetual silence regarding the said mill.

Judge Mikołaj Narajowski and sub-judge Jan Brzozdowski certify the course of proceedings before the Lviv Land Court between the Lviv Metropolitan Chapter and the successors of the late Mikołaj Leśniowski. The case concerned estates in the village of Glinna and the boundary demarcation with the Hodowica estate.

The Lviv Land Court confirms the course of a long-standing lawsuit and grants the industrious Stanisław and Marcin from Basiówka intromission into the estates of the noble Baltazar Leśniowski in Glinna and Zimna Woda due to damages and failure to appear in court. The extract contains reports from individual land court sessions and mentions royal mandates of Sigismund Augustus.

The Lviv Land Court adjudicates to the industrious Albert of Basówka, a subject of the Lviv Chapter, the intromission (possession) of the Zimna Woda and Glinna estates belonging to the noble Baltazar Leśniowski, following a successful lawsuit regarding the unlawful seizure of property.

Mikołaj Narajowski, judge, and Jan Brzozdowski, deputy judge of the Lviv land court, certify the course of the trial and the granting of intromission into the estates of Glinna and Zimna Woda belonging to Baltazar Leśniowski to Andrzej, an innkeeper from the village of Basiówka.