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The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter enters into an agreement with the Lviv Butchers' Guild, granting it the exclusive right to sell meat in stalls located on chapter lands near St. John's Church in the Krakow Suburb. In return, the guild commits to maintaining guild order, eliminating unauthorized sellers, and admitting qualified craftsmen from the local ecclesiastical jurisdiction into its ranks.

King John Casimir approves the internal ordinance of the Lviv college of assessors, regulating their judicial and ceremonial duties, the management of the common chest, and the discipline of members under penalty of fines and loss of the right to promotion to the city council.

The Archbishop of Lviv, Jan Tarnowski, approves the foundation of Aleksander Zborowski and canonically erects the church and monastery of Saint Martin of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance, along with a hospital for sick noble soldiers in the Krakow Suburb of Lviv. He secures the income and endowment of the order and ensures the inviolability of the rights of the local parish.

Lviv Archbishop Mikołaj Krosnowski establishes a new supernumerary canonry ('de mensa') at the Lviv Cathedral, provisionally uniting it with the provostship of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Sacrament. The act issued in 1650 was approved by the metropolitan chapter in 1651.

Archbishop of Lwów Jan Tarnowski confirms and approves the donation of a sum of six thousand Polish zlotys, recorded by the municipal authorities of Lwów from the estate of the late councilor Maciej Hejder for the benefit of the Brotherhood of the Most Holy Body of Christ at the Lwów Cathedral.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Tarnowski approves the foundation of the Halych land judge Stanisław Głowiński of Głowno, erecting the prelatura of cantor and the Głowiński canonry at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Lviv. The new benefices are endowed with the villages of Młyniszcze and Zabłotowce in the Żydaczów land, including the definition of liturgical duties and the right of patronage.

King John II Casimir confirms to Piotr Pilewicz and his three sons the right to lifelong possession of a wybraniecki hide in the village of Hubice in the Drohobycz starosta district, exempting them from military burdens. In return, the holders of the hide are obliged to provide a properly armed wybraniecki infantryman for every military expedition.

King John Casimir confirms the ancient privileges of the tailors' guild in Lwów and prohibits Jews, peddlers, and furriers from unauthorized sewing and selling of clothing and woolen caps under penalty of confiscation of goods. The monarch orders the municipal authorities to strictly enforce the tailors' guild monopoly.

In recognition of the loyalty and sacrifices of Lwów during the wars, King John II Casimir equalizes the city and its citizens with Kraków and Wilno in terms of rights, liberties, and noble privileges. The burghers of Lwów are granted the right to participate in royal elections, attend the Sejm, and freely acquire and possess landed estates.

Bishop of Przemyśl Antoni Winnicki erects and approves a youth (bachelor) brotherhood at the Church of St. Nicholas in Stary Sambor. The document commands the members of the brotherhood to remain in Christian love, piety, and obedience to church authority under penalty of excommunication.

King John Casimir approves the act of the Starosta of Lviv, Jan Mniszek, confirming the testamentary bequest of the burgher Semen Onufrijowicz, who donated a farmstead in Podzamcze, Lviv, for the construction of a church, the Monastery of St. John the Evangelist, and a printing house. The document exempts the planned foundation from taxes and municipal jurisdiction and entrusts its management to the Basilians under the authority of Father Symeon Siemionowicz.

King John Casimir confirms the right of the Dominican monastery in Lviv to its own water supply, transuming the privilege of Sigismund III from 1628 and a document of the Lviv magistrate from 1613. The monarch emphasizes the merits of the friars, who maintained the water intake and supplied the inhabitants during enemy invasions.

King John II Casimir confirms to the inhabitants and the manor of the village of Malechów, which constitutes the endowment of the Lviv hospital for the poor, the privilege of Sigismund III Vasa from 1590 allowing for the acquisition of construction and firewood in the Rokitno forests. The felling is to be carried out without damaging the forest and with the knowledge of the current Starosta of Lviv.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Tarnowski, at the request of the local parish priest, erects and approves the Confraternity of the Most Holy Body of Christ at the parish church in Komarno. The document defines papal indulgences as well as the statutes and duties of the confraternity members, modeled on Roman and Lviv rules.

Innocent de Laurentiis, Notary of the Apostolic See, performs an official transumpt of a 1663 bull by Pope Alexander VII, authorizing the Bishop-elect of Nicopolis, Jerzy Giedziński, to exercise the ministry of Suffragan of Lviv and to retain the dignity of Chancellor of the local cathedral.

Lviv Archbishop Jan Tarnowski approves the foundational endowments of brothers Marcin and Maciej Rzechowski and solemnly erects and endows a prebend at the church and hospital of St. Barbara in the suburbs of Rohatyn. The document details the liturgical duties of the prebendary, the management of the poor funds, and the right of patronage belonging to the founders, their Catholic successors in the Kutcze estate, and the Rohatyn magistrate.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Tarnowski performs the erection, endowment, and legal approval of the provostry at the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Domagaliczowska) at the Lviv Cathedral, consolidating foundations and monetary legacies for a total amount of 10,200 Polish zlotys. The document defines the mass obligations of the provost and two priests, the distribution of income from rents, and establishes an alternating right of patronage between the archbishop and the Lviv magistrate.

The administrator sede vacante of the Archdiocese of Lviv, Adam Piaskowski, confirms and incorporates into the church property the monetary bequests and legacies made by various donors for the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Lviv Cathedral. The document also details the obligations of celebrating Holy Masses imposed on the provost and chaplains of the chapel.

Lviv Archbishop Jan Tarnowski confirms and approves the foundation of Jan Sobieski secured on the Błudów estates, establishing a convent and hospital of the Brothers Hospitaller at the Church of St. Lawrence in Lviv. The document incorporates the church into the monks' endowment and regulates issues of ecclesiastical immunity and the inviolability of the local parish's rights.

King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms to the Dominican convent in Lviv the previous privilege of Sigismund III Vasa regarding the acquisition of the land called Sykstowski from the doctor of medicine Erasmus Sykst. The document bears the signatures of the issuer and the notary, as well as a later note of entry into the Lviv city books from 1790.

King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms the totality of rights, privileges, and liberties granted to the city of Lwów by his predecessors. In particular, he approves the coronation diploma of John II Casimir from 1649 and the privilege equating Lwów in rights with Kraków and Vilnius.

King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms to Jan Felicjan Kulikowski and his successors the rights, privileges, decrees, and boundaries concerning the estate of the village of Skniłówek near Lviv, transuming previous grants by Polish monarchs.

Pope Clement X informs the faithful of the city and archdiocese of Lviv of the transfer of Albert, Bishop of Kamianets, to the office of Archbishop of Lviv, vacant following the death of Archbishop Jan. He commands the faithful to receive their new shepherd with due respect and to be obedient to his instructions.

A document by King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki resolving disputes and riots between the Christian inhabitants and the Jewish community of both synagogues in Lwów. It establishes, among other things, an oath of purgation to be taken before appointed royal commissioners in connection with recent riots and the escape of prisoners.

Lviv Archbishop Wojciech Koryciński approves the relocation of the Augustinian convent, destroyed by invasions, from the Halych Suburb to the Krakow Suburb in Lviv. By virtue of this document, the Church of St. Anne and its lands are incorporated into the order with permission to build a monastery, while preserving the rights of the local parish.

King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms the ordinance of the juror court college of the city of Lwów, originally enacted in 1618 and approved by John II Casimir in 1658. This act sanctions the internal statutes, liturgical duties, and customs of the Lwów jurors of Magdeburg law.

King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms and transumes the privilege of John II Casimir from 1650 and Władysław IV from 1633, which approved the guild statute granted in 1627 by the city council of Lwów to the combined crafts of maltsters, brewers, and mead-makers.

King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms the right of the Lviv Cathedral Chapter to collect four wagons of salt from the Drohobycz salt mines, originally granted by Władysław Jagiełło and confirmed by King Alexander.

King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms the lifetime possession of a 'wybraniecki' hide and two plots of land to the village head Piotr Pilewicz and other 'wybrańcy' from the village of Hubicze. He exempts them from the hearth tax and other burdens, granting them the right to use the land and produce spirits for their own needs.

King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms the statute and articles of the shoemakers' guild in Lwów, transuming earlier royal privileges. The regulations concern, among others, the rules of the craft, the common guild treasury, and the rights of Polish and Ruthenian craftsmen.

King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms for the town of Podgrodzie the transumed foundation charter of King Sigismund Augustus based on Magdeburg law. He ensures the townspeople the inviolability of their ancient rights and customs, including the right to brew and retail beer, protecting them from the oppression of the jurisdiction of the Starosta of Rohatyn.

King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms the document of King John II Casimir approving the donation of a farmstead in the Lviv suburb of Podzamcze, made by the burgher Szymon Onufryjewicz. This endowment was intended for the construction of an Eastern Rite church and monastery of St. John the Evangelist, along with a printing house.

King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms five previous royal privileges (including those of John Casimir, Henry of Valois, and Sigismund III) for the Shooting (Kurkowe) Brotherhood in Lwów. These documents guarantee the brotherhood, among other things, the collection of a fee called "spaszne" from driven cattle, income from the Samostrzelnicza Tower, land in the Halicki suburb for a shooting range, and tax exemptions.

King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, at the request of the seniors of the Armenian nation, confirms the 1661 privilege of John II Casimir, which equated the city of Lwów and its citizens of Roman Catholic, Armenian, and Greek rites in rights and prerogatives with Kraków and Wilno. The burghers of Lwów obtain and retain noble rights, including the right to participate in royal elections, acquire landed estates, and parliamentary representation.

The document regulates the organization, rights, and duties of a united guild of multiple crafts in Uhnów, modeled on the guild laws of Lublin, and contains subsequent 18th-century confirmations by successive hereditary owners of the town.

Archbishop of Lviv Wojciech Koryciński approves and erects the foundation of the chancellorship and the Giedziński canonry at the Lviv Cathedral, established by Suffragan Jerzy Giedziński. The benefice was endowed with an annual rent secured on the estates of Bolechów, Zawadka, and other properties of the founder.

King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki approves the consent of the Lwów Starosta, Jan Mniszek, which regulates the status of non-guild shoemakers (partacze) within the castle jurisdiction and their affiliation with the municipal shoemakers' guild. The document authorizes the confiscation of non-guild products, mandates the sale of footwear exclusively in municipal stalls, and establishes the conditions for admitting craftsmen into the guild.

King Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki approves the statutes and existing rights of the carpenters' guild of the city of Lviv, transuming the privilege of King Stephen Báthory from 1585. The act strengthens the guild organization and the craft regulations of the Lviv carpenters.

The document commemorates the restoration of a tin weather vane in the shape of a lion, the city's coat of arms, to the tower of the Lwów town hall after it was knocked down during a storm in the period of wartime turmoil. It outlines the dramatic sieges and disasters of Lwów, offers thanksgiving for salvation, and provides a detailed list of the city's authorities, guilds, and clergy at the time.

Marchiò de Betta di Giera, being a debtor to Giovanni Gera of Candide for the sum of 300 lire, sells him property from his paternal inheritance to satisfy the debt, with the right of redemption within eight years. Until the repayment, the debtor undertakes to pay an annual rent of 6% of that amount.

King John III Sobieski confirms the privilege of Sigismund Augustus from 1572 (transumed by kings John Casimir and Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki), which equalized the Greek Rite burghers and suburbanites of Lviv with Roman Catholic burghers in terms of municipal, guild, and commercial rights. The document guarantees them, among other things, access to municipal offices, freedom of trade and crafts, and the right to acquire real estate in Lviv.

During the coronation sejm in Kraków, King John III Sobieski solemnly confirms and renews all old and new rights, privileges, immunities, and liberties of the city of Lwów, its magistrate, and inhabitants of all rites. The document specifically confirms, among others, the equalization of Lwów with Kraków and Wilno, the staple right, the right of escheat (kaduk), jurisdiction over churches and hospitals, and the exemption of burghers from commission and castle courts.

King John III Sobieski confirms the consent of the Starosta of Lviv, Jan Mniszek, from 1668, granting Basil and Helena Ferensowicz the right to the Sopronczowski plot in the Krakowskie Suburb of Lviv. The document allows the couple to erect a building and a brewery in exchange for paying an annual rent to the castle treasury.

Adam Piaskowski, administrator sede vacante of the Lviv Archdiocese, adjudicated a disputed pond and land for a mill on the Ostróżanka River near Maleczkowice to the Hospital of St. Stanislaus in the Lviv Suburb, prohibiting Bernard Wieniawski from making claims or violating the property. The document also contains a report on the commissioner's introduction of the hospital's provisor into possession of the disputed pond.

King John III Sobieski transumes and confirms the previous privileges of Kings John II Casimir and Władysław IV, as well as the 1621 by-law of the Lwów City Council regulating the organization of the joint guild of Lwów brewers, maltsters, and mead-makers. The document also introduces a strict prohibition on non-guild production of beer, malt, and mead in the suburbs and jurisdictions surrounding Lwów, under penalty of confiscation and imprisonment.

King John III Sobieski approves and transumes earlier privileges granted by Polish kings and the owners of Jaworów, the Górka brothers, regulating the structure, craft articles, and organization of the Jaworów furriers' guild.

King John III Sobieski preserves and strengthens the rights of Iwan and Maksym Szurmin, Iwan Paszenicowy, and Iwan Borkowy to the wybraniecki hide in the village of Hubicze in the Drohobycz starosta district. The document exempts them from burdensome duties, while imposing the obligation to provide and equip one soldier for the wybraniecka infantry.

The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter grants the miller Józef Hryzel, his wife Ewa, and one designated descendant a life lease of the Stachirowski mill in the Krakowskie Suburb of Lviv. In return, the tenants commit to paying an annual rent of 200 Polish zlotys and maintaining and repairing the mill buildings and equipment at their own expense.

Archbishop of Lviv Konstanty Lipski confirms and renews the erection of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the Lviv Cathedral, transuming the approval document of Apostolic Nuncio Opizio Pallavicini from 1681. He grants the confraternity statutes, jurisdictional powers for its confessors, and a forty-day indulgence for performing specific pious practices.

King John III Sobieski appoints the Lwów burgher Albert Mielczewski as Royal Typographer, granting him the right to operate a printing house and freely sell Latin and Ruthenian books throughout the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The document grants him privileges equal to those of printers in Kraków, Vilnius, and Gdańsk, and further exempts his printing house from municipal taxes and his home from military quartering.