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Guttinius thanks the councillors for congratulations on his secretaryship and promises assistance to the city. A postscript thanks them for fifteen thalers.

Angelo Maria Ranuzzi, Archbishop of Damiata, responds to a letter from the mayor and councilors of Lviv, promising fair and favorable treatment of the local furriers' guild case. He also assures them of his readiness to assist the city authorities in other matters and wishes them prosperity.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the ancient custom of the municipal gatekeepers in Lwów collecting a fee in the form of one piece of firewood and a bundle of hay or straw from every cart and sleigh entering the city. In return, the gate guards are obliged to keep the passages clean and ensure convenient entry into Lwów.

Chancellor Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff orders the authorities of Lwów to immediately execute a final arbitration court ruling against the burgher Laskowski in favor of the Voivode of Bracław. He urges the city councilors to ignore any protection the debtor may have and to satisfy the claims of the creditor's representative.

The Bishop of Przemyśl and Grand Chancellor of the Crown, Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff, calls upon the Lviv magistrate, citing the royal will, to cease sealing the shops of Mrs. Afendykowa and restricting her freedom of trade. He warns the municipal authorities that a lack of response to this second reminder will result in the matter being referred to court.

Pope Julius III informs the Lviv Chapter about filling the archiepiscopal see in Lviv, vacant after the death of Archbishop Piotr, with Feliks Ligęza. He orders the Chapter to accept the elect as their father and shepherd and to obey his ordinances.

King Sigismund Augustus confirms in the form of a transsumpt four earlier royal privileges for the city of Lviv. The document guarantees the exemption of Lviv burghers from foreign jurisdictions and commission courts, and exempts Lviv merchants of all rites from customs duties in, among others, Chełm, Bełz, and Hrubieszów.

King Sigismund II Augustus establishes the order for the sale of Malmsey and Muscatel wines imported from Greece in Lviv, ordering foreign merchants to display them on market carts for four weeks before they can be stored in the cellars of townspeople. The regulation was intended to curb speculative practices by foreign traders and prevent the artificial inflation of wine prices.

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.

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.

The writer recalls a declaration by the Lviv magistrate concerning the parish benefice and the anticipated opportunity to take it up after the death of Father Łozowski. The death of the dean also requires renewed consideration of the deanery and of the earlier declaration; the writer mentions a suffragan who was expected to take the deanery. The closing is addressed to the noble and distinguished gentlemen, and the signature appears to read “M. Rzewuski”. Dated Warsaw, 13 February 1763.

The Voivode of Podolia, Michał Rzewuski, thanks the authorities of Lviv for their previous favor and renews the recommendation of his son, the abbot priest, who is applying for the Lviv provostship. He expresses gratitude and promises prayers for the prosperity of the councilors while awaiting the decision of the archbishop's court.

The Voivode of Podolia, Michał Rzewuski, renews his request to the Mayor and Councilors of Lviv to grant the vacant Lviv parish to his son, the Abbot. In return for their favor, he declares his gratitude and readiness to provide any services for the benefit of the city.

The Voivode of Podolia, Michał Rzewuski, thanks the Lviv Magistrate for the greetings sent on the occasion of the Resurrection of the Lord. In response, he offers the city authorities reciprocal wishes for health and all prosperity.

Kajetan Zabielski presents a calculation for the distribution of rent from sums invested with the Jews of Przemyśl and requests the transfer of funds needed for ongoing construction work. Due to his duties at the factory, he declines to travel to Przemyśl, recommending that legal action be taken against the Jews in the consistory.

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.

Grand Chancellor of the Crown Andrzej Zamoyski orders the Lviv Magistrate to immediately review and resolve Mrs. Bieńczewska's cases concerning a tenement house and a farmstead. He admonishes the councilors, stating he sees no justification for the ongoing delays in the judicial proceedings.

Jan Zamoyski addresses the mayor and councilors of Lviv with a request to favorably consider the rights presented by the burgher Michał Grek and his companions. He appeals for them to be maintained in these rights, provided it does not infringe upon the city's privileges.

Hetman Jan Zamoyski thanks the mayor and councilors of Lviv for preparing and donating depictions of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection to the church in Zamość. He assures the city authorities of prayers offered on their behalf and declares his readiness to reciprocate the kindness shown.

Walenty Zieleński sends New Year's greetings and reminds the recipient of his past legal services provided to him in Kraków. He asks for intercession with the Lviv magistrate regarding the appointment of a prosecutor for civil cases.

The document certifies an agreement for the exchange of a meadow plot for an orchard plot in Telve Inferiore, concluded between Pietro Buffa, acting also on behalf of his brother Giovanni Battista, and Giovanni de Zanzotto. The contract regulates the transfer of ownership of both properties, including the assignment and subrogation of the rents and monetary and grain annuities encumbering them.

King Stephen Báthory confirms and ratifies the rights, articles, and privileges of the Tailors' Guild of the city of Lwów, originally granted by King Sigismund I the Old.

The Superior of the Lviv Trinitarian convent, Fr. Jan od Narodzenia, petitions the authorities of Lviv to grant a strip of land between the city walls and the monastery for the construction of a new church funded by Zofia Kłońska. He assures that the construction of the walls will not block the public road and that the friars will constantly pray for the prosperity of the city.

King Stephen Báthory resolves a dispute between the Armenian community and the magistrate of the city of Lwów, granting the Armenians rights equal to those of other burghers regarding trade, crafts, and the use of municipal liberties. The document simultaneously guarantees the preservation of the separate customary laws and the internal judiciary of the Armenian community.

Jan Kamocki reports to Jan Jabłonowski on the political atmosphere in Paris, confirms the conclusion of peace with Savoy, and details preparations for the arrival of the Savoyard princess. He also reports on troop movements in Catalonia and Flanders and announces the sending of a medical treatise to Hetman Jabłonowski.

Pope Gregory XIII notifies the vassals of the Church of Lviv of the appointment of Jan Dymitr Solikowski to the office of archbishop following the death of Archbishop Jan. He orders them to receive the new pastor with due respect, to maintain fidelity, and to fulfill customary obligations under threat of ecclesiastical penalties.

Alcide Cattini petitions Chancellor Jan Małachowski to order the Lviv magistrate to repay a debt of 330 red zlotys, plus interest, from the estate of the late valet Estra. The author of the memorial emphasizes that his claim predates the debtor's marriage and should take precedence over the bequest made to the widow.

The document transsumes and confirms a parliamentary judgment of King Stephen Báthory resolving a dispute between the authorities of the city of Lwów and the Lwów Starosta, Mikołaj Herburt. The King limits the number of craftsmen under the Starosta's jurisdiction, prohibits the operation of taverns and a new market in the suburb of Podzamcze, and confirms the ancient privileges of the burghers regarding the trade of salt and fish, exemption from customs and market fees, as well as cattle grazing and the use of royal forests.

The authorities of the Roman archconfraternity at the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva perform a transumpt of the bull of Pope Gregory XIII from 1573 and, at the request of the Archbishop of Lviv, grant the indulgences contained therein to the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the cathedral in Lviv. The document confirms the right of the members of the Lviv confraternity to enjoy the spiritual privileges belonging to the Roman confraternity.

Pope Sixtus V, at the request of Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski and the community of Lviv, enriches the city's coat of arms by adding three hills and a star from his own family coat of arms to the lion figure. The document authorizes the city authorities to freely place and compose the new emblem according to needs and circumstances.

Archbishop of Lwów Jan Dymitr Solikowski, together with the cathedral chapter, establishes and re-founds the office of the reeve in the town of Dunajów, entrusting it to the nobleman Marcin Żabka and his successors. The document grants the reeve jurisdiction under Magdeburg law and an endowment including two hides of land with meadows, a plot for a reeve's manor, the third penny from judicial fines, and the right to brew beer and fish.

Franciszek Koller concludes his letter to the Lviv authorities with a formula of respect. In a postscript, he notes that he has received the specified sum of 76 florins and 46 kreutzers from the syndic, and therefore it should no longer be included in the accounts.

Imperial-Royal agent Franciszek Koller informs the authorities of Lviv about a favorable resolution of the Supreme Council of Justice in the case against Mr. de Witofsky and requests instructions regarding the payment of chancery and postal fees necessary for the dispatch of the decree. He also expresses gratitude for his semi-annual remuneration and confirms the settlement with the syndic.

King Sigismund III Vasa, approving the agreement between the Lviv Chapter and the city authorities, transfers to the mayor and councilors of Lviv the royal right of patronage and presentation of a learned clergyman to the metropolitan canonry of Lviv. At the same time, he orders Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski to institute the candidates presented by the magistrate.

King Sigismund III Vasa approves and transumes the act of the royal commission of auditors from 1592, which established the course of the boundaries and the placement of boundary mounds between the royal village of Sokolniki, belonging to the Lwów starosta district, and the municipal estates of Lwów known as Kulparków.

King Sigismund III Vasa clarifies the privilege of Stefan Batory, specifying the rules for cloth trade, the retailing of alcoholic beverages, and the limit of permitted Armenian craftsmen in Lwów. The document confirms the rights of both nations to trade, setting the framework for Armenian tailoring, tavern-keeping, and craft activities under penalty of a fine.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the agreement concluded between the city council and the commonalty of Lwów regarding financial management, municipal revenues, election procedures, vacancies of councilors, and trade rights. The monarch introduces reservations concerning the frequency of commonalty meetings, the control of imported goods, and the rights of outgoing councilors.

Lviv Archbishop Jan Zamoyski approves the new foundation of a prebend for the sixth mansionary at the Lviv Cathedral, established by the apothecary Maciej Jaslikowski and his wife Marta, née Pajączek. The mansionary's endowment was secured on half of the Pajączek tenement house in Lviv with a sum of 400 Polish zlotys, providing an annual perpetual rent (wyderkaf) of 24 zlotys.

King Sigismund III Vasa incorporates the provostry in Busk into the office of the archdeacon, renewed at the Lviv cathedral, in order to provide it with proper endowment. At the same time, the monarch renounces the royal right of patronage over this provostry in favor of the Archbishop and the Lviv Chapter.

Cajetan Cristallini proposes to the authorities of Lviv that they send 100 ducats to Rome to be paid to the widow of the late Franciszek Stefanoni in exchange for the return of municipal documents. He also offers his legal services before the Roman Curia.

Fr. Jan Baranowski, Archdeacon of Lviv, sells half of his newly built house in Lviv to Fabian Gryglewicz and his wife for 150 Polish zlotys. The document defines the terms of use for the plot and imposes on the buyers the obligation to pay an annual rent of 5 zlotys for an anniversary mass for the soul of the issuer.

Lviv canon and preacher Wojciech Belczyński sells a shop and two plots on preacher's land, with the right to build and run a tavern, to the burgher Wojciech Madeszowicz and his wife Anna. The buyers are obliged to pay an annual rent of ten Polish zlotys on St. Martin's Day and are subject to the preacher's jurisdiction.

Pope Urban VIII commissions the officials of Kraków, Kamianets, and Laodicea to examine the appeal of the fiscal promoter of the Lviv Curia against the verdict of the Apostolic Nuncio in a dispute with the councilors and commoners of Lviv. The delegated judges are granted the authority to investigate the case, issue a final verdict, and apply canonical sanctions.

Pope Urban VIII authorizes the nominee Stanisław Grochowski to receive episcopal consecration from any Catholic bishop in communion with the Apostolic See, provided that an oath of fidelity is taken beforehand. The document contains the full text of the oath to be sworn by the newly appointed Archbishop of Lviv.

King Władysław IV Vasa confirms and approves the document of erection and the right of patronage over St. Lazarus Hospital in the Lwów suburb, issued by the provisors and seniors of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Primate Władysław Łubieński informs the Lwów magistracy of his assumption of the primacy and the transfer of the archdiocese administration to the chapter, assuring them of his remembrance and goodwill toward the city. He also reports on the appointment of commissioners for the ruined Lwów townhouses and prays for a worthy successor to the metropolitan see.

Archbishop of Lviv and Primate-designate Władysław Łubieński thanks the authorities of Lviv for their congratulations on his promotion and Easter wishes, expressing regret at his inability to bid them a personal farewell. He also announces the issuance of a commission aimed at moderating municipal church rents in accordance with instructions from Rome.

Primate Władysław Łubieński bids farewell to the Lwów magistrate in connection with his assumption of the primacy, assuring them of his unwavering goodwill towards the city. He informs them of the transfer of the archdiocese's administration to cathedral prelates, the appointment of commissioners for the ruined tenement houses, and his prayers for a worthy successor to the metropolitan see.

Primate Władysław Aleksander Łubieński thanks the authorities of the city of Lviv for the New Year's greetings sent. He reciprocates with wishes for prosperity and God's blessing for the councilors and all the city's inhabitants.

Primate Władysław Aleksander Łubieński thanks the magistracy and the citizens of Lviv for the New Year's greetings sent. He reciprocates the wishes for prosperity and assures them of his constant goodwill.