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King Sigismund I the Old grants in perpetuity to the canons of the metropolitan church in Lviv the third measure of the royal mill near the Halych Gate. The document simultaneously defines the obligations of the chapter and the starosta regarding the costs of repair and maintenance of the mill.

King Sigismund I confirms that the plot behind the Franciscan church, made available for the placement of royal military cannons, is municipal property and not castle property. The monarch pledges to return this land to the Lviv councilors immediately after preparing another site for the artillery.

King Sigismund I settles a dispute between the Starosta of Lviv, Mikołaj Odnowski, and the authorities of Lviv, adjudicating the disputed house in the Krakow Suburb to the city. The document confirms the building's location on municipal land and places it under permanent municipal jurisdiction.

King Sigismund I the Old exempts the burghers and merchants of Lviv from the obligation to pay customs duties in Kołomyja, which were unlawfully collected during the period when the local royal estates were leased by Otto of Chodcz. The privilege exempts all transported goods, including fish and grain, in transit both ways, in perpetuity.

King Sigismund I grants the burghers of Lwów the perpetual right to retail burnt wine (spirits) within the city and its suburbs, and to collect fees for this purpose for the city's needs. All other estates and inhabitants are prohibited from selling vodka without the permission of the city council, under penalty of confiscation of the liquor.

King Sigismund I grants Archbishop Bernard of Lviv and his successors half a mark of annual rent, payable at Christmas by the Starosta of Gródek, as compensation for meadows taken for the pasture of the Gródek castle. This benefit is established as a perpetual obligation of the Gródek starosty.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the metropolitan chapter in Lviv the village of Honiatycze by hereditary right, along with a detailed demarcation of its boundaries. Furthermore, he exempts the village and its inhabitants from all land burdens and military expeditions, subjecting it to ecclesiastical immunity.

The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter grants Canon Mikołaj Poniatowski the lifetime use of a brick house on Szkolna Street in Lviv, erected at his own expense on chapter land. In return for the costs he incurred, the chapter commits to annually celebrating an office and requiem masses for the repose of his soul after his death.

King Sigismund I the Old resolves a dispute between the Starosta of Lviv, Mikołaj Odnowski, and the city council of Lviv concerning the procedure for appointing councilors. The document establishes that the first councilor is to be nominated by the Starosta on behalf of the monarch from among the six councilors serving for the given year, the second is to be chosen by the council, and the third by the commonalty of the city.

Lviv Archbishop Bernard Wilczek confirms the privilege of the metropolitan chapter granting Canon Mikołaj Poniatowski lifetime possession of a house in Lviv, which he built at his own expense. In return, the chapter committed to annually performing funeral services and masses for the salvation of his soul after his death.

The Archbishop of Lviv, Bernard Wilczek, transfers the villages of Honiatycze and Czerkasy, a mill in front of the Halych Gate, and a tenement house on Szkolna Street in Lviv from secular law to ecclesiastical jurisdiction and immunity, as these properties were granted to the Lviv Metropolitan Chapter by King Sigismund I.

The Lviv land judge and sub-judge certify an entry from the castle court books of 1510 regarding the redemption of rights to the royal village of Czerkasy by the Lviv Metropolitan Chapter from Dmytro and Onyszko for the sum of 200 grzywnas. The act also confirms the renunciation of claims by the previous holders and the legal intromission of the Chapter into the possession of these goods performed by a court bailiff.

King Sigismund I the Old resolves a dispute between Dymitr Tyrawa and the Lviv Cathedral Chapter, adjudging the perpetual ownership of the village of Czerkasy to the Chapter based on a previous royal donation and the fact that the former pledge had been redeemed. Given the proof of payment of the pledge sum and the lack of other legal titles on the part of the claimant, the King imposes perpetual silence on Dymitr and his descendants.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the general sejm in Kraków, grants the city of Lwów the perpetual right to collect market fees from every wagon with goods, a right previously granted temporarily by King John I Albert. The income obtained in this way is to be allocated for the renovation and maintenance of the city fortifications.

The Sub-chamberlain of Lwów, Wojciech Starzechowski, certifies the raising of boundary mounds and the legal establishment of borders between the estates of the Lwów Chapter (Żydatycze), Michał Chomątowski (Dublany), and Zofia Hynkowa (Sroki). For any violation of the established boundaries, the parties set a penalty (wadium) of one hundred marks.

King Sigismund I the Old, considering the location of Lwów on the threatened borderland and the merits of the local craftsmen in defending the city walls, exempts the Lwów guilds from the general order of dissolution of brotherhoods in the Crown and solemnly confirms all their existing rights, statutes, and privileges.

King Sigismund I resolves the case of an attempted purchase of the Piekarski Mill in the suburbs of Lviv by the surgeon Jan Fria. The monarch rules that the siblings Michael and Anna, children of the late Master Michael, retain the lifetime right to possess and lease the said mill.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the request of the authorities and the commonalty of Lviv, confirms the former privilege of Casimir Jagiellon for an annual free fair on St. Agnes' Day. At the same time, the monarch definitively cancels and abolishes the previously established fair on St. Margaret's Day as disadvantageous and useless for the city.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms two ancient customs privileges for the city of Lviv, authorizing the collection of a bridge toll of one grosz per cargo wagon and a fee of two denarii per purchased ox. The monarch justifies his decision by the need to strengthen and maintain the defenses of the border city against enemy threats.

King Sigismund I the Old, after reviewing a dispute with the Starosta of Kolomyia, Mikołaj Sieniawski, confirms the exemption from customs duties in Kolomyia granted to Lviv burghers and merchants for the transport of their own goods. At the same time, he stipulates under penalty that it is forbidden to transport goods belonging to third parties under the pretext of this privilege.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the authorities of Lviv permission to erect a fulling mill on municipal land, with the stipulation that the income derived from it must be used exclusively for the strengthening and repair of the city's fortifications. The monarch guarantees the city exclusivity in operating this facility in the area, prohibiting the construction of competing fulling mills.

Pope Paul III notifies the inhabitants of the city and diocese of Lviv of the appointment of Piotr Starzechowski as the new archbishop following the death of Archbishop Bernardyn. He commands the faithful to receive the new shepherd with due reverence and to obey his teachings and instructions.

Pope Paul III notifies the cathedral chapter in Lviv of the filling of the archiepiscopal see, vacant after the death of Archbishop Bernardyn, and the appointment of Piotr to this office. He orders the chapter to show obedience and reverence to the new ordinary under penalty of ecclesiastical sanctions.

The Lviv Land Court performs a transumption and confirmation of the privileges granted by Kings Casimir Jagiellon and Sigismund I the Old to the Church of Saint Nicholas outside the city of Lviv. The document confirms the exemption of the local presbyter, his successors, and the monastery itself from all taxes, tributes, and burdens owed to the Crown.

The Castellan of Przemyśl and Starosta of Lwów, Mikołaj Odnowski, certifies a donation made by the sub-vice-voivode Stanisław, who, in the event of his death, transferred his house, farmstead with a garden, and the rights to a lawsuit against the Jewish minter Szloma to his cousin Maciej Hydek. The document defines the terms of perpetual ownership and establishes a bail under legal penalty.

King Sigismund I the Old forbids the authorities of Lviv from opening the city gates at night at the request of the nobility and magnates due to war threats on the borderlands, allowing exceptions only in cases of urgent and supreme state necessity. At the same time, he forbids anyone from pressuring the city councilors under threat of severe royal penalties.

King Sigismund I confirms to the city of Lviv the privilege granted by Duke Władysław of Opole in 1378 concerning the transfer of the Magdeburg law wójtostwo (advocacy), including judicial fines and the rules for the election of the wójt by the city council.

King Sigismund I resolves a dispute between the Starosta of Lwów, Mikołaj Sieniawski, and the authorities of Lwów, confirming the ancient custom and order of electing councilors and other municipal officials. He decrees that vacancies in the city council may be filled exclusively from among the jurors without the interference of the Starosta, while maintaining the monarch's right to appoint one of the six acting councilors.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms to the mayor and councilors of the city of Lviv the exclusive right to elect and appoint city intermediaries and interpreters (known as 'mejlerze' and interpreters) in accordance with ancient custom. The monarch forbids royal officials from interfering with this municipal prerogative under any pretext.

King Sigismund I the Old orders the tax collectors of the Ruthenian lands to maintain the Armenian and Ruthenian clergy in Lviv in their ancient custom of paying public taxes and performing municipal duties jointly and equally with other Lviv burghers.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms to the burghers and merchants of Lviv of all rites the privilege of King Alexander, exempting them from all customs duties and fees throughout the state. Following the expiration of the Tęczyński family's lease and with the consent of Sigismund Augustus, the monarch restores the absolute validity of the customs immunity at the customs houses in Bełz, Chełm, and Hrubieszów.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the authorities of Lviv the building of the municipal weighing scale and the cloth shearing house, along with all revenues for the needs of defense and the common good of the city. The privilege prohibits the creation of competing private workshops of this type in the city and suburbs under penalty of confiscation.

King Sigismund I grants the city of Lwów the perpetual and hereditary right to the third measure from the royal Zimna Woda malt mill located behind the Kraków Gate, while reserving two measures for the royal treasury. The document invalidates any potential future attempts by the monarch or third parties to redeem the mill and secures the rights of the townspeople.

Archbishop of Lviv Piotr Starzechowski performs an oblation and transsumption of a document by Primate Jan Latalski containing a brief of Pope Paul III from 1538. The act confirms the exemption of mendicant friars in the Kingdom of Poland from the jurisdiction of diocesan bishops and prohibits the violation of their privileges.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the authorities and burghers of Lviv permission to redeem the malt mill called Zimnowodzki from the hands of Sophia, widow of the Lviv sub-chamberlain Stanisław Hynek, and her sons. The income from the mill is to be used for the common needs and benefits of the city.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the general sejm in Kraków, approves and recognizes as inviolable the privilege granting the city of Lwów the villages of Zubrza and Sichów. The document secures the possession of these estates by the municipal authorities in the face of the execution of a statute prohibiting burghers from owning landed estates.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the general sejm in Kraków, approves and renews for the mayor, councilors, and citizens of Lwów all existing rights, privileges, liberties, immunities, and customs granted to the city by previous monarchs and by himself.

Before the bench court of Lwów, juror Andrzej Jelonek, with the consent of the municipal authorities, sold to the Castellan of Przemyśl, Mikołaj Herburt Odnowski, a plot behind the butcher stalls for the construction of a house for the mansionaries of the Lwów Cathedral for the sum of 130 florins. The document defines the conditions of municipal immunity for the newly established clergy house and the rules for erecting a boundary wall.

Chełm land judge Feliks Snopkowski and deputy judge Jan Ożarowski certify the exchange of estates between the Voivode of Ruthenia and Starosta of Chełm, Jan of Tęczyn, and the Bishop of Chełm. The subject of the agreement was the exchange of the village of Głowicze for the village of Przeworsk (Przewały).

Mikołaj Odnowski Herburt of Fulsztyn, Castellan of Przemyśl and General Starosta of Ruthenia, founds and endows a college of five mansionaries at the high altar of the Lviv Cathedral. He secures their maintenance from his estates of Grzęda and Grzybowice and imposes liturgical duties upon them, including the celebration of the office and masses for the Blessed Virgin Mary.

King Sigismund I the Old approves the resignation of the Lublin authorities from a lawsuit against Lwów concerning the detention of merchants traveling to Lublin fairs. The monarch releases the burghers of Lwów from all claims and confirms the Lwów staple right and other commercial privileges.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the city of Lviv the Baker's Mill, along with the so-called third measure and all revenues located behind the Krakow Gate, exempting it from the possibility of redemption by the monarch. The document incorporates the mill under the exclusive municipal jurisdiction of the Magdeburg law in Lviv.

King Sigismund I the Old provides a parchment authentication of a 1533 act, postponing the resolution of a dispute between Kraków and Lwów concerning the staple right and freedom of transit until the next general sejm. Until the final settlement of the matter, the monarch orders the preservation of the current status quo and the legal validity of both cities' privileges.

King Sigismund I postpones for ten years the resolution of the dispute between Kraków and Lwów concerning the right of staple, due to the necessity of thoroughly examining privileges and hearing witnesses. Until then, he orders the maintenance of conditions established in the decrees of 1533 and 1537.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms the privileges exempting the burghers and inhabitants of Lwów from the jurisdiction of noble, land, and castle courts. All their cases are to be heard exclusively before the proper municipal court of Magdeburg Law, under penalty of nullity of any other judgments.

Lviv Archbishop Piotr Starzechowski approves the foundation document of the Castellan of Przemyśl and General Starosta of Ruthenia, Mikołaj Herburt Odnowski, establishing and endowing a college of five mansionaries at the main altar of the Lviv Cathedral.

A document by the subcamerarius of Przemyśl, Stanisław Herburt of Fulsztyn, and the wojski of Przemyśl, Maciej Boguski, confirming the execution of a site inspection, the determination of boundaries, and the raising of boundary mounds between the villages of Bieńkowa Wisznia, Jatwięgi, and Sychtarowice and the village of Milczyce. The boundary dispute was resolved at the request of the heirs of the aforementioned estates.

King Sigismund I the Old settles a dispute in favor of the city of Lwów, prohibiting the suburbanites of the Kraków suburb and the castle suburb from selling alcohol and conducting free trade. The document confirms older decrees, limits the permissible number of craftsmen in the suburb to designated quotas, and imposes perpetual silence on the suburbanites.

King Sigismund I the Old grants a privilege to the city of Lwów, stating that the burghers of Lwów are not obliged to present or show their rights and documents before any officials or commissioners, but only personally before the King and his successors within the borders of the Kingdom of Poland.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the mayor and councilors of the city of Lwów the perpetual right of patronage and presentation to the provostry of the Holy Spirit church and hospital in Lwów. The document imposes an obligation on the Archbishop of Lwów to institute candidates nominated by the municipal authorities and ensures the inviolability of this right against any potential royal claims.