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King Casimir IV Jagiellon extends the tax exemption for the inhabitants of Lviv by an additional two years beyond the previously granted eight years. This privilege was granted in recognition of the burdens and expenses incurred by the city for the repair and construction of walls, ramparts, and defensive moats.

Andreas Bell reports from Jarosław on arrangements with the landlord concerning the preparation and remodeling of lodging for Forbes, as well as difficulties in reaching an agreement on costs. He also provides information on financial matters, news from acquaintances, and the departure of a group of Scots to Radzięcin for communion.

Grand Chancellor of the Crown Andrzej Zamoyski informs the authorities of Lviv about the royal efforts to revive cities and reform laws in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He calls upon the magistrate to prepare and send a detailed list of injustices, oppression, and property damages suffered by the city, promising to make efforts to resolve them.

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.

Bishop Andrzej Młodziejowski urges the Lviv Magistrate to resolve Krasnopolski's cases as quickly as possible and to ensure the return of his documents by the plenipotentiary Kudziorowicz. He warns the city authorities of the consequences of further delaying the judicial proceedings.

Pope Clement XII commissions the Provost of Kraków and canons Walerian Sutkowski and Jan Humański to examine and definitively resolve a property dispute between Fr. Stanisław Dochkiewicz and the advocate Wojciech Borysławski. The case concerns an appeal against a judgment of the Apostolic Nunciature regarding an unpaid loan and the return of pledged silver and jewels.