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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.

Michał Łoś, Cupbearer of Lviv, asks an unnamed addressee to intervene with the Lviv Magistrate, who is obstructing the construction of a granary on the grounds of his manor behind the Halych Gate due to a boundary and fence dispute with his neighbor, Stefan the Armenian.

Dominican Provincial Hyacinthus Terrarius authorizes Prior Hyacinthus Rzeczkowski to establish and oversee a Rosary Confraternity at the church in Zubra, in the Archdiocese of Lviv. The document includes subsequent approvals by the Archbishops of Lviv, Konstanty Lipski in 1687 and Jan Skarbek in 1724.

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.

The municipal authorities of Lviv, the clergy, and the chapter draft a commemorative memorial documenting the war disasters, fires, plagues, and storms that plagued the city between 1672 and 1708. The document certifies the thorough renovation of the town hall tower's spire and the lion figure, carried out under the direction of councilor Tomasz Gordon, and includes a list of officials of the time and a prayer for the salvation of Lviv.

Pope Clement XI notifies the clergy of the Lviv diocese of the transfer of Bishop Jan Skarbek to the archiepiscopal see in Lviv, which became vacant following the death of Mikołaj Popławski. He calls upon the clergy to show submission, respect, and obedience to their new shepherd.

Archbishop Jan Skarbek approves the endowment of 6,000 Polish zlotys on the Miłoszewice estate, made by cup-bearer Stanisław Wieniawski for the foundation of Fr. Antoni Gomoliński, and erects a new supernumerary canonry at the Lviv Cathedral. He further establishes patronage rights for the founder, and after his death, alternating between the archbishops and the chapter, with priority for members of the Gomoliński family.

Lviv Archbishop Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski maintains the right of canons to choose chapter estates, while ordering that one-third of the income—and half of the income from the Uniatycze, Pikulowice, and Żydatycze estates—be contributed to the common chapter fund. At the same time, he exempts poorer benefices from this obligation and grants the chapter a remission of all accumulated arrears.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Skarbek appeals to the President and the Magistrate of Lviv to halt an execution and spare the life of a prisoner sentenced to death, invoking the Easter season and Christian mercy. For saving the converted convict, the hierarch declares his gratitude and readiness for reciprocal favors to the city authorities.

Archbishop Jan Skarbek recommends to the Lviv Magistrate the candidacy of Father Czarkowski for the cathedral canonry vacated by the late Father Rusiński. He refers to past precedents and clarifies issues regarding papal bulls regulating the appointment of benefices.

Francois Goldenberg and Christian Böhm petition the Archbishop of Lviv, Jan Skarbek, to save from the death penalty a journeyman artisan who committed an unintentional homicide with a sword in a fit of passion. The petitioners appeal for pastoral mercy and the suspension of the judges' sentence, pointing out that the accused has abandoned Lutheranism for Catholicism and seeks salvation in the faith.