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King John I Albert grants the college of perpetual vicars of the Lviv Cathedral permission to purchase a house with a plot of land in Lviv for their common residence. At the same time, he exempts this property and its inhabitants from municipal jurisdiction and all taxes and burdens, transferring it under ecclesiastical jurisdiction and immunity.

Jakub, known as Zawisza, together with his own sister Katarzyna, heirs of the late Marcin Ważny, sell to Marcin Tłusty and his wife Małgorzata a hereditary mill before the Halych Gate in Lviv for the sum of three hundred marks. The transaction and the terms of installment payments are approved and entered into the records by the General Starosta of Ruthenia, Piotr Myszkowski.

King Alexander Jagiellon, at the request of the councilors and burghers of Lviv, abolishes the annual fair held on the feast of Saint Agnes. The decision was motivated by the devastation of the Ruthenian lands due to enemy invasions and the fact that merchant gatherings at that time brought the city more harm and danger than benefit.

King Alexander Jagiellon grants the Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv permission to redeem the royal village of Czerkasy from the current tenants and grants it to them as property with immunity. Furthermore, the King grants a free bank within the borders of the village of Mszana for the construction of a fish pond.

King Alexander Jagiellon grants the metropolitan chapter in Lviv the third measure of income from the royal mill before the Halych Gate in the Lviv suburb, with the right of redemption. The granted benefits are to be used to endow newly founded perpetual vicars at the Lviv Cathedral.

King Sigismund II Augustus abolishes the old Lwów custom excluding grandchildren from inheriting from their grandparents and establishes the right of representation, equalizing their share in the inheritance with uncles and aunts. Furthermore, he entrusts the mayor and councilors of Lwów with full authority to resolve all existing inheritance disputes of this kind without the possibility of appeal to the King.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms to Jan Krowicki and the inhabitants of the jurisdiction of the Church of St. John the Baptist in the suburbs of Lwów the ancient privileges of kings and officials regarding Armenian law and exemptions from castle burdens. Furthermore, the monarch permits the local Armenian craftsmen to freely practice all crafts according to ancient custom.

King Sigismund II Augustus pledges on his royal word that for a period of twelve years he will neither redeem nor reclaim from the metropolitan chapter in Lviv the villages of Honiatycze and Czerkasy in the Szczerzec district. He confirms the inviolability of the peaceful possession of these estates along with all benefits until the expiration of this term.

King Sigismund II Augustus exempts the Lviv town hall building from the obligation of hosting land courts, noble assemblies, and commission courts, reserving it exclusively for the office and judiciary of municipal law. The decision is justified by the cramped conditions of the town hall premises and the necessity for the councilors to exercise authority without interference in a multicultural city burdened with numerous duties.

King Sigismund II Augustus approves a transsumpt from the Lviv land records, in which the Lviv burgher Sebald Wortzel mortgages the village of Zamarstynów to Field Hetman Mikołaj Sieniawski in exchange for a debt of 5,500 florins. The document sanctions the submission of this transaction to land law despite the earlier opposition of the Lviv municipal authorities.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms two earlier documents from 1417 and 1499 concerning the boundary demarcation between Lwów and the estates of Zubrza and Sychów, as well as the rules for using the local forests. The act grants perpetual legal force to the previous agreements and established boundary markers.

King Henry Valois, at the coronation sejm, confirms all rights, privileges, immunities, and customs granted to the Lviv Armenian community by his predecessors. He orders royal officials and the municipal authorities of Lviv to strictly observe and protect the Lviv Armenians.

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.

The Crown Council gathered at the Warsaw convocation orders the authorities of Lwów to release the jewels of the Republic held in the city – the crown and the unicorn – to the Voivode of Lublin, Jan Tarło, as payment for a debt. At the same time, they release the magistrate from a previous obligation requiring the return of the valuables exclusively to the Starosta of Sącz, Stanisław Mężyk.