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6 documents · Fonds 131 and 132

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132/1/558558-001132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1575-01-15Piotr Zborowski to the Lviv magistrate regarding the defense of municipal judicial jurisdiction

Kraków Voivode Piotr Zborowski assures the Lviv authorities of his support in their dispute with the Ruthenian nobility, who are unlawfully attempting to summon townspeople to their courts. He emphasizes the importance of municipal privileges and the exclusive right of appeal to the King, advising the Lviv magistrate to file official protests in case of pressure.

Piotr Zborowski, Voivode and General Starosta of Kraków
To: Magistrate of the City of Lviv (according to inventory and content)
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131/1/561131-1-561-001131 — Collection of parchment documents1574-03-12Confirmation of the rights and privileges of the Lviv Armenians by King Henry Valois

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.

Henry Valois, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (Henricus Dei gratia Rex Poloniae magnus Dux Lithuaniae etc.)
To: Lviv Armenians (fideles subditi Armenorum nuntii civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis suo et communitatis Armenorum ibidem consistentium nomine)
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131/1/568131-1-568-001131 — Collection of parchment documents1576-05-21Confirmation of the rights and privileges of the Armenian community in Lwów by King Stefan Batory

King Stefan Batory confirms all rights, privileges, immunities, and ancient customs granted to the Armenian community of Lwów by his predecessors. The monarch orders the Starosta of Lwów and the municipal authorities to observe and protect these rights inviolably.

Stefan Batory, King of Poland
To: Armenian community of the city of Lwów (communitas Armenorum Civitatis Leopolien[sis])
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131/1/783131-1-783-001131 — Collection of parchment documents1676-02-28Confirmation by John III Sobieski of the privilege granted by Sigismund Augustus to the Greek Rite inhabitants of Lviv

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.

John III Sobieski, King of Poland
To: Cives et Suburbani Leopolienses Ritus Graeci (Lviv burghers and suburbanites of the Greek rite)
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132/1/11941194-001132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1576-02-08Letter from the Krakow assembly to the authorities of Lviv regarding the release of funds to the Hetman

The Senate and nobility gathered at the assembly in Krakow instruct the authorities of Lviv to transfer public funds deposited in the town hall to the Hetman for the recruitment of soldiers to defend the borderlands. In case of refusal, the city councilors will be held accountable for any damages suffered by the Commonwealth.

Senate and nobility of the Polish Crown at the Krakow assembly (including Piotr Zborowski Voivode of Sandomierz, Andrzej of Tęczyn Voivode of Bełz, Stanisław Górka Voivode of Poznań, Walenty Dembiński Crown Chancellor, Stanisław Szafraniec Castellan of Biecz, and others)
To: Famatis dominis Proconsuli cum Consulibus Civitatis Leopolien[sis] [Mayor and Councilors of the city of Lviv]
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132/1/11951195-001132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1574-08-01Crown Council to the authorities of Lwów regarding the release of the crown jewels to Jan Tarło

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.

Spiritual and secular Crown Councilors at the convocation in Warsaw [signatories: including Piotr Myszkowski, Bishop of Płock; Jan Kostka, Voivode of Sandomierz; Piotr Zborowski, Voivode of Kraków; Andrzej Opaliński, Grand Marshal of the Crown, and others]
To: Illustrious Mayor and Council of Lwów (Famatis Proconsuli et Consulibus Civitatis Leopoliensis)
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