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The merchant guild complains about the challenging of their approximately hundred-year possession of their own tenement house, demands for rent, and the imprisonment of its members. The King orders any claims to be presented to a commission and places the guild under his protection.

According to the King's account, students of the parish school attacked the Ruthenian school, destroying books and assaulting their guardians. The King orders the protection of the school and legal proceedings against the supervisor, provided he is subject to secular jurisdiction.

The Starosta and Sub-chamberlain of Halych certify the course of an unsuccessful delimitation between the village of Bybeł, belonging to the Archdiocese of Lviv, and the Boków estate of Andrzej Świstelnicki. Due to conflicting evidence, contradictory documents, and Świstelnicki's refusal to submit the case to the officials' arbitration, the boundaries were not definitively established.

The jurors of the city of Lviv certify that Grzegorz, along with his family, sold the hereditary soltys estate in the suburban village of Goldberg to Jan Weyszhannes, a Lviv burgher and juror. The sale took place with the consent of the city council, with the sellers fully renouncing their rights.

The sender reports on the proceedings before the Rota regarding St. Lazarus Hospital. After obtaining absolution via a breve, the question of who holds the right to manage the hospital was settled. He points to the prior and the senior brothers and the decision of May 15. He expects victory but continues to strive for the conclusion of the case and mentions legal expenses.

The Archbishop of Lviv, Andrzej Boryszewski, approves the foundation and endowment of the altar of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Stanislaus in the Lviv Cathedral with an annual rent of 20 marks, secured by Anna of Buczacz on the Litwinów estate and its appurtenances. The document defines the right of patronage of the Buczacki family and imposes on the altarist the obligation to celebrate three masses per week.

The Lviv councilors certify that Stanisław Maldzik and his wife Małgorzata transferred the rights to the Zindrzychowski grange in the Lviv suburbs to her brother, Piotr Nymant. The transaction includes a mutual survivorship clause regulating the potential reversion of the property to the donors or its perpetual transfer to the recipient.

The author of the letter asks Peter Forbes to send three chests of goods from their shop to Mościska and to secure one of them with a rope. He also requests that a circle of wax be left in the shop until their arrival, declaring gratitude on behalf of himself and his partner.

Jan Fryderyk Beker informs Arthur Forbes about financial settlements, the wintering of oxen, and false reports regarding enemy movements near the border. In a postscript, he commends Mr. Zelmar to the addressee, requesting that he be granted credit and vouching for him.

A document from the Lviv land court certifying the perpetual and voluntary division of hereditary and pledged estates in Zimna Woda after the deceased father between sisters Barbara and Małgorzata. The act details the division of peasant hides, wastelands, the manor, ponds, and meadows, and defines the rules for the common use of forests and pastures.

The author presents the grievances resulting from a dispute with the Lviv magistrate and asks the vice-senior to use his influence to settle the matter. He mentions actions taken against him in Warsaw and Lviv and describes his paradoxical status as both a councilor and juror, and as a person deprived of these functions. He requests a clear response from the magistrate and the addressee, announcing that there is little time left to make a decision. If the case goes to court, he reserves the significance of this letter. A later cover links the dispute to Secretary Czechowicz; the text of the letter itself does not allow for a certain determination of his role.

Rector Biegaczewicz sends Professor Podhajecki to the Lviv magistrate as a candidate for the position of syndic, in response to the city's request. He recommends his qualifications and expects appropriate treatment and remuneration.

King Sigismund I resolves a jurisdictional dispute between the Lviv city council and the Armenian community, abolishing the office of a separate Armenian reeve (wójt) and placing the Armenians under municipal jurisdiction in real estate matters and four criminal articles. In other matters, Armenians are to be judged by the municipal reeve together with six Armenian elders according to their ancestral law, with the right of appeal directly to the royal majesty.

Rafał Boym informs the authorities of Lwów about his arrival in the Swedish-occupied Jarosław and the detention of the city messenger by Lieutenant Colonel Horn. He reports on the fruitless negotiations regarding the contribution and the dispatch of a courier to General Stenbock to obtain permission to settle the funds on the spot.

The city authorities of Lwów, with the consent of the guilds and the commonalty, sell to the community of perpetual vicars of the Lwów Cathedral an annual rent of ten florins, secured on all municipal revenues, for the sum of two hundred florins with the right of redemption. The condition for the city to redeem the rent is prior notification to the chapter and the vicars at least eight months in advance.

Jan Białobrzeski advises the Lviv authorities against petitioning the King for an extension of a court deadline, recommending instead a timely appearance with sworn testimonies from the victims and the filing of an official protestation. He declares his readiness to continue assisting the city and informs them that the legal documents have been sent back.

King Sigismund I the Old regulates the mutual jurisdictional relations between the municipal court in Lwów and the judiciary of the Armenian community, including the admissibility of witnesses of different denominations, the jurisdiction over real estate and criminal offenses, and the procedure for arrests. In all other respects, the monarch confirms the existing privileges of both parties.

King Sigismund I the Old approves the organization and customs of Lviv guilds and removes Lviv masters, journeymen, and apprentices from the authority of Kraków guild masters. He permits Lviv craftsmen to freely train apprentices and confer master titles, guaranteeing them full rights throughout the Kingdom, and entrusts jurisdiction over them to guild elders with the right of appeal to the Lviv city council.

The mayor invites the councilors to the town hall at two in the afternoon to reconcile before Easter confession, according to custom. He apologizes for any potential grievances and forwards a letter from the Crown Cup-bearer.

The mayor and councilors of the city of Lviv resolve a border and property dispute, adjudicating the disputed meadows on the drained ponds in Zamarstynów to Marcin Schöngregier and the successors of Bernard Tyczka. The peasants of Zamarstynów are ordered to perpetual silence due to the lack of documents confirming their rights to these lands.

King Sigismund I the Old re-establishes the tailors' guild in Lviv, prohibiting the practice of this craft in the city and suburbs by craftsmen outside the brotherhood. Only two castle tailors appointed by the Lviv starosta were exempted from the guild obligation.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms the 1533 letter of the royal commissioners establishing the detailed delimitation of the village of Wierbiąż, belonging to the Lviv Chapter, from the royal estates of Demnia, Drohowyże, and Uście, leased by Paweł Tarło. The document describes the course of the boundary marked by 32 mounds and signs on trees and adjudicates to the Chapter the rights to the waters of the Zubrza, Szczerzec, and Dniester rivers.

Antoni Wojciechowski, Proctor of the University of Krakow, responds on behalf of the Rector to an inquiry from the Lviv authorities concerning the Alembek Foundation scholarship holder, Mr. Czechucki. He informs them that the student discontinued his studies over a year ago and left to take a private position with the Lubieniecki family.

Wójcicki has prepared a decree requiring the signature of the Crown Cup-bearer. He renews the request for timber for fencing and rebuilding cottages in Malechów; he fears difficulties with rent payment.

Antony Heuglin Jr. confirms his safe arrival in Gdańsk, expresses gratitude for the friendship shown, explains the delay in writing, and informs about [father's?] departure by sea to Amsterdam on May 27.

Crown Deputy Chancellor Piotr Gembicki addresses the reeve and elders of the Armenian community in Lviv with a request to suspend the execution of an assessor court verdict concerning the guarantee of a debt incurred by the Armenian bishop. He indicates that the matter is to be settled amicably at the upcoming Sejm.

Jan Gembicki thanks the councillors and the magistrate of Lviv for the gift of salted fish and isinglass sent for the Lenten season. He assures them of his gratitude and readiness to constantly support the interests and prosperity of the city.

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.

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.

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.

Elżbieta Gordonowa informs Artur Forbes about the meeting scheduled for April 16, 1692, with the creditors of her late husband. She urges the addressee to appear in person or appoint a proxy to officially receive the goods and documentation of the debtors in accordance with the Tribunal's decree.

Huison arranges a journey with an unnamed senior and Forbes. He invites Forbes for the 28th of the month, offering lodging and room for horses and a vehicle.

Aleksander Gurowski assures Voivode Jan Jabłonowski of his efforts to enforce the collection of due sums as quickly as possible after the upcoming sejmik. He also announces his appearance before a military commission to clear himself of false accusations and asks for continued protection.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms to the elders and the community of Lwów Armenians all rights, privileges, liberties, immunities, and ancient customs granted by his predecessors, including King Sigismund I the Old.

King Sigismund II Augustus exempts the Armenians of Lwów from the jurisdiction of all land and castle courts, placing them exclusively under the jurisdiction of the wójt (advocatus) and Armenian elders judging according to Armenian law. All appeals from this court are reserved exclusively for the royal court.

King Sigismund II Augustus approves a transumed document of the Lviv city council from 1529 containing the statute and master articles of the combined guild of blacksmiths, locksmiths, swordsmiths, coppersmiths, armorers, and needle makers. The monarch grants legal force to the guild's provisions at the request of the guild elders and brothers.

The document establishes the detailed course of boundaries and the construction of boundary mounds between the Franciscan-owned village of Kozielniki and the municipal lands of Lwów, as well as the villages of Sichów and Zubrza, putting an end to previous disputes and injuries. Furthermore, it confirms the right granted to the convent by the municipal authorities for limited logging for firewood and cattle grazing on municipal lands, provided that good relations with the city are maintained.

King Sigismund II Augustus orders all Armenians residing in Lviv to unconditionally submit to Armenian law and jurisdiction and to bear municipal burdens equally. The document invalidates all existing and future letters exempting them from this jurisdiction.

The document resolves a jurisdictional dispute between the authorities of Lviv and the Armenian community, defining the scope of competence of the municipal court and the Armenian court in criminal and property cases. The King confirms the right of the Armenians to elect twelve seniors to adjudicate in rotation with the wójt (advocatus) and regulates issues of municipal order and the taking of oaths.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the submitted articles and legal order of the Lwów soap-makers' guild, previously approved by the councillors of the city of Lwów in 1561.

The Lwów councilors, acting as administrators of the Holy Spirit Hospital, grant the miller Maciej Malski and his wife Katarzyna a sum of 30 grzywnas on the third part of a newly built mill on the Pełtew River in the village of Malechów, and grant them possession and use of this part. The document reserves the life rights of Wawrzyniec Morawiński and his wife Anna to the remaining two parts of the mill and imposes on Maciej Malski the obligation to maintain the entire facility in the future.

Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski, Bishop of Warmia, writes to the Voivode of Ruthenia, explaining the lack of fresh news by citing a rule borrowed from Cicero. In the postscript, he addresses the issue of delayed correspondence from Lithuania and Greater Poland, as well as complicated financial settlements.

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.

Wojciech Zimnicki informs the Lviv authorities about his arrival in Warsaw, the status of municipal lawsuits, especially the dispute with the Ruthenian community, and the suspension of court proceedings due to the Deputy Chancellor's illness. He also mentions the lack of prospects for convening the Sejm and reports political news regarding peace with Turkey.

King Stephen Báthory confirms to the shoemakers' guild of the city of Lviv two privileges of King Casimir Jagiellon from 1466 and 1469. These acts limited the number of craftsmen allowed to reside and sew shoes under the castle to only two and prohibited the practice of shoemaking in suburban houses and noble manors.

King Stephen Báthory transumes his edict of February 20, 1577, in which he cancels all commissions appointed to investigate the complaints of the commoners against the Lwów magistrate and reserves the case exclusively for the royal court under a penalty of 15,000 ducats. He orders both parties to appear with evidence before the monarch's court, prohibiting any conflicts or violations of legal order in the meantime.

King Stephen Báthory approves and renews the old articles and customs of the united guild of turners and comb-makers of the city of Lwów. The document regulates in detail the rules for submitting a masterpiece, accepting apprentices and masters, the functioning of guild authorities, and penalties for violating craft regulations.

The city councilors of Lwów transcribe and certify the privilege of King Stephen Báthory from 1578, which approves the statutes (wilkierz) of the Lwów woodturners' guild. The document regulates in detail the rules for becoming a master, the execution of masterpieces, religious and defensive duties, and the fight against unauthorized craftsmen (partacze).

King Stephen Báthory resolves a dispute between the Armenian community and the magistrate of the city of Lwów, granting the Armenians rights equal to those of other burghers regarding trade, crafts, and the use of municipal liberties. The document simultaneously guarantees the preservation of the separate customary laws and the internal judiciary of the Armenian community.

The city councilors of Lwów establish and approve the statute of the Lwów surgeons' guild, defining the conditions for obtaining master status, requirements for performing masterworks, and rules for apprenticeship. The document also imposes on guild members the obligation to provide an armed man to the town hall in case of need and to treat wounded city guards free of charge.