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Lviv land judge Gunter of Sieniawa and sub-judge Jan of Wisznia certify that Jan Kocierzyński and his wife Magdalena have mortgaged their hereditary share in the village of Soroki to Jan Łanca for the sum of fifty grzywnas. The act specifies the conditions of possession of the property, residence in the manor, and the rules and deadlines for the redemption of the mortgaged estate.

Spytko of Jarosław, Voivode of Sandomierz and Starosta of Lwów, acting under the mandate of King Casimir Jagiellon, examines a legal case between Elżbieta and the Archbishop of Lwów, Jan, regarding the Wiciń estates.

Marcin Anczewski asks councilor Maciej Hayder to purchase a suitable tabin and cement, as well as to secure his grain and refrain from selling velvet. He also conveys current news from Lwów about the Chancellor's visit and the progress of local official disputes.

Pope Innocent VIII informs the inhabitants of the city and diocese of Lviv about the filling of the Lviv archbishopric by the elect Andrzej following the death of Archbishop Jan. He calls upon the faithful to recognize the new pastor, to honor him, and to show him obedience.

King Henry Valois confirms the rights and privileges of the Lviv Shooting (Cock) Brotherhood, originally granted by Sigismund II Augustus. The document mandates the cultivation of crossbow and firearm shooting exercises, provides tax immunities for the marksmen, and guarantees annual payments from the city treasury.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the former privileges granted to the marksmen of the city of Lviv by his predecessors, Kings Sigismund Augustus and Henry of Valois.

King Sigismund III Vasa grants the shooting brotherhood in Lviv the perpetual right to collect fees from cattle driven and grazed by merchants in order to improve its income, which had been depleted by fires and plague.

King John II Casimir extends the scope of the Lviv shooting brotherhood's right to collect a pasture fee on driven cattle to a distance of twelve miles from the city and grants the brotherhood the right to collect one grosz for every one hundred florins of the value of merchant goods. The privilege is a reward for the services of the brotherhood's members in repelling the recent siege of Lviv by Cossack forces.

King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki confirms five previous royal privileges (including those of John Casimir, Henry of Valois, and Sigismund III) for the Shooting (Kurkowe) Brotherhood in Lwów. These documents guarantee the brotherhood, among other things, the collection of a fee called "spaszne" from driven cattle, income from the Samostrzelnicza Tower, land in the Halicki suburb for a shooting range, and tax exemptions.

King Augustus II confirms the ancient privileges of the Polish monarchs granted to the Shooting (Kurkowe) Brotherhood in Lwów, regulating the brotherhood's income, tax exemptions for the 'Shooting King', and the organization of shooting exercises. He also orders the return of the shooting range (Celstat) area occupied by the Crown artillery and establishes an annual schedule for exercises with handguns, arquebuses, and cannons.

King Augustus III confirms the ancient privileges and immunities of the Shooting Brotherhood of the city of Lwów, granted and confirmed by his predecessors: Sigismund Augustus, Henry Valois, Sigismund III, John Casimir, Michael Korybut, John III Sobieski, and Augustus II. The confirmation includes, among others, the collection of a fee called 'szpaszne', a share in customs revenues, tax privileges and exemptions for the Shooting King, the order of shooting exercises, and the return of the occupied shooting range (celstat).