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King Louis of Hungary orders officials and customs officers in Poland and Hungary to allow merchants and inhabitants of Ruthenia free passage upon payment of due customs duties. He forbids any unlawful obstacles or harm to be inflicted upon them.

Duke Władysław Opolczyk grants the village of Bybel and a village headship with a manor in the village of Dobra Woda in the Halych land to Juszko of Skornice as a fief. In return, the recipient is obliged to provide military service with one lance and one archer, and to pay a tax of two Prague groschen per hearth every four years.

King Władysław Jagiełło solemnly promises that the city of Lwów, together with its district and the Lwów land, will never be separated or granted to any duke or other person. The document guarantees their perpetual retention by the monarch, Queen Jadwiga, their offspring, and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.

King Władysław Jagiełło confirms and transumes a document of King Casimir the Great from 1368, granting Lwów one hundred Franconian hides under German law and a mill on the Pełtew River. Furthermore, he confirms the judicial liberties of the Lwów burghers and the right to hunt within the boundaries of the granted lands.

King Władysław Jagiełło of Poland grants the village of Podusów to Paweł Czech of Zahradyszcze. Due to extensive damage and illegibility of the parchment text, the specific terms of the grant have not been preserved.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants Adam the carpenter and his successors the third measure from the royal mill near the Halicz Gate in Lwów. The privilege is a reward for the craftsman's diligent work on royal buildings and carpentry projects.

King Władysław Jagiełło resolves property and legal disputes between the burghers of Lwów and Jan, the parish priest of the church in Lwów. The document regulates issues concerning the 'meszne' (mass fee), the appointment and maintenance of the school and the sacristan, the participation of the clergy in the drafting of wills, rights to house rents, and the ownership of the Blessed Virgin Mary mill.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants permission for the construction and establishment of a pond and a mill on the Velyka Lypa river between the royal village of Zboratycze and Dunajów for the benefit of the Archbishop of Halych. The document regulates the right to use the riverbanks and collect profits from the newly created facilities.

King Władysław Jagiełło transfers the villages of Hodowice and Żydatycze, belonging to Jakub, the official of Halicz and hospitaler of Lwów, from Polish law to Magdeburg law. He grants the village heads full judicial jurisdiction over the inhabitants, exempting them from the authority of royal officials.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the village of Zubrza in the Lviv land to Jan of Byrawa and his legitimate heirs under perpetual law. In return, the recipient is obliged to perform military service with one lance and two archers, and the subjects are to pay the customary tributes.

King Władysław Jagiełło, at the request of Jan of Zubrza, transfers his village of Zubrza from Polish law to Magdeburg law. The document exempts the village inhabitants from the jurisdiction of royal officials and grants full judicial authority to the local village head (sołtys).

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the city of Lwów and its burghers the lands and forests extending around the municipal fields, known as 'obszary', along with all appurtenances and benefits. In return, the burghers are obligated to constantly care for the expansion, fortification, and beautification of the city.

The document is a notarial instrument drawn up by the notary Albert of Padua on the order of the Archbishop of Lviv, Jan of Rzeszów, at the request of the altarist Augustyn Kamener. It contains a transumpt of the privilege of the Lviv city council from 1399, which founded and endowed the Altar of the Ten Thousand Martyrs and the Holy Virgins in the Lviv Cathedral.

King Władysław Jagiełło, at the request of the Archdeacon of Lublin, Stanisław Erpisska, transfers the village of Hodowica, belonging to the Lviv prebend of St. John, from Polish and Ruthenian law to German Magdeburg law. The document grants the inhabitants immunity from the courts of land officials and defines the scope of the village head's (sołtys) jurisdiction.

King Władysław Jagiełło donates the dilapidated royal bathhouse with its plot to the city of Lwów in exchange for an annual rent of 20 marks. Furthermore, he authorizes the councilors and the city to construct additional bathhouses as their own property without the obligation to pay any fees to the monarch.

King Władysław Jagiełło confirms the privilege of King Casimir the Great from 1360 for the city of Lwów, abolishing the previous rule of equal division of property after the husband's death and introducing new, detailed rules for inheritance and the renunciation of assets between spouses and their relatives. The document regulates legal issues concerning dowry, dower (oprawa), the division of movable and immovable property, and the procedure for renouncing property before a court.

King Władysław Jagiełło, at the request of Włodko, transfers his village of Werbiż in the Szczerzec district from Polish and Ruthenian law to the German Środa law. The document exempts the village inhabitants from the jurisdiction of royal officials and grants the village head (sołtys) full judicial authority.

King Władysław Jagiełło confirms a transumed document of the Lviv jurors regarding the donation of the Hołosko grange by Katarzyna Cymmerman to her husband Janusz Tłumacz. Furthermore, the monarch grants Janusz and his successors a royal wasteland by the Brzuchowica river and adjacent meadows.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the Lwów burgher and hearth tax collector Janszko Tołmacz and his successors a cloth chamber in Lwów with the right to trade and shear cloth. The stall is exempted from paying the annual rent to the royal treasury.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the Lviv customs officer, the Jew Wołczko, the wasteland of Werbiż on the Szczerzec River for life, with the right to settle it and establish a village. The grantee gains the authority to set tax-free periods for incoming settlers, with the obligation to perform services due under Ruthenian law.

King Władysław Jagiełło approves the privilege of the General Starosta of Ruthenia, Spytko of Jarosław, allowing the Lviv Armenian Atabe to relocate and erect a new wooden bathhouse in the city moat near the walls of Lviv. The document specifies the conditions for the construction and operation of the bathhouse, including separate entrances for men and women, and the amount of fees to be paid to the castle and the city council.

King Władysław Jagiełło exempts the inhabitants of Lwów from the general obligation of providing transport wagons and horses. He stipulates only the duty to provide a wagon [...] and no more than twelve horses according to ancient custom during the stay of the King or Queen.

King Władysław II Jagiełło exempts the burghers and inhabitants of Lwów from the burdensome duty of providing horses and carts (podwody) for royal officials. The only exception remains the obligation to provide a kitchen cart during the royal couple's stay in Lwów for the first night's stop on their return journey.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants his customs officer, Wołczko the Jew from Lwów, a hereditary village headship in the village of Werbiż, along with two free hides of land, an inn, and a mill. The document further transfers the entire village from Polish and Ruthenian law to German (Środa) law, exempting its inhabitants from the jurisdiction of land courts.

The Ruthenian Starosta Jan Mężyk of Dąbrowa, together with his assessors, confirms the resignation and perpetual sale of the sołectwo in the village of Werbiż (Kierz), carried out by the Lwów customs officer, the Jew Wołczko, to Jan Link of Smorze for the sum of 48 grzywnas. The document transumes a privilege of King Władysław Jagiełło from 1407, which granted the said sołectwo to Wołczko and transferred the village to the Środa law.

King Władysław Jagiełło establishes ten canonical prebends at the cathedral church in Lwów, obligating their beneficiaries to constant prayers for the prosperity of the monarch and the deceased queens. For their maintenance, he assigns an annual income of 100 marks, payable in quarterly installments, half from the salt mines in Drohobycz and half from the Lwów customs duties.

King Władysław Jagiełło exempts the estates of the metropolitan church in Lviv, the archbishop, and the clergy from all burdens, fees, transport duties, and customs. At the same time, he grants the Lviv Archbishopric all rights, privileges, and liberties identical to those enjoyed by the Archdiocese of Gniezno.

King Władysław Jagiełło exempts the Lviv Archdiocese, its estates, and subjects from all taxes, tributes, transport duties, and public or monarchical services. He also grants it all rights, liberties, and privileges enjoyed by the Gniezno Archdiocese.

Jan of Oleśnica, Marshal of the Kingdom of Poland, resolves a dispute over customs revenues in the village of Werbiż, confirming the rights of the Lviv customs officer Wolczek and restoring him to their possession. He also orders Teodoryk Buczacki, his relatives, and the local peasants to cease further obstacles in the collection of tolls.

King Władysław Jagiełło confirms the voluntary exchange of landed estates concluded between the Archbishop of Lviv, Jan, and the nobleman Jakusz of Potoczany. As a result of the agreement, the Archbishop gave the table village of Jawcze in exchange for the village of Potoczany, located in the Podolia district.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the metropolitan cathedral church in Lviv and its chapter forty łans of land and forests located between Skniłów, Obroszyn, and Hodowica. The document grants the beneficiaries full rights to clear the land, settle inhabitants, and perpetually derive benefits from the granted area.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the village of Wierzbiąż to ten canons of the metropolitan chapter in Lviv, which the canons redeemed from the Jew Wołoszon for the sum of 150 marks, supplemented by a royal donation of 50 marks. The document reserves the exclusive right of redemption of the property by the king or his successors for the amount of 200 marks.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants ten canons of the cathedral church in Lviv four wagons of salt annually from the salt mines in Drohobycz. The grant serves as thanksgiving for the favorable news of the victory over the Tatars, Turks, and Wallachians near Bracław.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the village of Werbiż in the Lwów district to the chapter of the metropolitan church in Lwów for the endowment of ten canons newly founded by him. The document details the property's appurtenances and authorizes the chapter to establish a pond on the Dniester River.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the royal village of Wierbiż in the Ruthenian land and Lwów district, along with customs duties, bridge tolls, and appurtenances, to the dean and canons of the metropolitan church in Lwów in perpetuity. In return, he reserves for himself and his successors only an annual rent of two groschen on St. Martin's Day, obliging the chapter to pray for the prosperity of the ruler, his sons, and the Kingdom.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the wasteland of Werbiż to the Lviv judge and customs officer Wołczko for the purpose of clearing, settling, and founding a new village. The grant is for life, and upon the death of the beneficiary, the village is to return to the Crown.

King Władysław III orders the officials of the Ruthenian lands to publicly announce the prohibition of merchants bypassing Lwów and to forbid the nobility from unlawfully collecting new customs duties. Those who resist are to be punished by the confiscation of transported goods and arrest.

King Władysław III of Varna, at the general sejm in Piotrków, solemnly confirms, renews, and approves all existing rights, liberties, immunities, and privileges of the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Poland, both clergy and laity. The monarch pledges to inviolably observe the rights granted by his predecessors and to guard them effectively.

Wallachian Voivode Vlad II grants merchants from Lviv and other cities of the Ruthenian, Polish, and Moldavian lands safe and free trade in his domains upon payment of a fixed customs duty. A fee of two Hungarian florins was established for each merchant wagon.

King Władysław III of Varna grants the Lwów councilors half of the revenues from royal customs duties collected between Kraków and Lwów in order to satisfy the monarch's debts. The document establishes a procedure for collecting fees in a secured chest and orders customs officers to allow free passage to Lwów merchants without collecting additional charges.

King Władysław III grants his steward and tenant Łańce the sum of one hundred marks on the village of Zubrza in the Szczerzec district. The pledgee and his descendants are to use the village with all its revenues and appurtenances until the debt is fully repaid by the monarch or his successors.

King Władysław of Varna grants Jan of Sienna, Chamberlain of Przemyśl and Starosta of Sandomierz, a tenement house in Lviv on Jewish Street next to the synagogue, formerly belonging to the Jewish customs officer Wołczek. This grant is made with full property rights in perpetuity in recognition of faithful service and war efforts in the affairs of the Kingdom of Hungary.

King Władysław III exempts the burghers and inhabitants of Lwów from customs duties on all imported goods, especially fish, until his entry into the city. The monarch orders the Voivode and Starosta of Lwów, Piotr Odrowąż of Sprowa, and the customs collectors to strictly observe the granted freedom.

King Władysław III authorizes the Lwów city councilors to build and expand small stalls and butcher shops, granting all rents and revenues derived from them to the city. Furthermore, he confirms the city's right to freely elect interpreters, allowing the election to proceed even if the starosta refuses to grant consent.

King Władysław III of Varna grants the nobleman Iwanko Rusin a sum of 60 marks on the royal village of Załuże in the Halych district as a reward for his loyalty and participation in the expedition against the Turks. The recipient receives the village for use until the debt is repaid and is exempted from royal stations until the monarch's return to Poland.

King Władysław of Varna subjects foreign and non-resident merchants in Lwów exclusively to the jurisdiction of the municipal court and confirms the staple right for goods. He also establishes rules for the validity of testaments drawn up by Lwów burghers and the requirement to sell bequeathed real estate within one year.

King Władysław of Varna grants the authorities and commonalty of the city of Lwów permission to erect a new school within the city walls at the Holy Spirit Church hospital. Furthermore, he grants the councilors the exclusive right to appoint and dismiss teachers and to manage the school.

King Władysław III of Varna confirms the ownership of two meadows in the Lviv district, including the Dubek meadow, to the Lviv burgher Mikołaj Szmitfeld, based on submitted older documents in Latin and Ruthenian. The document guarantees Mikołaj and his heirs full hereditary rights, possession, and the right to freely dispose of these properties.

King Władysław III forbids royal officials from interfering with the judgments of the Lwów bench court and establishes Lwów as the higher court of law for all cities and villages of the Ruthenian land. He also grants the city the right to pursue, capture, judge, and punish criminals throughout the entire Ruthenian land.

King Władysław III of Varna orders the nobility, landowners, and clergy to sell inherited real estate within the city limits of Lviv within one year, under penalty of 20 marks. The regulation is intended to prevent the deterioration of urban property and the reduction of duties incumbent upon city plots.