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5 documents · Fonds 131 and 132

Reference Collection / Fonds Date Title and text Availability
132/1/323323-002132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1685-05-11Letter from Reingold Bruß to Artur Forbes regarding a trade recommendation

Reingold Bruß asks Artur Forbes to provide a trade recommendation to Peter Forbes in order to obtain a guarantee for the purchase of goods. He also reports on his travel plans from Warsaw via Zakroczym to Gdańsk and sends greetings from Johan Andersson.

Reingold Bruß
To: Artur Forbes [in source: Herr Artor Forbes]
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132/1/370370-002132 — Lviv city council — correspondence1738-03-06Letter from Stanisław Wydżga regarding the arrangement of a meeting with the traveling recipient

Stanisław Wydżga informs the recipient about sending messengers to determine the route of his journey from Śmiła. He declares his desire for a personal meeting as soon as possible and to welcome him in the vicinity of Chmielnik or Pików.

S[tanisław] Wydżga [wojski of Busk according to the inventory]
To: Magnanimous Gracious Lord and Benefactor [unidentified]
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131/1/410131-1-410-001131 — Collection of parchment documents1540-02-27Confirmation of the rights and privileges of the craft guilds of Lwów by King Sigismund I the Old

King Sigismund I the Old, considering the location of Lwów on the threatened borderland and the merits of the local craftsmen in defending the city walls, exempts the Lwów guilds from the general order of dissolution of brotherhoods in the Crown and solemnly confirms all their existing rights, statutes, and privileges.

Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (Sigismundus Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, magnus Dux Lithuaniae...)
To: Citizens and craft guilds of the city of Lwów (ciues nostri Leopoldienses; contubernia seu fraternitates Artificum, que vulgo Czechi uocantur, ciuitatis nostre Leopoldiensis)
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131/1/465131-1-465-001131 — Collection of parchment documents1548-12-13Confirmation by King Sigismund Augustus of the rights and privileges of the Armenian community in Lwów

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.

Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
To: fideles nostri subditi Seniores Armenorum Civitatis nostrae Leopolien[sis] suo et communitatis Armenorum nomine (elders and the Armenian community of the city of Lwów)
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131/1/473131-1-473-001131 — Collection of parchment documents1552-04-06Privilege of King Sigismund II Augustus for Lwów confirming fees for gatekeepers

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the ancient custom of the municipal gatekeepers in Lwów collecting a fee in the form of one piece of firewood and a bundle of hay or straw from every cart and sleigh entering the city. In return, the gate guards are obliged to keep the passages clean and ensure convenient entry into Lwów.

Sigismund II Augustus (Sigismundus Augustus Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, magnus Dux Lithuaniae nec non terrarum Cracoviae, Sandomiriae, Siradiae, Lanciciae, Cuiaviae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Culmensis, Elbingensis, Pomeraniaeque etc. Dominus et heres)
To: Mayor and councilors of the city of Lwów (Proconsul et Consules Civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis, suo et totius Communitatis Civitatis illius nomine)
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