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Pope Gregory IX authorizes the friars of the Order of Preachers departing on missions to the lands of the Saracens and pagans to hear the confessions of local Christians, absolve them from excommunications, and dispense their fellow friars from canonical irregularities.

King Casimir the Great confirms to the children of the late Lviv reeve Maciej the hereditary right to a mill near Lviv and the village of Małe Winniki, including the grange, originally granted to their grandfather Bertold by Prince Lev. The document exempts the inhabitants of the estate from the jurisdiction of the Ruthenian land judges, imposing the obligation to provide one crossbowman for military expeditions.

Hankiewicz describes the efforts regarding Haider's cases, conversations with the royal secretary and the chancellor. He requests funds for necessary expenses and refutes an unfavorable opinion circulating about the addressee.

Stanisław Borek, acting as judge-commissioner for the Bishop of Kraków, Samuel Maciejowski, accepts the resignation of Marcin Słap and solemnly inducts Stanisław Słomowski into the office of parish priest of the parish church in Działoszyce. He orders the vicars and parishioners to recognize the new rector and to provide him with all due income and obedience.

The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter approves an arbitration award settling a dispute between the college of cathedral vicars and the carpenter Melchior Terszowicz regarding the Stawińskie plot near the Krakow Gate in Lviv. The document grants the vicars superior ownership and Terszowicz the right of emphyteusis in exchange for an annual rent and an obligation to build two houses.

Stanisław Sumski reports to Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski on the preparations of beverages, vessels, and food supplies. He also informs about difficulties in obtaining fish and the search for suitable quarters in Lviv.

Johann Farquhar informs Arthur Forbes about difficulties in collecting debts and hopes for prompt payments from Mr. Okresz and Jonel Lust following Captain Chambers' return from the sejmik. He also reports on the expected arrival of Mr. Roberts and mentions letters and copies of documents delivered by messengers.

Szczęsny Czacki urges the Lviv Magistrate to send delegates to Warsaw before his departure and addresses the requests of Mr. Muroński for a deadline extension and Mrs. Piramowiczowa regarding the verification of tax arrears.

Joanna Jabłonowska asks Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski for urgent help in the face of lawsuits from creditors and for intercession with an assistant, enclosing a gift. The reverse side contains economic notes and a list of receivables or properties of various individuals.