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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 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.

Archbishop of Gniezno Mikołaj Trąba, acting as an arbitrator, settles property and legal disputes between the parish priest of the Lwów parish church, Jan Rusin, and the city council and commonalty of Lwów. The settlement regulates mutual financial claims, participation in the construction of city walls, and duties related to the church's endowment.

The councilors and the old council of the city of Lviv certify the status of land ownership inherited by Jan Zimmersteyn and his mother Katarzyna near the mill of Grzegorz Fischer. The document regulates the measurement of the plots and designates a free municipal road running through these lands towards Hołosko and the main road to Zboiska.

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.

The municipal authorities, guild masters, and the entire commonalty of Lwów pledge homage and an oath of fidelity to King Władysław Jagiełło, and after his death to his son Władysław or daughter Jadwiga. They also commit to obedience toward Queen Sophia and Grand Duke Vytautas as the appointed guardians of the underage prince.

The Lviv City Council commissions the burgher Paweł Goldberg to clear and settle peasants on municipal forests known as sections (abschnit), located between Zubra, Sokolnyky, and Sknyliv. In exchange for carrying out the settlement, the founder receives free hides and the sixth denarius from rents, and the settlers are granted sixteen years of tax exemption.

Pope Martin V instructs the Dean of Sandomierz to proclaim the excommunication of Lviv burghers for assaulting the cleric Marek of Kościan, until they provide satisfaction to the victim and travel to the Apostolic See for absolution. He also orders that any witnesses to the incident be compelled to testify under threat of ecclesiastical penalties.

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.

The Lviv judge and sub-judge certify that Paszko of Bierawa has divided the patrimony with his brother Jan Zubrzycki and renounced his rights to the village of Zubrza in Jan's favor. Paszko pledged not to disturb his brother in the possession of the estate, to which Jan obtains full and perpetual right of disposal.

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.

A note sent from Munich in 1873 listing the details of Theresa Kunegunda, the children of her marriage to Maximilian Emanuel, and part of their further descendants. The data is preserved as the author's claims, without historical verification.

Ignacy of Kutyszcze, land judge of Halych, together with sub-judge Ścibor of Unieniec, certify that Klemens of Siemikowce sold his hereditary estate of Siemikowce to Piotr of Dobijów for the sum of one hundred grzywnas of Polish groschen.

Moldavian Voivode Stephen the Great confirms the ancient trade liberties for merchants from Lviv and the Ruthenian and Podolian lands, and establishes detailed customs tariffs at customs houses within Moldavia. The document also grants them the right to maintain a merchant house in Suceava and guarantees the protection of their goods against confiscation.

Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki expresses his gratitude to the President and the City Council of Lviv for the congratulations sent on the occasion of the past Easter holidays. He assures the municipal authorities of his constant goodwill and offers them reciprocal wishes for all prosperity.

Grand Crown Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki thanks the President and Council of Lviv for their New Year's greetings, reciprocating the wishes for prosperity. He also informs them that he has reiterated orders to the local garrison commander regarding the assurance of the city's security.

Jan Klemens Branicki responds to a letter from the Lviv authorities, promising to obtain an order from the royal court to conduct an investigation into the violence committed by Ensign Koc. He assures them that he will personally deliver the ordinance and prevent any attempts to interfere with the case.

Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki informs the authorities of Lviv about the appointment of a military commission to resolve a dispute with Standard-bearer (Chorąży) Koc. He also appeals for the quartering of the garrison within the city walls, arguing for security needs and the protection of soldiers from the hardships of being stationed in the suburbs.

Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki asks the President and the City Council of Lviv for a more detailed explanation of how the Lviv commandant, by patronizing Jews, is acting to the detriment of the municipal authorities. He also asks what additional orders he should issue to the military officer beyond the previous ordinances issued for the benefit of the townspeople.

Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki intercedes with the President and Council of Lwów on behalf of the Warsaw citizen Bartsch regarding his dispute with Councilor Nuszczyński concerning an inheritance and trade losses. He requests a swift and fair adjudication of the case before the municipal council.

Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki appeals to the authorities of Lviv to intervene on behalf of the Oriental merchants, the Linchs. He demands the enforcement of the repayment of a sum of over three thousand red zlotys entrusted to the Lviv merchant Ignacy Greczyn.

Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki thanks the President and the City Council of Lviv for the holiday greetings sent on the occasion of Christmas. In response, he sends the city authorities mutual wishes for all prosperity.

Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki responds to complaints from the Lviv authorities, dismissing allegations against the garrison commander regarding incidents involving Armenians and Cadet Radziejowski. He orders the appointment of an investigative commission and appeals to the magistrate for a more conciliatory and friendly treatment of the soldiers.

Grand Hetman of the Crown Jan Klemens Branicki thanks the President and the City Council of Lviv for the New Year's greetings sent. In response, he reciprocates with kind wishes for all prosperity.

Michał Wyżycki informs the Voivode of Volhynia, Jan Klemens Branicki, of the sudden death of King John III Sobieski and the grief it has left behind. He also reports on the initial maneuvers of the factions of the Queen and Prince Jakub, as well as the senators arriving in Warsaw ahead of the council and convocation.

Canon Stanisław of Lwów, acting under the authority of the Count of the Lateran Palace, Paweł de Blanca, appoints cleric Jan, son of Jerzy of Lwów, as a public notary and ordinary judge. After receiving the oath of fidelity, the document grants the nominee full authority to draft authentic legal acts.

Bishop of Przemyśl Michał Wodzicki appeals to Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki for intercession and protection of Lwów against the arbitrary actions of the Starosta of Błonie, Potocki, who is seizing municipal townhouses by armed force. Citing the constitution of 1678, which prohibits the forceful seizure of bourgeois property, he asks the Hetman to stop the lawlessness threatening the city with collapse.

The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter authorizes the miller Walenty and his wife Dorota to redeem the third part and the third measure of the Stachyrowski mill from Elżbieta, widow of the councilor Stanisław Berger. At the same time, the Chapter leases them the remaining two parts of the mill for life in exchange for an annual rent, flour deliveries, and the obligation to maintain and repair the mill buildings.

King Sigismund II Augustus performs a transumpt of three earlier royal privileges for Lviv: Casimir the Great from 1368 (confirmed in 1389) regarding 100 Franconian hides; Władysław Jagiełło from 1415 regarding the so-called areas and Krzywylas; and Władysław of Varna regarding the management of surplus hides beyond the Brzuchowicka river. The document grants the inscribed acts full and undoubted legal force equal to the originals.

Lviv Archbishop Feliks Ligęza confirms the possession of the estates of the Cathedral Chapter and Lviv vicars, including villages, mills, gardens, and urban plots. By his ordinary authority, he incorporates these properties into ecclesiastical immunity, guaranteeing them full ecclesiastical rights and freedoms.

The Lviv Cathedral Chapter approves the redemption by the cathedral preacher Jan Arundinensis of the third part of the Olszowy Mill and a garden in the Krakowskie Suburb, allocating these assets to the endowment of the preacher's office. At the same time, the Chapter leases to him for life the remaining two parts of the same mill under specified rental and economic conditions.

Ferdinand Engelhardt informs the merchants Robert and Arthur Forbes about the dispatch from Wrocław to Jarosław of six bales of cloth entrusted to the carters Klemens Polaczek and Jędrzej Besnowski. He presents a statement of advances and transport costs, requesting payment of the remaining freight balance upon receipt of the intact cargo.

Ferdinand Engelhardt issues a detailed specification and invoice to Robert and Arthur Forbes for six bales of various cloths sent from Wrocław to Jarosław. The document contains a list of colors, types of materials, and their valuation, including packaging costs.

Archbishop of Lwów Paweł Tarło, with the consent of the metropolitan chapter, abolishes the burdensome duty of daily Lenten preaching imposed on the cathedral preacher by the foundation of Archbishop Bernardyn Wilczek from 1507. Instead, he mandates that the preacher deliver sermons in the cathedral only on two selected weekdays each week of Lent, and on Sundays and feast days – both in the morning and in the afternoon.

The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter approves the assignment of a sum of 50 grzywnas on the Stachierowski mill, made by Dorota to her husband, the miller Stanisław, in the event of her prior death. At the same time, both spouses commit to increasing the lease payments and payments in kind to the Chapter.

The Lviv Land Court adjudicates to the industrious Albert of Basówka, a subject of the Lviv Chapter, the intromission (possession) of the Zimna Woda and Glinna estates belonging to the noble Baltazar Leśniowski, following a successful lawsuit regarding the unlawful seizure of property.

King Sigismund II Augustus settles a dispute between the city of Lwów and the heirs of Kazimierz Hynek, ordering them to return documents and vacate the third share of the Zimnowodzki mill located before the Kraków Gate upon payment of the due sum. The monarch appoints a land bailiff to execute the intromission in favor of the city under a penalty of 1000 marks, with the assistance of the Starosta of Lwów.

King Sigismund Augustus confirms the document of the Archbishop of Lwów, Stanisław Słomowski, and the metropolitan chapter, granting the nobleman Jan Sadłowski the wójtostwo in the deserted village of Taurów in the Trembowla district, with the right to settle peasants and cottagers, a twelve-year tax exemption (wolnizna), and an endowment of four hides of land, a mill, and an inn.

King Stefan Batory approves the commission act establishing the valuation of income and executing the redemption of the third share of the Zimna Woda mill in the Lwów suburb by the Castellan of Sieradz, Andrzej Dembowski, from the heirs of Kazimierz Hynek for the sum of 4684 florins. He grants Dembowski the right to peaceful possession of the mill until such time as it might be redeemed by the King for the same sum.

King Stephen Báthory, at the request of the envoys of the city of Lwów, approves the document of King Władysław Jagiełło dated October 1, 1389, incorporating Lwów into the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The monarch pledges not to violate the affiliation of the city and the land of Lwów with the Kingdom.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms an entry from the Lviv land records, by which Anna Rosnowska, née Molfka, donated a house in the Podzamcze district of Lviv and meadows to Mikołaj, a former servant of Kazimierz Hynek, and his wife Anna. The monarch grants this perpetual donation permanent legal force.

In an emotional letter, Pope Clement XIII appeals to King Charles III of Spain to revoke or suspend the decree sentencing the Jesuit Order to total expulsion from Spanish territories. He emphasizes the innocence and merits of the entire congregation and warns against the spiritual and moral consequences of collective responsibility.

Pope Clement VIII notifies the inhabitants of the city and diocese of Lviv of the transfer of the Bishop of Chełm, Jan Zamoyski, to the vacant archiepiscopal see in Lviv. He commands the faithful to receive the new hierarch as their father and shepherd of souls, showing him due respect and obedience.

Pope Clement VIII notifies the cathedral chapter in Lviv of the transfer of the Bishop of Philippopolis, Jan, to the archiepiscopal see of Lviv, vacated after the death of Archbishop Jan Dymitr. He orders the canons to show the new ordinary full obedience and reverence under penalty of ecclesiastical sanctions against the disobedient.

The city councilors of Lviv approve the reformed articles and structure of the guild of maltsters, brewers, and mead-brewers, regulating the rights and duties of masters, journeymen, and apprentices. The document defines the rules for maintaining a common tavern, guild ordinances, entry fees, and joint religious services.

King Władysław IV confirms a document of the Lwów city authorities from 1425 regarding the clearing of forest lands, the foundation of the village of Kulparków, and the granting of two free hides to Paweł Goltberg, along with the specification of the tax-free period and judicial jurisdiction.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Tarnowski approves the foundation of the Halych land judge Stanisław Głowiński of Głowno, erecting the prelatura of cantor and the Głowiński canonry at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Lviv. The new benefices are endowed with the villages of Młyniszcze and Zabłotowce in the Żydaczów land, including the definition of liturgical duties and the right of patronage.

In recognition of the loyalty and sacrifices of Lwów during the wars, King John II Casimir equalizes the city and its citizens with Kraków and Wilno in terms of rights, liberties, and noble privileges. The burghers of Lwów are granted the right to participate in royal elections, attend the Sejm, and freely acquire and possess landed estates.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Tarnowski, at the request of the local parish priest, erects and approves the Confraternity of the Most Holy Body of Christ at the parish church in Komarno. The document defines papal indulgences as well as the statutes and duties of the confraternity members, modeled on Roman and Lviv rules.