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Letter of recommendation for Pavlo Teteria, scribe of the Zaporozhian Host, traveling to the King; a request for kindness and assistance from the Mayor.

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.

Jan of Tarnów, Voivode of Sandomierz and Ruthenian Starosta, certifies the sale of the village of Malechów in the Lwów district by the Lwów burgher Piotr, known as Klork, to the nobleman Michał Łambacki. The sale was concluded for a sum of 'kopa' of groschen of Ruthenian count, along with full rights and appurtenances.

Pope Boniface IX, at the request of the Archbishop of Halych, confirms the testamentary bequest of the late Anna, known as Komica, which grants a mill in Zboiska to the parish church of St. Mary in Lviv. The income from the annual lease of the mill, managed by the Lviv city councilors, is to be used for the maintenance and restoration of the church.

Queen Jadwiga of Poland confirms and renews a document from 1371 by the Starosta of Ruthenia, Jan, granting the village of Hodowica in the Lviv district to the Chapel of St. John and the Basilian monastery in the suburbs of Lviv. This grant was made for the repose of the soul of the late Piotr, the former owner of the estate.

Piotr of Charbinowice, Starosta of Halych, certifies that Agnieszka, widow of the Halych burgher Pawel Siekierka, has transferred the village of Maly Bolshiv with all its benefits to the Archbishop of Halych, Jakub, and his successors. These lands were permanently incorporated into the endowment of the Halych Archdiocese.

The Bishop of Kraków, Piotr Wysz, transumes a bull of Pope Gregory XII entrusting him with the resolution of a dispute between Jan Rusin, parish priest of the Church of St. Mary Outside the Walls of Lwów, and the councillors and burghers of Lwów regarding tithes and the revenues of the Holy Spirit Hospital. Consequently, the bishop, as a judge delegated by the Apostolic See, initiates judicial proceedings and summons designated clergymen to take procedural actions.

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).

Florian of Korytnica, Starosta of Lwów and Castellan of Wiślica, certifies the sale of the village of Oświca along with Jerzy's manor, known as Krebłowo Rzeczyce, made by the Sub-steward (podstoli) of Sandomierz, Piotr Włodkowic of Charbinowice, to Jan of Zubrza for the sum of 120 kopa of Ruthenian groschen.

In view of the threat from enemies, the King is sending artillery and equipment to Lviv. He requests the temporary storage of gunpowder, cannonballs, and equipment in the city arsenal, as well as a plot of land for a royal arsenal according to the plan of Paweł Grodziecki.

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.

The jurors of the city of Lviv certify the resignation and sale by Paweł the shoemaker of half a hide of land near St. George's Hill to the Lviv burgher Kaltarnos. The seller guaranteed the buyer and his successors the inviolability of the land's possession under municipal jurisdiction.

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 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.

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.

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 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 City Council certifies an amicable settlement reached between councilor Mikołaj Sołtys and Kasia Teuffelin in a dispute over four gardens located in front of the Halych Gate. The terms for compensation payment and the perpetual transfer of an annual rent to the poor of the Lviv hospital after Teuffelin's death were established.

Wincenty of Szamotuły, Castellan of Międzyrzecz and General Starosta of Ruthenia, certifies the settlement reached between brothers Jan Zubrski and Paweł Gawronka of Bierawa regarding the division of current and future property and inheritances. Under the agreement, Jan Zubrski undertakes to pay his brother Paweł thirty marks of current currency.

Lviv Archbishop Jan Odrowąż confirms the receipt of 337.5 Polish marks from the testamentary legacy of the merchant Mikołaj Hecht, transferred by the Lviv city councilors. He allocates this sum for construction work at the Lviv Cathedral and for the endowment of canons in exchange for the celebration of two weekly masses.

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 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.

Royal commissioners of Casimir IV Jagiellon perform a demarcation of the village of Wierzbiż, belonging to the cathedral chapter in Lwów, from the estates of Horożanna and Rzyczyhów, leased by Jan of Jacymierz. The designated lands, forests, and usufructs are adjudged to the Lwów chapter in perpetuity.

The Halych land judges certify that the Voivode of Podolia and Starosta of Halych, Stanisław of Chodecz, sold and resigned the village of Bybło to the Archbishop of Lviv, Gregory of Sanok, for the sum of 300 marks. The seller committed to perpetually guaranteeing the property's peace and defending the buyer against all claims in accordance with the custom of the Kingdom.

The nobility of the Lviv land and the Zhydachiv district enter into an alliance with the council and burghers of Lviv for the defense of rights, order, and the common public good. The document obliges both parties to counteract lawlessness, looting, and grievances, and guarantees the participation of Lviv councilors in noble assemblies.

Piotr of Branice and Jan of Wysokie, Lviv land judges, certify that the plaintiff, Brother Jerzy of the Franciscan Order, did not appear at the court hearing in the case against Paweł Jurkowski regarding an unpaid legacy of 100 marks. Due to the plaintiff's absence, the court accepted the defendant's motion and ruled against the plaintiff for failure to appear.

The document certifies the declaration of the Archbishop of Lviv, Gregory of Sanok, regarding the granting of a life interest in the villages of Miedzyhorce and Siemikowce to the Deputy Judge of Halych, Piotr of Dobiewo, and his wife Helena. Upon their death, both villages are to fully revert to the administration of the Archbishop and the Lviv Chapter.

Lviv land judges Piotr of Branew and Jan of Wysocice confirm the verdict of King Casimir Jagiellon prohibiting the burgher Paweł Klyus from unlawfully collecting customs duties in Krosno to the detriment of Mikołaj Brzymała of Bierwac.

The Lviv land court settles a dispute between Mikołaj Przemirski, acting on behalf of the children of the late Świętosław Przemirski, and Jan Dziwuka of Pomorzany, representing Jan Świnka of Żabiń. Due to the lack of royal authorization, the court imposes perpetual silence on Świnka and an absolute ban on collecting tolls in the villages of Żabiń and Jarosławice.

Piotr of Branice and Jan of Wysokie attest to a judgment issued before King Casimir Jagiellon, prohibiting the collection of unlawful customs duties in the village of Jaryczów from merchants traveling to the fair. Perpetual silence was imposed on the perpetrators of the illegal customs.

The document certifies a judgment of the royal court issued in the dispute between Mikołaj Brzymucha and Michał Jazłowiecki regarding the unlawful collection of customs duties. The court recognized that Michał Jazłowiecki lacked the authority to do so and imposed a perpetual ban on him from collecting customs duties from merchants and fellow noblemen in Jazłowiec.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon approves two diplomas of the late Voivode and Starosta of Ruthenia, Andrzej Odrowąż of Sprowa, from the years 1466 and 1467 for the Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv. These documents concerned the granting of rights to meadows as well as profits and milling in mills for the endowment of the chapter's table.

The document certifies the verdict of King Casimir Jagiellon, issued during his judicial stay in Lviv, prohibiting Elizabeth of Żmigród from collecting unlawful customs duties on goods and cattle grazing in royal forests that were exempt from such fees. The court ruled that the defendant possessed no rights or privileges authorizing the collection of these charges.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon grants the Archbishop of Lwów, Gregory of Sanok, and the town of Dunajów the right to hold an annual eight-day fair and a weekly market. The document guarantees arriving merchants free and safe passage with their goods.

The Archbishop of Lviv, Jan Wątróbka of Strzelce, confirms the commitment of the Cathedral Chapter in Lviv to celebrate perpetual masses and services on every Ember Day for the soul of Paweł Jurkowski of Czartoria. This obligation was undertaken in exchange for 150 marks paid by the executor of the will, the Castellan and Starosta of Sandomierz, Rafał of Jarosław.

Lviv land judge Gunter of Sieniawa and sub-judge Judychim of Wysokie certify an entry from 1473, by which Elżbieta of Gołogóry pledged her village of Wiciń to the Archbishop of Lviv, Grzegorz of Sanok, for the sum of 600 marks. The pledger committed to defending the Archbishop against any legal claims and to covering any potential damages.

The document certifies that Jan Kunat of Dzięgłów sold and resigned his hereditary village of Zydatycze in the Lviv district to Jan, called Janusz, of Maleczkowice for the sum of 250 marks of Polish currency.

The document contains the last will of the severely ill noblewoman Anna Kulikowska, who bequeaths 60 marks and two peasant farmsteads in the village of Przedrzymiechy to the Dominican convent in Lviv. This bequest was intended for perpetual masses and an anniversary service for the souls of the testatrix and her late husband.

Jakub, known as Zawisza, together with his own sister Katarzyna, heirs of the late Marcin Ważny, sell to Marcin Tłusty and his wife Małgorzata a hereditary mill before the Halych Gate in Lviv for the sum of three hundred marks. The transaction and the terms of installment payments are approved and entered into the records by the General Starosta of Ruthenia, Piotr Myszkowski.

Barbara Mitulczyna testifies before the Lviv castle court that she acknowledges the receipt of 90 marks and transfers the royal mill in front of the Halych Gate in Lviv to Marcin Tłusty and his wife Małgorzata under a penalty of 300 marks. The transaction is certified by the General Starosta of Ruthenia and Podolia, Stanisław of Chodecz, along with witnesses.

Stanisław of Chodecz, Castellan of Lviv and General Starosta of Ruthenia, certifies the sale and resignation of a royal mill before the Halych Gate in Lviv by Jakub Zawisza and Anna Ważna to Marcin Tłusty and his wife Małgorzata for the sum of three hundred marks. The sellers transfer the mill along with the old privilege and undertake to defend and indemnify the buyers against any claims from third parties.

A document from the Lviv land court certifying the perpetual and voluntary division of hereditary and pledged estates in Zimna Woda after the deceased father between sisters Barbara and Małgorzata. The act details the division of peasant hides, wastelands, the manor, ponds, and meadows, and defines the rules for the common use of forests and pastures.

Ignacy Behm, administrator of the Saint Stanislaus Hospital in Lviv, reports the unlawful seizure and plowing of hospital lands by the Konary cup-bearer, Jędrzejowski, despite a favorable ruling from the municipal court. Sending the legal documents, he asks the addressee for legal advice on further steps against the usurper.

The author responds to the request of the Lviv Magistrate regarding a matter he deems just, and writes about reaching mutual satisfaction. He assures them of his goodwill towards the city and hopes for reciprocity. The key phrase defining the procedure, perhaps involving syndics, requires re-reading; the letter does not indicate that a settlement was reached.

King Alexander Jagiellon erects a canonry and prebend in the Lviv Cathedral intended for a permanent preacher in order to propagate the faith and preach the word of God. The monarch grants the right of patronage and the selection of a suitable priest for this position in perpetuity to Archbishop Bernard and the Lviv Chapter.

King Alexander Jagiellon grants the mayor, council, and the city of Lviv the right to collect a perpetual bridge toll of one Polish groschen from every loaded wagon entering the city. The townspeople are obliged to spend the entire income obtained on the repair of surrounding public roads and city fortifications.

Arbitrators led by the Voivode of Podolia Paweł Koła and Marshal Stanisław of Chodecz resolve a dispute concerning assault and wounding between the nobleman Hieronim Dobrostański and the councillors and commonalty of Lwów.

King Sigismund I resolves a dispute between the lessees of the Sniatyn customs and the Lviv city council, confirming documents from 1444 by Jan of Czyżów and Michał Mużyło of Buczacz, which abolished unlawful customs duties in Kolomyia and established fair customs rates in Sniatyn.

Reinhold Bruß informs Artur Forbes about sending three wagonloads of parsley seeds from Zamość to Jarosław and the settlement of payment for the drivers, requesting their sale and the settlement of a debt. He also encloses a letter to Mr. Hölzener and asks for news from the Vistula region and about his brother.

Before the Lviv land court, Jadwiga of Olesko, wife of the Podolian Voivode Marcin Kamieniecki, endowed the Archbishop of Lviv, Bernard Wilczek, with an annual rent (wyderkaf) of 10 grzywnas from a sum of 400 florins. This income, secured on the customs and ponds in Załoźce and Olesko, was designated for the maintenance of a lamp before the altar of St. George in the Lviv Cathedral.