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Ruthenian Starosta Gniewosz of Dalewice certifies a settlement between Przedbór and Stanisław, son of the late Lemborz, concerning rights to the village of Wosznica in the Lviv district. By virtue of the agreement, Przedbór renounces claims to part of the estate in favor of Stanisław and his successors.

Archbishop Jakub of Halych confirms to the Lviv burgher Piotr Stecher the resignation and transfer of a portion of a mill near Lviv, along with the right of patronage and collation, made by Narcyz of Kłodno and Korzeniew. The income from this portion of the mill is to serve as an endowment and maintenance for a founded altar.

The Starosta of Lwów, Florian of Korytnica, certifies the sale of half of the Zubrza estate by Stanisław to Jan of Zubrza for the sum of eighty kop of groschen. The possession of these goods entails the obligation to provide a foot archer for military expeditions.

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).

The document certifies the sale and perpetual resignation of the village of Oświca, along with the manor of Kreblowo, by Stanisław Lambertowicz to the Sub-steward (podstoli) of Sandomierz, Piotr Włodkowic of Charbinowice, for 120 kopa of Ruthenian groschen. The Starosta of Lviv, Florian of Korytnica, approves the transaction and the seller's commitment to legally protect the buyer against potential claims from relatives.

Rafał of Sobota certifies the resolution of a dispute and the conclusion of an amicable settlement between the city councilors of Lviv and the noblemen Stanisław Sulimowski, his brother Wyczek, and the Lviv burgrave Hrymko of Bogusławice. By the ruling of the arbitrators, the aggrieved parties are to be paid compensation in the amount of 140 marks.

Wojciech and Stanisław of Sulimów discharge the councillors and burghers of Lwów from the payment of 30 marks of compensation for assault and injuries sustained, granted by the verdict of an arbitration court presided over by the Archbishop of Lwów, Jan. The issuers commit to refraining from any further claims against the city and to maintaining perpetual peace.

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, 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 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.

The General Starosta of Ruthenia, Piotr of Charbinowice, certifies an amicable settlement and a declaration by the nobleman Stanisław Ślidzeń of Sulimów, who confirmed receiving compensation from the councilors of Lwów for injuries inflicted upon him and his brother. In return, the injured party pledged to refrain from any further disputes and claims against the city authorities and its inhabitants.

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 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 Archbishop of Lviv, Jan Rzeszowski, confirms the foundation privilege of the heir of Delijów, Jan Kola, re-establishing the local parish church. The document specifies in detail the grants of land, fish ponds, tithes, as well as duties and fees for the parish priest and the parish.

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.

Stanisław of Dawidów, land judge of Lviv, and Jan of Zimna Woda, sub-judge of Lviv, certify that Dorota, wife of Gołąbek of Zębówka, voluntarily discharged her father Jan Zubrski from her dowry and maternal estate.

The Lviv judge and sub-judge certify that the noble Jadwiga received satisfaction from her father, Jan Zubrzycki, regarding her paternal and maternal estates and renounced all rights to them.

The document confirms that the maiden Katarzyna, daughter of Jan Zubrzycki, voluntarily renounced her rights to paternal and maternal estates in the village of Zubrza before the Lviv land court in favor of her father and brother. She did so on the same terms as her married sisters had previously renounced their portions of the property.

Peter, custodian and administrator sede vacante of the Archdiocese of Lviv, transsumes a letter from the Council of Basel and orders the clergy of the diocese to announce the indulgences contained therein and to collect funds for the union with the Greeks.

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.

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.

Jan of Sulików, starosta of Gródek and Szczerzec, and Piotr of Hrumno certify the measurement of the hides and the raising of boundary mounds in the village of Wierbiż, belonging to the Lviv Chapter. The demarcation was carried out according to German law at the behest of the Ruthenian Voivode Andrzej Odrowąż, acting on the order of King Casimir Jagiellon.

The Starosta and Sub-chamberlain of Halych certify the course of an unsuccessful delimitation between the village of Bybeł, belonging to the Archdiocese of Lviv, and the Boków estate of Andrzej Świstelnicki. Due to conflicting evidence, contradictory documents, and Świstelnicki's refusal to submit the case to the officials' arbitration, the boundaries were not definitively established.

The Dukes of Masovia, Siemowit VI and Władysław II, grant Father Stanisław, chaplain of the abandoned Holy Spirit church in the suburbs of Busk, an endowment consisting of an annual monetary sum from the Busk customs, furs, wood, and customs exemptions. The document orders local officials to respect and pay the designated benefits on time.

The Lviv sub-starosta Stanisław Stachira of Sroki certifies that Chodko Piątnicki, with the consent of Voivode Andrzej Odrowąż, sold a hereditary meadow called Czązarzczycza to the cathedral chapter in Lviv for the sum of ten 'kopa' of Polish groschen. The document defines the boundaries of the sold land, running towards the Pełtew River, and grants the canons full rights of perpetual possession and disposal of the property.

The assessors of Przemyśl certify that Anna, daughter of the late Jan Sczropp, has appointed her husband, Dobiesław of Żurawica, as her attorney and administrator to collect her paternal inheritance and represent her in court.

The Voivode and Starosta of Ruthenia, Andrzej Odrowąż of Sprowa, pledges the village of Laszki in the Lviv land to the city councilors of Lviv for the sum of one hundred marks of current coin. The issuer commits to the legal and material defense of the councilors against all claims and ensures their entry into possession of the estate in case of non-fulfillment of the contract terms.

Commissioners Jan of Wysokie and Stanisław Szychra of Sroki certify the legal and actual introduction of the Lviv canons into the possession of a wasteland comprising twenty hides, located between royal and ecclesiastical villages: Skniłów, Obroszyn, Stawczany, Hodowica, and Sokolniki. The actions were performed by virtue of a mandate from King Casimir Jagiellon and an order from the Voivode and Starosta of Ruthenia, Andrzej Odrowąż of Sprowa.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon settles a dispute between the councilors of Lviv and the townspeople of Halych, Kolomyia, and Stryi, ordering the latter to strictly observe the Lviv general staple right and prohibiting them from bypassing Lviv on their way to other cities. The document confirms the right of Lviv citizens to confiscate the goods of merchants violating the transit obligation and notes the submission to this law by the townspeople of Kamianets-Podilskyi.

Mikołaj Bielecki acknowledges before the Lwów land court a debt of seventy Hungarian florins to the Archbishop of Lwów, Grzegorz, and pledges his hereditary village of Biała as collateral. The document specifies rigorous conditions for the defense of possession and the immediate satisfaction of the creditor's claims in case of default.

The document is a transumpt certified by public notaries of two privileges of King Władysław Jagiełło: a permit for the Jew Wołczek to locate the village of Wierzbiż from 1425, and the donation of the same village to the Lviv Metropolitan Chapter from 1433. The act was performed in Lviv at the request of the canon and procurator of the chapter, Jan of Szamotuły, before the official Jan of Buczacz.

Jan Gołąbek, heir of Zimna Woda, sells the office of sołtys (scultetus) in Zimna Woda to the noble Stanisław of Kraśnik for 30 Polish marks, including three hides of land, a meadow, fishing rights, and the freedom to settle cottagers. The document establishes the sołtys's income from court fines and taverns, grants the settlers 18 years of tax exemption, and strictly defines their future tributes and labor services.

The Lviv Cathedral Chapter commits itself and its successors to annually celebrate a vigil and requiem mass for Canon Stanisław Bas in return for his services and expenditures on the development of the village of Dąbrowa. Supervision of the fulfillment of this service was entrusted to the chapter administrator and the sacristan.

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.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon grants the cathedral chapter in Lviv the royal village of Kuhajów with full immunities. This grant is an exchange for a field and forest near the High Castle in Lviv, previously donated to the canons by King Władysław Jagiełło.

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.

Stanisław Kasperinus thanks the recipient for his help in city matters. He mentions the death of the city syndic and his successor, support from the royal secretary, and the sending of document files for legal disputes. He discusses a dispute against butchers involving a widow and the Jesuit fathers, an appeal related to the Armenians and Kamieniec, and the need to support the city's interests. Uncertain names and surnames are left with gaps.

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.

The document certifies the transfer by the Genoese Barnaba de Negrono of the right of patronage, protection, and presentation over an altar founded by him in the Lviv Cathedral to the incumbent city councilors of Lviv in the event of his death. The act also regulates in detail the altarist's duties regarding the independent maintenance of the foundation and the conduct of legal disputes without burdening the councilors' assets.

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.

The royal court, presided over by Casimir IV Jagiellon, following a complaint by the royal prosecutor Mikołaj Brzymucha, prohibits the heirs of Kulików, Jan and Piotr Kulikowski, from unlawfully collecting tolls from merchants. The issuers of the document, the Lviv land judges, certify the legally binding imposition of perpetual silence on the defendants regarding this matter.

Lviv judge Piotr of Branice and deputy judge Jan of Wąsosz certify a royal verdict prohibiting the minor sons of the late Proć of Wasiuczyn from collecting tolls in Wasiuczyn under penalty of a 16-mark bond. The issue of the legality of the toll collection was postponed until the children reach the age of majority, following a complaint by Mikołaj Brzymucha.

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.

Halych commissioners certify the conclusion of a settlement between the Archbishop of Lviv, Gregory of Sanok, and Mikołaj Karnkowski of Meducha regarding the construction, use, and repair of embankments and fish ponds between Bybło and Meducha under a penalty of 600 marks.

Land judge Piotr of Branice and sub-judge Jan of Wiśnia certify that the Starosta of Trembowla, Jan Chodorowski, appeared in court regarding the redemption of the villages of Kuropatniki, Ceniów, and Budyłów by the Archbishop of Lviv, Gregory of Sanok, from the hands of the burgher Mikołaj Czornberg for the sum of 650 marks.

Royal commissioners perform a survey and erect boundary mounds separating the Lviv Cathedral Chapter's village of Basówka from the archbishop's, royal, and dean's estates. The measured lands and boundaries are adjudged to the metropolitan chapter in Lviv.