Source catalogue

Order to hand over to Jan Tarnowski three falconets out of ten royal cannons stored in Lviv. The cannons deformed in a fire are to be identified by the gunners.

King John I Albert grants the college of perpetual vicars of the Lviv Cathedral permission to purchase a house with a plot of land in Lviv for their common residence. At the same time, he exempts this property and its inhabitants from municipal jurisdiction and all taxes and burdens, transferring it under ecclesiastical jurisdiction and immunity.

King Alexander Jagiellon grants the metropolitan chapter in Lviv the third measure of income from the royal mill before the Halych Gate in the Lviv suburb, with the right of redemption. The granted benefits are to be used to endow newly founded perpetual vicars at the Lviv Cathedral.

King Alexander Jagiellon exempts the citizens and inhabitants of Lwów from all customs, transport, bridge, and causeway fees throughout the Kingdom of Poland, equating their rights with those of the citizens of Kraków. The privilege was granted in recognition of the Lwów citizens' dedication to constructing urban defensive fortifications protecting the country against invasions.

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.

Mikołaj Bieganowski responds to the Lviv authorities regarding their complaint about sejmik resolutions detrimental to the city and the alleged role of the Bracław Cup-bearer. He declares his intention to mediate via letter with the Cup-bearer and promises a personal intervention with the Bishop of Lviv upon his arrival in the city.

The Archbishop of Lviv, Bernard Wilczek, at the request of the altarist Stanisław Vitellius, renews and confirms the erection and endowment of the altar of Sts. Nicholas, Stanislaus, Christopher, and George in the Lviv Cathedral, transuming an earlier document by Spytek of Jarosław, who had founded a rent from the Jarosław customs duty based on a bequest by the burgher Leonard. The Archbishop confirms the right of patronage of the heirs of Jarosław and specifies the mass obligations of each successive altarist.

King Sigismund I authorizes the authorities of Lviv to collect a fee of half a grosz from every wagon of refugees seeking shelter in the city from enemy invasions. The funds obtained are to cover the costs of cleaning the city of mud and filth and repairing the city walls, ramparts, and moats.

King Sigismund I the Old approves and grants the city of Lviv its existing coat of arms depicting a gate with three towers and a standing lion. Furthermore, the monarch grants the municipal authorities the honorable privilege of sealing all documents and letters with red wax.

Peter West informs Arthur Forbes about current financial settlements, the planned transfer of funds by the Jews to Mr. Kuntz, and the shipment of wine to Gdańsk. He also reports on ongoing legal cases, disputes with the Starosta of Rawa, a murder at the Treasurer's office, and the adjournment of the chancellery's work.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the request of the Lviv city authorities, moves the annual fair from the Feast of the Holy Trinity to the Feast of Saint Margaret, exempting arriving merchants from customs duties. At the same time, he confirms the holding of the fair on the Feast of Saint Agnes, maintaining the existing obligation to pay customs duties.

King Sigismund I transfers the village of Zhydatychi, belonging to the metropolitan chapter in Lviv, from land law to ecclesiastical law. At the same time, he exempts this property from the obligation of military expeditions, tax levies, and all other burdens of secular law.

King Sigismund I grants the Lviv sub-judge Jan Dzieduszycki and his successors the right to collect specific bridge tolls at seventeen crossings within the estates of Dzieduszyce and Młynice. In exchange for the privilege of collecting tolls, the owners are obligated to permanently maintain and repair the roads and bridges.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the authorities and citizens of Lwów the right to collect a new bridge toll of two denarii for every ox driven for sale, exempting Lwów citizens from this fee. The income obtained is to be used for the permanent maintenance and repair of bridges around the city to ensure the safe passage of merchants and travelers.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms the 1533 letter of the royal commissioners establishing the detailed delimitation of the village of Wierbiąż, belonging to the Lviv Chapter, from the royal estates of Demnia, Drohowyże, and Uście, leased by Paweł Tarło. The document describes the course of the boundary marked by 32 mounds and signs on trees and adjudicates to the Chapter the rights to the waters of the Zubrza, Szczerzec, and Dniester rivers.

King Sigismund I the Old grants in perpetuity to the canons of the metropolitan church in Lviv the third measure of the royal mill near the Halych Gate. The document simultaneously defines the obligations of the chapter and the starosta regarding the costs of repair and maintenance of the mill.

King Sigismund I grants the burghers of Lwów the perpetual right to retail burnt wine (spirits) within the city and its suburbs, and to collect fees for this purpose for the city's needs. All other estates and inhabitants are prohibited from selling vodka without the permission of the city council, under penalty of confiscation of the liquor.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the general sejm in Kraków, grants the city of Lwów the perpetual right to collect market fees from every wagon with goods, a right previously granted temporarily by King John I Albert. The income obtained in this way is to be allocated for the renovation and maintenance of the city fortifications.

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.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the authorities of Lviv permission to erect a fulling mill on municipal land, with the stipulation that the income derived from it must be used exclusively for the strengthening and repair of the city's fortifications. The monarch guarantees the city exclusivity in operating this facility in the area, prohibiting the construction of competing fulling mills.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the authorities of Lviv the building of the municipal weighing scale and the cloth shearing house, along with all revenues for the needs of defense and the common good of the city. The privilege prohibits the creation of competing private workshops of this type in the city and suburbs under penalty of confiscation.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms the privileges exempting the burghers and inhabitants of Lwów from the jurisdiction of noble, land, and castle courts. All their cases are to be heard exclusively before the proper municipal court of Magdeburg Law, under penalty of nullity of any other judgments.

King Sigismund I the Old grants a privilege to the city of Lwów, stating that the burghers of Lwów are not obliged to present or show their rights and documents before any officials or commissioners, but only personally before the King and his successors within the borders of the Kingdom of Poland.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the mayor and councilors of the city of Lwów the perpetual right of patronage and presentation to the provostry of the Holy Spirit church and hospital in Lwów. The document imposes an obligation on the Archbishop of Lwów to institute candidates nominated by the municipal authorities and ensures the inviolability of this right against any potential royal claims.

King Sigismund I the Old makes a perpetual donation of the deserted village of Oleńczyce in the Lviv land to the Archbishop of Lviv, Piotr Starzechowski, and the local metropolitan church, in order to increase the income of the archiepiscopal table. The document removes the village from monarchical jurisdiction and incorporates it into the ecclesiastical immunity.

King Sigismund I the Old abolishes clauses of old privileges that burdened city fields with rents and allowed various nations to have separate judiciaries, freeing the burghers from fees and ordering that all inhabitants be judged exclusively by Magdeburg law before the Lwów reeve.

King Sigismund I approves a resolution of the Lviv city council imposing rent on local and visiting merchants and craftsmen setting up stalls and booths in the market square during fairs. The funds collected in this way are to supply the city treasury and serve the needs of the city.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the municipal bathhouse located opposite the Franciscan monastery to the mayor, councilors, and the city of Lwów in perpetual ownership, along with the rent previously paid to the royal castle. The income from the bathhouse is intended to support the municipal treasury, which is burdened with expenses for the repair and expansion of fortifications.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms and renews all existing rights, privileges, immunities, and possessions granted to the city of Lwów by his predecessors and by himself. At the same time, he places the burghers and their property under royal protection, prohibiting the imposition of new burdens and the violation of the boundaries of municipal jurisdiction.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms to the Archbishop of Lviv, Piotr Starzechowski, the chapter, and the clergy of the metropolitan church in Lviv all rights, privileges, freedoms, and immunities granted by his predecessors. This confirmation was issued at the General Sejm in Piotrków in fulfillment of the monarch's coronation oath.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the privilege of his father, Sigismund I the Old, from 1546, granting the mayor and councilors of the city of Lviv the perpetual right of patronage and presentation of the provost of the Church and Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Lviv. The document invalidates any conflicting grants and orders the Archbishop of Lviv to institute the candidate presented by the municipal authorities.

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.

King Sigismund II Augustus exempts the Armenians of Lwów from the jurisdiction of all land and castle courts, placing them exclusively under the jurisdiction of the wójt (advocatus) and Armenian elders judging according to Armenian law. All appeals from this court are reserved exclusively for the royal court.

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.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the verdict of the General Sejm in Kraków, which dismissed the lawsuit brought by the nobleman Wasiek Łahodowski against the authorities of Lwów before the castle court. The document confirms the privilege exempting Lwów burghers from foreign jurisdiction and orders that they be sued exclusively before the municipal court.

King Sigismund Augustus confirms in the form of a transsumpt four earlier royal privileges for the city of Lviv. The document guarantees the exemption of Lviv burghers from foreign jurisdictions and commission courts, and exempts Lviv merchants of all rites from customs duties in, among others, Chełm, Bełz, and Hrubieszów.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms and transumes four privileges granted by kings Casimir Jagiellon and Sigismund I to the shoemakers' guild of the city of Lwów. These concern the limitation of the number of shoemakers in the castle suburb to two masters, the prohibition of practicing the shoemaking craft in noble manors outside the city walls, the rules for the sale of hides by tanners, and the prohibition of purchasing hides before the city gates.

King Sigismund II Augustus, at the general sejm in Kraków, approves a document from the Lwów assessors dated 1554, certifying the sale of a hide of arable land with meadows and thickets in the village of Kleparów to the peasant Grzegorz Sołtys by Stanisław Kmitowicz and Barbara and Katarzyna Kmitówna. The issued diploma ensures the buyer and his heirs perpetual and inviolable ownership rights to the acquired land.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms to Jan Krowicki and the inhabitants of the jurisdiction of the Church of St. John the Baptist in the suburbs of Lwów the ancient privileges of kings and officials regarding Armenian law and exemptions from castle burdens. Furthermore, the monarch permits the local Armenian craftsmen to freely practice all crafts according to ancient custom.

King Henry Valois, at the coronation sejm, confirms all rights, privileges, immunities, and customs granted to the Lviv Armenian community by his predecessors. He orders royal officials and the municipal authorities of Lviv to strictly observe and protect the Lviv Armenians.

King Stefan Batory confirms to the Lviv burgher Szymon Hannel the previous privileges of Kings Sigismund I and Władysław Jagiełło regarding the Hołosko estate and grants on the Brzuchowice river. The document sanctions the hereditary and property rights to the aforementioned goods near Lviv.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the privileges of the cloth cutters' guild in Lviv, transuming the diploma of Stephen Báthory from 1578 (containing the privilege of Sigismund I from 1541 regarding the exclusive right to retail cloth by the ell) and the act of the Lviv city council from 1594 establishing the clothiers' brotherhood.

Lviv Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski allocates episcopal revenues from Kamionka and Busk in perpetuity for the Lviv Chapter to perform annual funeral services for the repose of his soul. This grant was formally approved in 1606 by Archbishop Jan Tarnowski during a deanery visitation.

Metropolitan of Kiev Michael Rahoza, together with the Ruthenian bishops, announce their accession to unity with the Apostolic See and the conclusion of the union of the Ruthenian Church with the Roman Church in Brest. The document contains the signatures and seals of the hierarchs, as well as later provenance and oblation entries.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the privilege of Stephen Báthory from 1576, which transumed the document of Sigismund I the Old from 1533 for the tailors' guild in Lviv. The act regulates the organization of the tailors' brotherhood, fees, master examinations, and protection against non-guild craftsmen.

A document by King Sigismund III Vasa establishing and approving uniform rates for duties collected by the Lwów magistrate on imported Greek, Malmsey, Hungarian, Moravian, and Dalmatian wines. Modeling the regulations on Kraków privileges, the monarch allocates these revenues to the maintenance of the municipal office and specifies penalties for non-compliance.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the privilege of King Sigismund II Augustus from 1550 regarding the grant of a garden with a manor or farmstead and meadows in Lviv to the mansionaries of the Lviv Cathedral.

Pope Innocent X informs the clergy and people of the Diocese of Lviv of the elevation of Jan Tarnowski to the office of Metropolitan Archbishop following the death of his predecessor. He commands the faithful to submit to his pastoral authority and to show him filial respect and obedience.

Dominican Provincial Hyacinthus Terrarius authorizes Prior Hyacinthus Rzeczkowski to establish and oversee a Rosary Confraternity at the church in Zubra, in the Archdiocese of Lviv. The document includes subsequent approvals by the Archbishops of Lviv, Konstanty Lipski in 1687 and Jan Skarbek in 1724.