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King Władysław Jagiełło confirms the voluntary exchange of landed estates concluded between the Archbishop of Lviv, Jan, and the nobleman Jakusz of Potoczany. As a result of the agreement, the Archbishop gave the table village of Jawcze in exchange for the village of Potoczany, located in the Podolia district.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants ten canons of the cathedral church in Lviv four wagons of salt annually from the salt mines in Drohobycz. The grant serves as thanksgiving for the favorable news of the victory over the Tatars, Turks, and Wallachians near Bracław.

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.

Jan of Czyżów, Lieutenant of the Kingdom of Poland, certifies that Jan of Zubrza appointed Mikołaj of Gołogóry as the guardian of his minor sons and manager of all his property until they reach the age of majority.

Moldavian Hospodar Peter confirms trade and customs privileges for merchants from Lviv and the lands of Ruthenia and Podolia within the territory of Moldavia, modeled on the earlier grants of Hospodar Alexander. The document regulates the collection of customs duties in, among others, Suceava, Bacău, and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.

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 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.

Ruthenian Voivode Jan Odrowąż, at a general assembly in Lviv, while considering a complaint from Lviv burghers and merchants, prohibits the unlawful detention and seizure on the roads of Ruthenia and Podolia of cattle purchased at annual fairs and marked with their signs. The document orders officials and town residents to strictly observe the ban on arresting driven herds under penalty of severe royal sanctions.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon orders officials of the Ruthenian and Podolian lands, especially the Starosta of Lviv, Stanisław of Chodecz, to arrest merchants and confiscate goods transported in violation of the Lviv staple right. The document grants Lviv burghers the authority to detain offenders to protect municipal privileges and royal treasury revenues.

King Alexander Jagiellon orders Ruthenian and Podolian officials, including the Starosta of Lwów, to assist the burghers of Lwów in enforcing the staple right by arresting merchants bypassing Lwów and confiscating their goods for the royal treasury.

King Alexander Jagiellon, at the request of the councilors and burghers of Lviv, abolishes the annual fair held on the feast of Saint Agnes. The decision was motivated by the devastation of the Ruthenian lands due to enemy invasions and the fact that merchant gatherings at that time brought the city more harm and danger than benefit.

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, at the request of the Archbishop of Lviv, Bernard Wilczek, confirms the 1422 decree of King Władysław Jagiełło regulating the amount of annual fees for the archiepiscopal table, paid on Saint Martin's Day by peasants and settlers under German law in the Archdiocese of Lviv. The document sets a fixed rate of six broad groschen per hide, with the exception of Lviv settlers who pay one wiardunek each.

King Sigismund I orders royal officials to assist representatives of Lwów in confiscating goods and detaining merchants who bypass the Lwów staple. He warns officials that any losses resulting from their lack of cooperation will be recovered from their own estates.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms the settlement ruling of a royal commission regulating the rates and collection principles for customs, bridge tolls, causeway tolls, and market fees on the route from Lviv to Wallachia. The privilege protects Lviv burghers and merchants from arbitrary and burdensome charges by defining tariffs for specific localities in Ruthenia and Podolia.

Semen Białecki expresses joy at Miss Cecylia's entry into the convent and informs about the preparation of 1200 zlotys for her dowry. He asks for a trusted person to be appointed to collect the cash in Warsaw in order to finalize the matter as soon as possible and avoid accusations of delay.

King Sigismund I the Old forbids merchants traveling between Turkey and Wallachia and Lithuania and Muscovy from bypassing the Lwów staple right and customs duties by traveling through Kamieniec and side roads. He orders the starostas and municipal authorities of Ruthenia and Podolia to arrest merchants violating the ban without exception and to provide assistance to the envoys of the city of Lwów.

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.

The judge and deputy judge of the Kraków land court certify the decree of King Sigismund I resolving a dispute between customs officers and merchants regarding routes for driving cattle and transporting goods from Ruthenia, Podolia, Volhynia, and Moldavia. According to the judgment, cattle and goods from Ruthenia, Podolia, and Moldavia must be directed through Lwów, Gródek, and Przemyśl to Sandomierz, while those from Volhynia through Lublin and Radom, under penalty of confiscation.

King Sigismund I confirms to the chapters of the Lviv Cathedral a document from the commissioners of King Casimir Jagiellon dated 1474. This act established the detailed course of the boundaries and the placement of boundary mounds between the capitular village of Wierbiż and the royal villages of Drohowyże and Uście.

King Sigismund I the Old orders royal and municipal officials to assist Lviv burghers in detaining merchants who bypass the Lviv staple right. He prohibits the illegal transport of oxen, wax, and other goods from Ruthenia and Podolia, bypassing Lviv and the due customs duties, under penalty of financial sanctions.

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 performs a transumpt and confirmation of four ancient royal privileges for the city of Lwów, concerning, among others, the staple right for all goods, the prohibition for Podolian and Ruthenian merchants to bypass the Lwów staple, the subjection of foreign merchants to municipal jurisdiction, and the rules for drafting wills and real estate transactions. The document grants these copies full legal force equal to the originals.

Grand Chancellor of the Crown Tomasz Zamoyski calls upon the authorities of Lviv to cease hindering the passage of Zamość merchants trading in Podolia. In particular, he intercedes for the merchant Peter Franck, demanding his unhindered passage and pointing out the losses he suffered due to the detention of his goods.

The author reports on the progress of the Polish envoy's mission in Istanbul, an audience with the mufti, and efforts to liberate Polish captives. He also describes the movements of dignitaries in Lviv, the capture near Kamianets of a notorious impostor claiming to be a Danish prince, and the damage caused by a violent storm in Przemyśl.

Stanisław Koniecpolski thanks the Chamberlain of Chernihiv for efficiently conducting the border meeting with Muscovy and expresses hope for the swift suppression of Cossack unrest. The Hetman also promises to remind the King of the addressee's hardships and services for the good of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Dymitr Solikowski, together with the cathedral chapter, establishes an annual anniversary for the soul of the Voivode of Podolia, Mikołaj Mielecki, and allocates funds for the clergy and church staff. The foundation is based on an annual rent of 30 florins secured on the estates of the village of Stryhańce.

Marcin Kątski urges the authorities of Lwów to urgently pay the full sum from the assignment issued by the Voivode of Bełz to the Stolnik of Trembowla. He emphasizes that the overdue funds are urgently needed for the maintenance of garrisons in Kamieniec Podolski and the Holy Trinity Rampart.

King Sigismund III Vasa approves the guild articles submitted to him by the brotherhood of coppersmiths from the Halych Suburb in Lviv, regulating the organization of the guild, religious duties, the admission of apprentices and journeymen, the rights of widows, craft standards, and disciplinary penalties. Notes on the reverse indicate the registration (oblatio) of the document in the Lviv castle court records, and its subsequent annulment due to it being obtained without the knowledge of the magistrate, contrary to a royal decree.

King Augustus II confirms the ancient privileges of the Polish monarchs granted to the Shooting (Kurkowe) Brotherhood in Lwów, regulating the brotherhood's income, tax exemptions for the 'Shooting King', and the organization of shooting exercises. He also orders the return of the shooting range (Celstat) area occupied by the Crown artillery and establishes an annual schedule for exercises with handguns, arquebuses, and cannons.

The author begins correspondence via Colonel Kamiński, informing his brother of the lack of important news from Poryck. He also describes his stay in Lwów, comforting Her Ladyship who is distressed after their parting, a successful ruse with a bracelet, and a confidential request from Kamiński.

The correspondent reports on the calm near Kamieniec, the departure of the Grand Crown Hetman to the camp near Wiśniowczyk, and the actions of Cossack and Muscovite troops against the Tatars in Ukraine. He also reports unconfirmed news of a clash with the Horde and the sudden death of the Lwów archdeacon, Father Piaszkowski.