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The Duke of Opole and Lord of Ruthenia, Władysław Opolczyk, grants to the Bishop of Kiev, Jakub, and after his death to the Church of St. John the Baptist in Lviv and the Basilians, an abandoned canonical manor and urban plots. The granted properties are simultaneously exempted from all taxes, burdens, and duties to the city of Lviv.

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.

Jan of Oleśnica, Marshal of the Kingdom of Poland, resolves a dispute over customs revenues in the village of Werbiż, confirming the rights of the Lviv customs officer Wolczek and restoring him to their possession. He also orders Teodoryk Buczacki, his relatives, and the local peasants to cease further obstacles in the collection of tolls.

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.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon confirms that the tribute (cyza) enacted by the authorities and inhabitants of Lwów for the urgent needs of the state and the Prussian war is voluntary and limited to one year. The monarch pledges on his royal word that this levy will not become a permanent obligation nor infringe in any way upon the city's privileges and liberties.

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 the Old confirms to the mayor and councilors of the city of Lviv the exclusive right to elect and appoint city intermediaries and interpreters (known as 'mejlerze' and interpreters) in accordance with ancient custom. The monarch forbids royal officials from interfering with this municipal prerogative under any pretext.

Archbishop of Lviv Piotr Starzechowski performs an oblation and transsumption of a document by Primate Jan Latalski containing a brief of Pope Paul III from 1538. The act confirms the exemption of mendicant friars in the Kingdom of Poland from the jurisdiction of diocesan bishops and prohibits the violation of their privileges.

The document certifies the admission of Mikołaj Bajdułowicz, an Armenian originally from Suceava, to the citizenship of Lviv after he took an oath of allegiance to the King and the city. The city councilors request customs officials to respect his status as a burgher and to exempt him and his goods from all customs duties, tolls, and fees.