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Pope Urban VIII notifies the Archbishop of Lviv of the provision of Remigiusz Koniecpolski to the See of Chełm, vacant following the translation of Maciej Łubieński to Poznań. He simultaneously urges the metropolitan to provide the new suffragan bishop and his entrusted church with benevolent support and care.

A partially legible Polish letter to a dignitary described on the address side as the Grand Crown Hetman. The notation “20 Xbris 1701” in the upper corner may be a date or a later annotation, so no certain date is assigned.

King Sigismund III Vasa grants the shooting brotherhood in Lviv the perpetual right to collect fees from cattle driven and grazed by merchants in order to improve its income, which had been depleted by fires and plague.

Leonard, son of the late Nicholas de Mattia Tranraque, sells a plot of arable land to notary Jacob Glerius with the right of redemption within three years to settle a debt of two hundred lire. Simultaneously, the buyer leases the plot back to the debtor for three years in exchange for an annual payment in rye or cash.

A partially legible Polish letter to the president of the Lviv Magistracy, dated 22 July 1774. The place, recipient’s personal name, and sender remain unidentified.

King Sigismund III Vasa grants the city of Lwów the perpetual right to collect duties on goods (the so-called 'sztukowe' or 'węzłowe'), as well as on grain, beer, and mead. The income from these duties is divided: two-thirds are allocated for the city's needs and fortifications, and one-third for the remuneration of the city council's efforts.

The document certifies the sale of two plots of land in the village of Sianta by Valentinus di Menia to Franciscus Gleria for a total sum of 298 lire. The seller acknowledges receipt of payment, renounces rights to the property, and transfers full authority to the buyer for perpetual possession.

Leduchowski sends both addressees wishes for a joyful Easter, extending them to their household and offspring. He asks for information about payment to the army and news from Warsaw. Further fragments concern a regional assembly and other current matters, but their details could not be read with confidence. Dateline: “z Krupy 9 Ap[r.] 1697”.

King Władysław IV confirms the emphyteutic contract concluded in 1632 between the city council of Lwów and the elder of the local Jewish community, Efraim Gombrycht. The agreement concerns the perpetual lease of two dilapidated municipal properties – a former stable (Masztarnia) and a wax refinery (Kapnica) – in exchange for an annual rent of 600 Polish florins paid to the city.

King Władysław IV, at the coronation Sejm in Kraków, solemnly confirms all rights, privileges, and estates of the city of Lwów granted by his predecessors, including Duke Władysław of Opole and King Casimir the Great. The monarch places the burghers and their subordinate goods under royal protection and guarantees the inviolability of city boundaries and jurisdiction.

The inventory attributes this personal letter to Katarzyna Leszczyńska and addresses it to Jan Jabłonowski. The manuscript confirms the recipient’s office (“le palatin de Russie”) and destination of Lviv, while the main text and signature remain only partly legible.

King Władysław IV Vasa confirms the submitted statute of the tailors' guild in the city of Stryi. The regulation defines the rules of the brotherhood's operation, penalties for misconduct, the status of masters and journeymen, and craft restrictions for Jews.

According to the inventory, Crown Vice-Chancellor Bogusław Leszczyński informs the Lviv magistrate of consent to lease excise revenue. The letter itself is dated 12 March 1657; its full text and signature have not yet been read.

King Władysław IV Vasa confirms the transumed privileges of his predecessors – Sigismund II Augustus, Stephen Báthory, and Sigismund III Vasa – concerning the foundation of the village of Podgrodzie in the Rohatyn starosta district under Magdeburg law and its transformation into a town.

The City Council of Lwów, under the leadership of Mayor Erasmus Sixtus, approves and renews a set of fourteen regulatory articles for the Lwów shoemakers' guild, based on ancient royal privileges and the law of Kraków. The statute regulates, among other things, master requirements, the prohibition of unauthorized work, relations with tanners and cordwainers, market stall issues, and the religious and guild duties of the guild brethren.

Grand Crown Chancellor Jan Leszczyński calls upon the Lviv magistrate to enforce the collection of a debt and incurred costs from the Lviv burgher Wiśniowski for the benefit of Hieronim Szeremeta from the Sambir economy, in accordance with a deanery court verdict from three years prior. The address side bears an official annotation regarding the resolution of the case and the repayment of the creditor.

Pope Urban VIII notifies the clergy and faithful of the city and diocese of Lviv of the appointment of Stanisław Grochowski to the office of Archbishop of Lviv following the death of Jan Andrzej Próchnicki. He calls upon the inhabitants to receive their new shepherd with due reverence and to be obedient to his pastoral instructions.

Kazimierz Ignacy Leszczyński, Starosta of Vinnytsia, informs an unnamed Duchess that the relatives of the Podkomorzy defer to her will regarding the marriage of the elder daughter of the Podkomorzy. He also conveys greetings from his wife, announcing an invitation to the upcoming christening.

Pope Urban VIII authorizes the nominee Stanisław Grochowski to receive episcopal consecration from any Catholic bishop in communion with the Apostolic See, provided that an oath of fidelity is taken beforehand. The document contains the full text of the oath to be sworn by the newly appointed Archbishop of Lviv.

King Władysław IV confirms the ancient privileges granted by Polish monarchs and the statutory articles of the shoemakers' guild of the city of Lwów, regulating the rules of practicing the craft and restricting the activities of unauthorized craftsmen (partacze).

King Władysław IV confirms the decree of Sigismund III from 1607 in the dispute between the inhabitants of Zamarstynów and the authorities of Lwów. According to the verdict, the corvée labor due to the city may be converted by the magistrate into labor services at the Zamarstynów manor, provided that their extent does not exceed the city obligations.

Kazimierz Lichowski intervenes with the Lviv wójt (advocatus) Aleksander Wilczek regarding a Jewish resident of Złoczów, Majer Boruchowicz, who was beaten with a whip and robbed without cause on the road by the Lviv butcher guild master Wacek, who was returning from Gliniany.

King Władysław IV examines a dispute over an unpaid debt between Maciej Fik of Gdańsk and the Lwów Armenian Gabriel Bernatowicz, and confirms the privilege of Sigismund Augustus exempting Armenians from answering before commission courts. On this basis, the monarch refers the case to the competent Armenian court in Lwów.

Colonel Libiszewski, acting on behalf of the Voivode of Łęczyca and Starosta of Bełz, requests the Hospodar of Moldavia to keep the warlord Werłan Wołoszyn in strict confinement in Iași. He presents a list of his crimes (raids, the looting of Mohylów, murders, and the plundering of noble estates from Zamość to Brody) and announces the imminent arrival of an official requisition from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

King Władysław IV approves the statute of the needle-makers' guild in Lwów, defining the rules for admitting masters and apprentices, performing the masterpiece, and protection against competition from unauthorized craftsmen and foreign merchants.

David Livingston informs the merchant Arthur Forbes in Mościska about handing over tribunal summons to the advocate Cimanowicz in Przemyśl, sending a bailiff to the defendant, and the incurred castle court and messenger costs.

A document of King Władysław IV confirming the statutory articles of the tinsmiths' guild of the city of Lwów, previously established by the Lwów city council.

A young Scottish merchant or clerk, John Livingston, staying in Kraków, writes to merchant Arthur Forbes in Lwów, humbly apologizing for wasted time and lack of progress in his studies or work, and solemnly promising improvement and faithful service.

King Władysław IV grants the city of Lwów the perpetual right to collect a fee known as 'sztukowe' or 'węzłowe' (bale/knot duty) from foreign merchants' goods, extending the privilege of Sigismund III to support the city's ruined finances. From the proceeds of this duty, the King further allocates 200 Polish florins annually for the mayor and councilors of Lwów.

King Władysław IV confirms a document of the Lwów city authorities from 1425 regarding the clearing of forest lands, the foundation of the village of Kulparków, and the granting of two free hides to Paweł Goltberg, along with the specification of the tax-free period and judicial jurisdiction.

King Władysław IV Vasa confirms and approves the document of erection and the right of patronage over St. Lazarus Hospital in the Lwów suburb, issued by the provisors and seniors of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Jan Lisowski writes in haste to the Lviv scribe Wojciech Zimnicki, earnestly requesting that while traveling through Lublin to Warsaw, he should not bypass his home and should announce his arrival in advance. He also sends regards to Zimnicki's wife and assures him of his good health.

King Władysław IV Vasa approves and confirms the articles and regulations of the Tailors' Guild of the city of Lviv at the request of the guild masters.

Father Józef Lityński from Malechów refutes a whistleblower's allegations regarding the alleged blocking of a public road with a parish fence, inviting the provisors to a personal inspection, and also intervenes in the case of a boy being held by Michał Kusteszki against the manor's orders.

King Władysław IV confirms the existing rights, concessions, and acquired lands of the holders of hides in the Lwów suburb of Kleparów. In return, he imposes on them the obligation to pay traditional rents to the municipal treasury, perform corvée labor (szarwark) for one day per month, transport materials for wall repairs, and pay military taxes.

King Władysław IV confirms the ancient rights, municipal grants, and the 1559 decree of King Sigismund Augustus for the inhabitants of the villages and suburbs of Lviv: Brzuchowice, Hołosko, and Kleparów. In return, he imposes on them the obligation to pay traditional rents to the city treasury, perform corvée labor, contribute to the repair of city walls, and pay the military tax.

King Władysław IV confirms to the inhabitants of Biłohorszcze near Lviv their ancient rights, grants from the magistrate, and the 1559 decree of Sigismund Augustus guaranteeing peaceful possession of their land plots. The document simultaneously defines their fixed duties to the city: payment of traditional rents to the lonheria, the obligation of one day of corvée (szarwark) per month, and the bearing of military burdens.

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.

Jerzy Łączyński, Chamberlain of Lwów, thanks the authorities of the city of Lwów for the wishes conveyed by Mr. Czechucki and advises the urgent finalization of the contract for the 'szelężne' tax (intended for the renovation of dilapidated Lwów tenement houses) in consultation with the land commissioner before his departure for the commission in Radom.