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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 canons of the Lviv Cathedral Chapter confirm the receipt of 121 marks from the Lviv city councilors, originating from the testament of the late Mikołaj Hecht, and release them from any debt. The transferred funds were allocated for the needs of the chapter, specifically for the redemption of the village headship (sołtystwo) in Wierzbiąż.

Daniel Wyhowski informs the Lviv Magistrate about sending his organist, Józef, to the city along with Mr. Iskrzycki. He requests the councilors to promptly assemble and hand over to the messenger all items specified in a separate register.

The Lviv land judge and sub-judge certify an entry from the castle court books of 1510 regarding the redemption of rights to the royal village of Czerkasy by the Lviv Metropolitan Chapter from Dmytro and Onyszko for the sum of 200 grzywnas. The act also confirms the renunciation of claims by the previous holders and the legal intromission of the Chapter into the possession of these goods performed by a court bailiff.

The Lviv Land Court performs a transumption and confirmation of the privileges granted by Kings Casimir Jagiellon and Sigismund I the Old to the Church of Saint Nicholas outside the city of Lviv. The document confirms the exemption of the local presbyter, his successors, and the monastery itself from all taxes, tributes, and burdens owed to the Crown.

Mikołaj Odnowski Herburt of Fulsztyn, Castellan of Przemyśl and General Starosta of Ruthenia, founds and endows a college of five mansionaries at the high altar of the Lviv Cathedral. He secures their maintenance from his estates of Grzęda and Grzybowice and imposes liturgical duties upon them, including the celebration of the office and masses for the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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 Stephen Báthory resolves a dispute between the Armenian community and the magistrate of the city of Lwów, granting the Armenians rights equal to those of other burghers regarding trade, crafts, and the use of municipal liberties. The document simultaneously guarantees the preservation of the separate customary laws and the internal judiciary of the Armenian community.

The sender writes to the president and magistracy of Lwów about a death requiring investigation. The text refers to an inquiry, a declaration or testimony, and people described as Jews, but the difficult handwriting does not allow the connections between these references or details of the event to be reconstructed reliably. The letter’s dateline gives 22 January 1710; the place is uncertain.

The writer addresses a high-ranking woman and refers to information and a matter requiring further action; there may also be a reference to a sum or account. The specific request cannot be reconstructed from the partly illegible text. The dateline reads 21 September 1699.

The document establishes the statutes of the Tailors' Guild in Lwów, regulating in detail the rules for the inn, contributions, working hours and hygiene, discipline, and the mutual aid fund for journeymen and apprentices. It confirms the original articles from 1491/1501 and their official renewal by the guild masters in 1646.

The City Council of Lviv confirms the statute of the tailors' guild journeymen from 1491, translated from German into Polish, which regulates their organization, regular meetings, and contributions to the common chest.

Lviv Archbishop Jan Tarnowski approves the foundational endowments of brothers Marcin and Maciej Rzechowski and solemnly erects and endows a prebend at the church and hospital of St. Barbara in the suburbs of Rohatyn. The document details the liturgical duties of the prebendary, the management of the poor funds, and the right of patronage belonging to the founders, their Catholic successors in the Kutcze estate, and the Rohatyn magistrate.

Bogdan Daniełowicz asks Forbes to provide goods on credit to him and his brother until an agreed deadline. A representative of Manuk is to conclude the contract. The order includes karasy [reading of the name uncertain], eight pairs of velvet trimmings, half green and half black, marked 'numerum 70', and half a piece of good French green cloth.

Ruthenian Voivode Jan Jabłonowski asks the Stolnik of Bełz, Daniel Winarski, to settle a debt to a Lviv merchant based on an issued assignment. The payment is to be made by the administrator from funds due in the May installment.

Urszula Dawydowiczowa and Łazarz Krzysztofowicz appeal to the city scribe Wojciech Zimnicki for legal assistance and protection in a guardianship dispute with Daniel Hołubowicz. They report an unfavorable verdict from the Lviv wójt court and the filing of an appeal to the King, requesting the engagement of an experienced lawyer and intercession with the Chancellor.