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Mikołaj and Wawrzyniec Lanza transfer a room in their house in Carzano to brothers Jan Chrzciciel and Piotr Buffa in partial payment of a six-taler debt. The transaction was concluded with a reservation of a perpetual grain rent and the right of redemption of the property.

The document certifies the sale of a plot of arable land and a vineyard in the village of Carzano by Giovanni, son of the late miller Simone, to Giovanni Battista Buffa for the sum of twelve and a half gold florins. The seller acknowledges receipt of the full payment, transfers possession rights, and commits to legally defending the transaction against potential claims by third parties.

A notarial document certifying the sale of a plot of land (orchard/garden) in Carzano by Giovanni Battista de Molinariis, known as Arganus, to Giovanni Battista Buffa of Teglio Inferiore. The seller acknowledged receipt of payment in cash and undertook to secure the transaction and protect the buyer against eviction.

Giovanni Rambaldo sells to Battista Buffa and his brother Pietro an annual rent in grain from land in Carzano for the sum of 27 Rhenish florins. Due to his age, the seller takes a solemn oath confirming the validity of the transfer of rights.

Paula, Ursula, and Catherine, daughters of the late Gaspar Caprarius, sell a plot of land in Telve di Sotto for 8 Rhenish florins to Gaspar Buffa to settle a debt resulting from an arbitration award. The transaction was concluded in the presence of Paula's husband and the curator of the minor sisters and was notarized.

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.

The document certifies an agreement for the exchange of a meadow plot for an orchard plot in Telve Inferiore, concluded between Pietro Buffa, acting also on behalf of his brother Giovanni Battista, and Giovanni de Zanzotto. The contract regulates the transfer of ownership of both properties, including the assignment and subrogation of the rents and monetary and grain annuities encumbering them.

Miller Matthew and his son Jerome transfer a mill, a fulling mill, and property in Telve Inferiore to John the Baptist and Peter, the de Buffis brothers, in satisfaction of debt claims (datio in solutum). Simultaneously, the creditors lease these goods back to them for nine years with the right of redemption upon repayment of the debt and outstanding rents.

King Stefan Batory confirms all rights, privileges, immunities, and ancient customs granted to the Armenian community of Lwów by his predecessors. The monarch orders the Starosta of Lwów and the municipal authorities to observe and protect these rights inviolably.

Antonio, son of Nicola of Carzano, sells a garden and a meadow located in Carzano to Giovanni Battista Buffa of Telve di Sotto. The transaction is paid for and notarized in the presence of witnesses.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the verdict of Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski and the agreement concluded between the Metropolitan Chapter of Lviv and the magistrate of the city of Lviv in a dispute over the patronage of the provostship of the Holy Spirit Hospital. Under the approved settlement, the Lviv councilors retain the right of presentation to the provostship, choosing a candidate from among the canons, and the chapter undertakes to support the granting to the magistrate of the right of presentation to a second canonry for an educated clergyman.

Lviv councilor Jerzy Boim, together with his wife Jadwiga and his family, allocates the sum of 2100 florins invested in Lviv townhouses to endow the Chapel of the Holy Trinity and the Passion of Christ, which he founded at the cathedral cemetery in Lviv. The document defines the right of patronage, the principles of fund management, the duties of four priests led by a senior, the order of services, and the right of burial.

The city councilors of Lwów enter into their municipal records a document by the provost of the Bełz hospital, Fr. Marcin Strykowski, establishing a prebend at the hospital church in Bełz, endowed among others with Lwów townhouses and estates near Bełz. The founder transfers the right of patronage over this prebend to the Lwów magistrate after his death.

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.

The document certifies the official measurement and valuation of a garden in Padola, Comelico, by appointed experts for the purpose of executing a judgment between the Glerio and de Martino (Quaioto) families. The value of the land, measuring 112.5 steps, was established under oath at 106 lire and 17½ soldi.

The City Council of Lviv approves the agreement and ordinance concluded through council delegates between the masters and journeymen of the Lviv carpenters' guild, regulating, among other things, wages, working conditions, joint meetings, and the maintenance of the altar in the parish church.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Tarnowski approves the foundation of the Halych land judge Stanisław Głowiński of Głowno, erecting the prelatura of cantor and the Głowiński canonry at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Lviv. The new benefices are endowed with the villages of Młyniszcze and Zabłotowce in the Żydaczów land, including the definition of liturgical duties and the right of patronage.

Lviv Archbishop Wojciech Koryciński approves the relocation of the Augustinian convent, destroyed by invasions, from the Halych Suburb to the Krakow Suburb in Lviv. By virtue of this document, the Church of St. Anne and its lands are incorporated into the order with permission to build a monastery, while preserving the rights of the local parish.

Archbishop of Lviv Wojciech Koryciński approves and erects the foundation of the chancellorship and the Giedziński canonry at the Lviv Cathedral, established by Suffragan Jerzy Giedziński. The benefice was endowed with an annual rent secured on the estates of Bolechów, Zawadka, and other properties of the founder.

The document commemorates the restoration of a tin weather vane in the shape of a lion, the city's coat of arms, to the tower of the Lwów town hall after it was knocked down during a storm in the period of wartime turmoil. It outlines the dramatic sieges and disasters of Lwów, offers thanksgiving for salvation, and provides a detailed list of the city's authorities, guilds, and clergy at the time.

Adam Piaskowski, administrator sede vacante of the Lviv Archdiocese, adjudicated a disputed pond and land for a mill on the Ostróżanka River near Maleczkowice to the Hospital of St. Stanislaus in the Lviv Suburb, prohibiting Bernard Wieniawski from making claims or violating the property. The document also contains a report on the commissioner's introduction of the hospital's provisor into possession of the disputed pond.

King John III Sobieski approves and transumes earlier privileges granted by Polish kings and the owners of Jaworów, the Górka brothers, regulating the structure, craft articles, and organization of the Jaworów furriers' guild.

Archbishop of Lviv Konstanty Lipski confirms and renews the erection of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the Lviv Cathedral, transuming the approval document of Apostolic Nuncio Opizio Pallavicini from 1681. He grants the confraternity statutes, jurisdictional powers for its confessors, and a forty-day indulgence for performing specific pious practices.

Pope Innocent XI grants the chapter and capitular canons of the Metropolitan Church of Lviv an indult allowing the permanent use of a violet cappa magna with a train and hood, as well as a rochet, during all public and private liturgical and capitular functions. The document was entered into the capitular acts with the approval of the Archbishop of Lviv, Konstanty Lipski.

The document regulates a dispute between the authorities of Lviv and the college of vicars of the Lviv Cathedral, establishing the rules and amount of the annual 'meszne' (grain tithe) paid by suburban municipal villages and in cash from the 'lonheria' lands, as well as the repayment of arrears. The agreement was approved by the Archbishop of Lviv, Mikołaj Ignacy Wyżycki.

Pope Pius XI, acceding to the request of Archbishop Józef Bilczewski, grants the prelates and canons of the Metropolitan Chapter of Lviv of the Latin Rite the right to wear prelatial attire with ruby-colored distinctions, a violet mantelletta, and a ring outside the celebration of Holy Mass.