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Duke Władysław Opolczyk grants the village of Bybel and a village headship with a manor in the village of Dobra Woda in the Halych land to Juszko of Skornice as a fief. In return, the recipient is obliged to provide military service with one lance and one archer, and to pay a tax of two Prague groschen per hearth every four years.

The Prior of the Corpus Christi Dominican monastery in Lwów acknowledges receipt from the Lwów city councilors of four blocks of wax bequeathed to the monastery in the will of the burgher Marcin of Wiśnia, and releases them from any further claims. The document was drawn up and attested by the notary public Nicholas of Bytom in the Lwów town hall.

Pope Boniface IX instructs the Bishop of Przemyśl to enforce sanctions and restrain Archbishop Bernard of Halicz from unlawfully harassing the authorities and residents of Lwów in a property dispute. He also authorizes the lifting of an illegal interdict and the absolution of the citizens of Lwów from ecclesiastical penalties imposed by the Archbishop.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants Adam the carpenter and his successors the third measure from the royal mill near the Halicz Gate in Lwów. The privilege is a reward for the craftsman's diligent work on royal buildings and carpentry projects.

Jan of Tarnów, Voivode of Sandomierz and Ruthenian Starosta, certifies the sale of the village of Malechów in the Lwów district by the Lwów burgher Piotr, known as Klork, to the nobleman Michał Łambacki. The sale was concluded for a sum of 'kopa' of groschen of Ruthenian count, along with full rights and appurtenances.

A notarial document certifying that the Archbishop of Halych, Jakub Strepa, reclaimed a mill in Zboiska that had been unlawfully leased to the Ruthenian priest Jan and returned it to the councilors and the commonalty of the city of Lviv. The Archbishop instructed his chaplain, Jan de Haze, to formally induct the city authorities into possession of the mill, including the right to collect all revenues therefrom.

Jan of Tarnów, Castellan and Starosta of Lwów, settles a dispute between Dymitr Wieczerza of Leśniowice and Jan, rector of St. John's Church in the Lwów suburb. He adjudicates the disputed beehives, meadows, and thickets in Jamne and along the Hodowica River to St. John's Church and the village of Hodowice, imposing perpetual silence on Dymitr.

Pope Boniface IX, at the request of the Archbishop of Halych, confirms the testamentary bequest of the late Anna, known as Komica, which grants a mill in Zboiska to the parish church of St. Mary in Lviv. The income from the annual lease of the mill, managed by the Lviv city councilors, is to be used for the maintenance and restoration of the church.

Queen Jadwiga of Poland confirms and renews a document from 1371 by the Starosta of Ruthenia, Jan, granting the village of Hodowica in the Lviv district to the Chapel of St. John and the Basilian monastery in the suburbs of Lviv. This grant was made for the repose of the soul of the late Piotr, the former owner of the estate.

Halych Archbishop Jakub Strzemię transumes a bull of Pope Boniface IX and, by its authority, summons the Lwów parish priest Jan Rusin to the episcopal court in a dispute with the authorities of Lwów. The subject of the conflict concerns the rights to appoint the schoolmaster, the sacristan, the collection of tributes, and the administration of the rectory building and the mill in Zboiska.

King Władysław Jagiełło resolves property and legal disputes between the burghers of Lwów and Jan, the parish priest of the church in Lwów. The document regulates issues concerning the 'meszne' (mass fee), the appointment and maintenance of the school and the sacristan, the participation of the clergy in the drafting of wills, rights to house rents, and the ownership of the Blessed Virgin Mary mill.

Piotr of Charbinowice, Starosta of Halych, certifies that Agnieszka, widow of the Halych burgher Pawel Siekierka, has transferred the village of Maly Bolshiv with all its benefits to the Archbishop of Halych, Jakub, and his successors. These lands were permanently incorporated into the endowment of the Halych Archdiocese.

The assessors of the city of Lviv certify that the burgher Hanko Gebamyr, together with the widow of Rodstok, sold and legally ceded to the Archbishop of Halych, Jakub, and his successors, a city plot adjacent to his house for the sum of eleven Lviv marks.

Archbishop Jakub of Halych confirms to the Lviv burgher Piotr Stecher the resignation and transfer of a portion of a mill near Lviv, along with the right of patronage and collation, made by Narcyz of Kłodno and Korzeniew. The income from this portion of the mill is to serve as an endowment and maintenance for a founded altar.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants permission for the construction and establishment of a pond and a mill on the Velyka Lypa river between the royal village of Zboratycze and Dunajów for the benefit of the Archbishop of Halych. The document regulates the right to use the riverbanks and collect profits from the newly created facilities.

King Władysław Jagiełło transfers the villages of Hodowice and Żydatycze, belonging to Jakub, the official of Halicz and hospitaler of Lwów, from Polish law to Magdeburg law. He grants the village heads full judicial jurisdiction over the inhabitants, exempting them from the authority of royal officials.

The document contains an authenticated transsumpt of procedural acts concerning an appeal and adhesion filed by the proxies of the councilors and farmers of the city of Lviv against a verdict of the Roman Curia ordering the payment of tithes to the parish priest Jan Rusin. Archbishop Jakub Strepa certifies the authenticity of the submitted instruments and issues their copy along with a request for the issuance of apostoli.

Archbishop of Halych, Jakub, transumes and authenticates a bull of Pope Gregory XI from 1374 for the friars of the Order of Preachers. The papal document grants Dominicans traveling on missions to infidel peoples, as well as their helpers, the privilege of choosing a confessor and obtaining plenary indulgence at the moment of death.

Nicholas, Dean of Przemyśl and sub-delegated judge by papal mandate, summons the authorities and inhabitants of Lviv to a court in Kraków in a dispute with the parish priest Jan Rusin regarding church revenues. On the reverse, the delivery and announcement of the summons in Lviv in the presence of the Archbishop of Halych, Jakub, is certified.

The King allocates the estate of a locksmith who died without issue to the completion of the town hall tower. He requires the funds to be used for the public good and accounted for before commissioners.

The King orders the starosta to provide timber from the starostwo forests for palisades and wooden defensive obstacles. He demands effective assistance to the magistrate in collecting fortification contributions from the residents of noble and ecclesiastical houses as well.

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 Lviv City Council certifies an amicable settlement reached between councilor Mikołaj Sołtys and Kasia Teuffelin in a dispute over four gardens located in front of the Halych Gate. The terms for compensation payment and the perpetual transfer of an annual rent to the poor of the Lviv hospital after Teuffelin's death were established.

Piotr Odrowąż of Sprowa, Voivode of Lwów, certifies that the nobleman Jan Zubrski paid the burgher of Gródek, Stefan, the sum of 50 marks for the village headship in the village of Zubrza. Both parties made consistent statements before the Lwów land court.

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.

The Voivode and General Starosta of Ruthenia, Piotr Odrowąż, together with arbitrators, settles a dispute over maternal estates in Zubrza between Jan Zubrski and his daughter Małgorzata Gołąbkowa and her sons. After the satisfaction of inheritance claims by Jan Zubrski, the plaintiffs were imposed with perpetual silence under a penalty of one thousand marks.

The document abolishes the newly introduced, unlawful customs duty in Kolomyia for Lviv burghers and other merchants, while simultaneously regulating and confirming the traditional customs rates collected in Sniatyn. Jan of Czyżów orders the Starosta of Kolomyia and Sniatyn, Michał Myszło, to strictly observe these provisions.

King Władysław III of Varna grants the nobleman Iwanko Rusin a sum of 60 marks on the royal village of Załuże in the Halych district as a reward for his loyalty and participation in the expedition against the Turks. The recipient receives the village for use until the debt is repaid and is exempted from royal stations until the monarch's return to Poland.

Lviv land judge Jan Gołąbek and sub-judge Ścibor of Byszyna certify that Dorota, wife of Szymek of Bóbrka, has acquitted her father Jan of Zubrza of all claims regarding her paternal inheritance and dowry. The settlement concluded all property disputes and was reached with the participation of amicable arbitrators.

Land Judge Jan Gołąbek and Deputy Judge Ścibor of Wisznia certify the testimony of Dorota, wife of Szymek of Bóbrka, who acknowledged that her father, Jan of Zubrza, had satisfied her claims regarding her paternal and maternal inheritance. In exchange for the compensation received, Dorota renounced, on behalf of herself and her successors, all further property claims.

Piotr Odrowąż of Sprowa, Voivode and General Starosta of Ruthenia, testifies before the Lviv land court that he sold a royal mill near Lviv to the prudent Hannus for three hundred marks. The Lviv judge and sub-judge certify the transaction, the receipt of payment, and the seller's obligation to legally defend the buyer.

Ignacy of Kutyszcze, land judge of Halych, together with sub-judge Ścibor of Unieniec, certify that Klemens of Siemikowce sold his hereditary estate of Siemikowce to Piotr of Dobijów for the sum of one hundred grzywnas of Polish groschen.

The notarial document contains the ruling of arbitrators in a dispute between the Archbishop of Lviv, Jan Odrowąż, and the Starosta of Halych, Mikołaj Parawa. The agreement regulates issues concerning the shipping of vessels on the Dniester River and the collection of related customs duties.

Ruthenian Voivode Andrzej Odrowąż and Lviv Judge Jan Gołąbek, acting under royal mandate, resolve a border dispute between the Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv and the children of Wincenty Łąka of Uniatycze. Based on older documents, they adjudicate the disputed boundary markers and the village of Wierzbiąż to the Chapter, imposing a perpetual silence on the opposing party.

The Starosta and Sub-chamberlain of Halych certify the course of an unsuccessful delimitation between the village of Bybeł, belonging to the Archdiocese of Lviv, and the Boków estate of Andrzej Świstelnicki. Due to conflicting evidence, contradictory documents, and Świstelnicki's refusal to submit the case to the officials' arbitration, the boundaries were not definitively established.

The Lviv sub-starosta Stanisław Stachira of Sroki certifies that Chodko Piątnicki, with the consent of Voivode Andrzej Odrowąż, sold a hereditary meadow called Czązarzczycza to the cathedral chapter in Lviv for the sum of ten 'kopa' of Polish groschen. The document defines the boundaries of the sold land, running towards the Pełtew River, and grants the canons full rights of perpetual possession and disposal of the property.

Ruthenian Voivode Andrzej Odrowąż and Sniatyn Starosta Michał Buczacki prohibit the arbitrary obstruction of merchants transporting cattle and goods between Wallachia and Lviv. All disputes and claims regarding seized animals are ordered to be directed for resolution to the city council court in Kolomyia.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon settles a dispute between the councilors of Lviv and the townspeople of Halych, Kolomyia, and Stryi, ordering the latter to strictly observe the Lviv general staple right and prohibiting them from bypassing Lviv on their way to other cities. The document confirms the right of Lviv citizens to confiscate the goods of merchants violating the transit obligation and notes the submission to this law by the townspeople of Kamianets-Podilskyi.

Mikołaj Bielecki acknowledges before the Lwów land court a debt of seventy Hungarian florins to the Archbishop of Lwów, Grzegorz, and pledges his hereditary village of Biała as collateral. The document specifies rigorous conditions for the defense of possession and the immediate satisfaction of the creditor's claims in case of default.

The Lviv land judges certify that Mikołaj of Gołogóry, Castellan of Halych, donated the village of Czarnuszowice to his daughter Elżbieta, along with rights to sums on the village of Olenicze. The deed excludes these assets from future property divisions among the castellan's heirs.

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.

Jan of Zubrza acknowledges before the Lviv land court a debt of 50 marks to Lviv burghers Piotr and Michał Kongisar as a supplementary payment for the village headship (sołectwo) in Zubrza. In case of failure to meet payment deadlines, the debtor commits to putting the creditors in possession of a total of ten settled hides (łany) in the village of Zubrza.

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.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon grants the nobleman Albert Borowski the sum of 200 Polish marks on the royal villages of Kozłów, Kropiwna, Grodzisko, Olszanka, and Taurów in the Trembowla district as a reward for his services and exposure to danger during the threat of a Tatar invasion. These estates are to remain in the possession of Borowski and his successors until the sum is fully redeemed by the monarch.

The document certifies a judgment of the royal court issued in the dispute between Mikołaj Brzymucha and Michał Jazłowiecki regarding the unlawful collection of customs duties. The court recognized that Michał Jazłowiecki lacked the authority to do so and imposed a perpetual ban on him from collecting customs duties from merchants and fellow noblemen in Jazłowiec.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon approves two diplomas of the late Voivode and Starosta of Ruthenia, Andrzej Odrowąż of Sprowa, from the years 1466 and 1467 for the Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv. These documents concerned the granting of rights to meadows as well as profits and milling in mills for the endowment of the chapter's table.

The royal court, presided over by Casimir IV Jagiellon, following a complaint by the royal prosecutor Mikołaj Brzymucha, prohibits the heirs of Kulików, Jan and Piotr Kulikowski, from unlawfully collecting tolls from merchants. The issuers of the document, the Lviv land judges, certify the legally binding imposition of perpetual silence on the defendants regarding this matter.

Halych commissioners certify the conclusion of a settlement between the Archbishop of Lviv, Gregory of Sanok, and Mikołaj Karnkowski of Meducha regarding the construction, use, and repair of embankments and fish ponds between Bybło and Meducha under a penalty of 600 marks.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon grants the nobleman Wojciech Borowski the sum of 50 marks, secured on the royal estates of Kozłów and Taurów in the Halych Land. This grant serves as a pledge for faithful service and guarantees the recipient peaceful possession of the estates and the collection of revenues until the debt is fully repaid by the monarch or his successors.

Prokop of Gwoździec, cup-bearer of Halych, founds and endows a church dedicated to the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist, and the Finding of the Holy Cross in the town of Ostapkowce. He grants the church and its parish priest land, meadows, forests, fishing and logging rights, as well as tithes and fees from the inhabitants of Ostapkowce and Gwoździec.