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6 units · Fonds 131 and 132

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131/1/299131 — Collection of parchment documents1510-03-02Decree of King of Poland Sigismund I subjecting the Armenians of Lviv to the jurisdiction of the municipal court in criminal cases and real estate inheritance cases, while other matters are to be adjudicated by the town vogt together with the Armenian elders

King Sigismund I resolves a jurisdictional dispute between the Lviv city council and the Armenian community, abolishing the office of a separate Armenian reeve (wójt) and placing the Armenians under municipal jurisdiction in real estate matters and four criminal articles. In other matters, Armenians are to be judged by the municipal reeve together with six Armenian elders according to their ancestral law, with the right of appeal directly to the royal majesty.

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131/1/313131 — Collection of parchment documents1515-09-23Charter of King of Poland Sigismund I granting one mansionary to the German preacher at the Church of St. Catherine in the Low Castle, whose candidate is to be nominated by the councillors of the city of Lviv

King Sigismund I the Old allocates the first vacant mansionary at St. Catherine's Church in the Lower Castle of Lviv for the endowment of a German preacher, whose candidacy is to be presented by the city councilors to the King for presentation to the Archbishop of Lviv. The document mandates that the preacher maintain the traditional duty of performing choir service either personally or through a deputy.

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131/1/338131 — Collection of parchment documents1525-02-17Diploma of King of Poland Sigismund I granting the councilors of the city of Lviv the right to collect a toll on every cart of incoming people seeking refuge in Lviv from enemies, and to use the collected funds for the reconstruction, fortification, and improvement of the city

King Sigismund I authorizes the authorities of Lviv to collect a fee of half a grosz from every wagon of refugees seeking shelter in the city from enemy invasions. The funds obtained are to cover the costs of cleaning the city of mud and filth and repairing the city walls, ramparts, and moats.

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131/1/362131 — Collection of parchment documents1530-04-09Charter of King Sigismund I of Poland transferring the annual fair in Lviv from Trinity Sunday to St. Margaret's Day and exempting merchants from paying customs duties on that day, while maintaining the fair on St. Agnes' Day

King Sigismund I the Old, at the request of the Lviv city authorities, moves the annual fair from the Feast of the Holy Trinity to the Feast of Saint Margaret, exempting arriving merchants from customs duties. At the same time, he confirms the holding of the fair on the Feast of Saint Agnes, maintaining the existing obligation to pay customs duties.

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131/1/368131 — Collection of parchment documents1531-07-08Charter of King Sigismund I of Poland transferring the village of Zhydatychi in the Lviv district, property of the cathedral chapter in Lviv, from land law to canon law and exempting it from military duties and all secular taxes

King Sigismund I transfers the village of Zhydatychi, belonging to the metropolitan chapter in Lviv, from land law to ecclesiastical law. At the same time, he exempts this property from the obligation of military expeditions, tax levies, and all other burdens of secular law.

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131/1/379131 — Collection of parchment documents1533-06-10Charter of King Sigismund I of Poland permitting the tailors of the city of Lviv to establish a guild and prohibiting non-guild masters from practicing the craft, except for two at the castle appointed by the starosta of Lviv

King Sigismund I the Old re-establishes the tailors' guild in Lviv, prohibiting the practice of this craft in the city and suburbs by craftsmen outside the brotherhood. Only two castle tailors appointed by the Lviv starosta were exempted from the guild obligation.

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