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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.

The assessors of the city of Lviv certify that Jakub the blacksmith sold a portion of his urban plot to Jan Brenner for the sum of fourteen 'kopy' of groschen. The document guarantees the buyer perpetual and peaceful right to possess, use, and freely dispose of the acquired land.

The jurors of the city of Lviv confirm that Jokusz Czypser sold and ceded his corner house located opposite the cemetery of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the Lviv burgher Piotr Czanfer. The seller guaranteed the buyer full rights to possess the property within its former boundaries and protection against legal claims.

Papal Nuncio Peter Wolfram confirms the arbitration award of Bishop Maciej of Przemyśl, which regulates the dispute over parish rights and income between the parish priest Jan Rusin and the Dominican and Franciscan monasteries in Lviv.

The jurors of the city of Lviv certify the resignation and sale by Paweł the shoemaker of half a hide of land near St. George's Hill to the Lviv burgher Kaltarnos. The seller guaranteed the buyer and his successors the inviolability of the land's possession under municipal jurisdiction.

King Władysław Jagiełło confirms a transumed document of the Lviv jurors regarding the donation of the Hołosko grange by Katarzyna Cymmerman to her husband Janusz Tłumacz. Furthermore, the monarch grants Janusz and his successors a royal wasteland by the Brzuchowica river and adjacent meadows.

Cardinal Jordan Orsini, Bishop of Albano and Major Penitentiary, by papal authority grants the widow of Jan Czornpach from the Diocese of Kraków the freedom to choose a suitable confessor. The chosen priest is granted the right to hear her confession and grant appropriate absolution.

The municipal authorities, guild masters, and the entire commonalty of Lwów pledge homage and an oath of fidelity to King Władysław Jagiełło, and after his death to his son Władysław or daughter Jadwiga. They also commit to obedience toward Queen Sophia and Grand Duke Vytautas as the appointed guardians of the underage prince.

Pope Martin V instructs the Dean of Sandomierz to proclaim the excommunication of Lviv burghers for assaulting the cleric Marek of Kościan, until they provide satisfaction to the victim and travel to the Apostolic See for absolution. He also orders that any witnesses to the incident be compelled to testify under threat of ecclesiastical penalties.

Michał, known as Zynko Soczewicz, village head in Czyszki, with the consent of the landlord Jan Dymitrowski, sells and grants to the peasant Jan, known as Harma Languether, a village inn along with a plot, garden, and meadow under Magdeburg law in exchange for an annual rent and specified fees and services. The inn is exempted from the duty of military expedition, which the village headship takes upon itself.

The nobility of the Lviv land and the Zhydachiv district enter into an alliance with the council and burghers of Lviv for the defense of rights, order, and the common public good. The document obliges both parties to counteract lawlessness, looting, and grievances, and guarantees the participation of Lviv councilors in noble assemblies.

The Lviv land judge and sub-judge certify the testimony of Elżbieta of Gołogóry, who recorded a debt of 200 grzywnas to the Lviv Archbishop Grzegorz of Sanok on the village of Wicyń. This entry increased the previous sum burdening this estate to a total of 800 grzywnas.

Lviv land judge Gunter of Sieniawa and sub-judge Jan of Wisznia certify that Jan Kocierzyński and his wife Magdalena have mortgaged their hereditary share in the village of Soroki to Jan Łanca for the sum of fifty grzywnas. The act specifies the conditions of possession of the property, residence in the manor, and the rules and deadlines for the redemption of the mortgaged estate.

The document contains the last will of the severely ill noblewoman Anna Kulikowska, who bequeaths 60 marks and two peasant farmsteads in the village of Przedrzymiechy to the Dominican convent in Lviv. This bequest was intended for perpetual masses and an anniversary service for the souls of the testatrix and her late husband.

Jakub, known as Zawisza, together with his own sister Katarzyna, heirs of the late Marcin Ważny, sell to Marcin Tłusty and his wife Małgorzata a hereditary mill before the Halych Gate in Lviv for the sum of three hundred marks. The transaction and the terms of installment payments are approved and entered into the records by the General Starosta of Ruthenia, Piotr Myszkowski.

Barbara Mitulczyna testifies before the Lviv castle court that she acknowledges the receipt of 90 marks and transfers the royal mill in front of the Halych Gate in Lviv to Marcin Tłusty and his wife Małgorzata under a penalty of 300 marks. The transaction is certified by the General Starosta of Ruthenia and Podolia, Stanisław of Chodecz, along with witnesses.

Stanisław of Chodecz, Castellan of Lviv and General Starosta of Ruthenia, certifies the sale and resignation of a royal mill before the Halych Gate in Lviv by Jakub Zawisza and Anna Ważna to Marcin Tłusty and his wife Małgorzata for the sum of three hundred marks. The sellers transfer the mill along with the old privilege and undertake to defend and indemnify the buyers against any claims from third parties.

King Alexander Jagiellon grants the metropolitan chapter in Lviv the third measure of income from the royal mill before the Halych Gate in the Lviv suburb, with the right of redemption. The granted benefits are to be used to endow newly founded perpetual vicars at the Lviv Cathedral.

King Alexander Jagiellon leaves the Lviv burgher Marcin Tłusty and his wife Małgorzata in possession and use of the mill before the Halych Gate for a period of five years. The monarch simultaneously orders the Starosta of Lviv to protect their rights and annuls any previous conflicting permits.

Archbishop of Lviv Bernard Wilczek confirms the erection and endowment of an altar in the Lviv Cathedral made by Dean Jan Krowicki. The endowment consists of an annual rent of 22 florins purchased from the authorities of Lviv on the property of the village of Dworzyska, transumed in the content of the document.

King Sigismund I the Old grants permission to the Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv to purchase a third part of a mill in front of the Halych Gate from Margaret, widow of the miller Marcin Tłusty, and her children. The income from the mill is to be used to satisfy the needs of the chapter and the vicars, while preserving royal rights.

Archbishop Metropolitan of Lviv Bernard Wilczek confirms the receipt by the cathedral vicars of the sum of 200 florins from the executors of the will of the late Stanisław Vitellius of Przedbórz. In exchange for the legacy, the vicars committed themselves to the perpetual celebration of weekly anniversary services and requiem masses for the soul of the deceased priest.

The Rector thanks the magistrate for their well-wishes. The candidate, Belli, should further improve his education; the Rector would prefer to send someone else, but will agree if the city maintains its choice. He praises the maintenance of the academic school.

The Lviv jurors, under the presidency of the judicial reeve Andrzej Stefan, recognize the rights and intromission of Canon Mikołaj Błażejowski to a farmstead on Głyńska Street in the Halych Suburb. The document includes an oblat of an earlier council act from 1520, regulating the property obligations of the deceased juror Stanisław Lamek and his wife Agnieszka.

The Lviv General Official Jan Drohobycz performs a transumpt of a 1499 agreement concluded between the custodian of the Lviv Franciscans, Walenty, and the parish priest Jan of Czyszki, at the request of the then-parish priest Bernard Kolaczek. This agreement regulated issues of outstanding sheaf tithes, participation in the costs of dam repairs, and the division of income from fishing in the pond in Czyszki.

The mayor and councilors of the city of Lviv resolve a border and property dispute, adjudicating the disputed meadows on the drained ponds in Zamarstynów to Marcin Schöngregier and the successors of Bernard Tyczka. The peasants of Zamarstynów are ordered to perpetual silence due to the lack of documents confirming their rights to these lands.

Before the Lviv land court, Jadwiga of Olesko, wife of the Podolian Voivode Marcin Kamieniecki, endowed the Archbishop of Lviv, Bernard Wilczek, with an annual rent (wyderkaf) of 10 grzywnas from a sum of 400 florins. This income, secured on the customs and ponds in Załoźce and Olesko, was designated for the maintenance of a lamp before the altar of St. George in the Lviv Cathedral.

Lviv Archbishop Bernard Wilczek confirms and transumes a document from the Lviv land court regarding the sale of an annual rent from customs and fisheries in Załoźce and Olesko by the Podolian Voivode Marcin Kamieniecki and his wife Jadwiga. The Archbishop allocates and endows this income for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp before the Blessed Sacrament in the Lviv Cathedral, for Holy Masses, and for the support of church staff.

King Sigismund I approves the 1528 decree of the mayor and councilors of Lviv, which awarded disputed meadows formed on drained ponds in Zamarstynów to Marcin Schöngreger, guardian of the widow and children of the late Bernard Tyczka. The inhabitants of the village of Zamarstynów were ordered to maintain perpetual silence on this matter.

King Sigismund I grants the Lviv sub-judge Jan Dzieduszycki and his successors the right to collect specific bridge tolls at seventeen crossings within the estates of Dzieduszyce and Młynice. In exchange for the privilege of collecting tolls, the owners are obligated to permanently maintain and repair the roads and bridges.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv permission to appoint a legitimate procurator to represent it and its subjects before all secular courts of the Kingdom of Poland. The monarch ensures the perpetual validity of all legal actions taken by this proxy.

Canon Stanisław of Lwów, acting under the authority of the Count of the Lateran Palace, Paweł de Blanca, appoints cleric Jan, son of Jerzy of Lwów, as a public notary and ordinary judge. After receiving the oath of fidelity, the document grants the nominee full authority to draft authentic legal acts.

Land judge Mikołaj Taszycki and deputy judge Jan Słabosz certify that Jan Jazwiecki has ceded and recorded all his hereditary estates in Jazwieca to Fryderyk Kaliński of Dziętna. The new owner has obtained full rights to take possession of the property and dispose of it freely.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the metropolitan chapter in Lviv the village of Honiatycze by hereditary right, along with a detailed demarcation of its boundaries. Furthermore, he exempts the village and its inhabitants from all land burdens and military expeditions, subjecting it to ecclesiastical immunity.

The Lviv Metropolitan Chapter grants Canon Mikołaj Poniatowski the lifetime use of a brick house on Szkolna Street in Lviv, erected at his own expense on chapter land. In return for the costs he incurred, the chapter commits to annually celebrating an office and requiem masses for the repose of his soul after his death.

Lviv Archbishop Bernard Wilczek confirms the privilege of the metropolitan chapter granting Canon Mikołaj Poniatowski lifetime possession of a house in Lviv, which he built at his own expense. In return, the chapter committed to annually performing funeral services and masses for the salvation of his soul after his death.

The Sub-chamberlain of Lwów, Wojciech Starzechowski, certifies the raising of boundary mounds and the legal establishment of borders between the estates of the Lwów Chapter (Żydatycze), Michał Chomątowski (Dublany), and Zofia Hynkowa (Sroki). For any violation of the established boundaries, the parties set a penalty (wadium) of one hundred marks.

King Sigismund I the Old, considering the location of Lwów on the threatened borderland and the merits of the local craftsmen in defending the city walls, exempts the Lwów guilds from the general order of dissolution of brotherhoods in the Crown and solemnly confirms all their existing rights, statutes, and privileges.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms to the mayor and councilors of the city of Lviv the exclusive right to elect and appoint city intermediaries and interpreters (known as 'mejlerze' and interpreters) in accordance with ancient custom. The monarch forbids royal officials from interfering with this municipal prerogative under any pretext.

King Sigismund I grants the city of Lwów the perpetual and hereditary right to the third measure from the royal Zimna Woda malt mill located behind the Kraków Gate, while reserving two measures for the royal treasury. The document invalidates any potential future attempts by the monarch or third parties to redeem the mill and secures the rights of the townspeople.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the general sejm in Kraków, approves and renews for the mayor, councilors, and citizens of Lwów all existing rights, privileges, liberties, immunities, and customs granted to the city by previous monarchs and by himself.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the city of Lviv the Baker's Mill, along with the so-called third measure and all revenues located behind the Krakow Gate, exempting it from the possibility of redemption by the monarch. The document incorporates the mill under the exclusive municipal jurisdiction of the Magdeburg law in Lviv.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms the privileges exempting the burghers and inhabitants of Lwów from the jurisdiction of noble, land, and castle courts. All their cases are to be heard exclusively before the proper municipal court of Magdeburg Law, under penalty of nullity of any other judgments.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the mayor and councilors of Lwów land on the Pełtew River in front of the Kraków Gate for the construction of a water mill for their private use. The document transfers full ownership, all revenues from the mill, and complete municipal jurisdiction over it and the miller to the city authorities, excluding them from the jurisdiction of the starosta.

King Sigismund I the Old renews the privileges of the Lwów clothiers lost in a fire, confirming their exclusive right to cut and sell cloth by the ell in the city of Lwów and prohibiting this practice by other merchants under penalty of confiscation of goods. The monarch orders the starosta and the municipal authorities of Lwów to provide the clothiers' guild with all assistance and protection in enforcing these rights.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the municipal bathhouse located opposite the Franciscan monastery to the mayor, councilors, and the city of Lwów in perpetual ownership, along with the rent previously paid to the royal castle. The income from the bathhouse is intended to support the municipal treasury, which is burdened with expenses for the repair and expansion of fortifications.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms to the Archbishop of Lviv, Piotr Starzechowski, the chapter, and the clergy of the metropolitan church in Lviv all rights, privileges, freedoms, and immunities granted by his predecessors. This confirmation was issued at the General Sejm in Piotrków in fulfillment of the monarch's coronation oath.

Stanisław Borek, acting as judge-commissioner for the Bishop of Kraków, Samuel Maciejowski, accepts the resignation of Marcin Słap and solemnly inducts Stanisław Słomowski into the office of parish priest of the parish church in Działoszyce. He orders the vicars and parishioners to recognize the new rector and to provide him with all due income and obedience.

King Sigismund II Augustus abolishes the old Lwów custom excluding grandchildren from inheriting from their grandparents and establishes the right of representation, equalizing their share in the inheritance with uncles and aunts. Furthermore, he entrusts the mayor and councilors of Lwów with full authority to resolve all existing inheritance disputes of this kind without the possibility of appeal to the King.

King Sigismund II Augustus confirms the verdict of the General Sejm in Kraków, which dismissed the lawsuit brought by the nobleman Wasiek Łahodowski against the authorities of Lwów before the castle court. The document confirms the privilege exempting Lwów burghers from foreign jurisdiction and orders that they be sued exclusively before the municipal court.