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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.

King Władysław Jagiełło, at the request of Jan of Zubrza, transfers his village of Zubrza from Polish law to Magdeburg law. The document exempts the village inhabitants from the jurisdiction of royal officials and grants full judicial authority to the local village head (sołtys).

King Władysław Jagiełło, at the request of the Archdeacon of Lublin, Stanisław Erpisska, transfers the village of Hodowica, belonging to the Lviv prebend of St. John, from Polish and Ruthenian law to German Magdeburg law. The document grants the inhabitants immunity from the courts of land officials and defines the scope of the village head's (sołtys) jurisdiction.

King John II Casimir expresses surprise at the sentencing of the Starosta of Łomża by the authorities of Lwów for embezzlement. He informs them of the issuance of a safe-conduct letter and orders the magistrate to send plenipotentiaries to Lublin to settle accounts and issue a receipt.

King John II Casimir instructs Voivode Stanisław Lanckoroński to chair a commission receiving accounts from the burghers of Lwów concerning the 'czopowe' (excise) funds allocated for fortifications. Simultaneously, the monarch exempts the residents of Lwów and its subordinate estates from the obligation to provide infantry for the 'pospolite ruszenie' (levée en masse), ordering them to keep the men in place as a city garrison.

King John II Casimir orders the authorities of Lviv to organize the transport of three hundred lances left in the city and deliver them to Lublin. Krzysztof Bernatowicz is to provide detailed information regarding the transport of the weapons and the banners belonging to them.

Wincenty of Szamotuły, Castellan of Międzyrzecz and General Starosta of Ruthenia, certifies the settlement reached between brothers Jan Zubrski and Paweł Gawronka of Bierawa regarding the division of current and future property and inheritances. Under the agreement, Jan Zubrski undertakes to pay his brother Paweł thirty marks of current currency.

The councilors of Dolyna confirm the receipt of the royal universal and the protestation of the Lviv magistrate concerning the collection of the enacted parliamentary donation. They declare that they have informed the commoners about the imposition of a sum of two hundred zlotys on the town and have set the deadline for its transfer for May 15.

King Casimir IV Jagiellon confirms to the council and burghers of Lviv the foundation privilege of King Casimir the Great from 1356, guaranteeing the city Magdeburg Law, judicial immunity, and land grants.

The city councilors send Wachlowicz a letter from the Crown Instigator and instruct him to follow his advice in the dispute with the Starosta of Łomża. They also ask him to learn the Instigator's opinion on the Tatar sum and to ensure the lawsuit is filed. Postscripts mention the delivery of documents and messenger costs; parts of them remain unread.

The Archbishop of Lviv, Andrzej Boryszewski, approves the foundation and endowment of the altar of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Stanislaus in the Lviv Cathedral with an annual rent of 20 marks, secured by Anna of Buczacz on the Litwinów estate and its appurtenances. The document defines the right of patronage of the Buczacki family and imposes on the altarist the obligation to celebrate three masses per week.

Pope Julius II notifies the suffragans of the Lviv church of the preconization of Bernard to the office of Archbishop of Lviv following the transfer of the previous metropolitan, Andrzej, to the see of Gniezno. He orders them to show the new archbishop the obedience and reverence due to him.

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 Sigismund I the Old confirms the privilege of King Casimir IV Jagiellon from 1472, which established two annual fairs in Lwów for the feasts of the Holy Trinity and St. Agnes. The document regulates detailed trade rights, the staple right, customs duties, grazing of merchant cattle, and judicial jurisdiction over merchants.

Royal commissioners Stanisław of Chodcz and Mikołaj Lanckoroński issue to Jan Woleczek a transumpt of King Władysław III's 1440 privilege regarding the location of the village of Izdebnik under Magdeburg law and the granting of the reeveship to Włodko of Swemicz. The document confirms the reeve's endowment of two hides of land, meadows, a mill, and an inn, as well as the obligation of mounted military service with a crossbow.

King Sigismund I the Old regulates the mutual jurisdictional relations between the municipal court in Lwów and the judiciary of the Armenian community, including the admissibility of witnesses of different denominations, the jurisdiction over real estate and criminal offenses, and the procedure for arrests. In all other respects, the monarch confirms the existing privileges of both parties.

King Sigismund I transfers the villages of Zubrza and Sichów, belonging to Lwów, from land law to Magdeburg law, subordinating them to the authority of the mayor and city council. He exempts the inhabitants and councilors from the jurisdiction of land and castle officials and from all duties and military expeditions, obliging them only to pay the municipal tax (szos) together with Lwów.

King Sigismund I settles a dispute between the authorities of Lwów and the nobility owning houses in the city, ordering that their tenants or residents must bear all municipal fees and burdens and be subject to Magdeburg jurisdiction. In the case of insolvency of non-resident tenants, the noble property itself is to be held liable for obligations and damages caused.

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.

De Villar informs the Voivode of Ruthenia, Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski, that he has sent him a letter from Mr. Dupont via a trusted messenger. He also offers to mediate in sending a reply and assures him of his readiness for further service.

King Sigismund I the Old orders the municipal authorities of Lviv that files of appeal cases should not be handed over to the parties, but delivered to the royal court exclusively by a special court messenger. The cost of the expedition of the files is to be covered by the appealing party, in accordance with the ancient custom of Magdeburg law.

King Sigismund I resolves a jurisdictional dispute between the Lviv city council and the starosta Stanisław Odrowąż, confirming the jurisdiction of Magdeburg law over all visitors and merchants staying in the city, in the suburbs, and under the High Castle. The judicial powers of the starosta were limited exclusively to cases of homicide and housebreaking committed within the castle jurisdiction.

Jerzy Glasnapp declares his readiness to assist Jan Jabłonowski during his arrival in Świecie with a detachment gathered in Radzyń, requesting clarification on the date of the meeting. He also informs about the presence of General Brandt and the Voivode of Płock in Gdańsk.

King Sigismund I the Old abolishes clauses of old privileges that burdened city fields with rents and allowed various nations to have separate judiciaries, freeing the burghers from fees and ordering that all inhabitants be judged exclusively by Magdeburg law before the Lwów reeve.