Translation / modern text
[S]IGISMUND AUGUSTUS,
by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, etc., Lord and Heir. We hereby announce to all whom it may concern: That we, wishing to show our favor to the illustrious Spytek Jordan of Zakliczyn, Voivode of Sandomierz, Starosta of Przemyśl and Kamieniec, for his services to us, have decided to give and grant, and by this letter do give and grant, to him and his lawful successors, a house in our city of Przemyśl, situated between the houses of Staś on one side and Paweł, citizens of Przemyśl, on the other, which is currently held by Chołowski, also a citizen of Przemyśl, and which has fallen to us and our treasury from any persons by right of escheat, as a perpetual and irrevocable donation. The aforementioned house is to be held, kept, possessed, rented, gifted, sold, exchanged, alienated, and used for the benefit of himself and his lawful successors, as he deems best and more useful, without further requirement of our consent or that of our illustrious successors, by the said illustrious Voivode of Sandomierz and his lawful successors. We announce this to all whom it may concern, namely the famous mayor and councilors of our city of Przemyśl, and we command them to ensure that this our grant is brought to its proper effect, as is required by law. Under our grace. In witness whereof, our seal has been appended hereto. Given in Vilnius, on the nearest Friday before the feast of Saint Catherine, in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and sixty, and in the thirty-first year of our reign.
[Signature on the left:] Filip Padniewski / Bishop and Deputy Chancellor signed with his own hand
[Chancery note on the right:] By the report of the reverend father in Christ, Lord Filip / Padniewski, Bishop of Kraków, / Deputy Chancellor of His Royal Majesty of Poland
[Seal:] [A royal seal in a wax bowl of red wax, depicting a crowned Eagle, suspended on a parchment strip].
[Verso:] [In a 17th/18th-century hand:] Sigismund Augustus donates a tenement house in the city of Przemyśl to the illustrious Spytek Jordan, Voivode of Sandomierz, in the year 1560.
[In another hand:] Donation of a house in the city of Przemyśl [...] to the Voivode of Sandomierz
[On the left margin:] Donation of a house in the city of Przemyśl
[Chancery/archival note:] Fasc. 25. No. 21.
[Archival label:] L. XXV / 5.
Original wording — transcription
[S]IGISMVNDVS AVGVSTVS
Dei gratia Rex Poloniæ, magnus Dux Lithuaniæ, Russiæ, Prussiæ, Masouiæ, Samogitiæ etc. dominus et hæres. Significamus præsentibus literis n[ost]ris quorum interest vniversis. Quod nos gratiam nostram in Magnificum Spithek Iordan de Zakliczin, Palatinum Sandomirien[sem], Przemislien[sem], Camionacen[sem]q[ue] capitaneum, pro eius in nos meritis declarare volentes, ipsi et eius successoribus legittimis domum in civitate nostra Przemislien[si] inter domos Stasch ex vna, et Pauli, ciuium Præmislien[sium] partibus ex altera, sittam, quam ad præsens Cholowskij ciuis itidem Przemislien[sis] possidet, ad nos fiscumq[ue] nostrum post quascumq[ue] personas iure caduco devolutam, titulo perpetuæ et irreuocabilis donationis dandam et conferendam duximus, prout damus et conferimus hisce literis n[ost]ris. Per ipsum Mag[nifi]cum Palatinum Sandomirien[sem] et eius legittimos successores domum prædictam iure perpetuo tenendam, habendam, possidendam, locandam, donan[dam], venden[dam], commutandam, alienandam et in vsus suos suorumq[ue] legittimorum successorum, quos meliores et vtiliores nouerit, nostro Serenissimorumq[ue] successorum nostrorum consensu amplius non requisito, libere conuertendam. Quod omnibus quorum interest, nominatim vero Famatis Proconsuli et Consulibus Ciuitatis nostrę Præmisliensis denunciamus, illisq[ue] mandamus, vt hanc p[ræse]ntem concessionem n[ost]ram, prout de iure venerit ad debitum effectum deduci curet. Pro gratia nostra. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum n[ost]r[u]m præsentibus est appensum. Dat[um] Vilnæ feria sexta ante festum Sanctę Catherinæ proxima, Anno domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Sexagesimo, Regni vero n[ost]ri Trigesimo primo.
[Podpis z lewej:] Philippus padniewski / Ep[iscop]us et ViceCanc[ellari]us ss[t]
[Nota kancelaryjna z prawej:] Relatio R[everen]di in Chr[ist]o p[at]ris domini Philippi / Padniewski Episcopi Cracovi- / ensis S[acrae] R[egiae] M[aiestatis] Poloniæ Vicecancell[arii]
[Pieczęć:] [Na pasku pergaminowym zawieszona pieczęć koronna w misce woskowej z czerwonego wosku, przedstawiająca Orła w koronie].
[Verso:] [Ręką XVII/XVIII w.:] Sigismundus Augustus donat lapideam in civitate Premisliensi M[agnifico] Spytek Jordan Palatino Sandomiriensi A[nn]o 1560..
[Inną ręką:] [D]on[ati]o domus in civitate Premisliensi [...] Pal[a]t[i]o Sandomirien[si]
[Na marginesie lewym:] Donat[i]o domus in civit[ate] Premis[liensi]
[Dopisek kancelaryjny/archiwalny:] Fasc. 25. No. 21.
[Etykieta archiwalna:] L. XXV / 5.
Reading notes
Parchment document preserved in very good condition. Decorated initial 'S' in the royal titulature and an ornamental majuscule in the first line. Smaller royal wax seal of Sigismund Augustus on a parchment strip, partially worn on the rim, in a protective bowl of darker wax.





