Permission from King Sigismund Augustus for the inhabitants of Krotoszyn to collect wood in the Derewacz forest

SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, etc., Lord and Heir. We hereby announce by this our letter to all whom it may concern: that we, at the intercession of certain of our advisors made to us on behalf of the religious brothers of the Order of Preachers of the Lviv convent, have deemed it right to give and grant, as we do hereby give and grant to the inhabitants of the village of Krotoszyn, belonging to the same monastery, the free ability and right to collect dry and fallen wood lying on the ground, solely for the use of fire, in our royal forest called Derewacz, belonging to the Lviv Starosty, and we wish for this our permission to last for all eternity. Which we announce to all whom it may concern, namely to the noble-born Piotr Barzy, our current Starosta of Lviv, and to other Starostas of Lviv serving at any given time, and we hereby command that the said inhabitants of the aforementioned village of Krotoszyn be maintained by them in this freedom, granted to them by us, for all eternity and that they ensure its observance. Under penalty of the loss of our favor. In witness whereof, our seal has been appended hereto. Given in Vilnius, on the Friday next after the feast of Saint Agnes, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred and sixty-first, and in the thirty-first year of our reign. [Signatures:] Sigismund Augustus King, signed with his own hand. Report of the most reverend father in Christ, Lord Filip Padniewski, Bishop of Kraków and Vice-Chancellor of the Kingdom of Poland. [Verso:] [Regest note:] Privilege of Sigismund Augustus, King of Poland, by which the subjects of the Lviv convent of the village of Krotoszyn are granted the ability to collect dry wood [...] lying on the ground in the royal forest of Derewacz, year 1561. [Signatures and old notes:] Under the letter 3Z; 410; 739; [other chancery and archival annotations]. [Seal:] Round ink seal of the Archive of Ancient Records of the City of Lviv.

SIGISMVNDVS AVGVSTVS Dei gratia Rex Poloniæ, magnus Dux Lithuaniæ, Russiæ, Prussiæ, Mazoviæ, Samogitiæ, &c. Dominus & Hæres. Significamus præsentibus literis nostris quorum interest uniuersis. Quod nos ad intercessionem certorum Consiliariorum nostrorum pro religiosis fratribus ordinis Prædicatorum Conuentus Leopolien[sis] ad nos factam dandam et concedendam duximus uti quidem damus & concedimus præsentibus Incolis uillæ Crotoschin ad hoc idem Monasterium pertinen[tis] liberam facultatem & potestatem recipiendorum lignorum siccorum & humi iacentium pro usu foci tantum in sylua nostra Regia Derewacz dicta ad Capitaneatum Leopolien[sem] pertinentem eamq[ue] concessionem nostram perpetuis temporibus durare uolumus. Quod omnibus quorum interest nominatim uero Generoso Petro Barzy Capitaneo nostro moderno Leopolien[si] et aliis pro tempore existentibus Capitaneis Leopolien[sibus] denunciamus ac mandamus præsentibus ut prænominatos uillæ præfatæ Crotoschin incolas in ea libertate per nos præsentibus illis concessa perpetuis temporibus conseruent conseruariq[ue] faciant. Pro gratia nostra. In cuius rei fidem sigillum nostrum præsentibus est appensum. Datum Vilnæ feria sexta post festum sanctæ Agnetis proxima, Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Sexagesimo primo, Regni uero nostri anno trigesimo primo. [Podpisy:] Sigismundus Augustus Rex ss[cripsit]. Relatio R[everendissi]mi in Chr[ist]o Patris D[omi]ni Philippi Padniewski Ep[iscop]i Cracovien[sis] & R[egni] P[oloniae] Vicecancellarij. [Verso:] [Nota regestowa:] Priuilegium Sigis[mundi] Augusti Regis Pol[oniae] quo datur facultas subditis Conv[entus] Leo[poliensis] villę Crotoszyn recipiendi ligna sicca [...] humi iacentia in silva Regia Derewacz A[nno] 1561. [Sygnatury i noty dawne:] Sub lit[tera] 3Z; 410; 739; [inne dopiski kancelaryjne i archiwalne]. [Pieczęć:] Okrągła pieczęć tuszowa Archiwum Akt Dawnych Miasta Lwowa.