The Councilors of the City of Lwów grant Maciej Malski a third part of the mill in Malechów

COUNCILORS OF THE CITY OF LWÓW Elders and acting [councilors], patrons and administrators of the goods of the xenodochium, that is, the Holy Spirit Hospital located within the walls of Lwów, as well as of the poor and destitute residing there, we make known by the content of this [document] to all together and to each one individually, present and future, who shall receive knowledge of this. That we, having just regard for the labors, costs, and special diligence of the honest miller Maciej, called Malski, from the village of Wojatycze located near Sambor, which he showed and expended without hesitation for the convenience, benefit, and maintenance of the said Holy Spirit xenodochium, or rather the sick and destitute resting therein, regarding the erection and construction of a mill on new ground of the village of Malechów, hereditary property of the said hospital of the poor, on and over the Pełtew River, in the direction of the village of Zniesienie, near the border from the village of [the most illustrious?] and noble Kazimierz Hynek, below the mill called Zembły, located in the hereditary village of Zboiska; and desiring to make him satisfied for such services and to compensate him for those costs and labors, as well as to make him more inclined to other services which in time might prove more beneficial to the said poor – to the same Maciej called Malski and his lawful wife Katarzyna, as well as their lawful heirs and successors, we have reformed, secured, and inscribed, and by these presents do reform, secure, and inscribe, the sum of thirty grzywnas of money in Polish count and currency, calculating forty-eight groszy for each grzywna, on and upon the third part of the aforementioned Holy Spirit Hospital mill and other goods belonging to the said hospital. Reserving two parts, that is, measures, intact for the said hospital and the poor. Namely, that the said miller Maciej together with the said Katarzyna, his spouse, as well as their lawful heirs and successors (with the reservation, however, of the life interest of the reputable Wawrzyniec Morawiński and his wife Anna), shall hold, have, possess, and use the third part of the aforementioned mill and other goods pertaining thereto, together with all profits, fruits, and revenues, however concerning this third part of the mill. From which third part of all grain milling [...] of the said mill, by whatever name or title they might be called, they shall collect the third measure according to the custom of other mills located in the lands of Rus'. While Wawrzyniec Morawiński himself together with his wife Anna, according to the record of their life interest, shall collect two parts, that is, measures, just as they have collected them until now, according to the special agreement concluded between them, while the miller Maciej himself shall collect the third part until their death; for which reason the said Wawrzyniec Morawiński and Anna, spouses, as long as they are in possession of the said mill, are bound and obliged to give and pay two groszy for its repair, and the said miller Maciej the third grosz. Subsequently, when the same mill, after the passing of those spouses Wawrzyniec Morawiński and Anna, returns to the possession of the said hospital, the said Maciej together with his wife Katarzyna and his children or descendants shall be obliged to repair all necessary things of that mill at their own expense, without any expenditures by the said hospital or the poor, which the said miller Maciej has voluntarily accepted for himself and the aforementioned Katarzyna, his spouse, and his children or descendants. And neither the miller Maciej nor Katarzyna, his wife, together with their descendants, should abandon or devastate such goods, but improve and build upon them; and if the said miller Maciej or his descendants build anew or enlarge anything there around the aforementioned mill by any of their own effort and skill for the convenience and benefit of those poor or the hospital, they shall also collect a third part of such profits and revenues. For the reason of the said third part of the said mill, the said miller Maciej together with his wife Katarzyna, children, and his descendants shall be obliged to appear with all and individual matters not elsewhere, but only before us and our Lwów municipal office with his family, and there they shall be bound to answer to any plaintiff and justify themselves. And we and our successors, the councilors and provisors of the said Holy Spirit Hospital for the time being, shall not be able, nor shall they be able, to remove the said miller Maciej, his wife, children, and descendants from the said mill and the goods specified above without any known cause. And if anything of such nature were to occur at that time, for which he or they would have to be removed from there, then first we and our successors, the provisors of this hospital and the poor, shall be and will be obliged to return and pay to the same miller Maciej, Katarzyna his wife, children, and their successors this sum inscribed on the aforementioned third part, that is, thirty grzywnas of money. Furthermore, if in the course of time the miller Maciej himself and the aforementioned Katarzyna, his wife, or the said children and successors for any reason wished to resign, sell, or otherwise alienate that third part of the said mill to someone else, then they shall not be able nor should they do so without the special consent of us or our successors, or the provisors of the said hospital; and if anyone dared to do anything to the contrary, it should have no power or weight. In faith and for a stronger and more visible testimony of all this and the individual matters above, our seal has been appended. Done in our council residence on Tuesday before the upcoming feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist in the Year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred and sixty-four. [Seal: on a parchment strip, a preserved round municipal seal of Lwów in a wax bowl – city coat of arms: a gate with three towers/bastions and a lion in the gate opening] [Verso:] [Note 1:] Lwów councilors, provisors and superiors of the Holy Spirit Hospital, reform the third part of the hospital mill on the ground of the village of Malechów by the bank of the Pełtew River to the miller Maciej Malski, 30 grzywnas, and things belonging to this part. [Note 2:] There is also a new mill in the middle of the ground of the village of Malechów by the councilors, from which mill it is said that he was to give 60 florins to the masons, remaining description [of rents]. [Note 3:] 1564 [Note 4:] Lwów Grodzki [Court] / No. 29. [Ink stamp oval: ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT ACTS OF THE CITY OF LWÓW]

CONSVLES CIVITATIS LEOPOLIEN[SIS] Seniores et residentes, patroni et administratores bonorum Xenodochii seu Hospitalis Sancti Spiritus intra muros Leopolien[ses] existen[tis], atq[ue] pauperum et miserabilium personarum ibidem degentium, notum facimus tenore praesentu[m] uniuersis et singulis, praesentibus et futuris harum noticiam habituris. Quia nos habentes iustam rationem laborum, sumptuum et industriae singularis honesti Mathiae Molendinatoris dicti Malsky de uilla Woyaticze circa Sambor consisten[tis], quam in ipsius Xenodochii sancti Spiritus, quin potius infirmorum et miserabilium personarum, in eo decumbentium, commodum, utilitatem, in eiusq[ue] illorum sustentationem, circa edificationem et erectionem molendini in nouo fundo bonorum uillae Malechow, eiusdem hospitalis pauperum hereditaria, in et super fluuio Poltew, uersus uillam Wzniesienie, circa scopulum a uilla I[llustris?] ac generosi Casimiri Hynek infra molendinum dictum Zembly haeredi[taria?] uilla Zboiska sit[o], haud grauatin exhibuit et impendit; et pro talibus meritis illum consolatum reddere ac huiusmodi sumptus et labores illi resarcire ad aliaq[ue] officia, qua magis praenominatis pauperibus, pro tempore, ex re futura essent, promptiorem efficere cupientes, eidem Mathiae dicto Malsky, et uxori suae legitimae Catherinae, nec non eorum legitimis haeredibus ac [success]oribus, summam triginta Marcarum pecuniarum in numero et mone[ta] in Polonicali, in quamlibet marcam quadraginta octo grossos computando, in et super parte tertia dicti Molendini hospitalis sancti Spiritus et alijs [bonis?] ad dictum hospitale pertinentibus, reformauimus assecurauimus et inscripsimus, prout reformamus, assecuramus et inscribimus per praesentes. Duabus partibus seu mensuris dicto hospitali et pauperibus saluis reseruatis. [Vi]delicet quod praefatus Mathias Molendinator cum praefata Catherina uxore sua, nec non cum heredibus et successoribus eorundem legitimis (salua tamen aduitalitate famati Laurentii Morawinski et Annae uxoris suae) partem tertiam praefati molendini et aliorum bonorum ad illud spectantium tenebunt, habebunt, possidebunt ac utifruentur, cum omnibus utilitatibus fructibus et prouentibus, ipsam partem tertiam molendini quomodolibet concernentibus. Ex qua tertia parte omnis eram frumentorum [...] eidem molendinum quocunq[ue] nomine aut uocabulo censeantur, tertiam mensuram percipient more aliorum molendinorum in terris R[ussiae] consisten[tium]. Est qua[?] ipse Laurentius Morawinski cum Anna uxore ipsius [iuxta?] inscriptionem aduitalitatis suae, duas partes, seu mensuras, ita ut ad praesens percipiebant, iuxta specialem contractum inter eos habitum, ipse uero Mathias molitor tertiam sortem ad mortem eorum percipere debet, ratione cuius ipse Laurentius Morawinski et Anna coniuges, quamdiu in possessione dicti Molendini fuerint ad reformationem illius grossos duos, et dictus Mathias molendinator grossum tertium dare et soluere tenentur. Exinuc dum hocidem Molendinum post decessum ipsorum Laurentij Morawinski et Annae coniugum in possessionem ipsius hospitalis regredietur, dictus Mathias, cum Catherina uxore, et liberis seu posteris suis, reformare omnes res necessarias ipsius molendini suis propriis sumptibus tenebitur, absq[ue] quibusuis praenominati hospitalis seu pauperum impensis, quod [idem] dictus Mathias Molendinator in se, et praefatam Catherinam coniugem, ac liberos seu posteritatem suam, sponte assumpsit. Et non debebunt ipse Mathias molendinator, uel Catherina uxor sua, cum eorum posteris talia bona desertare, nec deuastare, uerum meliorare et edificare, et si quid ibidem circa Molendinum praefatum ipse Mathias molendinator, aut sui posteri, quacunq[ue] industria et arte sua, pro commodo et utilitate [ips]orum pauperum seu hospitalis denuo construxerint uel auxerint, exinde etiam talium utilitatum et emolumentorum tertiam partem tollent. Ratione cuius sortis tertiae molendini praenominati, ipse Mathias molendinator cum Catherina uxore, liberis ac posteris eorum, pro omnibus et singulis causis non alibi, [sed solum] coram nobis, et officio nostro ciuili Leopolien[si] stare cum familia sua tenebuntur, et ibidem cuilibet querenti respondere, seq[ue] iustificare debebunt, quemquidem Mathiam molendinatorem, uxorem suam, liberos, et posteros nos, et successores nostri pro tempore existen[tes] Consules et prouisores dicti hospitalis sancti Spiritus non debebimus, nec debebunt, sine aliqua causa notabili ab ipso molendino, et bonis praespecificatis alienare. Et dato etiam si quitpiam tale sub tempore contigerit, cuius rei causa exinde alienari debeat, uel deberent: extunc primum nos et successores nostri, prouisores huiusmodi hospitalis et pauperum, sibi Mathiae molendinatori, Catherinae uxori, liberis, et successoribus eorum, huiusmodi summam in praefata tertia sorte [in]scriptam, videlicet, triginta marcas pecun[iae] reponere et numerare tenebimur et tenebuntur. Praeterea si tractu temporis ipsi Mathias molendinator et praefata Catherina uxor sua, seu praefati liberi et successores in aliem alteri ipsam sortem tertiam praefati molendini, condescendere, uendere, uel alio alienare quacunq[ue] [ex] causa, uoluerint: extunc illud absq[ue] singulari nostro, uel successorum nostrorum, seu prouisorum ipsius hospitalis, consensu, facere no[n] poterint neq[ue] debebunt, et si quid in contrarium facere praesumpserint, id nullius esse debet uigoris et momenti. In quorum omnium et singulorum praemissorum fidem, et testimonium firmius atq[ue] euidentius, Sigillum nostrum est subappensum. Actum in residentia nostra Consulari feria tertia ante festum natalis Sancti Ioannis Baptistae proxima Anno Domini Millesimo quingentesimo sexagesimo quarto. [Pieczęć: na pasku pergaminowym zachowana okrągła pieczęć miejska Lwowa w misce woskowej – herb miasta: brama z trzema wieżami/basztami i lwem w prześwicie bramy] [Verso:] [Nota 1:] Consules Leopolienses prouisores et Praefecti Hospitalis sancti Spiritus reformant portionem tertiam de molendino Hospitalis sub fundo uillae Malschow [!] prope ripam fluuij Poltew molendinatori Mathiae Malssky marce 30, et ad eam partem spectantiua. [Nota 2:] Extat et novum molendinum in eadem media fundi uillae Malechow per Consules a quo molendino duntaxat dicitur quaternos mordium [!] 60 florenorum muratoribus daret, cetera discriptio [censuum]. [Nota 3:] 1564 [Nota 4:] Castren[sis] Leopoliensis / N[umer]o 29. [Pieczątka tuszowa owalna: ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA]