Verdict of King Sigismund Augustus in the dispute of Lwów over the Zimnowodzki mill

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 and each person concerned and to those who shall gain knowledge of this. Since the case was referred to us from the court of our commissioners between the honorable mayor, councilors, and citizens of our city of Lwów, the plaintiffs, and the noble Andrzej, Stanisław, Jan, Zofia, and Jadwiga, children and heirs of the late born Kazimierz Hynek, and their guardians: the born Piotr Barzym of Głogów, Castellan of Przemyśl and Starosta of Lwów, Jan Sienieński of Pomorzany, and Klemens Klius, the aforementioned [burghers?], as well as others having a legal interest in this, due to the redemption of the third share of the mill called Zimnowodzki and the income pertaining to it, located before the gate of the city of Lwów called Kraków Gate, as all this is more broadly contained in the case files. And on the date hitherto adjourned, when both parties appeared legally before us through their representatives and procurators, observing this term, we, together with our advisors and lawyers, after examining the dispute of the parties and after diligently reviewing and considering the laws, privileges, and the decree of our parent of blessed memory, submitted by both sides before us, have judged that the decree of our parent of blessed memory, dated in Kraków on the Sunday of Sexagesima before Palm Sunday in the year one thousand five hundred and forty-seven, issued due to the non-appearance of the parties, does not contain any right of expectancy or perpetual donation against the provisions of the statutes of the Kingdom. Furthermore, that this case was brought regarding the third milling share, by virtue of which the citizens of Lwów, in accordance with the disposition of earlier letters, are obliged to account for the waters and other income of the city, for what purposes they are spent. Nor could the disputed late Kazimierz Hynek, upon the existence of the decree of our parent of blessed memory, cede [rights] to Jan Hynek, his son from adultery. And only now, in accordance with the wording of the decree, after the passing of Kazimierz Hynek, the father of the defendants, this decree of our parent of blessed memory should be brought to proper execution. Therefore, we rule that the defendant heirs of Kazimierz Hynek are obliged before the court of these our commissioners, to whom we hereby refer the parties within a peremptory term of six weeks from this date, to submit the original documents of privileges for the third share of the aforementioned mill called Zimnowodzki, to collect the monetary sum legally recorded therein and hitherto collected, and to vacate the possession of this third share. And from now on, we assign to the plaintiffs a land bailiff, whichever they choose for this purpose, legally assigned and appointed to them to accept the introduction into possession of the above-mentioned third share of the aforementioned Zimnowodzki mill and all profits, fruits, and income from it, under our penalty of one thousand marks in the currency and count of our Kingdom, established by the power of execution, so that they are not denied intromission into this third share. In the event of a lack of intromission, in order to execute this decree, through this our decree we refer the plaintiffs to the Starosta of that place and to our royal arm, where that third share of the mentioned mill is located, according to the form of law. In witness and more obvious testimony of which, our seal has been affixed to this [document]. Given in Lublin, at the General Sejm of the Kingdom, on the nearest Thursday after the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred and sixty-nine, and the forty-fourth year of our reign. [Chancery note on the left:] Walenty Dobrzyski / chamberlain of His Royal Majesty signed. [Chancery note on the right:] By the report of the magnificent Walenty Dembieński of Dębian, Chancellor of the Polish Kingdom etc. [Seal:] [On a multicolored silk cord (white-red-blue-green) the royal seal of Sigismund Augustus pressed in red wax in a natural wax bowl; eagle with the monogram SA on its chest, surrounded by regional coats of arms and a majuscule legend]. [Verso:] [Note from the 16th/17th century:] Lublin decree regarding the Zimnowodzki mill with the heirs of Kazimierz Hynek. 1569. [Later signatures:] # 17 mo; arca 15; N 17; [round ink stamp of the archive].

Sigismundus Augustus Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae, Samogitiae etc. Dominus et Haeres. Significamus praesentibus literis nostris quorum interest vniuersis et singulis harum noticiam habituris. Posteaquam remissa esset ad nos a Iudicio Commissariorum nostrorum Causa inter Famatos Proconsulem, Consules, et Ciues Ciuitatis nostrae Leopoliensis Actores, et Nobiles Andream, Stanislaum, Ioannem, Sophiam et Hedvigim liberos et successores Generosi olim Casimiri Hynek ac Tutores eorundem Generosos Petrum Barsi de Gloczow castellonum Praemisliensem Capitaneumq[ue] Leopoliensem, Ioannem Sienienski de Pomorzani, et Clementem Kliuss C[iuitatis?] fatos, aliosq[ue] interesse habentes, occasione redemptionis Terciae Mensurae Molendini Zimnowoczki dicti, et prouentuum ad eandem pertinentium, ante portam Ciuitatis Leopoliensis Krakowska nuncupatam siti, vti ea omnia in processu Causae latius continentur. In terminoq[ue] hucusq[ue] continuato, partibus vtrisq[ue] per plenipotentes et Procuratores suos coram nobis legitime comparentibus, terminumq[ue] eum attentantibus, Nos cum Consiliariis et Iurisperitis nostris, controuersia partium examinata, Iuribusq[ue], Priuilegiis, et Decreto Diui Parentis nostri vtrinq[ue] coram nobis productis, diligenter reuisis et perpensis, Comperimus Decretum Diui Parentis nostri de data Cracouiae sexagesima ante Dominicam Ramis palmarum, Anno millesimo Quingentesimo quadragesimo Septimo, ex Contemptu partium promulgatum, nullum Ius expectatione, nec Donationis perpetuae, contra praescriptum Statutorum Regni facere in se habere. Praeterea, quod Causa haec instituta est de Tercia Mensura Molendinatoris cuius nomine Ciues Leopoldienses iuxta dispositionem priorum literarum rationem ex aquis atq[ue] alijs prouentibus Ciuitatis in quos vsus expendantur reddere tenentur. Neq[ue] Controsum olim Casimirum Hynek interueniente Decreto Diui Parentis nostri potuisse condescendere Ioanni Hynek filio de Adulteriorio suo. Nuncq[ue] primum ex praescripto Decreti e viuis sublato Casimiro Hynek patre Citatorum exequutioni debitae hocipsum Decretum Diui parentis nostri demandari debere. Ideoq[ue] decernimus teneri Successores Casimiri Hynek citatos coram Iudicio Commissariorum eorundem nostrorum ad quos partes hinc in termino peremptorio Sex Septimanarum harum remittimus, reponere originales literas Priuilegiorum super terciam mensuram Molendini memorati dicti Zimnowoczki, ac Summam pecuniarum legitime in eis descriptam et hactenus percipere, de possessioneq[ue] terciae mensurae eiusdem condescendere. Et iam exnunc addimus Actoribus Ministerialem Terrestrem quemcunq[ue] ad id sibi elegerint de Iure eis additum et deputatum ad acceptandam intromissionem praenominatae Terciae mensurae Molendini dicti Zimnowoczki omniumq[ue] emolumenta fructus et prouentus illius vadio nostro mille Marcarum pecuniarum numeri et Monetae Regni nostri in vim exequutionis ne vest intromissio in eam Terciam mensuram denegetur interposito. In defectu vero intromissionis pro exequutione Decreti eiusdem facienda remittimus Actores ad loci illius Capitaneum et Brachium nostrum Regale ubi eadem Tercia Mensura Molendini commemorati consistit iuxta Iuris formam Hoc nostro Decreto mediante. In cuius rei fidem et euidentius testimonium Sigillum nostrum praesentibus est subappensum. Datum Lublini in Conuentu Regni generali feria Quinta post festum Purificationis gloriosissimae Virginis Mariae proxima. Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Sexagesimo Nono. Regni vero nostri Anno Quadragesimo. [Nota kancelaryjna po lewej:] Valent[inus] Dabrzysky / R[egiae] M[aiestatis] C[ubicularius? s[ubscripsit]] [Nota kancelaryjna po prawej:] [parafa] Ad relationem Magnifici Valentini Dembienski de Dembiani Regni Poloniae Cancellarii etc. [Pieczęć:] [Na wielobarwnym sznurze jedwabnym (biało-czerwono-niebiesko-zielonym) pieczęć koronna Zygmunta Augusta wyciśnięta w czerwonym wosku w misie z naturalnego wosku; orzeł z monogramem SA na piersi, w otoku herby ziemskie i legenda majuskułowa]. [Verso:] [Nota z XVI/XVII w.:] Decretum Lublinen[se] in Causa Molendini Zimnowodzkij cu[m] successoribus Cas[imiri] Hynek. 1569. [Sygnatury późniejsze:] # 17 mo; arca 15; N 17; [okrągła pieczęć tuszowa archiwum].