Privilege of King Stephen Báthory approving the guild and articles of the tailors in Stryi

STEPHEN By the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, etc., and also Prince of Transylvania. We make known by the tenor of this [document] to all and each individually whom it concerns, that when the tailors of the town of Stryi submitted certain articles before us through some of our advisors, desiring to possess their own guild and requesting that we deign to approve and ratify both their guild and the articles concerning said guild by our decree, and the tenor of said guild and articles word for word is as follows: First, that [for] a uniform order in our town of Stryi, they requested that we strengthen [them] with the law of the tailor's guild in the city of Lviv and other surrounding towns, to which we graciously consent, to act according to the pleasure and will of God in the Stryi church and to establish an administration therein, that is: that elders and superiors be lawfully elected from among the local Stryi burghers. Also, it is permitted for shoemakers and potters to remain in the Stryi council in broad daylight with their mastership, and others should act for their own tailor's guild from their own masters, so that this may uniformly, by mutual consent, aim at tailor's affairs on the spot in Stryi. Also, that the craftsman be from among the legitimate, more famous, and older tailor masters. Also, no tailor shall undertake the tailor's craft on the spot in Stryi and for a mile around Stryi, nor open tailor's stalls himself for his wife, unless he were a tailor and had not arisen in his own cellar. And whoever of the tailor craftsmen commits an iniquity, he should pay to the reprimanded tailor and with a reprimand in groschen, and that to the Stryi place, also into the hands of the sworn altar. And whoever would omit this, as if he were punished for his craft by fault, from each guilty one a groschen... and that by the order of the articles of this craft, which by law belongs to other guilds in the Crown and in the city of Stryi, to this place. Also, that no one dare to come to Stryi for a fair or market with tailor's goods, and with this [...] so that he would not have his place at the fair under the penalty of one hundred zlotys [...]. Whoever of the tailor craftsmen, from any rebellion, slander [...] of the guild, arose by his own fault [...], for each fault he shall be obliged to pay according to the Stryi custom. And that same tailor for his craft is obliged [...] to do for the Stryi guild [...] and whoever of the tailors has not taken a wife is not worthy to have a workshop and perform tailor's work in Stryi, under the penalty of loss of work for the benefit of the altar. Also, when a foreign tailor comes to Stryi and wishes to perform the craft here in Stryi, then first he must conclude an agreement with the masters and the town council, and into their hands he must contribute two zlotys to the box according to the Lviv laws, and provide a supper for the masters under the penalty of loss of work. And no burgher or subject shall accept a foreign tailor with his craft nor give [him] work under the penalty of [...], which is to go to the altar. Also, no tailor shall snatch work from another under the penalty of a stone of wax for the church. Also, the guild elder shall admonish every craftsman brother who would do anything evil or carry his craft to the tavern, then he should be punished according to the article. Also, no foreign tailor shall cut or sell cloth under the penalty of loss of the cloth. Also, concerning tailor's journeymen: every companion emancipated to master shall perform a masterpiece according to ancient custom and Crown laws [...] [...]. We, therefore, King Stephen [...], approve, ratify, and confirm the above articles and guild... Given in Toruń, on the thirteenth day of the month of November, at the general diet of the Kingdom [...] in the Year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and seventy-sixth, and the first year of our reign. [Chancery note / relation on the fold on the right:] By the relation of the venerable father in Christ, Lord Piotr Dunin Wolski, nominee to the bishopric of Przemyśl and Vice-Chancellor of the Polish Kingdom [Signatures / annotations on the tab on the left:] Piotr Dunin Wolski [Vice-Chancellor...] [Seal:] [Trace of suspension / preserved smaller royal wax seal in a dark/red wax bowl, suspended on a braided two-colored silk cord] [On the reverse:] [Various archival and provenance notes, round stamp: STOWARZYSZENIE PRZEMYSŁOWE W STRYJU (Industrial Association in Stryi), number «284», old signatures in ink: «Krawiecki» (Tailor's), «Jan Such...»]

STEPHANVS Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae etc. Necnon Princeps Transylvaniae. Significamus tenore praesentium quorum interest universis et singulis. Quod cum coram nobis Sartoribus oppidi Striensis porrexissent certos Articulos per quosdam Consiliarios nostros Contubernium suum habere cupientes petentesque ut tam contubernium eorum quam Articulos hoc ipsum Contubernium spectantes probare et ratificare oraculo nostro dignaremur cuius Contubernij et Articulorum tenor de verbo ad verbum est sequens: Naprzod aby porządek iednostayny w mieście naszym Stryiu prosiły abyśmy prawem cechu krawieckiego w mieście Lwowie i innych okolicznych miasteczkach umocnili, o czym łaskawie zezwalamy podług upodobania i woli Bozey w kościele Stryiskim działać y w nimże rząd postawić, to iest: starszi i przełożeni iź aby legityme obierani z mieyscowych i mieszczanów Stryiskich byli. Item wolno iest szewcom i garncarzom przeciw iasnemu dnie z mistrzeniem być ostawienie jednak w radzie Stryiskiem, a drudzy o swoy cech krawiecki czynili z mistrzów swych własnych, by to iednostaynie z obopulną zgodą na mieyscu Stryiskim do krawieckich rzeczi szedł. Item aby rzemięsnik z perlegitimowanych i sławniejszych i starszych mistrzow krawieckich byl. Item żaden krawiec na mieyscu w Stryiu i na mil około Stryia rzemiosła krawieckiego nie poymował, ani żonie sam iat otwierał krawieckich, iednoby krawiec był a w swy piewniey nie powstał. A ktoby się z rzemieślników krawieckich złości dopuścił, to krawcowi naganionemu i naganem groszkiem a to mieyscom Stryiskim także przysiężonego ołtarza w ręce dać powinien. A ktoby to pominął, iakoby z swego rzemiosła z winy ukarany był z każdego winnego grosz... a to było iest z artykułów tego rzemiosła porządkiem iakowy inszem cechom prawem przysłuża koronie i miastu Stryiu mieyscu temu. Item aby żaden nie ważył się przyiachać do Stryia na iarmark ani na targ z towary krawieckimi, a z tym [...] aby w iarmarku mieysca swego miec nie miał pod winą stu złotych [...] ktoby z rzemieślników krawieckich z iakiego buntu obmowy [...] cechu powstał z winy swoiey [...] z każdego wina winien będzie zapłacić według zwyczaiu Stryiskiego. A tenże krawiec za swe rzemiosło winien iest [...] cechowi Stryiskiemu czynić [...] a któryby z krawców żony nie poiął, nie godzien miec warsztatu i krawieckiey roboty w Stryiu sprawować, pod winą utracenia roboty na ołtarz. Item gdy krawiec obcy przyiedzie do Stryia i zechce tu w Stryiu rzemiosło robić, tedy przód z mistrzami ma mieć ugodę i z radą mieyscką, a z rąk ma wnieść do puszki podług praw lwowskich złotych dwa, a mistrzom wieczerzę sprawić pod winą utraty roboty. A żaden mieszczanin ani poddany krawca obcego z rzemiosłem nie ma przeymować ani roboty dawać, pod winą [...] która ma iść na ołtarz. Item żaden krawiec nie ma podchwytywać drugiemu roboty pod karą kamienia wosku na kościoł. Item starszy cechowy ma upominać każdego brata rzemięsnego, ktoryby co złego czynił albo na karczmę rzemiosło nosił, tedy powinien być karan podług artykułu. Item żaden krawiec obcy nie ma sukna kraiać ani przedawać pod utratą sukna. Item o czeladzi krawieckiey: każdy towarzysz wyzwolony na mistrza ma robić sztukę podług dawnego zwyczaiu i praw koronych [...] [...]. Nos itaque Stephanus Rex [...] praedictos Articulos et Contubernium approbamus, ratificamus et confirmamus... Datum Thorunii die tredecima mensis Novembris in conventione Regni Generali [...] Anno Domini Millesimo Quingentesimo Septuagesimo Sexto, Regni vero nostri Anno Primo. [Nota kanclerska / relacja na plicie po prawej:] Ad relationem Reverendi in Christo Patris Domini Petri Dunin Wolski nominati Episcopi Premisliensis et Regni Poloniae Vicecancellarii [Podpisy / adnotacje na zakładce po lewej:] Petrus Dunin Wolski [subcancellarius...] [Pieczęć:] [Ślad po zawieszeniu / zachowana woskowa pieczęć koronna mniejsza w misce z ciemnego/czerwonego wosku, zawieszona na plecionym jedwabnym sznurze dwubarwnym] [Verso:] [Różne noty archiwalne i proweniencyjne, pieczątka okrągła: STOWARZYSZENIE PRZEMYSŁOWE W STRYJU, numer '284', dawne sygnatury atramentem: 'Krawiecki', 'Jan Such...']