Grant of life interest in a mill and pond in Siemikowce to Wojciech Solikowski by the Archbishop of Lviv

Jan Dymitr Solikowski of Sol[...] by the grace of God and the Apostolic See, Archbishop of Lviv, together with the reverend and venerable prelates and canons of the Metropolitan Church of Lviv, gathered at the general chapter on Reminiscere Sunday. We announce by the wording of this [document] to all and everyone whom it may concern [...]. We consider it glorious to bestow worthy [rewards] upon the well-deserving, especially those whose deeds serve the common good. Since the efforts and merits of the noble Mr. Wojciech Solikowski, our dearest brother, are sufficiently known to us—which he has faithfully and zealously rendered and continues to render to us and our chapter, and thus to our church, for many years, both in the defense and the increase of church property, especially in the renovated Lialichnyky [?] pond and the buildings in our Lialichnyky [?] castle, newly erected at his own expense [...]. Having regard both to his merits and to the sums and expenditures turned to the benefit of the Church, and wishing also to make him more eager to undertake other upcoming burdensome matters of the Church [...], after having held a mature [...] deliberation with our venerable brothers, as is the custom in such cases, by the will and consent of all and each individually, we have deemed it proper to grant and assign the mill with the pond in our town of Siemikowce in the Halych district, as well as the duties or labor services of the Siemikowce townspeople in the amount of two days, and from individual peasants from the village of Meducha eight days, especially summer ones [...], annually rendered to the aforementioned Mr. Solikowski in the village of Siemikowce, until the end of his life, just as we now grant and assign them from this moment on. With the addition, however, of the condition that the aforementioned Mr. Solikowski shall be obliged to keep the mentioned mill together with the pond in proper condition and under a roof, to remain faithful and serve zealously in the affairs of the Church, especially those of Lviv [?] and Lialichnyky [?], during the duration of the use of the above-mentioned [goods], and shall not cede or in any way dispose of his right to anyone without our knowledge and consent and that of our successors, under penalty of immediate loss and deprivation of this right of his. After his death, both the aforementioned mill and the pond shall return to us and our successors without any hindrance, with the right intact and freely. In witness and clearer testimony of which, we have signed this [document] with our own hand and [the hand] of the Chapter and ordered it to be strengthened with seals. Done and given in the chapter house, at the general chapter held on Reminiscere Sunday, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and first, on the twenty-fourth day of March. [Signed on the left:] Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Archbishop of Lviv, by his own hand. [Signed on the right:] Łukasz Kaliński, Canon of Lviv and at that time procurator of the same, by his own hand. [Verso:] [Archival note 1:] Life interest of the mill and pond in the town of Siemikowce, granted by the most enlightened Archbishop Solikowski to his brother Wojciech Solikowski [...] No. 12. [Archival note 2:] [...] chapter house [...] in the village of Siemikowce [...] / [...] Privilege.

JOANNES DEMETRIVS SOLIKOWSKI A SOL[...] / RI DEI ET APOSTOLICAE SEDIS GRATIA ARCHIEPISCOPVS LEOPOLIEN[SIS] / Vna cum R[everen]dis et V[e]n[er]abilibus Praelatis et Canonicis Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Leopol[iensis] in Capitulo g[e]n[er]ali pro dominica Reminiscere congregatis. Significamus / tenore p[rae]sentium quorum interest vniuersis et si[ngulis] [...] Laudabile ducimus benemeritis digna praestare, ijs vero maxime quorum facta communi vtilitati inseruiunt. Cum igitur / satis nobis perspecta sint studia ac merita g[e]n[er]osi d[omi]ni Alberti Solikowskij fratris n[ost]ri charissimi, qua[e] nobis et Capitulo n[ost]ro, adeoq[ue] Eccl[esi]ae n[ost]rae multis abhinc annis, tum in tuendis tum / meliorandis bonis ecclesiasticis fideli et naviter praestitit et adhuc praestat, praesertim vero in restaurata piscina lialichnicen[si?] et aedificijs in Castro n[ost]ro lealichnicen[si?] nouiter su[m]ptu / proprio constructi[s] [...] Habentesque rationem tam ipsius meritorum quam sumptuum ac impensarum in rem Ecclesiae versorum, volentes etiam eumdem ad alia quae ingruunt ardua Eccl[esi]ae / negotia suscipienda [...] reddere alacriorem, Communicato cum V[e]n[er]abilibus f[ratri]bus n[ost]ris maturo [...] prout et in talibus fieri consueto tractatu, ex omnium et / singulorum voluntate ac consensu molendinum cum piscina in oppido n[ost]ro Siemikowce districtus Halicien[sis], et labores seu operas oppidanorum Siemikoucensiu[m] duorum dierum singuli colonorum / villarum Meducha octo dierum praecipue astiuorum [...] p[rae]fato d[omi]no Solikowskij in villa Siemikowce quotannis p[rae]standorum ad vitae ipsius extrema tempora conferen[dum] et conceden[dum] duximus, pro[ut] / ut iam ex nunc conferimus et concedimus. Ea tamen condicione adiecta, quod p[rae]fatus dominus Solikowskij dictum molendinum cum piscina sartum tectumq[ue] seruare tenebitur, / Ecclesiae negotiis praesertim leolouien[sibus] et lialichnicen[sibus?] fidem et operam suam stante vsufructu p[rae]missorum nauabit, nec cuiq[uam] de iure suo, sine n[ost]ra et successo[rum] n[ost]rorum scientia et con/sensu cedet, aut quouis modo alienabit sub eiusdem iuris sui ipso facto priuatione et amissione. Post cuius decessum, tam p[rae]fatum molendinum quam piscina ad nos et suc/cessores n[ost]ros sine ullo impedimento integro iure libereq[ue] deuoluentur. In cuius rei fidem ac evidentius testimonium p[rae]sentes manu n[ost]ra et Capituli subscripsimus et sigil/lis communiri mandauimus. Actum et datum in domo Capitulari in g[e]n[er]ali Capitulo pro dominica Reminiscere celebrato. Anno domini Millesimo sexcentesimo Primo, / die vigesima quarta Martij. [Sygnowano po lewej:] Jo[ann]es Dem[etrius] Sol[ikowski] archiep[iscop]us Leop[oliensis] m[anu] p[ropr]ia [Sygnowano po prawej:] Lucas Kalinski Canonicus Leopoldien[sis] et tunc Procurator eiusd[em] m[anu] p[ropr]ia [Verso:] [Nota archiwalna 1:] Aduitalitas Molendini et Piscinae in Oppido Siemikowce / concessa ab Ill[ustrissi]mo Archiepiscopo Solikowski f[rat]ri suo Alberto / Solikowsky / [...] N[umer]o 12. [Nota archiwalna 2:] [...] domo capitulari [...] in villa Siemikowce [...] / [...] Privilegium.