Approval by the Lviv Cathedral Chapter of the settlement between the vicars and Melchior Terszowicz

PRELATES AND CANONS OF THE METROPOLITAN CHURCH OF LVIV. We announce by the wording of this [document] to all together and to each one individually whom it concerns, how before us at the general chapter, held in the current year on the Saturday before Reminiscere Sunday, appeared in person the venerable Abraham Wegelins, vice-senior [and] senior, and Tobiasz Nadarkowski, vicars of Lviv, on behalf of the venerable vicars of Lviv on one side, and the honest Melchior Terszowicz, cabinetmaker, on the other side, and submitted a certain arbitration award, or friendly settlement, drawn up between them regarding the plot adjacent to the cemetery of the Blessed Virgin Mary behind the Krakow Gate, called Stawińskie, by the most reverend Mr. Łukasz Kaliński, canon of Lviv, an arbitrator freely chosen by both parties, requesting with due diligence that we deign to approve, confirm, ratify, and decree that this same award shall have the force of perpetual validity; the wording of which award follows word for word and is as follows: — After a long legal dispute between the venerable college of vicars of the metropolitan church of Lviv on one side and the honest Melchior Terszowicz, cabinetmaker, on the other side, regarding the plot adjacent to the cemetery of the Blessed Virgin Mary behind the Krakow Gate, called Stawińskie, both parties, departing from all judicial turmoil, proceeded to a submission to arbitration and chose the most reverend Mr. Łukasz Kaliński, canon of Lviv and provost of Busk, as a true and legitimate arbitrator, and having given their word of faith, they agreed that whatever he decides in this matter, both parties will accept as fixed and binding. Which said most reverend arbitrator, after careful examination and due consideration of the entire matter and after mature deliberation with lawyers, determined that the superior ownership (directum dominium) of the same plot, which was the subject of the dispute, belonged and belongs to the said college of vicars of the metropolitan church of Lviv. However, he awarded the right of use (ius utile) of the same plot to the said Melchior, the cabinetmaker, as a true and legitimate emphyteuta and to his descendants, in accordance with the provision of the law of hand-written record [?]. Furthermore, as a sign of recognition of the superiority and direct ownership, the said emphyteuta together with his descendants shall be obliged and compelled to pay annually to the college of vicars of the metropolitan church of Lviv four marks of the number and currency circulating in the Kingdom, that is, one mark in each quarter. The direct owners, that is, the said [vicars], shall preserve and defend their emphyteuta and his successors in the peaceful possession of the said plot. Furthermore, the said Melchior, the cabinetmaker, inflamed with zeal for divine worship, undertook to erect on the same plot two houses under one roof in the place adjacent to the cemetery at his own expense: namely, one for a priest, whom the same college of the lords vicars will choose and appoint to live in this house, and the second for a tenant, from whom the rent is to be used for the repair of both houses, and in good faith he promised to complete this within four years, on such a large space as will be designated to the emphyteuta by the commissioners of the venerable chapter of the metropolitan church of Lviv as sufficient. It shall also be permitted for the said emphyteuta and his successors to sell, lease, and turn these goods to any other more profitable uses, without, however, making any sale or in any other way disposing of them without the knowledge and consent of the said chapter of the metropolitan church of Lviv and the said college of the venerable lords vicars, under penalty of loss and deprivation of their right, should they or their successors act otherwise. Which award both parties accepted as law and promised to observe all and individual [of its provisions] under penalty of excommunication incurred ipso facto. And in testimony of all and individual things [followed?] the signatures of the parties and [the document] was marked with the sign and signed by the own hand of the most reverend Mr. Arbitrator. Done in the common chapter house of the most reverend lords prelates and canons of Lviv, in the residence of the above-mentioned most reverend Mr. Łukasz Kaliński, canon of Lviv, provost of Busk, in the [presence of] the parties [before] the same arbitrator, on the third day of the month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and thirteen. We, therefore, considering that their request [was] [just] and legal, approve, confirm, ratify, and declare and decree that the said award in all and individual its points, clauses, articles, chapters, and conditions should retain the force of perpetual validity. In witness whereof, this [document], signed by the hand of the most reverend Mr. Procurator, [we have affixed] with the common seal. Done and given in Lviv on the first day of the month of March in the Year of our Lord 1614. [Signatures on the fold:] [1] Jan Baranowski, archdeacon [? / dean?] and canon of Lviv and [his?] procurator, by own hand [2] Abraham Vegelins, senior vicar [by own hand] [3] Tobiasz Nadarkowski, vicar, by own hand [4] Łukasz Kaliński, canon of Lviv [by own hand] [5] Melchior Terszowic, burgher [?] [by own hand] [Verso:] [Chancery note:] Settlement between the venerable fathers, the vicars of Lviv, and Melchior the cabinetmaker regarding the plot adjacent to the cemetery of the Blessed Virgin Mary behind the Krakow Gate [Archival signature on the sticker:] L. XI / 8 [Description of seals:] [Seal 1 - photo 4: red wax in a turned wooden case on a red cord; image of the BVM with Child - seal of the Lviv Metropolitan Chapter] [Seal 2 - photo 5: red wax in a turned wooden case on a red cord; blurred official/ecclesiastical seal] [Seal 3 - photo 6: red wax in a turned wooden case on a red cord; seal with a coat of arms] [Seal 4 - photo 7: red wax in a turned wooden case on a red cord; monogram / burgher's mark (letters M T R) in a profiled shield - seal of Melchior Terszowicz]

PRÆLATI ET CANONICI ECCL[ESI]Æ METROPOLITANÆ LEOPOLIEN[SIS]. SIgnificamus tenore pr[æsen]tium Vniversis et singulis quorum interest, quomodò coram nobis in Cap[itu]lo G[e]n[er]ali Anno pr[æse]nti Sabbatho ante D[omi]nicam Reminiscere celebrato p[er]s[ona]l[ite]r comparen[tes] V[enerabi]lis Abraham Wegelins Vicesen[ior] Senior, et Thobias Nadarkovius Vicarij L[e]opolien[ses], nomine Venerabilium Vicarior[um] Leopolien[sium] ex vna, et honestus Melchior Terszowicz Scrinarius partibus ex altera, obtulerunt quandam Sententia[m] arbitralem seu amicabile[m] compositione[m] inter eosdem occ[asi]one fundi Cœmiterio B[ea]tissimæ V[ir]ginis Mariæ extra porta[m] Cracovien[sem] adhæren[tis] dicti Stawinskie per R[everen]dum D[omi]num Lucam Kalinski Can[oni]cum Leopolien[sem] arbitrum ab utraq[ue] parte libere electu[m] factam, debita cum instantia peten[tes], quatenus nos eiu[s]modi s[ente]n[ti]am auth[orita]te n[ost]ra approbare, confirmare, ratificare, ac robur perpetuæ firmitatis habituram decernere dignaremur cuiusquidem Sententiæ tenor de verbo ad verbum sequitur estq[ue] talis. — Post longam Juris disceptationem inter V[enerabi]le Collegiu[m] Vicarioru[m] Eccl[esi]æ Metropolitanæ Leopolien[sis] ab una et honestu[m] Melchiorem Terszowicz Scrinarium parte ab altera occasione fundi Cœmiterio Beatæ Mariæ Virginis extra portam Cracovien[sem] adhæren[tis] dicti Stawinskie ab o[mn]i strepitu iuris part[ibus] utraq[ue] receden[tibus] ad Compromissum et Arbitramentum descendit, atq[ue] R[everen]du[m] D[omi]num Luca[m] Kalinski Can[oni]cum Leopolien[sem] & P[ræ]p[osi]tum Buscense[m] in verum et legitimu[m] Arbitrum elegit, et in eum fide data consensit, quicquid ille in ea causa decreuerit utraq[ue] partem pro rato et grato acceptura[m]. Qui quidem præfatus R[everen]dus D[omi]nus Arbiter tota causa diligen-ter examinata et bene perspecta et deliberatione matura cum Jurisperitis habita adinuenit fundu[m] ipsum in controversia[m] uene[rat] directum Dominium D[ict]is Collegij Vicariorum Eccl[esi]æ Metropolitanæ Leopolien[sis] fuisse et esse. Jus autem vtile eiusde[m] fundi ad prædictum Melchiorem Scrinarium tanquam ad verum et legitimum Emphyteutam ad eiusq[ue] posteritatem pertinere iuxta pre-scriptum Juris Chirographi [?] adiudicauit. Cæterum in recognitionem Superioritatis et Dominij directi præfatus Emphyteuta tenebitur et erit adstrictus cum sua posteritate Collegio Vicariorum Eccl[esi]æ Metropolitanæ Leopolien[sis] quotannis Marcas quatuor nume-ri et monetæ in Regno curren[tis] numerari singulis scilicet Quartalibus Marcam vnam. Dominium vero directu[m] seu dicti Emphyteutam suu[m] et Successores illius in quieta possessione dicti fundi conseruabunt atq[ue] defendent. Insuper prædictus Melchior Scrinarius Zelo Diuini cultus incensus recepit se constructuru[m] duas domos in eadem area sub uno tecto loco cœmiterio contiguo sumptu proprio vnam scilicet pro Sacerdote quem idem Collegium D[omi]norum Vicariorum ad eande[m] domu[m] inhabitand[am] elegerit et deputauerit, alteram pro Conductore cuius Census in vtriusq[ue] domus reparationem conuertatur, idq[ue] perfecturum se intra quadriennium fide bona promisit in tanto spacio quantu[m] per Comissarios R[everen]di Cap[itu]li Eccl[esi]æ Metropolitanæ Leopolien[sis] sufficiens assigna-tum fuerit Emphyteutæ assignatum fuerit. Licebitq[ue] prædicto Emphyteutæ et successoribus eius dicta bona vendere, locare, et in vsus alios quosu[m]vis meliores conuertere, nulla tamen venditionem, vel quouis alio modu[m] alienatione[m] facere sine scitu et consensu D[ict]i Cap[itu]li Eccl[esi]æ Metropolitanæ Leopolien[sis], et Collegij predicti V[enerabilium] D[omi]norum Vicarioru[m] modo vero ut successores eorum faciat sub amissione et privatione Juris Sui. Quam quidem Sen[tent]iam pars utraq[ue] pro Jure suscepit, atq[ue] o[mn]ia et singula seruare promisit sub poena Excommunicationis ipso facto incurren[da]. Atq[ue] in horu[m] o[mn]ium et singulorum testimoniu[m] Subscriptiones part[ium] [intercesserunt?], manuq[ue] propria R[everen]di D[omi]ni Arbitri præsens sunt insignatæ ac manu subscrip[tæ]. Actu[m] in domo Com[mun]i Cap[itu]lari R[everen]dorum D[omi]norum prælatoru[m] et Canonico[rum] Leopolien[sium] in habitatione supranominati R[everen]di D[omi]ni Lucae Kalinski Can[oni]ci Leopolien[sis] P[ræ]p[osi]ti Buscen[sis] partib[us] eid[em] Arbitro Die Ter-tia Mensis Augusti Anno D[omi]ni Mill[esim]o Sexcentes[im]o Decimo tertio. Nos itaq[ue] attenden[tes] petitione[m] eorum [fuisse] [iustam] et legitima[m], Senten[tiam] præfatam in o[mn]ib[us] et singulis suis punctis, clausulis, articulis, capitulis, et conditionib[us] appro-bamus, confirmamus, ratificamus, ac robur perpetuæ firmitatis obtinere debere, declaramus et decernimus. In quorum fide[m] pr[æsen]tes manu R[everen]di D[omi]ni Procuratoris subscriptas Sigillo communi fecimus. Actu et Datu Leopoli Die prima Mensis Martij A.D. 1614. [Podpisy na plice:] [1] Joannes Baranowski Ar[chidiaconus? / Decanus?] et Canonicus Leopolien[sis] & [eius?] Procurator m[anu] p[ropr]ia [2] Abraham Vegelins senior vic[arius] [m[anu] p[ropr]ia] [3] Tobias Nadarkowius vicarius m[anu] p[ropr]ia [4] Lucas Kalinski Can[oni]cus Leopol[iensis] [m[anu] p[ropr]ia] [5] Melchior Terszowic M[ieszczanin?] [m[anu] p[ropr]ia] [Verso:] [Nota kancelaryjna:] Compositio inter V[enerabiles] P[atres] Vicarios Leopolien[ses] et Melchiorem Scriniariu[m] [rione?] fundi in Cemeterio B[eatae] V[irginis] M[ariae] extra por-tam Cracovien[sem] adiacenti [Sygnatura archiwalna na naklejce:] L. XI / 8 [Opis pieczęci:] [Pieczęć 1 - fot. 4: wosk czerwony w toczonej drewnianej puszce na czerwonym sznurze; wyobrażenie NMP z Dzieciątkiem - pieczęć kapituły metropolitalnej lwowskiej] [Pieczęć 2 - fot. 5: wosk czerwony w toczonej drewnianej puszce na czerwonym sznurze; zatarta pieczęć urzędowa/kościelna] [Pieczęć 3 - fot. 6: wosk czerwony w toczonej drewnianej puszce na czerwonym sznurze; pieczęć z tarczą herbową] [Pieczęć 4 - fot. 7: wosk czerwony w toczonej drewnianej puszce na czerwonym sznurze; monogram / gmerk mieszczański (litery M T R) w profilowanej tarczy - pieczęć Melchiora Terszowicza]