Confirmation by King Władysław IV of the emphyteutic contract between the city of Lwów and Efraim Gombrycht

Władysław IV, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals, elected Grand Duke of Muscovy. We hereby announce by this our letter to all and each one whom it may concern, that there has been presented before us a paper document, signed by the hand of the illustrious Jakub Schole, Doctor of Both Laws, Proconsul of Lwów, and strengthened with the seal of the Lwów municipal office, containing an emphyteutic contract, by virtue of which two municipal houses, commonly called Masztarnia and Kapnica, under an annual rent of six hundred Polish florins, paid annually for the public needs of the city of Lwów and given to the councillors of the same city, were leased to the infidel Efraim Zombrycht, elder of the Lwów Jews, and his successors – whole, sound, intact, and free from any mark of suspicion. And we were humbly requested to deign to approve and confirm the same [letters] with this our royal authority. The literal content of which letter follows word for word and is as follows: We, the Councillors of the city of Lwów. To all and each one whom it may concern, we announce by the content hereof: Since we, by virtue of the duty of our office, are obliged to increase the benefits from municipal goods and revenues, to make them grow, and to bring them to a better state – as two municipal houses, called Masztarnia and Kapnica, giving rise to the Jewish Street, not directly adjacent to the houses of the Lwów Jews, bring the city very meager benefits and profits, and are rarely useful, for the stable, otherwise Masztarnia, has received another place and use for stabling horses and wagons of the townspeople within the city ramparts, and the wax foundry, otherwise Kapnica, also between the city walls, built from the foundations with a wall, began to rise as a new work and building, therefore, so that the said two houses: stable and wax-boiling, ruined by age, entailing more expenses due to urgent needs than would result from their walls, could serve the city with greater benefit, with the mutual consent of all estates of the same city and the entire commonalty, we have given, granted, inscribed, and resigned the said two houses to the infidel Efraim Gombrycht, elder of the Lwów Jewish community, and his successors and descendants by emphyteutic law, for an annual rent of six hundred Polish florins, paid annually for the public purposes of the city by the possessors of these houses, the emphyteutes – in accordance with the contract between the said Efraim Gombrycht and the municipal estate concluded, finalized, and recorded in the intercise (to which this grant refers in whole and in everything), mutually drawn up from the date and act in Lwów on the tenth day of the month of February of the current year, strengthened by signatures and pressed seals, brought by oblation to the acts of resignation of the same city on the Monday after the Sunday of Invocavit of Lent nearest to that year – just as we give, grant, inscribe, and resign them forever by this our grant by the power of His Royal Majesty, already made by His Majesty. By the power of these our letters [?]. In witness whereof we have ordered the seal of the city and our office to be pressed. Given at the castle in Lwów, on Saturday, on the eve of the Sunday of Reminiscere of Lent, nearest, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and thirty-two. Jakub Schole, Doctor of Both Laws, Proconsul of Lwów. We, therefore, graciously acceding to this request, have deemed the letter included above in all its points, clauses, articles, and conditions worthy of approval, ratification, and confirmation, and as far as it does not contradict common law, and its use has not suffered any prejudice, we approve, ratify, and confirm it by this our letter, establishing that it should obtain the force of due and inviolable durability. In witness whereof, this [document] signed by our hand, we have ordered to be strengthened with our crown seal. Given in Kraków on the 2nd day of March, in the year of our Lord 1633, in the first year of our reign in Poland and Sweden. Władysław King [autograph] [Under the fold on the right side:] Albert Radziwiłł, Chancellor... / ... Secretary of His Royal Majesty... [Seal:] [Great Crown Seal of Władysław IV Vasa impressed in red wax, in a metal round case, suspended on a red silk cord. In the rim, the royal titles of Władysław IV, in the field, a shield with the White Eagle and the Vasa Sheaf under a crown, surrounded by the coats of arms of the lands and provinces of the Republic] [On the reverse:] 1633. # 3. / to fascicle 173 / former Stables in the Jewish [quarter] Gombrycht's / Confirmation of the emphyteutic right to Masztarnia and Kapnica granted to the Jews. Oblation of the same to the castle acts of the Lwów land office and validation in the year 1633 and in the acts at the voivodeship testimony brought by the illustrious townspeople. / Of Władysław the Fourth / No. 173 / From the chest Oua / No. 3. / 4to 7mo / [Round ink seal:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT ACTS OF THE CITY OF LWÓW

Vladislaus IV Dei gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniaeq[ue], Nec non Suec[orum], Gotthorum, Vandalorumque Haereditarius Rex, Electus Magnus Dux Moschoviae. Significamus praesentibus literis nostris, quorum interest, universis et singulis. Oblatas esse coram nobis literas papyraceas, manu Spectabilis Jacobi Schole I[uris] U[triusque] D[octoris] Proconsulis Leopolien[sis] subscriptas, sigilloq[ue] Officii Consularis Leopolien[sis] communitas, Contractum Iuris Emphiteutici, quo Domus duae Civiles, vulgò Masztarnia, & Kapnica dictae, ex censu annuo Sexcentorum florenor[um] Polonicalium quotannis in usus publicos Civitatis Leopolien[sis] conferendos & Consulibus Civitatis eiusdem, Perfido Efraim Zombrycht, Iudaeo Seniori Leopolien[si], illiusq[ue] successoribus, locatae sunt) in se continen[tes], sanas, salvas, integras, omniq[ue] suspicionis nota caren[tes]. Supplicatumq[ue] nobis est, ut easdem hac authoritate n[ost]ra Regia approbare & confirmare dignaremur. Quarum quidem literarum tenor, de verbo ad verbum sequitur, estq[ue] talis: Nos Consules Civitatis Leopolien[sis]. Universis & singulis, quorum interest, tenore praesentium significamus: Quia nos pro debito officii n[ost]ri, proventus ex bonis redditibusq[ue] Civilibus ampliare, & illorum incrementum facere, atq[ue] in conditionem meliorem reducere, obligati existentes: cum duae Domus Civiles, Masztarnia, & Kapnica dictae, plateam Iudaicam exordientes, domibusq[ue] Iudaeorum Leopolien[sium] incontigue iacen[tes], admodum mediocres Civitati fructus & commoda adferant, & vix aliquando usui sint, nam Stabulare, alias Masztarnia, pro statuendis equis, & curribus Civibus alium intra valles Civiles locum & usum obtinuit, Cerefixorium verò, alias Kapnica, inter muros itidem Civiles, ex fundamentis muro eductum, in opus, ac aedificium novum, surgere coepit, ideò ut praedictae Stabularis & Cerefixorii Domus duae, & vetustate collapsae, plus sumptuum urgendo, quàm muri continente, civitati magis commodare possint, mutuo omnium Civitatis eiusdem Ordinum, ac totius Communitatis consensu accedente, praetactas Domos duas, Perfido Efraim Gombrycht, Iudaeo Seniori Leopolien[si], illiusq[ue] successoribus & posteris iure Emphiteutico, ex censu annuo, sexcentorum florenorum Polonicaliũ, quotannis in usus Civitatis publicos, per earum Domorum possessores, Emphiteutas, conferendo, iuxta Contractum inter praefatum Ephraim Gombrycht, & Ordinem Civitatis initum, & consumatum, inscriptumq[ue], Interusio (adquam se praesens concessio m[an]u in toto, ac per omnia refert, de Data & Actu Leopoli, Die Decima, Mensis Februarii, Anno praesente ultro citroq[ue] redactum, subscriptionibus, ac sigillis subimpressis firmatum, ad Acta Resignationum Civitatis eiusdem Feria Secunda post Dominic[am] Invocavit Quadragesim[ae] proxima Anno eodem per Oblatam repraesentatum, dedimus, contulimus, inscripsimus, resignavimus, prout praesenti concessione n[ost]ra vigore S[anctae] R[egiae] M[aiesta]tis, ad praesens iam a S[ua] M[aiesta]te facto damus, conferimus, inscribimus, & resignamus, in perpetuum. Harum literarum nostrarum robore [?]. Testimonio, cui sigillum Civitatis ac Officii n[ost]ri subimprimi curavimus. Datum Castrum Leopoli, Sabbatho pridie D[omi]nicae Reminiscere Quadragesim[ae], proximo, Anno D[omi]ni, Millesimo, Sexcentesimo, Trigesimo Secundo. Iacobus Schole I.U.D. Proconsul Leopolien[sis]. Nos igitur supplicationi eidem benignè annuen[tes], praeinsertas l[itte]ras in omnibus earum punctis, clausulis, articulis & conditionibus, approbandas, ratifican[das] & confirman[das] esse duximus, p[ro]ut quidem inquantum iuri communi non repugnant, & usus earum labefactus approbamus, ratificamus, & confirmamus h[isce] l[itte]ris n[ost]ris, Decernentes easdem debitae & inviolabilis firmitatis robur obtinere debere. In cuius rei fidem, praesentes manu n[ost]ra subscriptas, Sigillo Regni n[ost]ro communiri mandavimus. Datum Cracoviae Die II. Mensis Martii, Anno D[omi]ni M.DC.XXXIII. Regnorum nostrorum Poloniae & Sueciae Anno Primo. Vladislaus Rex [m.p.] [Pod plicą z prawej strony:] Albertus Radziwiłł Cancell[arius]... / ... Secret[arius] Reg[iae] M[aiesta]tis... [Pieczęć:] [Wielka pieczęć koronna Władysława IV Wazy wyciśnięta w czerwonym wosku, w metalowej okrągłej puszce, zawieszona na czerwonym jedwabnym sznurze. W otoku tytulatura królewska Władysława IV, w polu tarcza z Orłem Białym i Snopem Wazów pod koroną, otoczona herbami ziem i prowincji Rzeczypospolitej] [Verso:] 1633. # 3. / ad Fas 173 / d. Stajnie w Żyd. Gombrichowskie / Confirmatio juris Emphiteutici sup[er] Masztarnia et Kapnica Judaeis con[ce]ss[i]. Eiusd[em] oblata ad Acta Castren[sia] Off[icii] Terrestris Leopolien[sis] et convalidatio in A[nn]o 1633. et in actis pen[e]s palatinat[um] recognitio p[er] Spectabiles Cives oblata. / Vladislai Quarti / N 173 / Ex Arca Oua / No 3. / 4to 7mo / [Okrągła pieczęć tuszowa:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA