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Admonition of Michał Fredro to the Lwów City Councilors regarding the tax oppression of suburbanites

Michał Fredro, Podstoli of Podolia, Marshal of the Knightly Circle of the Ruthenian Voivodeship The Gracious Lords, Councilors of the City of Lwów
7 Martii 1671 · Sądowa Wisznia

Michał Fredro intervenes on behalf of the knightly circle with the Lwów city councilors against excessive taxation and the burdensome quartering of envoys among the poor Halych suburbanites. He warns the municipal authorities against the extortion by tax collectors and announces that he will raise this matter at the next sejmik.

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[P. 2] + To fascicle 190 Most Noble Lwów City Councilors! It is always the hereditary virtue of our public assemblies and the goal toward which we strive that the common people, even in such difficult times for the Commonwealth, should be preserved in their rights, especially regarding public taxes, maintaining equality among people of all estates, so that one does not pay to the detriment and at the expense of another; you should therefore take this into account. It is a duty to know well the wealth of each person in relation to the proportion of contributions and to order them to pay what they can afford. Therefore, the Gentlemen are aggrieved that the suburbanites from the Halych Gate bear extraordinary burdens, for who has ever heard of a poor man from a house – just as you order them to pay – giving […], while others pay a zloty. If this is so, then although our treasury courts have the power to adjudicate all taxes so that everyone pays them fairly and without evasion, the contribution should nevertheless be collected without extortion. The tax collector should be satisfied only with what has been designated for him, without taking such a large receipt fee. The Gentlemen Brothers have therefore commissioned me to admonish you to treat poor people differently, for we will talk about this more broadly at the next sejmik – if God grants and there is an opportunity for it. These suburbanites are also troubled by the fact that various envoys are quartered with them and bother them, [P. 3] for it is important that the suburbs be populated to pay those taxes which, in turn, will be enacted for the Commonwealth at the Sejm – empty plots will not pay them. We wish equal prosperity to the suburbanites as to the whole city. Therefore, let consideration be given to these people. There is, after all, a tenement house where the envoys stay, so they should be placed there so that the poor people may have peace. Having reported this to you, I diligently commend myself to your friendship for the time being. From Wisznia, March 7, 1671. Your Gracious Lords' well-wishing friend and willing servant, Michał Fredro, Podstoli of Podolia, Marshal of the Knightly Circle of the Ruthenian Voivodeship [P. 4] [Address:] To the Gracious Lords, the Councilors of the City of Lwów, my Gracious Lords, to be delivered. From the sejmik. To the [...] suburbanites 1671. 1671, Contribution.

Original wording — transcription

[S. 2] + ad Fasc: 190 Mść Panowie Raycy Lwowscy Ta iest zawsze dziedziczna ziazdow noszych publicznych cnota ten do ktorego idziemy koniec, aby lud pospolity bez ućisku wszelkiego, lubo w tak trudnych Rz[ecz]p[ospoli]tey czasach, w swoich by mogł zachowany prawach, zwłaszcza in contributionibus publicis chowaiąc aequationem wszelkich condicyi ludzi, aby ieden nad drugiego nie trzęsąc nie dawał, tedy powinny mieć tego adwertencyą. Nad proportionem składek powinnosc iest fortunie kazdego dobrze wiedzieć, y to co kto dac moze kazac składać, przetozad to iest iey miłosci załzemu [sic!], ze przedmieszczanie od bramy Halickiey niezwyczayne ciezary, bo kto to kiedy słyszał, aby z domu ubogi człowiek, iako W[asze] M[o]śći kazećie im płacić, po [iksach? / talerze?] dawał, daway drudzy po złotemu płaco. Co ieżeli tak iest, lubo są sądy nasze skarbowe maią moc rozsądzenia podatkow wszelkich, aby ie kazdy sprawiedliwie nieuchylaiąc sie płacił, bez iednak zdźierstwa wyciągana byc ma contrybucya, exactor nie powinien chyba tym z ktore mu iest porządzone kontentowac sie, salarium kwitownego tak wielkiego nie biorę. Zlecielimi tedy I[ch] M[ość] Bracia to napomnieć, abyscie W[asze] M[o]śći z ludzmi ubogiemi inaczey sie obchodźili, bo sie o tem na przyszłem da Bog seymiku gdy okazya tego będzie szerzey rozmowiemy. Takze tych przedmieszczanow dolega y to, ze tak w nich posłowie rozni staią y uprzykrzaią sie, [S. 3] nalezy na tem, aby osiadłe były przedmiescia dla oddawania tych, ktore z koley Rz[ecz]p[ospo]litey będą z seymu posyłane podatki, pust[ek?] płacić ich nie będzie, iako miastu całemu tak y przedmieszczan[om] zyczemy rowney fortuny. Niech tedy będzie na tych ludzi respectus. [Wszak?] iest kamiennica w ktorey stanią posłowie, to ich tam maią stawiac, zeby ludzie ubodzy pokoy tedy mieli. Co Waszem doniosłszy, sam sie na ten czas przyiaźni Waszey pilnie zalecam. z Wisni 7 Martii 1671 W[aszych] M[ości] M[oich] M[iłościwych] P[anów] życzliwy przyiaciel y rad służący Michał Fredro podst[oli] podol[ski] marszałek koła Rycerskiego Woiewodztwa Ruskiego [S. 4, adres:] Ich Mść Panom Raycom Miasta Lwowa M[oi]m M[iłościwym] Panom oddac nalezy z seymiku [inną ręką:] ad anistrandorum [?] suburbanorum 1671 [notatki archiwalne:] 1671, Contrib[utio?]

Reading notes

Discrepancy with the inventory description: the inventory contains an incorrect year '1611' (a result of an OCR error); the document and the archival cover clearly show the year 1671. Michał Fredro appears as the marshal of the knightly circle of the Ruthenian Voivodeship (the sejmik in Sądowa Wisznia), not of a confederation (in the inventory: 'маршал конфедератів').

Scope of the edition: Automatic transcription (15.10.2026), not verified against the original by a human; illegible fragments marked [...].

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