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King Casimir the Great confirms to the children of the late Lviv reeve Maciej the hereditary right to a mill near Lviv and the village of Małe Winniki, including the grange, originally granted to their grandfather Bertold by Prince Lev. The document exempts the inhabitants of the estate from the jurisdiction of the Ruthenian land judges, imposing the obligation to provide one crossbowman for military expeditions.

King Casimir the Great grants the miller Konrad of Prussia and his legitimate successors the third part of a mill he built near Lwów, along with a third of the income, while regulating the proportions of repair costs and subjecting him to the municipal law of Lwów.

Duke of Opole and Lord of the Ruthenian lands, Władysław Opolczyk, grants and confirms to the city of Lwów one hundred Franconian hides along with forests, meadows, and the Pełtew River, defining their boundaries. The townspeople and settlers receive a ten-year exemption from all rents and customary fees, after which they will be obligated to pay annual dues.

The Prior of the Corpus Christi Dominican monastery in Lwów acknowledges receipt from the Lwów city councilors of four blocks of wax bequeathed to the monastery in the will of the burgher Marcin of Wiśnia, and releases them from any further claims. The document was drawn up and attested by the notary public Nicholas of Bytom in the Lwów town hall.

King Władysław Jagiełło confirms and transumes a document of King Casimir the Great from 1368, granting Lwów one hundred Franconian hides under German law and a mill on the Pełtew River. Furthermore, he confirms the judicial liberties of the Lwów burghers and the right to hunt within the boundaries of the granted lands.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants Adam the carpenter and his successors the third measure from the royal mill near the Halicz Gate in Lwów. The privilege is a reward for the craftsman's diligent work on royal buildings and carpentry projects.

A notarial document certifying that the Archbishop of Halych, Jakub Strepa, reclaimed a mill in Zboiska that had been unlawfully leased to the Ruthenian priest Jan and returned it to the councilors and the commonalty of the city of Lviv. The Archbishop instructed his chaplain, Jan de Haze, to formally induct the city authorities into possession of the mill, including the right to collect all revenues therefrom.

An order for the immediate execution of a ruling in favor of the Lviv burghers concerning the redemption of the third measure of the Zimna Woda mill and related properties. The King forbids further delays of the execution through appeals; the income is to be used for strengthening the city's defenses.

The document is a notarial copy of a verdict by a judge and commissioner of the Apostolic See, resolving a dispute over a mill outside the city in favor of the parish priest of the Lviv Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary against the authorities and the community of Lviv. It confirms the church's exclusive right to the aforementioned mill and the income derived from it, and orders its recovery after unlawful seizure by the city.

Halych Archbishop Jakub Strzemię transumes a bull of Pope Boniface IX and, by its authority, summons the Lwów parish priest Jan Rusin to the episcopal court in a dispute with the authorities of Lwów. The subject of the conflict concerns the rights to appoint the schoolmaster, the sacristan, the collection of tributes, and the administration of the rectory building and the mill in Zboiska.

King Władysław Jagiełło resolves property and legal disputes between the burghers of Lwów and Jan, the parish priest of the church in Lwów. The document regulates issues concerning the 'meszne' (mass fee), the appointment and maintenance of the school and the sacristan, the participation of the clergy in the drafting of wills, rights to house rents, and the ownership of the Blessed Virgin Mary mill.

Archbishop Jakub of Halych confirms to the Lviv burgher Piotr Stecher the resignation and transfer of a portion of a mill near Lviv, along with the right of patronage and collation, made by Narcyz of Kłodno and Korzeniew. The income from this portion of the mill is to serve as an endowment and maintenance for a founded altar.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants permission for the construction and establishment of a pond and a mill on the Velyka Lypa river between the royal village of Zboratycze and Dunajów for the benefit of the Archbishop of Halych. The document regulates the right to use the riverbanks and collect profits from the newly created facilities.

King Władysław Jagiełło transfers the villages of Hodowice and Żydatycze, belonging to Jakub, the official of Halicz and hospitaler of Lwów, from Polish law to Magdeburg law. He grants the village heads full judicial jurisdiction over the inhabitants, exempting them from the authority of royal officials.

Archbishop of Halych, Jakub, transumes and authenticates a bull of Pope Gregory XI from 1374 for the friars of the Order of Preachers. The papal document grants Dominicans traveling on missions to infidel peoples, as well as their helpers, the privilege of choosing a confessor and obtaining plenary indulgence at the moment of death.

The Bishop of Kraków, Piotr Wysz, transumes a bull of Pope Gregory XII entrusting him with the resolution of a dispute between Jan Rusin, parish priest of the Church of St. Mary Outside the Walls of Lwów, and the councillors and burghers of Lwów regarding tithes and the revenues of the Holy Spirit Hospital. Consequently, the bishop, as a judge delegated by the Apostolic See, initiates judicial proceedings and summons designated clergymen to take procedural actions.

Nicholas, Dean of Przemyśl and sub-delegated judge by papal mandate, summons the authorities and inhabitants of Lviv to a court in Kraków in a dispute with the parish priest Jan Rusin regarding church revenues. On the reverse, the delivery and announcement of the summons in Lviv in the presence of the Archbishop of Halych, Jakub, is certified.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the village of Zubrza in the Lviv land to Jan of Byrawa and his legitimate heirs under perpetual law. In return, the recipient is obliged to perform military service with one lance and two archers, and the subjects are to pay the customary tributes.

Arbitrators Mikołaj son of Wigand and Mikołaj Peysar settle the dispute regarding the collection of tithes between the Lviv parish priest Jan Rusin and the authorities and community of the city of Lviv. The document was drawn up and certified by the notary public Grzegorz of Lelów.

King Władysław Jagiełło, at the request of Jan of Zubrza, transfers his village of Zubrza from Polish law to Magdeburg law. The document exempts the village inhabitants from the jurisdiction of royal officials and grants full judicial authority to the local village head (sołtys).

Archbishop of Gniezno Mikołaj Trąba, acting as an arbitrator, settles property and legal disputes between the parish priest of the Lwów parish church, Jan Rusin, and the city council and commonalty of Lwów. The settlement regulates mutual financial claims, participation in the construction of city walls, and duties related to the church's endowment.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the city of Lwów and its burghers the lands and forests extending around the municipal fields, known as 'obszary', along with all appurtenances and benefits. In return, the burghers are obligated to constantly care for the expansion, fortification, and beautification of the city.

The document is a notarial instrument drawn up by the notary Albert of Padua on the order of the Archbishop of Lviv, Jan of Rzeszów, at the request of the altarist Augustyn Kamener. It contains a transumpt of the privilege of the Lviv city council from 1399, which founded and endowed the Altar of the Ten Thousand Martyrs and the Holy Virgins in the Lviv Cathedral.

Mikołaj Dmytrowski founds and endows the parish church of All Saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Czyżki, granting it land, meadows, the right to a fish pond, tithes, and grain tributes from the peasants. He simultaneously reserves for himself and his successors the right of patronage and the presentation of the parish priest.

King Władysław Jagiełło, at the request of the Archdeacon of Lublin, Stanisław Erpisska, transfers the village of Hodowica, belonging to the Lviv prebend of St. John, from Polish and Ruthenian law to German Magdeburg law. The document grants the inhabitants immunity from the courts of land officials and defines the scope of the village head's (sołtys) jurisdiction.

King Władysław Jagiełło donates the dilapidated royal bathhouse with its plot to the city of Lwów in exchange for an annual rent of 20 marks. Furthermore, he authorizes the councilors and the city to construct additional bathhouses as their own property without the obligation to pay any fees to the monarch.

King Władysław Jagiełło confirms the privilege of King Casimir the Great from 1360 for the city of Lwów, abolishing the previous rule of equal division of property after the husband's death and introducing new, detailed rules for inheritance and the renunciation of assets between spouses and their relatives. The document regulates legal issues concerning dowry, dower (oprawa), the division of movable and immovable property, and the procedure for renouncing property before a court.

King Władysław Jagiełło, at the request of Włodko, transfers his village of Werbiż in the Szczerzec district from Polish and Ruthenian law to the German Środa law. The document exempts the village inhabitants from the jurisdiction of royal officials and grants the village head (sołtys) full judicial authority.

King Władysław Jagiełło confirms a transumed document of the Lviv jurors regarding the donation of the Hołosko grange by Katarzyna Cymmerman to her husband Janusz Tłumacz. Furthermore, the monarch grants Janusz and his successors a royal wasteland by the Brzuchowica river and adjacent meadows.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the Lwów burgher and hearth tax collector Janszko Tołmacz and his successors a cloth chamber in Lwów with the right to trade and shear cloth. The stall is exempted from paying the annual rent to the royal treasury.

The King thanks Lviv for its resistance against the troops of the Voivode of Transylvania and requests a loan of 100,000 zlotys. The security for the loan is to be the customs revenues collected via lease; the Treasurer will provide the details.

King Władysław Jagiełło approves the privilege of the General Starosta of Ruthenia, Spytko of Jarosław, allowing the Lviv Armenian Atabe to relocate and erect a new wooden bathhouse in the city moat near the walls of Lviv. The document specifies the conditions for the construction and operation of the bathhouse, including separate entrances for men and women, and the amount of fees to be paid to the castle and the city council.

King Władysław Jagiełło exempts the inhabitants of Lwów from the general obligation of providing transport wagons and horses. He stipulates only the duty to provide a wagon [...] and no more than twelve horses according to ancient custom during the stay of the King or Queen.

King Władysław II Jagiełło exempts the burghers and inhabitants of Lwów from the burdensome duty of providing horses and carts (podwody) for royal officials. The only exception remains the obligation to provide a kitchen cart during the royal couple's stay in Lwów for the first night's stop on their return journey.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants his customs officer, Wołczko the Jew from Lwów, a hereditary village headship in the village of Werbiż, along with two free hides of land, an inn, and a mill. The document further transfers the entire village from Polish and Ruthenian law to German (Środa) law, exempting its inhabitants from the jurisdiction of land courts.

The Archbishop of Lviv, Jan Rzeszowski, confirms the foundation privilege of the heir of Delijów, Jan Kola, re-establishing the local parish church. The document specifies in detail the grants of land, fish ponds, tithes, as well as duties and fees for the parish priest and the parish.

The Ruthenian Starosta Jan Mężyk of Dąbrowa, together with his assessors, confirms the resignation and perpetual sale of the sołectwo in the village of Werbiż (Kierz), carried out by the Lwów customs officer, the Jew Wołczko, to Jan Link of Smorze for the sum of 48 grzywnas. The document transumes a privilege of King Władysław Jagiełło from 1407, which granted the said sołectwo to Wołczko and transferred the village to the Środa law.

King Władysław Jagiełło establishes ten canonical prebends at the cathedral church in Lwów, obligating their beneficiaries to constant prayers for the prosperity of the monarch and the deceased queens. For their maintenance, he assigns an annual income of 100 marks, payable in quarterly installments, half from the salt mines in Drohobycz and half from the Lwów customs duties.

King Władysław Jagiełło exempts the estates of the metropolitan church in Lviv, the archbishop, and the clergy from all burdens, fees, transport duties, and customs. At the same time, he grants the Lviv Archbishopric all rights, privileges, and liberties identical to those enjoyed by the Archdiocese of Gniezno.

King Władysław Jagiełło exempts the Lviv Archdiocese, its estates, and subjects from all taxes, tributes, transport duties, and public or monarchical services. He also grants it all rights, liberties, and privileges enjoyed by the Gniezno Archdiocese.

King Władysław Jagiełło confirms the voluntary exchange of landed estates concluded between the Archbishop of Lviv, Jan, and the nobleman Jakusz of Potoczany. As a result of the agreement, the Archbishop gave the table village of Jawcze in exchange for the village of Potoczany, located in the Podolia district.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the metropolitan cathedral church in Lviv and its chapter forty łans of land and forests located between Skniłów, Obroszyn, and Hodowica. The document grants the beneficiaries full rights to clear the land, settle inhabitants, and perpetually derive benefits from the granted area.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants ten canons of the cathedral church in Lviv four wagons of salt annually from the salt mines in Drohobycz. The grant serves as thanksgiving for the favorable news of the victory over the Tatars, Turks, and Wallachians near Bracław.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the village of Werbiż in the Lwów district to the chapter of the metropolitan church in Lwów for the endowment of ten canons newly founded by him. The document details the property's appurtenances and authorizes the chapter to establish a pond on the Dniester River.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the royal village of Wierbiż in the Ruthenian land and Lwów district, along with customs duties, bridge tolls, and appurtenances, to the dean and canons of the metropolitan church in Lwów in perpetuity. In return, he reserves for himself and his successors only an annual rent of two groschen on St. Martin's Day, obliging the chapter to pray for the prosperity of the ruler, his sons, and the Kingdom.

King Władysław Jagiełło grants the wasteland of Werbiż to the Lviv judge and customs officer Wołczko for the purpose of clearing, settling, and founding a new village. The grant is for life, and upon the death of the beneficiary, the village is to return to the Crown.

The King orders both commissions to cooperate in recovering the silver of the Zhovkva church, which was taken from the deposit in the Lviv Cathedral during the Turkish siege. The items or their fair equivalent must be recovered, and those guilty of illegal trade in them must be judged.

King Władysław III orders the officials of the Ruthenian lands to publicly announce the prohibition of merchants bypassing Lwów and to forbid the nobility from unlawfully collecting new customs duties. Those who resist are to be punished by the confiscation of transported goods and arrest.

Peter, custodian and administrator sede vacante of the Archdiocese of Lviv, transsumes a letter from the Council of Basel and orders the clergy of the diocese to announce the indulgences contained therein and to collect funds for the union with the Greeks.

Wincenty of Szamotuły, Castellan of Międzyrzecz and General Starosta of Ruthenia, certifies the settlement reached between brothers Jan Zubrski and Paweł Gawronka of Bierawa regarding the division of current and future property and inheritances. Under the agreement, Jan Zubrski undertakes to pay his brother Paweł thirty marks of current currency.