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The Lviv General Official Jan Drohobycz performs a transumpt of a 1499 agreement concluded between the custodian of the Lviv Franciscans, Walenty, and the parish priest Jan of Czyszki, at the request of the then-parish priest Bernard Kolaczek. This agreement regulated issues of outstanding sheaf tithes, participation in the costs of dam repairs, and the division of income from fishing in the pond in Czyszki.

King Sigismund I the Old confirms the resolution of the municipal authorities of Lviv, adopted after a recent fire, prohibiting the construction of houses with arcades in the city and orders all property owners to comply with the new building regulations.

John Wentoung informs the merchant Artuart Forbes in Rzeszów about the transfer of payment from the debtor Browning via Mr. R. Brüss and the settlement of the remaining sum. The correspondence concludes with wishes for successful trade and a commendation to God's care.

Anna Wentonowa informs Arthur Forbes about sending eight hundred zlotys to Lviv via Mr. Beck and Mr. Achenyff, requesting a receipt for the sum received on her account. She also promises to pay the remaining balance as soon as possible.

King Sigismund I the Old establishes a free Saturday meat market, known as 'sochaczki', for a period of twenty years in Lviv, which is rebuilding after a fire. During this time, he allows all residents and visitors to freely sell and butcher meat, suspending the monopoly of the local butchers' guild, which is also granted a tax exemption.

King Sigismund I the Old exempts all Christian inhabitants of Lviv from rents, the 'szos' tax, and other fees for twenty years due to the destruction caused by the city fire. Furthermore, he exempts the burghers from the 'czopowe' tax for a period of seven years, ordering that these revenues be allocated for the next six years to the reconstruction of the city walls and fortifications.

Lviv Archbishop Bernard Wilczek approves the donation of a brick house near the cathedral cemetery, made by the altarist Maciej Krogulicz of Strzyżów to the mayor and councilors of Lviv as guardians of the altar of St. Mary, founded by Stanisław Małdrzyk. In return, each successive altarist was obliged to celebrate perpetual masses for the soul of the donor, his parents, and friends.

The mayor and councilors of the city of Lviv resolve a border and property dispute, adjudicating the disputed meadows on the drained ponds in Zamarstynów to Marcin Schöngregier and the successors of Bernard Tyczka. The peasants of Zamarstynów are ordered to perpetual silence due to the lack of documents confirming their rights to these lands.

Wieżayski informs the plenipotentiary Bonawentura Bogdanowicz about the postponement of the session to Thursday and requests that invitations be sent to the deputies for a meeting regarding the privileges concerning the wax tax.

Wielopolski asks the mayor to assist a chamber official in recovering debts from Lviv citizens and merchants. He emphasizes the interest of the treasury and the creditor's difficulties due to missed payment deadlines.

Before the Lviv land court, Jadwiga of Olesko, wife of the Podolian Voivode Marcin Kamieniecki, endowed the Archbishop of Lviv, Bernard Wilczek, with an annual rent (wyderkaf) of 10 grzywnas from a sum of 400 florins. This income, secured on the customs and ponds in Załoźce and Olesko, was designated for the maintenance of a lamp before the altar of St. George in the Lviv Cathedral.

The Lviv city councilors grant the cleric Stanisław Wilczek an expectancy and presentation for the next vacant altar under the city's patronage in the Lviv Cathedral. They request the Archbishop of Lviv to grant him canonical institution to this benefice and to confer holy orders upon him.

Wielopolski requests the authorities of Lwów to assist in settling the dues of Wacław Woyzik [?]. Payment is to be made proportionally, provided there is a genuine signature and a proper account, without protracted execution.

Wielopolski orders the lifting of a previous ban on the release of goods belonging to merchants from Košice and Prešov. He justifies the change by citing losses to the Crown treasury and the restriction of trade.

The Archbishop of Lviv, Bernardyn Wilczek, certifies the conferral of successive holy orders upon Stanisław, son of the Lviv councilor Stanisław Wilczek. The document confirms his receipt of the acolytate, subdiaconate, diaconate, and his ordination as a presbyter on Holy Saturday in 1529.

Lviv Archbishop Bernard Wilczek confirms and transumes a document from the Lviv land court regarding the sale of an annual rent from customs and fisheries in Załoźce and Olesko by the Podolian Voivode Marcin Kamieniecki and his wife Jadwiga. The Archbishop allocates and endows this income for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp before the Blessed Sacrament in the Lviv Cathedral, for Holy Masses, and for the support of church staff.

Wielopolski explains that after a complaint against Ensign Koc was filed with the Hetman, he cannot adjudicate the matter himself. He is awaiting instructions from the higher authority without prejudging the validity of the allegations.

The judge and deputy judge of the Kraków land court certify the decree of King Sigismund I resolving a dispute between customs officers and merchants regarding routes for driving cattle and transporting goods from Ruthenia, Podolia, Volhynia, and Moldavia. According to the judgment, cattle and goods from Ruthenia, Podolia, and Moldavia must be directed through Lwów, Gródek, and Przemyśl to Sandomierz, while those from Volhynia through Lublin and Radom, under penalty of confiscation.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the request of the Lviv city authorities, moves the annual fair from the Feast of the Holy Trinity to the Feast of Saint Margaret, exempting arriving merchants from customs duties. At the same time, he confirms the holding of the fair on the Feast of Saint Agnes, maintaining the existing obligation to pay customs duties.

Krzysztof Wieniawski assures Franciszek Zawadzki that he remembers the financial obligations of Skowroński and the furniture maker, and announces his imminent arrival after the holidays. He expresses gratitude for the kindness shown and sends warm greetings and toasts to the health of the Voivodess, the Starosta, and the court ladies.

The Lviv General Official Stanisław Męda, upon the presentation of the Lviv City Council, grants the altar in the Strumiłło Chapel in the Lviv Cathedral to Stanisław Wilczek, vacant after the death of Jan Drohobycz. The issuer orders the perpetual vicars to induct the new altarist into possession of the benefice and its associated revenues.

King Sigismund I approves the 1528 decree of the mayor and councilors of Lviv, which awarded disputed meadows formed on drained ponds in Zamarstynów to Marcin Schöngreger, guardian of the widow and children of the late Bernard Tyczka. The inhabitants of the village of Zamarstynów were ordered to maintain perpetual silence on this matter.

Gabriel Wyhowski informs the Voivode of Ruthenia, Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski, about the recovery and repair of his carriage, the return of which was, however, blocked by Monsieur de Béthune. He also requests support for his brother, who is conducting negotiations with the Crown Standard-Bearer.

Daniel Wyhowski informs the Lviv Magistrate about sending his organist, Józef, to the city along with Mr. Iskrzycki. He requests the councilors to promptly assemble and hand over to the messenger all items specified in a separate register.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the request of the Lviv Cathedral Chapter, confirms a 1463 document by royal commissioners delimiting the chapter village of Wierzbiąż and the royal villages of Rożana and Rzeczyczów. The confirmation grants the Chapter the disputed lands, forests, thickets, and revenues according to the established boundary mounds.

King Sigismund I confirms to the chapters of the Lviv Cathedral a document from the commissioners of King Casimir Jagiellon dated 1474. This act established the detailed course of the boundaries and the placement of boundary mounds between the capitular village of Wierbiż and the royal villages of Drohowyże and Uście.

Ivan Vyhovsky justifies the Cossack side's silence due to mounting difficulties and announces the imminent dispatch of envoys to the Prince of Transylvania following the wedding of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky in Moldavia. He assures the inviolability of the old alliance and refers to the messenger for further details.

Ivan Vyhovsky thanks János Kemény for the favor and kindness he learned about from the Transylvanian embassy and his own clerk, Michał Gunaszewski. He assures him of his mutual friendship and devotion to both the Transylvanian leader and Prince George II Rákóczi.

King Sigismund I the Old consolidates previous debt records on the royal village of Honiatycze into a single sum of 220 marks and pledges it to the Metropolitan Chapter in Lviv. The Chapter is to hold and use the village as a pledge until the debt is fully repaid by the monarch or his successors.

King Sigismund I transfers the village of Zhydatychi, belonging to the metropolitan chapter in Lviv, from land law to ecclesiastical law. At the same time, he exempts this property from the obligation of military expeditions, tax levies, and all other burdens of secular law.

Wygranowski expresses regret to Stanisław Głogowski due to the humiliation of a messenger sent regarding customs duties for a ship and the disregard for applicable laws. He announces his intention to refer the matter to higher authorities while declaring a desire to maintain mutual friendship.

King Sigismund I approves the purchase of a plot in Lviv made by the Lviv Metropolitan Chapter from Father Antoni Kłopot. The monarch grants the acquired property ecclesiastical immunity and exempts it from all taxes and secular burdens.

King Sigismund I confirms the privilege of King Casimir IV Jagiellon from 1456, securing quarterly payments for the Archbishop and Chapter of Lviv from the Lviv and Gródek customs duties and the Drohobych salt mines. He orders the customs collectors and salt mine officials to make timely payments under penalty of sanctions and enforcement by the Starosta of Lviv.

Stanisław Wydżga informs the recipient about sending messengers to determine the route of his journey from Śmiła. He declares his desire for a personal meeting as soon as possible and to welcome him in the vicinity of Chmielnik or Pików.

King Sigismund I grants the Lviv sub-judge Jan Dzieduszycki and his successors the right to collect specific bridge tolls at seventeen crossings within the estates of Dzieduszyce and Młynice. In exchange for the privilege of collecting tolls, the owners are obligated to permanently maintain and repair the roads and bridges.

King Sigismund I the Old cancels a former record of King Władysław for one hundred marks and grants Dobrogost Pełka forty marks, which are to be paid to him by the tenant of the royal village of Kozłów, Maciej, the castellan (wojski) of Żydaczów. The paid sum of forty marks is simultaneously added to the pledge sums secured for Maciej on the same village.

Archbishop of Lviv Bernard Wilczek appoints Bachelor of Arts Maciej of Śrem as the parish priest of the parish church in Jaworów, vacant after the death of the priest Tomasz. He orders the rector of Bruchnal and other clergy to solemnly induct the new pastor into the actual possession of the benefice and to hand over all associated revenues to him.

King Sigismund I the Old grants the authorities and citizens of Lwów the right to collect a new bridge toll of two denarii for every ox driven for sale, exempting Lwów citizens from this fee. The income obtained is to be used for the permanent maintenance and repair of bridges around the city to ensure the safe passage of merchants and travelers.

Winnicki presents a dispute with Metropolitan Załęski regarding the archimandrites in Walawa, Derman, and Dubno. He asks the Voivode to intercede with the Nuncio following an appeal; the letter itself does not resolve the rights to the benefices.

Wysocka is pleased to have re-established contact and asks for further news regarding the recipient's health. She explains that the letter was delivered by a factor; in the future, one can write via post or through the captain.

King Sigismund I the Old, at the request of the Lviv burghers, approves the 1506 verdict of King Alexander Jagiellon. He confirms the exemption of the Lviv citizens from the Lublin customs duty and prohibits Lublin customs officers from collecting it.