Private legal documents
Privileges of property rights
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Pavel Pats, Voivode and Elder of Mstislavl, commands
Timofey Selitsky, Standard-Bearer and Vicegerent of
Mstislavl, to give ownership of land near the monastery village of Peresedye
to Yury Maginsky, Vice-Judge of Mstislavl.
Mstislavl, 26 January 1592.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 39, l. 1) |
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Pavel Pats, Voivode and Elder of Mstislavl, commands
Timofey Selitsky, Standard-Bearer and Vicegerent of
Mstislavl, to give ownership
of land near the estate of Osminsky to Yury
Maginsky, Vice-Judge of Mstislavl.
Mstislavl, 2 May 1592.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 39, l. 2) |
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Timofey Selitsky, Standard-Bearer and
Vicegerent of Mstislavl, gives ownership of land near the monastery
village of Peresedye and the estate of Osminsky to Yury Maginsky, Vice-Judge
of Mstislavl.
Mstislavl, 6 March 1592.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 39, l. 3) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, grants the landowner’s village of Kushliki to Jan Narushevich,
Huntsman of the GDL, and the church village of Kushliki to St. Sophia’s Cathedral of Polotsk.
Vilna, 7 March 1602.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 24-28 ob.) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
at the request of Archpriest Aleksandr Ilyinsky of Mogilev, confirms the privilege of Sigismund III Vasa,
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, issued on 21 February 1606 to
Mogilev archpriests for ownership of land in the village of Batyn, Mogilev district.
Warsaw, 24 November 1713.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 25-25 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, grants a garden plot in Sebezh and land in Smolensk Voivodeship as
a fiefdom to Jan Shuman
Shumsky.
Warsaw, 20 March 1631.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 5-6) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, allows Vasily Pozharisky to transfer his land in Mstislavl
Voivodeship
to his son Jan Pozharisky.
Vilna, 7 March 1644.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 18) |
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Record in the Castle Court Book of Mstislavl Voivodeship of
the application by Jan Slunko, landowner of Mstislavl, stating that during
the assault of Mstislavl Castle by Prince Trubetsky in 1654 his wife and
children were taken prisoners and his property documents were lost,
including the charters of Mstislavl princes granting estates to his
ancestors.
Mstislavl, 9 November 1665.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 23-23 ob.) |
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Record in the Castle Court Book of Mstislavl Voivodeship of
the application by Poniatowski, landowner of Mstislavl, stating that he was
taken prisoner to Moscow during the capture of Bykhov Fortress and his
property documents were lost.
Mstislavl, 1662.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 28) |
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Decree of the Vilna Commission on the estates of the
Shuman Shumskys in Smolensk Voivodeship.
Vilna, 28 January 1671.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 7-8) |
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Last will and testament of Jakub Eismont Potseiko, Colonel of His Royal
Highness, Standard-Bearer of Novogrudok.
Potseikovshchina, 16 June 1685.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 49-49 ob.) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
grants the village of Vozbutse in Zmudz
Princedom to Jan Klett, Ghief Guardian of Zmudz, after the death of its previous owner Jan Olbricht Klett,
Tablemaster of Braslav.
Warsaw, 14 May 1721.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 10-10 ob.) |
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Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
allows Stanislaw Pozharisky, Assessor and Regent of
Mstislavl, to give his lands in Mstislavl Voivodeship to Karol Casimir
Sventitski, Guardian of Mstislavl.
Warsaw, 13 October 1746.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 21) |
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Brothers Matsei, Juzef and Grigory Buino Rodzeviches give
their estate Khmelnevo in Novogrudok district as a town gateway for three years
to brothers Lukash Eismont Potseiko, captain of Rechitsa, and Mikhal Eismont
Potseiko for 4500 thalers in Polish zloty.
Vitebsk, 10 March 1749.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 50-50 ob.) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, allows the Uniate Archbishop Antony Selyava of Polotsk to have a
ferry on the river Dvina in Vitebsk between the river banks where the
churches of St. Simeon and the Most-Pure Virgin are located.
Warsaw, 3 March 1635.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 12-12 ob.) |
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John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
grants the estates of Pechersk, Borsuki, Tsvikrov and Tarasovichi in Orsha
district to Juzef Ladzinsky, Tablemaster of Mstislavl, earlier owned by the Kiev Pechersk Monastery and
later given to Alexander Kotovich, Catholic Bishop of
Smolensk.
Warsaw, 20 July 1685.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 152-152 ob.) |
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Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
allows Juzef Zub Volosovsky, captain of Inflanty, to extend a lifelong right
for the estate of Krasnoe in Braslav district to his wife Ioganna Volosovska.
Warsaw, 27 August 1750.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 31-31 ob.) |
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Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
allows the spouses Michal and Anna Kvinto to give their estate of
Svidershchizna in Braslav district to Stanislaw Kvinto from Prevish.
Warsaw, 27 November 1758.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 26-26 ob.) |
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Privileges of appointment
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand
Duke of Lithuania, appoints Mikhail Ragoza, Archimandrite of Minsk, as Metropolitan
of Kiev, Galicia and All Rus.
Vilna, 27 July 1589.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 102-102 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, commands Mikhail Ragoza, Metropolitan of Kiev,
Galicia and All Rus, to ordain Adam Pociej,
Castellan of Brest, as Bishop of Vladimir.
Warsaw, 20 March 1593.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 105) |
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Privilege granted by King Wladyslaw IV Vasa to the landowner Mikhail Khrebtovich for the post of Steward of Novogrudok.
10 February 1633.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 147, op. 2, d. 174, l. 344) |
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Noblemen of Polotsk Voivodeship elect Stefan Rypinsky and
Tomash Selyava as deputies to the Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Polotsk Castle, 2 February 1634.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 90-91) |
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Privilege granted by King Wladyslaw IV Vasa to the landowners Andrey
and his son Jan Epimakh-Shipillo for the posts of Custodians of Bridges of
Polotsk.
Manuscript. Polish.
6 July 1635.
(NIAB, f. 1732, op. 1, d. 2, l. 99-101) |
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Privilege granted by King Wladyslaw IV Vasa to the landowner Jan Zhizhemsky for the post of
Tablemaster of Minsk.
12 October 1640.
Manuscript. Old Belarusian and Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1727, op. 1, d. 3, l. 171-172) |
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Privilege granted by King Wladyslaw IV Vasa to the landowner Vladislav Komar for the post of
Tablemaster of Minsk.
19 January 1649.
Manuscript. Old Belarusian and Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1727, op. 1, d. 3, l. 1351-1352 ob.) |
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Record in the Castle Court Book of Mstislavl Voivodeship of
the following document:
John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, on 5 June
1659 in Warsaw, proposes Dionisy Balaban, Metropolitan of Kiev,
Galicia and All Rus, to ordain Konstantin
Ipatyevich, Archpriest of Mstislavl, as Priest of St. Nicholas Church at Mstislavl Castle, burned down by the enemy and restored by him.
Mstislavl, 20 June 1664.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish and Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 38-38 ob.) |
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John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, informs the townspeople of Mogilev that he gives the office of
Mayor of Mogilev to Vladislav
Volovich, Voivode of Vitebsk.
Warsaw, 30 April 1661.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 120-120 ob.) |
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Privilege granted by King John III Sobieski to the landowner Khrizostom
Billevich for the post of Tablemaster of Smolensk.
17 May 1675.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1732, op. 1, d. 2, l. 263-264 ob.) |
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Privilege granted by King John III Sobieski to the landowner Basil Epimakh-Shipillo for the post of Treasurer of Polotsk.
15 September 1688.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1732, op. 1, d. 2, l. 415-416) |
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Privilege granted by King Augustus II to the landowner Vladislav
Anishevsky for the post of Cup-Bearer of Smolensk.
December 1698.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1732, op. 1, d. 2, l. 272-272 ob.) |
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Privilege granted by King Augustus II to the landowner Yan Shchitkovsky
for the post of Cup-Bearer of Oshmyany.
7 July 1699.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1732, op. 1, d. 2, l. 304-304 ob.) |
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Privilege granted by King Augustus II to the landowner Teodor Syrinsky
for the post of Treasurer of Braslav.
15 April 1724.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1732, op. 1, d. 2, l. 497-498 ob.) |
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Privilege granted by King Augustus II to the landowner Yezhi Zambritsky
for the post of Cup-Bearer of Oshmyany.
8 September 1726.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1732, op. 1, d. 2, l. 517-518 ob.) |
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Privilege granted by King Augustus III to the landowner Martin Agustustin
Kadovsky for the post of Assessor of Volkovysk.
21 May 1751.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 1705, op. 1, d. 60, l. 581-582) |
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland and Grand
Duke of Lithuania, grants Mikhal Kvinta the post of Cup-Bearer of Braslav.
Warsaw, 6 March 1766.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 27-27 ob.) |
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland and Grand
Duke of Lithuania, grants Yury Nevenglovsky, Vice Standard-Bearer of
Infantry Regiment in the GDL Army, the rank of Standard-Bearer.
Warsaw, 23 January 1782.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 32-32 ob.) |
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland and Grand
Duke of Lithuania, grants Ignaty Mirsky the post of Judge of Braslav
district.
Warsaw, 30 March 1785.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 28 ob.-29) |
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Church documents
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Collection of legal acts for Orthodox and Protestant
churches in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, prepared by the Bishop of Mogilev Georgy
Konissky.
Printed. Title page. Polish. Pomniki prava Belarusi
XIV-XVI stst.: agulnazemskiya pryvilei i akty dzyarzhaunykh unii. Minsk, 2015.
P. 377.
(BelNIIDAD, library) |
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John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
in Cracow on 3 March 1676, confirms the following document:
Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
in Cracow on 19 October 1669, confirms the following two documents:
1. John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
confirms privileges to Orthodox and Uniate (Greek Catholic) churches
given by Grand Dukes of Lithuania and Kings of Poland Alexander Jagiellon (20
March
1499), Sigismund I Vasa (20 July 1511), Stephen Bathory (25 February 1585),
Sigismund III Vasa (22
February 1605, 27 February 1617, 30 July 1595, 5 September 1621).
Warsaw, 29 August 1658.
2. John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, entitles
the Uniate Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus, Gavriil Kolenda, and his successors
to the heirless property of archbishops,
bishops and archimandrites until the king appoints new persons to
these posts.
Warsaw, 29 August 1668.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish with Russian translation.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 67-72 ob.) |
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List of 16th-18th century documents from the Polotsk Uniate Consistory, from which copies were made.
Early 19th-century.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 3-4) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, at the request of Gervazy Gostilovsky, Father Superior of the
Saviour Monastery in Mogilev, confirms privileges granted to the
monastery by Grand Dukes of Lithuania and Kings of Poland in 1568-1596.
Warsaw, 7 March 1643.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 45-47 ob.) |
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Stephen Bathory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
guarantees Archbishop Theophan of Polotsk the right of ownership of the Saviour Monastery in Mogilev.
Warsaw, 19 February 1578.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 88-88 ob.) |
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Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, informs Metropolitan Jonah of Kiev and All Rus that he
commissions Yuri Tishkevich, Voivode of Brest, and Grigory Tryzna, Castellan of
Smolensk, to investigate misuse of church property by Vilna
inhabitants.
Warsaw, 21 August 1570.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 12-13 ob.) |
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Stephen Bathory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
orders the clerk of the Mogilev Castle, Andrey
Ivanovich, to secure the ownership of church lands for Fedor and
Kuzma Romanoviches, priests in the church of Borzdilovichi village, Mogilev
district.
Vilna, 27 March 1579.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 15-16) |
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Register of estates of Polotsk archdiocese, Polotsk
monasteries and churches, compiled by Fedor Skumin, Court Treasurer of the
GDL, Elder of Braslav, and Yury Drutsky Sokolinsky, Chamberlain of Vitebsk.
January, 1580.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 66, op. 1, d. 1332, l. 1-16) |
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Stephen Bathory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, gives ownership of the St. Nicholas and Pustyn
monasteries in Mstislavl with land to Archbishop Theophan of Polotsk.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 96-96 ob.) |
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Extract from the books of Gomel Castle with the testimony
of Sysoy Erofeevich, priest of the Saviour’s Church in Gomel, certifying that
the deeds of church property were lost to fire in his house during the
attack of the Moscow army on Gomel on 5 May 1581.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 97-97 ob.) |
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Stephen Bathory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
guarantees land for the Polotsk Jesuit Collegium.
Vilna, 20 January 1582.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Latin.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 16-19) |
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Stephen Bathory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confirms ownership of church lands for Fedor and Kuzma Romanoviches,
priests in the
church of Borzdilovichi village, Mogilev district.
Grodno, 8 November 1584.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 14-14 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, allows Patriarch Jeremiah of Constantinople the revision of
ecclesiastical affairs in the Orthodox Church of the Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth with the right to trial on church matters.
Vilna, 15 July 1589.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 101-101 ob.) |
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Aftanasy Terletsky, Archbishop of Polotsk, concedes the Saviour’s Monastery
in Mogilev with land to the inhabitants of Mogilev.
Mogilev, 25 March 1590.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 103-103 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, guarantees inviolability of offices and estates to Orthodox
bishops in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in case of concluding the
union with the Catholic Church.
Cracow, 18 March 1592.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 7 ob.-8 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, guarantees clerical offices to the Orthodox bishops
of Lutsk, Lvov, Pinsk and Kholmy, who decided to conclude the union with
the Catholic Church.
Cracow, 18 March 1592.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 92-92 ob.) |
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Decision of the Orthodox Council of Brest: to approve the
Orthodox brotherhoods loyal to church authorities; to subordinate the
brethren’s churches to the Metropolitan and bishops; to build a church for
the brotherhood of Vilna; to approve two brethren’s schools — in Vilna
and in Lvov, and to abolish the others; to place the printing house under
the control of the Metropolitan; to approve candidates to bishops at
the local dietines.
Brest, 24 June 1594.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 106-107 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, grants privileges to the Orthodox clergy in case of concluding
the union with the Catholic Church.
Cracow, 2 August 1595.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 8 ob.-10 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confers the landowner’s village of Kushliki on Jan Narushevich,
Huntsman of the GDL, and the church village of Kushliki —
on St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Polotsk.
Vilna, 7 March 1602.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 24-28 ob.) |
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Patriarch Neophyte of Constantinople appeals to the
inhabitants of Mogilev to keep loyalty to Orthodoxy and urges those who
converted to Catholicism to return to Orthodoxy.
May, 1610.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Greek with Russian translation.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 118) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, proclaims the Orthodox inhabitants of Mogilev as rioters for
their non-obedience to the Uniate Archbishop Iosafat Kuntsevich of Polotsk, whose leaders
will be punished to death, and assigns the whole clergy of
Mogilev to the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Polotsk.
Warsaw, 22 March 1619.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 23 ob.-28 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, gives St. Nicholas
Monastery in Mstislavl to Antony Selyava, Archbishop of Polotsk.
Warsaw, 12 August 1627.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 143-143 ob.) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, allows the transfer of St. Nicholas
Monastery in Mstislavl from
Antony Selyava, Archbishop of Polotsk, to Teofil Prust
Olshanitsa, Chaplain of the Basilian Order.
Vilna, 18 July 1635.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 142-142 ob.) |
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Anna Oginskaya, widow of Vilgelm Stetkevia, together with
her son Jan donate the estates of Svistolki, Tishino and Varaksino to
Kuteinsky Monastery.
Orsha, 29 September 1631.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 119-120 ob.) |
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Patriarch Kirill of Constantinople establishes the
Mogilev brotherhood at the Church of the Epiphany and subordinates it to
the Patriarch.
1633.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Greek with Russian translation.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 121-122) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confirms land donations given by Aleksandr Gosevsky to churches
in Sebezh.
Cracow, 9 February 1633.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 85-86 ob.) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, by the decision of the Diet,
prohibits the Orthodox bishop Silvestr Kosov to come to Polotsk and Vitebsk.
Vilna, May 1636.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 87-87 ob.) |
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Extract from the books of the Large Chancellery of the GDL
in the name of Augustus II,
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, of the following document:
Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, in
Warsaw on 21 July 1634, allows the construction of the Uniate Church of the Nativity
of Christ in Polotsk.
26 September 1722.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 42 ob.-44 ob.) |
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John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
in Cracow on 3 March 1676, confirms the following document:
Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
in Warsaw on 19 October 1669, confirms the following document:
John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, in
Warsaw on 20 February 1652, confirms the following document:
Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, confirms the
rights of the Uniate Church in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Warsaw, 14 March 1635.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Latin and Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 64 ob.-66 ob.) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, allows Antony Selyava, Uniate Archbishop of Polotsk, to run a
ferry between the two banks of the river Dvina in Vitebsk where the
churches of St. Simeon and the Most-Pure Virgin are located.
Warsaw, 3 March 1635.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 12-12 ob.) |
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Royal commissars Teodor Kryzhan Zhukovetsky, Vice-Voivode
of Vitebsk, Basyl Shapka Khotolsky, Scribe of Vitebsk, and Ieronim Drutsky
Gorsky report on an investigation
into the actions of the Orthodox inhabitants of Vitebsk who did not accept the
ecclesiastical power of Antony Selyava, Uniate Archbishop of Polotsk.
Vitebsk, 18 October 1636.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 30 ob.-37) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, orders Janush Kishka, Voivode of Polotsk, to take measures for
protecting the Uniate clergy of Polotsk
Voivodeship.
Warsaw, 28 May 1638.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 89-89 ob.) |
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland and Grand
Duke of Lithuania, confirms the following document:
Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, in Warsaw
on 11 December 1756, confirms the documents issued in 1642-1644 for the Orthodox St.
Mark’s Monastery.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 144-145 ob.) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confirms the life ownership of St. Saviour’s Monastery in
Mogilev for Father Superior Gervazy Gostilovsky.
Pomiechowo, 9 November 1645.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 41-42) |
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John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
confirms the following document:
John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, in Mogilev on 12 April 1664,
allows the Orthodox nuns to build St. Anne’s Church in
Mogilev beyond the Dnieper.
Cracow, 4 February 1676.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 88-88 ob.) |
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John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
commands Michal Dolsky Sokolinsky, Scribe of the GDL and Marshal of Orsha,
Ludwik Visloukh, Scribe of Orsha, and Jan Lyk, Cup-Bearer of Orsha, to
investigate the case of ownership of St. Saviour’s Monastery
in Mogilev between Tsiprian Zhokhovsky, Uniate Metropolitan of Kiev, Calicia and All
Rus, and Teodor Vasilevich, Archimandrite of Slutsk.
Warsaw, 18 March 1677.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 37-38) |
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Extract from the books of the Brest Castle Court of 14 August
1684 of the following document:
John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, commands
Kiprian Zhokhovsky, Metropolitan of All Rus, Archbishop of Polotsk, not to
persecute the Order of St. Basil and not to take away its monasteries.
Zhovkva,
30 July 1684.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian and Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 15-16) |
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Casimir Jan Sapieha, Voivode of Vilna, Grand Hetman of the
GDL, allows the inhabitants of Druya (Sapezhin) to build the Greek Orthodox
Church of the Annunciation.
Grodno, 14 March 1687.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 33) |
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Aleksander Pavel Sapieha, Grand Marshal of the GDL, allows
the inhabitants of Sapezhin to build a new Greek Orthodox Church at the site the burnt
down.
Korolevets, 28 December 1702.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 33 ob.) |
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Tomash Krasinsky, Tablemaster of Tsekhanov, Elder of Gomel and
Propoisk, confirms the ownership of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
in Gomel to the Priest Semion Efimovich Kernozhitsky and confirms its old
privileges.
Gomel Castle, 25 August 1693.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 157-158 ob.) |
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Excerpt from an essay proving the illegitimacy of Polotsk
Jesuits to hold lands of the former Orthodox monasteries of Polotsk and
Vitebsk (extract from the book printed by the Jesuit printing house in Nesvizh in 1699).
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 66, op. 1, d. 1366, l. 2-14) |
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Yury Stanislav Sapiega, Tablemaster of the GDL, at the request
of Iosif Drannik, Father Superior of Buinichi and Barkulabovo Monasteries,
gives permission for the renewal of the Church of St. George in Barkulabovo and
confirms trade fairs at the Churches of St. George and St. Spirit.
Grodno, 27 February 1698.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 38) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, on
the complaint of Martsian Belozor, Uniate Archbishop of Polotsk, summons
Serafion Polkhovsky, Orthodox Bishop of Mstislavl and Belarus, to attend the assessorial court
because of his
illegal execution of the episcopal power.
1701.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 28 ob.-29 ob.) |
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Report by the court official
Lukash Petrovich stating that he served a summons to Serafion
Polkhovsky, Orthodox Bishop of Mstislavl and Belarus,
to attend the assessorial court in the
lawsuit of Martsian Belozor, Uniate Archbishop of Polotsk.
10 November 1701.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 30) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
commands Jan Bukovsky, administrator of the Mogilev
Economy, to expel outside the state the monk who arrived from Russia with 200 troops and who calls himself the
Bishop of Mogilev.
Dresden, 29 July 1730.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 40 ob.-41) |
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Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
confirms the following document:
Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, in Warsaw on 11 May 1702,
confirms the right of old privileges for the Orthodox Saviour’s Monastery in Mogilev to have three ferries over the Dnieper.
Warsaw, 23 July 1736.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 117-118) |
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Peter Alexeyevich, Tsar and Grand Duke of Moscow, takes
under his protection the Monastery of St. Boris and St. Gleb in Polotsk and
other Uniate and Catholic monasteries in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Grodno, November 1705.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 5-5 ob.) |
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Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
in Warsaw on 30 December 1735, confirms the following document:
Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, confirms the rights
of the Orthodox Church in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Warsaw, 28 November 1720.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 49-50) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
confirms the privilege of Prince Mikhail Ivanovich Mstislavsky for the lands
of the Assumption Church in Mstislavl.
Warsaw, 30 December 1722.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 141) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
commands Karol Pantsezhinsky, Catholic Bishop of Vilna, to return St. Nicholas
Church in Gomel Castle to Orthodox believers.
Warsaw, 26 April 1727.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 77-78) |
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Antony Vysotsky, a court official of Orsha district, informs
of the royal rescript to the magistrate of Mogilev to ban the
election of a new Orthodox bishop.
Mogilev, 30 July 1732.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 41-42 ob.) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
confirms previous privileges to St. Nicholas Churches in Utena and
Gomel.
Warsaw, 7 October 1732.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 155-155 ob.) |
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List of names of dead and sick persons to be prayed for at
the Resurrection Monastery in Disna.
Disna, 6 March 1745.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 40 ob.) |
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Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, at the request of Giatsint Pelkinsky, Father Superior of St.
Mark’s Orthodox Monastery, confirms old rights and privileges to the
monastery.
Grodno, 10 December 1752.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 115-116 ob.) |
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland and Grand Duke
of Lithuania, commands Greek Catholic bishops to send their representatives
to the Relational Court held in April 1766 to redress
complaints of Orthodox believers against religious persecution.
Warsaw, 17 February 1766.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 39-39 ob.) |
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland and Grand Duke
of Lithuania, appeals to Greek Catholic bishops not to persecute Orthodox
believers.
Warsaw, 17 February 1766.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 39 ob.-40) |
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