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Local legal documents
Documents on the administration of voivodeships (provinces/palatinates)
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Instruction to envoys to the
General Diet in Warsaw from Minsk Voivodeship.
4 January 1618.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 694, op. 4, d. 934, l. 3-7 ob.) |
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List of documents, compiled on 18 February 1825 in Polotsk.
Manuscript.
(BGAMLI, f 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 1-2 ob.) |
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Revision of incomes of Polotsk Voivodeship, 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. 1333, l. 1-18) |
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Extract from the court books of Vitebsk Voivodeship.
20 June 1634.
19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 36, l. 6-8 ob.) |
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Protest by senators, officials and noblemen against the
annexation of part of Brest Voivodeship to Poland (excerpt).
Brest, 3 February 1617.
Photocopy. Printed. Istoriya Belarusi v dokumentakh i
materialakh. Minsk, 2000. P. 87-88.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on legal
foundations in Belarus in the 14th-18th centuries)
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Extracts from the land court books of Mstislavl Voivodeship.
1687.
19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian and Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 44, l. 1-2) |
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John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, informs the nobility of Mstislavl Voivodeship about the convocation of
the Diet of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Warsaw on 12 January 1695
and the Dietine in Mstislavl on 1 December 1694.
Warsaw, 28 October 1694.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 54-54 ob.) |
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John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania,
informs the nobility of Mstislavl Voivodeship about the convocation of the
Dietine
in Mstislavl on 9 June 1695.
Warsaw, 11 May 1695.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 49) |
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Casimir Jan Sapieha, Voivode of Vilna, Grand Hetman of the
GDL, informs the nobility of Mstislavl Voivodeship that he assigns a
three-week Hetman’s Court in Vilna on 8 February 1696 to investigate claims
against the GDL troops.
Vilna, 10 January 1696.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 34) |
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Record in the castle court book of Mstislavl Voivodeship
of the following document:
Instruction of 8 February 1700 given by the Mstislavl nobility to ambassadors to Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Mstislavl, 10 February 1700.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish and Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 51-53 ob.) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
informs the nobility of Mstislavl Voivodeship about the convocation of the
Diet of
the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Warsaw on 5 April 1712 and the Dietine
in Mstislavl on 23 February 1712.
Camp at Stralsund, 30 December 1711.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 35-36) |
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Stanislaw Szembek, Archbishop of Gniezno, Primate of
Poland-Lithuania, informs Stanislaw Pishchalo, Steward of Orsha,
Envoy of Mstislavl Voivodeship, about his answer to the address of Mstislavl Voivodeship
on political matters.
Lyshkovitsy, 7 July 1714.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 55-55 ob.) |
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Krysztof Franciszek Sulistrowski, Standard-Bearer of
Orsha, Marshal of the General Confederation of the GDL, informs the nobility
of Mstislavl Voivodeship about the assembly of volunteer corps to defend
noblemen’s liberties violated by King Augustus II.
Vilna, 9 April 1716.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 56) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Mstislavl Voivodeship for
envoys to the Diet in Warsaw.
20 August 1720.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f 1729, op. 1, d. 22, l. 250-250 ob.) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Mstislavl Voivodeship for
envoys to the Diet.
24 August 1722.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1729, op. 1, d. 24, l. 767-775 ob.) |
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Instruction of the pre-election Dietine of Novogrudok
Voivodeship.
18 July 1733.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1730, op. 1, d. 11, l. 732-739 ob.) |
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Instruction to Fabian Korsak, an envoy to the Diet from Polotsk Voivodeship.
29 June 1735.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 16-19) |
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Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
appeals to Leon Mirski, Chief-Guardian of Braslav, to support royal politics
at a dietine set to elect envoys to the Diet.
Wschova, 3 June 1746.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 28) |
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Augustus III, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
appeals to Juzef Zub Volosovsky, Captain of Inflanty, to support royal
politics at a dietine set to elect envoys to the Diet.
Warsaw, 10 June 1748.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 30-30 ob.) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Pinsk District on the election
of
deputies to the Chief Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
10 February 1750.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1733, op. 1, d. 38, l. 89-92 ob.) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Rechitsa District for envoys
to the Diet.
12 August 1754.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1736, op. 1, d. 18, l. 387-392 ob.) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Rechitsa District for envoys
to the Diet.
9 February 1756.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1736, op. 1, d. 20, l. 70-73 ob.) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Brest Voivodeship for envoys
to the Diet.
22 August 1756.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1705, op. 1, d. 59, l. 441-442) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Slonim District for envoys
to the Diet.
23 August 1756.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1737, op. 1, d. 41, l. 401-408 ob.) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Novogrudok Voivodeship for
envoys to the Diet.
25 August 1756.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1730, op. 1, d. 30, l. 849-851 ob.) |
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Announcement by the deputies of Novogrudok Voivodeship on
non-acceptance of the instruction at the Novogrudok chancellery.
23 August 1756.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1737, op. 1, d. 41, l. 463-463 ob.) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Volkovysk District for
envoys to the Diet.
5 February 1760.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1710, op. 1, d. 19, l. 622-623 ob.) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Volkovysk District for
envoys to the Diet.
16 March 1761.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1710, op. 1, d. 19, l. 1433-1436) |
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Instruction of the Dietine of Vitebsk Voivodeship for
envoys to the Extraordinary Diet.
16 March 1761.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1709, op. 1, d. 23, l. 483-487 ob.) |
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Stanislaw August Poniatowski, King of Poland and Grand Duke
of Lithuania, informs the nobility of Polotsk, Vitebsk and Mstislavl voivodeships
and Orsha, Mozyr and Rechitsa districts about the measures to
strengthen the border with the Russian Empire.
Warsaw, 14 May 1765.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 67-68 ob.) |
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Act of the noblemen and inhabitants of Slonim District on the
general confederation to elect envoys to the Extraordinary Diet. Instruction
to envoys.
27 August 1767.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 1663, op. 1, d. 10, l. 1-17) |
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Magdeburg Law and other privileges to towns and boroughs
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| Grodno |
Privileges of rights granted by Kings of Poland and Grand
Dukes of Lithuania to the inhabitants of Grodno to transport duty-free goods and
produce through Kaunas to Prussia by the river Nieman, dated 1576, 1589, 1596.
10 August 1837.
Authorized copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 4, d. 647, l. 25 ob.-32) |
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List of charters issued by Kings of Poland and Grand Dukes
of Lithuania to the town of Grodno in 1576, 1588-1589, 1596, 1601, 1604,
1627, 1633.
23 September 1838.
Authorized copy. Manuscript.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 2, op. 4, d. 1142, l. 71-71 ob.) |
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Document of the Chamberlain of Grodno, Grigory Massalsky,
on the
rules of convocation of community courts in Grodno District.
22 October 1590.
Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(NIAB, f. 1755, op. 1, d. 11, l. 890-892) |
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| Polotsk |
Stephen Bathory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
confirms the Magdeburg Law to Polotsk (issued in 1498).
Vilna, 15 June 1580.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 93-95) |
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Record in the magistrate books of Polotsk certifying that Polotsk
inhabitants refused to pay tax.
Polotsk, 28 February 1642.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 106) |
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| Slonim |
List of privileges and charters issued by Polish kings to
the town of Slonim in 1579, 1591, 1641, 1669, 1792.
30 September 1832.
Copy. Manuscript.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 4, d. 11, l. 7-8 ob.) |
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Disna |
Privilege of Sigismund II Augustus, Grand Duke of Lithuania
and King of Poland, granting the Magdeburg Law to the town of Disna.
Lublin, 20 January 1569.
Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI
stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Minsk, 2019.
(BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Peschatka |
Charter of King John III Sobieski confirming the privilege
of Sigismund II Augustus of 4 August 1569 granting the Magdeburg Law to the
township of Peschatka, Brest District.
18 August 1676.
Manuscript. Old Belarusian and Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1705, op. 1, d. 19, l. 2593-2602) |
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| Mozyr |
Privilege of Stephen Bathory, Grand Duke of Lithuania and
King of Poland, granting the Magdeburg Law to the town of Mozyr.
Bydgoszcz, 28 January 1577.
Polish.
Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI
stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Minsk, 2019.
(BelNIIDAD, library) |
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Charter of King John III Sobieski confirming the privilege
of King Stephen Bathory of 28 January 1577 granting the Magdeburg Law to the
town of Mozyr.
27 March 1680.
Manuscript on parchment. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 694, op. 1, d. 184, l. 2) |
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Mogilev |
Privilege of Stephen Bathory, Grand Duke of Lithuania and
King of Poland, granting the Magdeburg Law to the town of Mogilev.
Bydgoszcz, 28 January 1577.
Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI
stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Minsk, 2019.
(BelNIIDAD, library) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, at the request of Mogilev inhabitants, confirms
charters granted to the town of Mogilev by Grand Dukes of Lithuania
and Kings of Poland Stephen Bathory
(28 January 1578) and Sigismund III (6 June 1588, 13
June 1588, 28 February 1605, 16 September 1609, 10 March 1626, 23
July 1626) etc.
Cracow, 8 March 1633.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 12-17) |
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List of privileges granted by Grand Dukes of Lithuania and
Kings of Poland to the town of Mogilev in 1561-1731.
Early 19th century. Manuscript.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 1-3 ob.) |
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Stephen Bathory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
commands the boyars of Mogilev who hold land and shops in Mogilev to
participate in the maintenance of Mogilev Castle and to perform municipal duties.
Bydgoszcz, 3 January 1577.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 87) |
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Stephen Bathory, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
grants the townspeople of Mogilev the right to trial in Mogilev exclusively, by the
norms of the Law of Magdeburg.
Warsaw, 1 February 1585.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 98-98 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, exempts the townspeople of Mogilev from payment for the maintenance of
castle gunners.
Warsaw, 10 October 1592.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 104-104 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, passes verdict in the case between the castle inhabitants and the
Magdeburg inhabitants in Mogilev about illegal building on the municipal land.
Warsaw, 22 May 1596.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 1-2 ob.) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, allows Grigory Sapieha, Chamberlain of Orsha, to collect money
rent from Mogilev inhabitants due to the expiration of a four-year exemption
from taxes after Mogilev had been ravaged by the Cossacks.
Warsaw, 3 September 1599.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 14, l. 116) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, commands the royal secretaries and inspectors Jan Chizh and Jan
Volchek to take measures to build a fence around Mogilev.
Warsaw, 17 March 1601.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 3-4) |
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Charter of obligations for the townspeople of Mogilev.
1604.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 82-84) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, guarantees the townspeople of Mogilev the exclusive jurisdiction
by the
court of the Magdeburg law.
Cracow, 8 March 1633.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 136-137) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, grants additional municipal rights to the town of Mogilev.
Camp at Krasnoye, 31 August 1633.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 48-48 ob., 51) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, promises the townspeople of Mogilev, for their military and financial
assistance, to take the decision on equating the
rights of the Mogilev magistrate with those of the Vilna magistrate at the
General Diet of Poland-Lithuania.
Warsaw, 7 September 1634.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 28-28 ob.) |
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Aleksander Ludwik Radziwill, Court Marshal of the GDL,
Mayor of Mogilev, unites the mayor’s and council’s courts in Mogilev and
establishes a new work procedure for the magistrate (town council).
Vilna, 18 August 1636.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 26-27) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, at the request of the townspeople of Mogilev, approves the
following document:
Marcian Trizna, Referendary and Scribe of the GDL, on 30 October 1638 in
Swiadoscie, settles mutual claims between the town of Mogilev and the Grand
Duke’s administration in Mogilev.
Vilna, 7 April 1639.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 4-11) |
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John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, at the request of the townspeople of Mogilev, confirms the
Magdeburg Law to the town of Mogilev.
Cracow, 8 February 1649.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 79-79 ob.) |
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John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confirms the charter of the merchants guild in Mogilev adopted by
Mogilev merchants on 4 February 1654.
Warsaw, 9 June 1661.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 53-58 ob.) |
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John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, approves the charter of the merchants guild in Mogilev.
Warsaw, 9 June 1661.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish with Russian translation.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 43, l. 1-8 ob.) |
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John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confirms the Magdeburg Law to Mogilev, exempts the townspeople
from military duties, entitles them to elect a mayor, and gives the
town a new coat of arms.
Warsaw, 9 June 1661.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 133-135 ob., 138-140) |
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John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, grants additional rights and liberties to the town of Mogilev for the
uprising of its inhabitants against the Moscow garrison.
Warsaw, 9 June 1661.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish with Russian translation.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 73-76 ob.) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, at
the request of the townspeople of Mogilev, approves the following document:
The Congress of the GDL Nobility in Grodno on 18 October 1701 exempts the town of
Mogilev from taxes and duties.
Warsaw, 10 January 1702.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 19-20 ob.) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
guarantees the Mogilev
inhabitants the Magdeburg Law and the right to have their own court, exempts them from taxes
for eight years, abolishes the noble and clerical jurisdictions, obliges the Jews to perform municipal duties, exempts the townspeople from
billeting troops, confirms their right to make honey and beer for own
needs, and exempts them from post tax.
Malbork, 11 August 1710.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 80-81 ob.) |
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| Gorodnaya |
Privilege of King Augustus III confirming the Magdeburg Law
to the township of Gorodnaya, Pinsk District (issued in 1579).
4 January 1759.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1777, op. 1, d. 19, l. 94-95 ob.) |
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Pinsk |
Privilege of Stephen Bathory, King of Poland and Grand Duke
of Lithuania, granting the Magdeburg Law to the town of Pinsk.
Milejczyce, 12 January 1581.
Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI
stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Minsk, 2019.
(BelNIIDAD, library) |
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| Lida |
Privilege of Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand
Duke of Lithuania, granting the Magdeburg Law to the town of Lida.
Warsaw, 17 September 1590.
Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI
stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Minsk, 2019.
(BelNIIDAD, library) |
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Privilege of King Augustus II confirming the Magdeburg Law
to the town of Lida.
7 September 1729.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1722, op. 1, d. 96, l. 134-145 ob.) |
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| Vitebsk |
Privilege of Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand
Duke of Lithuania, granting the Magdeburg Law to the town of Vitebsk.
Warsaw, 17 March 1597.
Printed. Old Belarusian. Pomniki prava Belarusi XIV–XVI
stst.: pryvilei na magdeburgskae prava. Minsk, 2019.
(BelNIIDAD, library) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, returns some municipal rights and liberties to Vitebsk, which the
town lost for the murder of the Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Polotsk Iosafat
Kuntsevich.
Camp at Smolensk, 7 October 1633.
Early 19th century. Manuscript. Translation to Russian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 17-18) |
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Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, returns the Magdeburg Law to Vitebsk, which the town lost for the
murder of the Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Polotsk Iosafat Kuntsevich.
Warsaw, 28 September 1641.
Early 19th century. Manuscript. Translation to Russian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 18-20) |
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John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confirms the privilege of 28 September 1641 issued to Vitebsk by Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Warsaw, 19 January 1650.
Early 19th century. Manuscript. Translation to Russian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 20-21 ob.) |
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Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, King of Poland and Grand Duke
of Lithuania, confirms the Magdeburg Law to the town of Vitebsk.
Cracow, 22 October 1669.
Early 19th century. Manuscript. Translation to Russian.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 13, l. 21 ob.-23) |
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| Sapezhin (Druya) |
Casimir Jan Sapieha, Court Treasurer of the GDL, confirms
the following document:
Jan Stanislaw Sapieha, Court Marshal of the GDL, founds the town of Sapezhin
in his domains
and confers the Magdeburg Law on it (document issued at Ikazn Castle on 8
August 1618).
Dubrovno, 20 November 1667.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 3-6) |
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John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confirms the following document:
Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, on 29 June 1639
in Vilna, confirms the following document:
Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, on 15 April
1619 in Warsaw, at the request of Jan Stanislaw Sapieha, Court Marshal of
the GDL, grants the Magdeburg Law to the town of Sapezhin.
Brest, April 1653.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 9-10) |
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Casimir Lew Sapieha, Court Marshal of the GDL, guarantees
for six years the privileges granted by Jan Stanislaw Sapieha to
the town of Sapezhin.
Vilna, 6 February 1639.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 8) |
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Casimir Lew Sapieha, Deputy Chancellor of the GDL, donates
funds to the Bernardine Monastery built by him in the town of Sapezhin.
Warsaw, 21 November 1646.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 22-23 ob.) |
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Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
confirms the following documents:
1. John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, on 17
February 1679 in Grodno, confirms the Magdeburg Law to the town of
Sapezhin.
2. John II Casimir Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, in April 1653
in Brest, confirms the Magdeburg Law to the town of Sapezhin.
Grodno, 27 November 1718.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 16-17) |
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Stanislaw August Poiniatowski, King of Poland and Grand Duke
of Lithuania, confirms the following documents:
1. John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, on 17
February 1679 in Grodno, confirms the Magdeburg Law to the town of Sapezhin.
2. Augustus II, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, on 27 November 1718
in Grodno, confirms the Magdeburg Law to the town of Sapezhin.
Warsaw, 5 October 1766.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 18-19 ob.) |
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Casimir Jan Sapieha, Voivode of Vilna, establishes taxes in
the town of Sapezhin.
Vilna, 6 January 1686.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 12) |
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Aleksander Pawel Sapieha, Grand Marshal of the GDL,
establishes taxes in the town of Sapezhin.
Druya, 28 April 1717.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 13-13 ob.) |
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Register of homesteads in the town of Sapezhin (Druya).
Sapezhin (Druya), 8 July 1775.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 20) |
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Aleksander Sapieha, Chancellor of the GDL, pledges to
support the Magdeburg Law in the town of Druya (Sapezhin).
Derechin, 12 June 1786.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 21-21 ob.) |
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| Orsha |
Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confirms the statute of the guild of tailors, cloth-makers
and furriers in Orsha, issued by Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, on 13 October 1612.
Orsha, 22 August 1633.
(Extracts from the Magdeburg books of Orsha, 9 January 1636).
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Old Belarusian and Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 3, l. 96-98) |
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, grants the Magdeburg Law to the town of Orsha.
Warsaw, 13 December 1620.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 15, l. 10 ob.-15) |
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| Logishin |
Privilege of King Augustus III confirming the Magdeburg Law
to the township of Logishin, Pinsk District (issued in 1633).
9 December 1752.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1733, op. 1, d. 39, l. 1056-1064 ob.) |
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| Mstislavl |
Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of
Lithuania, confers the Magdeburg rights, a coat of arms
and other rights and liberties on the town of Mstislavl.
Warsaw, 16 August 1634.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 57-61 ob.) |
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John III Sobieski, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania,
at the request of the townspeople of Mstislavl, confirms the following document:
Extract of 10 March 1676 from the books of the GDL Chancellery of the
following document:
Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, on 16 August
1634 in Warsaw, grants the Magdeburg Law and other liberties to the town of
Mstislavl.
Cracow, 20 March 1676.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 6, l. 29-33 ob.) |
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| Mstibovo |
Privilege of King Stanislaw August
Poniatowski confirming the Magdeburg Law to the
township of Mstibov, Volkovysk district (issued in 1754).
14 June 1774.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB, f. 1710, op. 1, d. 26, l. 266-269 ob.) |
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Bolshaya Berestovitsa |
Extract from the magistrate book of Grodno about the
conferment of
the Magdeburg Law on the township of Bolshaya Berestovitsa, Grodno district
in 1754.
7 April 1797.
Manuscript. Polish.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 2, op. 3, d. 1931, l. 2-4) |
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| Perebrodye |
Stanislaw August Poiniatowski, King of Poland and Grand
Duke of Lithuania, grants the Magdeburg Law to the township of Perebrodye,
Braslav district.
Warsaw, 3 June 1792.
Early 19th-century copy. Manuscript. Polish.
(BGAMLI, f. 6, op. 1, d. 25, l. 35-36 ob.) |
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