Jurisdiction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

King Sigismund (Zygmunt) August (1520-1572) decrees that the Mayor, city councillors, Wójt (Latin:advocatus; a superior of the municipality acting on behalf of the sovereign of the city) benchers (members of the elected city judicial body) and the burghers of Krakow are subject only to the jurisdiction of the royal court at the Krakow castle

1565,Piotrków

Parchment
State Archive in Krakow, ref. no Perg. 624

 
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