Lietuvos Metrika. Knyga 273. (1579-1580). 59-oji Teismų bylų knyga

• Lietuvių kalba / Lithuanian
• Lotynų kalba / Latin

LTLietuvos Metrikos knygoje Nr. 273 įrašyti Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės asesorių ir reliacinio teismo 1579 m. ir 1580 m. nutarimai (dekretai) valstybinių savivaldžių (turėjusių Magdeburgo teises) miestų miestiečių apeliacinėse bylose dėl 1-osios instancijos (vaito, tarėjų ar šuolininkų) teismų sprendimų. Dėl XVII a. viduryje daugumos Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės magdeburginių miestų patirtų nepataisomų archyvinių nuostolių asesorių ir reliacinio teismo nutarimai yra vienas svarbiausių antrinių šaltinių, leidžiančių nors iš dalies kompensuoti dingusius kompleksinius XVI-XVII a. pirmosios pusės miestų istorijos šaltinius.

ENToday, Book No. 273 of the Lithuanian Metrica is stored at collection No. 389 (inventory 1, storage unit 273) of the Russian State Archive of Early Acts (Российский государственный архив древних актов). Its destiny is akin to that of the rest of the Lithuanian Metrica books, yet has certain peculiar features. We will briefly sketch the already known facts focusing on the peculiarities of this particular book. From the point of view of the official classification, Book No. 273 of the Lithuanian Metrica is attributed to the group of vice-chancellors’ books. This is suggested by its heading (see manuscript description) which explicitly states that this is the book of Eustachijus Valavičius (Ostafi Wołłowicz) (d. 1587), Vice-chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, containing Steponas Batoras’ (Stephen Bäthory) court decrees. But it has never been stored among vice-chancellors’ books. The reasons behind this fact are discussed in our article dealing with the issue of vice-chancellors’ books of the Lithuanian Metrica. The main reason, however, is the succession of the GDL Chancellor’s office in the second half of the 16th century - before ascending to the office of the GDL Chancellor the candidates would serve as Vice-chancellors and would bring the fruits of their labour, namely the Lithuanian Metrica books, to the Chancellor’s office, thus artificially impeding the formation of the group of vice-chancellors’ books. This manuscript is a perfect example of the fact. Two thirds of the entries in this book (Nos. 1-202) are rulings of the Sovereign’s court of February-June 1579 (off and on) regarding the appeals of the residents of the GDL’s self-governing (holding Magdeburg rights) cities when Valavičius was still serving as the Vice-chancellor.In October 1579 he was nominated the Chancellor of the GDL, however, the book, with no visible changes, was continued by not indicated referendaries and scribes of the Sovereign’s court who were subordinate to him rather than the newly appointed Vice-chancellor. Entries Nos. 203-206 are four decrees of adjournment of the Sovereign’s court sessions, the last one dating back to 17 February 1580 and signed by Valavičius in the capacity of the GDL Chancellor (Ostaffiei Wolowicz kanczlerz WKL mp.).