The Jasińskis in the castle court and land court records of the Lublin region

Over 1300 scans of entries mentioning Jasińskis in the castle court and land court records of Lublin, Horodło, Chełm, Krasnystaw and Grabowiec. The scans, gathered and put in order, are kept in an open folder; below are abstracts from the book that is the most interesting of them.

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The Chełm book 1577–1580

A curiosity and a real gem is the Chełm book for 1577–1580, in which a number of entries mention several Jasińskis from Jasionka in the Łuków Land — and it is written there in so many words. It is the oldest source known to me, apart from the armorials and the tax lists, in which the Jasiński Family of Jasionka appear.

Where these abstracts come from. From a spreadsheet compiled while going through the scans. The table below has the same columns and the same order of rows as the spreadsheet: one row is one person (48), and several people are sometimes named in a single act — there are 20 such acts. Values repeated for every person of the same act (years, year, record book, scan, content) stand in one cell for the whole act, so it is plain at once which rows belong together. The summaries of the contents come from an AI reading and have to be read as that: a hint of what an entry is about, not a translation of the act. The scan number leads to the folder above. Twelve columns do not fit on every screen — the table scrolls sideways.

Abstracts

No.	Years	Year	Record book	Scan from	Scans	Person	Cognomen	Office	From	References to people	What it is about (AI)
1	1569-1572	1571	Grabowiec castle court, book 13	256/566	3	Jan Jasiński			Jasionka	Brother of Hieronim	Jan borrows 40 florens from Hieronim, pledging his share in Jasionka as security for the debt
2	1569-1572	1571	Grabowiec castle court, book 13	256/566	3	Hieronim Jasiński			Jasionka	Brother of Jan
3	1575-1576	1576	Chełm castle court	43/480	1	Jan Jasiński				No relation given	In this case Jan appears as an impartial official witness. He is not a party to the dispute.
4	1577-1580	1577	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	69/1290	3	Jakub Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka/Kosy	Late father of Paweł and Leonard	The document is a deed of gift (donatio) of landed property in Jasionka and Kosy from Paweł to his brother Leonard
5						Paweł Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka/Kosy	Son of Jakub, brother of Leonard
6						Leonard Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka/Kosy	Son of Jakub, brother of Paweł
7						Piotr Jasiński			Kosy/Jasionka	Neighbour of Leonard and Paweł
8	1577-1580	1577	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	84/1290	2	Hieronim Jasiński		clerk of the Chełm castle court	Jasionka	Brother of Walenty and Jan	An amicable settlement of property and family matters between the brothers over payments and the division of the patrimony; Hieronim gives Walenty a quittance for 30 florens received
9						Walenty Jasiński			Jasionka	Brother of Hieronim and Jan
10						Jan Jasiński			Jasionka	Brother of Hieronim and Walenty
11	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	215/1290	9	Piotr Jasiński	A cognomen is written down, but it does not look like Mąka — Kmieć perhaps?		Jasionka/Kosy	Late father of Łukasz and Wojciech and paternal uncle of Leonard; is this the same Piotr as in 1577?	2 entries. The noble Łukasz Jasiński sells to the noble Leonard Jasiński his whole hereditary share in the family estates in Jasionka and Kosy. It is an acknowledgement of debt. Leonard Jasiński declares before the office that he owes Łukasz Jasiński the round sum of 100 florens. The debt rests on the newly purchased estates in Jasionka and Kosy. From the context of both entries it is clear that Leonard paid Łukasz only part of the price for the property in cash (50 florens), and the rest (100 florens) he inscribed for him as a mortgage debt to be repaid by a set date
12						Łukasz Jasiński			Jasionka/Kosy	Brother of the late Wojciech, son of the late Piotr and paternal first cousin of Leonard
13						Wojciech Jasiński			Jasionka/Kosy	Late brother of Łukasz, son of the late Piotr and paternal first cousin of Leonard
14						Leonard Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka/Kosy	Paternal first cousin of Łukasz and of the late Wojciech, nephew of the late Piotr
15						Jakub Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka/Kosy	Late father of Leonard
16						Katarzyna Wiśniewska Jasińska			Jasionka/Kosy	Wife of Łukasz, daughter of Bartłomiej Wiśniewski/Wiśniowski, something like that
17	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	236/1290	3	Hieronim Jasiński		clerk of the Chełm castle court		Probably brother of Jan	The noble Jan Jasiński, appearing in person before the office, declares that he has received from the hands of Hieronim Jasiński (serving as clerk of the Chełm castle court) the sum of 38 florens (Polish złoty). The money had earlier been deposited with Hieronim the clerk by the noble Krzysztof Sarniawski. Sarniawski was a debtor of Jan Jasiński for a total of 47 florens and left these 38 florens in the chancery as part payment.
18	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	236/1290	3	Jan Jasiński			Jasionka	Probably brother of Hieronim
19	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	341/1290	2	Jan Jasiński				No relation given	On account of this payment Jan Jasiński formally releases Marcin Skomorowski from a debt of 26 florens
20	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	362/1290	1	Leonard Jasiński			Jasionka	No relation given	Leonard Jasiński, heir to his shares in Jasionka. He declares freely and openly that he has been fully satisfied in money – he received the sum of 100 florens (Polish złoty) from two debtors: the Chełm Jews named Szmojło and Justko.
21	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	440/1290	3	Jan Jasiński				No relation given	The Orthodox bishop of Chełm (the władyka) appears in person before the castle court office in Chełm. He deposes openly and freely that he owes the noble Jan Jasiński the sum of 70 florens
22	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	546/1290	2	Jan Jasiński			Jasionka	No relation given	Aleksander Łaszcz deposes freely and openly that he owes the noble Jan Jasiński the sum of 120 florens
23	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	558/1290	5	Sebastian Jasiński	[Dubas]		Jasionka/the Kosy-Zbuczyn road	Son of the late Leonard; the entry does not say Dubas, but that is most likely what he was	Entry I: The noble Sebastian Jasiński appears before the office and freely makes a gift to the noble Leonard Jasiński called Mąka of his plot and homestead together with its buildings, lying within the bounds of the village of Jasionka. He renounces his rights to it in favour of Leonard Mąka and imposes "eternal silence" upon himself. Entry II: A moment later, in answer to the above, the noble Leonard Jasiński called Mąka appears before the office and in return makes a gift to Sebastian Jasiński of a marked-off part of his own plot, also in Jasionka.
24						Leonard Jasiński	Dubas		Jasionka/the Kosy-Zbuczyn road	Sebastian's late father was named Leonard, almost certainly the late Leonard Dubas who appears later in the text
25						Mikołaj Jasiński	Dubas		Jasionka/the Kosy-Zbuczyn road	Probably brother of Sebastian and son of the late Leonard, or a close relative of theirs; holds land next to Sebastian
26						Leonard Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka/the Kosy-Zbuczyn road	No relation given
27						Jakub Jasiński			Jasionka/the Kosy-Zbuczyn road	Neighbour, holds adjoining land
28	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	632/1290	1	Leonard Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka	No relation given	The document is a classic quittance for a debt paid in full. The noble Leonard Jasiński "Mąka", heir in Jasionka, appears before the castle court office in Chełm and formally declares that he has received from the hands of Hieronim Jasiński (clerk of the Chełm castle court) the sum of 10 florens
29	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	632/1290	1	Hieronim Jasiński		clerk of the Chełm castle court		No relation given
30	1577-1580	1578	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	647/1290	1	Jan Jasiński				No relation given	The noble Jan Jasiński appears before the castle court office in Chełm and declares that the reverend władyka (Orthodox bishop) of Chełm, Leoncjusz, has repaid him in full a debt of 70 florens in Polish coin.
31	1577-1580	1579	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	723/1290	3	Jan Jasiński				No relation given	Debtor: the honest/famed (a burgher's title) Denys Tyszowicz, a burgher of Chełm. Creditor: the noble Jan Jasiński. Amount of the debt: 30 florens (Polish złoty) reckoned at the rate then in force of 30 groszy to the floren.
32	1577-1580	1579	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	742/1290	8	Sebastian Jasiński	Lenartowicz[Dubas]		Jasionka	Son of the late Leonard, paternal first cousin of Leonard Mąka?	These entries record a comprehensive property settlement between the paternal first cousins Sebastian and Leonard „Mąka” Jasiński, who, by cancelling their obligations to one another and exchanging hereditary land in Jasionka, peacefully bring an earlier violent conflict over land to an end.
33						Leonard Jasiński	Dubas		Jasionka	Late father of Sebastian
34						Leonard Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka	Son of the late Jakub
35						Jakub Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka	Late father of Leonard, paternal first cousin of Sebastian?
36						Jakub Jasiński	A barely legible cognomen — Komiazgik?		Jasionka	Neighbour
37	1577-1580	1579	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	772/1290	5	Jan Jasiński			Jasionka	No relation given	These entries record a financial transaction of 1579 in which Jan Jasiński first gives a quittance for the repayment by Aleksander Łaszcz of an old debt of 130 florens, and then the same Łaszcz contracts with him a new obligation for the same amount, tightly hedged about with penalties.
38	1577-1580	1579	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	779/1290	3	Hieronim Jasiński		clerk of the Chełm castle court	Jasionka	Brother of Walenty, Maciej and Jan	These entries record a transaction within the family by which Hieronim Jasiński, clerk of the Chełm castle court, with the formal consent of his brother Maciej, makes over to his own brother Walenty, for the sum of 22 florens, the rights to the estate in Jasionka which had earlier been pledged to him by another of their own brothers, Jan.
39						Walenty Jasiński			Jasionka	Brother of Hieronim, Maciej and Jan
40						Maciej Jasiński			Jasionka	Brother of Walenty, Hieronim and Jan
41						Jan Jasiński			Jasionka	Brother of Walenty, Hieronim and Maciej
42	1577-1580	1579	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	802/1290	3	Leonard Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka	Son of the late Jakub, paternal first cousin of Sebastian or a relative	This entry records the appointment by the paternal first cousins Leonard „Mąka” and Sebastian Jasiński of legal attorneys in the persons of Andrzej and Jakub Jasiński, whose task was to have their earlier agreement on the exchange of hereditary property in Jasionka formally entered in the castle court records.
43						Jakub Jasiński	Mąka		Jasionka	Late father of Leonard
44						Sebastian Jasiński			Jasionka	Paternal first cousin of Leonard or a relative
45						Andrzej Jasiński			Jasionka	Attorney for Leonard
46						Jakub Jasiński			Jasionka	Attorney for Sebastian
47	1577-1580	1579	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	804/1290	4	Jan Jasiński			Jasionka	No relation given	These entries make up a bond of debt by which Marcin Skomorowski undertakes to repay Jan Jasiński of Jasionka a debt of 50 florens, securing payment on his own claims against the starosta of Chełm, Aleksander Łaszcz.
48	1577-1580	1579	Chełm castle court, records (Zapisów)	852/1290	3	Jan Jasiński			Jasionka	No relation given	This entry records a deed of surety by which Jan Jasiński guarantees, on his own claims against Aleksander Łaszcz, the payment of 50 florens by the debtor Marcin Skomorowski to the Orthodox bishop of Chełm.

Source spreadsheet: Jasińscy_Grodzkie_Chełmskie_i_Grabowieckie.xlsx; the table is assembled at every rebuild of the site, the spreadsheet in Google Docs.