Nurzyński

Heading of the register: „Protocollon Inscriptionum” (the protocol of inscriptions). Date: the Wednesday after the feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord of that same year 1743 [= 2 January 1743].

The noble (Nob.) Marcin Rola called Żakowicz, son of the late noble (Nob.) Stanisław, being of sound [mind and body], deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Marianna Rolina, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Stanisław Rola and lawful wife of the noble (Nob.) Maciej Nurzyński, and to her successors, he gives and donates his paternal estate, that is six strips (staja) of arable beginning at the road called Wzgłopna and running towards the boundaries of the royal town of Łuków, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Franciszek Nurzyński on the one side and of the donee's husband on the other, lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Role, with every right; he consented to intromission and promised warranty, and this under the land-law penalties and submitting to the forum of the present office [chancery formulas].

The noble (Nob.) Jan Szaniawski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Krzysztof Szaniawski, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Jan Celiński called Drozd, son of the late noble (Nob.) Szymon, and to his successors, he mortgages his hereditary estate, that is four strips of arable, beginning at the river Krzna and running towards the Przeczna road, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Dembowski on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński on the other, lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, vacant, with every right, for the sum of thirty-six Polish złoty in Hungarian red złoty, from now for three years, until the feast of the Three Kings falling in the year 1746, and likewise from three-year term to three-year term. He consented to intromission and promised warranty, under a penalty of thirty-six Polish złoty and the forum of the present office.

The noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Paweł called Kaliś, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Agnieszka Nurzyńska, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Aleksander Nurzyński called Tomczyk begotten of the noble (Nob.) Jadwiga Sulejówna, an unmarried maiden, his future wife, and to her successors, he is bound and obliged for the sum of eighty Polish złoty on account of a certain, true, just, liquid and simple debt; that sum he inscribes and secures upon all and each of his paternal estates, and he undertakes to pay that sum on the first demand of his betrothed and to lodge it with the present records. And this under a like penalty of eighty Polish złoty, appointing the forum of the present office for answering.

The same [Łukasz Nurzyński] inscribes to the same [Agnieszka Nurzyńska] a life estate (advitalitas) upon half of all and each of his paternal and maternal estates, until the end of her life.

Before the subdelegate, the well-born (Gen.) Jakub Świeżawski. The noble (Nob.) Zofia Izdebska, widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński called Żywiec, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan a Gołąbki Jezierski, sword-bearer of Liw, clerk of the [Łuków] castle court, and to his successors, she mortgages the estate subject to her power, that is three strips of arable, beginning at the pond and running towards the meadows, between the baulks of that same mortgagee on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Józef Karwowski on the other, lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Karwów, vacant, together with a meadow, with every right, for the sum of twenty-five Polish złoty, from now for three years, until the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary falling in the coming year 1746, and so on. She consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty. And this under the land-law penalties and the present forum.

Before the noble (Nob.) Józef Stoiński, vicegerent, subdelegated for this act. The noble (Nob.) Zofia née Nurzyńska, joined [in marriage] to the noble (Nob.) Stanisław Dembowski, and now – by reason of her husband's absence – with the assistance of the noble (Nob.) Maciej Nurzyński Bartoszewicz, her uncle german, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, sword-bearer of Liw, clerk of the Łuków castle court, she gives and donates her estate, that is one strip of arable, beginning at the Zapłotna road and running towards [a place – uncertain reading], between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński on the one side and the inheritance share Turzerzyzna [uncertain reading] on the other, lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, with every right; she consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty, under the land-law penalties and the present forum.

Before the subdelegate, the well-born (Gen.) Jakub Świeżawski. The noble (Nob.) Jadwiga née Sulej, widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Aleksander Nurzyński, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, sword-bearer of Liw, clerk of the Łuków castle court, she mortgages the estate subject to her power, namely one strip [of arable], beginning at the Zapłotna road and running towards Ostłogi [uncertain reading], between the baulks of that same magnificent (Magn.) mortgagee on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Paweł Nurzyński Tomczyk on the other, lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, vacant, with every right, for the sum of eighteen Polish złoty, from now for three years, until the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary falling in the coming year 1746, and so on. She consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty. And this under a like penalty of eighteen Polish złoty and the present forum.

Before the subdelegate, the noble (Nob.) Jakub Świeżawski. The noble (Nob.) Zofia née Celińska, by her first marriage the wife of the late noble (Nob.) Paweł Nurzyński Kaliś, and thereafter, by marriage, the wife of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Nurzyński Tomczyk – of whom it is not known where he dwells or whether he is alive – with the assistance of the noble (Nob.) Paweł Nurzyński, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, sword-bearer of Liw, clerk of the Łuków castle court, and to his successors, she mortgages the estate subject to her rights, that is one strip of arable, beginning at the Zapłotna road and running towards the Ostłogi, between the baulks of that same magnificent (Magn.) party taking the mortgage on both sides, lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, waste, with every right, for the sum of eight Polish złoty, from now for three years, until the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary falling in the coming year 1746, and so on. She consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty; and this under a like penalty of eight Polish złoty and the present forum.

Before the same subdelegate. The same [Zofia] on the one side, and the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, sword-bearer of Liw, clerk of the Łuków castle court, on the other side, being of sound mind and body, deposed that they give one another a quittance mutually and reciprocally. Namely: [Jezierski] gives a quittance to the nobles (Nob.) Wojciech Nurzyński and Zofia née Celińska, husband and wife, for the sum of fifty Polish złoty – originally inscribed by those spouses to the noble (Nob.) Jakub Dembowski before the present records on the Friday, the vigil of the feast of St Leonard the Confessor in the Year of Our Lord 1736, by way of a simple debt, and thereafter ceded by that same Jakub Dembowski to him, the deponent, before those same records on the Monday after the day of St Stanislaus [in the Rogation days] in the Year of Our Lord 1737 – and now paid out by those same Nurzyński. And the noble (Nob.) Zofia née Celińska Nurzyńska gives a quittance to the magnificent (Magn.) Jezierski for the sum of twenty Polish złoty, inscribed to her, the deponent, at the time when she was in the state of widowhood, before the present records, and now received from the hands of that magnificent (Magn.) Jezierski – as the perpetual acquirer of the inheritance share [the name – uncertain reading]. Those inscriptions both parties cancel.

The noble (Nob.) Zofia Izdebska, widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński, on the one side, and the noble (Nob.) Jan Szaniawski on the other side, being of sound mind and body, deposed that mutually they give a quittance to one another and to their successors: namely the noble (Nob.) Nurzyńska to the noble (Nob.) Jan Szaniawski for the suit and action brought and lodged with the present office on account of certain things and claims, and for all claims; and the noble (Nob.) Szaniawski to the noble (Nob.) Nurzyńska likewise for all and each of the claims arising up to this day. And this by reason of the amicable settlement concluded between them and of the satisfaction rendered; and the protestations, the relations and the entries pending in the registers they cancel.

The noble (Nob.) Jan Szaniawski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Krzysztof, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Nurzyński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Andrzej, and to his successors, he gives and donates his paternal hereditary estate, that is four strips of arable, beginning at the fields called [the name – uncertain reading] and running towards the boundaries [the name – uncertain reading], between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Adam Dembowski on the one side and of that same donee on the other, lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, with every right; he consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty, especially on the side of the deponent's brother. And this under the land-law penalties and the present forum.

The nobles (Nob.) Józef and Agata née Kłosowicz Nurzyński, husband and wife, being of sound mind and body, deposed – each in his and her own interest, and the wife with the assistance of her husband – that they give a quittance to the nobles (Nob.) Wojciech Gołaski and Anna née Dmińska, husband and wife, and to their successors for the penalties: threefold fourteen Polish marks and the luitum (lucta) payment of three Polish marks, adjudged by a decree of condescension issued by the present office on the ground of the estate of Domanin [uncertain reading] on the Friday before the feast of the Epiphany in the Year of Our Lord 1743, between the deponents and the parties quitted; and likewise for the court confinement served by those same parties quitted and enjoined by that same decree.

Before the subdelegate, the well-born (Gen.) Paweł Domaszowski, vicegerent of Łuków. The noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński called Kaliś and Agnieszka likewise née Nurzyńska, husband and wife to one another, being of sound mind and body, deposed – each in his and her own interest, and the said wife with the assistance of her husband and of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Nurzyński, her brother german – that to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, sword-bearer of the Liw land [clerk of the Łuków castle court], and to his successors, they give and donate their hereditary estate, that is a homestead of nine strips, beginning at the Zapłotna road and running towards the village road, between the baulks of that same magnificent (Magn.) donee on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Nurzyński on the other, lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, with every right; they consent to intromission and promise warranty. And this under the land-law penalties and the present forum.

And immediately thereafter that same deponent, the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński, deposed that to the above-named noble (Nob.) Agnieszka, likewise Nurzyńska, his lawful wife, and to her successors, he is bound and obliged for the sum of fifty-two Polish złoty – taken up from the hands of the magnificent (Magn.) Jezierski, clerk of the Łuków castle court, on account of the price for the estates described above – by way of a certain, true, just, liquid and simple debt; that sum he inscribes and secures upon all his hereditary estates, and he undertakes to pay that sum on the first demand of his wife and to lodge it with the present records. And this under a penalty of fifty-two Polish złoty and the present forum.

Before the subdelegate, the magnificent (Magn.) Adam Rudzieński, deputy cup-bearer of the Stężyca land. The noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński, son of the noble (Nob.) Antoni called Kalisz, being of sound mind and body, deposed that in his own name and in the name of the nobles (Nob.) Franciszek and Andrzej Nurzyński, his brothers under age, for whom he stands surety, to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, sword-bearer of the Liw land, clerk of the Łuków castle court, and to his successors, he gives and donates his hereditary estate, that is: 1) in the first field, below Suleje [uncertain reading] – seven strips of arable, beginning at the Dembów boundary and running towards the place called Wyszno (already, for that matter, under mortgage to the magnificent (Magn.) donee), between the baulks of the magnificent (Magn.) donee on both sides; 2) in that same field – three strips of arable, beginning at that same Dembów boundary and running towards the place called Wielka, between the baulks of the magnificent (Magn.) donee on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Anna née Nurzyńska Dembowska, the deponent's aunt, on the other; 3) in the second field called Średnie – four strips of arable, beginning at the Zapłotnia road and running towards the place called Zarębuby [uncertain reading], in a greater breadth however, between the baulks of the magnificent (Magn.) donee on the one side and of the deponent's aunt as above on the other; 4) in the third field, below Świercze – four strips of arable, beginning at the Zapłotnia road and running towards Brzeźnice, between the baulks of the deponent's aunt as above on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński on the other – lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, with every right; he consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty. And this under the land-law penalties and the present forum.

Before the subdelegate, the well-born (Gen.) Michał Kossowski. The noble (Nob.) Bartłomiej Dembowski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Wawrzyniec called Jakusz, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, sword-bearer of the Liw land, clerk of the Łuków castle court, and to his successors, he cedes, with every right, the sum of twenty-six Polish złoty – inscribed to him, the deponent, by the noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński by way of mortgage upon certain estates lying in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, before the present records on the Monday after the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the Year of Our Lord 1741, and now received from the hands of the present cessionary; he consents to intromission forthwith and promises warranty from his own side and person. And this under a penalty of twenty-six Polish złoty and the present forum.

The noble (Nob.) Teresa Nurzyńska, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Maciej Nurzyński called Kalisz, begotten of the late noble (Nob.) Barbara Stocka, and wife of the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Świerczowski, with the assistance of her husband, being of sound mind and body, deposed that on account of the dowry and the due trousseau out of the paternal and maternal estates sufficient satisfaction was rendered to her through the hands of the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, clerk of the Łuków castle court, by virtue of the donation of certain inheritance shares acquired under the act of this day from the noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński. On account of that satisfaction she gives a quittance to the nobles (Nob.) Kazimierz, Franciszek and Andrzej Nurzyński, brothers german, sons of the late noble (Nob.) Antoni Nurzyński, her brother german, and she renounces and abdicates those estates.

The noble (Nob.) Łukasz Świerczowski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Józef called Bogacz, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Teresa Nurzyńska, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Maciej Nurzyński, his wife, and to her successors, he is bound and obliged for the sum of one hundred and fifty Polish złoty – taken up from the hands of the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, clerk of the Łuków castle court – by way of a certain, true, just, liquid and simple debt; that sum he inscribes and secures upon all and each of his estates, movable and immovable, and he undertakes to pay that sum on the first demand of his wife and to lodge it with the present records. And this under a penalty of one hundred and fifty Polish złoty and the present forum.

The same spouses inscribe to one another, mutually and reciprocally – upon all and each of their estates, upon whatever sums of money, and likewise upon their movables and livestock – a mutual life estate and continuous usufruct until the end of their lives.

Having appeared in person before the present castle court records of Łuków, the noble (Nob.) Franciszka Biernacka, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Jan Biernacki and widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Jakub Nurzyński, being of sound mind and body, deposed that she gives a quittance to the nobles (Nob.) Wojciech Dembowski and Marianna née Nurzyńska, husband and wife, and likewise Józef Celiński and Dorota née Nurzyńska, daughters of that same late noble (Nob.) Jakub Nurzyński, and to their successors – for a sum of fifty Polish złoty, inscribed to her, the deponent, by the late noble (Nob.) Jakub Nurzyński, the said husband, by way of a simple debt, in the half of two like [sums], before those same records on the Saturday after Reminiscere Sunday in Lent in the Year of Our Lord 173[…], and now in fact taken up by herself, and likewise for the life estate inscribed by that same act – after the satisfaction received in everything; and the inscriptions of the simple debt and of the life estate she cancels.

Having appeared in person before the present castle court records of Łuków, the noble (Nob.) Franciszka Biernacka, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Jan Biernacki and widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Jakub Nurzyński, on the one side, and the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Zdanowski on the other side, being of sound mind and body, deposed that a certain contract, or rather a marriage contract, drawn up between them, the deponents, here at Łuków on the second day of May of the current year, signed in their own hands and in the hands of certain friends, and secured by a penalty of fifty Polish złoty – they approve in everything, and they strengthen and approve it; and this under a like penalty of fifty Polish złoty, before the forum of the present office and of the courts.

Before the subdelegate, the well-born (Gen.) Paweł Domaszowski. – Having appeared in person, the nobles (Nob.) Jadwiga Sulejówna, widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Aleksander Nurzyński, the mother, and Wojciech Nurzyński, the son, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Jezierski, clerk of the Łuków castle court, and to his successors, they give and donate their estates – the mother those that are subject to her rights, and the son his hereditary ones – that is three strips of meadow, between the baulks of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński on the one side and of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Tomasz Nurzyński on the other, lying and situated in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, with everything. Intromission forthwith, by the general court; and this under the land-law penalties, appointing the forum of the present office for answering.

Before the subdelegate named above. – Having appeared in person, the noble (Nob.) Agnieszka née Nurzyńska of the Tomczyk line, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Aleksander Nurzyński and wife of the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński called Kalisz, with the assistance of that husband of hers and of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Nurzyński called Tomczyk, her brother german, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Jezierski, clerk of Łuków, and to his successors, she gives and donates her maternal hereditary estates, resigned to her, that is four strips of plot land, beginning at the village road and running towards the river, between the baulks of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Antoni Nurzyński on the other; further, one strip of arable in the field called Sulgi [uncertain reading], beginning at [the place called Skudkizna – uncertain reading] and running towards the Zaprzeczna road [uncertain reading], between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Paweł Szaniawski on the one side and of the nobles (Nob.) Karwowski on the other – lying and situated in the hereditary estate of the village of Nurzyna, with everything. Intromission forthwith, of civil right; and this under the land-law penalties, before the forum of the present office.

Before that same subdelegate named above. – Having appeared in person, the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Paweł, called Kalisz, being of sound mind and body, deposed that he gives a quittance to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Jezierski, clerk of Łuków, for a sum of thirty-four Polish złoty, being the price of the estates resigned on this day, paid by that same magnificent (Magn.) party quitted and taken up by the deponent himself in favour of his wife; and he provides security for that sum upon his estates.

The magnificent (Magn.) [Jan Franciszek Jezierski] on the one side, and the noble (Nob.) Bartłomiej Dembowski, in his own name and in the name of the noble (Nob.) Anna née Nurzyńska, his wife, for whose ratification he stands surety, on the other side, being of sound mind and body, deposed that, giving one another land for land and inheritance for inheritance, they make between themselves a perpetual exchange, namely:

the magnificent (Magn.) Jezierski [gives] to the noble (Nob.) Dembowskis, husband and wife, and especially to the wife, one strip of arable with half of a second, beginning at the road in the place called [the name – uncertain reading] and running towards the meadows, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Adam Dembowski on the one side and of the successors of the noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński on the other; likewise one strip of arable, beginning at the village road and running towards the rampart, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Paweł Nurzyński on the one side and of his subject on the other;

and the noble (Nob.) Bartłomiej Dembowski [gives] to that same magnificent (Magn.) Jezierski one strip of arable with half of a second, of the length of the first strip, between both baulks of the magnificent (Magn.) party exchanging; likewise in another place one strip of arable, beginning at the road [the name – uncertain reading] and running towards Bielki, between the baulks of the magnificent (Magn.) donee on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Maciej Nurzyński on the other –

lying in the hereditary village of [the name – uncertain reading], with every right they give, donate and exchange; [they consent to] intromission and to the court, and this under the jurisdiction of the present office.

[Signature:] Joannes Franc. Jezierski

The same magnificent (Magn.) [Jan Franciszek Jezierski] on the one side, and the noble (Nob.) Paweł Szaniawski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Krzysztof, on the other side, being of sound mind and body, deposed that, giving one another land for land, soil for soil and inheritance for inheritance, they make between themselves a perpetual exchange, namely in this manner:

the magnificent (Magn.) Jezierski [gives] to the said noble (Nob.) Paweł Szaniawski, in the first place, two strips of arable, beginning at the Wały and running towards the place called [the name – uncertain reading], together with the meadows, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Adam Dembowski on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Antoni Nurzyński on the other; in the second place one strip of arable towards the meadows, of like length, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Paweł Nurzyński called Tomczyk on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Nurzyński called Więcławicz on the other;

and the noble (Nob.) Paweł Szaniawski [gives] to that same magnificent (Magn.) Jezierski, clerk of the Łuków castle court, in exchange for the lands described above – in one place three strips of arable, beginning at the Wały and running towards the place called Łupniny [uncertain reading], between the baulks of the magnificent (Magn.) party exchanging on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Antoni Nurzyński on the other –

lying and situated in the hereditary village of Nurzyna, with every right they give, donate, that is exchange; they consent to intromission from now on for the future and submit to the court, and this under the land-law damages and under the jurisdiction of the present office.

Before the magnificent (Magn.) Michał Gostoski [the reading of the surname uncertain], deputy starosta of Łuków, delegated to receive the present depositions for the records.

[Signature:] Joannes Franciscus Jezierski

The noble (Nob.) Paweł Szaniawski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Krzysztof, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Nurzyński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Andrzej, and to his successors he has mortgaged the estates – namely the hereditary estates of his wife, subject to the rights of her husband – that is two strips of arable with half of a third, beginning at [the place – uncertain reading] and running towards the Wały, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Paweł Nurzyński on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Franciszek [the surname – uncertain reading] on the other, lying and situated in the hereditary village of Nurzyna, standing waste, with every right, for the sum of ten Polish złoty, from now for three years, the term falling at the feast of St Adalbert the Bishop in the coming year 1746 [23 April 1746], and thereafter until redemption; he consents to intromission from now on for the future and submits to the court, and this under a like penalty of ten Polish złoty and under the jurisdiction of the present office.

The same was deposed by the noble (Nob.) Anna née Celińska, his wife, that is by both spouses together, being of sound mind and body, the wife with the assistance of her husband.

The deponents unlettered (in the source: „Ignari litterarum”) – the entry without signatures.

The noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Zalewski [in the manuscript „Zabielski” was written first and then corrected], son of the late noble (Nob.) Andrzej Zaleski, being of sound mind and body, deposed that he gives a quittance to the noble (Nob.) Magdalena, widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Jan Nurzyński, and to her successors for all and each of the claims, arising from whatsoever source, held against her and arising up to this day – by reason of the settlement concluded and of the sufficient satisfaction rendered – and all the claims he cancels.

The woman deposing was unlettered (in the source: „Ignara litterarum”) – in place of a signature she made a cross. ✗

The noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Paweł, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Andrzej Karwowski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Paweł, and to his successors his hereditary maternal estate – that is one strip of arable, beginning at Wały and running towards Ochoża [uncertain reading], together with a meadow, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Piotr Celiński on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Jan Szaniawski on the other side, lying and situated in the hereditary village of Nurzyna, free of encumbrances, with every right – for the sum of ten Polish złoty, from today for a year, the term falling at the feast of St John the Baptist in the coming year 1744, he mortgages; and after the year has run out, likewise from year to year and in like manner [until redemption]. He consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty, and this under a like penalty of ten Polish złoty and under the jurisdiction of the present office.

The noble (Nob.) Marcin Rola called Zakowicz, son of the late noble (Nob.) Stanisław, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Marianna Rolanka, his sister german, lawful wife of the noble (Nob.) Maciej Nurzyński, and to her successors his hereditary paternal estate – and this in place of the dowry falling to her – that is: four strips of arable, beginning at the Wólczańska road, between the baulks of the successors of the late well-born (Gen.) Józef Skrzyszewski, vicegerent of the Łuków castle court, on the one side and of the deponent himself on the other; further, one strip of arable with half of a second, beginning at the Suleje boundary and running towards the Celiny boundary, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Krzysztof Celiński on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Franciszek Rola on the other; further, one strip with half of a second, beginning at the Suleje boundary and running towards the river Linia [uncertain reading], between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Antoni Sulej on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Krzysztof Celiński on the other; further, three strips of arable towards the field called Załuki [uncertain reading], running towards the Wohyńskie boundaries [uncertain reading], between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Franciszek Rola on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Andrzej Rola on the other; further, one strip with half of a second, beginning at the Wałkowa road and running towards the royal boundaries of the town of Łuków, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Paweł Rola on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Józef Kornicki on the other – lying and situated in the hereditary village of Role, free of encumbrances, with every right – for the sum of one hundred Polish złoty, from now until redemption, he mortgages. He consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty, and this under a like penalty of one hundred Polish złoty and under the jurisdiction of the present office.

The noble (Nob.) Agnieszka Ławecka, widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Tomasz Celiński called Piotrowicz, on the one side, and the nobles (Nob.) Mateusz, the father, and Wojciech, the son, Nurzyński, present on the other side, being of sound mind and body, deposed that mutually and reciprocally they give a quittance to one another and to their successors – and namely she, née Ławecka Celińska, to the nobles (Nob.) Nurzyński for the penalty of double fourteen Polish marks and for the „lucta” penalty, adjudged in favour of the noble (Nob.) Celińska by a decree of the present office, at the terms made known, that is in the courts of the office, by a second penalty, on the very day of the feast of St Hedwig [the elect] on 17 July; and the nobles (Nob.) Nurzyński to that same noble (Nob.) Celińska for the official action brought and begun by her against the Nurzyńskis, together with the protestations, the relations and all the claims arising up to this day – and this by reason of the satisfaction rendered to one another; and the protestations, the relations and the decrees they cancel.

The deponents unlettered (in the source: „Ignari litterarum”) – the entry without signatures.

The noble (Nob.) Teresa Celińska, [daughter] of the late noble (Nob.) Marcin Celiński and wife of the noble (Nob.) Maciej Radomyski, with the assistance of that same husband of hers, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Jadwiga Popławska, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Paweł called Piotrowicz and widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński, and to her successors, as regards the sum of twenty Polish złoty out of the original sum of twenty-six Polish złoty – first and originally inscribed by the said late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński to the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Celiński by way of an obligatory inscription upon certain estates lying in the hereditary village of Celiny, before the present records on the Monday after Low Sunday in the Year of Our Lord 1730; thereafter ceded by the noble (Nob.) Jan Celiński, son of the said noble (Nob.) Łukasz Celiński, to the noble (Nob.) Jadwiga, wife of the late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński, before those same records on the Monday, on the morrow of the feast of St Peter in Chains in the Year of Our Lord 1734; and then ceded by that same noble (Nob.) Popławska-Nurzyńska to her herself before the present records on the Monday after Palm Sunday in the Year of Our Lord 1738 – and now raised from the hands of the cessionary of this day, as the retrocessionary – she yields up with everything, that is she retrocedes, her whole and entire right, and this under a like penalty of twenty Polish złoty and under the present court.

The noble (Nob.) Krzysztof Świerczowski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Eufrozyna Radomyska, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Wojciech Radomyski, and widow left by the late noble (Nob.) Jan Nurzyński called Tomczyk, and to her successors, he gives and donates, with everything, his hereditary estates, that is: two strips of arable with half of a third, beginning at the cross-lane and running towards the Celiny boundaries, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Jan Świerczowski on the one side and of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Jan Celiński on the other; further, one strip of arable with half of a second, beginning at the cross-lane and running towards Przewłoka, between the baulks as above on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Bartłomiej Dembowski on the other; further, two and a half scythes of meadow, beginning at the fields called Brodowe and running towards the Celiny boundaries, between the baulks of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Józef Celiński called Marcinowicz on the one side and of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Tomasz Karwowski on the other – situated and lying in the hereditary village of Nurzyna, already lying in mortgage. He consents to a joint intromission and promises a general warranty, and this under the land-law damages and under the present court.

The deponent unlettered (in the source: „Ignarus scribendi litterarum”) – the entry without a signature.

The noble (Nob.) Maciej Celiński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Stanisław Celiński called Sulejczyk, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Antoni Celiński, his brother german, and to his successors, he gives and donates, with everything, his hereditary estates – that is a dozen or so strips of arable, described in detail baulk by baulk: three strips of plot land beginning at the village road and running downhill; three strips of arable at Drążewo [the reading of the name uncertain], from the Kozierska road towards the Nalęgna road; two strips from the Kościelna road towards the Popławy boundaries; one strip between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Celiński called Michałowicz; one strip from the village road towards the Ostrowa road; two strips from the Domna road towards the Krasusy boundaries; one strip from the Świercze boundary towards the Borkowa road; one strip with half of a second from Wyżłowy towards the Nurzyna boundaries; one strip with half of a second from Wyżłowy towards the Roskie boundaries; one strip of a like length between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Michał Celiński – all situated and lying in the hereditary village of Celiny. He consents to intromission forthwith and promises warranty, and this under the land-law damages and under the court of the present office.

[Autograph signature:] Maciey Celinski mp

The noble (Nob.) Antoni Celiński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Stanisław, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Adam Celiński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Sebastian, and to his successors he mortgages his paternal estate, that is:

1) first – four strips of arable, beginning at the place called Nalesna, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Marek Celiński and his successors on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Andrzej Celiński called Michałowicz on the other; 2) secondly – two strips of arable, beginning at the place called Węgtów [uncertain reading] and running towards the Krzymosze boundaries, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Adam Celiński on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Bartłomiej Celiński on the other; 3) thirdly – one strip of arable, beginning at the boundaries [uncertain reading] and running towards the Celiny boundaries, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Andrzej Tarczewski on the one side and of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Iwanowski on the other; 4) fourthly – three strips of arable, beginning at the place called Ostrów, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Andrzej Celiński [the cognomen – uncertain reading] on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Celiński on the other; 5) fifthly – one strip of arable, beginning at the Nurzyna boundaries and running towards the place called Węgtów, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Celiński on the one side and of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński on the other; 6) sixthly – one strip of arable, beginning at the said place Węgtów and running towards the Nurzyna boundaries, between the baulks of the successors of Andrzej Celiński on the one side and of the successors of the noble (Nob.) Aleksander Celiński on the other; 7) seventhly – two strips of arable, beginning at the place called Borkowa and running towards the said place Węgtów, between the baulks of the successors of the late Stanisław Celiński on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Piotr Celiński on the other – in the hereditary village of Celiny; 8) further two strips, beginning at that same place Węgtów and running towards the boundaries [uncertain reading], between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Aleksander Celiński on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Józef Celiński on the other – in the hereditary village of Nurzyna –

vacant and ready, with everything, for the sum of one hundred and fifty Polish złoty, from now for one year, with the term falling at the feast of All Saints in the year, God willing, to come 1744; and thereafter from year to year. He consented to intromission and promised warranty, and this under the present forum.

The noble (Nob.) Stanisław Świerczowski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Józef called Bogaczyk, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Teresa née Nurzyńska, wife of the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Świerczowski, and to her successors he mortgages his hereditary estate, that is:

1) first, in one field – three strips of arable, beginning at the Nurzyna boundary and running towards the Karwów boundaries, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Piotr Karwowski on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Krzysztof Świerczowski on the other; 2) secondly – two strips of arable, beginning at the village road and running towards the Nurzyna boundaries, between those same baulks –

vacant, lying in the hereditary village of Świercze, with everything, for the sum of twenty Polish złoty, from now for one year, with the term falling at the feast of St Luke the Evangelist in the year 1744; and thereafter from year to year. He consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty, and this under a penalty of twenty Polish złoty and the present forum.

[The deponent] unlettered.

The nobles (Nob.) – Agnieszka, daughter of the late magnificent (Magn.) Anna née Radzikowska and of the noble (Nob.) Andrzej Modrzewski, husband and wife, wife of the noble (Nob.) Sebastian Jastrzębski, in her own name and in the name of the successors of the late nobles (Nob.) Wojciech and Jan Modrzewski, her brothers german, for whom she stands surety, further of Józef Modrzewski, the son, and of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Modrzewski, the brother, for whom she likewise stands surety; moreover Elżbieta, wife of the noble (Nob.) Józef Jasiński, and Katarzyna, wife of the magnificent (Magn.) [Maciej] Radzi[kowski]; Marianna, a surviving widow; Piotr, son of the noble (Nob.) Jakub Jastrzębski and of the late noble (Nob.) Zofia née Modrzewska, in his own name and in the name of the nobles (Nob.) Jadwiga, wife of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Jastrzębski, further of Dorota and Marianna, unmarried maidens, his sisters, for whom he stands surety –

being of sound mind and body, deposed that they give a quittance to the magnificent (Magn.) Marianna née Rzążewska Radzikowska, widow left by the late magnificent (Magn.) Franciszek Radzikowski, further to Marcin, Andrzej and Maciej Radzikowski, the sons, and to their successors – for the suit and official action brought and lodged with the present office on account of the dowry, further for the sum of one hundred and thirty Polish złoty, adjudged by title of that same dowry together with the penalty and payment (luita) by a decree of condescension issued by the present office upon the ground of the estate of the village of Modrzew on the Thursday after Reminiscere Sunday in Lent in the Year of Our Lord 1742 [22 February 1742], between the plaintiff and the parties quitted, and lodged with the records of the present office by way of oblation on the Monday within the octave of the feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ Our Lord in the Year of Our Lord 1743 [17 June 1743] – by reason of the actual payment of that same sum by the parties quitted they give a quittance, and the enforcement clause of the decree they cancel.

[Heading of the session:] Wednesday, the morrow of the feast of St Agnes Virgin and Martyr in the Year of Our Lord 1744 [22 January 1744].

The noble (Nob.) Dorota Nurzyńska, daughter of the late noble (Nob.) Andrzej Nurzyński, by her first marriage the wife of the late noble (Nob.) Franciszek Dębowski called Dzidek, and by her present marriage the wife of the noble (Nob.) Michał Dębowski called Jakusz, with the assistance of that husband of hers, being of sound mind and body, deposed that she withdraws from the right of life estate inscribed to her by the late noble (Nob.) Franciszek Dębowski, her former husband, upon all and each of the estates belonging to him, before the present records; and the estates subject to that same right of life estate she releases in favour of the noble (Nob.) Józef Dębowski, her son born of the first bed; and the inscription of the life estate noted above at the act she cancels.

[The deponent] unlettered.

[Heading of the session:] Saturday before the feast of the Purification of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in the Year of Our Lord 1744 [1 February 1744].

The noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Paweł Nurzyński called Kaliś, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Piotr Celiński, son of the noble (Nob.) Jakub Celiński called Jakubowicz, and to his successors he mortgages his hereditary estate, that is one strip of arable with half of a second, beginning at the [the name – uncertain reading] road and running towards Dębowy Gaj, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Dembowski on the one side and of the party taking the mortgage on the other, lying in the hereditary village of Nurzyna, vacant, with everything, for the sum of nine Polish złoty, from now for three years, with the term falling at the feast of the Purification of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in the year 1747; and thereafter in like manner from one three-year term to another. He consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty, and this under a like penalty of nine Polish złoty and the present court.

[The deponent] unlettered.

The same magnificent (Magn.) deponent [Jan Franciszek Jezierski], being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the well-born (Gen.) Franciszek Gołaski, comrade of the armoured banner of the magnificent (Magn.) Skarżyński, hunter of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and to his successors he gives and donates his hereditary estate, that is six strips of arable, beginning at the river Krzna and running towards the Nurzyna cutting, between the baulks of the magnificent (Magn.) deponent himself on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Maciej Nurzyński called Krawczaczek on the other, situated and lying in the hereditary village of Suleje Borzymy, with everything. He consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty, and this under the land-law damages. The court of the present office.

[Autograph signature:] J. F. Jezierski, sword-bearer of the Liw land, clerk of the Łuków castle court

F. Niewęgłowski, subdelegate, as above. Before the well-born (Gen.) Józef Tchórzewski, subdelegate.

The noble (Nob.) Wojciech Izdebski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Grzegorz Izdebski, being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the magnificent (Magn.) Jan Franciszek Jezierski, sword-bearer of the Liw land, clerk of the Łuków castle court, and to his successors he gives and donates his acquired estate, that is one strip of arable with half of a second, beginning at the road called Zawalna and running towards the place called Przełazy [uncertain reading], between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Paweł Nurzyński on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Wojciech Nurzyński on the other, lying in the hereditary village of Nurzyna, with everything. He consented to intromission forthwith and promised warranty, and this under the land-law damages, for which he appoints the present court.

[The deponent] unlettered.

Józef Tchórzewski, subdelegated to this act.

The noble (Nob.) Stanisław Świerczowski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Józef [Świerczowski], being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Bartłomiej Karwowski, son of the noble (Nob.) Maciej Karwowski called Broda, and to his successors his paternal estate, that is six strips of arable, beginning at the village road and running towards the Nurzyna boundary, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Nurzyński on the one side and of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Józef Świerczowski on the other; further four mowing meadows, beginning at the Karwów boundaries and running towards the Przymiarkowa boundary, between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Piotr Karwowski on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Łukasz Świerczowski, his brother german, on the other; further four mowing meadows, beginning at the Karwów boundaries and running towards the fields Wodturne [uncertain reading], between those same baulks — lying in the hereditary village of Świercze, with everything, for the sum of twenty-six Polish złoty, from now until a year and the day of St Valentine the Martyr falling in the year 1745, he gives in mortgage and mortgages. He consented to intromission, governing himself by the common law, and this under a like penalty of twenty-six Polish złoty, for which he appoints the present court.

[The deponent] unlettered.

The noble (Nob.) Marcin Rola called Zakowicz, son of the late noble (Nob.) Stanisław [Rola], being of sound mind and body, deposed that to the noble (Nob.) Franciszek Zabłocki, son of the late noble (Nob.) Wojciech [Zabłocki], and to his successors he gives and donates his hereditary estate, that is three strips of arable, beginning at the Suleje boundaries and running towards the Skrzynka boundary [uncertain reading], between the baulks of the noble (Nob.) Franciszek Nurzyński on the one side and of the successors of the late noble (Nob.) Paweł Radomyski on the other; further one strip of arable with half of a second, beginning at the Kościelna road and running towards the Skrzynków boundaries [uncertain reading], between the baulks of the well-born (Gen.) Marek Celiński on the one side and of the noble (Nob.) Józef Korycki on the other – situated and lying in the hereditary village of Role, with everything. He consented to intromission forthwith, governing himself by the law of the present court, and this under the land-law damages.

Thursday after Oculi Sunday in Lent, in the Year of Our Lord 1744.

The noble (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński, son of the late noble (Nob.) Grzegorz, being of sound mind and body, deposed that he gives a quittance to the nobles (Nob.) Adam Krasuski, Wawrzyniec, Mateusz, Andrzej and Marcin [Krasuski], and to Antoni Grodzicki, and to their successors, for a certain protestation, made before the office on account of a forcible entry upon him, of injury to honour and of defamation, and for all and each of the claims arising up to this day – by reason of the settlement concluded between them and of the satisfaction rendered; and that protestation he cancels.

[The deponent] unlettered.

The noble (Nob.) Stanisław Dembowski, in his own name and in the name of the noble (Nob.) Jan Dembowski, for whose ratification he stands surety, being of sound mind and body, deposed that he gives a quittance to the nobles (Nob.) Michał and Dorota Dembowski, further to Jan Nurzyński called Tomczyk, to Anna, the wife of the noble (Nob.) Bartłomiej Dembowski, the mother, and to Anna and Agnieszka, the Dembowski daughters, and to their successors – for the marks and the penalties, further for the compensations for all the wounds, adjudged by a decree of the present office issued on the Monday, the vigil of the feast of St Hedwig in the year immediately past 1743, between him as plaintiff and the parties quitted; as also for the penalty of the tower and for that same decree, and for all and each of the claims lasting up to this day – having received satisfaction; and the protestation, the relation and that same decree in its entirety he cancels.

[The deponents] unlettered.

Monday after Low Sunday, 1744.

The noble (Nob.) Antoni Wierzejski called Pieniążek, son of the late noble (Nob.) Kazimierz, in his own name and in the name of [Katarzyna], daughter begotten of the late noble (Nob.) Jakub Oziębło with the late Marianna, his wife, for whose ratification he stands surety, being of sound mind and body, deposed that he gives a quittance to the noble (Nob.) Maciej Nowosielski, son of the late noble (Nob.) Szymon, and to his successors, for the sum of twenty-five Polish złoty – out of the original sum of forty Polish złoty, inscribed by the noble (Nob.) Józef Nurzyński and Zofia née Wysokińska, the sister of the wife of that same Nurzyński, by title of a simple debt before the present records on the Thursday after the feast of St Francis the Confessor in the Year of Our Lord 1727, and falling to him – and now in fact taken up; that same inscription he cancels.

Further, the sum of twenty-five Polish złoty, taken up by him, the deponent, in the manner described above, he inscribes and secures upon his hereditary estates to the noble (Nob.) Katarzyna née Oziębło, his wife, and to her successors; and that same sum he submits and undertakes to pay upon the demand of his wife and to lodge with the present records, and this under a penalty of twenty-five Polish złoty. The present court.

[The deponent] unlettered.

The nobles (Nob.) Kazimierz Nurzyński and Katarzyna Celińska, husband and wife, the wife with the assistance of that same husband of hers, being of sound mind and body, deposed that they give a quittance to the nobles (Nob.) Mikołaj Krasuski and Ewa, husband and wife, and to their successors – for the suit and official action lodged with the present office in respect of certain acts of violence against the parties quitted; likewise for the marks, both for the acts of violence and for the compensation for wounds, adjudged to him, the deponent, by a decree handed down on the Monday after the day of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in the terms for complaints, that is in the courts of the office's suits – having obtained satisfaction; the protestations, the relations and the decree cited he cancels.