Universal of Jan III Sobieski on the settlement of the tax bills of Jews from Bełz voivodeship

King Jan III Sobieski orders Ruthenian rabbis from Zhovkva, Lviv, and Dubno, acting as arbitrators, and his factor Chona Markowicz to appear with the delegates from Jewish communities (two elders from each town) at the appointed place to settle and arrange the tax bills of Jews from the Bełz voivodeship and at the same time to reduce tax for the poorest.
Archive: Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv
Fond: Belz castle court files (Księgi grodzkie bełskie)
Reference Number: CGIA Lwów, Fond 1, op. 1, sp. 280, s. 842-844
Language: Polish
Creation Date: 04.06.1685
Place of origin: Jaworów
Geographical names: Belz (Bełz), Dubno, Lviv (Lwów), Yavoriv, Zhovkva (Ukraine)
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Tyt.: Ex parte generosi Jankowski et communitatis Judaeorum Belzensium litterarum oblata. Do oblaty w księdze grodzkiej bełskiej 9 VI 1687 podał Franciszek Jankowski. Dokument uszkodzony.

Published: Żydowski samorząd ziemski w Koronie (XVII -XVIII wiek). Źródła, wstęp i oprac. A. Kaźmierczyk, P. Zarubin, Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2019, pp. 124-125.