Universal of General Starost of Greater Poland Piotr Opaliński on the poll tax execution

Piotr Opaliński, Łęczyca voivode and general starost of Greater Poland, orders the provision of all assistance to tax collectors travelling to Jewish towns together with Jewish delegates appointed by land elders and forbids disturbing them during execution proceedings in order to avoid providing protection by estate owners and tenants to Jews who are trying to avoid paying the annual Jewish poll tax.

Archive: The State Archive in Poznan (APP)
Fond: Poznan castle court files (Księgi grodzkie poznańskie)
Reference Number: APP, Poznańskie Gr. 1231, s. 601rv
Language: Polish
Creation Date: 01.07.1684
Place of origin: Poznań
Geographical names: Poznan (Poznań)
Notes:

Do akt grodzkich poznańskich podał 11 VII 1689 r. Salamon Jakubowicz syndyk generalny Żydów poznańskich.

Published: Żydowski samorząd ziemski w Koronie (XVII -XVIII wiek). Źródła, wstęp i oprac. A. Kaźmierczyk, P. Zarubin, Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2019, pp. 123, 124.