DOCUMENTS ON THE HISTORY OF NARODYCHI (publication of the sources)

Abstract

The paper introduces into scientific circulation seven documents concerning the history of the town of Narodychi of Zhytomyr District and its nearest vicinity. The documents come from the archive of Rosciszewski nobles of the coat of arms «Junosza» in the Lypivka estate in the Kyiv region. Currently, their originals are stored in the Ossolinsky fund of the Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv. Digital versions are available for download in the digital library of the Ossolinski National Institute (Wrocław, Poland).
 The documents date from the beginning to the middle of the 18th century. They are divided into two blocks. The acts of the first group concern the three-year rent of the castle and related estates in the town of Stari Narodychi from the count («starosta») of Lyubich Kazimyr Pototskyi and his wife to the noble Mykhailo Shcheniovskyi. The rental contract, the register of buildings and property in the castle itself, and a debt receipt for part of the contract amount are published. Among these manuscripts, the act of the transfer of the manor in the village of Lasky from the treasurer («podskarbi») of Ovruch Daniel Levkovskyi to the sub-judge («pidsudok») of Zhytomyr Macey Trypolskyi survived. The documents of the second group belong to the later period. They concern the sale of inherited estates in the town of Novi Narodychi by the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Kateryna Pototska-Fashchevska to Yan Pavsha, a steward («stolnik») of Kyiv.
 Legal acts are written in the Old Polish language with individual inserts in Latin. A special feature of the documents are the surviving personal signatures (autographs) of local nobles, both men and women.
 Both the original text of the documents in Polish, and the author’s translation of the acts into Ukrainian are published in the paper. The texts of the documents are accompanied by scientific comments.