%0 Journal Article
%T Documents of Confirmation of Town Rights of Firlej
%A Seroka, Henryk
%J Studia Archiwalne
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/17347513SA.17.009.14521
%N Vol. 4
%P 169-181
%K Firlej, Firlejów, foundation of town, Magdeburg law, foundation charter
%@ 1734-7513
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-archiwalne/article/dokumenty-potwierdzenia-praw-miejskich-firleja
%X Firlej, a town in Lublin province, was called between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries after the Firlej family. According to historical literature it was founded in 1557 due to the endeavors of Mikołaj Firlej. The foundation charter is not known; only some references from the Treasury Archive and town books of the nearby Lubartów of the second half of the 16th century confirm the existence of this town. The documents which attest to the foundation of the town and granting a foundation charter come from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The then owner of the town, Józef Karol Lubomirski, confirmed the town rights of Firlej in 1688. The subsequent heir of the town, Paweł Karol Sanguszko, 13 H. Seroka, Firlejów, s. 18–19, 23–24. Dokumenty potwierdzenia praw miejskich Firleja 173 issued two documents which certified the town rights of Firlej in 1712 and 1739. According to these documents and the town books of Firlej, the town operated under the Magdeburg town law since circa 1690.