The Dominican Corpus Christi convent in Lviv was set up as a town foundation in the third quarter of the 14th century. By the end of the 15th century the convent had received in the form of royal grants or bequests five villages (estates) and large tracts of land in three other villages. Almost all of the acquisitions were held and administered in accordance with German law. At that time the Dominicans were allowed to acquire land and real property, especially in what was termed missionary territories. Apart from land the king ceded to the Dominicans the revenue of two customs posts in perpetuity and presented them with a royal inn on the route from Lviv to Podole and the Crimea. The conventual coffers were regularly replenished by alms, donations from beneficiaries of indulgences, collections at masses and other liturgical services, interment fees for the right of burial in the Dominican churchyard as well as other fees charged by the convent. From time to time limiters (begging friars) were sent round the Lviv province. The Dominicans also held jurisdiction over one of the town boroughs; in it they leased a number of houses to artisans andtradesmen. The friars were good stewards of their property. They built and leased mills, fulling mills, oil mills; used their resources to construct inns and maintain fishponds; and helped tradesmen in starting their workshops and smithies. Their ambition was to develop the whole region: they urged their tenants and dependents to bring as much land as possible under cultivation and encouraged migrants from other parts of Poland to settle down in the area of Lviv.