RRR:
1579
RRH:
800a
YEAR:
1206
INSTITUTION RECIPIENT:
Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text:
Jul.1204 - Late 1206. [286] Margat. In the presence of frere Anfos de Portugal maistre/frater Alphonsus de Portugali[a] magister, a chapter general of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem promulgates statutes, giving statutory authority to existing custom. They also describe the duties of the marshal and the brothers-at-arms and the equipment at their disposal, and reveal the existence of the two classes of brother knights and brother sergeants. They establish the method of election and the authority of the master and the great officers, the procedure for the holding of chapters general, the form of conventual life, internal discipline, the care of sick brethren and the provincial organization.
INSTITUTION NUMBER:
322
Delaville Le Roulx vol. 2:
1193
Sources:
Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:31-40, no. 1193 (RRH no. 800a)
Comments:
[286] The terminal dates are those of the master, Alfonso of Portugal. It is most likely that this chapter general met in 1206. See Riley-Smith, The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, pp. 50-1.
GRANTOR:
Chapter general of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
RECEPIENT:
Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
