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February 14. Hue de Gibelet, son of the late Bertran de Gibelet, with the agreement of his wife Marie Porcelete and his son Bertran, confirms his endowment of a priest to chant a daily requiem mass for his soul and that of his father in the house of the Hospital of St John in Tripoli. The priest is to be paid 50 Tripolitan besants a year, taken on the rents of his casal Bothorafiche, payable at 4 Tripolitan besants and 4 k[aroubles] monthly by his wife Marie Porcelete and after her death by his son Bertran and his heirs. If any of his heirs should wish to discontinue, the Hospital is given authority to take the rent from the fief Hue holds of the Order and employ the priest as before. He also gives 3 coles of oil, assigned on the rents of Bothorafiche, to light a permanent lamp in the church of the Hospital of St John in Tripoli. He attaches his seal to the charter. Bertran, son of Hue de Gibelet, confirms on behalf of himself and his mother the endowment and attaches his seal. Guarantors: Raimond de Mareclee, Phelippe Estomac, Raimond d’Edde, fr. Girard, prior of Crac, fr. Martin Senche, commander of the house of the Hospital in Tripoli, fr. Pierre Chavanele, fr. Robert le Hongre, fr. Guillaume Marin, Symon d’Arsuf le Chevailer, Thomas de Nazareth, Pierre my priest.