RRR:
2758
YEAR:
1250
text:
March 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to King Henry (Henricus) of Cyprus, relating that he was informed by the Commune of Marseille (Massiliense) that they are oppressed with undue exactions and otherwise much molested by the king and several nobles and others of his kingdom, contrary to the king’s privilege that he granted to the commune. (March 1236) Since it is not befitting his royal excellence to violate praiseworthy royal deeds, the pope urges the king, out of reverence for the pope and the Apostolic See, to cease these exactions and molestations against the commune and to use his God-given power to force others to cease.
Sources:
Mayer, Marseilles Levantehandel, pp. 200-201, no. 16
