3025

. November 12. Naples. Pope Innocent IV writes to the nobleman Adam of Lafpissa, of Cyprus, relating that it was asked on his behalf that the pope confirm the concession of houses of the warehouse, salt store, and market stall in Bari located next to the houses or enclosure of the church of St Clement and next to the city wall, which he obtained from Prince Manfredi of Taranto, then acting as regent of the Kingdom of Sicily, in exchange for the income of fifteen ounces of gold that he had been receiving annually from the Bari customs on the mandate of the late Frederick, emperor of the Romans. The pope confirms and strengthens this concession and even concedes anew the houses and all their appurtenances and rights for him and his heirs, notwithstanding that Manfredi was excommunicate at the time and so had no right to confer and concede in such a manner, and notwithstanding any papal sentence Adam himself may have been under.