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Dec. 25 1122 – Apr. 18 1123. In the principality of Antioch. With the assent of King Baldwin II and his wife Emma, Hugues comte de Joppe makes a sealed eleemosynary gift to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, built over the tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, represented by Abbot Gelduin, his uncle [patruus]. He gives a third good casale, called Machoz, situated in the territory of Ascalon, in addition to the 2 others he has already given. He also gives: a good mahomeria in the city of Ascalon; a verger outside the city, chosen from among the better ones; a casale inhabited by Samaritans called Saphe in the territory of Nablus; a gastina called Melbena and some land before the gate of Jaffa that previously belonged to Framericus. Hugh’s constable Barisanus gives the abbey, with Hugh’s authorization, the casale of Dargeboam and a third of the gastina of Zonia in the territory of Jerusalem. Witnesses: Guido de Miliaco; Barisanus constabularius; Gaufridus cognomento Monachus; Guibertus de Peiz; Radulfus Loherenus; Odo; Galterius; Roardus de Abbatia; Paganus de Osche; Robertus Pinguis; Ailelmus dapifer; Garinus; Stephanus.