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Oct. 1-31. Josbertus [Hospitalis Jerusalem] humilis minister, with the consent of all his chapter, gives under seal, by the hand of frater Bernardus magister [asinarie], a house and the empty land next to it in the curtilium called Belveer in Jerusalem to [Ar]ionus Jacobinus for the annual rent of 4….., payable on the Feast of St John the Baptist. If Arion [or his heirs] wish to build on it and sell it, the Hospital will have pre-emption rights, receiving 1 besant less than the asking price. If the Hospital agrees to a sale, the property can be sold to anyone except churches or milites. Arion leaves a third part of his property to the Hospital on his death. Witnesses: frater Guar[inus de] Melna preceptor; frater Stephanus thesaurarius; frater Willelmus de Forgia custos egrorum; frater Petrus custos operis; of lay men, Guncelinus Castelli; Rotbertus nepos Radulfi drogomani; Petrus Tornator.