recipient: Gelduinus, abbot-elect of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Jan. 31. Acre. Baldwin, dei gratia Latinitatis Ierosolimorum rex secundus, confirms for his relation [consanguineus] Gelduinus, abbot-elect of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, the gifts made by the barones of the kingdom and by King Baldwin I as follows. Lambertus gave a casale called Soesme, situated over the river [Jordan] which is popularly called the river of the Devil, with the consent of Goscelinus princeps Tyberiadis and Willelmus de Buris, who gave the casale to Lambertus. Barianus constabularius Ioppe gave lands and vineyards in the territory of Jerusalem. Wido de Miliaco made an eleemosynary gift on his behalf and that of his wife Helisabet of lands and vineyards in the territory of Jerusalem. Radulfus Aliensis gave land situated next to Mons Gaudii and a house with a garden in Jerusalem. King Baldwin I of Jerusalem gave 4 carruchae of arable land in the territory of Jaffa and an oven, a mill and houses, lands and vines at Beirut and 2 carruchae of land just outside [in suburbio] Acre. Eustachius Granerius gave a casale called Capharabra/Cafarabra in the territory of Sidon and a house in Sidon, and close to [in confinio] Caesarea a casale called Bethalla, and a house in Caesarea. Balduinus de Ramis gave 2 aratra of land in the territory of Rama. Rogerius de Roseht gave a villanus with all his possessions on Mons Betericus, with the agreement of the aforesaid Barianus. Goscelinus princeps Tyberiadis gave a casale called Cafrielme and 2 rustici with all their possessions in the territory of Tiberias. Ado de Cheresio, his wife Richoldis and his son Warmundus gave a casale called Lichorat/Lychorat. Rogerius Ramatensis episcopus gave a casale called Saphoria and a house in his castle [castrum], together with a mahumeria within the walls and outside 4 carruchae of arable land. Teobaldus/Theobaldus de Nigella gave a casale called Zebezeb/Zebezel. Tancred, prince [princeps] of Antioch gave a casale called Tymini, situated on the slopes of Mt Carmel, and in the castle of Haifa a platea in which a church has been built, and houses, an oven, a mill and lands and trees which are outside the castle. King Baldwin II’s confirmation had been agreed by Patriarch Warmund and the king’s barones during the council of Nablus. Witnesses: patriarcha Ierusalem Warmundus; Bernardus episcopus Nazaret; Acardus prior Templi Domini; Girardus/Gerardus prior Sepulchri; Paganus cancellarius regis Ierusalem; Eustachius Granerius; Willelmus de Buris; Balduinus de Ramis; Manasses de Chaiphas; Balduinus de Sancto Abraham; Radulfus de Fontenellis; Wido de Miliaco; Vlricus vicecomes Neapolis; Hugo de Ioppe filius Hugonis de Puteolo nondum miles. The charter was written by Brando, regis clericus et cancellarii consanguineus. Jan. 31. Acre. Baldwin, dei gratia Latinitatis Ierosolimorum rex secundus, confirms for his relation [consanguineus] Gelduinus, abbot-elect of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, the gifts made by the barones of the kingdom and by King Baldwin I as follows. Lambertus gave a casale called Soesme,... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:225-30, no. 85 (RRH no. 90)
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RRR:
Eleemosynary grant
212
year: 1122
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Aug 1 – Dec. 24. In the principality of Antioch. Baldwin per dei gratiam Hierosolimorum rex secundus makes an eleemosynary grant to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, giving a casale called Betori in the territory of Nablus. Anyone who dares to challenge this will be proceeded against in the king’s court [in curia mea] and will be fined 1000 besants. Witnesses: Hugo Blancus; Paganus cancellarius; Anscherius de Mosteriolo; Bernardus Vaccarius; Robertus de Meri; Willelmus de Sancto Bertino; Baronus Saggittarius; Karolus nepos Rainaldi Masoeri; and all the abbey’s convent.Aug 1 – Dec. 24. In the principality of Antioch. Baldwin per dei gratiam Hierosolimorum rex secundus makes an eleemosynary grant to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, giving a casale called Betori in the territory of Nablus. Anyone who dares to challenge this will be proceeded... more
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Mar. 1 – Jun. 2. Baldwin, dei gratia rex Hierusalem Latinorum secundus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, giving St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Gelduinus abbas and his successors a casale called Bestella/Befella in the territory of Tyre. The king also gives another casale called Sardanas which is close to [ante] the city of Tyre, except for part of the land between the mountain and the king’s viridarium, which he retains for his own use. He orders Paganus his cancellarius to seal the charter with his lead seal.Witnesses: Milissenda filia regis et regni Ierosolimitani haeres; Hugo Ioppe dominus; Ansellus de Bria; Barianus Iope constabularius; Ioannes camerarius; Hulricus Neapolis vicecomes; Bernardus Vaccarius; Hemelinus vicecancellarius, who wrote the charter. The king adds a codicil stating that at the request of the abbot Gelduinus he has given the church of Mt Sion 2 carrucatae terrae in the casale of Sardanas. Mar. 1 – Jun. 2. Baldwin, dei gratia rex Hierusalem Latinorum secundus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, giving St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Gelduinus abbas and his successors a casale called Bestella/Befella in the territory of Tyre. The king also gives another casale called Sardanas... more
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Apr. 14 1118 – Jun. 12 1130. King Baldwin II gives a house in Nablus to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.*Apr. 14 1118 – Jun. 12 1130. King Baldwin II gives a house in Nablus to the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:274-5, no. 114
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Grant
283
year: 1130
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Aug. 29/30 1124 – Jun. 12 1130. King Baldwin II gives houses and a viridarium in Tyre to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.*Aug. 29/30 1124 – Jun. 12 1130. King Baldwin II gives houses and a viridarium in Tyre to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:274-5, no. 114
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RRR:
Confirmation/renewal of grants
284
year: 1130
initiator: Baldwin II
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Dec. 25 1129 – Jun. 12 1130. Jerusalem. In the royal palacium. At the request of Gelduinus abbas, his relation [consanguineus], Baldwin, dei gratia rex Ierusalem Latinorum secundus, confirms all that has been given to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat in the reigns of his predecessors and in his own reign. Duke (dux) Godfrey and his brother King Baldwin I gave an oven, mills, houses and gardens inside Jerusalem and lands and vineyards outside, the Pool of Siloam together with mills, a ditch [fossa] and gardens, and two parts of the casale of Bethsau. Comes Guarnerius gave a casale called Ascar and this was later confirmed by King Baldwin I, who gave 2 carrucatae of land in the territory of Jaffa. Tancred gave a casale called Tymini, situated on the side of Mt Carmel, and houses, an oven and lands within and outside the castle [castrum] of Haifa. King Baldwin I gave a house in Acre and a casale called Cassera in the mountains; at Sidon a viridarium, a machomeria outside the city and a casale called Cafarabra, with the agreement of Eustachius Granerius; at Beirut houses, an oven, a mill and a viridarium inside the city and 2 carrucatae of land outside. Eustachius Granerius gave a casale called Betalla in the territory of Caesarea and a house in the city of Caesarea, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Pisellus vicecomes gave a casale called Meschium and lands by the road that leads to the River Jordan, and in the territory of Belcha across the river a casale called Bessura, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Rogerius Rammensis episcopus gave a casale called Saphoria and within the castle [castrum] of Lydda [Sanctus Georgius] a house and 4 carrucatae of land, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Ado de Cherisio, his wife Richildis and his son Warmundus gave a casale called Chorat in the mountains around Toron, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Teobaldus de Nigella gave a casale called Zebezeb, situated in terra Sueti, with the agreement of King Baldwin I and Wilelmus de Buris. Lambertus, a cliens of Wilelmus de Buris, gave a casale called Soesme beyond the River Jordan, with the agreement of Wilelmus de Buris and Gozelinus princeps Tybiadis. Wilelmus de Buris gave a casale called Ierraz, situated in territorio Gor, and a house in Jerusalem. Walterius Machumet gave a casale called Jamaruara, situated in the valley of Clin, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Wilelmus de Buris gave 4 carrucatae of land and houses at Ligium, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. Wido de Miliaco gave half of a casale called Betemar in the territory of Jerusalem, with the agreement of King Baldwin I. King Baldwin I freed from census and navalis exactio all the ships [naves] of the abbey of St Mary which should enter or leave all the ports of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Letardus vicecomes gave 4 carrucatae of land and olive groves, together with a house in the casale of Hubertus de Pazi which is called Siph, and outside the casale a garden. Of the donations made in his own reign, King Baldwin II has given a casale called Beteri in the territory of Nablus and a house in Nablus; a casale called Beffella in the mountains in the territory of Tyre, another casale called Sardanas, and houses and a viridarium within Tyre. Lord Gozelinus gave a casale called Cafrielme in the territory of Tiberias with the agreement of King Baldwin II. Hugo dominus Iope gave a casale called Machoz in the territory of Ascalon and in Ascalon the greater machomeria and one of the better viridaria. Hugo also gave the land which had belonged to Framericus in the territory of Jaffa and a casale called Saphe in the land of Nablus, with the agreement of King Baldwin II. Barisanus the constabularius of Hugo gave a casale called Dargeboam in the lands near Jerusalem, with the agreement of Hugo his lord and King Baldwin II. Romanus de Podio, his wife Richildis and their heirs gave 2 casalia called Bessura and La, situated in terra Belcha. Wilelmus de Buris gave 2 casalia across the Sea of Galilee [ultra mare Tybiadis] called Sanctus Georgius and Sanctus Iob. The charter was drawn up by Hemelinus cancellarius. Witnesses: Willelmus archiepiscopus Tiri; Gaudentius archiepiscopus Cesariensis; Ansellus Betlehemita episcopus; abbas de Latina; Willlmus prior Sepulcri Domini; Arnaldus prior Montis Syon; Balduinus Sancti Abrahᶒ; Roardus; Goffridus de Parentea; Hulricus Neapolis vicecomes; Petrus his brother; Robertus de Franco Loco.Dec. 25 1129 – Jun. 12 1130. Jerusalem. In the royal palacium. At the request of Gelduinus abbas, his relation [consanguineus], Baldwin, dei gratia rex Ierusalem Latinorum secundus, confirms all that has been given to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat in the reigns of his predecessors and in his... more
recipient: Rustici of the royal casale called Thaerisibena and the rustici of the casale of Bethfella in the territory of Tyre
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Febr. 19. Tyre. A dispute has arisen between the rustici of the royal casale called Thaerisibena and the rustici of the casale of Bethfella in the territory of Tyre, which belongs to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The king’s rustici claim land with an olive grove [olivetum] that is a dependency of Bethfella. Baldwin, per dei gratiam in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, and his mother Melisende, eadem gratia eorundem regina, in a sealed judgement state that Guido abbas of St Mary and his monks should have the land and olive grove, together with a garden and other property which they own as part of the Casale Huberti de Pazi. Witnesses: Fulcherius sanctᶒ Ierosolimitanᶒ ᶒcclesiᶒ electus; Bernardus, Sydoniensis episcopus; Benedictus Torpeiensis episcopus; Petrus Dominici Sepulchri prior; Aimericus eiusdem canonicus; Godefridus eiusdem thesaurarius; Johannes Tyrensis archidiaconus; Ernesius patriarchᶒ cancellarius; of the monks of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Paganus subprior; Petrus Gombaldi; of the barones, Manasses constabularius; Robertus Crispini pincerna; Orricus Neapolis vicecomes; Sado marescalcus; Bernardus Uacherius; Geraldus Passerellus and many others. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus regius cancellarius.Febr. 19. Tyre. A dispute has arisen between the rustici of the royal casale called Thaerisibena and the rustici of the casale of Bethfella in the territory of Tyre, which belongs to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The king’s rustici claim land with an olive grove [olivetum] that is a... more
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Apr. 20. Tyre. At the request of Guido abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Baldwin, dei gratia in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, confirms under seal King Baldwin II’s confirmation for the abbey [Dec. 25 1129 – Jun. 12 1130], with the following changes: the addition of cisterns to Godfrey of Bouillon’s grant of property outside Jerusalem; the addition of 2 carucae of land, given by Balduinus [de Ram]is in territorio Ramensi; and the right of the abbey’s men to buy and sell without payment of thelonaria throughout the kingdom of Jerusalem. Witnesses: Petrus archiepiscopus Tyrensis; Balduinus archiepiscopus Cesariensis; Ebrardus magister Templi; Andreas de Monte Barro; Radulfus de Patingiis; Symon Tyberia[densis; Philippus Ne]apolitanus; Hugo de Hibelino; Clarembaldus vicecomes Achonensis; Paganus [de] Uoh vicecomes Ierosolimitanus; Balduinus de Insula; Sada marescalcus; Gocelinus Pesellus. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus cancellarius.Apr. 20. Tyre. At the request of Guido abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, Baldwin, dei gratia in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, confirms under seal King Baldwin II’s confirmation for the abbey [Dec. 25 1129 – Jun. 12 1130], with the following changes: the addition of cisterns... more
recipient: Abbot Willelmus and the monks of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Mar. 13. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Hierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, at the request of Queen Melisende his mother, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, confirming Melisende’s gift to the abbot Willelmus and the monks of the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat of a casale called Cafracos, situated not far from Ascar, with the exception of a particula already given to a turcopolus, on condition that Mass is solemnly celebrated by a priest for her benefit and that of her relations. Witnesses: Humfredus de Torone constabularius; Galterius de Sancto Audemaro castellanus, nunc domnus Tyberiadensis; Gormundus Tyberiadensis; Guillelmus marescalcus regis; Guillelmus marescalcus Tyberiadensis; Odo de Sancto Amando; Ottho de Risberge; Galterius de Guella. The charter was drawn up by Stephanus, representing Radulfus Bethleemitę episcopus regisque cancellarius in his office. Mar. 13. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Hierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, at the request of Queen Melisende his mother, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, confirming Melisende’s gift to the abbot Willelmus and the monks of the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat of a casale... more
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Dec. 1 1144 - Mar. 15 1165. King Baldwin III or King Amalric confirms under seal the gift made by Guido de Miliaco of half of the casale of Bethomar to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The gift is confirmed by Guido’s sons, Philippus Neapolitanus, Guido Francigena and Henricus Bubalus.*Dec. 1 1144 - Mar. 15 1165. King Baldwin III or King Amalric confirms under seal the gift made by Guido de Miliaco of half of the casale of Bethomar to St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The gift is confirmed by Guido’s sons, Philippus Neapolitanus, Guido Francigena and Henricus Bubalus.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1312-13, no. 754
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