RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
421
year: 1143
initiator: Robertus magister
recipient: Cound Raymond IV Berenguer of Barcelona
institution: Templars
text: *Summer. [55] Jerusalem. A chapter meeting of the Templar central convent, presided over by Rodbertus magister, resolves to assent to the request of Raymond Berenguer, count of Barcelona, and to abolish the Order’s prohibition of fighting in the Iberian peninsula.
*Summer. [55] Jerusalem. A chapter meeting of the Templar central convent, presided over by Rodbertus magister, resolves to assent to the request of Raymond Berenguer, count of Barcelona, and to abolish the Order’s prohibition of fighting in the Iberian peninsula.
sources: Albon, Cartulaire, p. 204, no. 314
RRR: Grant
Confirmation/renewal of grants
Purchase
422
year: 1143
initiator: Raymond II, count of Tripoli, his wife Hodierna and their son Raimundus
recipient: Wlgrinus, canon of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Dec. 25 1142 – Aug. 31 1143. In an eleemosynary grant, Raymond II, Dei gratia comes Tripolitanus, together with Countess Hodierna and their son Raimundus, confirm the purchase by Wlgrinus, canon of the Holy Sepulchre, of houses in Tripoli from Willelmus de Sira for 81 besants. Out of love for Wlgrinus, Raymond, Hodierna and Raimundus give the Holy Sepulchre a piece of land attached to the comital stables [frustrum terre de stabulo nostro] and the vault of a tower and they confirm another vault bought by Wlgrinus from Guido. Witnesses: Rainerius constabularius with his mother; Radulfus Caslan frater Templi Salomonis; Petrus de Podio Laurentii; Willelmus Rainoardi; Saxus filius ejus; Raimundus frater ejus; Goscelinus de Calvo Monte; Robertus Silvii; Poncius de Sira; Brunellus dapifer; Giraldus Isnelli; Stephanus monachus; Ponctius Giraldi; Hermengardus Pellicius; Albertus camerarius; Willelmus capellanus comitissᶒ; Otrannus cancellarius, who drew up the charter.
Dec. 25 1142 – Aug. 31 1143. In an eleemosynary grant, Raymond II, Dei gratia comes Tripolitanus, together with Countess Hodierna and their son Raimundus, confirm the purchase by Wlgrinus, canon of the Holy Sepulchre, of houses in Tripoli from Willelmus de Sira for 81 besants. Out of love for... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 192-3, no. 83 (RRH no. 217)
RRR: Grant
Eleemosynary grant
Confirmation/renewal of grants
423
year: 1143
initiator: Raymond II, count of Tripoli
recipient: Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Dec. 25 1142 – Aug. 31 1143. At the request of Patriarch William of Jerusalem, P[etrus] Dominici Sepulcri prior and the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre, Raymond, Dei gratia comes Tripolitanus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, stresssing the freedom from service that ensues. He confirms all possessions given to the Holy Sepulchre in his county by Count Raymond of St Gilles, Counts William Jordan, Bertrand and Pons, and all barones and others. He lists them as follows: the church of the Holy Sepulchre on Mont Pèlerin, with its houses and curia; an oven with houses attached to it where the canons can cook whatever they need, given by Cecilia comitissa; houses on Mont Pèlerin and in Tripoli on the slopes of the mountain on either side of the old road, from the wall to the aqueduct; a garden; freedom to import and export whatever the canons need through the port of Tripoli without the payment of dues; free transit through the gates of Tripoli and throughout the county; the church of Sanctus Georgius in Montanis with its casalia, if it can be proved that Count Raymond of St Gilles gave the canons this church; the casale of Bivola with its villani and an olive grove, which Count William Jordan gave at the time of the dedication of the church of the Holy Sepulchre on Mont Pèlerin; 3 casalia called Abdin, Bebula and Benehara in the mountains with their villani, which Count Bertrand gave; the casale of Medera, on the other side of the mountain, with its vill[an]i, given by W[illelmus] Ermengardus; a gastina called Loisan given by Raimundus de Raisac; the casale of Helniedel, with its villani, situated near Guibelacard, which was given by Ribod; the casale of Cafarsequel in the territory of Gibelet, which is also called Casale Pontis Sici, given by Stephanus de Brolo; 1 villanus with 1 carratata terre in the casale of Bocumbe, given by Raimundus de Narbona ; 1 villanus with 1 carrucata terre in the casale called Aer given by Bernardus Derat; 1 villanus with 1 carrucata terre in the casale of Derie and 10 jarrae of oil to be taken annually from the casale, given by Petrus de Podio Laurentii with the agreement of his wife; 1 villanus with 1 carrucata terre in the casale of Ardin given by Petrus nepos Rogerii constabularii; 1 villanus with 1 carrucata terre in the casale of Buissera given by Adalardus; 1 villanus with 1 carrucata terre in the casale of Sorbe given by Gaufridus de Pennis; an annual rent of 12 besants or 120 littrae of oil in the territory of Nephis given by Adalaxia and her son W[illelmus] Ebriacus, for the soul of her husband Ugo Ebriacus; 1 villanus with all belonging to him and the lands of another villanus given by W[illelmus] de Boschet. Witnesses: Rainerius constabularius; Petrus de Podio Laurentii; Gocelinus de Cavomonte; Saxo; Giraldus Isnel; Brunellus dapifer; Raimundus Lamberti; Pontius Giraldi; Stephanus monacus; Otrannus cancellarius.
Dec. 25 1142 – Aug. 31 1143. At the request of Patriarch William of Jerusalem, P[etrus] Dominici Sepulcri prior and the chapter of the Holy Sepulchre, Raymond, Dei gratia comes Tripolitanus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, stresssing the freedom from service that ensues. He confirms all... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 194-7, no. 85 (RRH no. 218)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
424
year: 1143
initiator: Pope Innocent II
recipient: Church of Bethlehem
text: *Feb. 1139 – Sept. 1143. In the face of repeated challenges, the rights of the church of Bethlehem over the parish church of Ascalon are reconfirmed by Pope Innocent II.
*Feb. 1139 – Sept. 1143. In the face of repeated challenges, the rights of the church of Bethlehem over the parish church of Ascalon are reconfirmed by Pope Innocent II.
year: 1143
initiator: Baldwin II or King Fulk
recipient: Royal hospital of Saint John the Baptist in Nablus
text: *Apr. 14 1118 – Nov. 10 1143. King Baldwin II or King Fulk gives the royal hospital of St John the Baptist at Nablus everything left by pilgrims who die intestate in Nablus or on the road in a region bounded by Castellum Beleismum, Lubanum and the stone marking the boundary between Cacho and Maluarum [terra].
*Apr. 14 1118 – Nov. 10 1143. King Baldwin II or King Fulk gives the royal hospital of St John the Baptist at Nablus everything left by pilgrims who die intestate in Nablus or on the road in a region bounded by Castellum Beleismum, Lubanum and the stone marking the boundary between Cacho and... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1310, no. 751
RRR: Renounciation/surrendering of properties
426
year: 1143
initiator: Baldwin II or King Fulk
recipient: Church of Saint Mark of Venice
text: *May 2 1125 – Nov. 10 1143. King Baldwin II or King Fulk abrogates the grant of a rent of 300 besants a year, to be taken first on the funda regis of Acre and later on the catena of the port of Acre, that had been given by King Baldwin to the church of St Mark in Venice.
*May 2 1125 – Nov. 10 1143. King Baldwin II or King Fulk abrogates the grant of a rent of 300 besants a year, to be taken first on the funda regis of Acre and later on the catena of the port of Acre, that had been given by King Baldwin to the church of St Mark in Venice.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1311, no. 752
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
427
year: 1143
initiator: King Fulk
recipient: Canons of Saint Laud of Angers in France
text: *Sept. 14 1131– Nov. 10 1143. King Fulk sends the canons of St Laud of Angers in France an ivory tau, given him at his coronation by envoys of the Egyptian usurper Kutayfat.
*Sept. 14 1131– Nov. 10 1143. King Fulk sends the canons of St Laud of Angers in France an ivory tau, given him at his coronation by envoys of the Egyptian usurper Kutayfat.
sources: Delisle, ‘Notice sur un manuscrit de Saint-Laud’, p. 540, no. 3 (RRH no. 139a)
year: 1143
initiator: King Fulk
recipient: Abbey of Saint Samuel of Montjoie
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: *Sept. 14 1131 – Nov. 10 1143. King Fulk gives the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie the casalia of Margara/Margasa with all its villani, as surveyed by Vlricus vicecomes Neapolitanus and Petrus Bonarius, and Betania at the foot of Montjoie.
*Sept. 14 1131 – Nov. 10 1143. King Fulk gives the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie the casalia of Margara/Margasa with all its villani, as surveyed by Vlricus vicecomes Neapolitanus and Petrus Bonarius, and Betania at the foot of Montjoie.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:335, no. 147
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
429
year: 1143
initiator: King Fulk
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Latins
institution: Saint Mary of the Latins
text: *Sept. 14 1131 – Nov. 10 1143. King Fulk confirms the possessions of the abbey of St Mary of the Latins in Jerusalem.
*Sept. 14 1131 – Nov. 10 1143. King Fulk confirms the possessions of the abbey of St Mary of the Latins in Jerusalem.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:335, no. 148
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
430
year: 1143
initiator: King Fulk
text: *Sept. 14 1131 – Nov. 10 1143. King Fulk promulgates an assise relating to the loss of birds of prey [assise sur les faucons perdus].
*Sept. 14 1131 – Nov. 10 1143. King Fulk promulgates an assise relating to the loss of birds of prey [assise sur les faucons perdus].
sources: ‘Assises de la Baisse Court’, pp. 805-7; Grandclaude, ‘Liste’, pp. 339