recipient: Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Dec. 25 1176 - Jun. 30 1177. Jerusalem. Baldwin, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Ierusalem Latinorum rex VIus, confirms under seal, regie maiestatis auctoritate, an exchange made with Petrus prior ecclesie sancte Resurrectionis and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre. The king makes a sealed eleemosynary grant of an annual rent of 2 quintarii of grapes, collected from his vineyards near the church of the Holy Cross, in return for the tithe of the vineyards next to the church of St Procopius, which his father King Amalric gave to the abbey of Mt Sion in exchange for the lacus Germani, which is for the common use of all the city. Witnesses: Willelmus marchisius Ascalonitanus et Ioppensis comes; Iohannes de Assur; Anselmus de Bria; Roardus castellanus Ierusalem; Petrus de Creseca; Anselmus Dabim: Willelmus Patrum. The charter was drawn up by Lambertus domni regis capellanus.Dec. 25 1176 - Jun. 30 1177. Jerusalem. Baldwin, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Ierusalem Latinorum rex VIus, confirms under seal, regie maiestatis auctoritate, an exchange made with Petrus prior ecclesie sancte Resurrectionis and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre. The king makes a sealed... more
text: * c. Nov. 11 1100 - Sept. 13 1186. King Baldwin I and his successors establish the Letres dou Sepulcre, a collection of written laws and customs stored in the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. [199]* c. Nov. 11 1100 - Sept. 13 1186. King Baldwin I and his successors establish the Letres dou Sepulcre, a collection of written laws and customs stored in the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. [199]
sources: Philip of Novara, pp. 119, 192; John of Ibelin, p. 629; Mayer, UKJ 3:1313-14, no. 755
comments: [199] Edbury (‘Law and Custom’, pp. 71-9) and Mayer (UKJ 3:1313-14) believe that the account of this initiative by the king is mythical. But their arguments are circumstantial and it is hard to ignore entirely the evidence provided by Philip of Novara, who claimed (Le Livre, p. 122) to have learnt of 12th-century legislation from those who had actually been involved before 1187, although the details may have been elaborated and exaggerated.
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