initiator: Girbertus [of Assailly], master of the Hospital
recipient: King Louis VII of France
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Before Jan. 19 1163 - Sept. 1171. Gibertus sancti hospitalis Hierusalem custos, with all his convent, writes to King Louis VII of France, who has been generous and benevolent to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Gibertus asks the king to maintain and defend it.Before Jan. 19 1163 - Sept. 1171. Gibertus sancti hospitalis Hierusalem custos, with all his convent, writes to King Louis VII of France, who has been generous and benevolent to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Gibertus asks the king to maintain and defend it.
sources: Bouquet 16:28-9, no. 93; also in Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:223-4, no. 310 (RRH no. 374)
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year: 1173
initiator: Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem together with N. prior and all the canons of the Holy Sepulchre
recipient: King Louis VII of France
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Autumn. Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem, together with N. prior and all the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, writes to King Louis VII of France, commending S. canonicus noster and asking the king to grant him a hospitale or other place, as a house [refugium] for the canons of the Holy Sepulchre.Autumn. Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem, together with N. prior and all the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, writes to King Louis VII of France, commending S. canonicus noster and asking the king to grant him a hospitale or other place, as a house [refugium] for the canons of the Holy Sepulchre.
text: Autumn. Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem writes to King Louis VII of France, drawing attention to the leprosary of St Lazarus outside the walls of Jerusalem, which Louis himself has seen, and the pressures on the church in the East. He commends a brother sent by St Lazarus to France.Autumn. Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem writes to King Louis VII of France, drawing attention to the leprosary of St Lazarus outside the walls of Jerusalem, which Louis himself has seen, and the pressures on the church in the East. He commends a brother sent by St Lazarus to France.
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