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Renounciation/surrendering of properties
508
year: 1150
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Greeks
text: *Jun. 22 – Dec. 21. Antioch. After negotiations with the Greeks during which the emperor assigns a large annuity to the countess of Edessa and her children, King Baldwin III surrenders what is left of the county of Edessa to the Greeks. Among those place surrendered by the Latins are Turbessel, Hantab, Ravendel, Ranculat, Bile and Samosatum. *Jun. 22 – Dec. 21. Antioch. After negotiations with the Greeks during which the emperor assigns a large annuity to the countess of Edessa and her children, King Baldwin III surrenders what is left of the county of Edessa to the Greeks. Among those place surrendered by the Latins are Turbessel,... more
sources: William of Tyre, pp. 781-2; Mayer, UKJ 1:410-12, no. 224
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Confirmation/renewal of grants
528
year: 1152
initiator: Baldwin III
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
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:412-15, no. 226 (RRH no. 291)
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Grant
Privilege/exemption
533
year: 1152
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Commune of Marseille
text: †Sept. 23. Jerusalem. Baldwin, per gratia dei in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex quartus, gives the commune of Marseille under seal a church, oven and rua in Jerusalem, Acre and all the ports of his kingdom, together with freedom to enter and leave, buy and sell without paying dues. He gives this in recognition of the assistance rendered by the commune in the taking of the territories of Jerusalem and Tripoli. In return for the contribution of 3,000 besants made by the commune to the capture of Ascalon and Jaffa, King Baldwin gives Marseille a casale [casellium] on the boundary between Ascalon and Jaffa called Ramie with all its rustici and animals. The king’s gift is reinforced by the promise of the papal legate, Patriarch G. of Jerusalem, Radulfus episcopus Bethleem and all the bishops to excommunicate all who would challenge it. Witnesses: Amalricus, frater regis; Philippus Neapolitanus; Remundus Tripoli comes; Rohardus; Balduinus de Insula; Raynaldus de Sidon; Vrricus vicecomes Neapolitanus; Balduinus filius eius; Boamundus; Constantinus frater eius; Petrus Ioppensis; Ioscelinus de Samosac; Andreas de Mirabel; Iacobus de Mont-gisardo; Galterius de Caymontis and many others. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus cancellarius. †Sept. 23. Jerusalem. Baldwin, per gratia dei in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex quartus, gives the commune of Marseille under seal a church, oven and rua in Jerusalem, Acre and all the ports of his kingdom, together with freedom to enter and leave, buy and sell without paying dues. He... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:416-19, no. 227; 2:505, no. 279
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Confirmation/renewal of grants
Agreement/treaty
Obligations
539
year: 1153
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Girardus de Valentia and the Latins [Latini] newly established in Casale Huberti de Paci
text: Feb. 26. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, confirms under seal the agreement made on his orders by Girardus de Valentia with the Latins [Latini] newly established in Casale Huberti de Paci. Girardus has given the colonists [incolae], who he has placed there, houses to be held by hereditary right. The Latins will render to King Baldwin a 7th part of the harvest of the land [fructus terre] which has been assigned to them to work, keeping 6 parts for themselves. They will render to the king a 15th part of the bread baked in the oven, and a 10th part of anything else cooked there. Whenever they bathe in the bath house they will each pay half a denarius. They will pay 1 denarius as a weights and measures tax [pro mensuratione] for each besant’s worth [bisantiata] of whatever they buy in relation to the casale. They can sell bread, wine, meat and other things in Acre without paying any dues. They can use the mill of Ferge 3 days and nights each week, saving royal rights. The cultivators of vineyards and gardens, which Giraldus de Valentia leases out on the king’s behalf for periods of time will render the king a fourth part of the fruits, keeping 3 parts for themselves, and the tenants of olive groves, assigned each a part by Giraldus, will collectively render two-thirds of the fruits to the king, keeping a third part for themselves. Sales of houses and lands in the casale will be respected, but in every sale 1 carrupla in the besant will go to the king. Witnesses: Humfredinus de Torono constabularius; Symon Tyberiadensis; Guido de Scandalione; Clarembaldus vicecomes Acchonensis; Petrus Aurifex vicecomes Tyrensis. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus cancellarius. Feb. 26. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, confirms under seal the agreement made on his orders by Girardus de Valentia with the Latins [Latini] newly established in Casale Huberti de Paci. Girardus has given the colonists [incolae], who he has placed there,... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:419-22, no. 228 (RRH no. 281)
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Correspondence/envoy
549
year: 1153
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Fredericus bishop of Acre and Radulfus Cancellarius
text: *c. Aug. 1 – Sept 30. King Baldwin III writes to his emissaries Fredericus Acconensis episcopus and Radulfus cancellarius, who are in Antioch, demanding that Rainald of Châtillon, the prince of Antioch, be declared insane for his treatment of the patriarch of Antioch. *c. Aug. 1 – Sept 30. King Baldwin III writes to his emissaries Fredericus Acconensis episcopus and Radulfus cancellarius, who are in Antioch, demanding that Rainald of Châtillon, the prince of Antioch, be declared insane for his treatment of the patriarch of Antioch.
sources: William of Tyre, p. 809; Mayer, UKJ 1:422-3, no. 230
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Grant
552
year: 1153
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Abbey of Saint Samuel of Montjoie
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: *Aug. 19 – Dec. 24. King Baldwin III gives the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie houses at Ascalon, with stationes and camerae, together with a garden. The Premonstratensian canons remit to Galterius de Blanca Garda a rent of 8 besants [bisancios censules] which they take from one of the houses. *Aug. 19 – Dec. 24. King Baldwin III gives the abbey of St Samuel of Montjoie houses at Ascalon, with stationes and camerae, together with a garden. The Premonstratensian canons remit to Galterius de Blanca Garda a rent of 8 besants [bisancios censules] which they take from one of the houses.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:423, no. 231
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Confirmation/renewal of grants
560
year: 1154
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jul. 30. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, with the agreement of his mother Melisende, gratia eiusdem eorundem reginᶒ, makes an eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, confirming under seal the gifts of his predecessors and others. He lists them as follows. Duke Godfrey gave a casale called Hessilia and 2 ovens in Jerusalem. King Baldwin I gave the 2 casalia of Bethtafava and Montana and lands and houses around Jerusalem and a garden that had belonged to Anfredus presbiter; a rich villanus living in Nablus and houses and a mill in that city; a good oven in Jaffa and lands and houses in that city and outside; and many houses in Acre. Gualterus Bafumeth gave a casale called Sussia. The viscount gave a casale called Bethtamis. Hugo de Puzath gave a casale called Casale Melius in the territory of Ascalon. Anselmus de Turre David gave a casale in terra de Azoto near the mills. Eustachius gave a casale in the territory of Caesarea and lands next to Cacho and he confirmed the gifts of villani by his milites. Petrus de Lens gave a casale in terra de Soeth called Dirberham. Arnulfus Loferencus gave another casale called Capharmazre. Hugo and Gervasius gave lands and villani in the district of Tiberias. The bishop of Nazareth gave 3 villani. Guillelmus de Tenchis, Paganus Uacca, Drogo, Dominicus and Girbertus de Salinis gave 1 villanus each. Paganus de Cayphas gave 1 villanus, together with lands and houses in Haifa and in Capharnaum. Romanus de Podio gave 1 villanus. Balduinus gave another, with lands and houses in the city of Ramla. The bishop of Lydda gave lands and houses in Sanctus Georgius [Lydda]. Gaudemarus Carpinellus gave 2 villani, 1 in Hebron and the other in Jericho. Hugo in Bethan, Bouus in Roma and Azio de Cirseth gave 1 villanus each. King Baldwin confirms the following: gifts in the territory of Jerusalem of 4 partes of land at Beccafaba by Godefridus de Parentea, who also gave a garden with cisterns near the Tower of David, surrounded by the road to Bethlehem; the gift by Adam de Ramis of a house with a cistern in the city of Jerusalem facing the house of Guido de Miliaco and situated next to the gate of the Temple that leads to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; the gift by Elanus Bocherius of a house in Jerusalem; the gift by Bernardus de Tolosa and his wife Rufa of a house in Jerusalem facing the church of St Martin; the gift of Alfanus of all his wealth, including houses in the Platea Nummulariorum [of the money-changers]. King Baldwin also confirms the gift of Barda Harmenus and his wife of their casale of Coketum in the territory of Acre; the exchange made by Galo and his wife Agnes, with the agreement of Baldwin himself, Phylippus Neapolitanus and his brothers, resulting in the acquisition of the casale called Recordana with its mills; the gifts of Airaldus Barba and Aldeburgis, the sister of Lambertus cambiator, who each donated half of the casale of Iebethza; the gift of Gofridus de Flaiaco, together with Johannes de Bezan and his brother Hugo, of the casale of Calanzon in the territory of Caesarea; the gift of Hugo de Ramis, with the consent of Hugo Ioppensis dominus, of the 2 casalia of Bethiben and Gendas in the territory of Lydda; the sale of the casale of Adera in the territory of Caesarea by Johannes de Bezan, with the agreement of Hugo de Bezan, who promised restitution if the sale was challenged. Witnesses: Petrus archiepiscopus Tyrensis; Balduinus archiepiscopus Cᶒsariensis; Letardus archiepiscopus Nazarenus; Fredericus episcopus Achonensis; Osbertus episcopus Tyberiadensis; Amalricus frater regis; Henfredus constabularius; Guido Berythensis; Girardus Sydoniensis; Guillelmus Tyberiadensis; Symon Tyberiadensis; Guormundus Tyberiadensis; Hugo Cᶒsariensis; Mahengotus Tyberiadensis; filius eius Radulfus. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus cancellarius. Jul. 30. Acre. Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Ierusalem Latinorum rex quartus, with the agreement of his mother Melisende, gratia eiusdem eorundem reginᶒ, makes an eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, confirming under seal the gifts of his predecessors and others. He... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:369-70, 424-7, nos. 185, 232; 2:506, no. 280 (RRH no. 293)
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Confirmation/renewal of grants
568
year: 1155
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Hugo de Hybelino
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Jan. 14. Acre. At the request of Hugo de Hybelino and with the agreement of his brother Balduinus, his sister Hermengardis domna Tyberiadis, his mother Helois and his uncles Philippus Neapolitanus, Guido Francigena and Henricus Bubalus, and of all others who have the right to concede, or have a hereditary right to, the property now being sold, Baldwin, per gratiam dei in sancta Iherusalem Latinorum rex quartus, confirms under seal the sale made by Hugo de Hybelino to the king’s brothers the canons of the Holy Sepulchre. Hugo sells to the aforesaid canons for 7,000 besants Vuetmoamel with its villani, except for the 2 casalia called Odabeb and Damersor that belong to the miles Arabicus. Included in the sale are Dersabeb and Corteis with their villani and whatever Hugo’s father had in Zimi and in the city of Bethel. These properties are freed from all servicium dominium. The sale is confirmed by Hugo’s brother Balduinus, his mother Helois, his sister Hermengardis domna Tyberiadis, and his uncles Philippus Neapolitanus, Guido Francigena and Henricus Bubalus, together with his relations [cognati] Philippus de Cafran and his brother, and Petrus de Telli. And Hugo de Hybelino, his brother Balduinus, Philippus Neapolitanus, Guido Francigena and Henricus Bubalus are guarantors of the sale on behalf of Hugh’s brother Barisanus and little sister Stephania, who are minors. Witnesses: Letardus archiepiscopus Nazarenus; Constantinus Liddensis episcopus; Gaufridus abbas Templi; Amilius abbas Latinę; Engerannus prior Montis Syon; Rogerius prior Sancti Abrahe; Balduinus archidiaconus Liddę; of the brothers of the Temple, Frater Odo commendator; frater Galterius de Berito; frater Philippus; frater Lodoicus; of the king’s barones, Humfredus de Torono regis constabularius; Iohannes Gothman; Hugo Cesariensis; of the king’s homines, Odo de Sancto Amando; Wilelmus de Barra; Odo de Tholent; Hugo de Bezan; Vivianus de Cayphas; Gozelinus Pesellus; Arnaldus de Crest constabularius Tripolitanus; Arnulfus de Hisinguin; Wilelmus de Monte Gisardi; Gocelinus de Samosac; Bartholomeus Suessionensis; Arnulfus vicecomes Iherosolimitanus; of the burgenses, Hugo Saliens in Bonum; Petrus Petragoricensis; Bricius; Gaufridus Turonensis; Wilelmus Normannus; Rainaldus Sicarius; Petrus de Sancto Iacobo; Petrus Hugonis; Petrus de Sancto Lazaro. The charter was drawn up by Radulfus cancellarius. Jan. 14. Acre. At the request of Hugo de Hybelino and with the agreement of his brother Balduinus, his sister Hermengardis domna Tyberiadis, his mother Helois and his uncles Philippus Neapolitanus, Guido Francigena and Henricus Bubalus, and of all others who have the right to concede, or have a... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:427-31, no. 233 (RRH no. 299)
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RRR:
Confirmation/renewal of grants
569
year: 1155
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Abbey of Saint Mary of the Latins
institution: Saint Mary of the Latins
text: *Feb. 2/3. King Baldwin III confirms the grants made by his predecessors Duke Godfrey [of Bouillon] and Kings Baldwin I, Baldwin II and Fulk to the abbey of St Mary of the Latins in Jerusalem. *Feb. 2/3. King Baldwin III confirms the grants made by his predecessors Duke Godfrey [of Bouillon] and Kings Baldwin I, Baldwin II and Fulk to the abbey of St Mary of the Latins in Jerusalem.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:431-2, no. 234 [71] (RRH no. 315a)
comments: [71] A vidimus was issued at the request of Hugh Revel, grand commander of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, by Patriarch Robert of Jerusalem, Archbishop Henry of Nazareth and Bishop G. of Acre, Febr. 3 1251 x 1254.
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Council/ruling decisions/legislation
573
year: 1155
initiator: Baldwin III
recipient: Usamah ibn Munqidh
text: *Jun. 19 1154 – May/Jun. 1155. Baldwin III, at the request of Nur ad-Din, grants a safe-conduct on land and by sea to Usamah ibn Munqidh and his family. *Jun. 19 1154 – May/Jun. 1155. Baldwin III, at the request of Nur ad-Din, grants a safe-conduct on land and by sea to Usamah ibn Munqidh and his family.
sources: Usamah ibn Munqidh, p. 60; Mayer, UKJ 1:432-3, no. 235
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