recipient: Gaufridus de Donjon, master of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Sept. 6. Bohemond, the son of Prince Bohemond of Antioch, Dei gratia Tripolis comes, records under seal that out of fear for the lord of the Assassins [dominus Assessinorum] he has come to an agreement with frater Gaufridus de Donjon magister sancte domus Hospitalis Iherusalem and the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem over the lordship of Maraclea and Camelum, which he gave them and they have possessed for some time. At Bohemond’s request the Hospitallers allow him to hold the lordship for life on condition that if the Hospitallers have the agreement of the legitimate heirs to the lordship, it will revert to them. The lordship will be restored to them on Bohemond’s death. If the lordship reverts to the Hospitallers, they will pay Bohemond within a month 6000 Saracen besants for Camelum and will absolve Bohemond from his debt to them of 300 besants. This written agreement will then be returned to them. Witnesses: Petrus de Ravendell; Girardus constabularius; Raymundus de Scandalione; Gaufridus de Cusantiis; of the brothers of the Hospital, frater Petrus de Mirmanda castellanus Crati; frater Petrus de Scutai castellanus Margati; frater Hylarius capellanus; frater Gaufridus Ratus bajulus domus Antiochie; frater Rogerius de Campania; frater Fortunus olim castellanus Emposte; frater Rollandus Burgundensis; frater Sancius Alvernensis; frater Villelmus de Morent; frater Symon senescalcus. [265]Sept. 6. Bohemond, the son of Prince Bohemond of Antioch, Dei gratia Tripolis comes, records under seal that out of fear for the lord of the Assassins [dominus Assessinorum] he has come to an agreement with frater Gaufridus de Donjon magister sancte domus Hospitalis Iherusalem and the brothers of... more
comments: [265] Later vidimus by Eustorgius Nichosiensis archiepiscopus and Petrus Caesariensis archiepiscopus. Paoli, Cod dipl 1:88, no. 82.
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Correspondence/envoy
1450
year: 1199
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the bishop of Lydda and the masters of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
2nd institution: Templars
text: End Sept. - Early Oct. Lateran. Having heard from the patriarch of Jerusalem, the bishop of Lydda and the masters of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar that truces have been arranged with the Saraceni, Pope Innocent III informs them that he is sending out funds and wheat collected from the faithful and transported in a ship [navis] that he has equipped at his own expense under the charge of Raim[undus] Jer[oso]lymitani Hospitalis, M. militie Templi frater and I. monachus. The patriarch, bishop and masters are to decide on free distribution to the poor.End Sept. - Early Oct. Lateran. Having heard from the patriarch of Jerusalem, the bishop of Lydda and the masters of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar that truces have been arranged with the Saraceni, Pope Innocent III informs them that he is sending out funds and wheat... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 2:345-6, no. 180 (RRH no. 760)
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Privilege/exemption
1451
year: 1199
initiator: Aimery of Cyprus
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Nov. 9. Aimery, roy de Jherusalem et de Cipre, gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by Master Geofroy de Donjon, the right to have two pack animals [sommiers] to carry wheat [bled] from the inhabitants - Christian and sarasin - of the city of Tyre to its mill and to return without the payment of any dues.*Nov. 9. Aimery, roy de Jherusalem et de Cipre, gives the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by Master Geofroy de Donjon, the right to have two pack animals [sommiers] to carry wheat [bled] from the inhabitants - Christian and sarasin - of the city of Tyre to its mill and to return... more
text: End Dec. 1199 - Early Jan. 1200. Pope Innocent III writes to the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Sidon. A case was heard in Rome by 3 cardinals relating to a dispute over the church of Nefins, its tithes and 3 casalia, between the church of Tripoli, represented by S[eguinus] prior sancti Michaelis and A[imericus] canonicus Tripolitanus, and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Pope Celestine III had written to the patriarch of Jerusalem, ordering the archbishop of Nazareth and the abbas of the Mt of Olives to put the Hospitallers in possession of church of Nephin, its tithes and the 3 casalia. Innocent reverses that judgement in favour of the church of Tripoli. He orders the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Sidon to execute his judgement.End Dec. 1199 - Early Jan. 1200. Pope Innocent III writes to the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Sidon. A case was heard in Rome by 3 cardinals relating to a dispute over the church of Nefins, its tithes and 3 casalia, between the church of Tripoli, represented by S[eguinus] prior sancti... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 2:563-4, no. 261
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Grant
Permission/licence/authorization
1469
year: 1200
initiator: Tebaldus Acconensis ecclesie episcopus
recipient: Gaufridus de Donjon, master of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Apr. 1-30. Acre. Theobaldus episcopus Acconensis ecclesie Sancte Crucis records under seal that with the agreement of his chapter he has granted frater Gaufridus de Donjon magister domus Hospitalis sancti Joannis and the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a cemetery next to the city of Acre, together with the right to enclose it and build a chapel [capella], in which they may celebrate the divine office. He promises the brothers full justice, in accordance with the papal mandate, against any in his diocese who employ violence against them or occupy their possessions. He and the brothers promise mutual concord. Witnesses: of the canons, Radulfus cantor; Johannes thesaurarius; Richardus; Albericus Rem[ens]is; Johannes Longobardus; magister Albericus; magister Radulfus ecclesie Acconensis canonicus et Tyrensis thesaurarius.Apr. 1-30. Acre. Theobaldus episcopus Acconensis ecclesie Sancte Crucis records under seal that with the agreement of his chapter he has granted frater Gaufridus de Donjon magister domus Hospitalis sancti Joannis and the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem a cemetery next to the city... more
text: *Apr. 17. Agreement between the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, drawn up in the presence of both masters, ruling on the extraction of water from a spring for irrigate their lands and run their mills.*Apr. 17. Agreement between the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, drawn up in the presence of both masters, ruling on the extraction of water from a spring for irrigate their lands and run their mills.
text: Apr. 27. Marinus Mazuc, a citizen of Genoa, records that he has become a confrater of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and makes an eleemosynary grant. He gives frater Gaufridus magister domus Hospitalis and his brothers an annual rent of 1 marcha argenti, to be drawn from the proceeds of 4 stationes in Acre. 2 of these are situated between stationes of the Hospital and of Rollandus Nepos, the brother of Antelmus de Luca. The third statio is situated between the stationes of Rollandus and of Andreas Ruffus, and the fourth is situated between the stationes of Andreas and of Bandinus Bec a Pisan. All lie between the public way [via publica] to the north and the waters of the port of the city of Acre to the south. The Hospitallers will collect and have custody of the shop rents, retaining the marcha argenti, and will assure Marinus of his possession of other properties in Syria, but on his death the 4 stationes will pass to them. Because Marinus does not have a lead seal, he has had 2 copies of this record made, one sealed with his seal in wax. Witnesses: frater Gaufridus magister, into whose hands the gift was made; frater Guillelmus Lumbardus preceptor domus Hospitalis Accon; frater Antelmus thesaurarius domus Accon; frater Isambardus prior Francie; frater Simon senescallus magistri; and other brothers; of laymen, dominus Belmustus Lercarius; Willelmus Usus Maris; Vivaldus Moricla; and others.Apr. 27. Marinus Mazuc, a citizen of Genoa, records that he has become a confrater of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and makes an eleemosynary grant. He gives frater Gaufridus magister domus Hospitalis and his brothers an annual rent of 1 marcha argenti, to be drawn from the proceeds of 4... more
initiator: Gaufridus de Donjon, master of the Hospital
recipient: Prior Anglie of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 24 1200 - early summer 1201. [270] The magister Hospitalis Jerusalem informs the prior Anglie of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that the bishop of Acre, many pilgrims and many Hospitallers on their way to the West on the business of the Holy Land perished in a shipwreck off Biblium on the coast of Tripoli during the last passagium. Other ships carrying Hospitaller messengers from Acre were forced by storm damage to seek refuge in Tripoli. He reports that in the Muslim world the lord of Damascus, Sephadinus [al-‘Adil], has become master of Cairo [Babilon], expelling his nephew and others and is in a tense relationship with the sultan of Aleppo and many others. The Nile has failed to flood, leading to famine and the loss of livestock in Egypt, and a host of Egyptians have descended, like locusts, on the Holy Land. A young low-born Saracenus has been preaching an evangelical Christian campaign and has converted and baptized 2000. With the threat posed to the Latin East by the union of Damascus and Cairo, he appeals for help to the prior and to the king of England. He adds that in the invasion of Sicily by the Germans and Lombards the Hospitaller commandery [domus] of Barletta has been abandoned and that since the prior Anglie himself left the East no provisions have been received from the kingdom of Sicily, leading the Order to great expense in supplying its commanderies [domus] and castles. He needs money from the western Hospitaller communities. He asks for help to be sent on the next passagium in March.Dec. 24 1200 - early summer 1201. [270] The magister Hospitalis Jerusalem informs the prior Anglie of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that the bishop of Acre, many pilgrims and many Hospitallers on their way to the West on the business of the Holy Land perished in a shipwreck off Biblium on... more
comments: [270] The letter refers to events in 1200: the death of the bishop of Acre in a shipwreck and the failure of the Nile to flood. If by ‘the next March passagium’ the master of the hospital was referring to the spring of 1202, the letter cannot have been sent later than the early summer of 1201.
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Eleemosynary grant
1490
year: 1201
initiator: Christiana, the daughter of the late Rogerius de Caypha
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: May 1-31. Christiana, the daughter of the late Rogerius de Caypha, becomes a consoror of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and, with the agreement of her lord Roardus Cayphas dominus, makes an eleemosynary grant to the Order, represented by frater Goffridus de Donjon Hospitalis magister, of her casale of Digegia. Since she has no seal, her gift is confirmed under seal by Rohardus Cayphas dominus, who is himself a confrater of the Hospital and who renounces all rights of lordship [dominium et potestas] over the casale. Witnesses: of the brothers of the Hospital, frater Gaufridus de Donjon domus Hospitalis magister; frater Guillelmus Lombardus preceptor domus Hospitalis Accon, frater Antelmus de Luca domus Hospitalis Accon thesaurarius; frater Constantius; frater Simon senescallus magistri; frater Stephanus; and others; of the milites, homines of dominus Roardus de Cayphas, Milo; Eustacius; Johannes filius Henrici de Podio; Stephanus; Thomas nepos archyepiscopi Tyrensis; Henricus; of the jurati of Cayphas, Guillelmus Scriba; Robertus Elefant; Rolandus; Reinaldus de Finamunde; Johannes Maio; Bonaccursus; and, Ugo Pelevilanus vicecomes Acconensis; Philippus Morisinus; Clarembaldus de Vicecomitissa; Helyas de Nazaret.May 1-31. Christiana, the daughter of the late Rogerius de Caypha, becomes a consoror of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and, with the agreement of her lord Roardus Cayphas dominus, makes an eleemosynary grant to the Order, represented by frater Goffridus de Donjon Hospitalis magister, of her... more
initiator: Gaufridus de Donjon, master of the Hospital
recipient: Philippe de Pleisset, master of the Knights Templar
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
2nd institution: Templars
text: *1201. [271] At the initiative of frère Geoffroy de Donjon, master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and Philippe de Pleisset, master of the Knights Templar, and of the leading brothers in both Orders, the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar come to an agreement. The only public oven in Valanie will belong to the Templars, but the bishop and the Hospitallers can have ovens for their private use.*1201. [271] At the initiative of frère Geoffroy de Donjon, master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and Philippe de Pleisset, master of the Knights Templar, and of the leading brothers in both Orders, the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar come to an agreement. The... more
comments: [271] Given the irregularity of dating conventions in Antioch it is not possible to date this more accurately.
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