recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
institution: Templars
2nd institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: c.Apr. 23, Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that Joh[ann]es de Sambuco frater Ierosolimitani Hospitalis Sancti Basilii is bringing out on the pope’s behalf 1206 and a half oboles, 9 skifati, 7 marabuttini and 80 unciae in Roman weight of skifati and broken gold pieces, the whole totalling 850 librae Provenienses. The master and brothers of the [Templar house on the] Aventine are despatching an emissary with an equivalent amount of much money. Innocent records that he entrusted 1000 auri librae Proveniensis to be carried by the Knights Templar last year, but has not had any acknowledgement. And he plans to send by means of the Hospitallers of St John and the Knights Templar a further 1400 marcae argenti to be spent as the patriarch and Joh[ann]es Brenensis comes advise. He wishes to provide the patriarch of Antioch with money for his use.c.Apr. 23, Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that Joh[ann]es de Sambuco frater Ierosolimitani Hospitalis Sancti Basilii is bringing out on the pope’s behalf 1206 and a half oboles, 9... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 12:49-50, no. 28 (RRH no. 837a)
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Confirmation/renewal of grants
Privilege/exemption
1617
year: 1209
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Jun. 27. Pope Innocent III confirms Pope Celestine III’s privilege to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He confirms papal protection and the Order’s possessions, specifying: the location in which the Hospital is situated; a house in Ascalon with its vineyards; Zanzi; houses in Ramla; a house, vineyards and possessions at Jaffa; a house in Acre; the casale of Cafirsin; a volta near the Gate of St Nicholas [Acre]; a house in Tyre; a house in Caesarea; the casale called Bezal/Besal; the curia sancti Georgii on Cyprus; 2 villae in Armenia called Combedefort and Heion. The Order is exempted from tithes on noval lands. Sacred oils, consecrations and ordinations can be performed by [any] diocesan bishop. The faithful can be buried in the Order’s cemeteries if they so wish, provided they are not excommunicated or under an interdict. The Order will follow the practice of the Knights Templar with regard to clergy and milites and that of the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem with respect to the care of the poor and the sick. There is to be no violence permitted in enclosure. The elections of magistri should be free.Jun. 27. Pope Innocent III confirms Pope Celestine III’s privilege to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He confirms papal protection and the Order’s possessions, specifying: the location in which the Hospital is situated; a house in Ascalon with its vineyards; Zanzi; houses in Ramla; a house,... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, p. 266-9, no. 298 (RRH no. 732)
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Grant
1618
year: 1209
initiator: Bohemond IV, prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Sept. 4. Bohemond, dei gratia princeps Anthiochie et comes Tripolis, makes a sealed grant to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He gives a pecia terre, which belongs to him and is situated within the town [burgus] of Tripoli next to the main wall [prope magistrum murum] of the burgus, but he reserves houses built on the land held by him and his homines. The land is bounded on the east by the staircase [gradus] of the great tower of the main wall. It stretches as far as the land of the bishop of Tripoli and from there to the wall of the Temple, which is to the west and adjoins the main wall of the burgus. It ought to be distinguished from Bohemond’s land and the land of Berengerus de Sura, near the boundary of the land of the Temple. Bohemond also gives the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans 3 towers on the stretch of wall between the staircase already mentioned and the land of the commandery [domus] of the Temple, on condition that nothing is built other than houses for its mansio, that if the wall of the burgus is damaged in consequence of its building work, it is bound to repair it, and that the prince and his homines can enter and leave by the posterns in the wall. Witnesses: Guido dominus Biblii; Plivanus dominus Botroni; Girardus de Ham conestabulus Tripolis; Raimundus de Biblio; Wuillelmus de Biblio; Raimundus de Scandaleone.Sept. 4. Bohemond, dei gratia princeps Anthiochie et comes Tripolis, makes a sealed grant to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He gives a pecia terre, which belongs to him and is situated within the town [burgus] of Tripoli next to the main wall [prope magistrum murum] of the burgus, but he... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, pp. 35-6, no. 44 (RRH no. 839)
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Grant
1619
year: 1209
initiator: Frater Garssio Asmaldi thesaurarius Hospitalis in Antiochia, frater Petrus Galeis, frater Pascalis and frater Thomas, of the commandery [domus] of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Antioch
recipient: Patriarch Peter of Antioch
text: Oct. 1-31. Patriarch Peter of Antioch and his cathedral chapter record under the patriarchal seal that they have received from frater Garssio Asmaldi thesaurarius Hospitalis in Antiochia, frater Petrus Galeis, frater Pascalis and frater Thomas, of the commandery [domus] of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Antioch, church vessels, furniture and vestments, which the patriarch’s predecessor P. had deposited in the commandery. They are inventorized as follows: 1 gold cross, decorated with pearls and other precious stones; 1 great gold chalice, decorated with pearls and precious stones; 2 great golden gospel books [texta], decorated with pearls and precious stones; liturgical gloves [cyrothecae] with golden lunettes [lunae], decorated with pearls; iron matrices [cunei] for making seals; 7 knives [cultelli] with ivory handles. They also received from the commandery 3 coffers [coffri] 2 white and 1 red, which contained: 3 chasubles [planeta/casula] 1 being red, 1 of samite [casula de samito Narengi] and 1 a casula doxi; 5 casulae dalmaticae, 1 being of white samite; 5 pluvials, 1 off-white, 1, a great one, worked in gold, 1 red, 1 of samite and another of white samite; 4 dalmatics, 3 being red and 1 of green samite; 5 tunicles, 1 being red, 1 crocea, 1 of gilded imperial cloth, 1 of white silk cloth [sendatum] and 1 of black silk [amitum]; 1 red parament [decorated robe/paramentum], together with stole and maniple, white and gilded; 1 altar frontal [paramentum altaris]; 2 stoles and maniples, 1 set being red and the other de carcubin; 5 stoles, 1 to wear ad confirmandum; 3 maniples, 1 of precious cloth [de diaspre], 2 others red; 2 albs, 1 worked the other not; 4 cingula [cingula/zonae], 2 white and 2 red; 4 amices, 1 of which is worked; 2 pairs of sandals; 3 mitres, 1 with gold, the others with olfrizium; 2 gold rings with topaz stones; 2 ivory liturgical combs [pecten]; 2 girandoles [candelabra/giraudellus]; 1 gilded silver chalice; 1 silver thurible [turribalum]; 1 silver vase ad confirmandum; 4 altar cloths [mapae]; 1 being white and another worked for the altar [altaris perata]; 1 corporale cum custodita de carcubin; 1 silver icon; 1 staff [massa] ad serviendum; 1 missal; 1 gospel book; 1 book of the epistles with silvered tables [tabulis]; 3 gold pinulae; 4 curtains [custodes]. Witnesses: G. episcopus Tripolitanus; B. cantor Antiochenus; S. archidiaconus Tripolitanus; B. ma-gister scholarum Antiochenus, P. cancellarius patriarchae; of the priests [de presbi-teris], B. de Mamendon; Pascalis de Seona; Stephanus de Cosquenit; Petrus Benedictus; frater ejus Martinus; Vivianus; Leo presbiter.Oct. 1-31. Patriarch Peter of Antioch and his cathedral chapter record under the patriarchal seal that they have received from frater Garssio Asmaldi thesaurarius Hospitalis in Antiochia, frater Petrus Galeis, frater Pascalis and frater Thomas, of the commandery [domus] of the Hospital of St John... more
text: Oct. 1-31. Appreciative of the assistance he has had from the Hospitallers and with the agreement of his wife domina Laureta and his sons Bertrandus Porcelleti and Hugo Porcelleti, Willelmus Porcelleti makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the sick poor of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, to frater Garinus de Monte Acuto sancte domus Hospitalis Jerusalem magister and the brothers, of the lordship [dominium] he has over Malcomin, which comprises the servitium of 1 miles for half a year. Witnesses: Haimarius regni Jerusalem marescalcus; dominus Galterus de Bethzan; dominus Gilius de Beritho; dominus Gormundus de Bethzan; dominus Herbertus Saramannus; Willelmus Saramannus.Oct. 1-31. Appreciative of the assistance he has had from the Hospitallers and with the agreement of his wife domina Laureta and his sons Bertrandus Porcelleti and Hugo Porcelleti, Willelmus Porcelleti makes a sealed eleemosynary grant to the sick poor of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, to... more
sources: Richard, ‘Le comté de Tripoli dans les chartes du fonds des Porcellet’, pp. 369-71, no. 2
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Eleemosynary grant
1622
year: 1210
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Apr. 15. Tarsus. Leon, per Dei et Romani imperii gratiam rex Armeniorum, informs Pope Innocent III that following the military assistance given to him against the pagani the previous August by frater Garinus de Monte Acuto magister and the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem he has made a sealed eleemosynary grant to the Order, giving them the city of Seleph, Castellum Novum and Camardesium. He is confident of their future support for him and his nephew and heir Raymond Rupen. He asks the pope to confirm his gift.Apr. 15. Tarsus. Leon, per Dei et Romani imperii gratiam rex Armeniorum, informs Pope Innocent III that following the military assistance given to him against the pagani the previous August by frater Garinus de Monte Acuto magister and the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem he has... more
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Aug. 3. Lateran. Pope Innocent III confirms for the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem the grant made to them by King Leon of Armenia, who recognizes the need to strengthen his kingdom’s defences. Leon has given the city of Saleph, castellum novum and Camard. The pope includes the text of the letter written to him by King Leon on 15 April.Aug. 3. Lateran. Pope Innocent III confirms for the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem the grant made to them by King Leon of Armenia, who recognizes the need to strengthen his kingdom’s defences. Leon has given the city of Saleph, castellum novum and Camard. The pope... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 13:192-4, no. 117
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Grant
1629
year: 1210
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Aug. 1-31. With the agreement of his heir Raymond Rupen, the son of Raymond, the first born son of Prince Bohemond of Antioch, Leon, filius domini Stephani bone memorie, Dei et Romani imperii gratia rex Armenie, records under seal that he has given Laranda to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, to be held by it when he or his heirs or other Christians take Laranda from the pagani. He gives the Hospital freedom make peace or war with Laranda or on any other frontier of its territory, provided the defence of his kingdom is assured. He will abide by truces made by the Hospital and will defend the lands of the Hospital if it is at war with a neighbour with which he has a truce. The Hospitallers may keep all the booty they gain in warfare. They also have the right to arrest all those subject to them who act against the Christian faith throughout his kingdom and to judge them according to their own justice. Witnesses: of the clergy, Petrus Tarsensis electus; Joannes Tarsensis cantor; Helias Tarsensis thesaurarius; of the brothers of the Hospital of St John, frater Heymericus Selefkie castellanus; frater Gofredus marescalcus; frater Albertus Roirad preceptor Selefkie; frater Helias de Turre; of the barones, Constantius comestabulis; Adam de Guastone senescalcus; Osto de Tabaria; Robertus Mansel Antiochie comestabulis; Rogerius de Monte comestabulis; Basilius marescalcus; Baharam filius Gofredi de Corco. The charter was written by Bartholomeus regis duane secretorum protonotarius.Aug. 1-31. With the agreement of his heir Raymond Rupen, the son of Raymond, the first born son of Prince Bohemond of Antioch, Leon, filius domini Stephani bone memorie, Dei et Romani imperii gratia rex Armenie, records under seal that he has given Laranda to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem,... more
text: *Aug. 1-31. With the agreement of his nephew Raymond Rupen, King Leon of [Cilician] Armenia [confirms] his gift to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of the city of Selesk with its castle, Camardes and Châteauneuf, with the same dependencies attached to them as in the time of the Greeks and the Sarrasins. The charter is signed in red by the king and counter-signed by his secrétaire.*Aug. 1-31. With the agreement of his nephew Raymond Rupen, King Leon of [Cilician] Armenia [confirms] his gift to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of the city of Selesk with its castle, Camardes and Châteauneuf, with the same dependencies attached to them as in the time of the Greeks and the... more
text: Sept. 1-30. Hugh, per Dei gratiam rex Cypri, confirms under seal an eleemosynary gift, made by Johannes de Balma with the agreement of his mother Agnes to frater Garinus de Monte Acuto magister sanctae domus hospitalis sancti Johannis and the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. With King Hugh’s authority Johannes gives a pecia terre which adjoins a casale of the Hospital of St John called More in the territory of Nicosia [Nicoss), the prastia Sancti Sergii, Crionerou and the land of the prastia of the brother of the raicius Johannes. The pecia terre stretches as far as the river called Pechea. Witnesses: Galterius Cesar’ regni Cypri connestabulus; Aymericus de Rivet Cypri senescallus; Reynaldus Suessionensis Cypri marescallus; Galterius de Bethsan; Laurentius de Morfo; Symon Paphensis; Marinus de Bombel; Galterius Bellus; Petrus Chaperon.Sept. 1-30. Hugh, per Dei gratiam rex Cypri, confirms under seal an eleemosynary gift, made by Johannes de Balma with the agreement of his mother Agnes to frater Garinus de Monte Acuto magister sanctae domus hospitalis sancti Johannis and the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. With... more
sources: Edbury, ‘The ‘Cartulaire de Manosque’’, p. 175
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