text: Autumn. Josbertus Christi pauperum servus et sancti Hospitalis Jerusalem magister writes to Archbishop H.of Reims, asking him to patronize the Hospitallers and to help the Hospital establish some receptaculum, refugium atque solamen in his diocese.Autumn. Josbertus Christi pauperum servus et sancti Hospitalis Jerusalem magister writes to Archbishop H.of Reims, asking him to patronize the Hospitallers and to help the Hospital establish some receptaculum, refugium atque solamen in his diocese.
sources: Bouquet 16:199-200, no. 199; also in Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:303-4, no. 438 (RRH no. 505)
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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
Request
894
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.
text: Oct. 1-31. Josbertus [Hospitalis Jerusalem] humilis minister, with the consent of all his chapter, gives under seal, by the hand of frater Bernardus magister [asinarie], a house and the empty land next to it in the curtilium called Belveer in Jerusalem to [Ar]ionus Jacobinus for the annual rent of 4….., payable on the Feast of St John the Baptist. If Arion [or his heirs] wish to build on it and sell it, the Hospital will have pre-emption rights, receiving 1 besant less than the asking price. If the Hospital agrees to a sale, the property can be sold to anyone except churches or milites. Arion leaves a third part of his property to the Hospital on his death. Witnesses: frater Guar[inus de] Melna preceptor; frater Stephanus thesaurarius; frater Willelmus de Forgia custos egrorum; frater Petrus custos operis; of lay men, Guncelinus Castelli; Rotbertus nepos Radulfi drogomani; Petrus Tornator.Oct. 1-31. Josbertus [Hospitalis Jerusalem] humilis minister, with the consent of all his chapter, gives under seal, by the hand of frater Bernardus magister [asinarie], a house and the empty land next to it in the curtilium called Belveer in Jerusalem to [Ar]ionus Jacobinus for the annual rent of... more
text: *Feb. 18 1163 - Dec. 24 1173. King Amalric gives the abbey of Mt Sion a vineyard near the church of St Procopius.*Feb. 18 1163 - Dec. 24 1173. King Amalric gives the abbey of Mt Sion a vineyard near the church of St Procopius.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:619-21, no. 355
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RRR:
Eleemosynary grant
Confirmation/renewal of grants
Sale
898
year: 1173
initiator: Hodeardius, widow of Oto de Verduno
recipient: Josbertus, master of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 25 1172 - Dec. 24 1173. Jerusalem. In the [burgess] curia of King Amalric, Hodeardis, widow of Oto de Verduno, with the agreement of her sons Henricus and Guido and her daughters Isabella, the wife of Iohannes Aschetinus, and Benedicta, the wife of Ioffridus filius Simonis iudicis, and also Iasza, the wife of Henricus Balistarius, makes a sale, masked as an eleemosynary grant, of a curtile to magister Iosbertus, the poor and the brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The curtile is situated between the public way that leads to Bethlehem and the way that leads to Acheldamach, the lacus Germani and a garden of the Hospital. In return the Hospital gives Hodeardis 760 besants out of charity and receives the whole family into confraternity. Henricus, Guido, Isabella with her husband Iohannes, Benedicta with her husband Ioffridus, and Iasza with her husband Henricus Balistarius guarantee the transfer. King Amalric’s confirmation is itself an eleemosynary grant. Witnesses: Hernulfus de Blanca Guarda vicecomes, who authorized sales by royal prerogative [jure regio]; magister Gonscelinus; Symon iuratus; Ioffridus….; GilIebertus de Pinkeni; Lambertus Patriarcha; W. de Ponz; Iohannes Briccii; Bartholoms juratus…., ; [Gaufrid]us Tortus; Petrus de Sancto Lazaro; Petrus de Sancto Iacobo; Iacobus gener Gilleberti de Pinkeni, Riccardus; ….tinus.Dec. 25 1172 - Dec. 24 1173. Jerusalem. In the [burgess] curia of King Amalric, Hodeardis, widow of Oto de Verduno, with the agreement of her sons Henricus and Guido and her daughters Isabella, the wife of Iohannes Aschetinus, and Benedicta, the wife of Ioffridus filius Simonis iudicis, and also... more
sources: Mayer, Von der Cour des Bourgeois, pp. 225-9, no. 3 (RRH no. 504)
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RRR:
Grant
Eleemosynary grant
899
year: 1173
initiator: Josbertus, master of the Hospital
recipient: Meletus Surianus, Surianorum et Graecorum Gazam et Jabin habitantium finesque eorum archiepiscopus
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
2nd institution: Saint George in Bersabea
text: Dec. 25 1172 - Dec. 24 1173. Jerusalem. Josbertus magister Hospitalis Iherusalem, with the agreement of all his chapter, cedes to Meletus Surianus, Surianorum et Graecorum Gazam et Jabin habitantium finesque eorum archiepiscopus, the monastery [monasterium] of S. Georgius at Bersabee, which the Latins call Gybelin, for his lifetime, on condition that after his death the monastery will revert to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, with all the improvements that have been made. This will be treated as an eleemosynary gift to the poor of the Hospital, made on behalf of the [Byzantine] emperor Manuel. Meletus is received into the confraternity of the Hospital. Witnesses: frater G[arinus] de Melna preceptor domus Hospitalis; frater Stephanus thesaurarius; frater Garnerius Gybelini castellanus; frater Guillelmus Dacer; frater Oldinus Bellivideri castellanus; frater Bonitus, who wrote the charter on the orders of Josbertus; Μέλετος, αρχιεπισκοπος πόλεως Γάζης και ̉Έλευθεροπόλεως; Θεόκτιστος, πρωτοπαπα και δουλος του ΄αγίου τάφου του κυρίου ʹΙησοΰ Χριστου; Ιωάννης, ΄ιερευς και δευτεράριος της ΄αγίας Χριστου αναστάσεως; Γεόργηος, προτοδηάκονος; Στέφανος, είερευς της ΄αγίας αναστάσεως; Αβράμιος, διάκονος της ΄αγίας Χριστου αναστάσεως. [134]Dec. 25 1172 - Dec. 24 1173. Jerusalem. Josbertus magister Hospitalis Iherusalem, with the agreement of all his chapter, cedes to Meletus Surianus, Surianorum et Graecorum Gazam et Jabin habitantium finesque eorum archiepiscopus, the monastery [monasterium] of S. Georgius at Bersabee, which the... more
comments: [134] I have used the slightly abbreviated form of the Greek titles employed by Röhricht in RRH no. 512.
cite:
RRR:
Confirmation/renewal of grants
900
year: 1173
initiator: King Amalric
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Sept. 24 - Dec. 24. Amalric, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex, confirms under seal the gifts already made by his predecessors to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, referring particularly to 10 carrucate terre, a mill and a river at Tres Pontes.*Sept. 24 - Dec. 24. Amalric, per dei gratiam in sancta civitate Iherusalem Latinorum rex, confirms under seal the gifts already made by his predecessors to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, referring particularly to 10 carrucate terre, a mill and a river at Tres Pontes.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 2:622-3, no. 357
cite:
RRR:
Grant
Confirmation/renewal of grants
901
year: 1173
initiator: King Amalric
recipient: Jean seigneur d'Arsur
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Dec. 24. Acre. King Amalric confirms for Joubert, master, and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the gift by Jean seigneur d’Arsur, of several possessions.*Dec. 24. Acre. King Amalric confirms for Joubert, master, and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the gift by Jean seigneur d’Arsur, of several possessions.
text: 1157 - 1173. [135] Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem writes to Hildegard of Bingen, asking to be remembered in her prayers and those of her sisters.1157 - 1173. [135] Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem writes to Hildegard of Bingen, asking to be remembered in her prayers and those of her sisters.
sources: Hildegard of Bingen 1:91-2, no. 34 (RRH no. 460)
comments: [135] Dates suggested by the editor of Hildegard’s Epistolarium.
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